[Brian Kopp DPM]

My only complaint was that, while the movie succeeded in portraying the darkness of Moria/Isengard/Mordor quite well, it failed to portray the light and to a lesser degree the beauty of both Rivendell and Lothlorien, but especially Lothlorien. Lothlorien was given too short a treatment. The awe the characters experienced there was not translated well.

Of course, this is nit picking...

It is a superb film nonetheless.

[Samwise]

And they didn't show how Gimli came to love Galadriel. And they didn't recite "All that glitters is not gold." And they didn't spend enough time at the council of Elrond. And they didn't show Galadriel giving Sam his box. See a pattern here? All my complaints are that there wasn't more, more! I guess this explains why I reread the books every few years--so I can have more, more. I will also see the movie again over Christmas--so I can see more, more.

What a painful, beloved quest Jackson undertook.

[Chi-townChief]

The greatest line, and I'm sorry I can't quote it exactly, is Gandalf telling Frodo that, in essence, you can't choose your time, it chooses you and you have to make the best of it. I'm sorry if I butchered that but it makes an interesting parallel to our own times and people. If someone has the exact quote, please post it.