Hobbits and things
We got to see LOTR: The Two Towers over the Christmas break and I absolutely loved it. They really did do an amazing job of putting the books into movie format and outside of making each move eight hours long I don't see how they could have done any better (well I did have some suggestions...hehe). My lovely wife got the special delux extra enhanced collectors DVD for Christmas and this is greatness. All the expanded and deleted scenes are woven back into the movie and in my opinion it makes the story a lot more solid and the really helps the character depth. It also came with a National Geographic special on the books, which was fairly interesting and two bookends modled after the two massive statues of the ancient Kings (can't remember the name)...very groovy.
I'm currently reading Otherworld by Tad Williams; this is a pretty cool book, well written and while completely confusing at times it is so well done that it has kept my attention. I'm almost done with it which leaves in somewhat of a quandry, either to go on to the next in the series or jump over the last book in Turtledove's alternate-history of WWI....and since I have gift certificates to B&N and Half Priced Books getting the books is not problem...hoowah!