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The return of epic cinemas: the final installment of Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is both a dramatic and technical tour de force.

The New American

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Beyond the breathtaking spectacle of New Zealand landscapes and CGI battles, The Return of the King, Peter Jackson's latest and final installment of the glorious film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy The Lord of the Rings, has a thematic heft and character depth worthy of the Oxford don's original novel.

Almost everyone not living in a hole in the ground in Iraq knows the trilogy's storyline by now: the Dark Lord Sauron wishes to regain the One Ring that he lost long ago, which will give him the power to conquer the entire earth. The ring has been found by a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who then passes it on to his nephew Frodo for safekeeping. Frodo and his ...

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