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Why I Hate Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Movies

Update 9 January 2005:
Though on a few occasions I've sat down to write about the myriad reasons why I so hate Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films, I've been undone each time by:
1. The despair that inevitably follows thinking about those films;
2. The sense that I should be spending my time more productively;
3. The belief that it's perfectly obvious how terrible they are.
Yet, maybe I'll someday post something here. Until then, you'd may as well read these analyses by Andrew Rilstone, Gentleman:

• The Fellowship of the Ring: a review
• The Two Towers: "What the heck does Peter Jackson think he is playing at?"
  
• The Return of the King: the second part of a longer essay
• The Return of the King: "Go away and never come back"