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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 1276776" data-attributes="member: 5834">reIn passing just after the ring is destroyed, his spirit rises into the sky and then dissipates. I didn't so much mind the eye. It was the "spotlight" effect I thought was corny. Return of the King was definitely better than The Two Towers in being faithful to the book. Just slightly too fast-paced for my tastes.  Great final scene. That part was perfect. For me personally, it is like being both sad and happy at the same time. Sad because there are parts you feel are important to the story that are left out or not done properly, and happy that parts of the film are well-done and they equal or exceed what you imagined a scene might look like from the book. I personally believe this will be the definitive film interpretation of Tolkien's work in my lifetime, for good or ill. This is it. Some Tolkien fans are going to completely satisfied, others will hate it, and I think a good many will be like myself, torn between loving and hating it until we die.I will watch it again. I will buy the EE of the DVD's. I will always notice the parts that were poorly done no matter how hard I try not to, I will always miss the parts of the story that were left out or changed that I felt were important, and I will always love the parts that were well-done and equaled or exceeded my expectations. This is the movie all Tolkien fans will have to live with, and live with it I will.  I certainly won't call it all good nor all bad, and I'll watch it from time to time just as I read the books from time to time.</blockquote>

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