Wow.
No, wait.
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You will not be dissapointed. These three movies are the going to be the standard by which all fantasy/sci-fi cinema will be judged by for the next decade. Kind like what's that old series? Oh, yeah, Star Wars.
Quick bleary-eyed notes. More later.
Gollum is very convincing. If you're not actively looking for minute flaws, you'll think he's real.
The Massive engine makes the battle scenes look like there really are over 10 thousand warriors fighting, not 20 guys and a bunch of CGI puppets. UN-FUCKING-REAL.
Ents are better than I had hoped for. You can sure tell the voice of Treebeard is John Ryhs-Davies, tho.
Everything had to be shortened somewhat. it's cinema, not an 8 hour book perusal in your study, so that's inevitable.
EVERYONE clapped at the end. You should too. Later today. When you GO SEE IT.
Edited to remove spoiler.
J.