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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
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     tenworld  wrote:   
   > On Aug 3, 3:14 am, Lewis  wrote:   
      
   >>   
   >> Some of the changes made absolutely no sense in the context of the book   
   >> (the Elves at Helm's Deep is one spectacular example) but within the   
   >> movie they worked just fine.   
      
   > I would disagree especially since you said "absolutely".   
      
   The Elves being at Helm's Deep made no sense in the context of the   
   *book*. It flies in the face of everything we know and are told about   
   the elves.   
      
   > In the book   
   > Aragorn's brother rangers join him and his closest friend does indeed   
   > die.  Since explaining who this group of people were would have either   
   > required a long boring expose or ignored to the point of being a   
   > complete mystery by some of the audiece (ala Dune), I find it   
   > acceptable to combine one group with the other.  Also makes more sense   
   > of Aragorn commanding the troop.  It also resolves what I think was a   
   > weakness in the book, that with all the power in Galadriel's woods she   
   > couldnt help her favorite Aragorn at a life or death battle even a   
   > little?   
      
   Um. What do you disagree with, exactly? As I said, within the movie the   
   presence of the Elves worked just fine.   
      
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