An Awesome Epic Concluded

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2003)

Great movie. I had not read the books prior so did not have any expectations on how things should or should not be. The battle scenes were excellent. I also agree with several other's comments that Sean Astin should be up for an Academy Award. His performances in TT and RoTK have been simply outstanding. Sam IS the Hero of this trilogy imho. I was deeply moved when the people of Gondor paid their respect to the Hobbits. The Shelob scenes were outstanding, looked real. My only complaint is with the ending, not that it went on longer than expected but that it was deliberately cut to make you think it was over when it was not.

This is and most likely always will be the greatest Epic ever made. I think it is unfair to compare it to other trilogies because LoTR is really not a trilogy, but simply one huge movie. LoTR the movie(s) is truly in a class by itself. Thanks to the thousands of people who worked so hard to make LoTR what it is!