a true masterpiece, will be a classic for decades

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 2006)

Long ago (in a galaxy far, far away) there was a trilogy that was untouched and unsurpassed. It was the defining point of that decade and was rated by some people as the best films ever. If you haven't guessed what I'm going on about already I am talking about Star Wars. Now The Lord of the Rings takes Star Wars and flushes it down the toilet. It literally wipes the floor with its Ewoks and Jedi knights.
Some people may be put off by the fact that it's a film about goblins, elves etc but this is far from a quaint fairy tale. The Return of the King is the concluding part of Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings trilogy and unlike The Matrix Revolutions it has all the acting, script, music, and brilliant scale of the first two films. Frodo and Sam continue their quest to destroy the one ring with the help of Golum. Unknown to Frodo though (Sam is very suspicious of Golum), Golum wants the ring all to himself and is secretly leading them to "her". After destroying Isengard, the Ents, the two other Hobbits, Aragorn, Gimly, Legolas and Gandalf must do what it takes to ensure Middle-Earth does not succumb to the forces of Mordor and Sauron.
Everything about this film shouts perfection, from the perfect camera work to the undoubtedly perfect directing by Peter Jackson. Everything in this film is done to perfection. As the Rohan riders are galloping down to meet the army of Mordor the backdrop is sensational and is something only this crew could conjure up. The music in itself is an achievement; each orchestrated piece of work is so effective that it not only adds to the drama of the film but it creates emotion that far surpass any film I have ever seen. At the end of this film I was genuinely sad as I had no Lord of the Rings to look forward to next year! Each scene is individual and as riveting as the last which makes for brilliant watching.