At least I read the book, unlike Jackson, who just skimmed the table of contents at his local bookstore and made six movies out of it. I mea he gives more screen time to Aragorn than to Frodo; he spends more time on Helm's Deep and cuts out the Scouring Of the Shire; he reduces Bilbo into little more than a Watson cameo over three movies. This doesn't mean the movies were bad or unimportant, but they can never be truly Tolkein films. I think PJ just slapped on Lord Of the Rings for brand recognition and made up his own fantasy story. The only thing he could have done worse is dig up JRR Tolkein's remains for his necrophilia fetish.