Yeah those numbers are right. Shame Return of the king wasn't extended also. I did doze off during the first two movies, only for a few secs at a time but then again i've seen both of them quite a few times. Didn't miss a single second of the return of the King though. First movie started at 1pm and the last finished at 1.20am.

I agree about how difficuilt it is to compress the books into movies and not leaving out important parts. I think Peter Jackson has done as well as anyone could have. I know his first cut for The Return of the King was almost 7 hours long. I think the extended version will probably end up a little over 4 hours though.