Wonderful.While it might appear that the change from Gandalf the Grey to Gandalf the White in Lord of the Rings is little more than a costume change, the story goes a lot deeper than that. Top stuff.ĭigitally, there are no issues and the original source is pristine, again with a sheen of grain to give a beautiful filmic image. The HDR and WCG give the colours real pop and lustre, even in this, the most dour of palettes in the trilogy, pops of blue and red in the various flags and banners, the greenery of the plains, the intensity of the fires, the misty greens of the Army of the Dead, all beyond the limits of Blu-ray.īlack level is deep and strong, hiding incredible shadow detail, check out the Nazgûl, the depth to their clothing, or the darkness in the tombs while the white scale pushes the image, highlights, such as glints of sunlight on metal, or the depth to Gandalf’s robes, or the brightness of his staff. Landscape shots are magnificent, while close ups are wonderful. This image manages to pip the other two, to be best of the bunch its detailing is just as finite, with keen edges throughout – skin texture, clothing weaves, armour, tree bark, masonry, weapons, dirt and grime: everything has tangible limits.
Such grandeur deserves an ending, and Return of the King gets three, each with its own emotional resonance, so that once the credits roll there is a genuine sense of satisfaction in the scale of it all. Sam and Frodo, lost in the depths of Mordor, struggling against all odds, while the rest of Middle Earth is under siege the massive battle for Minis Tirith, the last stand at the Black Gates and that final sacrifice wring just about every last bit of energy from you and then, we have the endings. If anything, Return, is even more grand in scale, with all the story threads slowing coming together to form a fitting conclusion. Famously, Peter Jackson once said, “You only make the first to parts, to get to the third”, and boy did he put his heart and soul onto the screen. Released to equally critical and commercial acclaim and securing the most of the Oscar wins, The Return of the King did not disappoint. Come on, Mr Frodo, I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!ĭecember 2003 took an even longer time to come around, for the conclusion of the most ambitious film series was eagerly anticipated. Then let us be rid of it, once and for all.
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