That is a rather grim assessment of the movies, doug*platypus. Personally I have had no major problems with the orcs in Peter Jackson's movies. The changes in the orcs were made because mass audiences want gruesome, "monster"-esque villains. I do hope, however, that the scene in Torech Ungol will stay true to the books (you can't hope for too much similarity though, given the current trend with the orcs in the movies).<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Uglúk and Co may have chopped a few necks in the book, but no Orc ever ate another one. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Correct me if I am wrong, but I do not believe that that is accurate. Either Gandalf or Aragorn states at one point that it is "their way" (meaning the orcs) to eat one another at times of scarce food resources, and it was even implied that orcs kill and eat orcs of different breeds simply for the sport of it.
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