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00:00Between The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, there is a real change in dynamic.

00:04The magic has given way to darkness, warm colors to cooler tones.

00:08The Return of the King, on the other hand, will be more like the second film, without reaching its darkness.

00:12but will also draw on the lyrical poetry of the first.

00:15We find the Frodon-Sam-Gollum trio with the same dynamic,

00:18which may seem repetitive, but which, as soon as the spider appears,

00:22will take a completely different turn and will finally get to the heart of the matter,

00:25in addition to giving us Eleja Wood's best facial expressions.

00:30The film is constructed in three acts: the battle, the destruction of the ring, and the farewells.

00:38The battle itself is designed to be even more grandiose than that of the previous film.

00:42Yet, despite considerable effort and undeniable success,

00:46it will never reach the dirty, creepy, organic side of Helm's Deep,

00:50and this is due to various points, already the fact that it takes place in broad daylight,

00:53that the action be split in view of the greatness of Mina Styrite,

00:56and also because of this very pronounced fantastic side, and perhaps too much at times.

01:01When Legolas does that, it's a little over the top, but it's really cool.

01:04When he does that, though, it's giga too much.

01:07Now, it's not necessarily disturbing,

01:08since at this point in the trilogy, we accept just about everything.

01:11Even this end of battle with the army of the dead,

01:13which is quite frustrating when you think about it.

01:15Let us compare it with the charge of Heroerim,

01:17and the heroic way they face those stronger than them.

01:20Beyond the utter epicness of Theoden's speech,

01:23and this astonishing charge where Oward Shore's composition takes on its full meaning,

01:27It's the little moments that make the difference.

01:29Homer's powerful gaze,

01:31the courage of Eywin and Merry,

01:33fear that turns against the orcs,

01:35the king's gaze when he sees the elephants,

01:37and he has to start all over again.

01:39Beyond the enjoyable action of this orgy of fantasy,

01:42It's really when Peter Jackson frames faces in close-up,

01:45and comes to seek the emotions that magic works.

01:47This is why we are 300% invested,

01:50and that when Eywin destroys the Witch King,

01:52when Theoden dies,

01:53we share all his emotions.

01:55But yet, suddenly,

01:56this battle which until then had embraced the point of view of men and their imminent ends,

02:00ends in gigantic wide shots where indestructible beings

02:03come to finish the job in fashion

02:04"We had no idea how to finish."

02:06This doesn't take much away from the grandeur of this battle.

02:08But the contrast is a shame, I think.

02:10Yet, The Return of the King is my favorite film of this trilogy.

02:13Already because I like it when things really end,

02:15but above all because despite his ambition to end in apotheosis,

02:19he doesn't forget to inject emotion,

02:21and it does it in a way neither of the other two films could.

02:23I mentioned the rhyming kings previously,

02:25but the destruction of the ring is also a moment of pure emotion.

02:28All dialogues between Frodo and Sam

02:30which precede and follow the destruction of the ring are heartbreaking,

02:33not forgetting all the reactions of the other protagonists

02:35who then think that the two hobbits are lost.

02:37Which means that after that,

02:38we have a scene which, taken out of context,

02:40can easily seem ridiculous,

02:41everyone arriving one by one in slow motion,

02:44like Christmas presents for Frodo,

02:45but which nevertheless work like crazy in the context.

02:48We're feeling really good at that point.

02:49Personally, the moment that quite often makes me shed a tear,

02:52It is when all the people of Gondor kneel before the hobbits.

02:55Every time, there is an indescribable emotion that runs through me,

02:57and I cannot help but be moved by this scene,

02:59despite the fact that I've seen it a hundred times.

03:01At the time of its release,

03:02There is a bit of controversy surrounding these many ending sequences.

03:05Many have rightly criticized the fact that the film did not know how to end,

03:08and it is both true,

03:09and at the same time false.

03:11If we take the film independently of the others,

03:13we can have this feeling.

03:14But if we logically decide to say to ourselves

03:15that it is the end of an epic of several hours,

03:18Well, I think it's almost not long enough.

03:19We don't even see what happens to most of the heroes.

03:22We spent too much time with these characters

03:24to agree to abandon them in 10 minutes.

03:26The Return of the King is a perfect ending,

03:28and completes a block of consistency that's pretty crazy when you think about it.

03:31Because it's not easy to maintain such a level over 3 films.

03:34There are few sagas that achieve this.

03:35The fact that this whole story was developed at the same time

03:38probably has something to do with it.

03:39I don't think I'm going to make many enemies.

03:40if I say that the Lord of the Rings

03:42still deserves its status as a cult work today.

03:44Even a masterpiece, without being afraid of words.

03:46A saga in its own juice,

03:47at the crossroads of two eras of Hollywood cinema,

03:49which manages to pair perfectly

03:51the old ways and the new ways.

03:53The story is total in its ambition,

03:54its stakes, its grandeur.

03:56All these races uniting

03:57and stand together against evil,

03:59bringing down totalitarian power,

04:01freeing honest people from tyranny,

04:03making the heart and mind triumph over violence,

04:06nature against destruction,

04:07respect and love versus hatred and indifference.

04:11It's impossible not to agree with all of this.

04:13And given the critical and public success of the trilogy,

04:15the whole world will adhere to it.

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