>>464014
I agree that each of the things you point out is a problem, but I do think that most of them are small issues in the grand scheme of things, and the movies are overall quite good. However, I do think some key themes fail to come across, and those are not always even directly related to the things you mentioned.
For example, I feel like the books have a strong theme of, if not pacifism, at least not glorifying war. But feminists get mad at Eowyn's arc, so they remove her lesson from the ending, saying that it's misogynist, when that couldn't be further from the truth. It's simply saying that she should love life and not think there is glory in war and death. Battle is a tragic thing that is sometimes necessary, but there are other roles that are also important and should be honored. This does come across a bit with Frodo, given he's the main character and you can't really remove that. But by removing Eowyn's lesson, you leave the film saying that she was right the entire time in believing the exact opposite of one of the most key themes of the story.
The same theme is also expressed with Thorin in The Hobbit. Again, the entire point there is that Frodo isn't a warrior but he is a hero. Of course, since Thorin is male, he's allowed to be wrong and learn a proper lesson. The same theme is also expressed with how the giant battle that the story is building up to is then skipped in the novel, as Bilbo gets knocked out right at the start and doesn't wake up until it's over. Then the movie turns that battle into an entire three hour film. But at least that's just due to corporate greed and not outright political disdain for the source material.
But I still like even The Hobbit movies and watch them along with Lord of the Rings every so often.
>>464071
I did have my mind blown when I finally read the books and realized "Where there's a whip, there's a way" is actually in the source material.