Excellent Movie

Rating: 10/10 (5 March 2004)

The movie was a fitting finale for the trilogy. I found it to be an excellent adaptation of Tolkien's work. The movie stayed true to the book and where it did veer away it did so in such a way that I did not find it to be "blasphemous". I have always enjoyed the books and I feel Jackson has done an outstanding job, especially when you consider the magnitude of the undertaking, in bringing all three books to the big screen.

It was unfortunate that Hollywood knew all the movies were to be released in sequential years. I believe this was the reason that the Fellowship of the Rings lost out on an Oscar Best Picture nod.
When the original Godfather came out it was at the time considered a stand-alone movie and was appropriately rewarded this way. It is too bad that the Academy Awards did not view the three LOTR movies in this light or they may well have won more Best Picture nods.