Great Material, Faithfully Filmed,and a great action film

Rating: 10/10 (19 October 2005)

I didn't get to see Return of the King on the silver screen, so I had to borrow from a friend. As soon as I got home,I watched it. WOW, I had never seen a movie with so much story to tell and action to carry that story. Aragorn, revealed as the heir to the throne of Gondor, receives Anduril from Elrond and takes the Paths of the Dead. Frodo and Sam, with their guide Gollum, move closer to Mordor. The Black Gate is shut and the only way into Mordor is the Pass of Cirith Ungol, the lair of Shelob the spider. Pippin, after having looked into the palantir, is taken to Minas Tirith. After having sworn service to the Steward, he can tell that Denethor's two sons were treated differently. Boromir, the oldest and favorite, and the one he wants to go to the Council of Elrond. At first, Boromir doesn't want to go, Faramir offers to go in his brother's place. If Denethor knew one of his sons was going to die, he would have sent Faramir, no questions asked. At the end, all the love stories(Namely the obvious love story that we see going on in Fellowship of the Ring),all those loose ends are tied. Overall, Return of the King was a magnificent end to a good trilogy. (And, Tolkien has stopped turning over in his grave).