A wonderful ending to a wonderful trilogy

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2003)

Peter Jackson ends the trilogy with the 200 minute Return of the King. And in the ending, you'll find a lot of action, even more characterization, humor, suspense and so many tears.
The movie immediately begins where it left off, starting with Gollum, Sam, and Frodo (Andy Serkis, Sean Astin, and Elijah Wood). The tension builds as Frodo must decide who his true companion is--Gollum or Sam? Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf (Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John-Rhys Davies, and Ian McKellan) meet up with Merry and Pippin (Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd) at the ruined Isengard. Very quickly the fellowship must break again though. Pippin and Gandalf ride to Gondor. The rest of the fellowship and the Rohirrim quickly follow to aide Gondor as this is the next realm under attack from Sauron.
The movie takes a while to build up the stories, but once it has it doesn't let go. The momentum is amazing, and the time passes quickly. Although many feel that the ending is too long (the third act is over 20 minutes long) I feel that everything in the end was necessary. People have spent 3 years with these characters and want to know what happens to them in the end.
Peter Jackson has done it again, and the rest of the cast and crew has helped him to make this whole thing possible. Thank you to all of you for the amazing movie experience you have given to the world. 10/10