Yesterday, I sat down for the first showing with tickets for the next showing already in my hands. I could hardly sit still for the first scene, but all through the movie, all I could think of was how far they actually deviated from the book. I was fairly dissappointed in what I was seeing. This could have been an amazing movie beyond comparison, but they failed it in so many ways. Where were the Huorns at the end of the battle of Helm's Deep? Why was Faramir, one of my favorite characters from the book, suddenly cast as being so evil? And what was up with the Nazgul at Osgiliath and Frodo showing it that it had the ring? I believe that the movie could have, should have been so much better. <BR>But when I sat through the second showing, I enjoyed it more. Once I had vented my anger on my patient, non-fanatic friends, I sat down and watched the movie as just that; a movie. Judging it from that perspective, it is jaw-dropping. The visuals are amazing, and who can't help dropping their whole adrenaline supply watching the first scene...<BR>It was a very good movie, but it was lacking in so many ways.
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