[Diamond18]

I've been thinking about it, and I realized one of the main things that was wrong with the atmosphere of the Dead Marshes. Besides what I already mentioned, it was the fact that they could see the dead bodies just by walking by. In the book you couldn't see them until you were looking right into the water.<P>So by having them visible from a distance it took away from the thrilling shock that I felt reading the book when Sam fell down and suddenly saw these dead faces that he didn't know were there until they were *right* there.<P>Even though the part with the dead elf opening its eyes and Frodo falling in an being surrounded by dead grasping bodies was quite creepy, I simply missed that feeling that I got the first time, when I didn't know that there were dead bodies until Sam did. It was just one of those "moments" that can't be recreated, because of the surprise and shock.<P>Seeing as I knew about the meaning behind the name Dead Marshes going into the movie, there was no chance of shock, but I think it would have helped to recreate it a little if it had been like the book in that it was darker and the bodies weren't visible from a standing position.<P>That and the fact that the flickering candles under the water weren't there.<P>Of course, I still can't wait to see it again.