This was awesome!

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2003)

*POSS.SPOILERS*
It is fair to say that both my daughter and I had been hotly anticipating this film, so our expectations were very high. We both came out of the cinema, and were lost for words as to describe how good this was in terms of film-making. Peter Jackson has ended this trilogy in a suitably grand and immersive fashion, and I honestly believe that this series of films will be recognized as classics in years to come. Sure, there may have been one or two minor gripes - Mr Jackson cannot handle the "love elements", and the triangle between Aragorn, Arwen, and Eowyn was a bit stilted and forced: The conclusion was somewhat over long, with some cheesy moments to achieve a "Happy Ending". But despite these (very minor) criticisms, this was epic film-making at its very best. The film is very much darker in tone than the first two, and this is not purely down to the narrative - It is quite obvious where Peter Jacksons background lies!
In short, a fitting end to a wonderful triumvirate of cinema. The best film of the year (and most other years!), by a very, very long way....