<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>The majority of the audience burst into cheers, which I attribute to the general perversion of the Hollywood movie diet. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Sad but true SSM.<P>The more I ponder 'RotK' the more it rates as a dismal failure for me. Everything of course reminds one of the book, but is in reality, almost always a perviosn or a pale shadow. <P>Too bad, it had so many elements in it's favor.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> PJ and his writers have changed many of the characters personality traits. Until RotK I thought they had been doing a good job portraying Gandalf. Of course, they couldn't leave well enough alone so we have scenes such as:<P>Gandalf wacking Denethor with his staff.<BR>Gandalf pushing Denethor back onto the pyre.<BR>Gandalf yelling at Pippin and again using the staff instead of affording him respect when he offers his services to Denethor. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Indeed, the fall of 'Gandalf' in this movie was in many ways the final straw for me, as had been maintained with a degree of dignity. Of course the fact that McKellan was willing to argue w/ PJ to keep as much of the real dialogue in surely helped, but 'RotK' was almost some kind of bizarre parody in so many scenes.
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The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.
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