You and I have very different definitions of interesting. If I had to watch a movie that was shot from up high for two hours, I'd die of boredom. Unless they gave the orcs wings somehow. [But then it would be a very different movie.] And yeah, if they had any sense they'd ask the eagles to just drop 'em off outside Mordor and save them the trip, but then what're you gonna do with the next two hours?

[As for Sauron, or Saruman, or whatever the hell his name is, Dante shrugs.]

Doesn't the guy have a lot of minions? They're [give him a second while he counts them out on his hand] nine people. Might be they've got a couple tricks up their sleeves and all, but I don't see them surviving a fight against an army.