[Grimas]

Good review of the movie. Your wife and my wife must be twins! ;)

My only real effects "beef" was with the height of the hobbits. In some of the "helicopter" shots, the Hobbits looked less than 3.5 feet tall but in the "closer" scenes, they only seemed a foot or 2 shorter than their elf or human counterparts (humans being 6' and elves being even taller). That's the only effect that stuck out as being "odd"... Can't wait for the DVD!

[Ciexyz]

Thanks for the positive buzz, and thanks for advising "Spoilers" in your review. I was happy to read that you loved the movie. I plan to see it next week.