The elves at Helms Deep was a big downer.

Same with Faramir.

HOWEVER<< I knew going in that this installment would probably go further away from the book than the first...and hopefully the last can come back a little...depending on how he took the story.

And yes...Gollum was..well...Gollum!

All in all I liked the movie. Certainly much much better than SWII - Clones