I was really quite disappointed with the movie. The first one held pretty close to the books but this one really took too much liberty. Merry and Pippin in Fanghorn was drastically changed, Treebeards character was greatly diminished. Frodo going to Gondor?? Were did that come from? Faramirs character was reduced greatly by the way they changed his character into that of a common soldier. The list goes on and on. They really screwed it up for anyone that has read LOTR 10 or 20 times. Very disappointing. The eye candy was great but CGI has lost its luster for me as it is now common place.