[Elanor]

Well, I have one friend who is a big Star Wars fan but has never read any Tolkien. He loved both LotR films so far, said they were the best films he had ever seen, and really went overboard about how brilliantly made they were. He also said that Faramir was just like his brother (grr!)<BR>My boyfriend has also not read the books, and really liked both films. He got quite confused between all the characters though. He asked where all the elves were going - and that made me realise something: if you didn't see the extended edition, then they never explained about elves leaving Middle Earth! Kind of important really.<P>I have several other friends who went to drool over Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortenson, and came out loving the films and keen to see the next one. They won't listen when I tell them to read the book though!