Yeah I have to agree with you on that, and it's awesome =)

Cool, so did you read the books after the movies were over? What did you think about them?
I got to the part where Gandalf takes down the Balrog and then gave up, because in the movies that is a huge moment and I cried when I first saw it happen, in the book... no reaction. I think Tolkien wasn't very good at making the reader care about the characters. But that's just my opinion.