Built from love and devotion...

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2003)

Emotionally charged tour de force - Truly Tremendous Trilogy - Roller coaster of action-packed eye candy - Picture of motion that surpasses belief....the last truly great movie of our time?
No matter what any of us say about Return Of The King and it's two preceding chapters, the truth of the matter is that no movie trilogy has ever come in such a complete package and told such a complete story. This is because of the way the films were shot and the story being widely acknowledged as one of the greatest ever told.
People are allowed to criticise and pick fault - everyone has there own opinion. Those who miss the obvious and are blind to the love and devotion that seeps from the celluloid at every turn of the glorious plot, I pity.
Not one line of cheese is uttered - the performances make even the elvish hyperbole acceptable, so even from depths despair to great joy every line seems real.
Yes the book's been changed and there are significant cuts but the spirit remains and that's the point. It's been a long time in coming but we now have the greatest movie trilogy of all time to watch when we have read the greatest of all tales ever told!