The Irony of Jackson Bashing

[Black Breathalizer]

I find it ironic that some fans of the books cannot come to terms with the changes that Peter Jackson has made to their beloved story. One would think that true "Book Purists" would be more accepting of the changes since the inevitability of change was the overriding theme of JRR Tolkien's story. In Tolkien's Middle-Earth -- like our own world -- nothing ever stays the same, even for immortals.

Ironically, by getting so worked up by what they see as Jackson's failure to rigidly adhere to a page-by-page, scene-by-scene replay of the books, they have lost sight (or never really truly comprehended) what Tolkien was telling us in the first place.