<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Was I the only one who was somewhat shocked by the change in the Frodo/Sam/Gollum story, where Frodo sends Sam away? Not to mention the fact that Sam actually goes? I was kind of disappointed by that, though it worked in the end.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Did Sam have much of a choice? Gollum had already convinced Frodo that Sam was going to take the Ring, & that he'd been porking out on what little food they had. It's not like Frodo would've allowed him to come anyway. This was truly one of my least favorite parts of the entire movie . It really tore me up to see it, especially because of the way that Frodo & Sam always stuck together & found a way to get things doen in the books . I was also a bit suprised at the battle. Seriously, there was...barely any . I'd been hearing 'oh! it's going to be better than Helm's Deep! oh! it's going to be massive & awesome', & really, I wasn't all that impressed by it. You could see even less than the first two movies, & there just wasn't enough of it...there was more running & retreating than anything. I just knew there would be that one lame moment when Arwen turns back...I just knew it. I was kind've hoping against hope that it wouldn't be there, that somehow PJ would find a way to make it work, but that never really happened. Better than her jumping out of the boat as they shove off I suppose...And what's this about Arwen's life being tied to the Ring? Really, that is a little-er-a lot to much for me to swallow. But after all of that I will say that I thought it was a great movie (& certainly worth my money!), but it'll probably take me another time or two to warm up to it a bit more .
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