This is the real review

Rating: Null/10 (5 January 2004)

Let me start off that Return of the King was visually great and better than the first two movies. Now I am no Lord of the Ring fan but I have to say Jackson went overboard with the story. The story of the movie isn't true to the book. I don't know if he was stupid or somethin', but he left out the important scenes and added staring scenes. People staring at each other for ages and in SLOW-MOTION! The battle scenes were nice but also repetitive from the first battle. Just barging in and attacking. Oh and I think Gandalf had powers he could use. He uses absolutely no powers except for batting off the nazgul with the light. Oh and where was Sauron (or Saruman, i don't care what his name is) throughout the whole movie? Im sure in the book Gandalf confronts him and breaks his staff. Oh and when the hobbits come back to the Shrine I thought it was supposed to be in ruins by the Orcs. There are even more plot flaws like the whole Frodo leaving Sam back part which I think was made up by Jackson, but I can't mention them all. Overall, Jackson did a good job of putting great action and effects but he didn't stay true to the story like he did with the previous two movies. I thought he was a nerd and knew every little thing about the books. Why didn't he put that knowledge into the movies? Was he waiting for something else? I have no idea but he forgot Tolkien. Im sure people who have read the book know about all the flaws im talking about. Poor Tolkien left in the dust. P.S. To Jackson, Don't make movies that are based on books that aren't true to them.