[Pyro7480]

Yeah, because Jackson's
first trilogy didn't suck
enough for real fans,

You know, you're on to something. I started watching the extended editions of the Jackson trilogy again recently. I have yet to watch Return of the King again, but I was watching the first two again, and I thought the first movie was a good adaptation of the Fellowship, but The Two Towers was really hit and miss. There were some really good individual scenes, but my main issue is that I really don't like Gimli and Faramir were portrayed.

[theFIRMbss]

> ...I thought the first movie was a good adaptation of the Fellowship, but The Two Towers was really hit and miss...

I kinda-sorta liked Fellowship. (Mostly Cate.) The rest made me cringe.

[SunkenCiv]

Wholeheartedly agree.

[RosieCotton]

I really didn't like what they did to Faramir. Apparently, from what was said in some of the "making of" documentaries, they felt that his character needed to seen to grow, so they didn't like that he was so good to begin with and they made him weaker.

I fail to see why that was at *all* necessary.