Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Peter Jackson

This is my personal favourite Lord of the Rings. I'm not sure why: is it Sean Bean? Is it the camaraderie? Is it even the fact that Bilbo is the scariest baddie in this one? (You know what face I mean.) When I was younger, I rewound and rewound that bit just so I could pause it on his scary out of control-nes.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) - Peter Jackson

I'll keep this short, unlike this four hour extended edition: you can understand why it's only been done the once. It needs never doing again, as Mr Jackson did it perfectly. And then dragged the ending on for a tad too long and unnecessarily. The cinematic release, I believe, had slightly less waffle, but even so...

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - Peter Jackson

This was the extended edition. Woop woop. It was good. Dragged on a bit, but obviously it is still a brilliant piece of fried gold.

 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