Watched LOTR finally and i am not sure i really liked it. I still can't get over how Faramir was portrayed, contrary to the book. As well as the discrepancy regaring the Ents. For one, i thought Faramir's resistance against the temptation of the ring (in the book) was an important part (perhaps small part) of the book. He has withstood what his brother has failed. Perhaps it seems a minor point, but i felt that the fact that Faramir was likewise tempted but still able to resist the one ring demonstrated perhaps that there is still good in man to warrant the salvation of middle-earth. Unfortunately, the movie has this smack of heroism and hollywood bravado lingering all over it. So if not for the hobbits, Faramir would have succumbed and somehow, that did not rest easy with me. Likewise Treebeard's sudden turnabout decision to join in the war against Sauramun, after witnessing the devastation of the trees (carefully engineered by *surprise surprise* two hobbits) showed another deviation from the book which does nothing but seek to elevate the role (or perhaps importance) of the hobbits in the story. I thought in the book, the Ents did realized that they are part of the whole fabric of being, which was why Treebeard managed to persuade the other Ents to join him. Everyone had a role to play in Tolkien's story but the movie delegates that responsibility to the selected few. I admit the visuals were stunning and there were some clever condesation of the original book into a 3 hour movie. I even liked Frodo's character development and of course, the gollum. But pardon me, if i have my little grouses, perhaps i am just being too fussy.