Incredible story telling!

Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2004)

The wrap up of the Lord of the Rings trilogy with the Return of the King was amazing. Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens kept very close to the stories as written my J.R.R. Tolkien or at least as close as they could, to do the 1,000 plus pages justice. Of course in some instances the order had to be altered so the movies would flow nicely and fit within a reasonable theater time frame. Personally, I can't wait for the extended version of the Return of the King to come out so I can have an all day Ring review. The story is a very good one and one I wish our society would pay more attention to. This movie deserved all of the nominations it has received from the academy and very much deserves to win the Oscar for best picture, best director, and best visual effects. Anything else will just be icing on the cake. A superb job was done by the entire cast and crew.