Despite the seriousness of the themes of The Lord of the
Rings the Book and the Movie both have an overarching tone that is generally
that of suspenseful adventure, lighthearted, slightly humorous, and excited in
a suspenseful sort of way. Sure, there are gloomier spots and happier funnier
spots, but Tolkien did a great job on the Tone. But I don’t want to talk about
Tone and mood, that is no fun to talk about, but I know what is… in Peter
Jackson’s Movies, he inserts bits of humor all over the place. In general, they
surround Gimli…which is funny in and of itself. So here are some clips I found
and have been shown. Enjoy them! Oh, yeah … They are funnier if seen while
watching the movie.
When saving him from a fall...
Right before The Battle at Helms Deep
Final count at the end of The Battle at Helms Deep
Or..If you prefer an omnibus...
This is Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) breaking his toe (by kicking a helmet).
Just FWI...WATCH THE MOVIES AND READ THE BOOKS!!! BUT READ THE BOOKS FIRST!!!
The third and final book of the The Lord of the Rings
trilogy is called, The Return of the King. Many might be wondering, “Who
is this king of which Tolkien speaks?” Aragorn. One of the Dunedain. The King
of Gondor. The story begins with Gandalf
riding to Minas Tirith with Pippen. This was after Isengard fell and Pippen
looked into the PalantÃr. When they get into Gondor,
into Minas Tirith and meet the Steward of the City, Denethor, who does not like
Gandalf at all. Pippen swears himself to the steward and acts as an intermediary
between Gandalf and Denethor. The World becomes dark as Mordor leaks darkness
over the world, creating gloom and feelings of doom.Aragorn, who was travelling with the rest of
the Riders of Rohan toward Minas Tirith, realized that the riders would not get
there in time to help with the upcoming battle at Minas Tirith, and so he rode
the Path of the Dead, a feared path. Gimli and Legolas accompany him. With the help
of the dead, Aragorn captures some of the enemy’s boats and floats down the
river to Minas Tirith, with some of his Brethren, the Dunedain, and men of
southern Gondor, to turn the tide of the battle. This was the largest battle in
the War of the Ring. After this victory, Aragorn enters the City and heals
those who were wounded by the Witch-King (the Head of the Ring-Wraiths) thus fulfilling
the prophecy about the return of the king. After the battle, the Captains of
the West decide to assault Mordor itself, in order to distract Sauron’s
attention from Frodo and Sam. As all of these events are occurring, Frodo is
rescued from Cirith Ungol by Samwise Gamgee. They make their way
through Mordor as the Ring grows heaver on Frodo. Finally they reach Mount
Doom, and the Cracks of Doom. Frodo then claims the Ring, at the very Cracks.
However, Gollum appears out of nowhere and tries to wrestles the Ring from
Frodo. Finally he bites Frodo finger off that wore the Ring. Then Gollum
stumbled and fell into the Cracks of Doom, destroying him, and more
importantly, the Ring. Sauron fell, and the Third Age ended. Back in the Shire, the Hobbits find that a
Police state had fallen upon the Shire, and it was being destroyed by the “Police,”
Men. They soon learn that the leader of the “Police” is Saruman. However, he is
easily overthrown by a rebellion fostered by the Four Hobbits. Saruman is then
stabbed in the back by Wormtongue.A
little later, all of the Ringbearers and Gandalf, and an elf or two left Middle
Earth for the unknown across the sea.
I love the
Battle at Helms Deep (or more correctly known as the Battle of the Hornburg). This is one of the places that J.R.R. Tolkien
really shines. This is one of the best portions of the whole trilogy, but that
is just my opinion. It is full of suspense and conflict, which is fully
understandable for a battle scene. This
was the second largest battle of The War of the Ring. There are many notable
differences between the book’s battle and the one in Peter Jackson’s Film, “Lord
of the Rings: The Two Towers.” In the book, there is no elfish reinforcement;
there are 2000 defenders, one of whom is Eomer, son of Theoden King of
Rohirrim. When Gandalf arrives, it is
upon demoralized orcs, Uruk-Hai and Dunland Men, and it is with the remaining
forces of Rohirrim who had been driven from another Garrison, not with Gondor,
for the White City had enough problems of its own. Also in the book, The Huorn “Forest” is there
to help surround Saruman’s army and, in the end, to annihilate the remainder of
it. This battle is a turning point in
the War of the Ring. It spells the doom for Saruman. At around this time in Isengard, the Ents and
some of their Huorn “forests” and their tree “flocks” destroy Isengard and trap
Saruman and Wormtongue in the Isengard Tower, closing the defeat of Saruman. This Chapter of the book and this Scene of the
Movie is amazing, read and watch them. I will not tell you all, for that would
ruin the surprise!!
