No there was definitely no horse snogging or skateboarding but there were orcs on pogo-stick like crutches - does that count? It gave their movements an appropriately fierce energy but combined with the fact that the elves seemed to be signing makaton to the mortals it did seem to suggest that Middle Earth was populated largely by those with special needs... but that is one of my few quibbles about the production. There was a lot from the books that never madee it to the films - the Ranger's protection of the shire being a good example.
I do hope that Dave might make it down to see it. Treebeard was played as a tree shepherd ...
and was very Yorkshire .... no prizes for guessing who he reminded me of
