[The Saucepan Man]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Gandalf replies, “End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. There’s another path we all must take. The gray rain curtain of this world rolls back, and it will change to the silver clouds, and then you see it.” When Pippin asks, “See what?” Gandalf replies, “White shores and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.” Gandalf’s words, with a vivid picture of heaven, comfort Pippin as he contemplates battle and possible death. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>It is nice that these lines are included, and I thought that this little scene between Gandalf and Pippin was very touching. I love the way that the relationship between these characters develops as the film progresses.<P>But, although when I saw the film for the first time I did not place these lines from the book, it did occur to me that they were strange lines for Gandalf to be saying to Pippin, since Gandalf is clearly talking about the Undying Lands. And, while he will return there, Pippin's fate lies in an entirely different place. Still the sense of the journey not ending with death was conveyed well, and it was a nice touch given the situation that they were in.