Vickie and I went and saw Return of the King yesterday evening. I read through Boots and Gav's comments to the IMAGinewS group on it, and gave my opinion in response. In case you're not an IMAGinewS member, here it is, in the same four lines I originally responded with:

1) I've not read the book, but will commence doing so tomorrow.
2) Although it was drawn out in places, I loved almost every minute.
3) The minutes I didn't love, I enjoyed anyway.
4) To paraphrase Manning Clark: If you didn't like Peter Jackson's movie versions of the books, MAKE YOUR OWN!