The Epic grand adventure of the Millenia! One of the greatest movies ever made!

Rating: 10/10 (18 June 2019)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is perhaps the greatest achievement in cinematic history. It's the ending of Trilogy that ends the Journey even more masterfully than it began and it does it just a way that will leave you in tears once it's all over. I've cried while watching this, several times in fact. There are so many great emotional punches that it's staggerly long 3 and a half hour length(Four and a half if your watching the Extended) go by like a picnic. Honestly till this day I've never seen anything like before or since. We've had great movies, movies that mark the end of a series or trilogy. Movies like, The Dark Knight Rises, Avengers Endgame, and MockingJay. All try to end their series in an Epic fashion with a Grand final battle but none of these hit me with the same emotional punch like The Return of the King. Needlessly to say I FREAKING LOVE THIS MOVIE!
The film picks up right where the previous film left off. Frodo and Sam are still being led by Gollum on their perilous journey towards Mount Doom while Gandalf, Aragorn, Théoden and the others prepare for the War to end all wars. The Battle of Pelenoir Fields is in my estimation the greatest visual achievement in film history. Gandalf is a Titan when he leads Gondor's armies and Théoden is a Legend! The Sequence when he leads the armies of Rohan as they shout "DEATH" sends chills down by spine and moves me beyond measure. I adore that scene as I do The Oliphant battle. This movie is filled with battle sequences from beginning to end, the most out of the trilogy. In a film with so much action it would be easy to forget about the heart but to compensate this the movie somehow magically contains twice the emotion of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.
There are so many sub plots in this adventure but rather than distract they give assistance to the main arch of the film. From Eowyn being the one female willing to fight side by side amongst determined men, To the tragic circumatance that Faramir finds himself in when he finds that his father detests him and rather him die over his diseased brother Boromir, to Théoden's acceptance of his mortality and letting go of his animosity towards Gondor. It's all Great stuff and does more than just about any 3 or 4 hour that I've ever seen to justify it's length. I will always cherish this film for that.
The Climax is spell binding and Everything you can possibly hope for. Everything comes to a head at the end and it takes it's time getting there. Not only did I appreciate that but after the Climax the resolution becomes it's own unique section of the film. Frodo returns after destroying the ring and Gollum along with it to find the world has moved on without him. None of the Hobbits truly feel home when they return, though Sam is able to make the most of it after getting married and starting a family. Frodo must leave Middle Earth Forever and go with the Elves to the Valinor, a heaven like place far away from the rest of the world. A tear Jerker ending if there ever was one.
All in all The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is one of the rare examples of a Perfect Movie. Everything is exactly as it should be. Everything from the first two films is tied up beautifully by the final acts of the film. Every moment feels like time well spent from the brief Look at the origin of Gollum that sets the tone at the opening of the film to the Closing of the door after Sam comes home to his family at the shire at the end. All of it feels like a revelation. This movie a Must Watch and one of the rare cases of a Sequel that surpasses it's predecessors. It's a Marvel to behold.