This month's Moonlight Review will be:
LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING

The Legend Comes to Life..
J.R.R. Tolkien (novel The Fellowship of the Ring)
Frances Walsh (screenplay) (as Fran Walsh) & Philippa Boyens (screenplay) & Peter Jackson (screenplay).

Plot : part 1:
In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an Epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it.



Plot :Part II
Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring. Whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard.


Plot : part III
The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Will Frodo survive?



Noel Appleby.... Everard Proudfoot
Sean Astin .... Sam Gamgee
Sala Baker .... Sauron
Sean Bean .... Boromir
Cate Blanchett .... Galadriel
Orlando Bloom .... Legolas Greenleaf
Eljia Wood … Frodo baggins
Billy Boyd .... Pippin
Marton Csokas .... Celeborn
Megan Edwards .... Mrs. Proudfoot
Michael Elsworth .... Gondorian Archivist
Mark Ferguson .... Gil-Galad
Ian Holm .... Bilbo Baggins
Ian McKellen .... Gandalf
Christopher Lee .... Saruman
Lawrence Makoare .... Lurtz
Dominic Monaghan .... Merry
Viggo Mortensen .... Aragorn Ian Mune
Liv Tyler .... Arwen
Miranda Otto Eowyn


Dunya30: Welcome to the moonlight movie review.
Dunya30: I'm Dunya hopefulsoul
moonslightt5: I'm Moonslight
Dunya30: :-)
moonslightt5: =*.*=
Dunya30: we are here to review the last installment to the Lord of the Rings trilogy
moonslightt5: Well, I wouldn't say last my dear sister
Dunya30: Well I think last, unless they plan to do the hobbit
Dunya30: which I would love to see
moonslightt5: Well, remember the opening...nice shots of things before
Dunya30: yes I saw the shots in preview before. And when the third movie came to theaters I was so excited
moonslightt5: Just like I was!
Dunya30: I went the 2nd day it opened
moonslightt5: I could not wait to get there!
Dunya30: had the best butt cramp earned in a long time
moonslightt5: It was everything I had hoped it would be and then some
moonslightt5: I have to say it was the best movie I have seen in a long time
Dunya30: I was in tears and laughing and on the edge of my seat all at the same time
moonslightt5: Yes!
moonslightt5: That is what really makes a drama work so well
Dunya30: I agree
moonslightt5: It takes you through all the emotions
Dunya30: I still need to see it again to get the missed places of the movie, and just to see it again. You know?
moonslightt5: YES , One reason why we enjoy them so much
moonslightt5: they can fill spaces that otherwise would be left unfilled
moonslightt5: I wanted to turn right around and go into the next showing!
moonslightt5: I cannot wait for it to be released for home
Dunya30: right
Dunya30: it was just a month earlier or so when the two towers came out
moonslightt5: Let's take a look at the scenery for a minute
Dunya30: sure
moonslightt5: This movie set things in place that we have seen bits and pieces of all along
moonslightt5: It ties up many loose ends
Dunya30: I watched the special parts of the two towers where they said a lot of the castle was a model
Dunya30: But all the outside stuff was built in real life
Dunya30: helmsdeep was the same gorge they filmed the fight at Gondor
Dunya30: in the end
moonslightt5: heheh....The landscape is beautiful
Dunya30: building two sets for that
Dunya30: yes
moonslightt5: They could not have picked a better location
Dunya30: right
moonslightt5: but the storyline follows right along
moonslightt5: from one to two then to three
Dunya30: Wellington, New Zealand
Dunya30: that was where it was filmed
Dunya30: yes it does
Dunya30: Sauron's forces have laid siege to Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor, in their efforts to eliminate the race of men
Dunya30: and all elfish are sent away
moonslightt5: We now see Minas Tirith for the full sight that it is
Dunya30: but one, the love of Aragorns life, battles her heart not to leave
Dunya30: they don't go into much detail about Arwen. You are no longer directly connected
moonslightt5 because he or she closed the connection.
moonslightt5: She battles the one thing she cannot change
moonslightt5: her heart
Dunya30: right
moonslightt5: The true test of love
moonslightt5: to leave what you know behind for the one thing your soul longs for
Dunya30: that story line gave me tears I could not stop
moonslightt5: It is so sad....to watch her transformation
moonslightt5: once the tears started, they could not stop
Dunya30: they portrayed a love so strong
moonslightt5: that has stood above all things
Dunya30: right
Dunya30: her faith that they lay some hope in man kind as well as hobbit kind
moonslightt5: to stand by what they believed in so strongly
moonslightt5: that so many had lost that hope
Dunya30: there was so much fight in this movie, then there was frodo and Sam doing there best to get to the volcano and destroy the ring, But we know how that ends with little Gollum, split personality freak with a bad addiction to the precious. And he meets his doom the hot way.
moonslightt5: well, their task took place during the heat of the battle for middle earth, now they travel a lot.
Dunya30: I think the bad guys think peppin has the ring, and he left Marry to keep it safer. So they had a big part to play as well.
moonslightt5: They too fought a battle to believe in something others did not, or could not
moonslightt5: Well, the story marks changes and growth in the lives of many
Dunya30: such strength they all had, and courage.
moonslightt5: Well, it goes to show that no matter what kind of mistakes are made, there can still be good to come out of it
