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Frodo
Who is Frodo in the movie? Frodo Baggins is Bilbo Baggins’ cousin and lives with him in Bag End. He’s friends with Merry Brandybuck, Peregrin Took and his uncle’s gardener Samwise Gamgee. After his uncle leaves the Shire, he inherits Bag End and a magic ring. Who was Frodo in the book? Frodo Baggins is…
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Meriadoc Brandybuck
Who is Merry in the movie? Merry Brandybuck is a friend of Pippin Took and Frodo Baggins. He lives in Buckland, and has a quick head. Slightly more mature than his companion, he and Pippin pull a lot of pranks but always stick together. Who was Merry in the book? Meriadoc Brandybuck is a good…
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Peregrin Took
Who is Pippin in the movie? Peregrin Took is a very distant relative of Frodo Baggins, and the best friend of Merry Brandybuck. He is a very young, inquisitive but rather naive and clumsy Hobbit, who joins the Fellowship almost by accident. Who was Pippin in the book? Peregrin Took is a distant relative of…
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Samwise Gamgee
Who is Sam in the movie? Samwise Gamgee is Frodo’s gardener and friend. He’s a friendly and loyal Hobbit, clearly not as educated or well-off as Frodo but with enough common sense to contribute to his master’s journey. Who was Sam in the book? Samwise Gamgee is, like his father before him, gardener at Bag…
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Gandalf the Grey
The character and personality of Gandalf is, I feel, fairly consistent between film and book. If we look at Ian McKellen’s words about how he saw Gandalf, and if we remember that he is a huge fan of the books, it is easy to see why the two coincide: “To act, I preferred Gandalf the…
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Why the Figster adores Arwen
Because, yes, I do. I’m not one of those freaky bookfans who has Glorfindel listed as their favourite character and claim Arwen ‘should have stayed at home’. Admittedly, I was very afraid about how Arwen would turn out when I saw her with a blade in a magazine, and I certainly didn’t like her at…
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Poor Farmer Maggot
I really missed him! I loved Farmer Maggot in the books, he was like this grumpy old guy that reminded me a lot of a couple of grandparents of friends of mine in my village, when I grew up. I can see why they left him out, but I think it was a real shame…
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About the Elves…
I’m sorry to say, but it really really didn’t like Haldir. It might be the actor, but I also thought he was far too haughty. In the book, you get the impression of a loyal and stern guard who is trying to protect his people against a real threat, but in the movie he seemed…
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Old Man Willow Cameo
Though “the Old Forest” was totally left out in the movie, there is some sort of cameo in TTT EE. What happens in the movie: When Merry awakes in Fangorn, he sees Pippin drinking water. After the little “argument”, the Hobbits are caught by a big tree. Then Treabeard appears and says “Away with you.…
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Isengard
Isengard is one of the better described places of Middle-earth. We know about the Ring of Isengard, including its defences and its caverns, we know about the external structure of the tower of Orthanc. What is missing, however, is detail about the inside of Orthanc. The situation is different in the films. We see the…
