People who thought the movie stunk!

My dear Rhud,<P>Your general ferocity towards the movie is unbecoming. You have lambasted those who have attempted to show some general sense of character development, foreshadowing, and other items, yet have failed to bring forth your own examples of Mr. Jackson's failure at these attempts. I agree that the movie is not perfect, however, for those of us who have read the books, I also believe that it is nigh impossible to appropriately judge the movie at first glance. The reason for this is quite simple - no movie will ever live up to the images and sensations created by our own imaginations. I also think that you are perhaps being a bit harsh, considering that most movies attempt to develop one or two persons in a two hour time span, while Jackson was put in the somewhat undesirable task of developing a multitude of personalities (at least nine - all of the Fellowship) in approximately the same time frame. Some were developed well, Boromir, for example, while others were not - say, Gimli. Nonetheless, Jackson's goal of creating a film from the books, one that was attainable by both Tolkien enthusiasts and the general public, should be considered.<P>I also believe that this film should be considered for what it is, even in the books...mainly laying the ground for the personalities that later present themselves. I don't think that one can adequately judge the quality of this film until the others have been seen, just as we would not dare to judge Tolkien by only reading FOTR.<P>For what it's worth...