LotR: Return of The King 20th Anniversary - Film Retrospective E8189

Just Another Friday Night

“I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight!” 20 years ago a King spoke. King Aragorn of Gondor and rallied us all to face that which seemed to be certain doom. In the culmination of one of the greatest trilogies in cinematic history we roared and rose with our King. #LordoftheRings #ReturnoftheKing turned 20 this year and as we enter in Christmas weekend - a time of year most certainly about fellowship, family, love and friendship we thought this a good time to pay respect to the iconic film that proved a fantasy tale could earn both critical and mass audience acclaim and walk away the precioussss Oscar gold. And as we celebrate this film and what it means to us we wonder who will do it next for the genre of films such as these? As for Return of the King - well - it bows to no one.

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