[Diamond18]

I always think of the moth as Radagast's cameo. <P><UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>The scenes in FotR (at the party and the Green Dragon) which included Rosie. I mean, introducing her character in an offhand comment towards the end of RotK would not have worked. Tolkien pulled it off by having more of her in the Scouring, but with the time and pacing constraints in the movie, that sudden relationship would have been odd.<BR><LI>Putting more emphasis on the relationship between Boromir and Merry and Pippin. It was one the things that made his character more accessable, and made "Curse you and all the halflings!" an even more striking line to show how the Ring was working on him.<BR><LI>Featuring the death and funeral of Theodred, and the grief of his father and cousins.<BR><LI>Showing the village the Orcs pillaged. I admit that I get teary-eyed every time Freida says that line about the horse being too big for Eothain to ride. That one line hits me and I'm not sure why it in particular does when I hardly blink for most other parts.<BR><LI>Showing Grima hitting on Eowyn.<BR><LI>Showing Grima and Saruman plotting "together".<BR><LI>Having Pippin sing for Denethor. The sorrow in that song spoke volumes about how Pippin was maturing, and becoming aware of what's going on around him. Very economic character developement!<BR><LI>Frodo's "dream" of being in Lothlorien and Galadriel helping him up. That wonderful smile on her face, which no one got to see in the theatrical version of FotR (but she gave to Gimli in the EE).<BR><LI>Frodo's wonderful smile after getting on the boat.</UL><P>There are probably other little bits I'm not thinking of, but those are some of the main ones.