Wow.... what an excellent movie... There were so many things I liked about this movie I almost don't know where to start. First off the CGI in this movie is amazing. I think Gollum was the most impressive of the lot. He was done completely in CG, just like Yoda in AOTC. There were only a couple of times were you could tell he wasn't real. There were also a lot of new creatures/monsters in this movie that were amazing. The movie was 3 hours long, but at end of if you wanted more... The last half hour of the movie is the huge battle at Helmsdeep, which itself is worth the price of admission.