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I've noticed this ongoing discussion although I haven't really followed it. Please tell me if I got it wrong:

On the one side you've got the pre-movie falang led by Sauron the White, who keep insisting that a movie is an all together different thing to a book and that making changes to adapt the it to the big screen is not only excusable but also nessesary. The pre-movie folks obviously liked the PJ films.

On the other side you've got the Tolkien purists who feel that PJ's adaption was disrespectful to the feel, characters and details of the books because too much was altered and that is was a poor movie because of this.

But isn't it getting tiresome to go on and on with the same arguments? Isn't it time to let this one slide StW?

For the record I liked the movies and felt that PJ did a really good job on the whole. Visually it was great and I felt that it retained the feel of the books well. I was also impressed by the attention to nerdy details, although they got some things wrong too. As a fan, some scenes and aspects of the film were certainly annoying. But you must accept that some populist scenes such as Legolas skating on a shield or killing ridiculosly large olliphants in action hero style will be included. A movie of this magnitute must cater to a huge audience and I would not be surprised if those action hero episodes are the favourite scenes for many people, primarly children.