1. (the most unforgivable) Gollum when he leaps on invisi-Frodo. That was the single worst scene in the movie. <I>Comical</I>, really.<P>2. I wanted Ioreth's line, "The hands of the King are the hands of a healer", the scene at the crossroads before Minas Morgul when Frodo and Sam see the stone king's head crowned with golden flowers, and Legolas' newfound obsession with the sea after he hears the gulls. <P>3. The singing of the Rohirrim on the battlefield!!! I could have forgiven everything else...<P>4. That oath-breakers were <I>green</I> (honestly, that's just silly), and that they looked slightly decayed, which got me wondering, how is it that spirits decay?<P>5. Eowyn's helmet made her face look like putty, and made her nose looked mashed. I really think they could have found a fiercer-looking helm for the slayer of the Nazgul King.<P>6. Gothmog. Ugh. What a freak-show. He looked like he had bubblegum stuck to his head.<P>7. The music at the beginning made me cringe. It was unabashedly overdramatized. Howard Shore got ahead of himself, but the solos (especially Pip's) more than made up for any fumbles.<P>8. The dialogue. Tolkien's words were at their best in RotK. Why didn't PJ use them? No amount of Hollywood one-liners could've compensated for direct quotes.
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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