RotK: a successful adaptation?

[Aden]

Originally posted by Nurvingiel

I didn't feel that the spirit of the book was maintained. Not all the "made up" scenes were departures from the spirit or intent of LotR, but there were too many that were completely off.

Yes, I feel the same way too. They could have maintained the spirit of the book...others can do it in a simple song (Blind Guardian) why couldn't they do it in a whole movie (not to mention TTT ).
When seing ROTK sometimes I feel like: "God what were they thinking..."
Though I agree that other scenes were great