Grumbling in the Fandom

[Arathiriel]

You know I was just listening to the cast commentary on the FOTR EV today and I reached this part where John Rhys-Davies was talking about how gracious (paraphrasing here) the fans had been not to gripe about something that was left out of the movies from the books - and sadly I thought he wouldn't be saying such if he could read some of the grumbling I had read online!<BR> <BR>Seriously, guys, I don't mean to come down on you but I have seen so much grumbling on the LOTR boards/lists lately that I am beginning to think that the fans hate the movies instead of loving! Now with that said, yes, I will admit there are at least two plot changes that annoys the living heck (Galadriel's gift to Sam in FOTR EV; Faramir in TTT) out of me but I look at the movies this way - when I watch them I try to enjoy them for what they are but also at the same time I try not to get to over critical of some of the character/plot changes and as a result I LOVE the movies almost as much as I love the books!<BR> <BR>Anyway I mean no offense by this post and please know I am not trying to come down on anyone - just trying to point out something about the fandom that has been bugging me lately....