Promises Made - Honoured in Full

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2003)

Before I saw ROTK, I read probably close to 100 online reviews, and with one or two exceptions, everyone raved about this movie. Now I know why. This is a spectacular movie on its own. But when ROTK is seen in the context of being the concluding third of the LOTR trilogy, it defies description. There were moments when I felt my chest tighten in awe.
No-one steals the show - every last actor is nothing short of superb. But for me personally, Samwise Gamgee deserves honourable mention.
For the pedantic purists who want a "Harry Potter" style, page-by-page, line-by-line adaptation, you may be a little disappointed. For the rest of us, it doesn't get any better.
ROTK was everything I hoped for and more, and I relish the thought of seeing it many more times.