Yes, pretty much. The book only discusses them plucking everyone out of the trees, the party thinking they are going to be eaten by the eagles, and then some discussions with the eagles afterwards, which I can't recall but something about being indifferent to Orcs and disliking man.
That's not saying they aren't a deux ex machina mechanism, but I think that they are probably the least heinous example in the movie / books.
Last edited by Wormius; 01-01-2013 at 03:08 AM.
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