I'm glad SOMEONE else thinks that - I'm reading all these 'EEK! Flying monkeys!' posts, and I'm going 'what is WRONG with you people? They're the best PART!' I mean, granted, I'm going by the book version, not the movie's, but... I mean... they're MONKEYS! That FLY! How can any situation not be improved by the addition of flying monkeys? (Plus, if you go by the illustrations, they're green. GREEN flying monkeys! Oh, my cup done runneth over.)