Brandywine Books has an interesting take on Peter Jackson’s handling of Faramir and the Ents in his movie of The Two Towers.
Hey, Ian–whaddaya think? Has Phil got something, or is he all wet?
The View from the Foothills
A tiny principality in the Commonwealth of Letters
The View from the Foothills 
Well, I think he’s got hold of something. My judgement is that whenever the script innovates, it diminishes; attributing this to scriptwriting conventions may well be accurate. Consider also the way the scenarists prematurely show us the mount of the Winged Nazgul at Osgiliath; Tolkien very patiently builds to the moment when he finally shows us the monster in the confrontation with Eowyn, and it has great effect. The scenarists are in a hurry to show it to us, and the scene at the battle is diminished accordingly.
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