"I think my one statement above could be read in an unfriendly tone and that definitely was not my intent."
No problem I didn't take it that way.
Sorry for the delay, Christmas and all I've been busy, plus I had to finish my workbench in the garage. Ha, now the wife will never see me between the computer and my newly reconfigured garage. :-) I'm kidding of course, well, maybe. I'm also turning 2B tomorrow. Yes, 2B, that's hexadecimal for some decimal number I'm not mentioning! So I'll be gone a lot before the new year hits.
I did get a chance to see The Two Towers and really liked it. At nearly 3 hours long it's a little difficult to sit thru in one setting plus 20 minutes of trailers. It doesn't really bother me that they diverged from the book in some areas - it's great entertainment.