It was two big Theaters here that where nearly sold out. Thanksfully no costumes... but it never fails and I had a 8 year old with parents right behind me WTF?! It was a weeknight 12-3am?! Thanksfuly he fell assleep within 15 min.
As far as this goes:
I was kind of upset with how Jackson completely disregarded a lot of things from the book, but I won't get into what until more people have seen it.
What in the world do you expect. It is a 3 hour Movie already. We had these discusions last year in regards to the first one. It was 3 hours that left me with a lot to think about / ponder. I already felt overwellmed by it. Any more context and my head would have exploded!
Enjoy the Movie for what it is... a Movie. Miss something... go read the book again!