This is not a book

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2002)

I respect the big LotR fans. I really do. But whining about the things you wanted to be in this already extremely long movie is insane and pointless. Sure, it's fun to think about what such and such scene would be like on screen, but it's not plausible to believe that they can really put all of it in. Do we really need a 5 hour movie?
I haven't read the books, though I've had them since before FotR came out. So why haven't I read them? Am I a horrible LotR fan? I don't think so. I am a huge proponent of film as a form of art, and I didn't want to taint my cinema experience with griping about how the book was better. Film is a different media, and this is an adaptation, not a carbon copy.

Props to Peter Jackson and crew for creating yet another great film.