I don't mind them using books for the movies. But for the LOVE OF THE WRITTEN WORD stick to the #*#^$^ book please. The LOTR movies left out entire sections of the book. What I would like to see and they may have accomplished it with the Hobbit is a movie based on a book that nothing is added changed or taken away and the characters are cast well. I think that an avid fan of which ever book they are making a movie of should stand behind the director and slap him/her with said book every time they try to say "well what if we changed this" If the book is popular and well written enough to be a movie Let it BE. The people that love the book enough to want to see the movie Want to see all the characters and all the nuances of the book not just what one director thought should be in there.... RAWR