Thrilling end to a brilliant trilogy!

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2003)

Peter Jackson should well and truly be proud of himself. He has directed one of the best trilogies ever to exist. Return Of the King sadly marks the end of this epic adventure and it certainly doesn't disappoint. My only grievance with the movie is that two important charcters were cut out completely - Saruman (Christopher Lee) and Grima Wormtongue (Brad Douriff). It seems as though these two characters just disappeared off the face of Middle Earth, with no mention what of happened to them! Of course, from the book, we know that they both die but it would have been nice to see the scene in Return of the King. But if I am not mistaken, the scene will appear in the Extended Edition when it comes out next year. Despite this minor blip, the movie still deserves a solid 8.5/10