The issue most have the ending is this...
They have NOT read the books.
Shit, by the time
Spoiler:
Frodo finally loses his finger and the ring,
the last book isn't even half finished yet.
Stop bitchin',
Peter Jackson, didn't even include the Shire battle (that would have added on another 30)
And he used the
Spoiler:
Army of the Dead
to clean up where he could,
they weren't used as much in the original storyline.
Considering he added the Shelob scene to the 3rd movie and not in the 2nd (where it was in the original saga)
and it was already 3 1/2 hours long,
he did an excellent job condensing.
Peter Jackson had a very difficult job balancing desires of the LONG-time fans of the saga
and acknowledging the movie masses that weren't familiar at all with the story.
The movie was excellent, period.
Geez...I'm tired people complaining
1st movie: oooh...The story didn't END (yeah...it's a trilogy)
3rd movie: oooh...The movie didn't END fast enough
(yeah...well they were giving you clean ending and it was shorter that the book)
etc...and so on
You can't satisfy anyone these days
