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What I don't like about movies: the scale of time is completely lost. Years and months look like mere days, indistinct. The ring is lost for centuries, then Gollum finds it, then Bilbo takes it, than it's his birthday party, then he goes and Gandalf takes a quick trip to read some old books, then he's back and discovers it's indeed the evil ring, then no preparations are made and he puts Frodo on the dangerous road and flees, then Frodo stumbles upon his friends and of they all go fleeing from shadow until they quickly reach Bree and are in for some much deserved beer. It's almost comedic. Frodo took years to finally decide to leave The Shire. It took them months to reach Bree, yet there they are in a few minutes worth of movie. I don't think the extended version is any better in this regard.
Point is that Hollywood is all about big showmanship. It's all about showing grand battles against evil to boost morale, and in this the book had little to offer. The book, like all epics, focus on the journey and the decisions and motives of heroes in long dialogues. Battles took a mere paragraph or 2.
This is something that bothered me about Troy too...
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