Learning from Peter Jackson

[Bacchus]

Lordy, people! I am not feeling the love at all.

I'm going to provide a couple of (unsolicited) observations/opinions.

1. PJ has, on balance, done an excellent job to date on the movies. No, he hasn't done everything quite the way I would have, but then again I don't know diddly about making a movie. I wonder how many of the second-guessers are professional moviemakers, or could have convinced a studio to invest 9 figures into a concept?

2. While PJ has altered some plot points and some characterizations, it isn't really fair to draw conclusions about them until we see the final installment. I didn't particularly care for the treatment given Faramir either, but I'm willing to see where he goes with it before throwing a fit.