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No contest for me. I could have forgiven everything else, but the radical, senseless altering of the Pelennor Fields, in the book one of the most cinematic scenes I've ever read, seemed suicidally awful.
I agree; I wanted to see the disguised Dernhelm. "Do you not? Then call me Dernhelm," is one of those lines that makes the blood tingle with excitement. (I was one of the less canny readers, by the way, whom Eowyn fooled...)
Theoden's charge was good, and I liked his speech, but it should have coincided with the sunrise, of course.
The Witch King fight was enjoyable because Miranda Otto is an excellent actress. But oh how I yearned for those lost dwimmerlaik lines. Then poor Eomer-already practically cut from TTT-was massacred. That sliver of grief we got was brilliant. Why weren't we allowed more? The EE only worsened things with the stupid Gothmog chase aspect...
Theoden pinched my favourite line "Ride to ruin and the world's ending!" Dash it, Kingy, give your nephew some limelight...
And Arwen's banner...ah!...I would have cut Arwen out of the films completely if necessary just to see that banner.
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Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter
-Il Lupo Fenriso
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