Perfect Ending to a Perfect Trilogy

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2016)

First of all, the filmmakers must be commended for attempting the mighty feat of adapting Tolkien's epic masterpiece, especially in a country that was not known for it's films and was considered second rate. The visuals are stunning, the writing is done with special care and professionalism to capture the essence of Tolkien's words, the acting is world class (props to Elijah Wood as Frodo, Sean Astin as Samwise Gamgee and Andy Serkis as Gollum/Smeagol for carrying this film), the cinematography is beautiful, the score is one of the best of all time, and the directing is next-level that filmmakers of today, like Neil Blomkamp, have built their own style upon. Sure there may be a few too many endings and there's no "Scouring of the Shire" and a few characters die in ways that aren't in the books and some things happen happen out of sequence, but this movie is greater than 99% of the films that get made and it was made 13 years ago.