simply stated, there is a reason why everybody is giving it 10/10

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2003)

It is just that good. I didn't read the books, and that hampered me raving about the first of this series, but I have to top my hat to the director on the Return of the Kings. As Alison noted, it now makes the original Star Wars trilogy second rate, and the latest trilogy (episodes 1-3) even more of a joke.