With this final installment to the Lord of the Rings series they really just hit it out of the park. Honestly when I first looked at the list of movies I expected it to be higher up on the list because like Avatar this movie was really just above and beyond the norm. First there are the graphics; the work that they did with this movie was just great there was so much work in the computer generated characters that….I can’t even tell you. Me personally, I got shivers when I saw some of the scenes especially the flying ones over the volcano it was spectacular.
Once again Lord of the Rings the Return of the King and Avatar I think really paralleled each other. They are both great graphic accomplishments of their time, they both have romance, action, battle, war, and the list goes on and on. Most importantly they signify the survival of a world and a struggle to save home and the lives of many.
So the graphics aside there is the multiple sided plot line that encompasses not only the journey of the ring to be destroyed but the story of each of the individual characters. To start with there is the growing up with the hobbits, even though they are older then they look they are children in reality that have never really had any troubles in their lives until now. So there are Merry and Pippin the troublemakers’ gone war bound and in the process becoming men, no longer stealing fireworks and causing trouble. Then there is Sam whom at the end of the story has a family and children, and a story that will be passed down from generation to generation. Finally there is Frodo whom in the end can never go back to the life that was once his because he can never be the same person after bearing the burden of the ring. So at the end of his story he leaves on the ship with the others that have lived only to see the moment when the ring was destroyed. On that ship with Frodo is; Gandalf, Elrod, Bilbo, ect those that have seen far to much in their lives to even live among men again and so in the end they sail off to a happier place for them.
It’s all just so emotional I don’t know about you guys but the good bye’s and especially the reunions made me want to cry. My favorite is when Aragorn is made king he meets Arwen they share a happy moment and kiss, but then he continues on through the crowd and when he comes to the hobbits it is not them that bows to him it is he and everyone else there that bow to them. It was just such a feeling of true gratitude and of finality that you just know that it’s done it’s over with and that everyone is going to be going their separate ways. I know that a lot of die hard Lord of the Rings fans cried when the movie ended.
In a separate sense;
One we have the battles and gore that I usually equate with the male population. They are all over the place with the sequences that they created; in the air on birds, on the elephants swinging around, on the ground man to man, and on horse back. All well thought out intricate and fantastic. They really put some thought into where they put everyone and they different fighting styles that they have, all the way down to the competition between Legolas and Gimli. It all contributes to the overall effect of the adrenaline pumping action that they have going on.
Two we have the love story between Arwen and Aragorn the love that is kind of forbidden but that in the end everyone just accepts that it has happened and that it isn’t going to change. Besides if you ask me everyone wanted it to happen so it was going to happen whether you like it or not. It’s more of a female thing but it really brings something to the way that things end in the movie and that they end up happy together.
Three for both sides we have some hot male and female actors, and who doesn’t love a good looking flying around crazy talented elf. That’s right you know who I’m talking about…LEGOLAS and ARWEN!! That’s right who doesn’t want to watch Orlando Bloom sprinting around shooting down enemies with the deadly shot of his arrow, and anyone that says that the fine Liv Tyler isn’t amazing as the unearthly beautiful Arwen is crazy.
All in all I say that this movie has a little bit of something for everyone. It is once again not something that I would recommend for younger kids because…well frankly the Orcs are some creepy looking creatures, and having blood and guts flying around well just isn’t really for younger kids. Other then that I think that it’s a great movie and they finished out the series with a bang, it was a top-notch finish to a great book tribute. IMDB gives it a 8.8/10 and I give it a 9/10 I think that it more then deserves the $377,027,325 that it made and honestly I expected it to be higher up I liked it some much. Nice Job!
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