Tinuviel wrote:For example, in the movie they put the events that occured in the two towers book into the ROTK movie because that's when, chronoligically, it happened.
I don't think Tolkien would have done that, he states in Letter 210 that in
The Two Towers:
The narrative now divides into two main branches: 1. Prime Action, the Ringbearers. 2. Subsidiary Action, the rest of the Company leading to the 'heroic' matter. It is essential that these two branches should each be treated in coherent sequence. Both to render them intelligible as a story, and because they are totally different in tone and scenery. Jumbling them together entirely destroys these things.
For my part, I agree with Tolkien's assessment. I think he is correct about the differences in "tone and scenery" (for instance, there's not really a war going on for Frodo and Sam while a war is the major focus for the rest of the Fellowship). I also rather like the cutting back and forth, I remember from my first reading that it make me anxious to know what would happen to the other characters so I kept reading with great interest.