A short review, a little perspective, and a few gripes.

There were a few other changes in the movie that I wondered about. In the movie Aragorn does not carry the broken sword, but a whole one and in the movie the broken one is in Rivendell. They also call it Narsil and not Anduril. I can understand some of the differences due to time constraints, such as leaving out Tom Bombadil (sadly), Radagast the Brown, and greatly simplifying the Hobbits' departure from the Shire and trip to Rivendell. But some of the changes don't seem to have any purpose to me. The movie did not say much about Gollum following the Fellowship (not as much as the book anyway). Legolas and Gimli have not developed their friendship. I hope that they do later on. I really liked Legolas's archery. Shooting 2 arrows at once and stabbing an Orc in the eye with an arrow and then shooting another with the same arrow! I loved the movie, however, and I saw it twice. I rarely see any movie more than once. Although I have read the trilogy a few times. This is my first post and I hope that it passes muster.