The Return of the King is really good but it didn't feel like a 3 over hour show probably becoz it had a very fast moving storyline. As usual, the make up artistes did a really great job in constructing the faces of the orcs and trolls etc. Andy Serkis made a debut appearance in showing how he gradually transformed to gollum. His acting never failed to impress me and it was good that the director concentrated on gollum's character. The internal conflict between gollum and smeagle was both entertaining and sympathetic. I could feel very strongly and put myself in the shoes of gollum. The treachery behind the bad hats is so strong in this show that u can almost sell the evil aura in the cinema. The lighting in this movie played an important role in illuminating the good with white or light colours and shadowing the bad with darkness. The journey to The Eye was filled with adventures and once again, Froddo and Samwise have proven their love for one another. They hav too many gay scenes together. When Froddo looks at Sam and kisses him on the forehead followed by looking at him in such a way that he looked like he was gona give him a french kiss. Froddo Baggins proved to be a hell of a useless hobbit as he was so weak and could hardly move yet sam could carry him despite being fatter than him. There were scenes when I wished that Froddo got killed as he was too freaking useless. All his expression ever showed was fear or wide eyed innocence (rather, stupidity). However it's the scenes betw him and sam which entertained me, and i believe that sam is the male while froddo is the female. I was quite amused when froddo told sam that he had to leave because sam should not be torn between him and his wife. hehe. That's blatant proclaimation that sam is bisexual.

Then, we have the other pair of gay partners, Pippin and Merry. Are all hobbits gays or bisexuals? gee... Anyway, this time a little more focus was given to these two hobbits to show their strengths but still, i think that hobbits are generally useless.

Gandalf, never loses his old charm. At some point, he even looks like jesus christ with a staff. Blame it on his stature. However, i am disappointed that he does not seem to have that much magical power in this show. However, he acted very well as a leader to motivate his troops to fight. Seeing him was like seeing hope.

Aragorn, the rugged all-time favourite of many fans. He as usual had his gung-ho aura about him and he ascended the throne after fighting the battle with gusto. Liv Tylor needless to say, was drop dead gorgeous and so perfectly matched for him.

Legolas really turned on his charm big time and the scene when he attacked an elephant by jumping so nimbly on it was really an eye-candy. However, I felt that there wasn't enough focus on his character in this series.

The relationship between the king of Rohan and his daughter was so strong that you would feel moved during one of the scenes in the battle. The test of friendship among the characters was touching and this show is really worth watching! There is never a moment u will be bored because there is so much tension, anticipation and exciting adventures that u may keep guessing the wrong outcome. Or at least i kept guessing the outcome of certain characters wrongly :P

When the eye was destroyed, I was amused by the process as it looked as if it was having some kinda eye infection or the eye pressure was shooting up high.

Anyway, I am satisfied with the way this trilogy wraps up yet feel sad because the cast have good screen chemistry and the storyline is great though true fans of tolkein may protest that this movie has deviated big time from the real story. Oh well, I believe that both should be just as good. And yes, I shall not reveal more about the storyline in case u have not seen it and once more I recommend u to catch this movie.

"Bless my bark!" - Tree beard