Worse than the other two

Rating: Null/10 (23 December 2003)

I didn't enjoy return of the king that much. Again Peter Jackson failed, from my point of view, in giving ambiance and sphere to the film. This time around he failed in this aspect even more than in the former two films. The third episode is also the least true to the book. Lots of great parts as for example the encounter between frodo and Shelob were shamefully brought to the big picture. There is no suspense and no sphere. Although most people have been criticizing the two towers for the intercutting, it did not bother me that much since it was a " middle film " but in Return of the King they should have tried something else even if it would have had less in common with the book. But worst of all, the Music Score !!! Howard Shore maid some real horrible themes as for example the Rohan Theme. Every time one of these would come up ( and that happened a lot) everything on screen looked so horribly stupid. Is it possible to remove the soundtrack from a DVD film ? I'll be looking into that one of these days. Maybe i myself will add some different music to the picture.
The Shelob Scene and the Scenes at Mount Doom were so horribly acted and shot that i sometimes thought even John Woo would have done better :-(
If the Hobbit would ever be made into a film, I hope P.Jackson and Howard Shore( Unless he makes some more in the way of Gollum's Song) won't take any part in it.