Dunya30: I was sad to see the hatred toward a son, and in the end the son was about burnt. Thank the gods he was not. I can't recall the names. There where so many.
moonslightt5: To think that one can be so engrossed in the other to overlook all that he tried to do
Dunya30: I think that was Boromirs brother and father. Boromir was killed in the first LOR movie.
Dunya30: head of gondor or king, the father was.
Dunya30: his love for his son that was killed protecting frodo in the first LOR was so hard for him. His second son could not compare.
moonslightt5: Well, it goes to show that when you look past a person, no matter how close they are, your emotions rule your thoughts and lead you to ruin
moonslightt5: Once he started down that path, there was no stopping him
Dunya30: He didn't want Aragorn to become king. He didn't believe in the tale.
moonslightt5: There was something else...the battle to rule all
Dunya30: right
moonslightt5: It seems that every story has a struggle for power
moonslightt5: There is the struggle of Saruman to control all on Earth
moonslightt5: then Saron to rule all
Dunya30: Saron was fooled
moonslightt5: one kind over another
Dunya30: hay what was with that spider anyway? the one that protected mount doom
moonslightt5: that spider!
moonslightt5: yes
moonslightt5: it was the one thing not thought of
moonslightt5: the one thing that could lead to the ruin of all, yet it was a matter of the food chain
Dunya30: right
moonslightt5: instinct
Dunya30: that poison that it injected to frodo did kill him
moonslightt5: well, which is also a matter of opinion
moonslightt5: killing depends on whether we are speaking in life or soul
moonslightt5: Frodo has carried such a burden
Dunya30: true
moonslightt5: Not just a trinket around his neck
Dunya30: it changed him greatly
moonslightt5: he carried the whole middle earth with him and brought together a million worlds:
Dunya30: so much that in the end he left with those touched by what will not be again
moonslightt5: Things cannot be the same
Dunya30: right
moonslightt5: that is the way of change
moonslightt5: that is the way of the world even today
moonslightt5: it saddens the heart to really think on it
Dunya30: Sean Astin .... Sam and Peppin and Merry and Frodo all had me crying in the end
Dunya30: so much they went through
Dunya30: so close to death
moonslightt5: There is so much emotion.... They really lead you to believe in the story.... To feel as if you are really there
Dunya30: and the experiences they had
Dunya30: right
Dunya30: very much
moonslightt5: it was life itself in every true form.
Dunya30: This movie also did well with awards.
Dunya30: It took home a lot of awards at the golden globes
Dunya30: I watched that
moonslightt5: Yes, 4 to be exact
moonslightt5: Oh, which reminds me
Dunya30: and I bet they take home all at the Grammies
moonslightt5: we left out the score...the music
Dunya30: that was great
moonslightt5: How could we feel so much were it not for the music
Dunya30: Annie lennox did the score. I love that as well as the special effects
Dunya30: They where outstanding
moonslightt5: the special effects were awesome to.
moonslightt5: The movie goes from mysterious
moonslightt5: to soft
moonslightt5: to enchanting
moonslightt5: to epic
moonslightt5: to scared and scary...
Dunya30: yep
moonslightt5: and of course, the battles!
Dunya30: They where ground moving in the theater
moonslightt5: How they pound you to the very core!
moonslightt5: your right though
Dunya30: I saw on the special parts of the dvd it says people would show up with their horses and trailers so they could be a part of it. Heck I would have just showed up. Hehe But I was no where near filming.
moonslightt5: They were not such that they stood out as so fake
moonslightt5: they were integrated so well and the gray line was very thin between them and the reality of the actors and the landscapes
Dunya30: no I think the action and the story line keeps you so hooked to the movie and the actors.. oh my!!!
moonslightt5: Oh yes!
moonslightt5: hehehehe
Dunya30: that kept me from seeing anything wrong with this movie
moonslightt5: how could we forget this movie now.
moonslightt5: I could not find anything that would be worth noting as wrong or out of place
Dunya30: I am a big Sam lover
Dunya30: I could just kiss him and hug him, a big teddy bear is what he looked like.
moonslightt5: lol Hmm...let me think
moonslightt5: If I had to pick, it would be Viggo. Legolas......... and the head of the Elfin order
Dunya30: also that one actor if I could remember his name, that son of the ruler of Gondor
Dunya30: oh my
moonslightt5: yes
moonslightt5: I have to say this truly was worth the wait....the length of the movie itself is worth the wait
Dunya30: yes! I look forward to viewing them all together one day
moonslightt5: Now that would be a movie feast indeed!
moonslightt5: lots of popcorn!
Dunya30: right : and tissue papaer, lol, for the eyes.^' ^'
moonslightt5: For those who truly need an emotional rollercoaster, this is the one for you!
moonslightt5: Well, I would have to give this one a 9 my twin...what do you say?
Dunya30: Yes 10 I would give it
moonslightt5: So there you have it!
moonslightt5: Emotions, Scenery, and People.... Love of life all rolled into one
Dunya30: Right
moonslightt5: Go see it, rent it when it comes out....BUY IT!
Dunya30: YES BUY IT
Dunya30: well thanks and have a good eve
moonslightt5: I do hope that all who read this and may have seen it already will agree and to those who have yet to see it...enjoy
Dunya30: Blessed Be
moonslightt5: Good night

Moonslight says:
Until next time.....Enjoy!

Dunya says:
Blessed be :o)



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