I agree that the White Council scenes worked so well at conveying a sense of something bad about to happen. You see a warmer, less corrupted Saruman, which I really liked too. I was fine with the Goblin King, although he was Jabba the Hutt right down to having his own Salacious Crumb.

I'll definitely go back: probably leave it a week or two, but I want to see it on the big screen again before it disappears.