As for the scrubbing bubbles going up the streets of Minas Tirith
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Uh-huh, there's *no* narrative error in the book.Alatar wrote:The problem is that its a narrative error introduced in the books. I mean, why release the all-powerful army of undead right before the biggest battle? Gimli's joke wasn't too far off the mark in this case.
It was a lovely moment. Trust PJ to dump in a bucket of two-penny-ha'f-penny "reversals" and miss moments of greatest dramatic tension that books provide. The Black Ships, the near-repentance of Sméagol....Primula Baggins wrote:Anyway, that was a lovely moment, and if the device of the Dead seems ever so slightly creaky, I can understand its purpose: to provide a way for that moment to happen.
Oh my, I love this moment so much! Black banner revealing the White Tree, and Éomer - oh, Éomer throwing his sword in the air! And then Éomer and Aragorn meeting in the midst of the battle. *Melts*Primula Baggins wrote:Anyway, that was a lovely moment, and if the device of the Dead seems ever so slightly creaky, I can understand its purpose: to provide a way for that moment to happen.