There are plenty of areas of the text that allow for Jackson's interpretation of the eye looking around as he shows cinematically. Quite a few have been explained above, but there are more.<P>For example the hobbits both know once they cross the boundary of the mountains and into Mordor that they cannot wear the ring as they will be found at once. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Without any clear purpose he <I> (Sam)</I> drew out the Ring and put it on again. Immediately he felt the great burden of its weight, and felt afresh, but now more strong and urgent than ever, <B>the malice of the Eye of Mordor, searching, trying to pierce the shadows that it had made for its own defence,</B> but which now hindered it in its unquiet and doubt<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Sounds pretty much like an eye searching around his territory to me. How else could Jackson show this? I have no problem with the eye searching around the plains of Gorgoroth. I think it works particularly well when Frodo puts on the ring, and we see his gaze move towards mount doom. <P>As Jackson has stated, he had to show Sauron in SOME form or another for cinematic purposes. An eye searching round is fine by me, and can be said to be true to the text. This is far better than having a physical body of Sauron confronting Aragorn as was originally filmed by Jackson. That would have spoiled the movie. <P>My main problem is with Sauron having a direct 'view' of Frodo as he places the ring on in Bree. This should not have happened. It was ok for the eye to see Frodo eventually on the Seat of Seeing on Parth Galen, and for him to see Frodo (with a direct view) at the cracks of Doom.<P>Still, it amuses me that we are moaning about silly little points like this. It goes to show how GOOD the film really is, if we can take time to moan about a 'searchlight'!
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