Wow! trilogy tuesday and rotk awesome - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Reviews

Fairly true to the book. Awesome eye candy with tons and tons of special effects. Had a great time. I gave it an A-, because I actually thought the end was *too* long. I'd rather have had the cut Saruman scene and the background on the Faramir/Eowyn storyline traded for the 25 minute ending. It kind of lost emotional steam because the climax occurs while there is still a substantial portion of film. But as a tradeoff, I think this movie was the closest to the book of any (or rather, closer to Tolkein's writing).