Arrg! My eyes!

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2003)

Boy, sitting in the front row of Return of the King at two in the morning, the sounds of heavy battle coursing through your body can have an ill effect. My eyes, also, are suffering from the prolonged fate of staring at fifteen-feet faces for the past three hours. Still, though, as Aragorn wields the reforged Narsil with an army of the dead behind him, or the legions of Rohan pile down upon a sea of Orcs, or the Nazgul's dragon-things screech through the air, you will know the meaning of the word "epic."
Again, possibly an entire fourth (or more) of the movie is extreme (extreme) close-ups of some none-too-pleasent faces. I would definitely recommend sitting far back from the screen. Also, as I mentioned, you will realize that sound can have weight, and that sound can have quite a BIT of weight, and sound could probably knock you off your feet if you let it. Though I must also stress that I am -not- complaining -at all-. These factors do NOT detract from the movie's value.
A modern day Star Wars, if you will. Hmm. That sounded kind of funny and clichÃ©... Whatever. And, no, I *still* haven't read the book(s). Be quiet. G'night!