[HCIsland]

I've noticed that myself and I can't see any way to really have it make sense.<P>My guess is that this is here for the non-book readers. In the film, the only reason any of them are there is given by Elrond's voice over, "this curse[not sure if that's the word] concerns all Middle Earth." and later, "you've all been summoned here ..." which we all no is not true. They're there for a variety of different reasons that are not practical to go into in the film.<P>So what is PJ to do? Having Boromir as the only human (save Aragorn) would raise the question in the non-book reader's mind, why is Boromir alone when there are whole contingents of elves and dwarves? Do men not care about this? All this distracts as to what the scene is about, so you flush out the scene with some token men.<P>Within the context of the book it doesn't work, but within the context of the film it does, and we need to remember that ultimately the films are made for people that have not read the book.<P>H.C.