The emptiness you are feeling is shared by me also.

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2003)

I just finished coming home from watching the entire trilogy and I'm more than satisfied with how it all ends. After watching the first two extended editions followed by this, I have to say that I am overwhelmed. Peter Jackson can sit back and relax. He has done it, what many filmgoers have called an impossible feat. This movie has it all and then some. It is absolutely never boring. There is action enough for three movies, I kid you not! I am having a tough time writing this review because there is just so much that I want to say but I don't think I can get it all down now. My mind is numbed by the thought that I have just witnessed the finale to the greatest film trilogy I have ever seen to this date. There is no more Lord of the Rings after this and it is a sad thing, a feeling that is kind of clenching my gut up into a knot right now. While I still have the extended version of ROTK to look forward to, I will be forced to accept the fact that this is it, this is all that is left to show. But they ended it with a bang. The movie does not disappoint and fits snugly into the trilogy with hardly any elbowing. You will be glad that you took the journey with these characters, especially when seeing the three films back to back. You may be reading this review and thinking to yourself that it's hardly that because I haven't really discussed the movie in what I've written. I can safely say that whatever scenes that you already know about and are looking forward to seeing will not let you down. The Shelob scene is pretty intense and looking back in retrospect, it isn't a stretch to say that it may be one of the best scenes in the overall trilogy. Wait until you see it. There is another scene in this which was simply astounding where Pippin lights a signal beacon to call for Rohan's aid. Sounds simple but in reality it is quite powerful, to say the least. I'm going to stop writing this review here. You should be running to the theaters to see this already and if you aren't, take it from me that you should. Try not to feel sad when it's over. We have been blessed. RATING: ***** out of *****.