A perfect movie

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2003)

The third installment in the trilogy is perfect. It is wonderful to see a movie get better over the three books. I believe the third one is 10 times better than the first two, and the first two were pretty good.
The director has a wonderful blend of the epic, the persona, the evil, the good, real actors, CGI, it is well paced. Very nice. The difference between LotR #3 and Matrix #3 is that Tolkien was a professional storyteller/writer/philosopher who worked on his story for 12 years. That makes all of the difference. The director proportions the movie in service of Tolkien's story. The CGI is done with control and intelligence (if this were only true of Matrix #3).
Lord of the Rings, especially the third installment is well worth seeing, many times.