[Child of the 7th Age]

HC,<P>I am enormously impressed with your analysis. I think you have put your finger on the problem quite well. Isn't it amazing what this little change in structure entailed? <P>Yet I still wonder if PJ couldn't have achieved the same goal somewhat differently. For example, the Ents could have decided to go to war, but they could have spent a lot of time moaning that this would likely be the last march that they would ever undertake and stressed that they are dying out. <P>Similarly, with Faramir, you might show him as one tiny gleeming light of integrity in an otherwise grim situation. This could be done by contrasting him with his father, perhaps even using flashbacks or some such thing.<P>I think you've put your finger on the problem, but there might have been other ways to get around it rather than the one PJ chose.<P>Having said this, and with all the flaws in the movie that deeply bothered me, I will admit I've seen it 4 times. There were still things I could take away and treasure, particularly the visual depiction of Middle-earth. Sometimes I felt as if I was staring at an Alan Lee print that had somehow come alive. I thought that was especially true at the Black Gate. It perfectly matched one of my book covers!<P>sharon<p>[ January 23, 2003: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]