lotr/rotk

ok, so having seen lotr/rotk once on the big screen and twice on tv via dvd......i would have done things differentlty if i were queen of the universe and could control the editing of epic sagas.......for starts, i would drastically cut back on the frodo/sam/gollum scenes........they really weighed things down in all three installments....one or two scenes would have sufficed with regards to gollum trying to make frodo distrust sam...........and one or two scenes of sam and frodo climbing anything....the steps to the spider lair.....or mount doom......... could have conveyed the same weighty sense of adversity, duty, survival.......also, i would cut out the scene at minas trias (sp)where frodo is in bed recovering and all his friends come into greet him, one by one.....this could have been melded with the coronation scene.......and saved time......on a similar note, i feel that the romance between faromir and eowyn that was played out in the book should have been fleshed out in the film.........and the ending......i.e...everything after the coronation...could have waited til the extended version........i have read all 4 books (including the hobbit) numerous times.....and i do not think i would have felt slighted if the text had been shortcut a tad for the sake of telling a story well, versus telling the entire story whether it turned out well or not.......it would be good to be queen.......