Stuff In Fellowship I Didn't Like:~Arwen usurping Glorfindel
~Frodo's lack of self-protection. He got his own dang self across the Ford, darnit!!!
~No conspiracy of hobbits. That was one of my fave bits in the books.
~No Barrow-downs! *sob*
I love the 'Downs!
~Sam didn't get his dirt!
Stuff In Fellowship I Did Like:~The firework. Go Merry and Pippin!
~Gimli being uber-embarrassed when asking for his gift from Galadriel. Aw.... ;D
~The cave troll in Balin's Tomb.
~The stairway bit in Moria. "Nobody tosses a dwarf!" *snork*
~Leggie's lembas commercial
~Mer and Pip's exchange after aforementioned commercial.
~Merry and Pippin flooring Aragorn when he tells them to leave Boromir alone. *muhuhaha!*
Stuff In Towers I Didn't Like:~Arwen. Any part with her in it at all. Tolkien got all the way through Towers without mentioning Arwen once. You'd have though PJ could do the same...
~Distinct lack of Merry and Pippin. There is an entire consecutive HOUR where they aren't shown at all! *fume*
~Elves showing up at Helm's Deep.
~Faramir being a prat.
~Not showing more of the ents gooshing Isengard.
Stuff In Towers I Did Like:~The scene at the beginning, showing Gandalf fighting the Balrog.
~Gollum chasing the fish in the river (just because I feel so sorry for Andy Serkis for having to do that scene...
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~Merry and Pippin finding the storeroom at Isengard.
Stuff In RotK I Didn't Like:~Arwen dying because of the power of Sauron. What in the name of high school football?
~Gandalf in general. He's so mean to Pippin!
~Frodo telling Sam to go home. Come on! You can't tell Sam to leave! You would be orc-bait without him, ya little twerp!
~Smelrond bringing Anduril to Aragorn at Dunharrow. It seemed that it was an afterthought on PJ's part ("Oh yeah, he needs that sword!"), and besides, he could've had Elladan, Elrohir, and Halbarad and the Rangers bring it! Thus fixing the next problem:
~No Rangers! Hal and all of Aragorn's other buddies were supposed to come help fight!
~No Scouring of the Shire! WAAAAAAAA!
That was my all-time favourite part in the books!
~They didn't show Merry pledge his sword to Rohan. But that will be amended in the EV, so I'm not too upset.
~They didn't show Saruman and Wormtongue get gooshed. But that will be in the EV too, so it's okay.
Stuff In RotK I Did Like:~The "Oh, snap" looks on the faces of the Orcs at the Back when the Rohirrim show up.
~Pippin singing for Denethor.
~Gandalf thwapping Denethor with the Pokey Stick of Doom! *muhuhaha!*
~Pippin jumping into the fire to save Faramir. Huzzah for Pippin!
~Everyone bowing to the hobbits.
~The signal that Minas Morgul sent up. So creepy and kewl-like.
~SHELOB!!!!! *MUHUHAHAHAHA!!!*
~Pippin lighting the beacons.
There are probably a bunch more, but this is all I can think of right now. I'll be back later!
Abedithon le,
~Takua