While my schedule didn’t go exactly as planned, I was able to complete the entire trilogy. Last night I was about 1 hour into Return of the King and it was already midnight. I was falling asleep, so I decided to pack it up and finish today, which I did.

After watching all three in a short time, I can honestly say it is the best way to watch them. None of the movies stand very well on their own because they’re all just parts of a bigger story. Watching all three together though really conveys the epic feeling of the story, and ends up feeling just like one really long movie. It really helps that all three movies were filmed at once. It feels like Peter Jackson made a 12 hour movie, and then just split it into three parts.

I highly recommend the experience.