quote:By the way, did anyone else notice a strange resemblence between Balrog and Diablo (the Diablo from Diablo the game, that is)? yeah I thought so too! I'm a BIG fan of Tolkien and consider myself a little anal retententive when it comes to the details. I felt that the movie had the spirit of the plot but lacked the details. This is not a major drawback though another gripe was that the characters were not as "developed" as in the novel. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie though and would say that it increases my enjoyment of the originals. A viewer who has read the novels will get a lot more out the movie than a Tolkien nOOb. The best part imo was the visualisation of the characters. everyone looked perfect! exactly as I imagined them, except for the orcs, orcs make me think of warcraft orcs. The orcs however were still right. gollum oh my god he is so perfect! my advice, read the novel before you see the movie, you'll appreciate it much more.