[Airerûthiel]

In response to the original question: yes he should. Personally the only things that were wrong in the movies for me were a couple of minor errors (sunlight coming from different directions, things being moved too much etc). Other than that they were great.<P>However some stuff in the film could have been made better - Strider carrying his broken sword, Pippin and Merry's joining the Fellowship - but there were some things that were rightly left out, such as the Old Forest sequence and the appearance of Tom Bombadil. I think the problem is that when you're making a movie or a TV show from a book, you can't put every single tiny plot detail into the film - people won't sit still for much longer than two hours in a cinema, or three hours if the film is really good. You have to get the basic storylines in there first, and then flesh it out with the details that enhance the story rather than those that drag out the film.<P>I say all this without wanting to insult anybody. My apologies if this only served to throw more flammable material on the metaphorical fire of the book purists' rage.