well I'll add my 2 gold here as someone who has read the four books (yes I'm counting the Hobbit in here folks) for over 30+ years now I loved the movies, the expanded versions he released are even better IMHO, my only regrett is that he PJ didn't film the Battle for the Shire which he even stated was the least favorite part of books, i've seen the RB film, hell saw it in the theater and own a dvd of it....overall I'm very pleased with the movies and yes hopefully I'll still be around in 35 years to watch them.
