Many excellent points above, pro and con: A few comments:
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Originally Posted by Mister Underhill
Another of these is the bit with the "fiery letters" on the Ring. Why would the letters flare up several seconds after the Ring has been taken from the fire? It's little details like this that add up and bother me over the course of the trilogy.
The same reason the Ring sits for like twenty seconds on the floor of Mount Doom before it finally crumbles and disappears. To build up the tension. From a book perspective, I don't like it, but from a movie perspectice, I think it does what it's supposed"
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It seems to me, I don't have a copy of LOTR at the moment, that the scene
of the Ring showing letters after a pause was taken from the book.
The depiction of Farmer Maggot was, in its way, as irritating as Denethor.
I believe Tom Bombadil has a high opinion of Maggot, in the book he
refuses to give in to Sharkey, and his dogs weren't the movie wimp.
It would have been better to just have him labeled "unknown hobbit" in
movie credits.
One of the nice little bits in the book was Frodo's reconciliation with
Maggot. Rather then bowlderize the character it would have been better
to exclude him (like Tom Bombadil).
And yes, rewatching FOTR makes you appreciate more how crucial to
the movies IM was.
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