The third part is the one to rule them all

Rating: Null/10 (19 June 2004)

THE LORD OF THE RINGS:THE RETURN OF THE KING C-200min ****(2003)D:Peter Jackson. Elijah Wood, Ian Mckellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monahagan, Orlando Bloom Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis, Sean Bean. A crowning achievement, the landmark of motion pictures, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's final novel as Frodo and company fight for Middle Earth's survival. The finale is a unique towering motion picture masterpiece, exquistely featuring unforgettable, powerhouse performances, McKellen, full of spirit and wisdomm as Gandalf, Astin, who brought unprecedented strength and power as Frodo's friend Sam, Mortensen, who's headstrong as Aragorn, and Serkis, who's convincing and frightening as CGI creature Gollum and the other cast members do exceptionally well. Very epic and majestic, boasting impressive, superb, and mature visual effects and full of grand battle scenes, and proof that a science fiction/fantasy action adventure film these days can be taken so seriously. One of the best war spectacles ever made and one of the greatest motion pictures of all time. The first science fiction/fantasy action adventure genre film to be an Oscar winner for Best Picture, the first of it's 11 Oscar wins including Best Director(Jackson), Adapted Screenplay(Jackson, Fran Walsh, Phillipina Boyes), Art Direction, Film Editing, Costume Design, Makeup, Sound, Visual Effects, Original Score(Howard Shore), and Original Song("Into the West" by Howard Shore and Fran Walsh, sung by Annie Lennix).