Funny, I still haven't found the time to sit down and watch them yet. I have yet to see a LoTR movie.
Your not missing much. It’s the books the books the books.
They are magnificent, but they’re a spectacle better suited for a large screen than a 19” laptop. I have never seen a cavalry charge like the one Jackson filmed. The music is splendid as well. These movies, like the bs, deal not just with ordinary adventure plotting but with the great themes of Christianity and Western Civilization in its battles for the true, the good, and the beautiful. You should sit down and watch them on the biggest screen you can find.