Weakest Link in a great trilogy

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 2006)

I thoroughly enjoyed the lord of the rings movies, with the exception of the last hour of the final film. Of the three films this was quite honestly the weakest, but it was still a pretty good movie and worth the price of admission. There is a point at which things become too "feel good" and commercialized and the last hour of this film more than crossed that line. 60 plus minutes of goodbyes, elves huggin (frolicking in bed together is a little weird but OK), just to wrap up the story. I like the movie but not enough that i want to watch elves kiss goodbye for an entire hour, it was just plain boring not to mention uncomfortable. The reason i say this film is more commercialized is that in all super popular movies things become less about the story and more about "cameos" from all your favorite characters which makes me think of them as marketing tools and actually takes away from the character (think xmen). anyways it really is worth a watch, but do yourself a favor and just turn it off once the conflict has been resolved.