Simply Amazing

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2003)

*Minor Spoilers Within*
I saw this movie yesterday and i am still beaming from the experience. I have seen many movies, but for me, this was one of the greatest movie experiences i have ever had. Peter Jackson has created a trilogy that will be remembered and revered generations from now.
Superb casting ensured that this trilogy would be enjoyable even if the rest wasn't up to par. But in this movie in particular, all of the cast members came into their own, and each performance was incredible. Especially great performances from Viggo Mortenson, Ian MacKellen, Bernard Hill, and also from Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd, who proved that they could be more than just comic relief. However, Orlando Bloom seemed resigned to the sidelines, simply providing eye candy for the hordes of teenage girls, and performing the odd gravity-defying stunt.
But the stand-out performance for me, as with many others, was Sean Astin's Sam. There are scenes where my heart just broke for him, and he delivers one of the greatest performances from an actor in years.
Many complaints have been made about the length of the ending, however i believe that it was fully necessary and worthwhile, as it shows that whilst the battle is won, nothing can ever return to the way it was before.
The Special effects and cinematography are breath-taking. There were moments where they audience collectively gasped in awe, for example, the Ride of the Rohirrim, the army of the dead emerging from the darkness, then swarming minas tirith.
There are so many moments in this movie that stay with you long after the credits have rolled. Faramir's suicide mission and pippins's heart-wrenching song, Theoden's final encounter with Eowyn, sam cradling Frodo's lifeless body in Shelob's lair and later carrying Frodo up the slopes of mount doom. This is a movie that i will cherish for years and years to come. Thanks PJ
Simply Amazing
10 out of 10