Originally posted by elvendreamgirlGood book != Good film
Even with the obvious flaw of not including Bombadil, don't you agree that jackson did the best job of the three books that could possibly be done?
Personally I loved both the book and the film. The film is different yes and there are some things I would have loved to see in it that weren't. But I can't see anyone doing a better job on the translation.
For the people who just wanted the book filmed page by page, imagine a 1 hour Council of Elrond scene. It wouldn't have worked.