Absolutely Everything This Earth Could Hope For

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2003)

if you've seen the trailers, this is spoiler free- First thing's first, this movie was brilliantly directed, castled, and acted. Not to mention the Fx which also were amazing. Now, to the review...

I was beginning to doubt that this third part of an epic trilogy would live up to be as good as the first two. In fact, I looked into history and found that it was quite likely that this movie would be nice, but disappointing. The only hope I had was found in the fact that they were all filmed at the same time.. so they all may be similar and thus all similarly good. Let me say that despite the history of third parts not living up to expectations with the Aliens, Star Wars, Godfather, Matrix, and other trilogies.. this third part of the Lord of the Rings may be the best one in the series or at the very least it was worthy of the past two.
The movie was brilliantly shot as in the past two movies and the landscape is beautiful. The action scenes were well done and the special effects were great... gollum and the spider were not disappointing at all. The only complaint I'd have was that the ending was a tad drawn-out and could've been shorter but nonetheless, it was a satisfying conclusion.
Also, I read the trilogy before I saw this part of the series and I'd say it stays true enough to the book that I was satisfied. There were parts where I though to myself: umm... that didn't happen like that or umm... where's that scene? Yet, overall I was very pleased with the accuracy. All of the essential scenes were kept in.
So, if you liked the first two, I'd say it's a guarantee you'll like the final part of this epic saga. Now, in fairness, I wouldn't call it the best movie ever because it hasn't stood the test of time but at this point, it does deserve the buzz of such a ranking.
9.8/10 -pch