This film completes a whole story

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2003)

Being a great fan of the book, I always struggle to reconcile my vision with Peter Jackson's version. It never happened completely in The Two Towers. And I left my first viewing of Return of the King dazed, stunned, overwhelmed, but unsure whether I liked it or not.
After seeing it a second time, I was no longer unsure. I started to understand that these movies do not stand alone, and Return of the King completes Jackson's version of the myth of Tolkien's Middle-earth. There was a depth of story and soundtrack that made it separate from the books in such a way that I could enjoy it. And enjoy it I did. The cinematography was breathtaking at times; the character development tender (how did they get Gandalf's hand on Pippin's face to be so believable?); and the scenes we expected surprising none the less.
10!