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Don't worry that your expectations will be too high - Return Of The King will exceed them all.
Full reviewThe epic climax in the fantasy saga sees all races of Middle Earth, both good and evil, drawn into a war for domination. As Frodo and Sam inch ever closer to their fate in Mordor, Aragorn wrestles with his insecurities about claiming his rightful place as the King of Men.
Don't worry that your expectations will be too high - Return Of The King will exceed them all.
Full reviewThe sense of closure is exquisite, but I'm not sure I'm able to forgive Peter Jackson for the three years that he has taken to put it on the screen. The wait has been excruciating.
Full reviewNo flabber has been left ungasted by Mr Jackson's mighty battle sequences, nor no gob unsmacked.
Full reviewYes, the running time is long, and yes, those many endings in a slow, dreamy coda left me feeling spent - better spent than I can ever remember.
Full reviewSome story strands are crudely abbreviated; others fail to develop elements that were already well-established.
Full reviewPops your eyes, excites your senses and brings you in as close as a whisper for scenes of startling emotion.
Full reviewThe final chapter... restores faith in the idea that popular entertainment can soar to majestic heights.
Full reviewA movie for our time, perhaps for all time, mostly a good time and definitely a long time.
Full reviewThe Return of the King is, at its most visceral level, a grand adventure with lots of fun things to look at.
Full reviewTowers above its predecessors with cleaner storytelling and a more satisfying balance between terrific acting and eye-popping effects.
Full reviewA breathtaking argument for director Peter Jackson winning every award there is to give...
Full reviewI can’t think of... another monumental work of sustained storytelling that surges ahead with so much inventiveness and ardor.
Full reviewThe final battle is kind of magnificent. I found myself thinking of the visionary films of the silent era, like Lang ("Metropolis") and Murnau ("Faust"), with their desire to depict fantastic events of unimaginable size and power, and with their own cheerful reliance on visual trickery.
Full reviewA “King” that earns its crown, Peter Jackson’s final installment in his monumental “The Lord of the Rings” represents that filmmaking rarity — a third part of a trilogy that is decisively the best of the lot.
Full reviewThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is available to stream in Australia now on Stan and Netflix and Google Play and Apple TV and Foxtel and Binge and Ritz at Home and Prime Video Store and Paramount+.
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