disappointingly outstanding

Rating: Null/10 (18 December 2003)

ROTK strayed further from the book than either previous movie.
The passing of the Witch King was underplayed...no great lightening of the darkness, no great honour for Eowyn...no need for Aragorn to heal anyone with the hands of the healer...no time (or reason) for Eowyn to fall in love.
In the book there was about a week between the battle of Gondor and the final battle. This was basically just gone from the movie. Everything after the battle of Gondor seemed rushed. I saw no point to spending the opening minutes on the gollum scene. It was an interesting scene but belonged on the extra DVD.
I'm hoping that the extended dvd has the alternate (correct) ending, i.e. the scouring of the shire.