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PJ's simplification?????????? Do you have any idea how layered and intricate these films were compared to average Hollywood fare? Some things had to be left out simply because Jackson did not have 30 hours to make the story.
I think of just a few scenes off the top of my head to disprove such a charge. Aragorn singing about Luthien - something which meant nothing to probably 95% of those who saw the film but was a nice gesture towards layering the tale with actual Middle-earth history.
IF Jackson wanted to simplify he could have done what many would have done and made Denethor simply the King of Gondor and not wasted any space or time on the whole steward backstory and what it meant. But he didn't do that. He showed respect for the history of Middle-earth.
He certainly did not simplify the architecture and settings and went to great time and expense to get it right to be faithful to Middle-earth.
Simplification indeed!!!
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