Why are people so critical of PJ?

[Child of the 7th Age]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Going on what I've seen, the majority of people on this message board are quite critical of Peter Jackson. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Actually, that's not the impression I had when I read over the thread where people put down their general comments. Many posters, I would say the majority, are quite positive about RotK. Then they went on to list what impressed them the most and the things they'd like to see changed. I've seen RotK several times now, and found it emotionally gripping. But that doesn't mean that there aren't points where my preferences and PJ's are not the same.<P>I think PJ would have understood this. He never claimed that his movies had the same standing as the books:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> "You shouldn't think of these movies as being The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings is, and always will be, a wonderful book, one of the greatest ever written. Any films will only ever be an interpretation of the book. In this case my interpretation" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Some folk like PJ's interpretation and others don't. And, from the tone of the above quote, I imagine PJ wouldn't be shocked at that. And even some of us who liked the movies overall have little or big things that we'd like to have seen handled differently. That kind of positive disagreement is the heart of this board. So I wouldn't worry too much about the discussion and criticism. It's just part of the normal discussion.