Where jackson falls down is that he does not understand the nuances of coincendence. People say that tolkien's writing is too full of coincedence, but I believe these are plot events that can be explained when you delve into the books. In the films there are just too many coincedences that cannot be explained.<P>Having the elves turn up just in time for the begining of the battle does not work. Against this, having gandalf and erkenbrand turn up in the nick of time in the book DOES work, as we can see that Gandalf has planned the events to a tee. (working also with treebeard, huorns etc)<P>PS, why on earth does Galadriel call the alliance in the prolouge the 'Last'. Surely in this film, it should be Penultimate? Oh hang on, we're sure to get elves at the pellenor fields and the black gate, so even that won't work!
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