Which makes the title of the thrid book kind of stupid: "Return of the King"? The King returned in the first book, not the third.
The title refers to the return of the king to Gondor (specifically his claiming of the crown and throne from the care of the Steward) - which doesn't happen until towards the end of the third book. Although as you commented later you didn't make it past the middle of the second book, so I can see why you wouldn't spot this.
I've enjoyed the movies so far (only seen the first two so far). I made a conscious decision to try and approach the films as a completely separate experience from having read and loved the books. I think this allowed me to enjoy the films more than I would have done if I had tried to compare them to the books. Even an attempt at a faithful transfer of
any book to a film is going to be of limited success because reading and watching are such different experiences.
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