So, I went to see Two Towers last night.

It was pretty cool. One of my friends is manager at one of the local cinemas, and the paper announced that they were holding a midnight preview showing of the film. (They hadn't been planning to, but they wound up holding it anyway.)

Since he was getting off around then, and since the theatre was going to be open anyway, myself, him, and his wife, plus two employees of the theatre, got to use a second screen to watch it by ourselves. No crowds of fanboys quoting incessantly in the rows around you.

I felt that the movie was very impressive. Since I'm presently running Exalted, I kept thinking how cool the imagery was for that setting.

The one thing that I was ambivalent about is Gollum's character design. Mostly, I didn't like his Pretty-boy-blue eyes. But then again, they probably make him more human (or hobbit-like). The Ents (specifically treebeard) weren't entirely convincing at times ... they moved too stiffly, even for Ents.