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jonathan32 · 11-22-2003, 04:43 PM

I agree that the Shelob scene in the book was the greatest cliffhanger in liteary history and I was mortified at what they did with TTT. Helm's Deep did not have to be the huge centerpiece it was and I thought it was actually pretty boring i9n many parts .. too dark, too rainy and too repetitive. they made such a fetish of that battle that they can't help but make a bigger fetish of Pellenor Fields and the Black Gate. Helm's Deep was NOT a cilmax in any way odf the book ... there were two climaxes ... both extremely dramaytic and very fil-friendly .. the Orthanc confrontation and Shelob .. and PJ left them BOTH out to fetishize Helm's Deep which was good but nowehere near as impresive as the buildup indicated. I think he essentially sacrificed the flow and dtrama of the story to a perceived need tomake us care about Theodon and company, which we would have anyway ...

11-22-2003, 04:43 PM	#1
jonathan32 Pile O'Bones Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 11	I agree that the Shelob scene in the book was the greatest cliffhanger in liteary history and I was mortified at what they did with TTT. Helm's Deep did not have to be the huge centerpiece it was and I thought it was actually pretty boring i9n many parts .. too dark, too rainy and too repetitive. they made such a fetish of that battle that they can't help but make a bigger fetish of Pellenor Fields and the Black Gate. Helm's Deep was NOT a cilmax in any way odf the book ... there were two climaxes ... both extremely dramaytic and very fil-friendly .. the Orthanc confrontation and Shelob .. and PJ left them BOTH out to fetishize Helm's Deep which was good but nowehere near as impresive as the buildup indicated. I think he essentially sacrificed the flow and dtrama of the story to a perceived need tomake us care about Theodon and company, which we would have anyway ...