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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
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    "Clams Canino"  wrote:   
      
   > > They missed out a couple of the riddles!!   
   > >   
   >   
   > OK - that's a bit "disturbing".  Considering Jackson is stretching it to 3   
   > films, I should not think he needs to leave any material OUT - without good   
   > reason.   
   >   
   > Perhaps he thought that "too many" riddles would bore the audience?   
      
   Well, riddles take longer to say out loud than read on a page. I think   
   the riddles scene was quite good. The riddles included were:   
      
       Mountain   
       Teeth   
       Wind   
       Egg   
       Time   
      
       And then what's in my pocket.   
      
   Reading all riddles takes about a minute or two while the entire   
   riddle scene in the movie was upwards of ten-fifteen minutes long, as   
   can be expected since there is so much more than just two persons   
   sitting on a rock telling riddles   
      
   > I *understand* the troll's purse swap.   
   > But I kinda wanted to see it talk - because "that's what troll's purses do"   
   > you know.   
      
   In the movie, it's Fili and Kili that urge Bilbo to go check on the   
   trolls because they've taken some of the ponies. The trolls dialogue   
   is really good. Bilbo tries to steal a knife from William to free the   
   ponies instead of a talking purse (which works better in children   
   story than in a movie, really).   
      
      
      
      
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