Absolutely Fantastic

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2003)

WARNING SPOILERS
I saw Return Of The King last night and i was stunned by how great this film is. The time just flew by and before i knew it it was over. Its hard to pick a favourite scene. The start was really disturbing showing smegols transformation into Gollum but was well down and it was great that Andy Serkis was seen as himself not in CG. It was a pity some of the characters got sidelined a bit, notably Gimli and Legolas Though Legolas had a great moment going on the ollephaunt. The battle scenes were class as well , excellent work from WETA.
Out of the characters in this film Sir Ian Mckellen is a standout as Gandalf and Andy Serkis, his final scenes at the Mt. Doom are brilliantly done and speaking of that sequence i really thought this was the end of Frodo.
If i have any reservations its that Christopher Lee was cut out which was a shame and the ending was a bit too cheesy but at the same time it is only a small argument. It was great too to see Bilbo again and to see how old he has become.
To finish ROTK along with the other two is the best Trilogy i've ever seen. Way better than Star Wars im surprised to say. Well done to Peter Jackson and his team.
Hope he does the Hobbit.