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(I need to stop posting on my own topic, hey? )<P>I'm wondering if the very-very minor changes from book to movie contain clues as to which assumptions have been taken up by PJ and which haven't. Along the lines of the world ending, here's another I noticed:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>The way is shut ... It was made by those who are dead, and the dead keep it, <I>until the time comes</I>. The way is shut. (my italics)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>As with Pippin's oath, the italicised bit isn't there in the movie. I'm not entirely sure what this indicates, but I have an idea. I think it's to do with the fact that book-Aragorn is going to be King, it's 'fated', he accepts that fact, and it's a major part of his idenity. And there's never going to be a popular vote about it (and no-one minds in the least). To Tolkien it's quite clear that the rightful king is going to be made king and that's the way the world works.<P>Of course, monarchy being what it is today, to PJ&co such an idea is a bit odd. So Aragorn becomes the reluctant king who must 'become who he is born to be', to sweeten things a bit. I don't even think this is a deliberate money-making thing. It's just PJ trying not to be 'weird'.<P>Any other minor/major changes which seem significant beyond character/appearance change?