Strong Verbs Are Just Better

OH. MY.

I haven't seen so many hot people on one screen since 2004!

WITH SWORDS! AND DOUBLETS! *dies of medivalism joy*

Many, many plot changes, but I find them all to be excellent. The Wife is very cranky-pantsed about them, but somewhere along the line someone seems to have swapped my normal canon-nazi personality with the sort of person who doesn't care as long as there are pretty men with swords. (Oh. my. god. So hot.)

I was going to say my new slogan when it comes to adaptations is 'What would Malory Do', but actually what Malory would do is ROTK extended addition: all the new stuff plus the old stuff, with no narrative pace at all. Can anyone nominate a medieval author who displays an attitude of 'Hmm... that's a nice story... let's make it better!'
(So far my only suggestion is the Gawain Poet... I'm looking for someone less original, though....)

On the other hand: is there only one shallow ford in New Zealand? I swear they used the Ford of Rivendell for the Ford of Beruna. (Association greatly improved by the five black-cloaked riders chasing the one lone rider across the plain... maybe there's only one ford near a plane? Surely they don't actually need the plane and ford to be next to each other?)

[P.S.- did I mention how hot they all are? Peter. Caspian. Susan.   And, I suspect on the second viewing, when my attention isn't fixed on Peter and Caspian squaring off at each other, I will find Edmund to be the most attractive of the lot... all tall and lanky and witty...]

[P.P.S- just to be clear: none of the dwarves are hot.]