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I just saw the movie today. I felt that it was truly an awesome movie. The biggest surprise for me is that "Fellowship" followed the book so closely and "Tower" strayed from the book. I realize that it had to stray some so that it wouldn't be a 2 week long movie. I don't think that changes needed to be made. (examples: Aragorn going over the cliff, Faramir's nobility denied by his taking Frodo to Osgolith, Legolas giving in to dispair in Helm's Deep, Arwen going to the West (or does she?))
Highlights for me was the way the Ent's were rendered and the battle scenes from Helm's Deep. Lowlights were my examples and the dwarf tossing joke.
The scenes which I think which will be unappreciated or overlooked but which I thought were excellent were the representations of Gollum's internal torment. I can't conceive of a better showing between the good and evil within Smeagol's mind.
The one thing which I truly missed from this movie was the lack of the Huron's (sentinent, moving trees) swallowing up the retreating Orc army at Helm's Deep.
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