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Added parts that failed, for me:
After the tumble out of Farmer Maggot's field and into the road, Pippin's "Ooh, that was close."
Gimli's belch at Rohan.
And I agree with Essex about Denethor's drooling....
Gandalf whacking Pippin as Pippin offered fealty to Denethor. Not honorable.
Gandalf whacking Denethor (although in the movie theater I was relieved to see it, Tolkien would not have approved.)
Gandalf and Shadowfax riding Denethor onto the pyre. Again, not heroic at all.
Some parts that suceeded (hugely):
"I would have followed you: my brother, my captain, my king."
Movie-Theoden's gradual increase in devotion to Aragorn as Aragorn earned his respect. Much as I grieved the whole dparture from the books in TTT, this was superbly done. Very noble, very uplifting. I think (considered as a story separate from his) that Tolkien would have approved the character development of Movie-Theoden.
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Last edited by mark12_30; 06-18-2004 at 02:33 PM.
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