I am nearly speechless at the majesty of this entire trilogy. i have loved the works of tolkein since i was 7 years old, when others in my classes were still reading seuss, and i was astounded and almost dismayed when i learned of mr. jackson’s foray into middle earth. i have only three things to say:

bravo, bravo, and bravissimo

You don’t want to wait weeks to see this I can tell you… and for a moment I thought I heard two girls chat a lot and laugh but they were weeping… I swear to God… I have never ever had people weeping at a movie….

I am still coming to terms with the film because there’s so much to sink in. I went to the Lord of the Ring Marathon at the Pathe de Munt (the all nighter) and after watching the Theatrical cuts of all three parts – I don’t think it’s fair to discuss them as individual films any longer – I was left in a state of shock. Watching all three back to back had me glued to my seat for over nine hours of film and, despite having seen the first two parts a number of times – I was surprised at how quick the time seemed to pass. These films are never boring.

All the minor quibbles people have had about the films seem to sound hollow when watching them in continuation. There was a lot of quibbling around the Two towers about how Gimli was demoted to comic relief status but everything he says feels in character. Watching the films back to back nothing jarred – everything just seemed a perfect continuation of the story.

The extended editions of the first two help to expand the films and they feel more complete – and considering all the cuts made from Return of the King, (Jackson’s orginal cut was almost 4 and a half hours long) I think the Return of the King will feel more complete in it’s extended edition also.

The Return of the King does feel truncated, you get the impression that a lot of the character scenes are taken out – apart from the Frodo/Sam/Gollum journey. But what IS in the Return of the King is absolutely marvellous. What you DO get is 3 hours and 20 minutes of wonder, awe and amazement. YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS!

I can’t recommend Return of the King enough, but please do yourself the favour and watch the first two parts before you go see it – to refresh yourself because it IS one film.

I can’t seperate the films any longer because for me The Lord of the Rings is a 9 hour film, and it just happens to be the best film I’ve ever seen. One film to rule them all, as it were. Bring on the extended edition!

Sorry I’ve got to go and see this again – precious is calling.

Yes it was. And more.

The battlescenes were hands down the best in cinematic history. I’m quite the critic when it comes to the increasing use of CGI, but here miniature, blue screen and CGI were in perfect sync. The balance between the slower paced scenes and action was almost perfect.

Now more than ever I long for the extended version of this part, as I did feel a tiny bit robed by some of the leaps the story took. We’ll at least get to see Gandalf take care of Saruman (which was supposed to be featured in the Two Towers).

Fantastic movie, which storms in my top 5 of favorite movies of all time.

Bob here.. first day back at work and so Im miserabe and tired…this means that I will be extremely brief in my findings of LOR-ROTK which incedently I was lucky enouch to see it a while ago at a pre-screening the sony picture house in London. (What a treat!)

ok.

Yes, it is truely fantastic all things considered.
Yes, it is the best of the three.
Yes, it is not entirely faithful to the book, but so what, its a film and it rox!
Yes, I got a sore bum (no jokes please) but boy
was it worth it.
Yes, I could nit pick at a few bits, but in the grand scheme of things it is a serious achievement.
Yes, Yes,YES!!!!!!

ps. Suzanna what are you playng at?
GO SEE THE FILM IMMEDIATLEY!!

Bob