rogerd - 1:34 pm on Nov 4, 2002 (gmt 0)

Hmmm, I must be out of step... I thought LOTR did a good job of converting the book to film - I came expecting the worst, and was surprised at how closely the characters and setting matched what my mind had created from the books. No mean feat for a complete fantasy film. As far as knowing what was going to happen 5 minutes in, I assumed that everyone knew what was going to happen before they arrived in the theater. There are actually people who never read the books? ;)

I rather liked Gladiator, too, and Independence Day was fairly watchable if you turned your brain off. Thanks for the warning on Ghosts of Mars, I was thinking about renting it...