Rotk: the ultimate film experience - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Reviews

Never before have I thouroughly enjoyed my theater going experience. From the very first note of the score in the dark theater, I was drawn in to the film that I had waited so long for. It does not over-shadow the first two films by any means--but it does tower among them. Human words can not express the beauty and awe with which this film captures every observer. I must say that I did not have dry eyes after about the first five minutes into the film. This was not forced, the utter emotion that this film puts forth calls for complete surrender. The music is executed with sheer artistry and the themes established in the first two films are beautifuly present and expanded to include the final chapter of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The filming was so beautifuly done--every artistically composed shot is like a work of a painter. The acting is at it best, better than the first two films. The characters have grown so much as actors and as their characters that they portraid. The closing credits are beautifuly done with pictures as if drawn by Frodo on his amazing journey...with an underscore of the amazing "Into the West", the newest of the three theme songs from the films. If you have not cried uncontrolably by this point, this song will push you to that limit. This film captures your soul, heart, and mind and leaves you with only the best of aftertastes...only wishing for so much more. I could have sat in the theater for several more hours just to watch it a second time in the same day. Unlike Star Wars and The Matrix, this story (already so much more of a story by content and quality alone) fulfills every dream, wish, fantasy, and imagination of what this story could be. I can't wait to see it again, but nothing will be like the utter amazement that I experienced watching it for the first time. If any of these films deserves Best Picture, it is definately this one. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is, on every account, the best film of this year--and in my mind, the best film ever made and the best story ever told.