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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 539310" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Joshua and others:I think that when Grima is next to Saruman and he is taken to the balcony to see the vast armies below, and a tear falls, is because I interpreted the tear as one of mixed awe and terror.Awe: Grima was awed that such an army was on "his" side, and that they did in fact have the armies needed to do the job of conquering Rohan, and storming Helm's Deep.Terror: Grima, if you gentlemen will recall, is still a quasi-barbarian from the country of Rohan. He has never imagined, let alone seen, such an awesome army. The fact that it really exists right before him, and is obviously ferocious and full of absolute ruthless determination, and is prepared to butcher all of Rohan to achieve victory, I think actually reaches into Grima and strikes a cord of fear and terror at what such an army is going to set about doing.Celebrim:Well, you are certainly entitled to your views, and I can partially agree with some aspects of your critiques, but I disagree with the conclusion. I still think that despite a few minor flaws and different interpreation choices, that the movie is fantastic. As I mentioned before though, I have never expected the film to be a literal take off on the books, simply because the books have far too much depth and stuff going on that could ever be accurately captured in a three hour movie. Thus, I accept the movie on its own merits as being a great film adaptation of the books, rather than a literal translation. It's unfortunate that you feel so cheated at the movie. Well, on the bright side, you don't have to waste your money on the Return of the King. You know now, ahead of time, that you can just skip that film next year and save yourself some money and stress to boot.<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=":)" />Take care though. Hopefully, it will grow on you!<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=":)" />Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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