Easily and without a moment of thought, I can say that my favorite film is THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING. This is truly the only film where I can describe every single aspect as ‘perfect’. Peter Jackson’s exponentially awe-inspiring direction, Howard Shore’s iconic and brilliant score, the performances of Sean Astin, Miranda Otto and Ian McKellen cap one of the greatest ensembles in the history of film, the costumes, the cinematography, the production design, the editing, the visual effects and sound, the screenplay, the Battle of the Pelennor Fields is the greatest action sequence in the history of film, and especially for me Annie Lennox’s absolutely beautiful “Into the West”, which I hold as THE greatest film song; all perfect. Nothing I have ever encountered and nothing I ever will will conquer this film’s superiority and grace under fire. I saw it 5 times in theatres, and at the age of 10 and at 3 hrs and 20 mins, that in itself is proof of it’s triumph within my mind.

The best film ever made, nothing greater. A film that will live on through the history of time, and for once, a book that never again needs a film adaptation, because Peter Jackson made it perfect. Nothing about this film is bad, and everything about this film makes me love the idea of film, no matter the time, no matter the film crisis, I will always remember that purity and perfectibility is possible.