what a spectacle

THAT's cinema

Trilogy Tuesday was the coolest cinematic experience (where I have not directly been involved) in my life. Return of the King is (in my opinion) quite possibly the Best film ever made! Peter Jackson....WOW!!! A incredible accomplishment, and unlike that steamy pile of crap call Matrix Revolutions, ROTK's ending was fufilling.

GO SEE THIS AWSOME SPECTACLE PUT TO CELULOID FILM!

"Pain is temporary, Film is forever"-Peter Jackson

"Art only does so much, and sometimes it doesn't even pay the bills!"-AFC President

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I saw it at midnight too. It is spectacular, and a film that I'm going to be glad that I saw in the movie theatre atmosphere for many many years.

But what do you guys think about the last half-hour epilogue? Necessary or not?

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Alright......i saw this movie @ 12:01 am. Watching this film was as gratifying as the sleep I didn't get last night. The colors in the opening scene were mind boggling. You don't just do that. It looked sooo good! The fight scenes were no less that spectacular. I really am still speechless right now......3 hrs. of sleep in 48hrs is starting to take its tollll.......



Jeremy Jenkins
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You're beautiful, just touch it.

I also went to the midnight showing. Even though I only got two hours of sleep and had to be in class at 6:30 AM, I think it was well worth it.

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I think thge last 30 mins were ok for me, it was very satisfying...the last shot with sam...well...ok...for PJ

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Originally posted by Kris Kimlin:
Return of the King is (in my opinion) quite possibly the Best film ever made! Peter Jackson....WOW!!!

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Are you English...or retarded?

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I agree with kimlin, top 5 of best films ever made for me

call me english, call me reteared...wait, you can even call me a kewldOOd DumbAzz...or just plain and simply call me Kris the Swiss

THIS MOVIE KicKED SOME SERIOUS ASS

If I had to complain about anything, it would be the ending. I think dragged out a bit too much. I was expecting it to end several times, but it never seemed to.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
You beat me to it! I wanted this topic!

What can one say about this movie? If it doesn't get film of the year I will sue!!!!
The two previous films were constantly building into this. Everything before set everything else up perfectly! I'll post some more when i settle down and have my thoughts together. . .

" . . . Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve . . . but as for me and for my house, we will serve the Lord." - Joshua 24:15

The first hour (minus the deagol/smeagol thing...that's essential) should have been in two towers. The film took too long to get interesting (i disliked two towers a lot, so i wouldn't have cared if it were moved into it...was still crappy movie) but when it did, I watched and actually stayed the 3:45 (with trailers) duration although I had a bad **** brewing mid-way through.

forwarned: possible spoilers you pussies

To me, what tied up and brought some emotion was when we see Arwen...beautiful. Then the kneeling to Hobbits part...beautiful. Frodo writing his title...made me smile. But the scene on the top of minas tirith was what wrapped up the film for me. I didn't mind the epilogue...it's needed. at least they didn't go through the like 500 pages of Appendencise (sp). There were some areas that were poor filmmaking and/or rushed, but the overall end overshadows that and makes me forgive. PJ is not the best director and rotk is not the best movie...but its a great ending to the biggest attempt in cinema history.

oh, and they actually showed like 2 frames of Sean Bean...KICKASS! He's the greatest of all of them.

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11 hours movie ---> half hour epilogue

That is ok
and it's good stuff


Half of my life has been made of special effects, remakes, author and hi clas trash so I thought for years I could never imagine real old Cinerama feelings. The biggest show ever! Now in technicolors!!

I completely forgot Two Towers faults for over three hours.

That is not Peter Weir. That is not Martin Scorsese. But it's really big time cinema anyway. One of the best indeed.

* I make it a rule, never get involved with possessed people......actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule.

I loved this movie and I loved the trilogy! But it doesn't get any better then that one line "I will break the wizard". I litterly **** myself. Amazing...just pure amazing. But man could you cut the sexual tension between Frodo and Sam with a knife. Greatest cinamatic experience ever.

Andrew H Paul

Most excruciating epilogue ever! It could've been condensed into 5 minutes with the same impact, but the editor had to sit on every shot for 45 seconds. As one who hasn't read the books for many years I felt the relationship between Sam and Frodo to be a bit repetitious and annoying. Most of the CG work was great, but some was beyond piss-poor.

All that aside I thoroughly enjoyed the 1st 2 3/4 hours.

Nota "Wasn't it sad when Tom Hanks died in the end?" Mono

i agree with notamono, it faded to black atleast five times (the end! OK wait...end! no? ok...) then it faded to white. thats got to be the end right? no? i dont think most of that epilogue was needed. sam got married. ok good for him. sams got kids, ok good for him. do we really care about that? maybe the extended version got switched with the theatrical version somehow? at the end of the film i wasnt thinking about how epic the battles were, i was thinking of how freaking long the movie was. the film held a grip on my attention until the whole epilogue part. i rapidly lost patience as the film refused to end.

if youre looking for a witty signature, youre looking in the wrong place.

Yes the ending dragged on a bit but it was still amazing. I dont knowe about Best Picture but surely Best Director. Im not a huge Peter Jackson fan. I couldn't tell you much about him before the fellowship, but surely Best Director!