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"My return of the king review (may contain spoliers)"

Well, i have to say that this was a marvellously entertaining film, i held off going for a pee until my hands went numb, but i still felt a little let down.

This film is by far the most removed from the book, and i think the spirit of the film suffers for it. Having Sam leave Frodo seemed to add an unneccesary complexity to the tale, and as for Gollum trying to poison Frodo against Sam i thought it a bit pointless.

But still, the battles are incredible, almost rousing me out of my seat to shout a battle cry. But then they made it look like minas tirith was made out of Lego, and if the first 5 minutes of the siege of Minas Tirith were anything to go by, the city should have been levelled in half an hour at most.

I could rant on about the various bits of the book that were left out, but it would take some space, and if the film is still good anyway, then whats the point?

Oh, and take some tissues, there were quite a few people who were left blubbing.

Darwock wrote:
> Somebody wasn't paying attention.... Pippin's visions from the
> Palantir (???) allowed Gandalf to get a glimpse of Sauron's plans to
> attack Minas Tirith. It was also the reason Pippin and Merry
> seperated.

That was soooooo obvious/uneeded though. I mean if he fought Saruman he could have got Saurons plans from him and it's not as if anyone even went after Pippin so there was really no point.

Stryke wrote:
> Yeah, and i rekon that gandalf should have stuck his staff in the big
> i and killed the evil wizard and den boromir can com back 2 live and
> everyone lives happily in aragorns big castle and frodo ignors the
> hol in his shoulder 4eva.

Lol emmm urr right. Obviously Boromir can't come back to life and the spirit of Sauron had to die that way but I don't see what the problem is with everyone living in Aragorns big castle? And going away with some elves isn't going to make Frodo's shoulder better so there was really no need to go. I just think that they should have stayed in the place that they have been struggling to protect and using as their incentive to keep on going "We will see the shire again" and what not. They all love the Shire. Frodo, Sam, Pippin and so on.

I wouldn't try explaining it to him. You'd have to start with "Right, so the hobbits are SMALLER than normal people..."

Somebody wasn't paying attention.... Pippin's visions from the Palantir (???) allowed Gandalf to get a glimpse of Sauron's plans to attack Minas Tirith. It was also the reason Pippin and Merry seperated.

Yeah, and i rekon that gandalf should have stuck his staff in the big i and killed the evil wizard and den boromir can com back 2 live and everyone lives happily in aragorns big castle and frodo ignors the hol in his shoulder 4eva.

I thought that this film was a remarkable let down. It was still a reasonably decent film however it didn't quite reach the bar which has been set so high by the other two. I think the main problems I had with it were length related. Whoever edited that film should be strung up by his testicles/her tats and shot. What on earth was the need in that all seeing eye? It must have taken up at least 4 minutes and it gave nothing to the films plot. OH NO! The enemy thinks pipin has the ring...yup...uh huh... And that was the end of that. What about Sam marrying Rosey at the end? WELL DUH! Of course they get married. They should have cut that out. Finally as for all the elves, gandalf, frodo and bilbo leaving well I just hated that. It was needlessly long and I would have preferred a nice and simple and they lived happily ever after. The Shire was Frodo and Sam's thing that kept them going throughout the entire film. Their love of the shire and the people in it but no Frodo just b|_|ggered off. Don't even get me started on that all powerrful king. He was almost as pointless as the seeing eye! I mean my god. They mentioned all his power and gave the impression that gandalf was worried about him only for him never to be mentioned again, never to be fought by gandalf and to be killed in about 5 minutes by a foot soldier and hobbit...nice. I could point out more annoyingly long and pointless parts of the film but it just annoys me. Sufficed to say they should have left that fight with Saruman in and taken all that other crap out.

Am I the only person that didn't actually think it was that great?

I don't know why, but I really didn't get into it as much as I thought I would. Some parts I found myself thinking of the nearest hole in the wall so I could get some money out after then film had finished.

Legolas surfing down the trunk of the elephant thing was just chuffing ridiculous. Shelob was good. Sam is gay, I've decided. He just hasn't admitted it yet....

Watched it for second time last night, this time with my slightly slow friend. After the Smegol introduction, he turns to me and says "that didn't make any sense".

Hmm.

Still an amazingly good film, and I still have to see it with one more person.

Fígó wrote:
> One thing I didn't understand at the end was why and where Gandalf,
> Frodo, Bilbo and the rest had to go at the end?

They went to the undying lands. Unlike middle earth it doesnt fall into decay.

One thing I didn't understand at the end was why and where Gandalf, Frodo, Bilbo and the rest had to go at the end?