I'm still out of breath...

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2003)

Wow, what a ride! I guess it will take some time to really absorb and digest everything seen on screen. There is just so much going on that it will also take another one, two or even three visits to the cinema to watch the film again and again and again. Sean Astin for sure deserves an Oscar for his role as Sam, dragging and carrying Frodo through Mordor and up Mount Doom: if that isn't worthy for best actor in a SUPPORTING role, I don't know what is. Everything fits together very well: the actors, the battles, the locations, the music, the special effects (you know that they exist, but they just blend in).
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Peter Jackson and his team finally get the Oscars they deserve!