Great subject, nicely allusive. One of my favorite passages in the Lord of the Rings is Sam remarking to Frodo, referring to Bern, Luthien, and the great jewel--'here we are, still in the same story!' The movie did a nice job of showing Earendil when the two were huddled in Mordor. The one thing I love most to remember in the story is that Huan, the Hound of the Valar, was the one figure in the whole story that BEAT THE STUFFING OUT OF SAURON one on one.