On a more general note, this is exactly one of the things the scriptwriters/director did to, as they say, 'get Tolkien (back) into the film'. They had written a ~80 pages long resume with the general storyline (of the movies, that is), they had all the various 'effects' necessary for creating an image of Middle Earth, & so they used quotes/semi-quotes from the books put into the movies where it worked, but not necessarily where Tolkiens novel originally had them. At least, that's how it's explained in the FotR EE boxset's additional material. One can discuss whether it works, personally, I like it a lot. But I guess some would disagree...
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