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  • Revisiting Middle Earth:

    From the page: "Many of the wonderful moments in that film â€" the lighting of the beacons, Faramirâ€s charge on Osgiliath, the catapult battle, Pippin and Gandalfâ€s discussion about the afterlife â€" are scenes that Jackson either invented or wildly embellished. (Unfortunately,... more

    Reviewed by JIR Dec 26 2007, 04:14am ( 8 reviews ) davidlouisedelman.com

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  • Rated by veritasnoctis on Feb 11 2008, 7:48pm

    Interesting review of Tolkien's Return of the King in light of Jackson's movie version.
  • Rated by JIR on Dec 26 2007, 4:14am

    From the page: "Many of the wonderful moments in that film â€" the lighting of the beacons, Faramirâ€s charge on Osgiliath, the catapult battle, Pippin and Gandalfâ€s discussion about the afterlife â€" are scenes that Jackson either invented or wildly embellished. (Unfortunately, PJ also invented Sam and Frodoâ€s falling out over some missing lembas wafers. Ugh.)" I agree. I fail to understand the bringing forward of the rift between Frodo and Sam, as nothing like that happened in the book: Sam was faithful to the end, and Frodo never lost faith in him.
  • Rated by TheHorde on Dec 26 2007, 12:35am

    I own the edition that is pictured last on the webpage.