We're getting towards the release of The Two Towers and I must again admit that while I will probably go see it, I'm just not freakishly excited about it. A guy at work is organizing an expedition to opening night and has bought something like 30 or 40 tickets via Fandango or something like that. If I go see it, it will be at least a month after it opens. No way in hell am I going to see it with the people who MUST see it opening weekend. I'd rather let those folks get it out of their system before I brave the theater. I felt the same thing but stronger for the Star Wars movies - I haven't seen Episodes I or II and have no particular plans to ever see them. Last year, I was far more excited about The Royal Tenenbaums than Lord of the Rings. This year it's Autofocus, Adaptation, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind that interest me more than a LOTR movie.