Additions that didn't help ROTK

[Firefoot]

I didn't so much have a problem with Frodo sending Sam away as I did with Sam actually going. That seemed very contradictory because even in the movie Sam was convinced never to leave Frodo and then he did!<P>I really liked Pippin's singing but I didn't like the way the introduced it because he says "We don't have songs for great halls and evil times" or whatever and then the song is perfect! It was another thing that I thought contradicted itself. Billy Boyd has a really nice voice though. I was so surprised. Denethor eating was rather disgusting. I think it was grapes?<P>The Denethor/skydiving made me laugh. It was so stupid. By not including the palantir I thought that it didn't really explain Denethor's madness. That was one book scene that I always enjoyed; it seemed to finalize Denethor's madness quite well. But jumping off of Minas Tirith... I'm laughing even as I type.<P>The Dead being green bothered me too. They always seemed much more transparent and less noticeable, like in the book where Legolas turns around on his horse and suddenly realizes they were following. They had subtlely joined and they hadn't realized it, even if they knew they would.<P>Merry and Pippin's farewell scene...same as everyone else. They both seemed too sad at their parting. I mean, I know they were good friends and everything but still. And that "you smoke too much" was funny and inappropriate.<P>Elrond bringing Anduril... honestly, I was quite surprised. I had assumed that Aragorn had it all along even though it never actually said that. Why did it have to be Agent Elrond err... Elrond anyway? Why not the Rangers of the North? That was something I really missed from the movie.<P>I thought the Ring melting in Mt. Doom was really cool. It was one scene that I thought that PJ & co did an excellent job on.