Has Jackson actually read the books properly

Rating: 1/10 (17 December 2004)

I watched the Fellowship & could live with the changes. The Two Towers made my heart sink too many alterations & additions, yes additions I can understand cutting the story to fit but shovelling lumps of extraneous storyline in that is not in the book WHY? extra elves at helm's deep WTF! Why cut bits that those familiar with the books are expecting to add garbage that no-one expects I can't explain. The Return of the King was for me the last straw, the Return of Jacksons Ego more like. Why they saw fit to change dialogue from the original, in some cases only a few words & in others changing the speaker of the words.
This is Peter Jacksons LOTR not Tolkeins, I haven't checked but the credits should show "inspired by JRR Tolkein" because this is not his work.
I will stick with the BBC 4 version, which While abridged is true to Tolkein & the pictures are better on radio.