Like the other installments ROTK grows on you

Rating: 8/10 (22 December 2003)

It's simply too much to take in for just one viewing. Like in FOTR and TTT I felt emotionally overburdened when I first saw this third part. There were so many scenes, which would have been an emotional highlight for any movie. But before I even began to care, it was off again to the next highlight. Uff! You only have two choices: To 'log out' and dismiss this movie as nice eye-candy with a simple main plot and some cheesiness. You might even enjoy it on this level. Or to watch it again and again and again, until You are able to soak it all in. I chose the second path and by now I am even moved by those parts, which seemed awkward at first.
Best overall cast and special effects I have ever seen. Everything else is at least good. 9/10
I'm not sure, but this could become a male 'Titanic'.