return of the king eh?

Rating: 6/10 (2 March 2004)

This movie was by far the worst of the trilogy in my humble opinion. Bad acting throughout by the majority of the cast, especially Elijah Wood and Sean Astin, made their scenes near intolerable to watch. The script might as well have been nonexistent, as every line was cliched melodramatic crap. Finally, my biggest pet peeve of the film, the last 30 minutes or so of this movie is painfully hard to watch. Not because the viewer is being challenged, like in 'The Passion', but because I nearly fell asleep because it was so boring. 11 Oscars? Please. That only proves one thing. The Oscars are no longer an important award that stands above the rest of the crappy hundreds of awards show that are out the now, but rather, they are just another one of these bland, repetitive, mass appeal shows that are just there so everybody can see what their favorite star or most hated stars will look like. 5/10