Check my #1507, if you missed it. I know what you mean. The viewing described in #1507 was then followed by another two days later, with Josiah — still love it, still it flies by. There are only two scenes that really don't totally do it for me, which is to say two scenes during which I'd be willing to get popcorn refill or visit the little wizard's room. That would be the Battle of the Wizards (important plot turn, but two old guys throwing each other around... well, you know), and Lothlorien. Sorry about the latter: I defend Jackson's version of it and everything, but it just doesn't work for me, what can I say? So a total of, what, ten minutes earning a C in a movie with 248 minutes of A to A+, that ain't bad.
Heck, not only not boring to me, but I was just about as leaky Sunday as I was Friday!
Dan
I don't think I've ever seen a movie that long (over 4 hours!). That's even longer than Ben-Hur and Lawrence of Arabia. I think you mean either 178 minutes or 2:48?
Of course, I certainly would not mind if it was that long...
But I like the wizard fight, even though it is hard to watch... My other picky peeve is during the "Indiana Jones" sequence in Moria with the stair collapsing... First, why on earth would Frodo be the last one to be helped across? I would think he would have been helped first! Who are we here for anyway? - But also because the whole "lean forward, guide the falling ruin gently toward the waiting Fellowship" part defies the imagination... I know... unheard of in a fantasy huh!