Rate ROTK

[gdl96]

No need for a long explanation of what you gave it. That's what the other thread is for. It would be interesting to see what the general consensus is though.

I give it a 5/5. I loved it. :D

[Falagar]

Is there nothing between 4/5 and 5/5? :D I loved it but it had some problems so I'll go for 4/5.

[Arathorn]

I think my standards are just set high what with PJ saying it's his favorite of the 3. A mixed bag but overall, good because I still enjoyed it (4/5).

I'm more excited about the Extended Edition.

[Aewionen]

I thought the movie was great! I give it a 5/5.

[Jonathan]

It was a good movie so I'll give it a 4. I'm looking forward to the extended version.

[jerseydevil]

I gave it 3/5. It was an okay movie - but it wasn't a great movie - unless you think special effects make a great movie.

[Elvengirl]

I'd say it was a 4, while I do think most of it was awesome, there were scenes which I did not like.

[Tuor of Gondolin]

The movie, and the directors efforts, in ROTK was like the little girl with a curl in her hair:
for example: very good (Theoden's scenes), horrid (Denethor's).

Overall a 4/5.

[hectorberlioz]

i gave it a 3/5.
give due where its due.

[Thuringwethil]

The only real problem i had with it was that there was no Sharky and taking over of the Shire. Otherwise I loved it. I gave it a 5/5

[BeardofPants]

How funny. I hated fellowship, thought TT was okay, and following that trend, enjoyed ROTK mostly. There were quibbles (ending dragged, no emotional impact when Frodo left the Grey Havens, etc), but overall I enjoyed it. The battle sequences were amazing - very well choreographed and stuff. And Andy Serkis was good as Gollum. I was a bit sad that PJ didn't take the liberty of 'redeeming' Gollum at the end... kinda thought he might have after the build-up of TT. Oh well. Overall, I give this movie a 3.75 out of 5. Pretty decent.

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by Thuringwethil
The only real problem i had with it was that there was no Sharky and taking over of the Shire. Otherwise I loved it. I gave it a 5/5
If you had problems with it - then how can it be perfect? :D

[Thuringwethil]

Originally posted by jerseydevil
If you had problems with it - then how can it be perfect? :D

I didn't say it was perfect I said I loved it. ^__^

[Telcontar]

Ehhhh...it was between 4.5 and 5.0 so I gave it a 5 (rounding). I could definitely look beyond the changes and deletions. From what's been rumored, if the EE is 5 hours, then I'm sure it will delight even some of the hardest critics. I'm really looking forward to some of the rumored additions.

[Artanis]

If you'd asked me wednesday evening straight from the theatre, I'd said 5. Now I say 4. Ask me again after a second viewing ...

[Varda Oiolosseo]

5/5 easily - absolutly fantastic movie! :D

[Sister Golden Hair]

Hey, I didn'think Entmoot allowed polls.

[Falagar]

Can't you see the sign "Admins only" written all over his post? :p J/k.

This is a special occation, you know. ;)

[Sminty_Smeagol]

I thought it was awesome. Sure I have little quibbles but the finale emotion affect was awe, for me atleast. Yeah there are little things they could have worked on, quite a bit of stuff that I didn't think was all that terrific, but it still far surpasses 'good' IMO. My favorite of the 3.... gave it a 5

[Thuringwethil]

I've seen it three times, a fourth today, and I still think it's perfect. It doesn't really get boring.

[jellyfishannah]

I give it a 4. Almost gave it a 3. Can't wait 'til EE comes out!! :cool:

[Sister Golden Hair]

Originally posted by Falagar
Can't you see the sign "Admins only" written all over his post? :p J/k.

This is a special occation, you know. ;) That shouldn't matter.:rolleyes:

[gimli7410]

gave it a 5/5 this book was the only one i read before seeing the movies and there were some problems but i still enjoyed it

[Shadowfax]

5/5: I absolutely loved it!

[Nurvingiel]

I gave 4/5. It was highly enjoyable, but didn't earn a perfect 5.

