[Dain]

You couldn't tell it was Farmer Maggot from the dog? To be fair, I didn't really make the connexion, partially because he is so frightened. But then, if the first person you see interacting with a Black Rider isn't afraid of it, how does that inform the audience on Black Riders? Could have chosen a better target, I suppose. The other scary part is when a BR talks to the Gaffer in the lane, and Frodo overhears (right?). That should have been in the film...<P>Man-of-the-Wold: I agree with your point about focusing the film more on the world of men than perhaps the books did (or just making it more obvious). Underlying the books is the feeling that Elves especially, and Dwarves, and even Hobbits, are going to fade out of ME and man is coming back into his own out of the dark times, lead by Elessar, who they have made into much more of a leading, central figure (including the Arwen romance). It will be interesting to see how Merry and Pippin fare in filmRotK, because they didn't do well in filmTT.<p>[ February 17, 2003: Message edited by: Dain ]