Good film, stop comparing it to the book.

Rating: Null/10 (26 December 2002)

Why do people persist on comparing the films negatively to the books? It's so pathetic. Peter Jackson is doing an utterly fantastic job given all of the problems presented to a director in the process of adapting a film: dealing with overzealous fans, average viewers (i.e. people who haven't pored over the books), and producers. Whether you people want to realize it or not, there are many people to try please out there, and you complainers are the minority. Unfortunately, you're also the most vocal.
I refer to grrrr97's poor review of TTT. Five chapters are cut out? Does grrrr97 even realize that in Tolkien's original conception of the book, there was only one novel? Only one. It was broken into SIX parts, each of the three books we know containing two shorter "books." THEREFORE, it makes NO difference, ZERO, where the cuts take place, whether it's five chapters before or later. Of course the creature of which Gollum speaks will appear in the next part. If you're going to complain, at least do so with integrity and an understanding of Tolkien's work and vision, at least complain about something that has merit, like the fact that the world presented in the films is much brighter than Tolkien's, that Tolkien's prose is not quite equaled in the cinematography.
And, by the way, her name is Eowen. Some fan....
This film is another fantastic part in what will become one of our generation's greatest film epics. Yes, Peter Jackson has made changes: anyone with intelligence and a moderate understanding of the books will understand why they were made, or why things were not included. For anyone who has not seen the extended DVD version of FOTR, I highly recommend it as the extra 30 minutes of footage really gives a fuller sense of character to Boromir and Gimli.
People out there, ones who criticize so much because the film is not what YOU imagined it to be, I say this: GET A LIFE. These films are Peter Jackson's vision of a work truly far too long to be presented in film version. He has done an incredibly good job, and if you be so good as to take you head from your a%#, you would realize that.
For all others, enjoy.