Movie of the year, and the final part in the best trilogy ever!

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2003)

So the journey ends.
No more epic Christmas movies to be looking forward to. Then again, do we really know this? What if in 2008, Peter Jackson and the rest of his marvelous crew return with "The Hobbit". Or some other filmmaker decides to honour Tolkien and Jackson, by creating another fantastic fantasy film. No doubt one of these two things will happen, preferably both, but still it would not be able to compete with "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Just as the books were, and still are, pioneers in the written fantasy genre, these films will forever stand as the best "book-to-film" trilogy ever created. Obviously others will try to copy and steal from these movies, but will they ever reach the same level of excellence? No.
Many have spoken of Oscars to Viggo Mortensen and Sean Astin, but to this I disagree. Not because their performances are not worthy of it, but simply because all the actors and actresses in this trilogy should be honoured. They all contribute in making these films as good as they are. No, do something special and give the Oscar to all, not just one.
When it comes to directing, there is not much doubt. If Peter Jackson does not win this year (he should have won the two previous years as well), the Academy is making a fool out if itself. Again. This man directed THREE movies at once. As far as I know, this has not been done before.
If they all had been crap, or just one of them, you could discuss whether or not he deserved this prize, in spite of the historic achievement in directing. Then again, why even bother thinking this, when the trilogy is the best ever created? In short:
Peter Jackson IS the best director of the year!
I could go on about every member of the crew, but you would not bother reading it all, so I'm not going to. What I want to say, is this:
Three movies to rule them all, one crew to create them. One Academy to bring them all, and in public honour them.
CCH out.