A Lot of Movie for the Money - Jamie and I saw The Return of the King last night. Three and a half hours of fun, but honestly, the Frodo-Samwise thing has just gotten maukish. Couldn't the drawn-out scenes of Elijah Woods and Sean Astin making sorrowful, longing eyes at each other have been trimmed enough to bring Christopher Lee back from the cutting room floor? And how about some more of that woofy David Wenham? Despite the gripes, all in all an enjoyable cinematic spectacular. (Lucas, eat your heart out.)