ʙʀᴇaᴋɪng dᴏwn lᴏʀd ᴏf ᴛhᴇ ʀɪngs ʀᴇᴛᴜʀn ᴏf ᴛhᴇ ᴋɪng acᴛᴏʀs: pʀᴏs, cᴏns, and ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛhɪng ʙᴇᴛwᴇᴇn
ᴛhᴇ casᴛ ᴏf “lᴏʀd ᴏf ᴛhᴇ ʀɪngs: ʀᴇᴛᴜʀn ᴏf ᴛhᴇ ᴋɪng” dᴇlɪᴠᴇʀᴇd nᴜancᴇd, ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏnallʏ ʀᴇsᴏnanᴛ pᴇʀfᴏʀᴍancᴇs ᴛhaᴛ capᴛᴜʀᴇd ᴛhᴇ ᴇssᴇncᴇ ᴏf ᴊ.ʀ.ʀ. ᴛᴏlᴋɪᴇn’s ʙᴇlᴏᴠᴇd chaʀacᴛᴇʀs. ᴇach acᴛᴏʀ ʙʀᴏᴜghᴛ a ᴜnɪqᴜᴇ pᴇʀspᴇcᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛhᴇɪʀ ʀᴏlᴇ, cᴏnᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛɪng ᴛᴏ ᴛhᴇ fɪlᴍ’s ᴇpɪc swᴇᴇp. hᴏwᴇᴠᴇʀ, sᴏᴍᴇ chaʀacᴛᴇʀs fᴇlᴛ ᴜndᴇʀdᴇᴠᴇlᴏpᴇd cᴏᴍpaʀᴇd ᴛᴏ ᴏᴛhᴇʀs, and ᴛhᴇ ɪnclᴜsɪᴏn ᴏf a cᴇʀᴛaɪn nᴇw chaʀacᴛᴇʀ spaʀᴋᴇd dᴇʙaᴛᴇ aᴍᴏng fans ʀᴇgaʀdɪng ɪᴛs nᴇcᴇssɪᴛʏ and ɪᴍpacᴛ ᴏn ᴛhᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀall sᴛᴏʀʏ.
lᴏʀd ᴏf ᴛhᴇ ʀɪngs ʀᴇᴛᴜʀn ᴏf ᴛhᴇ ᴋɪng acᴛᴏʀs: ᴛhᴇ ʙʀᴜᴛal hᴏnᴇsᴛ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇw
pʀᴏs:
- ᴇxcᴇpᴛɪᴏnal lᴇad pᴇʀfᴏʀᴍancᴇs: ᴇlɪᴊah wᴏᴏd, ᴠɪggᴏ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴇnsᴇn, and ɪan ᴍcᴋᴇllᴇn gaᴠᴇ pᴏwᴇʀhᴏᴜsᴇ pᴇʀfᴏʀᴍancᴇs, ᴇᴍʙᴏdʏɪng fʀᴏdᴏ, aʀagᴏʀn, and gandalf wɪᴛh dᴇpᴛh and aᴜᴛhᴇnᴛɪcɪᴛʏ.
- sᴛʀᴏng sᴜppᴏʀᴛɪng casᴛ: sᴇan asᴛɪn, ᴏʀlandᴏ ʙlᴏᴏᴍ, and andʏ sᴇʀᴋɪs ʙʀᴏᴜghᴛ nᴜancᴇ and cᴏᴍplᴇxɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛhᴇɪʀ ʀᴏlᴇs as saᴍwɪsᴇ, lᴇgᴏlas, and gᴏllᴜᴍ, ʀᴇspᴇcᴛɪᴠᴇlʏ. ᴛhᴇɪʀ chᴇᴍɪsᴛʀʏ and caᴍaʀadᴇʀɪᴇ wᴇʀᴇ palpaʙlᴇ.
cᴏns:
- ᴜnᴇᴠᴇn chaʀacᴛᴇʀ dᴇᴠᴇlᴏpᴍᴇnᴛ: whɪlᴇ ᴛhᴇ cᴇnᴛʀal chaʀacᴛᴇʀs ʀᴇcᴇɪᴠᴇd aᴍplᴇ scʀᴇᴇn ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ᴏᴛhᴇʀs, lɪᴋᴇ faʀaᴍɪʀ and Éᴏwʏn, fᴇlᴛ ᴜndᴇʀdᴇᴠᴇlᴏpᴇd and ᴛhᴇɪʀ sᴛᴏʀʏlɪnᴇs lacᴋɪng.
- dᴇʙaᴛaʙlᴇ chaʀacᴛᴇʀ addɪᴛɪᴏn: ᴛhᴇ ɪnclᴜsɪᴏn ᴏf ʀᴏsɪᴇ cᴏᴛᴛᴏn (plaʏᴇd ʙʏ saʀah ᴍclᴇᴏd) as saᴍwɪsᴇ’s lᴏᴠᴇ ɪnᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛ ɪn ᴛhᴇ ᴇndɪng was ᴍᴇᴛ wɪᴛh ᴍɪxᴇd ʀᴇacᴛɪᴏns. sᴏᴍᴇ fans fᴇlᴛ ɪᴛ dᴇᴛʀacᴛᴇd fʀᴏᴍ ᴛhᴇ fᴏcᴜs ᴏn ᴛhᴇ fᴇllᴏwshɪp’s ᴊᴏᴜʀnᴇʏ, whɪlᴇ ᴏᴛhᴇʀs appʀᴇcɪaᴛᴇd ᴛhᴇ clᴏsᴜʀᴇ ɪᴛ pʀᴏᴠɪdᴇd.
