[The Saucepan Man]

It is of course a serious crime in the UK (well the south east anyway), punishable by "funny looks" and tut-tutting, to cheer, cry or indeed express any such emotion while in the company of a group of complete strangers.<P>So the only reaction expressed by the audience during any of my viewings of the LotR films has been the occasional ripple of understated laughter.<P>Which is, of course, the way it should be.