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I've hear PJ mention it in various commentaries and interviews several times. The formless Dark Lord presents a dramatic problem. The antagonist needs a protagonists, and the camera needs a character.

I hope PJ does not "anthropomorphize" Sauron--but I don't have a problem if he does--PJ will have the problem, because to make Sauron have a form will make Sauron less menacing.

What I'd do, if allowed to play--I'd make the Mouth of Sauron a surrogate, and have Sauron "possess" him like a demon possession, jump into the Mouth's body. That'd let PJ have it both ways--body and spirit...and Aragorn could have someone to swing at.

Can't wait for Eowyn and Merry to take on the Nazgul king. That's what I've waiting all my life to see dramatized.

Though you addressed HOTdog, I'll respond in reverse.

I think that scene with Eowyn is probably my favority in all the books. I love how Miranda Otto is bringing her to life, and also am really looking forward to it.

Your idea about the MOS is a good one as well.

Doesn't bother you, does bother me. I know it isn't the Bible, but if Tolkien had wanted to depict Sauron reaaling around his room, knocking over chairs and torture-racks, he could have; if he'd wanted him to (heaven save us all) duel with Aragorn, he could have. I absolutely and fully accept that it isn't Jackson's role to follow JRRT in every detail of minutiae -- but this is a pretty major facet.

Dan

I'm curious to see if they'll include the flaming severed heads that were being launched over the walls of Minas Tirith...lol

I'm also VERY interested in seeing Merry & Eowyn take on the Witch King.

However, he has to do it right, and to date, IMO, the Nazgul have been missing something.

One thing I've always felt that PJ didn't quite grasp was the sheer "fear factor" of the Nine. The way I've always interpreted them in the book is that their very precense invokes such sheer terror, it is crippling to anyone within their vicinity.

In FOTR - Butterbur just hides behind the bar and grimaces. At Weathertop, the 4 Hobbits band together, draw swords, and face them. That's just not right from where I sit.

In TTT - granted, the scene in the Dead Marshes was pretty good at conveying that fear factor. However, when the Nazgul came to Osgiliath, all the men did was yell and run. I pictured them wrapped in dread, falling on the ground, shaking and unable to move, let alone fight back.

Any thoughts on that?