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He totally changed the counsel of the Ents to get in his PC environmental crap.

I haven't seen the film yet, which "PC environmental crap" would that be?

Treebeard's heartbreak about the slaughter of the trees, I guess... I guess guess the complaint is that Treebeard was not supposed to be about trees.

The way that the Counsel of the Ents is done is all wrong. Basically, in the book, they decide on their own that Sauramon has to go. In the movie, they decide not to do anything about him and the hobbits have to convince them that they must do something. They leave out any discussion of the loss of the Entwives, which is the reason the Ents' numbers are dwindling. They leave out the hobbits' drinking of the Ent mead. Maybe I'm being overly harsh, but I thought they whole thing with the Ents was totally messed up.

I hate to be such a party-pooper. My expectations were probably too high.

And look, there are plenty of other things:

Battle Of Helms deep: 1)Why the need for Elves? 2)Why does Legolas freak out before the battle? 3)Why does Aragorn have to beg Theoden to ride out of the Keep to make a last stand ? 4)Why is Eomer not there from the beginning? 5)Why doesn't Gandalf bring back help in the form of allies (Erkenbrand)?

I mean seriously, elves at Helm's deep? Theoden still cowering in fear? Faramir trying to take the ring? What is Jackson's common theme here?