The Return of the King : Peter Jackson's crowning glory.

Rating: Null/10 (1 January 2004)

I thought the movie was pretty damn good. Although, I think it was a bit on the long side. To me, they almost could have done without the first scene, the whole thing with Smeagle and killing his friend for the ring. I thought that would have fit better in one of the other movies, or just not be included at all. I also think the last half hour could have been cut down a tad bit, but there were a lot of important things there. It seemed to just drag on at that point. I guess I was still thrilled with all the battles.
Which brings me to the fighting. While I think Saving Private Ryan still has the best battle scenes I've seen in a movie, this ranks at 1a. Just flat out awesome they way they did everything. One complaint though: The ghosts just seemed to run through the guys and kill them. I don't know the exact background of the guys, but I think they should have actually put a beatdown on the enemy rather than just run through them and kill them like that. Of course, that probably would have put the movie at 202 minutes.
I give this movie a 9 out of 10.