“Lord of the Rings: Return of the King,” February 15, 2004 (2003), theater. What can I say?. We really liked this huge and dramatic third episode in the trilogy. The film is exciting, although there are too many increasingly boring endings piled onto one another, and the Shire looks pretty boring to me as well as Frodo. The acting is excellent and the special effects are almost seamless. This is good filmmaking. I adored Gollum and his precious. It’s really worth seeing in the movie theater. Not for little kids at all