This could have been a great movie.- Spoilers

Rating: Null/10 (16 January 2004)

To warn anyone about to read this, this is why I did not like this movie.
This would have a truly enjoyable movie. All three movies would have been enjoyable. I almost walked out of Return of the King, after leaving the theater disappointed after watching the previous two movies, I almost did not go see this one.
I do not want to wait to see a movie which closely resembles the book it was based on. I want to see a movie that is a good adaptation of a book I loved reading.
The line "I am not a man" made me want to walk out of the theater and ask for my money back. I am not exaggerating. I did not want to see a story updated, I wanted to see the story as it was. I wanted to see the scouring of the Shire. I wanted to see the on-screen death of Saruman. There were many other things I wanted to see, but did I see them? No, I saw the only movie adaptation of a book I loved, the only reason to watch this movie is there is no other movie version of this story. I realize there is a cartoon, but no other movie.
I did not like the casting of the elves. I felt the hobbits should have been older, not looking like they were teenagers. There were many things I wanted to see in these movies, but it looks like we won't get to see them. As I said, this could have been a great movie.