I haven't watched The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy since it came out in theatres, lol. So it's not really my place to judge, however I do remember it being a visceral experience at least. I will say I'm not a fan of a lot of book adaptations unless they completely diverge from the main source and do something unique (Apocalypse Now) or use said medium's (films) potential to it's fullest rather than just rehashing the same shit from the source material which makes it a glorified abridged version in some cases, this mostly stems from recently watching Watchmen after reading the comic and seeing how much shit is just rehashed and it was literally a bloated glossy version of the comic that doesn't understand minimalism plus it missed the point of the comic by giving said protaganists spiderman level strength, unnecessary violence, making the mystery from the start extremely obvious etc. Now I know not all adaptations are bad and some are as good if not better than the source material, A Clock Work Orange. Sorry for drifting, but the Dark Knight Trilogy isn't really an adaptation of anything it just uses characters from the dc universe with it's own unique tale, and because of that it's not restricted by anything at all. It was just Nolan making the batman universe more realistic, and interpreting the villains in his own way, Joker, Bane, Scare Crow. You can make the case that TDKR has elements of Dark Knight Returns but again it's not limited by being based on anyone book and because of that the creator has way more freedom with his universe. Begins was flawed but great and at least erased Batman from the awful Batman and Robin nonsense that it was associated with, The Dark Knight was also good but The Joker was definitely the star, and I like that Bane was cast as the "main" villain if only cause he erases that godawful bane from batman and robin, so there's that. I do think it's a solid and really good trilogy (better than spiderman) and one could make a decent case that's it's one of the best trilogies in movies (I don't think it is but whatever).
Aand the anime shit was my fault, I kinda brought that upon myself. Having anime avys, recommending LOTGH to watch, among other shit, so I should have clarified earlier. lol