Why all the anger?

[Estella Brandybuck]

Great topic, <B>Saucepan Man</B>. Some really good points have been made in this thread. <P>I'm certainly not angry with the movies... it was only after seeing the first movie that I decided to read the books. Sometimes that leads me to believe (judging by other members' posts here) that I'm not a "true fan."<P>But anywho... After reading the first book, I thought that the first movie followed it very well. Any additions and subtractions were made for the good of the film itself (in my opinion, anyway).<P>However, I was a bit disappointed with TTT film as an adaptation. I loved it as a movie by itself, though. The portrayal of Faramir's character, the scenes in Rivendell, the whole Aragorn-falling-off-a-cliff thing - they really took away from the movie for me. But I understand why they were done, because this movie wasn't made only for the people who had been fans of the books before. That'd be rather selfish, wouldn't it? And besides - even if you were upset with the movie, it's not as though PJ personally went around and tore out pages in your copies of the books. Those books will always be there for you to enjoy.