The Lord of the Rings trilogy - Movie Reviews

[Doodle]

I got half the way through the Fellowship and stopped   But I loved the films. I thought they were absolutely fantastic and got me hooked straight away. My favourite character in Return Of The King is definitely Merry. And then Pippin. All four hobbits showed ultimate courage and I think that they showed true spirit in the situation they were thrust into. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli were amazing. Totally committed to seeking and rescuing their lost comrades.

[Doodle]

The Fellowship Of The Ring was amazing. I think my favourite out of the three. Because it introduces all the characters. And also because it shows the calm before the storm. You know?

I loved Frodo first of all and also thought that Sam was so caring and amazing in going with Frodo on his quest, in peril and without a choice neither of them really had.

But I loved how the first sight of Strider to the Hobbits slightly worried them.

[Doodle]

I loved The Two Towers.

Totally amazing. And actually I have to confess I felt so sorry for Gollum and the way Sam treated him. At first I really disliked him. But I think he was amazing. I really did feel sorry for him in the end.

I still think FOTR and ROTK are my favourite..

[spikealott]

I got half the way through the Fellowship and stopped   But I loved the films. I thought they were absolutely fantastic and got me hooked straight away. My favourite character in Return Of The King is definitely Merry. And then Pippin. All four hobbits showed ultimate courage and I think that they showed true spirit in the situation they were thrust into. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli were amazing. Totally committed to seeking and rescuing their lost comrades.

[EG]

I got half the way through the Fellowship and stopped   But I loved the films. I thought they were absolutely fantastic and got me hooked straight away. My favourite character in Return Of The King is definitely Merry. And then Pippin. All four hobbits showed ultimate courage and I think that they showed true spirit in the situation they were thrust into. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli were amazing. Totally committed to seeking and rescuing their lost comrades.

I got half the way through the Fellowship and stopped   But I loved the films. I thought they were absolutely fantastic and got me hooked straight away. My favourite character in Return Of The King is definitely Merry. And then Pippin. All four hobbits showed ultimate courage and I think that they showed true spirit in the situation they were thrust into. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli were amazing. Totally committed to seeking and rescuing their lost comrades.

why are you 2 writing EXACTLY the same stuff

BLINKING Rohirrim  GET OUT THE MOVIE BOARD!

[The ninth nazgul]

 The charge of the Rohirrim was AWESOME. Makes my spine tingle every time. and then when Eowyn WASMACKs the Witch king and then the one that the movie didn't show that would have been my favorite would be THE SCOURING OF THE SHIRE!!! HELLO? MR. JACKSON? YOU LEFT THAT OUT AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT CONSIDERING HOW HE MADE THE FIRST TWO MOVIES OUT TO BE ALL ABOUT SARUMAN... Oh well, thats just my opinion.......

[Sainy Poo]

I loved it, i could stop watchin it, its an amazing film

[Shieldmaiden of Rohan]

The Return of the King offered much, there was plently of action but also we saw the development of friendships that had been forged in the previous films. Sean Astin I believed portrayed Sam magnificantly especially in this last installment. He has loyalty to his master and even though he struggles to give the ring back to Frodo he does so out of love for him. I personally thought that Sean Astin deserved some recognition for this part. As said in TTT "Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam" which I believe was truely explored. It is Sam who defeats Shelob and protects his master from Gollum. There was a certain naivity about Sam-at the beginning he believed there would be a return journey something that had not even crossed frodo's mind. The friendship between these two characters is so deep and Peter Jackson and the actors did well. Even Gimli and Legolas have found a deep friendship despite it being unusual "I'd never thought I would die fighting side by side with an elf"  "how about side by side with a friend".
Many people have criticised the multiple endings but those that have read the book will know that these events happened and the ending is actually longer with the scouring of the Shire. to be honest I would have been disappointed if it had finished in any other place. Despite the defeat of Sauron the story stills go on. All of the actors played their parts well the only real quarrel that i have with the film is that after Sauron's army has been defeated at minas tirith and thy are discussing drawing out Sauron's remaining army Legolas says "a diversion" I did not see the point of this line. It would have nice to see more of the love story between Faramir and Eowyn as this was not explored as fully as it could have been. the films have been very well done even if parts were not in the books it was a massive task but Peter Jackson has done a superb job, after all he has said that all he was offering was an interpretation.

[Debz]

I saw it agaon last Friday. I forgot how nice it was. Oh man!!! When the bakens were set oin fire...soooo nice. Also seeing how Sam was sent away by Frodo. I was again like: You fool of a Baggins And all the other scenes. i was frightened by Shelob this time. The other 2 times I wasnt, but now....brrr  :-X But I so loved to see it again

[Wizard-queen]

I fished out this review I wrote shortly after seeing it in the cinema and decided to share it with you all...

