This is why there are fast forward buttons

Rating: 6/10 (9 May 2004)

So, this is the end and what an anti-climax it is. The Two Towers showed some promise, although half of it bored my pants off.
Here again only half the movie is interesting. The Frodo and Sam part is so boring and repetitive I just needed to use my Fast Forward button to get through it. This is what happens in this part: Sam screams at Gollum, Frodo defends Gollum, Gollum speaks to himself, Frodo is in mortal danger and Sam saves him. They've been doing the very same thing over and over again since the beginning of The Two Towers.
Then the other part: also a replay of The Two Towers, I'm afraid. Orcs attack a human stronghold and the humans barely survive. The battle is even the same: everything is almost lost and then re-enforcements arrive saving the day.
It's also quite obvious that Viggo Mortenssen was a very bad choice for a pivotal part in this movie. His acting is wooden and his courageous speech before the battle is so powerless, mainly because of his wimpy voice and his foreign accent doesn't help either.
The ending starts about half an hour before the credits and just keeps going on and on. Aragon is crowned king and that should have been it. But no, they need to sugar coat everyone's exit till it almost made me throw up.
Ok, the source material does dictate how it ends (although the ending of the book was better), but it could've been made better by just ending after the coronation.
So 3 out 3 movies that were only half interesting. So, maybe time for a new cut with only the interesting parts (about three hours for the whole lot would do).