**RotK - General impressions and opinions**

[Arcuwen]

Wow, where do I start?! I'm trying to find a word to describe how good it was, but none of them come close to how I felt about it. Let's just go with excellent, moving, and amazing for now. There were some parts that I thought could have been better. First, Sauron's eye. The whole spotlight thing was a little corny. It reminded me of a video game...avoid the spotlight! Secondly, Theoden's death was by far not as moving as I thought it would be. After balling while reading that part of the book, I was somewhat disappointed. No Scouring of the Shire, but that was to be expected. Eowyn and Faramir! They cut it out almost all of it! Well, maybe it'll be in the extended addition. Finally, Saruman. I was a bit confused about why they didn't really give the whole Saruman situation an ending.<P>Highlights of the movie for me...I don't know where to begin! Well...let's see...Pippin was AWSOME! Just everything about him was amazing! How can you not love Samwise in this movie? Arwen...thankfully didn't take over the whole movie. Denethor was so good! John Noble did an amazing job. His jump off the cliff was kind of hokey, but oh well. Gollum and Shelob were excellent. My arachnophobic friends sure didn't like Shelob because she was so real looking. Pelennor Fields was intense and breathtaking. It was so great I felt as if I was in the midst of battle alongside the soldiers...maybe sitting in the 3rd row had something to do with that also. The lighting of the beacons probably was my favorite part. Howard Shore has outdone himself again. They did a good job with the Gray Havens scene, much better than I expected them to. There are so many more things I've just begun to think of, but I've probably said too much already. So what are you waiting for...go see it! If you've already seen it...see it again!