No good way to put this....it is better than any other movie that has ever been made.

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2003)

In a world were death horror and hate fill the air each and everyday, it is truly amazing that something so beautifully surreal and enigmatic, could ever be put out. The first two installments of this series left myself and most of the general public in awe of the beauty of these films, but the third is something different. The Return of the King actually makes you feel like its characters you relate to them not in a literal sense but in an emotional one. The themes of friendship and loyalty ring loud and clear, and everyone can relate to these themes in one way or another.
Never in it's three hour and thirty minute stretch did the movie lag, this is a feat not easily accomplished by any film. Take the two newest matrix movies for instance they do not even begin to approach the three hour mark yet they feel longer and Return did. Also the amazing amount of material covered, how did they ever fit all of these events into one film? There really felt like there were 5 different movies playing at once, but they are edited together so well that the time just flies by.
This is the first film I have seen in my life that actually gave me a hope in todays modern man, with all of the terrible things that happen everyday I have little faith left in the goodness of man. The team that brought us this film have shown an unpresidented amount of goodness, in that people have the ability to see something so beautiful and dedicate so much of their lifes to making it a reality. I highly doubt there will ever be such a grand ensemble of people working on a single film for the rest of our days. These films will trancend generations for years to come and go down as the most successful and important films of all time. Never again will something equal the magnitude and heart these 11 hours of film have. Return of the King: Greatest single cut of film of all time. Lord of the Rings: Greatest whole film ever produced. My hats off to you Peter Jackson you have given life to what we all thought was a dead world; commercial film.