Reply #12: I felt that they really dumbed most of the characters down.

[Crunchy Frog]

That was one of the aspects of the films that I really disliked. Not only dumbed them down, but lowered their overall quality, making them less brave, less noble, having less integrity, etc. I hated what they did with the Ents and I was spitting nails at what they did to Faramir.

I really felt the film was more about Peter Jackson's vision about what the story should have been if it had been done "right", than it was about putting accross Tolkien's vision. Some people will say that means that I think they should have done a 30 hr movie with every single thing exactly the way it is in the book, but that isn't what I mean.

Well, I won't say anymore. I've seen flamewars on other boards started by someone saying they didn't like the movies. I really don't have anything against them, they just don't do it for me.

My sister is also a big Tolkien fan and she absolutely loves the movies. I don't have any problem with that. There's obviously stuff in there that resonates with her and not with me.