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Originally Posted by alatar

It’s just too good the way that Faramir reaches down and takes the sword hand of this coarse shieldmaiden, and that the two clasp tightly. Much said in those short milliseconds....only wish that we had more time for the Houses of Healing scene..

I agree. There's not enough time taken on the houses of the healing, and neither earlier for Aragorn healing our 3 heroes.

A troop of orcs approaches, and Sam and Frodo are caught. Like in the books, the two hobbits try to hide along the side of the road like some poor foot-sore snuffling orcs. For a moment, it looks like they will go unnoticed, but then the orc troop leader stops. He whips them into line, but at least they aren’t noticed as ‘not orcs’ (how the leader and the rest of the troop are so blind is beyond me, as, at least in the books it was dark.

I always thought they would not show this scene when the films were being made as I just couldn't see how it would work without looking really silly. But it does work (just) for me. But it's a pity we didn't have the scene before this (the tracker and the orc arguing about 'Number One' being done in). I really like this but in the book, as it shows the importance of Merry and Eoywn's action in killing the WK. Without this, Frodo and Sam would have almost definately been caught.

PS It looked pretty dark in the film to me as the Orcs approach. I admit not pitch black, but pretty gloomy!

“Don’t you know we’re at war!”

I love that line, along with 'Inspection!' - a few captain obvious lines as a lot of people here seem to think that only poor old Orlando Bloom states.

Back in Mordor, it’s inspection time.....A pretty ugly orc picks our two hobbits out for a closer look

- I still wonder exactly what he caught? was it the Ring on the chain, or that they aren;t orcs? Or what. anyone any ideas what caught his eye? (he couldn't have smelt anything of course!)

No one sees our two hobbits running off in the distance - no cover of darkness, no elvish cloaks, just very convenient luck.

or just not looking that way.

“Can’t get song out of head!”

Where there's a whip there's a way. Why didn't that get a nomination for Best Song at the Oscars? But not as good as "Bilbo, my lad, Ho Ho my lad" from the Hobbit which is a literary Masterpiece.

Next we see Sam and Frodo crossing the desolation of Mordor. The rocky ground is shrouded in mists or vapors, of what origin we don’t know.

These scenes look SO BLEAK to me. Exactly what they should be. Really good filming.

A little gem included by PJ is seeing Sam’s weskit being thrown into the crevasse

I love the way the discarded things hit the camera full on. Imax 3d here we come!

as he looks up, he sees a star between the parting clouds.

I was so glad this was put into the EE. It brought a tear to my eye, a beacon of hope amongst the bleak landscape we have been subjected to other the last few minutes. A really powerful scene from the book put across well.