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I'm not really bothered by this; in fact I get dorkily excited when I come across a line in the book that's identical/nearly identical to the movie. One line I wish PJ hadn't changed, though, is Gimli's line to Éomer:
Movie-version: "Give me your name, horse-master, and I shall give you mine."
Book-version: "Give me your name, horse-master, and I shall give you mine, and more besides." (I believe this is it, I haven't got TTT with me right now.)
I like the book version better, because it gives Eomer a reason to get all ****ed off at Gimli. In the movie it's more like, "hey, before I tell you who I am you'd better tell me first," and then it just makes Eomer look like a generally angry guy.
Oh, and in response to Elianna: I like the fact that Grima uses that line. His use of it characterizes him quite well, I think. True though, the line has totally different connotations depending on who says it. Aragorn thinks that part, except it's something like "A morning of pale spring not yet sprung to womanhood" or something of that ilk, which I think makes her sound too young. So I definitely prefer the movie version. But then Gandalf says the other part, "Who knows what she has spoken to the darkness..." which is spiffy as well.
Just my blathering thoughts.
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