Critics of the film complained that in order to make a second rilogy, Jackson had put in a lot of filler material to stretch it out to three films.) when relationships have become insubstantial, unsupportive, or hurtful.In a broader, more universal sense, the stability of the home and natural world environment, symbolized by broken teacups at the domestic level, is in jeopardy and becoming disordered when people cannot ""see"" the dangers gathering nearby, and cannot adequately protect themselves from violence behind transparent windows, telephone booths, eyeglasses, or facades.] A jeep arrives, in the present day, at its destination deep in the Sonora Desert, in a sand-swept village in northern Mexico.Filmed in journalistic, documentary-style black and white textures with some low-key lighting and chiaroscuro (often provided by a candle or low light source) - beautifully captured by Gregg Toland""s expert cinematography (remarkably un-nominated!), he picture records with astute realism rural America in the 30s.Donkey, Puss and the freed ogres schemed to free them (the ogres stealthily entered the palace in a newly-installed disco ball).