I'm with you... the first half of that movie was some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. Then when it gets to the part where they're trying to steal the money, it just gets boring. Well, you and me makes two. That trilogy was so great that I kept feeling sad with each "ending," and being happy when there was just a little more movie left to go. I don't think of that trilogy as separate movies (as I do with, say, Star Wars), I think of them all as one massive 10-hour film. And when a film is 10 hours, there should be a half-hour of wrap-up, IMO.
I thought the ending of ROTK was glorious. Best movie ending ever, bar none. So count me in. My worst moment in a great movie was the Zion orgy/Neo sex scene in Matrix Reloaded. Ugh, that one was painful to endure. Most people around me were like, "wake me up when the movie resumes". I thought the movie flat out rocked, but that one part was a massive fly in the ointment. It should never have made it into the final cut.
I generally agree, and, for the most part, I loved the 30-minute wrap-up. It didn't feel too long. And it deserved a lingering goodbye. I cried like a little girl. And I agree--it is glorious. I'm not at all in the "Man, what's with the 23 endings" camp. But. I'm greedy. If it ended 8 times, say, I would have preferred it to end on the 7th. The shot of the ships leaving for the Gray Havens was so poignant, so iconic, it would have made the perfect final image. (I suppose by my own criteria, though: "Bad moments in great movies," this doesn't qualify. i don't think it's a bad moment -- just a good moment that could have been even better.)
The whole "Danny and the girl with the strange accent" thing in Caddyshack is the most egregious example.
Oh and speaking of movies that went on too long, or had disappointing endings. AI and Minority Report both had horribly drawn out endings. With AI, if they ended it with the kid robot stuck on the bottom of the sea forever, it would have been great. But they end up jumping thousands of years in the future and introduce aliens/advanced robots, in order to include one last Oedipal encounter. It was bizarre and unnecessary to say the least. And Tom Cruise popping the killer/molestor of his son and going to jail because of it, would have been a perfectly poignant, ironic way to end Minority Report. But Spielberg being Spielberg couldn't go totally dark, and ended up adding a somewhat upbeat ending.
Actually there was something I hated more about Saving Private Ryan, that Spielberg does a lot. It was a great movie. But at the end the scene at the cemetary was so heavy handed, and insulting. He made a good movie, he should trust the audience to have the emotions the movie is intended to evoke. He didn't have to try and show the audience they were supposed to be sad at that part. I was already feeling sad, until that part then, I just got so angry it ruined the feeling and took me out of it. Spielberg does that same thing with a ton of his movies. He makes a great movie, but seems not to trust the audience to get it.
They did spend about 20 minutes of screen time on the additional endings. They could have squeezed in the scouring of the Shire properly if they wanted to with as much time as they used the time wisely. It wouldn't have been hard, they alluded to the scouring throughout the trilogy.
i didn't even read the rest of the replies in this thread...but this post is ridiculous. that is EASILY my FAVORITE scene in the movie..the way trent tells it...perfect. i couldn't stand mike calling nikki's answering machine...i always have to forward thru that one.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith's "I am going to kill you, but you're my wife/husband" scenes just dragged on and on and on and on...
I don't know why people think ROTK has homosexual overtones. I didn't see any sexual tension between males in that movie of any sort. It's like saying the Bible has homosexual overtones because of the relationship between David and Jonathan.
About ROTK's endings. To me it isn't even about the length. I don't have a problem with ending a long movie triology by taking a breath at the end. It was Peter Jackson's use of those slow fade-outs that really annoyed me. If he didn't use those fade-outs it wouldn't have seemed like it was ending over and over and over again.
I loved it when I was a kid but now.... boy does that require some supsension of belief. Would have made a lot more sense if it was exiled Wookies from Kashyk. But no.
You mean one of the funniest scenes ever? You've heard of Jesus Christ Superstar, right? Did you really think the characters were so happy they burst out into a spontaneous song and dance number in the park. Come on, man! ClutchCityReturns, I would like to introduce you to satire.
