[the mortal elf]

I know we've talked about this a ton of times, but I just had to add my two cents after watching the appendices on the special edition dvd.<P>You know, we're really missing the point when we tear the movie apart and look for mistakes. (I'm not being hypocritical because I do this too, and I'm going to try to stop) The point is that Peter Jackson took the theme, or the meaning of LoTR and got it on the screen in what he thought was the most practical way.<P>Also, we're always complaining that he was the director. Thoughts of ourselves making a movie better than him often rise up, or just gripes about why couldn't it have been so and so. Think about it. What if PJ hadn't done LoTR? Where would we be then? What if some idiot who'd maybe read the book once and thought it could make a bunch of money had made it? I'm actually thankful that PJ made it.<P>I'm not imposing this opinion on anyone, it's just what I think. I just wanted to give him a little defense against all the bashing that's been going on. Feel free to disagree or post your own opinions