![]() ![]() The Return Of The King marks the first time in the series when Jackson's roots as a horror filmmaker creep through. ![]() ![]() While it might have been fair to grant Lee a curtain call, Jackson quite rightly realises that it is Sauron, not Saruman, whose fiery eye encompasses all the narrative strands of the climax. Hence the public grumbles from Christopher Lee about the non-appearance of Saruman in this final instalment. In particular, the four-disc extended editions seem to have affected the director's thinking as to what he can get away with in his theatrical final cut. Just as The Lord Of The Rings was upping the stakes in theatres, so too was its DVD release pattern defining what can (and should) be done on disc for major movies. Jackson has also proved that notions of risk and ambition needn't be confined to the low-budget, indie end of the spectrum nor does California have an exclusive stranglehold on groundbreaking special effects.Īnd then there's the DVD factor. Well, grand-scale fantasy filmmaking is back on the menu, laying down the gauntlet to George Lucas and Star Wars Episode III. But now that his epic has been unveiled in its entirety, what will be the lasting effects of his achievement? For three years in a row, Peter Jackson has banished our winter blues with the individual instalments of his Tolkien trilogy, effectively shifting the focus of our cinematic excitement from the summer months to the end of the year. ![]()
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