 [Larger view] | The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)
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| End of an Era | |
| After watching the extended editions of the first two films, I was waiting with baited breath for The Return of the King and the wait was well worth it and it the perfect ending to The Lord of the Rings. The battle at Minas Tirith made the one at Helm's Deep look like a walk in the park. The ending is long, but that's only because there's a lot of loose ends to tie up. The cast and crew did an incredible job and we won't see a trilogy like this for a long time. | |
| Best Film Ever (...) | |
| I have yet to see a film better than Lord of the Rings. It is well put together and the story brings fantesy one step closer to reality.
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| I think Tolkien would be amazed | |
| and happy at this wonderful labor of love performed by Peter Jackson.
I first read Lord of the Rings when I was 14 and re-read it every year until I was about 30. Took a break and then started reading it aloud to my children as a bedtime story. The movie is so much like the book has been in my mind. The music fits perfectly. Now, I'm referring in general to the entire trilogy of movies. But this last one, the Return of the King, is particularly beautiful and moving. And as for the model of Minas Tirith, I keep mine on my dresser where I keep my bracelet with elvish engraving. I could find no fault with anything. Eowyn in the movie is a little prettier than Eowyn as I imagined her, but that's okay. Every other character looked as I have imagined for the past almost 40 years. What a superb accomplishment! Every actor was fantastic. Oh, those oliphants!! Frodo and Sam, well, Elijah Wood was born to play Frodo and Sean Astin, who could do Sam better? The hobbit hold where Bilbo lives, just like I envisioned. What more could anyone ask than for a beloved book to come to the screen exactly as imagined during the reading? |
