i loved it
however my sister (who read the hobbit but not lotr) andd some otehr non enlightened friends were pissed off with the ending. i didnt mind because thats how it ended! but tyhey didnt like it.
i thought aragorn did a FANTASTIC job. i would say he is the best actor of the bunch imo. yes i found it a bit hard to see past agent smith. also i thought the hobbits were too human. well too skinny. i thought hobbits were pudgier. and from book 1 i dont think sauroman seemed so bad right off the bat? i really need to re read it.
the mines of moria were breathtaking, as was the opening battle scene. all in all an excellent film, probably one of the best i have ever seen (other favs are godfather 1 and 2, and shawshank redemption and matrix)