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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 1893476" data-attributes="member: 10079">While I completely understand what you're saying, and I even like the Scouring in the book(even if it is a bit tacked on), there's a MAJOR difference between the destruction of the ring in RotK and the Balrog fight in FotR. Its okay to have the climax of FotR set in the 'middle' with the Balrog fight, as this is not the end of the story. Instead, its still very near the beginning. There IS a major problem with the Ring's destruction not being the 'climax'.You spend three movies talking about how evil, corrupting, and dangerous the ring is. The entire GOAL of the story is to destroy this ring. When you have to spend all this time focusing on the destruction of this ring, you just plain can't have this NOT be the climactic moment. The story ENDS with the destruction of the ring. Everything after that is an epilogue that has no bearing on the story. The ring is destroyed, evil is defeated. End of story. Yes, this is simplistic, but that's the heart of it. And while you and I may enjoy the Scouring and understand how important it is in the context of the story, you just can't destroy the point of three movies halfway into the last and then say "Oh! Still more to do!" when the audience is looking for closure.And in a way, this is also a good reason for Faramir's change. He was always my favorite character in the books, and I think he's great in the movies despite the change. But honestly, how do you go along through all of this building up the corrupting power of the ring and then find one person who just says "Nope! I'd never take that!" right away. It destroys any credibility you've built up. And to a point, destroying the Ring in the middle of RotK and adding more to the end destroys what you've worked for. Sure, its more realisitic to have a way of saying "Evil isn't destroyed so easily", but this is fantasy, and we don't always need to hold to Tolkien's depressive ending. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ...not that the end of the movies were all that much happier, of course.</blockquote>

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