[Diamond18]

No pikey kids in the theater with me, thank Eru. I was with a bunch who, by and large, were owned by the movie.<P>I thought Shelob's Lair was overdone, too bright with too many bodies lying around. I expected Psycho-shower-scene music at any moment. Granted, the pitch black in the books would be utterly boring on screen, but there was still a bit of "It shouldn't look like that!" going on in my head.<P>But afterwards, when she crept up on him outside, that was great. Hoooo boy.<P>Shelob. Going for a more realistic spider look was, I think, a good idea. I like Tolkien's description of her, but when I've seen artist's renderings of it I often think "no... not right". With this one, they weren't trying to copy the description, so they couldn't fail. And I hate spiders. I often wake up and jump out of bed and have to turn on the light after a spider dream.<P>Can't wait to go to bed tonight. Wonder what I'll dream about....<P>...Well, if it involves Sam coming to the rescue though....