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Hope
The word hope in Gilrain’s speech actually has a double meaning, it also refers to Aragorn, who had an elven name during his childhood, which meant hope.
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Trolls
I seem to remember that in the movie (this could be EE, I’m not sure) Sam appears above Frodo and says ‘Look mister Frodo, it’s mister Bilbo’s trolls!’
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Applaus
Not really an alternate viewpoint, I justed wanted to tell you what an awesome job I think you’ve done with this complicated chapter, and the many links to the movies. It’s one of the best articles in the entire section!
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Boromir’s sword
There might actually be an inconsistency with Boromir’s sword in the movie because when Aragorn leans over him and he makes his pledge pulling the sword to his chest, it appears, at least it did to me, that it is broken, though not at the hilt.
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The Argonath
There is actually a mistake with the Argonath statues in the movie. The statue on the right as the Fellowship saw them was holding a sword instead of an axe.
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THe King of the Golden Hall
I noticed that in some of the other sequence analyses (plural) there was some information as to certain lines that were borrowed from the book into the movie. Although there is nothing of this sort in the Sequence Analysis for “The King of the Golden Hall,” I would like to suggest a borrowed line that…
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Strider’s sword and Narsil
I remember somewhere PJ explaining why he made that change. It was something to the effect that while Strider carrying Narsil is dramatic and romantic, it’s not at all practical for someone who wanders the wilds. A broken sword is not nearly as useful in a fight as a full-length sword. Plus, it makes sense…
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The hobbits’ swords
Actually, in a very small way, this chapter does affect the main plot. The swords that the hobbits are given were made by the men of Westernesse specifically to fight the Witch-King of Angmar. When Merry stabs him with his sword in Return of the King, it fulfills the sword’s purpose and closes the circle.…
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The morning and the evening…
Great analysis! The one thing that I missed most in the movies, and that was also overlooked in your text (though it’s so brilliantly written I don’t really mind :D), is the relationship between Gimli and Éomer, and how their ‘fight’ over Galadriel culminates in that wonderful comparison of Arwen and Galadriel, at once summoning…
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Éomer
Karl Urban as Éomer Éomer is the nephew of King Théoden, a soldier and a captain of Rohan who fights at the Pelennor Fields with the Rohirrim. In the book Éomer is a Marshal of the Riddermark and he has an important role on the side of Théoden but in the movie his character has…
