Another thing changed was that Eowyn wasn't banished by Wormtongue like the
movie shows, he was present when Gandalf disenchanted the king of Rohan and
kicked out Wormtongue, and was fighting at Helm's Deep throughout the
defense....  Though I dont recall who Gandalf showed up with as
reinforcements....

I thought Peter Jackson kept to the spirit of the book, if not to the
letter, but lots of subtle (and not so subtle) changes.  He did little to
show the connectionn between Sauron and Sarumon (Minas Morgul and Orthanc
in Isengard, hence the "Two Towers")

>From a message by Kavanagh about Re: OT - Two Towers (possible spoilers):
> You are correct re Faramir character, and thats a much larger
departure from the book than anything I mentioned. Cant see any reason for
it even. Movie portrayed him as a shifty version of his brother, who saw
the light eventually.
 > 
 > >From a message by menudo about Re: OT - Two Towers (possible spoilers):
 > > totally wrong portrayal of farimir....nothing like the book at all.
 >  > 
 >  > >From a message by SupGx about Re: OT - Two Towers (possible
spoilers):
 >  > > Also, After Farimir captured Golem, in the book Sam,
Frodo, and Golem were
 >  > released and not taken into Gondor as in the movie.
 >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  > From: "Kavanagh" 
 >  > To: 
 >  > Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 9:20 PM
 >  > Subject: [twgsdotorg] Re: OT - Two Towers (possible spoilers)
 >  > 
 >  > 
 >  > >
 >  > > Went to see it with my Lady Wife this afternoon. An
excellent film/movie.
 >  > Several differences from the book but it would be very
difficult to convey
 >  > written stuff to a movie; by and large it was very well done (I am
 >  > pontificating in an area without my competence).
 >  > >
 >  > > Two significant departures from the written Two Towers:
 >  > >
 >  > > The Ents in the movie decided that they would not
intervene until the
 >  > Hobbits "tricked" them.
 >  > >
 >  > > Helm's Deep final defense is not as written.
 >  > >
 >  > > Arwen Aragorn dilemma was very well addressed.
 >  > >
 >  > >
 >  > >
 >  > > >From a message by col sanders about OT - Two Towers:
 >  > > > So, has anyone seen it yet?  Anyone want to review it
for me?  Whats
 >  > > different from the book?  What did they do well, and not
do well?  Are
 >  > > there any parts where I should watch for anything special or cool?
 >  > >
 >  > >
 >  > 
 >  > 
 > 
 > 



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