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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fenros" data-source="post: 337937" data-attributes="member: 975">I don't mind Saruman being the one responsible for the storm on Caradhas. Even though it was a change (and the film has plenty), it was one that didn't have an ill effect on the story or characters. It didn't make Sauron seem wimpy, and it didn't make Saruman look too powerful. It wasn't out of character and it helped unify the events going on between Saruman and the Fellowship's journey.However, Chromnos is right about Weathertop. That made the Ringwraiths wimpy. If I was a newcomer to LOTR and first saw the movie, I'd think that all you need to fight off Ringwraiths was a simple torch and decent sword skills. Not saying that Strider has only decent sword skills, we know his skill is very awesome, and its seen in other parts of the film when battling orcs. But during the Weathertop scene he's not doing anything fancy with his sword. Actually, it looks like he's just swinging it wildly to get the wraiths to back off Frodo a bit. It really looks like most of the credit of making the wraiths flee goes to the single simple torch.I love LOTR:FOTR ....but I admit it has flaws. That's one of them.  Lots of my absolute fav movies have many flaws. Thank goodness that the things I like about them far outweigh the negative. Such is the case with LOTR:FOTR.</blockquote>