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4.07. The Stories That Really Matter
How did it happen in the movie? Frodo and Sam are in Osgiliath that is under attack and the Nazgûl are also there. Frodo is taken over by the power of the Ring and he walks up to a Nazgûl. He offers the Ring to it and almost puts it on but Sam runs up,…
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4.06. The Forbidden Pool
How did it happen in the movie? Frodo wakes up as Faramir walks beside him and asks Frodo to come with him. They go out and Faramir asks Frodo to look down where he sees Gollum diving in the pool fishing. Faramir says entering the Forbidden Pool bears the penalty of death and shows Frodo…
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3.02. The Riders of Rohan
The scene in the film comprises only a small amount of the chapter “The Riders of Rohan” in the book, which starts with the Three Hunters finding out the Orcs are taking the hobbits to Isengard, and ends with them seeing a shadowy figure at the edge of Fangorn Forest. Ted Nasmith – The Riders…
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3.07. The Battle of Helms Deep
The Battle of Helm’s Deep plays a very different role in film and book. In the film, it is a climactic battle, the equivalent of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in “The Return of the King”. In the book, however, it is simply another battle in the lead-up to the denouement at the Pelennor…
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3.06. The King of the Golden Hall
This scene is pretty different in book and film, though it has, at least, the same purpose – an introduction to Meduseld and its inhabitants, the reawakening of Théoden, the meeting of Éowyn and Aragorn, and the start of Rohirric preparations for war. Both the film and the book starts with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas and…
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4.05.*a. Sons of the Steward
How does it happen in the movie? After Faramir took Frodo and Sam as his prisoners and brought them to the secret hideout in Hennêth Annun, he tries to gain more information about the death of his brother. Later, we see Faramir with Boromir’s broken horn in his lap. He remembers a vision he had,…
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Shards of Narsil
Not only did Jackson forget that Aragorn had the shards with him, but he made Narsil split into five or six parts instead of two.
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About Arwen being Half-Elven
Wouldn’t she actually be 3/4 Elven, and 1/4 mortal, because her father was half-elven, but her mother was a full Elf, wasn’t she?
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3.06.*d. Breath of Life
How does it happen in the movie? After Aragorn has fallen off the cliff, he floats on the water. We see him wash upon the shore, and a vision of Arwen hovers over him, kissing him and giving him the blessing of the Valar. In the next scene, we see Arwen in her bedroom in…
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3.06.*b. Evenstar
How does it happen in the movie? While on route to Helm’s Deep, Aragorn speaks to Éowyn about Arwen. Later on, we see him sitting in the dark, smoking a pipe. He is remembering what happened when the Fellowship departed from Rivendell, weeks before. First we see a small conversation between Aragorn and Arwen, somewhere…
