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Message: <blockquote data-quote="danbala" data-source="post: 555989" data-attributes="member: 8464">Fair enough. The world would certainly be a dull place if we all agreed on everything.I have to admit that I am one of those people who found the movie to be basically perfect. Perhaps there will one day come a movie that sets the bar for Fantasy movies even higher (RotK?). But for the moment, I have to admit that I basically love this movie and built into that is the reflexive need to defend her.While I was left with almost the opposite impression. I was very pleased and surprised how well the movie on one hand introduced us to seven or so new main characters while on the other still provided addition depth of character to the reoccuring characters. In particular, I thought it did a great job with Sam and Frodo, introducing a strange dynamic with Gollum (Sam even becomes a little jeolous of the connection between Frodo and Gollem -- even such a miserable one). That friendship in particular really rang true for me.While its true that some characters were left on the sidelines a bit (Eomyr, Gandalf, Elrond. Merry Peppin) this was served by the needs of the story. I was much more pleased by this than if the filmakers had been compelled to find a way to cram them back into the story. I think the reason for one of the contrversial  changes from the book -- the decision to have Peppin basically trick Treebeard into war -- was driven by the need to make these characters a bit more dynamic then they were in the book. Personally, I understand the need for this change and accepted it.But admit: wasn't it really cool when they showed up? To me, this was one of the many highlights.  Therefore, from my perspective this quibble is like looking a gift horse in the mouth.I remember having the same thought when my father read to me the Hobbit as a kid. One arrow to take down a whole dragon? As far as the wraith goes, Aragon previously chased off five with a sword and a torch, so they are probably not meant to be killing machines.Hmmm. Interesting point. It sounds like something that will be made clearer in the extended cut DVD. (As will how Faramir learned of Boromir's death).He struck me as about as suspicious as he could be. In fact, he was much more suspicious than he was in the book, but we covered that already above.Again, for me this was such a cool moment that quibbles seem beside the point. Personally, as cool as the fight scenes were, i didn't need to see the Uruk-hai come in for another assualt. i'm willing to presume that there was a great deal of additional carnage not shown.Now that last part is something we both can agree on!</blockquote>

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