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The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King - Part 1
The Return of the King' exhibits the last showdown between the powers of good and underhandedness battling for control without bounds of Middle-earth. Hobbits Frodo and Sam achieve Mordor in their mission to devastate the `one ring', while Aragorn drives the powers of good against Sauron's detestable armed force at the stone city of Minas Tirith.
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December 08, 2014
Satisfyingly, Astin's Sam grows the most here, coming into his heroic own. His big eyes, gazing adoringly and beseechingly at the tormented Frodo, speak volumes about loyalty and bravery.December 08, 2014
The third part of Peter Jackson's monumental Lord Of The Rings trilogy fully lives up to its predecessors.February 09, 2006
Some story strands are crudely abbreviated; others fail to develop elements that were already well-established.December 08, 2014
The best part in the best movie trilogy of all time.December 08, 2014
This is the crowning glory -- a cinematic feat that satisfies at every level.December 08, 2014
It may not beat The Two Towers for sheer spectacle and thrill, but this is still some feat.November 19, 2013
The Return Of The King ultimately proves up to the series' increasingly difficult task: making movies that echo legends, making legends that reflect life, and reconciling it all with the fact that both legends and lives all eventually meet their ends.December 08, 2014
For all its mythic, metaphorical weight, The Return of the King and its two predecessors finally speak to the dignity and humanity of the smallest among us. And the best movie masterpieces have always been made of such common stuff.January 15, 2004
Pops your eyes, excites your senses and brings you in as close as a whisper for scenes of startling emotion.November 19, 2013
Yes, the running time is long, and yes, those many endings in a slow, dreamy coda left me feeling spent -- better spent than I can ever remember.November 19, 2013
With The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Peter Jackson delivers a decent ending to his fantasy trilogy -- actually, about 12 endings.February 06, 2007
Standing out amid an excellent cast is Elijah Wood, stymied by tweeness in the earlier films but here convincingly developing the character of Frodo as the embodiment of valor and self-sacrifice.