The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
Last Watch Date - April 13, 2025
Total Times Watched - Also 4?
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The biggest thing I want to complain about here is the GHOST WARRIORS! This is spoiler-y if you haven't seen it (but seriously, wtf if you haven't), so don't read anymore if you want to be surprised.
SPOILERS!
Aragorn grabs that dead army and they are like a magical hack to kill all of Sauron's guys. It's ridiculous how quickly they cut through the army. And isn't it convenient that they pop up as everyone is being overrun? Aragorn then immediately dismisses them, despite the fact that they could storm Mordor and slaughter everyone. The dwarf says as much, yet they let them go and then suffer more losses.
Ok with that out of the way.. this movie wraps up the story really well. It does linger a bit too long on these weird reunion scenes later where it looks like everyone is coming in to possibly bang Frodo. There are also a lot of weird romantic scenes with Frodo and Sam. I get what they were trying to go for but it came off as super romantic in all the worst ways. I think I hate hobbits, especially after rewatching this.
Oh, I have one more complaint. The ending scenes take a while and that's after an already long movie. The extended movie is even longer and painful at times. This makes it sound like I hate the movie but it was pretty good anyway.
Recommended?
Yes. You need to watch it to see the whole thing!
