Where Peter Jackson gave us a fairly flashy and bombastic scene with fist fights and exorcism, Tolkien weaves a much more subtle web of fear, hope, and drama.  Also, Tolkien uses no magic in his version!

This sort of follows my previous videos on tech vs. magic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O44qroaf0Nw) and magic vs. art (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12MZ58_tmjg) in Middle-earth.

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