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Originally Posted by Linnahiril Tinnufinwen
I understood later the whole thing about the fact that it was “Men’s turn” to take over, but I still felt that the Elves were being a bit selfish about the fact that, because they were leaving and the war did not concern them, they left Middle Earth to fend for itself.
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Actually, in the book, both Lothlorien and Thranduil's realm were attacked by Sauron's forces during the War of the Ring. So they were rather otherwise occupied.
But you are right in that, without showing such battles (which would have interfered with the main story), Jackson's only way of depicting the Elves' involvement in the war was to have them participating in one of the main battles. Without this, as you say, the Elves would have looked rather selfish in the films.