They're also angrily attacking the fans who defend the lore, which is never a good sign.
From what I've seen the writing doesn't quite measure up. Then there's the "controversial" bits. Apparently Middle Earth isn't isn't diverse enough, and Harfoots are a part of the story. Warrior Galadriel, beardless dwarf queen, etc. Dwarf women have beards, Aragorn said so.
It seems rather Anvilicious to me.
Anvilicious
Quote: A portmanteau of anvil and delicious (or for those who are more etymologically inclined, a combination of "anvil" and "licious," which is ultimately derived from Latin meaning "luring," so it could be interpreted as anvil-luring; "delicious" by the way is ultimately from the Latin meaning "luring from"), anvilicious describes a writer's and/or director's use of an artistic element, be it line of dialogue, visual motif or plot point, to so unsubtly convey a particular message that they may as well etch it onto an anvil and drop it on your head. The term anvilicious thus qualifies as Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness.
Heavy-handed for the new millennium. Extreme polar opposite of subtle.