Well, it's finally here. After two years of kicking back and enjoying the damn good Fellowship Of The Ring and The Two Towers, The Return Of The King makes its triumphant arrival to our cinema screens. It was obvious to anyone that it would disappoint some people, but it was also obvious that those people would be in the minority.

We were promised that the best was being saved 'til last ... and that promise was not broken.

The Return Of The King truly is the masterpiece I hoped it would be. From the flashback that starts the movie to ... the end, it's a work of art that never disappoints and is enjoyable even when swords aren't clashing.

If you pay as much attention as I did, you'll notice vast improvements in every aspect.

The music this time round is even more spectacular than before. Risks are taken occasionally and I even took my own risk before I had even seen the film. This risk was in buying the soundtrack. Most people kept well clear of it until they had seen the film. Their reasons were that I could spoil the impact Howard Shore's score would have during the film. They were wrong. I had listened to it a dozen times before I saw this, but it did not spoil the impact at all. One of the strongest musical moments is when Gandalf and Pippin arrive at Minas Tirith. The music swells and swells until, eventually, it hits top gear. THE strongest musical moment though does not play during any battle or vast helicopter shot, but during Frodo's attempted climb to Mount Doom. What we get here is the nicest piece of music in the entire trilogy.

More improvements are on the way, folks, but in the form of special effects. They were rather good in Fellowship. They are pretty darn good in Two Towers. They are absolutely stunning in this. From the most realistic computer-generated character ever that is Gollum to the charge of massive elephants known as Mumakil, the effects prove what really can be done with modern technology. In short, they're the best effects ever shown on screen.

The good thing once again is that they don't overwhelm the story and there is plenty of time left for what makes films great - the characters. You love them. I love them. We all love them.

One of Return Of The King's strongest points is in its performances. The three actors who stand out the most being Billy Boyd, Ian McKellen, and Sean Astin. I don't mean the others are bad, but these particular three really stand out. One of the main reasons, especially in Billy and Ian's case, is that they get bigger parts this time round. But wait, aren't I forgetting someone? Ah, yes, Elijah Wood. Like Sean Astin, his performance in The Two Towers was an improvement and it is once again. The look on his face and in his eyes as he climbs Mount Doom is truly heart breaking. This is what you get from fine actors.

What Peter Jackson has done is not only make a third part that is better than the previous two, but seal the truth that this is cinema's greatest ever trilogy. But now it's over. All we have left to look forward to is its extended edition and The Hobbit if it's ever greenlit. What we don't have to look forward to though is a better film. The Return Of The King is truly a masterpiece and nothing can compare to what is the greatest film ever made.

[Buddah]

I thought that the movie was pretty good. Only, does anybody know where the horses went at the black gate?

[Lessa]

As with any battle where the horses would be more of a hinderance than a help, they would have been left with handlers somewhere safely away from the battlefield. So I'm assuming that is what PJ intended us to think.

Lessa

[Buddah]

But they were on their horses right at the time of the battle, the camera left, came back, and they were gone.

[Pippin the peckish]

I think that, although cinema can't do total justice to the books, ROTK was done VERY well. I don't have too much time to write at the moment, but I'll make it short and say that one of the best aspects of it to me was that they incorperated a huge range of emotion in it. With many adaptations like that, you lose the true emotion from the book and are left with only the raw battles. However, in order to sound as hoaky as possible I will use this phrase to describe it in short: We laughed, we cried, we yelled at the screen in rage, and we wound up re-reading the book as soon as we got home from the movie theatre. I really think it was a film triumph.

[Sadriendra]

k. i liked da movie nd all dat, BUT... and it's a huge BUT, the tempo of the screenplay nd da narration SUX! u just get lost in da story. dunno, but if i didnt read da book b4 i'd hav no idea wot's happenin. nd in the scene wen leggy, gimli nd aragorn enter da paths of the dead nd legolas is explaining wot dey r to gimli(which btw in da book is done by aragorn), dey keep repeatin da boring phrase "u cannot get in": twice leggy nd once dat green ghost guy. how dumb is dat?!
Now, not 2 go only bout da bad stuff, the scenes of battles, da cities(especially Minas Tirith-WOW), the landscapes, etc. were awesome! nd very emotional scene dat will always remain in my memory is the scene of Faramir charging into almost certain death, pippin singing dat beautiful song (btw, boyd missed his carrer path-we culd hav had a scottish Justin) nd denethor EATING, just like nothin's happenin!
a heart-breakin scene!
nd wen theoden dies! wot i say is dat eowyn was the founder of woman's lib in middle-earth. dat sentence: I am no man! Legendary!
k, so wot 2 say, i did like da movie, nd i've been expectin it eagerly da whole last yr, but i guess i've been expectin 2 much...

p.s. can sbd tell me wot is denethor eatin wen merry is singin? somekinda tomatoes?

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