The voice of Saruman

[Guest]

[snakefeet]

Does anyone else think that in the extended edition of ROTK, Peter Jackson missed the chance to re-create one of the best scenes in the book........

I for one was looking forward to seeing the riders of rohan put under a spell by the voice of saruman, and gandalf tell Saruman that he'd missed his calling in life and should have been a court jester!, plus grima wormtongue throwing the palantir at gandalf and the others.....

Any thoughts?

[Sharon]

Well I havn't got quite this far in the book.  Actually I am only half way through the Hobbit  .  So I am not sure how it should have been.

I was glad they explained an ending for Saruman (albeit a wrong one).  I felt in the 'short' version things were left hanging too much 

  (I know this smiley has nothing to do with the topic but I was dying to use it oops there I go again!)

[Choice of Lúthien]

hmm. I was pretty happy with the extended edition cut. More book dialogue is always good though I guess.
That being said, Chris Lee rules in this scene. With his deep, commanding voice he is Saruman so perfectly, especially in scenes like this. It lived up to my expectations, although the fireball thing i could have done without.
I can understand why it was cut but it was good to have it back in.