[Republicon]

I for one am looking forward to a film version of The Hobbit that does the book justice. I agree that TTT was a load of pig crap (they should have stuck to what happened in the book instead of throwing in a bunch of stuff that didn't happen), but the Extended Edition makes it a much better film. Overall I found both movies quite enjoyable.

If Jackson can do for The Hobbit what he did for LOTR, then kudos to him.

[Sloth]

I agree that TTT was a load of pig crap (they should have stuck to what happened in the book instead of throwing in a bunch of stuff that didn't happen), but the Extended Edition makes it a much better film.

Agreed. The additional stuff with Faramir/Denethor/Boromir, for instance, makes Faramir's characterization & the dumb detour to Osgiliath a little easier to swallow.

[Porterville]

You didn't like the Hippy crap version from the seventies with all that high screeching music..... (Lemon-winks anyone)

[little jeremiah]

I concur - I found TTT somewhat unpleasant because of the unnecessary additions... I am looking forward to the seeing the extended version. Having read LOTR many times - starting in about '64 - I didn't see the need to enact a bunch of changes to "improve" the story.

IMO C.S.Lewis' trilogy starting with "Out of the Silent Planet" would make a great series of movies.