Can't say enough

Rating: Null/10 (21 December 2003)

This movie had me in tears, not just because of the emotion of the story lines wrapping up, but because of the realization of the totally spectacular job Jackson and company have done. I have no reservations in saying that as a complete work, the trilogy is the best movie ever made (I will allow that a great many other movies are better than any single installment of the trilogy, taken alone).
I do have one point to make, in response to some earlier reviews. I very much doubt that Frodo and Sam would be burnt to a crisp while perched on the rock outcrop on the slopes of Mount Doom as lava flows below. While I am no expert on lava and volcanos, I do recall seeing footage of people walking a similar distance away from flowing lava in Hawaii, and while they look uncomfortable, they are certainly not bursting into flame or anything. They might not even be as hot as fire fighters who enter a burning building.