Beers...

I finally saw LOTR:RotK last night. Yes it is a wonderful film, full of action, great acting, wonderful sets etc. etc. In spite of that I still felt a little empty at the end of it… as I’m sure many who have read the books also feel. I don’t want to rag on Jackson too much (grin) because he has created an incredible film, but some of the omissions and alternations (for brevity or whatever) I still thought were curious and sometimes disappointing. ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ I’m sure the Extended version of RotK may address much of this but – who knows. Anyways… some of the things (not all of which I noticed…):
-Elrond tent scene – never happened
-Frodo never abandoned Sam in the book
-the return to an unoccupied Shire
-Denethor’s dramatic leap off of Minas Tirith

And the omissions:
-The Voice of Saruman
-Prince Imrahil
-Sam and Frodo at the Crossroads
-Ghan-buri-ghan
-The Mouth of Sauron
-The Houses of Healing

Ya.. obviously it can’t all be included but the worst omission (IMHO) was how Saruman just disappeared. He is locked in the tower guarded by the Treebeard. Ok. Off we go… The whole confrontation with Gandalf was omitted. I found this very disappointing. Anyways… it *was* a great film. And I’m picking at some little things. I like wizards and magic… it would have been nice to see it more represented in the film. I still hope it does well at the Oscars. Fantasy films never get their due at the Oscars… hopefully this year will be different.