Dumbing it down

[the phantom]

who actually got to put his own personal vision of the story on film!

Most of the complaints have nothing to do with PJ's "vision" (or personal interpretation) of the story.

If PJ thinks that elves have pointy ears and you don't agree, or if he thinks that Faramir is 6'4" but you think he's 6'6"- that would be where his "vision of the story" would come into play.

But what about having Faramir taking Frodo to Osgiliath? You could read the entire book upside down and backwards and there's still no possible way you could view or interpret the story like that.

Such errors are not errors of interpretation- they are errors of lunacy that succeed only in confusing viewers and lowering the quality of the tale.