Peter Jackson Explains Why the ‘Hobbit’ Movies Are Such a Huge Mess

[Morsul the Dark]

I'll defend the Pippin Armor Well scene.
The book has Pippin deliberately drop a stone in the well. It never sat well with me that that somehow alerted the goblins and orcs. The armor on the other hand a loud banging clanging ruckus makes much more sense to me.