A news paper review I read rated it up there with Lawrence of Arabia. Not quite I saw it twice, first in the front row then again in the last to listen in on audience reactions. I was struck with strange things in the movie that apply today. The suicidal bombing in Helmsdeep which ironically kills more enemy at least from the camara's view. The Evil Saruman sending his troops into suicidal combat to preform genocide and then staying in his tower The scene of Sarumans clear cuts in Fanghorn forest and treebeards reaction such destruction. The destruction of Gondors stone towered capital city looking like scenes of Ground Zero NYC after 9 11 The Movie omits so much infomation from the book, but that destuction of the land and enslavement of humankind toward that end is evil. Brian Symes
