A flaming bag of poo on the doorsteps of fans of the books

Rating: 1/10 (8 October 2017)

That's what these movies are. I've tried to watch these many times over the years, and the experience is always a painful exercise in eye rolling.
I fully understand that there is no way the entire books could have made the transition to film intact, but the sheer amount of things changed for the sake of Peter's "vision" is just insulting. Even little things like the party's arrival at Bree was given an entirely mood for the sake of making it unsettling. Every event feels horribly rushed.
The transition aside, the movie(s) aren't even good by themselves without knowledge of the lore. The acting is, for the most part, atrocious. The music feels largely unsuitable for the mood set by either the books or the films themselves, and also feels incredibly repetitive.
Even the director's cuts of these films feel more like an insult than a tribute.
I hate these movies.