Elves in Helms Deep ? I can see what Peter Jackson has tried to do, make the Elves look less distant and more Hollywood by having them turn up at Rohans hour of need, it made for good film, but it didn't happen in the book. Jackson has lost sight a little of what he is supposed to be doing, he hasn't been making a film for the masses, he has been making a film for fans of the book, a visual interpretation of the novel. I think the film suffers a little from being the middle section, and as such it has a loosely defined beginning and end, the destruction of Isengard not being the obvious film closer that the breaking of the Fellowship was. It is still fantastic though, Gollum/Smeagol is a dark delight, especially the argument between his two halves, the Ents are also wonderful, although they suffer from severe story cropping. Maybe Jackson should not have created the Warg battle and provided some better plotting for the tree herders instead, or just make the film six hours long so as to not miss anything out. The battle of Helms Deep is awesome, but what happened to the Huorns ? Another five minutes setting up the 'evil' trees would have made more sense at the end of the battle. Anyway, it is still the most magical visual treat, here's looking forwards to LOTR:TROTK.