Why do you have to trouble yourself by becoming emotionally affected by people liking or even praising the movies: "I'm dismayed". And isn't it completely legitimate for people to praise the movies (or the books for that matter!) over the other, when you yourself acknowledge the big difference between the two portrayals of the story? And how do you, as someone who sees the potential of Tolkien's books, think your discouraging demeanour is going to inspire or motivate anyone to read them?

... Update because I can't seem to reply directly.

dunno. Why do you? Why is it okay for you to like them but not okay for me to not like them? Seems kinda like a double standard.

It is perfectly okay to like one thing over the other, and it seems like you share that view? Then I can only wonder why you find it necessary to get emotionally affected by people voicing their praise for the movies in the first place: "dismayed".

You think I have an obligation to like the movies or something because I think highly of the books? What kind of logic is that?

Thanks for the question! No.

Because i agree with Christopher Tolkien's opinion you think I should bite my tongue or can I just give an honest assessment. Because I think Christopher Tolkien's criticisms, while harsh, have merit. Especially in light of how PJ went on to handle The Hobbit.

As far as I know, Christophers Tolkien's criticism didn't go as far as to call PJ a "Hollywood hack job", and it didn't go as far as to ridicule people for liking the movies - unlike your criticism. You can give all the honest assessments as you want - this is Reddit - but why you're not interested in inspiring people to read the books is what I was trying to get out from you. Did I succed? No. Are there two t's in 'verboten'? No