Phenomenal...

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2020)

The 2003 conclusion to the "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy is a tour de force. This is by all accounts the best movie in the entire trilogy.
Why? Well, because the characters are already well-established and painted out on the screen by now, and the storyline is all chalked up. So everything was pitched for a homerun, and Peter Jackson did just that with "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King".
There is such an abundance of action in the movie that you just lean back and enjoy the ride. The battle scenes are massive and well-choreographed, and at times it even feels like you are there on the battlefield amidst men, hobbits and orcs yourself.
Needless to say that the sets, props and costumes are amazing here, just as they were in the previous two movies.
The performances of the cast were good, as they had been in the previous movies as well. And it has been a blast to follow the characters and watch them in the quests and endeavors on the screen. And they had an abundance of really great actors and actresses to perform the various roles and bring their characters to life on the scree.
For me this was a very full and wholeheartedly completion of the trilogy, one that had been so well lined up by Peter Jackson, and it delivered on all accounts.
My rating for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" is a solid eight out of ten stars.