The Return of
the King is a nice ending to a beautiful trilogy. Winning eleven Oscars,
including Best Picture and Best Director, this movie is just too good of an
ending. If you’re watching this trilogy, look forward to the ending where you
get to see the ring destroyed (in the most unbelievable twist—that is, if you
haven’t read the book) and Aragorn rise to the throne that he was meant to be
upon.
This is what The
Fellowship of the Ring movie
was heading toward: an ending that will remain in the minds of movie watchers
for years to come.
The movie has a
massive number of visual effects shots—triple that of The
Fellowship of the Ring and
double that of The
Two Towers. These shots can be seen clearly as the movie nears the end,
with the battles at Rohan, which were quite filled with many CGI
implementations. And look forward to when Aragorn goes searching for new
recruits—there, you’ll see another set of visual effects.
The film and the
novel differ quite a bit, but that doesn’t take away from the film’s
professionalism in the masterful art of storytelling, brought to life by Peter
Jackson. The movie showcases intense directorial work, which you just have to
be impressed by. The actors were charming, but in this movie, three people
stole the show: Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins), Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee), and
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn).
The movie’s tale
continues from where The Two Towers left off. Frodo and Sam are
nearing Mordor and getting close to destroying the Ring of Power. The other
members of the fellowship (who have reunited by the end of The Two Towers)
go out to save Gondor from the hands of Sauron’s army in the battle at Minas
Tirith.
As all this is
going on, Elrond (Hugo Weaving, Agent Smith from The Matrix and V from V for
Vendetta) approaches Aragorn and tells him the only way he can win this
fight to save Gondor is if he wields the sword Andúril and claims what he has
been running from: his kingship.
Hence, the name of the film/novel, The Return of the King.
Making over a
billion dollars at the box office, The Return of the King sold more
tickets than its previous two counterparts. Although The
Fellowship of the Ring is
considered by most to be the best of the three, this movie ranks second.
After you’re
done reading this, it’s not complete yet until you go and get the DVD Extended
Version box set of The Lord of the Rings—and make sure you get the novels
too.
The Oscar wins
for the movie at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004 were: Best Picture, Best
Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song,
Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best
Sound Mixing, and Best Film Editing.
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