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Yes, I much prefer FOTR over TTT.

If I hadn't figured that out before, it was really brought home to me when I noticed that while I can still watch FOTR over and over, I am pretty well tired of TTT for the time being, after one and a half viewings of the DVD.

If I hadn't figured that out before, it was really brought home to me when I noticed that while I can still watch FOTR over and over, I am pretty well tired of TTT for the time being, after one and a half viewings of the DVD.

My experience pretty much matches yours. I saw Fellowship in the theaters 6 times and never grew tired of it. After I saw Two Towers once, I had no desire to see it again until I began to wonder if I had seen the same movie that others were raving about. I had-- and it didn't sit any better. I thought the opening was stunning and the film very good until they reached Edoras. I found it odd, for example, that nobody cheered when Theoden finally emerges from the Golden hall. His people, simply go to their knees. Afterwards, when Aragorn finally goes over the cliff, I knew I'd had enough. Whatever it was, for me, it wasn't Lord of the Rings. Just some action/adventure that Jackson set in Tolkien's universe.