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 Hugo Weaving Ian Holm Bernard Hill Karl Urban Miranda Otto David Wenham Sean Bean John Noble Marton Csokas Paul Norell Thomas Robins Sarah McLeod Alistair Browning Ian Hughes John Bach Bruce Hopkins Harry Sinclair Alan Howard Show All…
Peter Jackson Barrie M. Osborne Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Mark Ordesky Michael Lynne Fran Walsh Robert Shaye
Jim Rygiel Steve Dubin Robyn Isaacs Charlie McClellan Eileen Moran James Whitlam Dean Wright Chetan Deshmukh Joe Letteri Dean Lyon John P. Nugent Jeremy Bennett Paul Lasaine
Mike Hopkins Ethan Van der Ryn Beau Borders Brent Burge Hayden Collow Tim Nielsen Addison Teague Craig Tomlinson Dave Whitehead David Farmer Christopher Boyes Michael Hedges Michael Semanick
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…
Every tale embarks us on a new journey, every journey eventually comes to its inevitable end. And for The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring was a genre-defining classic. The Two Towers astonishingly raised the bar to an even higher level. 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 and accomplishes 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 of the Ring & picks up…
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!
me crying while the whole theater full of fanboys are crying as well: fucking pussies
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The iconic finale to the greatest fantasy movie trilogy of all time!
"Is there any hope, Gandalf, for Frodo and Sam? There never was much hope. Just a fool's hope."
When I finished watching The Return of the King for the first time during Christmas break of my Freshmen year of college, I was overwhelmed by a strange bittersweet feeling. This franchise that I had come even more passionate about at the end of each year from 02 to 04, had finally come to an end. I was a little annoyed in the moment that the movie did not include The Scouring of…
A perfect ending to the best trilogy of all time. Viggo Mortensen is amazing in ROTK and the story comes to a satisfying conclusion. Samwise is the real MVP and everyone knows it.
Verdict: Elite Fantasy-Adventure movie
Balances the adventure of the first with the war movie elements of the second. The story is better integrated into the battle than in Two Towers.
Without a shadow of a doubt, this is one of the greatest trilogies of all-time.
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My regular (no longer quite annual) viewing of the trilogy has now been expanded, at my partner's urging, to include the Hobbit trilogy. So over a matter of 9 days we finally got it done. I enjoy the Hobbit films more each time I watch them and somehow the same can also be said for the LOTR trilogy. The Fellowship is basically perfect. The Two Towers is a little more uneven but features a few of the more entertaining aspects of the entire trilogy. The Return has way too many endings, tears and Frodo being a bitch but overall it's so brilliantly done.
It's now been over 17 years since I first sat in the theater as a 12 year…
So I have waited patiently to review this collection as a whole, rather than individually per film. I have spent the first 23 years of my life living happily ignorant to the magic of Tolkien. Having changed that in the space of about three days, I now feel thoroughly overwhelmed.
In short - I did really, really love it. I tried not to but I fell utterly in love with the characters (some more than others) and became completely invested in the intricacies of the tale and adventure. Basically Tolkien is a genius, and at a really basic level how can someone come up with an entire world, language, set of beliefs like that? Incredible. I love the level of…
Entertainment - 9.3/10
Direction - 10/10
Narrative - 9.1/10
Acting - 8.6/10
Writing - 9/10
Visuals - 9.3/10
Cinematography - 10/10
Editing - 8.1/10
Sound - 10/10
Characters - 9.7/10
Rating - 9.3/10
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