[SamAdams76]

I was a bit disappointed with the film adaptations by this Jackson fellow. Especially how the battle scenes dominate the movie. He should have spent much more time developing the plot and characters.

Maybe some day it will be done right. About an hour of film for every 100 pages is what you need to do a book adaptation justice. So we are talking about an 11 1/2 hour movie here.

[SgtHooper]

Agreed, such a long movie would be preferable. My concern now is the creep of social issues into the versions. I do not know his political persuasion, but it seems invariably that most movie makers are lefties.