In spite of the brilliant scenery, marvelous characters and astonishing action scenes, one is left with a sense of annoyance at the treatment of, at least one of my favorite characters, Beorn. In the book, The Hobbit, Beorn was without a doubt an enigmatically powerful character. His presence in the rather raw, but majestically fulfilling, book was one of commanding strength. And yet, when describing his dealings with Orcs, which were not even mentioned in the Hobbit-for all these malevolent creatures were goblins, he speaks with a cautious fear. He even goes so far as to retell the story of his kind, For they were enslaved by the haggard species and killed off for sport. I must stop here and remind my readers that Beorn, at least as characterized by Tolkien in the book, was capable of practically demolishing an entire army of goblins (though I will not go into details as to presumably avoid spoilers for part III). If Beorn is this powerful, how on middle earth could his species have been enslaved by orcs? Or even more, why would they be gathering in numbers in his woods? All I can guess is that Peter Jackson sought opportunity in creating a movie with a building climax of some impending doom. This I cannot say, but I will put my foot down in its featuring a character of Bombadillian proportion as a cameo of sorts. His presence is hardly a footnote and yet Beorn, in the novel, is an almost god like figure. I suppose I can't complain too much since the cartoon film didn't even include Beorn in it. And, who knows what sort of presence he will have in part III. All I can do is hope his 'epic' feats are given the screen time they deserve. And so, I hope Mr. Jackson does the 'write' thing by including Beorn in this story of the last installment in this series.