The Finale with awe

Rating: 9/10 (8 October 2013)

My favorite movie of the trilogy. Every character comes into their own, and kicks butt doing so. Seeing the rise of all the Hobbits and the fall of Denethor as well as Gollum is very satisfying. Everyone should already know, or assume that Gollum does not win in the end; he sort of does in his own morbid way, but not entirely. The beginning part, where it shows Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Eomer, Gandalf, and Theoden wading through the forest to come upon the Hobbits sitting pretty in their field of victory is by far one my favorite scenes. Which is followed by the death Wormtongue and Sauron, but still, it's hilarious. The character progression of not only the Hobbits, but of Aragorn is wonderful. He's finally realized he cannot escape the his fate to be king, but he can most assuredly make it his own. Even the Hobbits become Esquires and Honorary Guards. Frodo is one of the characters who's path just keeps getting darker and going down hill. While Gollum is poisoning his mind and turning him against Sam, the ring is corrupting him even further. The movie over all is very well scripted, excellently acted, and wonderfully done. I give it 9 out 10 stars. It's lacking one star because of the way it ended, and then ended again, and again and again. It didn't need that many fade to black screens in it, come on Peter.