[dogscoff]

I agree with everything Wr8th just said, but I think there would have been enough hardcore Tolkien nuts to justify (and pay for) a double- length epic arse- number, with a >6 hour film for each book in the trilogy. They might just have got it all in then. If they really wanted they probably could have then edited a "light" Version of the film from that for the sane people in the audience.

They would have got their money back on DVD box sets alone.


Do we have anyone bothered about spoilers for this story? Is there anyone here who hasn't seen / read it? Just in case we do:

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One thing they did change from book > film which I didn't like was the new representation of Saruman. In the book he wanted the power or the Rings for himself. In the film he was just a puppet of Sauron. I don't really see how this made the film any shorter, and it just serves to dumb-down the plot IMHO.


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Other than that, great film, but only as an atmospheric /visual aid to the book.