What in Gawd's name are you going on about man? Jackson has achived a remarkable feat in making these three epic movies. This is REAL movie-making, the way it should be done. REAL solid movie-making using special effects to ENHANCE the story, not overwhelm it! The effects serve the story, NOT the otherway around like the prequals! Soulless? Soulless?!? Yeah if you have zero tolerance for a gripping storyline and fantastic acting and directing! There's REAL emotion, real depth going on in this film - some very lump in the throat moments, if you have an ounce of sensitivity that is... Dumb? Yeah to dumb fucks who can't process all the events going on in this film. Revisionist? What and Luca$ isn't?!? ;-)
There's NO WAY you could film the book exactly as is, and I think Jackson and co hit the nail on the head perfectly with this trilogy. Look at all the hard work that went into it! You must have a two second attention span or something, or can't process anything which is slower paced than your average MTV music video!
All this fanboy 'this film vs that film' crap really bugs me. I like BOTH LOTR and Star Wars (and old-school Star Trek!) - always will!!! Why chosse one over the other if you like them all?!? I'll tell you this though, Jackson is a professional film-maker who loves COLLABORATING with his team to get the best possible results for his films. Lucas has turned into a fat ignornat business man who loves screwing the public for every last $ they have - he's quite happy to accept our money - and yet refuses to listen to what we really want! Have you seen teh prequal documentaries?!? You call THIS a filmmaker? He dishes out orders, or sits back in a comfy chair slurping away on a Coke while his minions display their creations in front of him, and he justs says, "yeah.. nah...nah... but this tit on this guys head!!". The guy has let fame and money gradually go to his head, and nobody has the balls to stand up to him these days! Bring back Gary Kurtz!
Remember that old saying, "absolute power corrupts absolutely" - say no more!!
AGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!