Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

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I had suspected that I was the last person in Austin to see this movie, and I thought that my suspicions were correct when I entered the theater five minutes before showtime and I was the only one there. Then I thought, this will be too weird seeing this movie, which will have some scary parts, alone in this big theater. Luckily, right before the trailers started, a bunch of people arrived, and I guess the total crowd amounted to about ten. Anyways, the trailers started and there are some cool movies coming out. The one that struck me the most was Captain Somethingorother (I forgot the name) starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and the Tomb Raider girl, whose name I can’t remember right now. It’s got lots of flying scenes, which looked so cool. Ok, on to my movie review.

The Return of the King was one of the best movies I have ever seen. I was totally blown away! The thing about the Lord of the Rings movies is that they are only fantastic if you have read the books. If you didn’t, you’d probably enjoy the first movie, the second will have you saying, “huh?” a few times, and the third will have you saying, “What the f$*k?” a bunch of times. But… if you read the books, you will have already “filled in the blanks” in the plot.