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Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas Send a noteboard - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM
Don't get me wrong I like ROTK, but let's be honest, it is the weakest of the LotR films and only won best picture because the academy felt the need to honour the LotR films and failed to give the oscar to FotR, which was the LotR film which deserved it.

Thank you. You would think this would be blindingly obvious, but apparently it bears repeating. I can see a half-hearted case for TTT being as good as FotR on account of it being based on such a hard book to make a movie out of, but RotK was the weakest of the three by a mile.
Return of the King doesn't even come close to the brilliance of Casablanca. In terms of story, dialogue, acting Casablanca is better. Return of the King doesn't even make sense as a standalone film and since we are not comparing all of the Lord of the Rings films against Casablanca, we must judge Return of the King as a standalone film. In which case it is over long (particularly the endings) is a mess structurally and has poor character development.

I actually liked the endings better than much of the rest, and as I said still haven't seen Casablanca, but yes.
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Return of the King beat Casablanca? nossy - 23/02/2012 10:49:32 AM 1651 Views
Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM 1044 Views
Calm down, buddy. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM 969 Views
*barks* Never! ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM 1050 Views
*bites* nossy - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM 1030 Views
I think it's fair to vote if you love one entry enough to wish for it to win *shrugs* ironclad - 23/02/2012 10:08:33 PM 930 Views
Technically, that's just cheering for the home team. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM 925 Views
You seem to confuse this with a presidential election ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:05 PM 811 Views
That might be true too. nossy - 24/02/2012 12:11:51 AM 948 Views
I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM 1244 Views
Have you seen Casablanca? Camilla - 24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM 865 Views
No ironclad - 24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM 959 Views
Well, I have seen both Camilla - 24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM 1020 Views
He doesn't know yet. nossy - 24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM 910 Views
Clearly. Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM 1034 Views
Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM* ironclad - 24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM 489 Views
In that case Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM 1107 Views
Lol. nossy - 24/02/2012 06:17:08 PM 880 Views
LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM 1047 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM 969 Views
Re: LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM 920 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM 1295 Views
Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally ironclad - 24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM 880 Views
Right. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 10:21:02 PM 548 Views
Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence Mark - 24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM 935 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:08:31 PM 558 Views
I know Bogart is all macho lifting her chin like that and all... ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:11:15 PM 979 Views
You really should stop commenting on it until you have seen it Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:38:49 PM 940 Views
Neither have I. j-whitt987 - 24/02/2012 05:55:37 PM 948 Views
Old movies have a way of shocking you with how modern they are. Legolas - 26/02/2012 12:31:16 PM 1008 Views
"Best" to me means "Most Enjoyable." Kaldric - 23/02/2012 02:09:48 PM 1070 Views
Precisely! ironclad - 23/02/2012 02:30:38 PM 972 Views
I don't disagree with this. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:24:03 PM 876 Views
In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM 992 Views
See, that's why such polls are both fun and unnecessary ironclad - 23/02/2012 04:13:25 PM 1006 Views
Pfft, you forgot one crucial point Mark - 23/02/2012 05:51:49 PM 1052 Views
A Deathwatch Guard - 23/02/2012 05:04:52 PM 870 Views
Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM 897 Views
You found it was the weakest ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:17:28 PM 892 Views
Perhaps I phrased that a bit badly, true. Sorry about that. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:39:12 PM 964 Views
In fairness Mark - 23/02/2012 11:13:41 PM 1025 Views
ROTK isn't really too great of a movie. mogi67 - 26/02/2012 03:07:58 PM 897 Views
All sensible points. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:26:27 PM 813 Views
At least On the Waterfront beat Titanic... *NM* Stephen - 23/02/2012 06:14:19 PM 437 Views
What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM 850 Views
Um... that is not my favorite movie. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:57 PM 950 Views
Not mine, either, but I do love it. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:41:28 PM 843 Views
Aww crap ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:58:31 PM 989 Views
You might have to hate it on principle. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:09:33 PM 787 Views
Casablanca is my all time favorite movie. This enrages me Urza - 23/02/2012 08:55:30 PM 913 Views
Heh nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:09 PM 798 Views
I'm kind of torn on whether I want to see Lawrence of Arabia. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:43:16 PM 945 Views
Hmm, no Hitchcock? dadof5 - 23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM 859 Views
It's only using films which won the best picture oscar Mark - 23/02/2012 10:58:41 PM 916 Views
Ohh, that explains a LOT ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:24:59 PM 832 Views
That does explain a lot dadof5 - 24/02/2012 03:21:08 PM 900 Views
Godfather won, you can all rest easy now ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM 871 Views
Phew? nossy - 25/02/2012 12:14:06 AM 938 Views
THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?! Stephen - 25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM 842 Views
It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM 785 Views
Hey, at least we had around 50 decent replies and a nice discussion until things got unpleasant ironclad - 25/02/2012 01:24:48 AM 818 Views
Sorry, I meant my comment to be tongue in cheek Stephen - 25/02/2012 02:19:34 AM 808 Views
Yeah. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:00:19 PM 932 Views
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