Three years of foreplay.....the climax?

Rating: Null/10 (19 December 2003)

Its not often that a film transcends its medium and becomes an experience, the Lotr trilogy is simply just that though, it lives and breathes and has had millions of people in ecstacy each christmas, leaving them sad that a whole year stretches out before them until the next instalment arrives.
Everybody has their gripes with the films concerning parts left out etc etc, but The Lord of the Rings trilogy of books is such a crowning achievment because it set your imagination free and everyone had their own version of middle earth inside their head.
This is one version, Peter Jacksons version, everyone would do it differently, I wish the extended dvd would have all footage on it that was shot so we could edit it ourselves, no-one can ever make it and satisfy everybody.
I have my own gripes, notably the scene at orthanc with saruman and the war of the shire. Elijah wood is far too girly a hero for me and Gimli often comes across in the films as a stupid oaf and you wonder why he is there.
When all is said though, the return of the king is a fitting end to the trilogy, its basically wonderful to watch and has set new standards in cinema which few will be able to match. Its important in another way as it has brought to the fore the importance of the PLOT and a STORYLINE, most films are pathetic in both these respects and lotr sets a new standard. THANK GOD, and of course J.r.r.Tolkien.
See it. You must.