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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Finding the Lembas was unnecessary, since he already knew that it was not him who had eaten it, and he must have suspected Gollum of framing him.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>"Stupid, fat hobbit!"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Methinks movie-Frodo is the stupid hobbit if he could have believed Sam ate the lembas. That, or he thinks Sam is such a "stupid, fat hobbit" that he steals the food, then exclaims about how it's missing, even though he's the only one who could have taken it. That's what I mean about additions which don't even work in the movie context.<P>Anyway. About the ring melting: wouldn't it have been better to show Gollum holding the ring and falling, then cut straight to the Dark Tower crumbling? Surely even the thickest of moviegoers would have understood that the ring was destroyed, without having to see it. And it would have cut precious seconds from an ending which has largely been described as 'too long' by those who aren't book fans (and me, for that matter, but that's a whole different post).