Coming into this kind of late since I just saw the movie a couple days ago, but I must say I enjoyed it, despite Adam's qualms (though I acknowledge those problems). I would like to point out, in relation to The Two Towers that popular opinion has it that Treebeard is supposed to evoke C.S. Lewis personally, especially the very slow method of talking. So I think there is clearly cross pollination of some ideas, though it's hard to put a finger on the specifics.
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