The Lord Of The Rings movies were very well made and quite faithful to the original books by JRR Tolkien. However, as I watched the epic quest extend upon the screen, certain characters and elements stood out to me as missing — such as the mysterious, singing Tom Bombadil. Though the films were superbly crafted without him, I would have enjoyed seeing how Peter Jackson portrayed old Tom. From the first time we were introduced to the hopping and dancing man in the book, Tom was a mystifying and fascinating character. But what does the book tell us o