What is WITH you people??!?!?

Rating: Null/10 (19 December 2002)

I keep reading comments from people who say "I love the books" and then go on to state why this movie is so great. There's even a guy who says he likes the LOTR series (books) better than anything, even Shakespeare. I know that books don't necessarily translate to movies, but give me a break already. What's happening to the story has become ridiculous.
Somewhere along the way Peter Jackson decided he was going to rewrite Tolkien's story, regardless of how the original would have translated to a movie. The best example: (BOOK SPOILER, NOT MOVIE SPOILER) The battle of Helm's Deep was ended by the Ents and most of Fangorn forest showing up at the battle.
COME ON, PEOPLE! (MOVIE SPOILERS NOW) Aragorn never was rescued by his horse. He didn't even fall off the damn cliff. Elrond never hassled Arwen about loving Aragorn. HE'S ISILDUR'S HEIR! Merry and Pippin never influenced the Ents to do anything. Faramir didn't want the Ring, and Frodo NEVER stared a Nazgul in the face!
What concerns me is that, like sheep to the slaughter, many people will now think that these movies are how the story was originally told. GET A CLUE and READ THE STORY!