Quote Originally Posted by Shorty View Post
The books are the superior.

I think the movies are overrated and I am so smurfing sick of Peter Jackson, but I do like them. I will sit and marathon all of the extended versions and The Appendices through an entire weekend when in the mood.
Shorty speaks the truth.

Also, Return of the King was easily the worst of the movies, largely due to just how much was changed (completely unnecessarily), and how much those changes butchered the story and themes.