Does RotK Feel Rushed?

[Lily Bracegirdle]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> There were so many loose ends that weren't tied up <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Yet one of the main criticisms that I have heard made by (non-book reading) critics is that the film took too long to finish. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>But, Saucy, Faramir and Eowyn's relationship mostly occurs before the first "ending", so adding it wouldn't drag out the denouement. Plus, some of the other things could have been addressed with just a line in the middle of the movie. If some Rider of Rohan had said: "Theoden King is dead, hail Eomer, King of the Mark!" at the end of the battle of the Pelennor I would have been satisfied. I'm not suggesting they needed to show everyone traipsing back to Rohan after Aragorn's coronation in order to bury Theoden and announce Eowyn's engagement.<P>-Lily