Does RotK Feel Rushed?

[Lily Bracegirdle]

My butt thought the movie was too long, but my head wanted it to be much longer. There were so many loose ends that weren't tied up: Faramir and Eowyn (as others have mentioned), Eomer becoming king of Rohan, and Legolas and Gimli disappeared entirely (though they did that in the book, too).<P>Though I was not looking forward to seeing Frodo and Sam slogging endlessly through Mordor, I found those sections too abbreviated. It seemed it took them months to get to Mordor from the Shire, but once within its borders, it was just a twenty minute stroll to Mount Doom. I think this was due to the time compression of removing the days between the battles of the Pelennor fields and the Morannon. It seemed that directly after the Pelennor battle they took a five minute break to discuss strategy ("A diversion!") and then set off again, arriving at the Morannon on the same day, when in actuality they took several days to get organized and several more to reach the Black Gate. <P>I heard the editor of the movie thought it was too short. The cut he and PJ liked was 4.5 hours long. I hope most of that hour and ten is set between the two battles.<P>-Lily<p>[ 1:05 PM December 31, 2003: Message edited by: Lily Bracegirdle ]