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should have won more oscars! :)
I loved this film from the moment the "New Line" Banner twisted onto the screen. After the third time I had seen "Return of the King" my awe and adadmiration was bursting! Peter Jackson did such a beautiful job on this final film. A simply flawless epic!So much commitment and effort and determination has been poured tirelessly into this film, that for anyone to give this a poor rating really doesn't comprehend the utter enormity of it.
Everything, in my opinion excelled with vibrancy and depth. Music - Haunting, Cinematography - Breathtaking, Visual Effects - WHAT visual effects?! A wonderful scene particularly is seeing those massive olephonts dominating the screen, I really did feel quite insignificant! But I could have never guessed by a first glance that it had all come out of a computer!
By three-quarters through, the film takes an unbelievable emotional twist and explodes into a spine-snapping, tear-jearking, electrifying climax... leaving me feeling WOAH!!! I was crying so hard! It's hard to describe how deeply mesmorised I was in that final brilliant hour.
I would have loved to see Elijah Wood (Frodo) and Sean Astin (Samwise) recieve Oscar nominations for their acting. I thought their performances were the best display of companionship and passion I've ever seen. But I'll assure you I was truly thrilled seeing "Return of the King" win Best Picture - more than deserving!!
I love the ending (or endingS)! To comment again on someone's opinion, I certainly didn't leave the cinema feeling totally happy! In fact the bittersweetness of the finale was what I found so emotional, I was both thrilled and heartbroken at the same time!
I would just like to wrap up in saying, this film CHANGED me! Something in that film gripped me so deeply and I don't think I will ever be so humbly touched again! Now, for a film to do that to someone, must be pretty special indeed!
I hope this review is helpful and encouraging! "Lord of the Rings" is a true cinematic masterpiece and will go down in history as the greatest trilogy ever, from magestic beginning, to brilliant end!
The best of them all!
I was crying when the movie ended and for so many reasons. This movie is easily the greatest and most powerful of the three movies in Peter Jackson's future classic legacy "Lord Of The Rings" and will go down into the same category as "Wizard Of Oz", "The Godfather" and "Citizen Kane" as one of the greatest movies that has ever been made.
Perfectly picking up where "The Two Towers" left off, Frodo, Sam and Gollum are approaching ever closer to Mt. Doom in Mordor but Frodo is falling further and further into despair as the power of the Ring is increasing. Meanwhile, Gollum has some nefarious plans of his own that they aren't aware of yet. Meanwhile Minas Tirith, the capitol of Gondor, is under seige by massive armies loyal to Sauron and the dark powers are spreading all over Middle Earth, causing death and destruction in the process.
Time is running out, friendships are tested, powers both good and evil, start breaking down, armies start moving, and the days are growing darker as the fate of Middle Earth hangs by a thread.
This movie is extremely intense.
Arguably the darkest of the three, this brings the epic trilogy to a powerful and tearjerking end.
I cried not only because of the powerful ending but because a great era in moviemaking has come to a conclusion.
But we will someday see this again on the big screen someday and perhaps the extended editions back to back. We'll see....
Until then, go and see this movie right away. You will never experience anything like this again.
A Masterpiece
...wow. That's all I can really say for this film. It was inspirational, beautiful, heartrenching, and captivating, making this film amazing. Jackson truly outdid himself for Return of the King. The hopelessness and pain Sam and Frodo are experiencing as they struggle to destroy the Ring is so wonderfully done that you truly feel as if you are with Sam and Frodo as they struggle to climb up the mountain. The love and friendship between the two is so moving that it seriously brought tears to my eyes, and I *rarely* cry.
The acting was simply superb in this film, especially Sean Astin (Sam) and Viggo Mortenson (Aragorn). As always, Miranda Otto was wonderful as Eowyn, as were Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan as Pippin and Merry. The movie flowed exceptionally, and despite its lengthy time, there was not a moment that I wasn't captivated by Tolkien's vision of Middle-earth. One of the lines that stands out the most to me is during the moment when Sam and Frodo believe they are going to die while Mt. Doom is erupting is, "I'm glad to be with you, Sam. Here, at the end of all things." Another beautiful scene is when Aragorn, crowned as the King of Gondor, bows down to the hobbits, telling them, "You bow to no one." The heartfelt emotion expressed really does make this film the greatest of all three.
As always, the everpresent rivalry between Gimli and Legolas is there, providing comic relief. Surprisingly, Merry and Pippin do not provide any humour other than at the beginning of the film, and are a very chief point in the plot. The two are separated for the first time since the triligy began and must mature, which largely develops their character. The lovable Smeagol has now once more become the treacherous Gollum; though in the beginning Smeagol pleads against his darker side, the Ring takes control of him, adding to the list of enemies.
Fans of the book will happy to find that Shelob is in this movie; in the books it was originally in the second. Also, the Sword that was Broken is in the film as well, while in the book it is carried by Aragorn in all three. Peter Jackson also remains faithful to the warrior side of Eowyn, which is touched upon in the second film. Though the Houses of Healing were cut out, hopefully they will be in the extended DVD version of the film.
I really can't do this movie justice. It's impossible to explain how I felt both times I saw the movie as I saw the struggle of Frodo and Sam. This movie isn't just a war-movie, or a fantasy movie; it's a movie about love and trust, finding hope in a world that has none, about companionship and fighting until the very end. All three and a half hours of this film is exceptional, and will surely be a classic for years to come.
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