I think that the only problem with losing Tom Bombadil was that it made the first part of the journey look too short. I wasn't looking for 10 minutes of extra footage but a few short cut shots of different areas could have made the trip seem more difficult and lengthy like it seemed in the book.
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I think that the only problem with losing Tom Bombadil was that it made the first part of the journey look too short. I wasn't looking for 10 minutes of extra footage but a few short cut shots of different areas could have made the trip seem more difficult and lengthy like it seemed in the book.