Not even. Half of characters got absolutely no pay off in ROTK and the movie just wouldn`t fuckin end. Also, while FOTR had about as many characters as it needed, ROTK had many that it didn`t need except that they were in the book so fans would raise a stink if those pacing-spoilers were cut off. But they did nothing to move the story forward both in the book and in the movie.While at the same time, Saruman was scrapped despite 2 movie build up to what? Nothing.And FOTR didn`t have Legolas shield-surfing shit. Big bonus.