The lighthouse of Mordor

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I agree that the first time we see the Eye in <I>The Fellowship of the Ring</I>, the effect is very good.<P>Perhaps Jackson could have had a closeup of the Eye, panned out to the Black Gate to show where it was looking, and then followed that up with a side journey (of quite a few miles, not just a 5 minute walk away like the film had it as) to Frodo and Sam.<P>This would have shown that the Eye was fixed on the battle. It would have eliminated the skewed logic of the Eye not being able to see behind that clump of dirt that the Hobbits were hiding behind. It would also have done away with the silly light.<P>But on the whole I don't like the idea of a huge eyeball floating above the Barad-dur anyway.