The Return of the King

5/5 stars

I don’t know what I can say about this one. The final installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy upholds the excellent standards set by the first two. I must confess that I never finished reading the trilogy (I stopped somewhere in the middle of The Two Towers), so I don’t know how close the ending was to the books, but I was satisfied. I’d heard some complaints on the numerous “endings” to the movie — just as the screen goes white, the audience thinks the movie is over, and then another final scene comes up. I can see the point, but I was glad that all the ends seemed to be tied up. (You’ll know the ending is really coming when the screen goes to black instead of white).