I think the scenery was one of the movies strongest points, I was overall pleased with it (along with the acting and the score). I thought Minas Tirith and Rivendell were done beautifully, I liked Rohan and Edoras. The Shire, I pictured as just exactly as shown, rolling mounds and little hobbit homes. (Sinnce I'm not a gardner, I wouldn't notice things such as messy gardens.)
I also liked them keeping in Gandalf bumping his head on the wall. This actually wasn't planned, it was all done by Mckellan who accidently knocked his head, and they decided to keep it in. I think it adds to the lighter side in the beginning of the movie, which I think the beginning should be (up until the whole Ring is sort of discovered).
I imagined Bilbo and Gandalf long time friends kind of a light-heart, somewhat "laughable" beginning, with this underlying problem of the ring, and Mckellan bumping his head (though unintentionally) kind of fits.
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