[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I shall agree with Meneltarmacil and say that the Entmoot was a particular area where I felt the magic was lacking. The funny thing is, I went from wonder to disappointment in a very short space of time, because when Treebeard was introduced I was astonished by how good he was, but I thought the gathering of Ents was just badly done.

Essex, I am delighted for you if you enjoyed The Return of the King so much. I, however, am more inclined to side with Bethberry in thinking that The Fellowship of the Ring was the film with the most magic and that, unhappily, it all went downhill from there. I have noted before that my vanishing optimism for the movies probably has much to do with spending so much time on the Downs, and thus hearing some excellent points from the anti-movie camp! These debates have definitely dragged me over from the 'pro-movie' camp to somewhere right in the middle.