The Temple of Khazad Doom

[Fingo]

I only had a few issues on the whole Moria bit and not many of them had to do with the plot.<P>First off: I know that Dwarrowdelf is supposed to be big and magnificent and all, but the movie version was too big to even be imagined as realistic. I mean, Dwarves are not tall people by any means, and there is no way that ALL of those REALLY FREAKIN tall columns in such a FREAKIN HUGE room is even remotely accepted (at least by me) as "willing suspension of disbelief". You couldn't see any end to the hall or the roof of the ceiling. And weren't there supposed to be windows? <P>Rant Two: The stairs falling thing was pretty cool, but the law of physics are being denied again here as well. I mean, when Frodo and Aragorn are suddenly stranded on the other side and the steps start leaning, they go WAY over. I mean WAY, just look at the angle of the Hobbit and the Man to the backdrop. Then the stairs magically start to tip the other way and Aragorn, in effort to stop the stair from changing its mind again, says "Lean forward." <P>As for the Bridge scene. I cried. I cried at that part in the book and I cried in the movie. It was just as I pictured it. Although I did think someone should have at least made a move toward Gandalf for the sake of realism, with the camara focused completely on Frodo's and Aragorn's expressions, I can see how that would have been impossible to show. And you have to note that the orcs have reappeared and suddenly remembered that they have bows. Too dangerous for the King of Men to try and retrieve his good friend and guide. But he *was* supposed to fall. I'll cut the cynicism now.