Great But Not Perfect

Rating: 8/10 (25 January 2019)

19 December 2003. The ending trilogy was intense and compelling but not quite perfect. A reality-based motif would have even brought this imaginative fantasy. The eerie, haunting black corridors of Mount Doom and the pervasive evil as well as presence of heart-break female roles were missing. Such magic would have captured a the Excaliber quality essence of Middle Earth. The music, the dizzying reeling battle scenes, the cinematography were richly transferred to the screen. Yet, the epic nature of Dr. Zhivago was never fully realized but as a fantasy it is the best to come along. Eight out of ten stars.