[Imladris]

Let's put it this way:<P>For me LotR (both book and movie) is much deeper than the Matrix. LotR (the extended editions at least) is better than Matrix in character developement and plot. To me, PJ did a pretty darn good job converting the books to films and I can't blame him for skipping some things. If he didn't the movie would be boring (also, he is limited about how long he can make them: critics were complaining about three hours)<P>At least LotR knows what religion it is promoting, which is a big difference to the mish mash of the Matrix. At least PJ kept the "christian-ness" of the books of Tolkien. If he had slashed that, then the films would be a disappointment. <P>And LotR was <I> clean </I> unlike Reloaded. All these reasons make the movie LotR better than the Matrix.