[HairOfTheDog]

Jeepers Brady! I just don't see a deal breaker here... All of us who know the characters can give them whatever thoughts they must have had. The book forced us to use our imagination to see all these events. The movie gives us some of the pictures, but that doesn't mean you have to turn off your imagination and accept only what is on screen.

Use your imagination. Give your characters the thoughts and virtues and struggles you know they had to make your story work. In Aragorn I see everything I need to see to make the story work for me. Much of it told to me well by Jackson, and the rest filled in by my own experience.

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

He makes an excellent point about the ents, though, don't you think? I was disappointed in that also. In the books, the ents needed no goading whatsoever, but were hellbent to destroy Isengard after their entmoot. This was completely distorted in the movie... (Ents of the movie acted like an indecisive United Nations). He has some good points about Saruman as well, IMO.... But definitely not dealbreakers! Movie is still a 9.95 out of 10 for me!

[BradyLS]

I had a good time at the movie. I'll give credit to PJ for being faithful to the story up to the point of Edoras. He brought Middle-Earth and the characters to life in a way that I didn't think possible in the first movie. After that, he's begun trending toward the mean for Hollywood and, enjoyable as it is, it isn't the story in the books. I'll be there for ROTK. I expect to have a good time watching what happens to the characters that Jackson has borrowed for his story. I'll probably catch this one a time or two more and then I'll await the conclusion. Surely PJ should be happy that I put over the cash for three films? I saw Fellowship six times! How's that for acceptance from a "purist?"