heartbreakingly close to perfection

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2003)

In the old days when Ben-Hur and Cleopatra came out, they were over three hours and you got an intermission in the middle to relax and regroup. That's what LOTR3 needed! The human mind can only watch drama for so long, no matter how cool it may look. There is a limit. I loved this film. I said "wow" out loud many times during it, but the end, my god the end!!! Arrggghhhh!!!! It just goes far beyond what humans are capable of tolerating! It took too long for them to get up mount Doom, there were too many Orcs and the dramatic conflicts just repeated themselves. LOTR 1 - 10/10 LOTR 2 - 6/10 LOTR 3 - 7/10