Three years ago, just after the release of FotR, I had a bunch of friends (girls) ask me what happened in the next two. I told them that Legolas dies and the gross-lizard thing that was alluded to would end up with the ring.
Alright, so one was marginly true, but I had fun with the Legolas thing.
I did see all three with newbies. But with RotK, I saw it with
alot of newbies. About ten of my friends went, only four (including me) of which had read the books.
Ungood. It was sad. The other six kept asking us who those people were, why there were so many characters, why it was so long, why Legolas didn't have more screen time, ect.