[sun-star]

I gave it a 3. Bits were of it were great, but lots actually just got on my nerves.

[squinteyedsoutherner]

I'd give it a 3 1/2 The battles and special effects were well done, but some specific things bothered me. The Scooby-Doo army of the dead comes to mind.

[LuthienTinuviel]

Originally posted by squinteyedsoutherner
I'd give it a 3 1/2 The battles and special effects were well done, but some specific things bothered me. The Scooby-Doo army of the dead comes to mind.

and gandalf beating denethor with his staff.. and denethor throwing himself off the top of the city, and the fact that RotK is under 12 hours long..(which is the adequate time limit for any installment of LotR):D

[Dreran the Green]

It had its faults, but they were few overall and I absolutely loved it. Gandalf is especially great in this movie. I give it a 5/5.

[barrelrider110]

Originally posted by Dreran the Green
It had its faults, but they were few overall and I absolutely loved it. Gandalf is especially great in this movie. I give it a 5/5.

Ditto for me. I give it a 5.

[Celebrinth Elentavari]

I give it a 5, because even though I was upset about a few things not being added, it was an incredibly fantastic movie.

[thranduil]

I give it a 4

[LutraMage]

Originally posted by Celebrinth Elentavari
I give it a 5, because even though I was upset about a few things not being added, it was an incredibly fantastic movie. Spot on, I gave it a five too, and for the same reason!

[The Gaffer]

Gave it a 3. I thought it was poorly scripted, edited, produced and directed. However, there were some tremendous moments and some good performances, especially Sean Astin.

Will still be getting the EE though.:)

[Earniel]

I gave it a 5/5 because I found it just a tad better than simply 'good'. I had some problems with some scenes but overall I found it much better than TTT which deserves a point extra on it's own. But I'll definately need one or two more viewings to fully appreciate the film.

[Arathorn]

Come to think of it, I'm no longer sure how to rate it. I will have to watch it again, and again, and again, (ad nauseum) :D

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Arathorn
I will have to watch it again, and again, and again, (ad nauseum) :D

Hear, hear! Couldn't agree more with that. :)

It is nice to see you again, Bard Arathorn. :)

[Rosie Gamgee]

I gave it a 5/5. I had numerous problems with it, but PJ really saved himself with his acting talent. The acting -even in the lame (on the writers' and director's parts) scenes- totally made the movie. IMO this movie is equal to Fellowship (which rates much higher than Towers- Towers was pretty bad IMO). It was BEAUTIFUL!!

[hectorberlioz]

rosie! clean out your pm box!

[Christiana]

am I allowed to give it a 6/5?:D

[Aden]

I'd give it a 4(maybe a 3,5). After seeing TTT I was really disappointed and I expected the worst. But I was surprised to see that it was far better! There still were many things that bothered me but I enjoyed it...:)

[Elvedans]

If a film can make me cry then it deserves a 5/5!

[samwiselvr2008]

I gave it a 5/5, it's differant from the books in some ways, but it's still the best of the three, and I would see it agian right now if I could!

[Millane]

definately 5/5, i saw it twice yesterday when it came out, and im about to go again... a good way to judge a movie is by how many times it made your skin tingle, and i havent stopped tingling :D certain moments i will always tingle for - Sam carrying frodo, Aragorn charging into mordor orcs for frodo
i nearly cried;)

[cassiopeia]

I gave it a 5/5, because I thought is was better than good, which is 4/5. I can't wait to see it again.

[Linaewen]

I loved it! I kind of feel sad that I don't hate the movies anymore, having hated TTT, but I give it a 5.

[bropous]

I give it a 3 out of 10.

Too many changes, too many omissions, too far-removed from the true beauty of the whole story.

I'd give Bakshi better marks, considering the story deviations.

[MasterMothra]

This was definately the worst of the three movies. The screenwriting and changes were comical at best. The only reason I didnt give it a 1 was because of the battle in front of Minas Tirith. The charge of the Rohirrim was awesome, well done. Also the Witchking looked great. Other than that the movie was a terrible adaptation.

