I saw Return of the King yesterday with some friends yesterday and loved it. Usually I hate seeing a film made from a book I love, and I have loved the LotR books since I was twelve. I think Scalzi’s essay on Why The Film is Better than the Book addresses this question better than anything else I have seen.
I may even go see it again with Jack. This is quite an accomplishment for a film since I rarely see more than one or two in an entire year.