Yeah, i haven't read the books either, and although the toys are really really cool, i'm going coz i fell in love with the stories. And i'm getting the trilogy for xmas so i can't wait to see the final movie.
I'm not usually the best reader in the world so i think it's good for me to watch the movies before reading the books, coz i hear theyre pretty complicated and at least now i can identify the characters and basically know the story.
Can't wait!!!

Yea i saw it last nite
i thought it was really good overall but the ending was drawn out too long
i dont like the books... mainly because i do not like reading. but thats cool cos it made the movie better for me as had no idea what was going to happen next.
anyway it was the best movie ive seen for awhile and i recommmend everyone to go see it if youve got the time... it was at least 3 and a half hours i think

// This time, it was full of younger teens and children, going because they like the movie & toys I suspect.

fuck i know what you mean! i used to go see the datsuns play to really small cool crowds and now it's all teenyboppers rock and roll haircuts.

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Yea I went to the midnight screening at Hoyts wairau (after finding out at 2pm my mate ahd a spare ticket), I was the first in and the last out of the cinema. :) This one was definately my favourite, for a few different reasons but one being that u can actaully pick out my uncle in it (he worked as a stunt man and double for Faramir). like when Faramir is being dragged to the castle behind his horse that's actually my uncle and theres a shot of his face which Peter Jackson said they could still use because he looked so much like the actor playing Faramir. Gave the film a personal touch lol :>
Great movie although it gets kinda annoying how Legolas is always stating the obvious, like, just saying what is occuring, gets kinda patronising after a while (as much as I love Orlando), and as much as I hate to say it, there were a lot of 'moments' between characters which could have hinted at more than just a male - male 'friend' relationship.

No I did not get to the midnight show......... the tickets for it were sold within the 1st 20 minutes after the doors opened and as I didn't camp out over night.. I missed out, did see it this morning
All and all it was good
The cheese was still there, laid on thickly and it still pisses me that frodo is seen as the hero when it was really Sam.... I would have thought in this day and age, the class distinction that was evident in the book would have been eliminated.
And I had always got the impression that Gollum found redemption at the end but that didn't seem to be the case in the movie.
Yes the end was mucky but so was the end of the book.. the destruction of the shire was absent, which was to me an important theme in the book..

i went to the crew screening on tuesday, i thought it was great, but the general consensus of those who hadnt worked on it was the second film was better. the end drags.... much like it does in the book. and my personal opinion were that the fight scenes weren't as cool as in the 2nd movie... but yeah.... still a brilliant piece of work.

i just saw it before, and well what can i say?? amazing, breathtaking, woww. it was defionately the best of the 3 and Peter Jackson is a legend. just two things wrong with it thou.

1) when merry and pippen are with the ents they are ment to drink the forest water etc wich helps things grow, this making them taller than normal hobbits

2)wasnt saruman ment to go destroy the shire under the name sharky??

i havnt read the books for about a year now so i may be wrong, but still amazing

would anyone else like to see the silimarillion on film
i always found it a more interesting book than the lord of the rings series...
fuck i'd love to see Fingolfin flying over the plains to battle Morgoth in front of Angband
or the battle between Turin and Glaurung...

I really, really liked the movie up to the point that the ghost army came along and wiped everything out. From that point on it went up and down. Much better paced than the second movie but I'll really need to see the Extended version before proper judgement can be bestowed.
Not much else to say except that Master and Commander trailer is badly edited and looks really budge but I hear the movie is good.

I've just witnessed it and am a wee bit disappointed...I mean, 5 stars from Russel Baillie (sp?) and it must be phenomenal. For me everything seemed a bit too easy to get everyone alright again. It's little things that annoyed me like how the Witch King was kind of undervalued...I mean, I think he died a bit too easily because in the books that is like a big turning point but in the film it was slightly understated.
Also the way that Shelob kind of just wussed off when she was fighting Sam. That is meant to be a big fuck off angry spider...
Don't get me wrong it was still really fucking cool...but certain cheesy elements brought me down a bit (ie- doorway scene).

Haven't seen Part 1, Part 2 or this one so I am totally out of league.