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The biggest shame in the Fellowship the movie was the absence of the 'consipiracy' between Pippin, Merry and Sam. It seemed they just ambled along without knowing what was going on.
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I agree. Although I can undersatnd why it wasn't in the film, it is nevertheless an important chapter. It explains why Merry and Pippin go along with Frodo and Sam in the first place. And it isn't just because they bump into them trying to escape from Farmer Maggot.
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We are your friends, Frodo. Anyway: there it is. We know most of what Gandalf has told you. We know a good deal about the Ring, We are horribly afraid - but we are coming with you; or following you like hounds.
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One of the many themes in the book is friendship. And this is a wonderful statement of what friendship means. They cannot begin to imagine quite how terrible it will be, but they know its not going to be a second breakfast in the park, and they are afraid. And yet, their friendship is such that they cannot imagine not going with Frodo and Sam.
That and all the singing in the bath stuff. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]