Which Movie was best overall?

[Břicho]

I think FOTR and ROTK are about equal in my book. I think I'd put ROTK as a tad bit higher--though the FOTK preserves somehow the "feel" of the book to me a little better.

Part of the reason for the FOTR being more faithful to the book is that the FOTR(book) seems more carefully written and somehow more vibrant to me as a reader: I think that Tolkien was enjoying writing prose for it's own sake a little more when he started.(It's my opinion, and by no means does it mean I think the others are worse; they just don't paint quite the pictures in my mind as FOTR. Neither do they SCARE me like the other does.)