Of course they don't accurately follow the books. Few film adaptations do, and most of those are poorer for it.<P>However, how closely they match the books shouldn't be used as a yardstick for measuring their quality.<P>H.C.
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"Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs."
-Denethor
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