I saw all three Lord of the Rings films this weekend. It's interesting how much is more noticeable when you see them so close together. And my sister's boyfriend has a widescreen TV and surround sound - so it's just like the cinema only with comfy seats, cheaper food and better-timed breaks.

I noticed the knife Galadriel gives to Aragorn is the one he holds up when he's woken up at Dunharrow. And the battles get bigger - so it's just the Fellowship fighting orcs in the first one, then there's the Rohirrim and lots of orcs, then it's everyone against everyone else in the third.

There's also a roast chicken joke going on in extended Two Towers, which I never realised before. At the beginning, Sam says he brought seasoning with him in case they found a roast chicken. At the end, Merry and Pippin find a roast chicken!

The hobbits looked so much different at the start: more innocent, I think. I did like how Sam, when fighting orcs to rescue Frodo, after Shelob's lair, killed one for Frodo, one for the Shire and one for his Gaffer. But never one for himself. All the hobbits went from throwing stones to actual fighting with swords. Well, except for Frodo who had battles of his own.