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Article: Frodo finish.( Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)(Movie Review)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- January 13, 2004
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PETER JACKSON'S adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy trilogy reaches its conclusion with Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and it's doubtful that any viewer will be disappointed. In the last stages of the war to preserve the human race from the forces of Sauron, Tolkien's warrior heroes, led by the king without a throne, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), hold the field. Meanwhile, the courageous halflings Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) creep behind Sauron's unsleeping eye toward the fires of Mount Doom, where the ring Sauron needs to seal his power was forged and where Frodo, the reluctant ring bearer, must destroy it. The film is a majestic finish to ...