Finally got out tonight to see LOTR at Graumann's Chinese in Hollywood. Ran into JMDLer Clark outside, too! I thought the movie was very stunning and despite having seen many photos of New Zealand over the years, I was just blown away by its beauty. I just went back and read Victor's very articulate review of the movie and can appreciate it better now. I also loved the scenes in the Shire and went nuts over the little Hobbit houses - they were just like I'd imagined them. It's been way too long since I read the books and think that I will read them again as a refresher. My only thought about "should have been" is that I think it may have been good to make the first movie to be The Hobbit in order to give the audiences a deeper background reference point and connection with the characters. I found two LOTR personality tests on the web.
http://www.lifesupportal.com/LOTR http://www.vista-ray.com/~matt/lotr/ In one I came out most like Bilbo Baggins and on the other I was most like Boromir! LOL Kakki
