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In any case, up above, the suggestion was made that the battle was the taking of Orthanc by the Ents, which is only described, not shown, in the book.

And, I must say, I think if it was not shown in the movie, I would be disappointed. I want to see Treebeard and company tearing that place apart!

TreeBeard is a huge robotic puppet... and Merry and Pippin ride on his shoulders. TreeBeard's voice is by the same actor who plays Gimli...

We will see the results of the Entdraughts on Merry and Pippin.

The only thing I see is that Arwen and her brothers join in the battle of Helm's Deep, bring Aragorn the sword of Narsil. When asked why Aragorn does not carry the sword as he did in the books, Jackson replied that he thought when the hobbits charged through his door at Bree, it would have garnered too big a laugh if Aragorn whipped out a broken sword. Those who were familiar with the books would understand why the sword was broken... those who only had seen the movie would not.

I do not envy Jackson's task. But, he has done a marvelous job. I especially like him because he is very fond of Gollum.