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Eowyn fair and Curse the Stew
I liked her personality in the films, despite the fact I imagined her being much more inconspicuous about her love for Aragorn. If I were her, I would go with Gandalf. Is there anyone cooler than Gandalf? Does *Aragorn* have a magical staff? No, I didn’t think so. And I swear if I hear one…
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Extra tidbits
In the book, Elves in general are described as having eternal youth, and thus, generally having somewhat immature personalities. Legolas is no different, he is also the peron who lightens the ever-darkening mood. (In the movies, this role is instead taken by Gimili, and by Legolas’s bickering with him.) In one instance on the mountaintop,…
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3.04. Treebeard
How does it happen in the movie? Merry and Pippin have run into Fangorn forest where they are saved by Treebeard, the Ent that appears to be a tree, from a pursuing Orc. Treebeard picks the hobbits up because he is in doubt whether they’re not small Orcs as well but still he talks to…
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Treebeard
Who is Treebeard in the movie? Treebeard is an Ent who lives in Fangorn Forest. There Merry and Pippin bump into him while escaping from an orc. Treebeard takes the hobbits with him and they go together to Entmoot. The Ents decide not to take part to the war but when Merry and Pippin manage…
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4.01.*a. The Elvish Rope
How it happened in the movie: Omitted from the TE. In the EE, Frodo and Sam are shown climbing down a steep slope with the help of the rope, which is well tied on a rock. Sam drops a small wooden box, and when Frodo below him tries to catch it, he loses his hold…
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We Want More Uruks!
I was very disappointed with this scene, even on the EE. The Uruks and Orcs, their quarrels, their habbits, their loyalties… they were portrayed beautifully in Tolkien’s book, and they were sadly neglected in the movie adaptation. What I did like, however, were the cockney accents. I heard some complaints about that, but I think…
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Prologue as Bridge: too much of a spoiler?
I adored this scene because it was such a beautiful bridge between the two movies: the original scene from the first movie (hardly edited) flows into the fight with the Balrog. The result is that majestic scene where Balrog and Gandalf fall into that beautiful underground lake. What bothered me, however, was that Gandalf the…
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Meriadoc Brandybuck & Pippin Took
Who are Merry and Pippin in the movie? Merry and Pippin are part of the Fellowship and at the end of ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’, they are being captured by the Uruk-Hai. In ‘The Two Towers’ Merry and Pippin escape from the Uruk-Hai by going into Fangorn forest, where they meet Treebeard. They make…
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Gandalf the White
Who is Gandalf the White in the movie? Halfway through ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’, the fellowship looses Gandalf who gives them a chance to run from the Balrog and goblins in Moria. Because they know very little about wizards, they assume he is lost forever and they flee to Lothlórien, where they can rest…
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Éowyn
Who is Éowyn in the film? She is the niece of King Théoden, a shieldmaiden of Rohan, who gradually falls in love with Aragorn while he stays at Edoras and then leaves with the Rohirrim for Helm’s Deep. Who is Éowyn in the book? Éowyn is the niece of King Théoden and sister to Éomer,…
