This is the end...

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 2004)

This is the end of a great adventure, epic and movie. Return of the King is just amazing. It has it all. Action, drama, horror, comedy, adventure, tears, emotions, friendship and most of all - hope.
Peter Jackson has succeeded. Period. We have now been given his version of Tolkien's great work. And his achievement is almost as great as ol' J.R.R. With a combination of an awesome cast, WETA digital studio and everyone else involved in this huge project they have all created movie history, for people like you and me.
To watch Return of the King on the big screen (and that's where it should be seen) is a delight. I can't even remember when I had so many different emotions in one single movie. Oh wait, maybe last Christmas...and the Christmas before that. However, the Lord of the Rings is one single movie.
Let's start with Shelob. Amazing work there. I usually don't get scared when watching spiders, but she freaked me out. Gollum looked even better (how's that possible?) than The Two Towers, you really hate him this time. Away is all the pity for that little weasel. Sam really grows in this part, here's our real hero. I wish he would get really reconized for his role.
The whole battle of Pelennor Fields was AMAZING. I sat on the edge of my seat the whole time, with my jaw dropped down. It actually followed the book really good there, like the scene with Eowyn and the Nazgul. Minas Tirith was just beautiful done, and alot of airviews of it. This is why I go to the cinema, you can't experience this movie-magic on your own TV.
The flow of The Return of the Great was great. Not many slow parts at all, this must have been the fastest 3 h 20 minutes in my life.

The only minor complaints are some missing scenes that will hopefully show up on the Extended Edition.
A great ending of a fantastic story. Thank you again Peter Jackson.