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Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)

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Release Date: December 17, 2003
On DVD: December 14, 2004
Genre: War, Drama, Action, Sci-Fi
Running Time: 210 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images.
Director: Peter Jackson
Writer: Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Frances Walsh, Stephen Sinclair
Cast: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Ian McKellen, Ian Holm, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Lee, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, Brad Dourif

The war between good and evil has arrived, as Sauron and his minions attempt to destroy humanity once and for all. Frodo and Sam continue their trek toward Mt. Doom to destroy the Ring, but Gollum wants it for himself. Gandalf and the others seek to unite the kingdoms of man, but it may all come down to the capabilities of Aragon, heir to the throne of Gondor who must finally accept his fate and Read more

Movie Review

Grade: A+ The trilogy is done, and it is everything it was expected to be. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King brings to an end the fabulous trilogy by Peter Jackson, assuring itself of a Best Picture nomination and hopefully a win this time around. Read the full movie review

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A Fair & Serious review, by Christie Williamson

September 5, 2005

I am a very big Lord Of The Rings fan, especially how my Nan and Grampa love it too!!
I love Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen, and the guy that plays Faramir. Fair enough. I think that it is a great fantasy movie, and book. It has got a lot of good action in it, though maybe alot of that action isn't really intense fighting scenes.
I am going to be fair, and say at least one bad thing about it, not all WOW it was so amazing blah blah blah! The end bit was way way way too long. All the long gazes, Frodo to Gandalf, to Sam, to Pippin, to Merry, back to Frodo, to Bilbo, YAWN!!! Some people say that it should ended when Aragon got crowned, but i would have been fine if it ended when it did, because that it is quite important too, if only it wasn't so long. Some people think that an emotional ending is worng and lame, but i disagree; i think that an emotional ending is good, because it is supossed to make you sad, or happy, depending on the movie, to make you feel more about that movie, and make you feel like the charaters are real.
So, emotional ending good, long one, bad.
There, i have tried to give this a fair review, instead of saying, this must be great because Orlando Bloom is in it, (which proved very hard for me!!).
I give this a grade of A.

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