Venue: Odeon, Leicester Square

Well that's the first time I've had to go to the loo mid-movie in a long time - I was in the cinema from 3pm-7pm.

I read the book last year, so it was still reasonably fresh in my mind. I could only spot one part they omitted, near the end. The rest was pretty spot on.

The many battles were well done, although I wished there'd have been some Uruk-hai kicking some butt. Peter Jackson left them out, prefering to squash orcs/humans with large bits of masonary.

The Mumakils finally see some action, although they do appear to be a bit wimpy - apparently you only need an elf about to take them down.

Before I went, I was surprised to hear about people crying when they watched this. There are lots of heroic moments, and acts of humility: you won't have a dry eye.

Here's looking forward to the 10 disc special edition with about a day's worth of footage.