aubreyp

I really liked it. Even though it is the third movie of a trilogy, I thought that the movie does a good job of catching the viewer up so that one doesn't have to have seen the other two to know what's going on and get right into the story, if such a person exist.

And much like the books, this third movie has a pace and feel that is all its own. I did think the first 20 minutes or so were a little slow, but found that like any huge object, once it got going it was unstoppable. Think of anything from the first two movies and there is more. Battles? More. Heartbreak? More. Impending doom? More. You get the idea.

All in all, The Return of the King is the movie that I really wanted it to be. It covers all the bases, it has the right tone, and I agree with the choices of what to leave in and what to take out. This movie could very well turn out to be to all movies as the book is to all books. And in the end, the big question for me is, is this movie worthy of it's distinction of being the movie of this book, and can it bear the weight that has been put upon it by us all. And the answer is yes. Yes to everything.