don't hurt me!?
It was the TV, and I was viewing in "standard" instead of "fit" (or wide), which is what GundarkHunter mentioned.
The reason I didn't think about this at first was that scenes of LOTR that I was watching didn't looked squeezed.
Earlier today I put the movie back in to check again. I watched longer. In Chapter 2, when Frodo recognizes Gandalf's voice, he stands up and look straight into the camera, I could tell on that shot it was wrong. I changed the screen and all was right again.
So...anyone know if the first Batman on DVD release was anamorphic?? That and The Mask are the oldest DVDs I have.