2003 Directed by Peter Jackson
Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.
Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Viggo Mortensen Sean Astin Liv Tyler Orlando Bloom John Rhys-Davies Dominic Monaghan Billy Boyd Andy Serkis Cate Blanchett Christopher Lee Hugo Weaving Ian Holm Bernard Hill Karl Urban Miranda Otto David Wenham Sean Bean John Noble Marton Csokas Lawrence Makoare Paul Norell Thomas Robins Sarah McLeod Sadwyn Brophy Alistair Browning Ian Hughes Alan Howard Show All…
Every tale embarks us on a new journey, every journey eventually comes to its inevitable end. As for The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring turned out to be a genre-defining classic. The Two Towers astonishingly raised the bar to an even higher level. And even though it did seem near-impossible for The Return of the King to triumph over such towering expectations but against all odds, this final journey of Middle-Earth delivers everything & achieves much more than what was expected from it to bring J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendary saga to an epic & magnificent conclusion.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the culmination of the wonderful journey we embarked on with The Fellowship…
The end.
And with those words, Peter Jackson (you genius you) leaves me both sobbing and amazed at the utter perfection that was on display for the combined 11 hours.
I thought The Fellowship of The Ring was my favorite.
I was wrong.
The Return of the King is literally the most overindulgent and grandiose piece of cinema ever committed to celluloid. And that's not a bad thing, but a great thing. Tolkien's story is so intricately structured and detailed that to conclude the story in a couple hours would be a travesty. The Return of the King brings emotional gravitas, AWE-INSPIRING battle sequences, and pitch-perfect pacing to the table. And yes, I watched the extended edition. No matter how…
The Holy Grail of all films!
Peter Jackson is the dog whisperer of filmmaking! Every aspect of the film, with its numerous subplots all of which were demanding little diva's all vying for his time, talents and attention were masterfully handled, Jackson soothed the savage beasties and pulled off the most astonishing feat by delivering the most exciting, engaging, cohesive, satisfying, most beloved grand finale of all time!
Viewing this Trilogy is equivalent to participating in an Ironman Triathlon! I am physically and emotionally spent! I'm bruised, battered, and limping by the time I reach the finish line! But oh what a Glorious, Rewarding, Victorious experience this was!
An epic, satisfying conclusion to the greatest trilogy ever made, The Return of the King is not only Peter Jackson’s magnum opus, but one of the absolute greatest works of art I’ve ever seen, not only holding up beautifully in all of the areas of acting, writing, and filmmaking that the previous two installments of The Lord of the Rings trilogy excelled in, but making a great payoff to what the previous two installments have been building up to, and, on top of that, providing some of the most beautifully directed action setpieces to ever grace the screen. Every single Academy Award that this masterpiece won is absolutely deserved.
Hallelujah! The end has arrived.
Well, this marathon was fun. Sometimes frustrating, sometimes downright grueling, but mostly good fun.
I found The Return of the King to be worse than The Two Towers and about as good as The Fellowship of the Ring. It was somewhat silly in parts and astoundingly beautiful in others. And it just didn't want to end, did it?
As a whole, the trilogy is an astounding piece of work. It tells an epic story in a magnificent way, bringing JRR Tolkien's work to life with just as much love and dedication as Tolkien did in his hefty volumes. It deserves respect for its scope and ambition. And it has already become a classic.
But The…
MY GOD THE SCENE WHERE THE GHOST WARRIORS JUST... POPPED OUT. LEGEND.
also aragorn you're so handsome
Samwise is the best friend a Hobbit could have, and as a fellow Sam I can only hope to be as loyal and true as him.
Unpopular opinion time: Not a fan of Éowyn.
Stabbing the Witch-king of Angmar and yelling something about not identifying with a certain gender is fine but not acknowledging that you would not have had the chance to do so without the help of Merry?
I will not stand for this fraudulent Hobbit erasure.
(Watching the Extended editions)
The final chapter is a long, long movie. There's no getting around that. Is it too long? I don't know. I like it, and it's a grand finale with a ton going on. But even the much shorter theatrical cut is quite long. One complaint I heard a lot was that it wouldn't stop ending, but I don't know if that's fair. There's a LOT to cover once the action is done. I guess they could have just had the ring drop into the fire and cut to credits, but come on.
This trilogy is definitely one of the coolest Fantasy epics ever put on the screen (big or small). It's a great tale, well told and well acted. As an individual film, this may be the weakest of the three, though it's got some fantastic parts. But as the capper for the trilogy, it's great.
A 3 hour tribute to that one shot in Titanic where the guy falls on the propeller.
I think I figured out why I liked the first movie so much more. The introduction to the world made it feel so huge, and I expected something on a much more epic scale. In this movie there's very little sense of time passing. A journey we're told takes 2 days is reduced to a cut. We learn Frodo's entire quest took just over a year. The world feels a lot bigger on a dirt road than it does on a map.
I don't really know what else to say that I haven't said for the other two. The performances are still…
I really dislike these films. As a technological accomplishment, they are impressive, but they don't work for me at all as films. For me, it boils down to Jackson's lack of proportion and a general inability to when enough is enough. It's pretty much always been a problem with his work, but lack of budgets kind of restrained him early on. Starting with these films ... everything needs to be bigger, longer and more ponderously serious. The environments are skillful blends of CGI and real locations, but I don't buy any of them as real places, not even for a second. Jackson doesn't build armies ... he builds HUGE impossibly large armies. He doesn't make castles ... he makes castles…
Shame on me for watching this movie months after I finished the book.
Shame on me for only watching this once when it came out in theaters.
Shame on you for not watching this movie every day of your damb life.
Cause it's a goddamb masterpiece.
P.S.
I've mentioned it before, but I'm gonna go ahead and declare the Lord of the Rings score as the GREATEST FILM SCORE OF ALL TIME.
That's right. Star Wars moves to number 2.
bitch.
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