Starring: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen
Director: Peter Jackson
Country: New Zealand, USA
Genre: Fantasy

The Ringwraiths ride dragons. What more do you need?

The Lord of the Rings trilogy pushed the boundaries of what could be achieved with CGI in films, and is especially true with the entirety of this film. There are entire characters that are computer generated, there are magnificent cities created artificially (at least for  some shots,) and it all culminates in one of the greatest battles ever put on screen, the Battle for Helm’s Deep. The film lacks the whimsical flow that Fellowship had, but brings to the table a new level of drama with more characters (with impossible to remember names,) and their ultimate quest to save humanity. It’ll be curious to see if the effects in this film hold up over time, but it will always be in the pages of history for using CGI for storytelling instead of spectacle, (though it acts as both.)