Just got back from The Return of the King. It was quite excellent. I happen to think the third book is the worst of the lot. The Sam and Frodo stuff in there is endless and not very exciting. The battles in the book are good tho. The movie made the Sam and Frodo parts interesting and the battles were cool. Very nice movie. Its a toss up between this and the first one wich was better. Will likely have to see it again, and of course get the deluxe dvd version when it comes out.