[Suzerain of Sheol]

Well, to be completely honest, I first saw the films when they came out in theatres when I was 11 or 12. I *loved* them back then. My father had read the books to me when I was younger, but I didn't really remember much from them..

But, when I reread the books when I was 18 (then again and again over the last couple years) then went back to watch the movies, I just found innumerable things that they changed or added that made the story or it's presentation *worse* than if they had just left the original version alone. (Just for a very quick example: Gimli no longer being a character, but rather a parody of the modern, Dungeons-and-Dragons-inspired stereotype of what a dwarf is, serving only in a role of comic relief and buffoonery)

Granted, it comes down to Jackson having a different vision for the story than Tolkien, not to mention a very different audience.