[RikaStrom]

I went and saw it on Christmas day, went to the 11:15am showing. Good thing I did, because when I came out at 2:45 the hallways, the lobby, the parking lot were PACKED. :-)

I had the same minor quibbles as everyone else, but I'll be seeing it again, next weekend most likely.

One odd note, a lady brought her babe in arms to the movie. Now this is not something a baby can sit through. The battle scenes alone were enough to make the kid cry.

I need to go find the soundtrack now.

I also need to go watch it again, I just know I missed some details.

[Mamzelle]

See above--same thing happened to me. On first viewing, I had oaf-orcs behind me guffawing at Shelob and complaining of the slow ending.