[b]Bittersweet wrote:[/b] [quote]The books are better. 1000x better. There\'s so much stuff that they leave out of the movies (of course, the movies were pretty long as it is). Also: for a better LOTR experience, watch the extended versions of all three movies, I\'ve heard they stick to the book a LOT better.[/quote] Well, they just have extra footage. So it is following the book more, but only because stuff was originally taken out to keep the movie down to 3 hours.