Saturday, September 29, 2007

Best of trilogy and why it's better than some say - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Reviews

Okay, noting already what it seems the huge majority of people here writing and reading these reviews already know, that this is probably the best movie of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and that the trilogy itself is obvious on of the top ten best films ever made, if not the best in my opinion, we can address a couple other issues, sorry long sentence. Some of the peoples complaints about this movie are poorly thought through. For instance, the scouring of the shire is missing in The Return of the King. I guess that sucks, it's a great way to wrap up the books. But for the movie, it's not really necessary, it's not necessary for plot or story resolution, and in fact it would have really been a jolt to the smooth flow of the movie to have a new conflict brought upon the scene so late in the film. Rethink this grievance people, it's a great way to close out the book, but probably not so suited for a cinematic presentation. People have issues with the number of endings, perhaps the last monologue was unnecessary, but it wasn't out of place, that was probably the way Tolkien would have liked it ended, and it suited the tale wonderfully. We open the trilogy being shown the simple life and ways of the hobbits and consistently throughout the movie it is repeated that this is of huge worth, that power and fame and fortune are not the most important things in life, but rather "peace, and good tilled earth," and quiet lifestyles, let it end this way as well, with a final word on the primary theme of the movie, of simple goodness that's worth fighting for. And realistically, can you blame Peter Jackson for holding on like that? It's the work of a lifetime, his masterpiece, almost certainly not to be exceeded, even by him, it deserves to be well rounded out and given a full conclusion, not a rushed farewell after flashy battles, go watch a Star Wars or Matrix movie if you want that, and when your done you'll be reminded why The Lord of the Rings is so much better, because it takes time and care in it's sculpting as a film. Finally, for those who have complaints about missing pieces, like the houses of healing, Eowyn/Faramir, the fealty swearing of Meriadoc and other things among those, be patient my friends, for we know more is yet to come and I am certain a great treasure of film awaits to fill in more gaps in plot, story and action, just as each of the previous two extended DVD versions have added material precisely were additionally screen time was needed to fully tell the tale in all it's Tolkienesque glory. Long live The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Lords of the West!

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