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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Stan Brown  wrote:   
      
   > > As I see it, the movies departed very little from the story of the   
   > > books, was extremely faithful to the "world" of the books,   
   >   
   > Apparently we didn't see the same movie. The one I saw had Elves   
   > fighting at Helm's Deep, Arwen dying for love or some unknown reason,   
   > Faramir taking Frodo a hundred miles out of his way, ....   
      
   Elves at Helms Deep surely was a departure from *story*. Your other   
   two examples were departure of *character* which there were lots more.   
      
   Another departure from *story* is the omission of Bombadil and the Old   
   Forest.   
      
      
      
      
      
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