Just to set the record straight: the Nazgūl do attack at night on Weathertop (drawn, in the movie, by the Hobbits' ill-conceived cooking fire). If it seems a bit bright, there is justification in the book -- the battle takes place under a "waxing moon" that casts a "pale light" and reveals the Wraiths' approach. In the book, the race to the ford takes place "in the late afternoon", not at night. <P>On the other hand, I would have preferred Nazgūl that "sprang forward and bore down on Frodo" rather than ones that moved with the alarming torpidity they displayed at Weathertop in the movie, but that's just a quibble.
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