[Eothain Elfwine]

Other bits I really like: <BR>*The fact that they showed the death of Boromir. Tolkien mentions it in passing, and I'm glad they chose to highlight it and what he did, the way he gave his life for the hobbits. Someone else mentioned the way the movies also showed how he was bonding a little with the hobbits, and these parts I also liked quite a bit. <BR>*Gandalf fighting the Balrog. Very well done.<BR>*Little things that expanded the story but didn't contradict the book, like the Burning of the Westfold and the two children sent away on the horse. <BR>*Theodred's funeral and the fact that they brought in the Old English language that Tolkien used for the Rohirrim language for Eowyn's song. <BR>*The expanding of Eowyn's character, keeping well within Tolkien's parameters but letting the audience really know who she is. <BR>*The TTT EE scene highlighting the Sons of the Steward and the relationship among the three of them that made Boromir and Faramir who they were (at least in the movie). <BR>*The fact that they did show the Flooding of Isengard, which was described in passing by the hobbits in the book. A really grand job with that.<BR>*The heart-breaking preparation for the fight at Helm's Deep; few things moved me as deeply as the combination of fear, uncertainty, and grim determination on the faces of boys barely twelve years old.<BR>*Expanding Legolas and Gimli's friendship though the humour of the counting game.<BR>*Showing the maturation of the hobbits, especially Pippin and especially in his song. I've read many entries from people who didn't like that part since it wasn't really what happened in the book and changed a merry song, but I felt it really did show how Pippin had changed, and it was also a very strong scene from a cinemagraphic point of view, putting the haunting melody and his simple, excellent voice over the heartbreak and drama of the charge of Faramir and his men. <BR>*The magnificent way Frodo's face changed when he chose to keep the Ring at Orodruin, the look in his eyes, the slow, demented smile. <BR>*The music! Oh, the music! My deepest respect goes to Howard Shore.<BR>There are too many other things about those movies that I simply loved to write them all here without boring people to death. Despite the parts that made me want to scream in frustration, they are movies I'll see over and over and always love.