Re:Needless amounts of effort! (Score 1)

Agree with you there. From a character development and drama standpoint, having this scenario would have been much more powerful than how it stands in the movie. (Which leads me to my general annoyance with that nitpicking guide. It was a set of movies, not a book. There are always devices that work better in print, and devices that work better in film. I'm a fan of Tolkien, but I felt that most of the changes Jackson made were for the better, since it was a different medium.) Cheers, -M