The Return of the King

Just finished watching the extended version of ROTK Santa brought me. The extra 50 minutes really helped overcome some of the flaws in the original. I was glad to see Faramir redeemed and at least some of the backstory of his relationship with Eowyn shown. I know some have criticized the portrayal of the death of Saruman, and although not true to the book, it at least closes that loose end in a believable manner.

Seems to me any criticisim of this movie is really just quibbling. The audacity of taking on the challenge of even making this film makes Peter Jackson worthy of praise. The acting, the scenery, the special effects, and the fealty to the vision of Tolkein are all there. So I will always treasure the books first and foremost, but the big screen depiction is nothing short of outstanding.

Now, if we could have a new movie just for the appendix I would be very pleased indeed.

34 thoughts on “The Return of the King

  1. I had been approached by a couple of people as far as making movies because of my success in music, but it was always to play the white rapper in Sister Act 2, or something that would just kind of put the final nail into my coffin of my career.

  2. I just realized that the whole point of doing interviews was to promote this movie, so see it three times.

  3. I used to dress up and impersonate our next-door neighbor, Miss Cox. She wore rubber boots, a wool hat, and her nose always dripped.

  4. A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.

  5. After the many rumours that we had heard about Hitler and the published criticisms we had read about him, we were pleasantly impressed.

  6. I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.

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