Filmmaking hasn't seen a series like this in decades.

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2003)

I was one of the fortunate who was able to view the Trilogy showing of the films. I was 4th in line at the theater (at 7:30am) and waited patiently until 1:00 for the day to really begin. Watching all three films was breathtaking, and Return of the King was a most appropriate conclusion to the epic tale. As a filmmaker, I was pleased to see that these films reach a goal that so few films of late have. They make us forget the actors, forget the effects, forget the "films." What is left is our remembrance of the characters, their lives, and their story. It is a masterful telling that I wager will not be bested by another story in many years to come, if ever. Many films make me wish I was a part of the world they took place in, but few films actually put me there. While viewing Return of the King, I lived it.