I rate it a 2.

[Entlover]

5/5
I've noticed that amateurs always rate things tougher than professionals. Maybe if we made a movie, we'd discover it's harder than it looks.
I'll go along with Steven Graydanus' comments at www.decentfilms.com:
". . .it may also be the most satisfying third act of any film trilogy, completing what can now be regarded as possibly the best realized cinematic trilogy of all time."

[Christiana]

This was certainly better than another movie that came out recently that is also the last of it's trilogy :rolleyes:

[MasterMothra]

Originally posted by Entlover
5/5
I've noticed that amateurs always rate things tougher than professionals. Maybe if we made a movie, we'd discover it's harder than it looks.
I'll go along with Steven Graydanus' comments at www.decentfilms.com:
". . .it may also be the most satisfying third act of any film trilogy, completing what can now be regarded as possibly the best realized cinematic trilogy of all time."

And we all know how important a "Professional" film critics review is. The reason I can criticize a film any way that I choose is because I PAID to go see it.

[Churl]

5/5, without hesitation.

[Millane]

Originally posted by Christiana
This was certainly better than another movie that came out recently that is also the last of it's trilogy :rolleyes:
WOOOOOOO!!!!! DAMN STRAIGHT :D
". . .it may also be the most satisfying third act of any film trilogy, completing what can now be regarded as possibly the best realized cinematic trilogy of all time." can anyone think of the final instalment of a trilogy that can compare with RotK i cant (unless you include RotJ which kinda is)

[Valandil]

I gave it a 5. I liked it alot and would love to go as much as I'm able - what with work, wife, kids, projects at home, etc. Had to go alone to an 11:30 pm showing - told my wife I'd love to see it 20 times in the theater.

It's not like reading the books, but maybe it's all a mere movie can be.:)

(EDIT: PS - I determined at the start to not look at my watch the whole time... so I didn't get the sense of how much I'd seen and how much was still to come. Then I just absorbed the movie!)

[Rosie Gamgee]

Originally posted by Millane
can anyone think of the final instalment of a trilogy that can compare with RotK i cant (unless you include RotJ which kinda is)

RotK is a hundred times better than RotJ as the end of a trilogy. It has more of a sense of completeness, and a real sense of 'our part in this story is over'.

[crickhollow]

I gave it a 4.5, but I'm really hovering between Okay and Good.

[Radagast The Brown]

I gave it 3/5.

I think RotK was the wrose movie of the three - it was too long (from some reason I felt as if it lasted for 10 hours), theer were many holes in the story, etc., which ruined some parts of the movie.

I think I 'jugded' the movie pretty toughly, because I expected for much mroe in it than any other movie.

[Lady_of_the_Golden_Wood]

I give it a 4, because I don't think it was a five, but it was a little better then a 4. They could have put more in... darn movie lenths.

[Thorin II]

I gave it a 4. Like many of you, I would've put the rating at 4.5 or so. TTT and ROTK were both great, but FOTR is my favorite of the three. Somehow, it seems to capture Tolkien better than the other two do.

[matthew]

5/5.

I mean, there were loads of mistakes.
legolas definitly didnt kill an oliphaunt singlehandedly, and the lack of the scouring of the shire was an abomidation. when i was about 2 thirds of the way done watching, i didnt like it at all.
but in the grey havens, i thought pj redeemed himself. i was crying at the end.
im going to give the EE a 6/5 for sure!

[Nurvingiel]

Originally posted by matthew
I mean, there were loads of mistakes. Then why the perfect score? *curious* :)

[Ruinel]

I gave it a '3'... too many changes and too many things added that shouldn't have been for me to give it anything more. I'm curious as to what other's have said, I'll wade through all these posts eventually and read them..... someday.

