What are you all complaining for?

Rating: 9/10 (27 February 2005)

Maybe it's just me, but I've been browsing through all of the RotK reviews, and practically everyone says the film is 'the worst one in the trilogy' or 'utter rubbish'. WHAT? I admit there are some things in the film that could be improved. The ending did seem to drag a bit, but have you read the book? Jackson has cut a lot out, and yet the storyline still makes sense, and it's still just as effective. To all of the people currently saying that he needed to add more about the Shire, think again, I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd have found a five hour movie too much.
RotK is by far the biggest of the LotR trilogy. The huge battles and the amazing Shelob scene make this film by far the most exciting. The music is, yet again, flawless. There are very few scores that you can remember months after seeing the film (Stars Wars and Indiana Jones being some of those scores) and I think that LotR has some truly amazing music, that will be remembered for decades.
My personal favourite scene has to be the lighting of the beacons, as the camera flies over the mountains you really get a sense of the scale of Tolkien's world. And of course I sat in the cinema with all of my friends and cheered when Eowyn killed the Witch King. Finally, a woman killing something! YES! Sean Astin really stole the show though, his portrayal of Sam was immensely powerful. "Don't go where I can't follow" was such a powerful line that I could see at least one of my friends in tears.
But if there's one thing that you remember after seeing this film, remember Gollum. Sometimes I forget that he's not a real person.
Overall, don't listen to the idiots saying that this film 'isn't worth seeing', because they're wrong. This film deserves every Oscar it won, and you deserve to watch it. Pure brilliance.