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thenewgreen  ·  4381 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Peter Jackson's Violent Betrayal of Tolkien - Noah Berlatsky - The Atlantic

That's a fair criticism, for sure. When they're in the mine and basically just sweeping goblins away ten at a time it's a bit much. It's been a while since I've seen it but I recall that the battle scenes at Helms Deep weren't much less exaggerated. -or am I wrong there?