[gimli7410]

the one thing that bothered me finally was gimlis comedy relief like when he said the stupidass low chance of success...what are we waiting for i mean that was pointless. they should of just left out the comedy relief

[Millane]

Originally posted by gimli7410
the one thing that bothered me finally was gimlis comedy relief like when he said the stupidass low chance of success...what are we waiting for i mean that was pointless. they should of just left out the comedy relief agree entirely, John Rhys Davies could have made an incredible Gimli but his part turned out to be quite poor... they just destroyed legolas, who needs the army of the dead when youve got legolas, he shouldve gone into battle and single handedly destroyed Sauron and his minions and claimed his rightful throne, as if aragorn needed legolas' help with the palantir

[Fat middle]

I give it a 4. It's a good movie, but the accelerated pace of the scenes at the Tower of Cirith Ungol bugged me so much that I find it nearer to 3 than to 5.

[mithrand1r]

Too bad there wasn't anything between a 3 and a 4. It would have to be a 3.

Some parts were well done, some were not.

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by matthew
5/5.

I mean, there were loads of mistakes.
legolas definitly didnt kill an oliphaunt singlehandedly, and the lack of the scouring of the shire was an abomidation. when i was about 2 thirds of the way done watching, i didnt like it at all.
but in the grey havens, i thought pj redeemed himself. i was crying at the end.

You gave the movie a 5/5 for one scene you liked? :rolleyes:

Come on - Pippin and Merry weren't even shown to have grown in the Grey Havens and where were all the elves going into the west? How could that ship take them all the way across the ocean?

im going to give the EE a 6/5 for sure!
The fact that you are already giving a rating to a movie you haven't seen speaks volumes.

[Nurvingiel]

What did you give it JD? I'm surprised you didn't give it a 1. Unless you're giving it a rating based on its value as a movie, not an adaptation.

I gave it a 4, but it would have been 3.5 if I had the choice.

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by Nurvingiel
What did you give it JD? I'm surprised you didn't give it a 1. Unless you're giving it a rating based on its value as a movie, not an adaptation.

I gave it a three. I think my rating is on the first page. That is SOLELY as a movie. As Lord of the Rings - it sucks and would be given a ZERO.

[Millane]

Originally posted by jerseydevil
I gave it a three. I think my rating is on the first page. That is SOLELY as a movie. As Lord of the Rings - it sucks and would be given a ZERO. hmmm JD didnt you say that Jackson captured the look of middle earth? doesnt that count for anything?

[Critter]

I rated it a four out of five . . . . . mainly because of some jumpy editing (which worked for some scenes but detracted from others).

[Lady Ravyn]

i gave it a 5/5, but with reservations. i've seen it twice, and the first time i loved it so much. but the second time i took a closer look, and it really wasn't as good as i first thought. but it was good enough for a 5 i think

[Orli17]

i gave it a 4/5. The music was so good but i dunno....i seemed to like TTT a bit better...anyways....waiting for the extended version....ahhh.....

[Victoria]

:D hi guys...I'm a newbie here and a big fan of the LOTR (books and movies) just like the rest of you.

I gave ROTK a 5. It was a good adaptation of the books although understandably PJ had to cut a lot of the plot from the book because it would just be too long wouldn't it?

The effects for Gollum were so great...Andy Serkis deserves an award...and the CGI team as well!!!

[Pirate]

I gave it a 5/5. Even if there where some things missing I still loved it. Elijah wood was inceadable.

[brownjenkins]

i gave it a 5, one of the best fantasy/adventure movies i've seen in a long time

i love the books, and really enjoy the movies, each for what they are

[matthew]

(to nurvingiel)
I gave it a 5/5 just because of the ending. that was great. the rest was a 3 or 4/5 due to mistakes, but the ending was so good it bumped the rest of the movie up. I mean, I'm very surprised PJ could understand and express the grey havens as well as he did.
I'm worried about a movie of the sil though, as I think PJ just couldn't appreciate the "celticness" of the story.

[matthew]

I'm also giving it a 5/5 because I'm sure the EE will contain some great stuff.

[Nurvingiel]

Are you implying that the theatrical version did not contain great stuff? If so, future possibilities isn't much of a basis for a perfect score.

Edit: I see what you mean about the end, but still, that means the movie wasn't perfect, and therefore not 5/5 worthy IMO. (Obviously nothing is actually perfect, but you were referring to decent mistakes there I thought.)

