Fans of Tolkien’s trilogy approve of extended endings in `The Return of the King’. Even reviewers who raved about “The Return of the King,” which opened last week, were put off by – as one movie critic put it, “an endless parade of false endings.” !!!SPOILERS!!! [more]
Day: December 22, 2003
Frodo and the gang wiped the smile off Mona Lisa’s face over the weekend, but then, it would have been a banner news story if they hadn’t. We still have one. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King took in $73.6 million over the weekend for a five-day total of $125 million, according to estimates from Nielsen EDI box office trackers. [More]
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – With a five-day domestic haul of $125 million, the last installment of “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” is guaranteed to grab more than just a few headlines for its record-setting box office. [More]
Poor Frodo Baggins. He just can’t catch a break. It’s not bad enough that many literary critics and readers of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings are always elevating one supporting character or another to the position of hero, completely overlooking the gentle, unassuming hobbit at the heart of the story, the one who has to carry an evil, burdensome, corrupting ring to be destroyed. !!!Spoilers!!! [more]
Gary Maddox of the Sydney Morning Herald writes: This movie hunk is a shining overachiever who puts everyone else in the shade. Who could it be? None other than the intensely modest Viggo Mortensen. [More]
The Return of the King marks the culmination of a bold cinematic gamble that has far exceeded its backers’ wildest expectations, racking up billions of dollars in revenue, garnering a fan base unmatched since the first Star Wars trilogy and pushing New Zealand to the top end of the global tourist chart. [More]