It actually bothers me more that the eagles in The Lord of the Rings bother people than anything else.
How It Should Have Ended had a cute animation; that was about it. Besides, not using the Eagles is less a plot hole, and more a use of lateral thinking to solve a problem after the fact. It's not an obvious solution, even less so in the original books, where the Eagles are blatant deus ex machina not in a "get Tolkien out this plot mess free cards" way, but more in a "Tolkien is the guy who converted freakin' C.S. Lewis to Christianity; you better believe he has no problem with a force on high that can normally not be bargained with occasionally swooping in to save the day in rare, but worthy cases" way.
The Eagles are God, is what I'm saying. You can't ask God to go on your quest for you, dude.
It actually bothers me more that the eagles in The Lord of the Rings bother people than anything else.
How It Should Have Ended had a cute animation; that was about it. Besides, not using the Eagles is less a plot hole, and more a use of lateral thinking to solve a problem after the fact. It's not an obvious solution, even less so in the original books, where the Eagles are blatant deus ex machina not in a "get Tolkien out this plot mess free cards" way, but more in a "Tolkien is the guy who converted freakin' C.S. Lewis to Christianity; you better believe he has no problem with a force on high that can normally not be bargained with occasionally swooping in to save the day in rare, but worthy cases" way.
The Eagles are God, is what I'm saying. You can't ask God to go on your quest for you, dude.