I have yet to see a film better than Lord of the Rings. It is well put together and the story brings fantesy one step closer to reality.

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and happy at this wonderful labor of love performed by Peter Jackson.

I first read Lord of the Rings when I was 14 and re-read it every year until I was about 30. Took a break and then started reading it aloud to my children as a bedtime story. The movie is so much like the book has been in my mind.

The music fits perfectly.

Now, I'm referring in general to the entire trilogy of movies. But this last one, the Return of the King, is particularly beautiful and moving.

And as for the model of Minas Tirith, I keep mine on my dresser where I keep my bracelet with elvish engraving.

I could find no fault with anything. Eowyn in the movie is a little prettier than Eowyn as I imagined her, but that's okay. Every other character looked as I have imagined for the past almost 40 years. What a superb accomplishment! Every actor was fantastic. Oh, those oliphants!!

Frodo and Sam, well, Elijah Wood was born to play Frodo and Sean Astin, who could do Sam better?

The hobbit hold where Bilbo lives, just like I envisioned.

What more could anyone ask than for a beloved book to come to the screen exactly as imagined during the reading?

To ninjasuperstar who said: "I teach multicultural film at the university level, so I do know what I am talking about" - with all due respect perhaps this is why you "teach" while others "do". Although I recognize your right to your opinion, your criticisms of this film echo the criticisms that Tolkien absorbed from the literary guardians of academe in his own time. Witness his professed disdain for the false intellectualism of allegory. He recognized the most important thing about creative writing: to entertain. The same holds for Peter Jackson's achievement in this film. Few authors in modern history held their audience with such rapt attention and provided them with such joy, as did Tolkien, and again, Jackson has enjoyed accomplishment at a similar level with his film. While it is easy for all of us to find niggles we might have done differently, it's hard to imagine anyone having tackled a project of this impossible enormity with any closer proximity to perfection. The achievment nearly defies comprehension. Sorry to gush, but I've seen a lot of movies over lo these many decades, and I studied film in college too, so "I know what I'm talking about." In terms of adaptation, casting, special effects, and most importantly a very clear and profound respect for the author and the audience... this film is nothing less than a grand slam and will set the high bar for quality entertainment for many years to come.

I have loved these books for such a long time and when I heard they were making them into movies I was excited and scard at the same time, but when I saw the Fellowship, I knew they had done it right. In my opinion all of the movies should have won the Oscar for best movie, but since Return of the king did, it feels like all of them won the award since it is one movie. Best movie I have ever saw, to all of those that said the ending was terrible, it is the way it should have ended, since from a door in Hobbiton the whole story began in the Hobbit.

(just a note to ninjasuperstar from Florida - if he disliked the acting of Sean Astin, Ellijah Wood and Ian McKellen I wonder what does he think of the ninja superstar of emotionless named Keanu Reeves??!! Like he said The Lord of the Rings_ is actually one text, not three! And it was filmed like that! While he was sleeping I was looking to the appendices!
He must listen to Titanic score to find what is ridiculous music! Just remember that the Fellowship won the English Classic FM Soundtrack of the year!!!!! And Howard Shore is one of the greatest composers of the last 3 decades! He must found out why too!!!!)

I think these are the Great movies of our time! These are movie events! My favorite is the first one wich I give 100%, the 2nd I give 99% and Return Of The King 99,9%!

Great acting, great storyline following the books closely - and I have had read the books some years ago - brilliant special effects, Spectacular pacing and action!

The End is sooooo beautifully filmed! The emotions are at the most highest level! Yes I do want to thank Peter Jackson for this TERRIFIC achievment!