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on 9/19/2009
Ooooooooh. By all accounts, RETURN OF THE KING should be the fantasy epic of the decade. Then, not even two years later, PAN'S LABYRINTH happens. I really like the LOTR trilogy, but I was expecting the ending to successfully jerk tears. Even the 4-hour version doesn't do that for me. But put PAN'S LABYRINTH on and I'm all choked up within the first minute. A miraculously perfect fantasy film.
on 12/17/2009
Pan's Labyrinth is brilliant, but Return of the King is such an epic. . . Grr. Lord of the Rings.
on 4/3/2010
Labyrinth blew me away. But--at least until I see it again--it can't touch my Lord of the Rings.
on 7/31/2010
This did make me pause, but my first instinct drew me back. LOTR
on 8/12/2010
This was a quick decision. Pan is nice, but no way as good as LotR
on 4/27/2011
LOTR for sure
on 4/6/2012
Pan's Labyrinth for sure
on 4/7/2012
Pan's Labyrinth all the way. Return of the King gives it a decent run for its money, but I think The Lord of the Rings trilogy is more powerful when looked at as one complete film than split up into three parts.
on 8/22/2013
Pan's Labyrinth.
on 4/18/2014
Pans
LotR takes it
on 8/11/2014
ROTK easly
on 4/2/2015
Pans Labyrinth, beautiful and poetic.
on 4/6/2018
Oh wow. Now that's an incredibly difficult one. My heart says LotR but my mind is telling me Pan's.
Lord of the Rings is a monumental achievement and wins here.
on 4/22/2018
Pan's Labyrinth is a really, really great film. But even though it's a great film, it falls short of Return of the King, which is such a powerful movie that it is one of the few movies that truly changed me and changed my life. That is the ultimate testament to the strength of any film.
When a film inspires you it achieves a lofty goal. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a brilliant achievement in cinema history.
on 9/1/2019
Pans Labyrinth. It’s less conventional, not based on a book, and is more poetic
on 2/25/2020
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is such a monumental achievement in filmmaking, in fact all three films of that trilogy are. Pan's Lab is amazing but I can't choose it here.
