[jimt]

The Hobbit was every bit as faithful to the book and as entertaining as the first Lord of the Rings movie.

To my mind, that's a condemnation. Jackson totally butchered the character of Galadriel, and even moreso, Faramir.

Way too much of the movie was Jackson's and not near enough Tolkien's. Maybe if I hadn't read the books 20 or more times I wouldn't have noriced.

[BradyLS]

Way too much of the movie was Jackson's and not near enough Tolkien's. Maybe if I hadn't read the books 20 or more times I wouldn't have noticed.

That's an excellent summary of his LOTR movies.