Budget Cuts (and spoiler)

[HCIsland]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Yeah, I saw the swords as well. But I have to hand it to them though. You try putting together a multi-layer fight scene that not only includes shots of the actors, but the stunt doubles, the scale doubles, people dressed as orcs and goblins, CGI Orcs/Goblins, and top it off a CGI cave troll. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Plus it was shot with a hand held camera to give it that combat footage feel. That's gotta add more work the the CG people.<P>As for why Glamdring doesn't glow, I strongly suspect this was a conscious decision to further simplify a film that is already clogged with detail. More folks would have noticed Glamdring glowing then it not glowing and then the non-book audience would be wondering, "why is Gandalf's sword glowing?" "Did they screw up". All this distracts from what they should be doing which is just sitting back and enjoying a very well done battle scene.<P>H.C.