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For all the strangeness of the premise there’s not a lot of meat on the bones of this story.

A world away from Hollywood now, Bloom shines in the small independent films that seem to be his first choice, and this is no exception.

A love letter to the resilience of the bereaved.

Tellingly, despite all this extra material, the film does not feel slower and does not become boring. If anything, it’s better balanced, with a more fluid sense of momentum.

The performances are generally fine if unremarkable - although it's bizarre that despite Mardenborough’s hometown being in Wales, not a single actor here has a Welsh accent.

More combat means less time for character interaction, and by the third act, Jackson has already shoehorned in more characters than the film can handle.

Benedict Cumberbatch lends this cruel, ancient dragon all the gravitas and otherworldliness that Sean Connery utterly failed to in Dragonheart.

The battle for Jerusalem is full of jaw-dropping, breathless action.

Has its moments of genius.

The Return Of The King is too long and slow. It has about five endings.

This is indeed the war of worlds

Drab and strangely unfocused.

Visually the film excels. There are scenes that lavish the mind's eye

Basing his character largely on Keith Richards and looking like a refugee from Adam Ant's Dog Eat Dog video, Johnny Depp crashes through the film, chewing up scenery and spitting it out with aplomb.

Visually, as well as in certain performances, the final instalment of Disneyworld Goes Hollywood has a healthy infusion of surrealism and a sense of humour.

The film bogs down in incomprehensible ya-ya. There are three or four plotlines going off in different directions.

Orlando Bloom is stunning, a performance of looks and grunts and things unsaid and, gradually, of speaking.

Numerous small changes work together to change the character of the battle.

The characters in the film are very much 2D.

Ultimately, there is no depth to the drama and precious little soul.

There is more world building here than in any other part of the trilogy, and the additional material means it’s better balanced with character development.