Susan,

I have just returned from my second viewing in the last two evenings; last night with my wife and tonight with the older children.

Although I have read the books multiple times over the past 30 years, including twice aloud (with voices) as bedtime stories several years back, I am not enough of a "purist" to be bothered by the inevitable truncation and emendation necessary to bring the tale to the screen, but rather am grateful that someone finally did so at all.

Return of the King exceeded my hopes--apart from being too short--it is excellently conceived and executed, breathtaking, heartbreaking, terrifying and beautiful.

Last edited by Paul_S; Sun Dec 21, 2003 1:01 AM.
In Christ,
Paul S