They didn't have time to show what they did in the mean while, obviously that would've put a major constraint on time. Yes, Gimli's axe 'clubbings' are kind've lame. He rolls heads for a living, he doesn't kill people by giving them terrible internal bruises! before the extended movie corrected it, you could see the dim face of a black rider, or his chin, most prominatly in the Inn at Bree, and in Bree, and at the River near Rivendell (I forgot what it's called). Yes, at Caharadas you can see Frodo's 'skin stocking', it is clearly an odd color. Again, there are 3 kinds of trolls, the 2 that open the gate are most likely one of the 2 kinds that are not turned into stone by the sun. Gimli is a dwarf. Dwarves don't have the greatest eyesight. Also, a dwarf will talk about his people and their works for ever, and never notice a thing that takes place around him, why then should he notice skeletons in a dimly-lit entryway, while he's bragging and blathering on to Legolas? The extended version does, as you said clear up the Frodo/Sam boat seats 'mix up' (which was also listed as an error by nitpickers, BEFORE the extended version came out), but Jackson just expected his audience to guess there'd be stops along the way, and they might switch places during some of those stops. Aragorn kicking the helmet was good, his little scream of anger was frighteningly bad acting (though obviously not an error)! The whole start of the Helms Deep battle was messed up, not just Legolas losing hope and blowing up....Wew! Please pay attention to the hand roving thing and the troll bit, even if you do disregard everything else (this is in response to some unanswered questions from the 1st page, I finally got around to reading these mistakes and 'mistakes'). I don't have a problem with talking about errors in the movie, I just find it pathetic that people like the guys on nitpickers were LOOKING for errors all through the first time they saw the movie! I shudder to think what errors they've found (or think they've found) in TTT. <p>[ April 21, 2003: Message edited by: The Only Real Estel ]
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