@UKFilmNerd It's a massive book, you're going to make compromises. I watched the trilogy when it was released, I watched the extended editions, I'm pretty much burned out on Jackson's Tolkein.
But I'm also pretty much burned out on Tolkein. There was definately an over-exposure in the 2000s, and I wasn't the biggest fan of his writing style then.
Oddly, I quite enjoyed the early chapters, which appears to stand in opposition to most people's opinions. However, when we get to how many pages that man can write about a tree, he can get in a hole.