I wish I was excited about it. The book began a massive obsession for me at age 11.

However, after the amount of original material Jackson added to the LotR films (often at the expense of Tolkien's source material) knowing that this is somehow going to be two films suggests to me more of the same is coming.

To clarify, I have no issue with Tolkien's material being cut, it's common practice in adaptations for source material to fall by the wayside to make a film fit into a time limit. However, I take massive exception to source material being cut so that a writer/director's own material can be added.

That said, other people here are probably excited about the film so I won't continue to comment on this thread and ruin everyone else's fun. I'll just re-read the book for the billionth time.