A Forum for the Freak in All of Us

I went with several friends to see "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" last night (yesterday morning) at 12:01 a.m. Not content to wait till this weekend like a normal person or even watch it this evening, we had to be the first in this time zone to see it.

I'm not going to sit here and tell you how "big a fan" I am of Lord of the Rings. I didn't dress up like Gandalf for any of the premiers, I don't pray to Manwe and Varda, and I don't speak elvish. But I would be lying if I said these films weren't the answer to years of waiting and silent hoping that someone in the industry would finally get it together and do my favorite fiction book justice.

Nuff said on that. I'm very curious to hear your feelings on the film. What did you think? Was the level of violence appropriate? How was the dialogue? How was the acting? Was it too long? Too short? Needed more/less character development? How does it compare to the other two films? Was it true enough to the books? What is your level of interest in the films? Book fan? Please feel free to answer any of these questions and comment on anything else in connection. I am very interested to hear your views.