Though I have to say I like the Book version better, the movie version is also incredibly moving. The line "My friends, you bow to no one." is one of my favorite lines in the whole movie. It worked really well and I don't think it would have worked if they tried to do it the Book way in the movie. It is also one of my favorite scenes in the book. I didn't really like the look on Merry and Pippin's faces. It looked like one of them was going to say something stupid. (I thought they were actually...)<P>I don't think Merry and Pippin should have been honored in the same way, but I think if they had tried to split it up and do Merry and Pippin in one way and Frodo and Sam in another, it would have made the scene too complex. It would not have been nearly as an amazing and moving scene that they have when they did all four hobbits together.
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