Oh, don't get me wrong, I totally agree with the sentiment of the thread. I've read the books about ten times, I've seen the last movie maybe three times. And when you take consideration to the amount of time spent reading vs. watching, it's pretty clear which I would rather spend my time on. To be fair, the movies were good stories, but mostly because they were LotR, not because of the amazing scripting or how they went about things. It's actually pretty hard to create a bad LotR movie if you're showing it to a bunch of people who haven't read the books. To please the fans of the books, though, is something else. I don't care so much about the undead as I care that they completely ignored the scouring of the shire.