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Song in ‘Shortcut to Mushrooms’
The song that 2 of the Hobbits sing in ‘Shortcut to Mushrooms’, is sung by Merry and Pippin in the movie (FotR, Extended Edition) There it goes: Hey ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe but there’ll still be many miles to go Sweet is the sound of…
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Black Rider at the ferry
I think you might include a “bookie detail”. The idea of a Black Rider chasing the hobbits to the ferry comes from the book. In the chapter “A conspiracy unmasked”: The four hobbits stepped off the ferry. Merry was tying it up, and Pippin was already leading the pony up the path, when Sam (who…
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Elrond
From what U have gathered from the books and the movies, I feel that Elrond in the movies is much colder, and much more bitter. In the books Elrond seems to be more caring. Also in the books he seems more willing to let his daughter go if Aragorn becomes king. I feel that Elrond…
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Prologues
I was very impressed with the changes Jackson made to the prologue, they summarised or simplified the details in the history of the ring that would relate to the story to come. This is actually a very hard thing to do accurately as anyone who has tried to explain the story to a non book…
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Power of the staves
Just in answer to the mistake where it says that Tolkien doesn’t say anything about the magical power of the wizards being in the staves, when Gandalf breaks Saruman’s staff it’s like he’s lost all his power; and when Gandalf and the hobbits pass Saruman and Grima on the way back to the Shire, doesn’t…
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Scandalously Omitted Characters
An adaptation of a book can never be as rich and detailed as the text itself, and so certain scenes and characters have to disappear in the process. Some of them because of time constraints, some to simplify certain events, and some because they were irrelevant to the story. On this page you can find…
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1.03. Three Is Company
How did it happen in the book? On Frodo and Bilbo’s birthday, Frodo moves out of Bag End. Under the guise of wanting to retire he’s bought a house in Crickhollow, and his friends Peregrin Took, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Folco Boffin and Fredegar Bolger help him with the move. Merry and Fatty Bolger, as the larger…
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Bree
Bree Bree in the books Bree: Atmosphere and Population Bree is a trade centre on the Road, that lies on a hill in an otherwise near-abandoned region of Men. It is encircled by a large hedge, with two gates where the Road cuts through it. Inside, there are ‘some hundred stone houses’ which are described…
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Gollum
Who is Gollum in the movie? Gollum is the skinny little ‘thing’ that found the Ring and took it with him to the Misty Mountains where he lost it to Bilbo, was captured by the enemy and tortured in Barad-dûr until he revealed the name of Baggins and later is found out to follow the…
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1.09. At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
How does it happen in the movie? After their narrow escape from the Black Riders at Bucklebury Ferry, the four Hobbits arrive at the gate of Bree. It is dark and it’s raining, and Bree doesn’t seem to be a very pleasant place. At the Prancing Pony Inn they’re in for yet another disappointment: Gandalf…
