The Scouring of the Shire -- Why Not???

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

HC, I think 20-30 minutes would be dreamlike for all that stuff. I reckon it will be brutalised down into about 10-13 minutes.<P>You are all right, its not a happy ending anyway. But Jackson is obviously trying to make it a sight more happy by not including this disaster for the Shire.<P>Saucepan, your point about not showing the Scouring because it concludes a tale that has not been told in the first two films does not sway me. First of all, it was Jackson's choice not to put these into the first films. Secondly, most of the story actually takes place in Jackson's version of ROTK, with the downfall of Saruman at Isengard, as well as the meeting with Saruman on the way home from Gondor. The only part that hasn't been explained is the naming of the Hobbits (Lobelia, Lotho, etc) which, as I pointed out above, is not really necessary.<P>The other point that several people have made regarding 'climax' and 'anticlimax' or 'mini-climax' confuses me. I'll be honest, I've only made one film before so I'm not an expert on cinematography. But why does every blockbuster have to fit the mould of others by having a big climax to end the film?