[Quiet Man Cometh]

I liked the adaptations myself but I'm not as particular or knowledgable about the Tolkein universe as I could be. I found the movie adequate for thsoe who aren't familiar with Tolkein overall and are not inclined to go deeper into the stories. I can imagine how changes made to the LOTR story could mess with those in the Silmarillion and other books. I do agree that to a point, that can't be helped because of the choice of media. It could have been worse though. One of the earlier contracts details had worked out only two movies for the series, and then because of cost, dwindled down to the entire LOTR condensed into one two and a half hour film. That was when Miramax (I think. Might have been Universal) had the rights. It wasn't until New Line picked it up that it was returned to the original three movie format Jackson wanted to begin with.

I don't think you can chastize The Hobbit for being childish though. From what I understand, it is a child's book, so I wouldn't be surprised if the movie isn't as mature as one would like.