Rating of
3.5/4
LOTR the ROTK knitpick list
Pat - wrote on 05/31/16
The Lord of the Rings trilogy is unique. One may say, "I love the Return of the King and Fellowship, but the Two Towers is my personal favorite." My point is that with most film trilogies, you are gonna easily be able to isolate a favorite film out the three. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is an exception. Peter Jackson dove into this project with an intention to film the whole trilogy in one 15 month shoot, and his intentions exceeded his and everyone's expectations. Sure, a ton of deviation from JRR Tolkien's beloved books was implemented throughout the movies, but the way that it was reflected onto screen was beyond brilliant and greatly complemented the masterful work of Tolkien. Let’s knitpick the final film of the three!
I adore the heck out of this movie, but there is one minor problem:
Eowyn suddenly becomes the most powerful being in Middle Earth without any prior battle experience.
Besides that, Return of the King is amazingly epic and awesome, and concludes what could possibly be the greatest film trilogy of all time!
