12 Movies So Good You Overlook Major Flaws

11. The Painfully Long Ending - The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King

Peter Jackson's Best Picture-winning finale to his epic fantasy saga is one of the best movies of its kind, no question.

But as is consistent with the man who went on to milk The Hobbit's 310 pages for three bloated movies, Return of the King is a bit infamous for its overdone, elongated final passage.

Hell, at the 2004 Golden Globe Awards Jack Nicholson even told star Elijah Wood that the movie had "Too many endings, man" and as a result he had to leave the cinema before it finished.

If you actually saw the movie during its theatrical run, you might remember the surreal experience of thinking the movie's going to end numerous times, getting your bag and coat ready, and then finding yet another addendum to its bladder-busting run-time.

There are literally lists ranking the movie's many endings, and the film is the textbook example of "ending fatigue", given that the finale contains six (!) fade-outs and lasts a whole half-hour once Sauron has been defeated.

Though Jackson's desire to give his epic saga a comprehensive ending is understandable, and it's all good material, the sum of it is a little tough to take, and even just some mild trimming would've been a solid mercy here.

Then again knowing Jackson, the ending we're looking at has probably been shaved down considerably already.