The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King movie review

I got no jokes, lets just talk Lord of the Rings.

Warning: this review is spoilerific!

Here we are at the final chapter! Frodo, Sam, and Gollum are almost at Mt. Doom, while pretty much everyone else is going to war.

Okay, last review I started out with Frodo and Co., this one I'm starting out with Aragorn and Co. The Orcs are coming, and as usual, Aragorn doesn't have enough men to fight the battle. So he, Legolas, and Gimmely go to this cave where they recruit and army of ghost soldiers with one of the most epic speeches ever. Aragorn's just like "WHAT HAVE YOU!" and it riles everyone up. Back at the city of kings, Gandalf and Pippin (Pippin's safety is in danger) are there talking to John Noble (terrible idea) and you know what, I'm just gonna skip over all this stuff. Long story short, Pippin and Gandalf are at the city, Merry and Arren are heading into battle, and the trio of awesome are bringing in the cavalry. I swear, first time I watched this, I thought, "everything is falling into place". And it is; they are setting up for the huge battles that will dominate the rest of this movie. Everyone is where they need to be for the fight(s).

Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam are being driven apart by Gollum. Sam knows that Gollum's a nutjob; he's even seen him talking to himself, plotting to kill them to get the ring. But, yet again, Frodo won't buy it. And, in the most painful seen in movie history, Gollum succeeds. Frodo makes Sam walk away, and it was sad. My reaction "No, that cannot happen! That did not just happen!" Haven't reacted like that since Wash died (RIP).

Then Gollum is finishing out his plot by leading Frodo into the den of Shelob, the giant spider. He traps him in the cave, and Shelob wants to eat him. Here's the thing: if you have arachnophobia, fast forward through this seen. I know a guy who can't watch this movie because of Shelob, 'cause it is THAT big. Anyway, Shelob wraps Frodo up, and then Sam, who you knew wouldn't abandon his friend, shows up and shouts "leave him alone!" and takes it down! Its epic. This is the movie that proves not only is Sam an awesome badass, but he is literally the greatest friend ever.

Back at the City of Kings, the fight to end all fights is going down. It is so huge that its almost ridiculous (and so epic). And then Aragorn shows up with his army of ghosts and they mow the enemy down. It was awesome (and so epic). But then after the whole bit is over, Aragorn realizes that Frodo needs time to destroy the ring. So he assembles everyone who's not dead and they go to the gates of Mordor and have the actual battle to end all battles. Everyone just charges in and holy crap it awesome. I can't even begin to describe just how epic this fight is. Just imagine it in your head, just imagine everyone and their grandma trying to waste each other.

Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo have reached Mordor, Sam actually has to carry Frodo into Mt. Doom because the Ring's worn him down that much, and then Frodo is standing over the lava, about to drop the Ring in. But he doesn't just drop it in, because that would be anticlimactic. Frodo gives in puts the Ring on, turns invisible, Sam and you just shout "NOOO!!!" and Sauron's eye freaks out. And then Gollum shows up, which I've never been more thankful for. Gollum decks Frodo and BITES Frodo's finger off the get the ring, and then  falls into the lava, taking the Ring with him. Sam saves Frodo, and the look on my and anyone's face when I saw that was "whoa".

The fighting's done, the Ring is gone, and Sauron's dead, but it doesn't end their. It's time for the Return of the King ending. You might've heard that before: basically, this movie ends five more times in the last 1/2 hour. It is a good thing, too, to give closure to all the characters, but you do start to feel worn out after awhile (I watched the extended version the first time I saw this, too, so at one point I just thought "can this end already?"). Basically, Aragorn becomes king and marries his elf girlfriend and your happy for them, the Hobbits return to the Shire, Sam marries that girl he had a crush on in Fellowship (after what he's been through, he's more then earned it), but Frodo just can't go back to regular life.

I don't blame him, I mean after all that he just can't handle everyday stuff anymore. So he and Bilbo go to the Elven holy land with the elves. This breaks the other Hobbits' hearts, too; Sam's crying, but in the end he lets Frodo go because Frodo needs to. And then in the last scene of the movie is this silent shot of Sam with his wife and kids and the movie ends. Is that a downer ending? Maybe a little, but I loved it. It was the perfect ending- well, perfect five endings.

Return of the King is my favorite Lord of the Rings movie, its one of my favorite movies ever period, and in the end I saw Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King, and there was much rejoicing!

So, what's your favorite movie ever? Comment below, let me know!