Endings ....

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2003)

So, we have come to the end of an amazing global story ...... Christmas will lack a certain expectation next year and it has been a thrill to have been a part of the LOTR Event.
For those who have been so critical of the ending it's a pity that so many have become addicted to those artificial Hollywood endings. ROTK ends wonderfully ... we get the time to see our companions settle back into life - don't soldiers have to come home from war? (and we've devoted movies to that theme!)... and we see that some like Frodo can't assimilate back into their own life ........ so much a part of the human story.
I saw ROTK in a theatre that gave us a welcome intermission. It's a long film, with a variety of pace and that was a strength of it ... slow, unfolding moments and then great action.
CGI is there but it is the acting which carries the movie. Fine performances by all the key characters. No single star but a good number who carry the film.
Thank you Peter Jackson .... you've created an event, and love or hate the movie, you can't ignore it.