The Journey has come to an end. A visual masterpiece…whoa.
LOTR: The Return of the King is one of the rarest of Hollywood’s sequals in that is lives up to all the hype and every expectation. The epic conclusion to the equally awesome first two installments of Tolken’s LOTR trilogy, serves up the action and enthrallment right from the get-go and hold your attention with some truly spectacular cinematic battles, monsters and landsacpes through the more than 3 hours of viewing. It embodies the essence of what a great film should be, a specticle for the eyes, ears and the emotions of the viewers. The film does this on such a grand scale that it is simply overwhelming. You’ll undoubtedly leave the theater feeling like you’ve just left a battlefield. You’ll feel a bittersweet happiness, exhaustion, relief, and humbleness all at the same time, and that is the wonderous power of this film.
Seeing this film without reading books was a treat. It doesn’t let you down, however, according to my homies{who have read the book} says the ending was slightly bad and the director Peter Jackson tried to include his conclusion than what it is written in the book. What are you thoughts on that?
If you ask my opinion, Oscar for Best Picture and Visual Effects!
I saw it yesterday and found it ok. Got a qestion though.
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You see in the first movie FOTR the fellowship travels through the snowy mountians and caves and what not and still don't make it to Mordor (where the rings must be destroyed) and the movie ends. And in The Return Of the King from Elvish palace they deicide to help Frodo and Sam by creating a diversion infront of Mordor. All of a sudden without any hassel they're standing infront Mordor so why in the first movie they went though so many difficult passage ways? Just take the god damn 5 minute route to mordor or ask Gandalf to summon some of his eagles that could give them an easy ride to Mordor (much like they did from Mordor to back home). Sounds like a great plan to me.
SPOILER ALERT
^ Some things are only revealed by reading the books. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by the first part about hte mountains but if what I think it is, then it's just the fact that it's a long way to Mordor, and in FOTR, Frodo and Sam get seperated from the Fellowship and make their own way. They're making their own way all through TTT and ROTK. The eagles only took them back out to where the army was standing my the Black Gates, not the whole way back to the Shire. Plus, the Eagles are sentient beings, only friends of Gandalf. Throughout the movies they cut out a lot of the things that made the journey seem long, making the actual journey through the lands to Mordor shorter, but the distance is actually very formidable. It took them around 13 months to get to Mordor, if I recall correctly.
I mistook the 12 endings from an article to mean alternate endings, which, they are not, I think. I don't know how they add up to 12 endings, but I suppose that's counting the fates of all the members, like Aragorn becomes king, his elf wife stays with him and becomes mortal, etc. I'm not sure though, if someone could completely clear this up, greatly appreciated.
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I saw it yesterday and found it ok. Got a qestion though.
Spoiler
And in The Return Of the King from Elvish palace they deicide to help Frodo and Sam by creating a diversion infront of Mordor. All of a sudden without any hassel they're standing infront Mordor so why in the first movie they went though so many difficult passage ways?
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Gohan, wait for the extended version of ROTK on DVD. They have cutted alot of scenes off the movie. Even only a seven minute long scene at the begining of the movie showing "The Fall Of Saruman" was held back for the extended version.
I saw the movie yesterday, the third part was like the second part, there is a great battle and in the end, unlike the trees, the dead come to help them, so it was ok, nice scenes and action, especially the giant elephants sequents, only the end was a bit long and boring.
I saw it yesterday…it is just TOO good. Though I’ve heard that its not that great as compared to the actual story but i havent read the book so its all good for me :D…Its long but I dint feel like i’d been sitting there for 3 n half hours..it as brilliant…got me a lil restless at the end but i’d give it a 10/10…:k: :k:
Anyway, I LOVE these types of movies. I especially loved the beginning of the film where they explained how a certain character became the way he was in TTT. IMHO, Sam the Wise was the true hero in this film rather than Frodo Baggins.
My friends and I went to go see Love Dont Cost A Thing, but we had an hour to kill before watching the movie so we snuck in to LOTR: The Return Of The King…and we saw the last 1.5 hrs of the ending and i have to say it was amazing! really awsome, nice graphics and special effects…now i definately want to see all 3 movies!
IMHO - LOTR Trilogy was the first of its kind. It not only captured the imagination of peoples of all ages but also kept captive their curiosities. A show of extravagance in all three episodes doesn’t let the viewer down while the ever-evolving storyline keeps their interest.
I read the book sometime ago so I knew what is going to happen in the end but I do not think it was changed much infact, the writers tried to keep the essence of the book’s conclusion which prolonged the last few scenes a bit – a little boring for the audience that came for the eye popping sequences.
Visual treat are the rights words to describe it and I don’t mean just the special effects! Two words: Orlando Bloom
Even though it's a masterpiece, the final installment left me a bit saddened simply because the adventure came to an end. I grew fond of Rohan, Gondor, and the Shire and their denizens. Hobbits are a hoot!
(albiet on a pirated copy for now), it iwll be out in pakistani cinemas sometime next year.
… I am so shocked with your opinion. 
to LOTR: The Return Of The King…and we saw the last 1.5 hrs of the ending and i have to say it was amazing! really awsome, nice graphics and special effects…now i definately want to see all 3 movies!