OK, 'Dunger' is my nickname. Not sure of the origins but it has stuck for a few years now. My LotR knowledge is loosely based around the 3 main books and films. Unfortunately I do not extend to the games or other books.

Media's main purpose is to make money, secondly it is to entertain. The more films or games you have the more money is generated, the more entertained the audience is. 

I haven't actually read this book or infact owned it. I must make a point of doing so.

They don't suck, they were just faced with a foe so large and set upon their demise that they stood no chance at all, think Leonidas and his 300 Spartans against the hordes of Persia.

My favourite would be one of those epic shots which zoom out and scan the landscape, breathtaking. Notably of a 'hero' riding a horse.

The battle of Isengard, it brings a tear to my eye, so many good fine ents lost to a worthy cause.

The acting was brilliant, all across the board.

While watching the film I can't remember thinking, ohh I wish that was longer or feeling dissapointment for the lack of battles.

You can never beat the first film in a triology. It is where all the fun begins.