well come on people
tom bombadil had to be cut- he offers nothing to the story. they go along with the ring, see some man...well not a man lol, but seeeing as nobody knows what he is... anyway they meet him, go to his, sleep there...then back on the way again
its a waste of time- movie goers who have not read the books would think '🤨' and expect tom to re-appear all the time.
the council of elrond HAD to be shortr, nobody is going to sit through 40 pages of dialogue spoken by actors who are sitting down until the last page.
reember- alot of people havent read the books, and some book to movie scenes would bore the hell outta them
like in the prologue----they wouldnt know who gil galad was, or elendil,