[LibWhacker]

I never read the books but I did love the movies. Didn't think I would but I really fell in love with the darn things. I'd put them in the dvd player and set it on auto replay and play them over and over again, perhaps hundreds of times, as background noise when nothing else was on or just to help me get to sleep at night.

I know it's crazy but nowadays I judge movies by how long it takes me to get sick of them, and the thing I got sick of first in LOTR were the Orc battle scenes. Because once you've seen one Orc battle scene you've seen them all.

I really hate to see Jackson go. He did a wonderful job. But OTOH maybe the new director won't spend quite so much time on those damned screeching Orc battle scenes!

[Jezebelle]

Well, the orcs became bigger, bolder, and more brutal with each new battle. I thought it was a good way of showing the increasing level of evil Saramon was generating.

[fishtank]

....any plans to read the books on your own??