Boromir88: Well, I'm aware that in the books there were 2000 soldiers. And I think that Peter Jackson was aware that there were 2000 soldiers. But, he decided that he wanted there to be more tension, more of a feeling of hopelessness, & more heavily-stacked odds. I've always said I thought he should've gone 10000-2000, but since he didn't, we have what we have.
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Well, if PJ would have done some searching here is an argument for his "few hundred men at helm's deep argument." The book makes clear Theoden had 1,000 men (which includes the 750 Rohirrim under Eomer) and Gamling had 1,000 men, which makes up for the 2,000 or so elves at helm's deep
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But you also have to remember that, unless I'm badly out of my memory, there was no warg attack in the books (& certainly not a sustained one!). It mentioned that they saw bands of orcs &/or wargs, but they would always scatter before they could come upon them. Therefore, PJ inserted both the warg attack, & th 10,000-200 ratio into the movies. Maybe he was taking into consideration that if the warg attack had happened in the books, it might've taken out nearly 1,500 men (though I doubt it would've taken down more than 800 or so, at best). Whatever the reason, in the movie, the men wouldn't have stood a chance without the elves (though they obviously did in the books).
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Estel, I don't mean anything towards you
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No, no, I understand perfectly!
If I were to take you having a different opinion than mine as personal, I shouldn't be here!
Have a good day,
Estel