What I didn't like about TTT, and a couple of things I did

[zorb47 <zorb47@cox.net>]

Yes!  You said it all better than I ever could, Amy.  I adored TTT, 
and will certainly see it again, but I just could not believe how 
much of the plot was changed.  They got all the Big Points in the 
right places, but the details were scrambled.

One change that I did like was with Eowyn.  I absolutely cannot stand 
her in the book (Ginny Weasley reminds me of her), but the added 
expository scenes with Theodred (well, his body), Eomer, and Grima 
Wormtongue gave her more of an initial character, rather than 
introducing her as the ice queen with a crush on Aragorn.  With that 
change, I think it was necessary to add the Aragorn/Arwen business, 
so that the audience isn't completely ready to thwack Aragorn upside 
his pretty head and tell him to marry Eowyn.

The Ents got shafted.  I can never get a clear image of them in my 
head, so the visual aspect didn't bug me much, but I did have issues 
with how they came off as stupid and ignorant.  Ah, well, Merry and 
Pippin made up for it.

The only things I can't forgive are the treatments of Faramir and 
Gimli.  Change the plot all you like, but keep my characters true to 
themselves!  I greatly missed my intelligent, enlightened Faramir 
(and Eowyn's supposed to like this guy???), and poor Gimli was 
reduced to comic relief.

Of course, there were a thousand and one fantastic things about the 
movie to balance out the bad.  I basically adored anything not 
mentioned here, specifically Frodo, the visuals, Helm's Deep and 
Isengard, Gollum, the Marshes, Aragorn and Legolas...I could go on 
for a long while, and I can't wait for RotK.

In the meantime, I'll continue my nth reread of the books, including 
the much-enjoyed BotR. ;-)


Zorb