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Reg, yes I can see that idea working with Sam getting lost. I think Jackson was trying to show in one scene the depth that the Ring had taken Frodo - and the guile and dnager of Gollum - thousands of words that tolkien expertly crafted about the 3 travellers story would not have made a viable movie for many film goers - yes, for us tolkien fanatics we would have lapped it up, but new line would never have let him make a movie 54 hours long (plus all the time for 'action') - the reason why I say 54 hours is the length of time it takes for the audio book for the unabridged lotr to be read out.
anyway, so boyens and walsh crammed up all these feelings into one scene (for me anyway)
PS the reason of Pacing is a valid one. But maybe the reason why tolkien wrote the books like they were was (and I may be shot down in flames here) was kindof like the same reason. To go from one book with the hobbits trudging along, almost dying, to scenes of mayhem and fighting would not have worked.
If the story was shown in say 6 movies, then we could have a book per movie, but again, other than us die hard fans, who would go to see sam and frodo trudging through mountains for a few hours?
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