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Lord of the Ring: Return of the King
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Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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****
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Review by William A. Reed
for Reel Movie Critic
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What does a youngster think of the most anticipated and the hottest film of the year? We asked William A. Reed, a 5th grade student at Frederick School in Grayslake, IL (AKA our grandson), how he liked it.
On December 10th I went to see "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" at a press and promotional screening in Milwaukee (with my grandparents). It was awesome!
The main points of the movie, of course, are to get the King, Aragorn (Viggo Motensen), back to his throne and the Ring back to the fiery pits of Mordor. The hobbits Frodo and Sam (Elijah Wood and Sean Astin) are guided to Mordor by Gollum, a scary little character who talks to himself and has evil plans to take the Ring away from the hobbits.
This movie is great. It has more action and adventure than most films. The special effects are unbelievable; Aragorn even has the help of an Army of the Dead when he goes into battle. My favorite character is Legolas (Orlando Bloom), an elfin archer. Look for the scene where he climbs onto the back of a huge elephant-like creature and brings the monster down with his arrows. Now, there is a lot of "fantasy gore" and some pretty frightening creatures in this movie, so kids 5-10 should have a parent with them.
This is the last movie in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, so to really understand, it helps if you see parts I and II. They are awesome too.
Since seeing `Return of the King' with my grandparents, I have seen it again with my Dad, my brothers Corey and Malcolm, and my best friend Aleks. I told my mom that when it comes out on DVD, we have to have the trilogy as part of our movie library at home. Go see it. You won't be disappointed.
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