The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

A great end to a near perfect adaption of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I'm still amazed at how well these all turned out. Fantastic costumes, sets, CGI, acting, score, cinematography, everything. This trilogy will be watched for decades to come.

An epic success, and a masterfully entertaining final installment to the trilogy. Like all great fantasies, this one leaves you with the sense that its wonders are real, and its dreams are palpable.

J.R.R. Tolkien was a linguist and a creator of worlds, Peter Jackson is a storyteller. The entire story was told better on screen than in the books themselves which in my opinion has rarely been done.

The finale to the trilogy is yet another epic. Can be watched over and over again. I don't even want to know how many times I have watched this. Performances, scenes, camera work, music, direction, editing and anything else you can praise about a movie is perfect here. "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy are movies I'll look back on and be glad I was 'there' for them.

Enough of the "too many endings!" complaint. Anyone who can't wait another 10mins for full resolution after investing 10 hours in these characters is watching the wrong film series. This chapter is best, in large part because the ending is just so satisfying. There are few sights in all of cinema as cathartic as the collapse of Barad-dûr. It's the only installment where the Extended Cut weakens the film, ruining the pacing and spoiling key reveals. Mortensen is freaking awesome in these films.