unbelievable... this may very well be, the greatest epic of all time

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2003)

I am a moviegoer that doesn't walk into a theater and say i am here to watch a movie, i go to experience them. some people go in just to kill time or because they saw a good preview and said "hey that looks pretty good lets go see it". thats not me, i walked into return of the king after watching all the interviews, all of the makings of specials and reading all of the books, saying to myself "i am about to witness movie making history. i sat in my seat and waited... the theater got dark and the opening music began... and the crowd went ballistic, hoots and hollers and cheers and the atmosphere just took the whole experience to another level.
This movie was a masterpiece, to quote many others "this is the movie by which all others should be measured". if more Hollywood movie-makers spent a tenth of the time that Peter Jackson and his crew spent meticulously making this movie then maybe Hollywood wouldnt be releasing so much garbage into theaters.. maybe people wouldn't be wasting their money when they see a cool preview and the movie isn't even worth opening your eyes to watch. What the makers of this movie have done essentially is raise the bar for all others in the business, and the ones with limited vision who make a big named movie (no matter what the quality) because they know people will flock just because of the title ( i.e the matrix) will fall way short of the mark. The score, the acting, the directing, every fiber of this movie is almost completely flawless, when Sam cries you want to cry, when the armies rejoice you want to jump out of your seat and cheer, when there is a feeling of despair it makes you wish that for just three and a half hours you could be in the battle with the soldiers desperately fighting for yours and every one else's lives, that you were the one scaling mount doom to destroy the one ring, for glory and the salvation of the world. it is the ultimate story of overcoming your fears and winning the day.
I neglected to put in many details about what made this movie the joy that it was, but i figured that anyone that reads this might be inclined to take look at this movie and if you have any passion in your lives the details will be as clear as day and speak for themselves