Resulting, in my opinion, in a refreshing dearth of romantic twaddle. If I want romantic twaddle, I’ll check out a Barbara Cartland novel!
Heh...in The Two Towers movie, the Arwen/Aragorn smoochie scenes were best for bathroom breaks.
My son and I did the marathon three-in-one-day when ROTK first came out. In the second movie, when they cut to Arwen and Aragorn, no less than 30 people (in a completely full theater) stood in unison to go out.