[ethuiliel]

I loved it and hated it, if that's possible. I was very disappointed, but I still loved it. I'm confusing myself now, and probably everyone else, so don't mind me.

I gave it a 4/5.

[Orli17]

i AM confused....lol......ys i too was disappointed in a way..tho may have been cuz the copy was bad..apparenlty din't see it in cinema cuz country didn't host it and so watched a bad copy of it.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

[ethuiliel]

I was disapointed because I set my hopes way to high, even though I knew that Saruman, the Scouring of the Shire, and the Houses of Healing would not be in there.

[Nurvingiel]

Don't worry Orli17, you were meant to be whole. :)

[sirigorn]

I give it a 4.75, so I rounded it to 5/5!!!! I loved RotK SO much!!
i AM confused....lol......ys i too was disappointed in a way..tho may have been cuz the copy was bad..apparenlty din't see it in cinema cuz country didn't host it and so watched a bad copy of it.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... Orli, I don't get it. Please explain??

[Orli17]

Basically in burma you can't see movies like those. only movies in teh cinemas are burmese or indian adn well never nay lotr stuff so i couldn't watch it. So i always rent from a video store and well they happend to have ht pirated yes pirated copy of rotk so i just rented it cuz i've been dying ot watch it and its not fair that nearly the whole world has seen it and i havne't got a chance to unless i borrow the pirated one so yea.......but once i move to s'pore no longer need to retn..btw i heard they're filming THE HOBBIT????
PS: sorry sirigorn about the misunderstanding

[sirigorn]

No problem, Orli. I don't blame you for getting a pirated copy.:D I would do the same.

[Underhill]

ROTK was a really good movie, and if you don't keep your feet, who knows where you'll be swept off to. I am soo getting it on dvd, i've seen it twice and I gotta see it again.:D 5/5

[Christiana]

*gasp* looks like someone gave it a 1! :eek:

[sirigorn]

NOOOOOO!!!!

Who gave it a one???????

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Originally posted by Sirigorn
NOOOOOO!!!!

Who gave it a one???????
_____________________
Probably JerseyDevil.:D He seems to be rather, umm, conservative in cinema and politics.:)

[azalea]

Nah, I think JD rated it right when it came out. It was more likely someone who just wanted to be the one person who gave it that rating, since no one else had.:rolleyes:

[Lalaith_Elf]

5/5 - I may complain about parts of it, but I still loved it.:D

[Finrod Felagund]

Hmmm...I wonder who the one "Terrible" vote was

*cough*JerseyDevil *cough*

[brownjenkins]

JD actually said he voted okay... so someone must dislike the movie even more ;)

[Kalimac]

5/5

Impressive film. :cool:

[Lief Erikson]

A brilliant film, I found it.

Oh, one nice piece of information for those that really liked it. It one all 11 of its Oscar nominations.

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by Tuor of Gondolin
Originally posted by Sirigorn
NOOOOOO!!!!

Who gave it a one???????
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Probably JerseyDevil.:D He seems to be rather, umm, conservative in cinema and politics.:)
As people said - I already voted. I think I gave it 3/5 maybe 2/5 - can't remember at the moment. My comment regarding it is on the first page I think.

And I'm not conservative necessarily in cinema or politics - just a free thinker. In politics I lean more libertarian than conservative. In cinema I go for films I like.

Lord of the Rings did not match up to the comments Jackson made before the movie came out. He should have followed through with his comments instead of giving them lip service for me to have accepted them.

If you want to see my wide range of films I like you can see most of my collection at DVD Listing (http://my.hsonline.net/~rrosetta/dvdlist.htm) I think I have a well rounded movie collection.

Edit - just checked - I'm sixth poster on page 1. I gave it a 3/5. Not a bad score considering how much I hate it - but I hate it as an adaptation and for Jackson's lies more than as a movie.

[azalea]

I'm going to release this one, now, since I think we've all had a chance to vote. And the final result is:

LotR:RotK is AWESOME! :D