The Hall of Fire

I think namesless orcs and wolves attacking would have worked just as well, this is another example of PJ at his worst - when he is "improving" the story. The fact that he and his fellow writers are slaves to low-brow screen-writing practice does them no favours what so ever. But why have...

I don't think Peter Jackson is mediocre - mediocre directors don't make movies with the enduring cultural appeal of LotR or scenes as good Riddles in the Dark and Bilbo's pity. You can say he got lucky with good source material, but there are plenty of poor adaptations from good sources, even from ...

I already found myself in an unfamiliar position of defending the changes PJ made to the story. :shock: This one I am not wholly thrilled with, but on balance, I did not hate Azog nearly as much as I expected, and I think this is the price we are paying for having the story stretched over three mov...