… I was annoyed they missed out the Tom Bombadil thing and also some of the other minor things later on as well. The whole beginning was totally different from the book which annoyed me as well.
… I can understand them wanting to explain the characters a little more and make it more exciting than the book - the first few chapters are a little slow - but it was still annoying.
Re: Was the book or movie better? not technically but that is how they found the ring. Its still a really good story to me even though it has a different feel to it if you know what i mean. almost like someone else wrote it.