That feeling, you know...

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2003)

One can always discuss the details of a certain movie... was the effects flawless? Were the actors good enough? Was the movie too long? Too Short...?
Discussions like that about "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" will undoubtedly be numerous in the time to come. Was the ending correct enough? Was the score fitting...?
When I saw this movie at the opening night, in a small theater on the windblown heaths of Denmark, thoughts like that buzzed through my head. And the lack of sophisticated 3D sound equipment and the too small screen, hightened my critical sense somewhat more.
And yet, after having dropped my popcorn twice, ungripping fists I didn't know was clenched at least five times, wiping my eyes more times that a grown man wishes to admit and forgot to breath more times than I can remember, all those thoughts were made to shame. This is one of those few films that makes critical views obsolete. once that feeling, you know, gets to you, you know there is no reason to logicalize.
This is a movie experience of the rare kind, the kind you feel grips you all the way back to the mythical subconsciousness of us all. An epos that makes petty thoughts on details reasonless.
Long live the King!