2003 Best Picture
Premiered December 17, 2003
Budget $94 Million
Gross $378 Million
This was the toughest movie to evaluate so far because we were trying to judge just a piece of a much larger pie. The trilogy is really a 9 and a half hour movie that happened to be released in different years. It was also hard to judge because we were both very familiar with this movie.
We tried to watch it with an open mind and with fresh eyes. We were blown away by this movie. The scenes were gorgeous and the effects and battle scenes were the best of any movie so far. The musical score is one of the best.
Callie
Favorite: There are so many spiritual lessons to pull from it.
Least Favorite: It is not a stand alone movie so I felt lost.
Joel
Favorite: So many of the shots are big and beautiful. I never realized how stunning so many of the scenes were.
Least Favorite: This is where it is tough to evaluate this movie away from the other two in the trilogy. When you watch it on its own, the ending seems to drag on way too long. The epilogue continues for about 30 minutes. However, in the context of the other two films the ending makes sense.
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