LotR: RotK

[whyBish]

Mediocre in some parts, excellent everywhere else.

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OK, so I dare say I will be flamed for saying this, but I thought that (from the point of view of someone who hasn't read the books or seen any extended versions) that the movie came accross as B-grade, and the plot as random.

So Gandalf uses his staff to ward of the flying lizards in an earlier battle, but doesn't use it during the bombardment or finale?
Some random eagles appear to help out in the final battle, why didn't they come earlier?
Chuck in a few random death scenes, and some very random farewell scenes ("I've decided to sail off into the sunset"???).
And a side order of a paedocidal father who is suddenly cured of his mental illness when torched.

IMO it would've been better had Frodo sacrificed himself in Mt. Dune to destroy the ring, and the surrounded party to die in battle and have the 'reunion' subtly in the afterlife to tie in to Gandalfs reference to white sands and green fields.

Yes, Gimli gets two good lines, Smeagol was interesting to watch, and the battles with the Oliphants were well done, but I suppose I was expecting more of a Shakespearean tragedy :o