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I know I've said this before, but I felt that Rohan and specifically Theoden were shortchanged by PJ. Once he had been healed by Gandalf, Tolkien's Theoden was noble and vigorous. Bernard Hill stayed sullen, quoting many of the lines that Tolkien's Theoden came out with *before* the healing.
The relationship between Rohan and Gondor in the book was I felt very noble, and I didn't like the way it was drawn into question in the movie.
Having said all that, the arrival of Rohan at the battle of the Pelennor Fields was still the best example in the entire movie trilogy of the "high" I think Mark 12_30 is talking about.
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