Please people, get off the payroll

Rating: Null/10 (21 December 2003)

Ok, let me start by saying that I love the entire trilogy, and I love this movie - amazing battle sequences, amazing dialogue, etc.
BUT, I cannot comprehend all of the reviews here that are saying this is the best of the three!!?? Have you not seen the two towers? Let me start by saying there was NOTHING wrong with towers. Perfect filmmaking. Epic, probably the best movie ever made.
Now, again, amazing things to see in Return of the King, BUT, so many bad things. Let's review:
1) MY F#$%KING GOD, could the ending have been any longer??? There were 14 endings, there needed to be one, maybe two. I wanted to slit my wrists. I would elaborate, but I don't want to ruin it for anyone. Suffice to say, the ending ruined all the good things in the movie.
2) The dead people, way over the top. Not dealt with well. Not wrapped up well. I felt totally unnecessary. Love the Elves and trees from #2.
3) Liv Tyler. WTF? What was the point? Why was she dying? Very poor. Commit to some real time sweetheart when you're doing the greatest film of all time.
4) Gollum. Ok, who wouldn't have killed him?
There was more, just don't remember right now. All I know is you are a total a$$-sucker if you cannot see the gratuitousness of this movie vs. the towers. YES, I'm aware it's harder to wrap a movie (i.e., Empire Strikes Back vs. Return of the Jedi), but there was so much crap in here. I think it takes away from Jackson's supposed creative genius when you see the movie where he had total freedom was so laden with unnecessary garbage.

Again, still loved MOST of it, just a little disappointed nobody has guts to say this movie has major flaws. 8/10.