The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | | Cast : | Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood | | Director : | Peter Jackson | | Studio : | New Line Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | December 17, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | The Lord of all Movies | Content
 | This movie was about how Frodo makes the journey to Mordor, and how Aragorn finds his place as king.
As Frodo makes his way to Mordor, you see him start to give into the ring. You watch his personal struggle as he is burdened with the ring, and how he tries to fight it. He never really ends up winning over the ring, but he never joins it. One of the main reasons for him not giving in, is because he sees himself in Gollum, and he sees what he could become if he lets the ring take over.
Aragorn as you know has absolutly no desire to become king. But as time wears on and Mordor begins their attack, I think he begins to see how much Gondor needs him. The steward of Gondor, Lord Denethor, thinks he has everything under control, refuses help, and refuses having a new king. He starts losing his mind, and ends up killing himself. That is when Aragorn knows he needs to take his place as king.
The way they showed how Smeagol became Gollum was really important, because at first I wondered what kind of race he was. But it turns out he transformed into Gollum, from having the ring too long. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | This Is Not One You Watch..... | Content
| ....but experience. "Lord of The Rings" has to be one of the greatest trilogies in movie history. It doesn't matter what certain things are slow/boring and those which aren't, because the rest is the best! That's the action! My least favorite was "Two Towers."
I had this movie on dvd for a while before I watched it, and it was definetely worth it when I did. "Return of The King" has new, and more fantasy elements than before. Nothing is bad about any of the LOTR movies. This is the longest movie out of the 3, also. I know everything has already been said about the entire trilogy, and I really wouldn't be surprised at all if this trilogy became a true classic, and I think it already is. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS OF OUR TIME!!! | Content
| Peter Jacksons vision of J.R.R Tolkiens world of middle earth is amazing. He brings new meaning to the word fantasy. Return of the King is obviously the best movie out of the Lord of the rings trilogy. The war scenes have grown more intense then the first two. Also the journeys that all the main characters have been going threw during the first two films have reached a dramatic and emotional end. New enemies come to the screen like the Mumakil(Gigantic war elephants), the Witch King, and Mordor orcs. The visual and special effects are unbelievable. Jacksons creation of the battle scenes in Return of the King are mindblowing. I thought the battle at Minas Tirith was the best scene in the movie. This DVD is a must get for all you movie goers. I PROMISE YOU WILL BE AMAZED BY THIS MOVIE!!(If you didn't watch the first two than I suggest you do before you watch this. It will help you understand the storyline much better.) I wish I could give this DVD more than just five stars.
The Lord of the rings trilogy comes to an end in this great dvd!
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| Rating | | | Date | July 12, 2005 | | Summary | am i missing something? | Content
| I finally watched Return Of The King tonight. I was very let down. I enjoyed the first two Lord Of The Rings films, although I didn't think they were amazing by any means, but still really good films. After having a discussion with some friends last night about film and one of them telling me that Return Of The King was the greatest movie he'd ever seen (in front of the first 2 Godfather films, Shawshank Redemption, and Schindler's List - 4 great films), I decided I would finally watch Return Of The King.
I thought it was merely okay. There were numerous things I didn't like about it:
: The multiple endings - it just kept GOING and GOING. After the climax you don't need a 30-minute resolution. That's overkill and something you learn in any scriptwriting class. My brother told me that they did that because the books follow the same structure. I don't think that iss any reason to put that lengthy of a resolution in the film. If you've read the books, you know what happens after that. If you haven't, then you probably don't care to watch that much aftermath. I thought it was boring and dumb.
: Pippin and Merry, especially Pippin. Jesus, what an annoying person. And why in the hell is a male hobbit named Merry? Every time his name was mentioned I cringed on the inside.
: I thought the dialogue was poor overall.
: Sean Astin isn't a very good actor. I don't think he delivered his lines very well at all.
: The "well-placed" / "tension breaking" humor. I didn't think it was well-placed, nor did I think it was humorous. In fact, I think a movie like this has no room for little one-liners. It's an adventure/action/fantasty film, not a dramatic comedy.
There were some things I did like, though:
: The battle scenes were very nice and pretty intense (but Ii thought some of the CG camera angle choices were poor).
: The FX/CG were very well-done, but I think the CG was overused. I felt like I was watching a video game demo for about 50% of the film.
Overall, I was disappointed. I can't say I would recommend this film based on the quality alone, but I would have to recommend it to pretty much anyone because the film is technically well-made, and it's one of those films that you kinda have to have an opinion on to be taken seriously in a film discussion. But, it is possibly the most overrated film I've ever seen. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 24, 2005 | | Summary | great movie | Content
| this was the first lord of the rings movie i was and it was with a friend that seen all of them. after watching this i watch the other movies and read the books. it was a real great movie. |
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