Okay, now that I've got over my giddiness about Frodo the Cat, I can make some more sobre observations about that fascinating website
davem linked to.
I would like to recommend its webmaster, J.W. Braun, for an honorary membership on the Downs. (I don't know if we have those, but I propose one nonetheless).
Why? Because I was immensely impressed with this page in particular, where JW demonstrates similarities between PJ's movie and Baskshi's movie and compares those scenes to the books:
Visual sources Jackson borrowed.
Of course, I suppose
Sauron the White will object that a movie must be considered on its own merits and not compared to other oranges--er, movies--but I find this point of view very interesting and I highly commend Mr. Braun (who seems to have given up updating his site) for taking the time to consider the power of visual images.
There, I hope this is a sobre enough post to compensate for my uncharacteristic outburst yesterday.
