A Mind-blowing conclusion!

Rating: Null/10 (3 August 2004)

What can you say after seeing perhaps the most brilliant climatic finish of all time! Much less of a trilogy of movies.
I have friends who aren't into epic or long movies and who don't like 'serials'. Still, they wanted to know how this one ended because the movies were well made and kept the audience's attention.
This movie has not only epic battle scenes that exceed Two Towers, but has a personal touch that exceeds Fellowship of the Rings! Sam becomes a real hero in this one.
New characters include Boromir's brother Faramir, and their crazy father, the Stewart of Gondor.
New tests of character for Eowyn, niece of the King of Gondor, Aragorn, the king about whom this story really is about, and Gandalf, Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Legolas, Gimli, Faramir and about everyone involved!

Perhaps a little long, still this movie was so good that the Oscars just couldn't ignore it any longer. It's probable that some of it was accumulative and that some voters finally realized that a fantasy movie really could be serious competition for an Oscar award. Compared to some of the other junk that they gave Oscars to instead of the first two movies (what they were nominated for), this series will far outlive them all.
The first movie had the misfortune to run up against the year of the 'make up'. In other words, Hollywood was doing a big "I'm sorry" for all of the worthy folks they'd overlooked in the past for Oscars, regardless of whether this year was even THEIR best performance, much less whether it was better than FELLOWSHIP. But the last year, the competition just couldn't stack up and they had no more excuses!
Watch all three and have a blast! I'm looking forward to seeing the extended versions of Two Towers and Return of the King also!