Well, I went to it with my girlfriend who hadn't read the books and she thought the movies were great, but should have ended after the crowning and reunion of Aragorn and Arwen.

But I was glad to see the pub scene back in the Shire. I thought that was an excellent Jackson addition/alteration... the 4 hobbits come back home to the Shire being just as they left it and their neighbours ignorant of what they had done. But the knowing look between them as they clinked mugs in full silent knowledge of what they had gone through just to keep things exactly the same as they had loved them. I thought the movie could end there; I didn't need the big melodramatic farewell at the Havens after that.

But, as Uncle Art said above, no matter. The movie was fantastic and I'm still blown away that it was finally made at all. Gotta give Peter Jackson credit; it took guts, vision, and love to take on and finish that project. Here's to him!