LotR: Return of the King - 6/10
Every time LotR is on TV it always seems to be the second film, so I was pleasantly surprised to watch a different one.
In fact, its the first time I have seen the last film, and it wasnt the worst way to spend almost 4 hours on the sofa. I came away scratching my head a bit though.
1. Who or what is Sauron? Maybe I missed the point, but he just seemed to be a big eye. The dude riding the dragon was just his champion?
2. Why does the ring send you crazy?
3. Solutions always just seemed to magic themselves up. Being massively out numbered in the main battle. I know, we'll just 'invent' this massive undead army we can call upon. Obviously they had to work with the source material, but as an audience I never felt they were in danger.
Not to mention the Orc's routing at the end when victory was upon them.
4. The pheonix's at the end. Where were they for the past few films!? They would have come in handy against all those dragons moments before - or to have taken them straight to mount Doom.
Maybe some of these are answered in the first film (or to be answered in Hobbit movies). It just seems for 12 hours of movie, very little was explained or answered.