The Hobbit in July 2007?

[Sauron the White]

from William

Do I sound like someone who gives a rat's heinie what movie fanboys think?

Obviously not - but that was never the point. Only that several of the scenes you were so disgusted with are the favorites of a much larger audience. And in this case an audience of Tolkien fans - not rabid fanboys as Kohran pointed out. You have every right to march out of step with the rest of the world. And you can even tell yourself that only you are marching properly. Thats freedom.