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Kalimac · 04-06-2002, 09:08 PM

I've seen the movie more times than I care to reveal and the scene with Merry and Pippin being carried off by the Uruk-Hai - it doesn't make me cry but I can feel my face tightening up the way it does where you're on the verge of doing so. Just something about their horror at seeing Boromir killed and their helplessness as they're picked up like so much luggage and carried away...<P>Samwise - the scene with Bill would definitely have been awful if they'd done it like in the book . But don't watch the Bakshi version in that case, since they leave in that bit (even worsen it, if you can imagine that. Bakshi never knew when to stop).

04-06-2002, 09:08 PM	#28
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	I've seen the movie more times than I care to reveal and the scene with Merry and Pippin being carried off by the Uruk-Hai - it doesn't make me cry but I can feel my face tightening up the way it does where you're on the verge of doing so. Just something about their horror at seeing Boromir killed and their helplessness as they're picked up like so much luggage and carried away...<P>Samwise - the scene with Bill would definitely have been awful if they'd done it like in the book . But don't watch the Bakshi version in that case, since they leave in that bit (even worsen it, if you can imagine that. Bakshi never knew when to stop). __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.