The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson | 2003
the film starts out with a nice intro that feels like it's a re-shoot, but an entirely welcomed one if it is.
the middle section of the film is majestic. if peter jackson were to win best director at this year's oscars it would be for the sheer scale of this film (and of course, you can't really escape it -- for the entire series). it's big and it's magnificent. mr lucas, you've got your work cut out for yourself now.
but then you've got other stuff -- hobbits looking at each other and smiling, like 15 times in a row!; an ending that came close to rivaling the sheer waste that was A.I.'s; an orlando bloom as legolas that i finally realized just didn't do much for the role, he just seemed to be posing, when you're fighting alongside viggo mortensen's aragorn, you just can't have that, now can you?
anyway.
as a whole i really liked the film. a lot.
i didn't shed one single tear, but for a 3 hour and 30 minutes film, they got me.
they was just some stuff (minor stuff) that i'd wish peter jackson had done differently.
it's the best one of the three, though.
should it win best picture? not sure. as a complete film, i think Lost in Translation wins hands-down. but because this is the last of one important endeavor, and for the sheer scale of the thing, this film will win it.
update:
i'm putting this down right now because i don't want you to think i did not enjoy this fine film. i enjoyed the hell out of it. i think it's definitely the best of the three films. but -- i could not get into the multiple endings. i was sure i was at least gonna shed a tear or two. i was ready. but nope. i was cold as a stone. and i was disappointed by that.
but the film has loads of balls, some mighty twists that i hadn't experienced in the previous two films, and a grand scale that peter jackson can only be applauded for. this is one mighty exercise for which he came out on top. and he made it seem so effortless.
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