Truly the way to end the legend of the ring

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2003)

I watched the Return of the King yesterday and have concluded that this is the best movie since probably the Godfather and Shawshank redemption...
WARNING POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!
The Return of the King starts with a very serene flashback...of how Smeagol gets the Ring. From then on it goes back to the present story which is (if you live on the moon and don't know) a quest to destroy an ancient artifact that has the essence of the Ultimate baddie SAURON!...In this movie,the end of the series,our main character, Frodo,a hobbit(a small humanoid country bumpkin) tries to complete his quest to destroy the Ring and end evil for ever.Also the humans have to protect themselves from getting there asses kicked big time by our villain's army.
Anyway, I must say Peter Jackson is a brilliant director. The lighting, the shades of colour..the battle scenes all unbelievable:exciting and involving...The music is enchanting;helping with indeed creating the atmosphere. Whether its hope,love or despair.
The acting is top notch with you really seeing what the characters feel. Especially the scenes when they are fighting.You really despair.Despite being such a gem of a movie...there were some things that were left out at the end...READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT WHAT I MEAN!...and I feel that ending sequences had 2 many false endings like when they fade out and come back with a different scene...And the very last scene was unnecessary perhaps a write up would have been nice.
A totally engaging movie, The return of the king will keep you glued to screen. If this doesn't win at least 3 Oscars(best director,best actor(Andy Serkis:Gollum) and best picture), I'm putting an axe thru the television.
9.5/10 is my rating(the -0.5 for the endings and other mistakes)