Tolkien doesn't have alot of female characters but the ones he has are stronger then many. I had read ROTK before the movie came out and finished about 6 months ago so, without ruining it for anyone yet, I couldn't wait for what Eowyn(sp?) had in store.

I believe I said Gondolin in a prior post...not sure where I got that from seeing it was Minas Tirith. I'll have to go and check to see if that is actually mentioned in the book(Gondolin). I tell you one thing though...Bilbo is nowhere near as goofy and senile in the movie as he is in the book. I guess they wanted to give him more respect. One of my annoyed points about the film though is that they never filmed the scouring of the shire due to the fact Jackson never liked it. Granted it would have been another half to an hour longer but we would have go to see more of Rosie and the Old Gaffer. That and the fact the end wouldn't have been as chopped as it was. Scenes were great but they need to tighten the editing for the EE disks.