Reasons Why Peter Jackson Should Never Have touched the Lord of the Rings

10. Galadriel is now set into the minds of many as "the evil freakout queen".

9. Aragorn wasn't a pouter unwilling to accept his place, dang it!

8. Faramir became a clone of his brother, not his opposite.

7. Right, Jackson, Frodo would have walked right up to a nazgul and the nazgul would have grabbed at him in slow motion.

6. He gave Frodo three expressions: sad, wide-eyed, and delighted.

5. Elves at Helms Deep. No, no no no NO! There was ONE elf there: Legolas. The point of the battle was that the MEN ALONE defeated their enemy against overwhelming odds. Besides, if the elves were there, all the men would have fallen before the elves did.

4. Elf ears.

3. He ripped out essential plot points that he "didn't like" and put in his own material. Hello? If you don't like how the book goes, don't make a freaking movie out of it!

2. Gimli comic relief.

1. Making Denethor a copy of Theoden.


Things Peter Jackson did RIGHT

1. Good job with the nazgul costumes.

2. Good job with most of the nazgul/character interaction.

3. Good job with most of the costuming.

4. Hobbit feet.

5. Bilbo's Going Away Party

6. Gollum.

7. Nazgul are intimidating.

8. Orcs are ugly and vile.

9. Sauron = the bad guy, not a "misunderstood villain"

10. Elfish languages accurate.

Can you tell I was stretching? Sorry for the rant. I was just upset by an Amazon.com Review that suggested that Peter Jackson should make the Binding of the Blade Series into movies. No thank you, Fantasy Addict, some of us are praying that he never touches this series.