"How do you explain all those ppl watching FOTR right before seeing TTT then? To refresh their memory maybe? I get what you are saying but your comments actually back up the Director statements you seem upset with."
Of course. A year is a long time to remember every detail. But it is sad to sacrifice something because you don't think people will remember. Ultimately the movies will most commonly be watched like a single really long movie over the span of a few days. I don't know too many people who pick of TT, watch it and call it good. They are meant to be watched together. It is three movies based on a single book after all. Lj is not contradicting himself in saying that it is stupid to for the director to dumb things down because people wont remember what happened last time. He was saying that people are not so dumb they need their movies filmed with their ignorance in mind. People can remember, and if not they'll be smart enough to rent the movie before going to see the second part. Make a film as intelligent as you can, and if some people can't cope with it tough. The new Bourne movie, I forget the name of it, but I went to see it with my wife. I had seen the second one a long time ago, but man was I lost. I had no idea what the hell was going on it that movie because I could not remember the first two (not to mention I kept falling asleep). So, should the director have dumbed it down and loaded it full of rehash? Definately not! It was nobodies fault but my own that I had no idea what was going on. Should've rented the other two before going to see this (only I could not bear the thought of having to sit through them both for a second time).