Quote Originally Posted by Skyblade View Post
There is nothing at all done to reinforce the importance that Osgiliath holds, and, worse still, no mention made at all of the Palantir of Minas Tirith, which was the single biggest contribution to Denethor's insanity.
The Palantir features briefly, but prominently, in the extended Return of the King.

The extended cut of The Two Towers ranks as one of my favourite movies ever, while the Rohirrim's charge at Pelennor Fields in the finale is probably my single favourite scene.

Sure, there were some reasonably substantial changes between book and film; some things didn't make it to the silver screen which I would rather have seen, but there were some fairly inspired omissions too. Tom Bombadil could easily have been the most frustrating, time-wasting character in cinema history; the excision of Glorfindel and other bit-players cost the films virtually nothing.