[steve]

I completly disagree on the part about the scourging of the shire, I think peter jackson is leaving out a main part of the books. the Scourging of the Shire shows a sort of ransition, from what we have seen in the books and movies so far about hobbits is that they are (pardon my words) silly, fat, and cheerfull. the Scourging of the Shire depicts a sort of change in the hobbits, showing them rising up and taking arms against saruman. it shows this in all of the hobbit militia and it shows that change in merry and pippin