All
right I’ll tell you of the The
Two Towers book.
This is the second book in the trilogy. This is the book that really
gets the action rolling. This book is divided into two parts, the
first following the remnants of the Fellowship; Legolas, Gimli,
Aragorn, Merry, and Pippin in their adventures. And the second part
following the two Hobbits who struck out on their own; Frodo, and
Sam, in their adventures. In the first part, Merry and Pippin are
captured by the very Orcs who had killed Boromir, and are carried
away captive in the direction of Isengard, these Orcs' headquarters,
the home base of Saruman, a corrupted Wizard. Fortuanatly on the way
they are able to escape. Meanwhile, Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas chase
after the Orcs that have carried the Hobbits away. Along the way they
meet the Riders of Rohan, led by Eomer. The Hobbits meanwhile meet in
the forest that they escape into an Ent named Fangorn who after
learning their story, calls an Ent assembly, to crush Saruman, who
has been treating them and their Forest cruelly. The three companions
searching for the Hobbits in the forest find Gandalf, “reborn”,
now Gandalf the White. Later after Gandalf led them to the King
Theoden and exposes Wormtongue, the King's advisor, as a spy for
Saruman. They head to Isengard and are surprised to find it nearly
all destroyed, except for Orthanc the Tower, and Merry and Pippen
sitting there waiting for them. Wormtongue is in the tower with
Saruman. Wormtongue tries to kill Gandalf by throwing something at
him, however he misses. What he threw was a “seeing stone” a
Palantir, which is a very important thing, (READ THE BOOKS IF YOU
HAVEN'T ALREADY!) Meanwhile Frodo and Sam meet Gollum, “tame” him
and force him to lead them to Mordor. When they got there they see
the impregnable gate into Mordor, and Gollum tells them of another
way. Along the way they meet Faramir, Bother of Boromir. Gollum leads
the Hobbits up a path into Mordor, where Shelob, the First Spider
lives, she is HUGE! (A lot like Aragog in Harry Potter, only
more..uh..badder? Let's just say that J.K. Rawlings got her idea from
Shelob and dumbed,and watered it down into Aragog in order to not
scare any young children.) She stings Frodo, Sam wounds her, and she
flees. Sam thinks that Frodo is dead and so takes upon himself the
burden of the Ring. Orcs find Frodo and carry him away to search for
the Ring. Sam follows. A door gets slammed in his face, separating
them, and Sam hears through it that Shelob likes her prey alive,
which meant that Frodo was still alive. Sam feels horrible, and
scared. I like this book a lot, and I think this book is only second
to The Return of
the King
READ IT!!! PLEASE? Pretty please? You'll enjoy it.
Some
of you may be wondering when I was going to tell you all about the
next book in my most charming manner. Well you can stop wondering
now…because it will be very soon, just as soon as I finish this
page. And so finish the book…JK, I already finished the book.
Well, I have told you all about The Fellowship of the
Ring, and have told you about Frodo, the main, main character, well, I
haven’t told about him really, only mentioned him upon occasion, which is why I
am composing this blog post. There are many
opinions on this character, some are strong, others not, some are derogatory
some are not. Many think that this guy is a “Wuss”, and others think he is a “Stud”.
What do I think? Well… he is a Hobbit in possession of the most corrupting,
powerful, and evil thing on Middle Earth, besides Sauron himself, (that last
phrase is even a little debatable.) Let us consider, Boromir wasn’t even in
possession of the Ring and fell under Its power, as did many others before him;
Frodo only finally succumbed to the power of the Ring at the very end, at the
very Cracks of Doom.What do I think? He
was a Stud. Nah…well… Frodo was from the Shire, and was a cousin of Bilbo’s,
and eventually his heir, which is how he inherited the Ring. Frodo was a caring
sort of Hobbit, quite unlike the Sackville-Bagginses. He also had a strong
sense of loyalty to a cause. He realized that it was the Ring that had
splintered the Fellowship and would continue to do so, and so left the
Fellowship, so the rest would not be harmed; he also knew that the quest would
only be accomplished if he went alone, and so he did. Frodo also loved poetry
as his mentor, Bilbo, did. He is also a downright charming fellow.
Ah,
the Real
beginning of the trilogy... The
Fellowship of the Ring.
This book stars Frodo … Bilbo's heir to nearly all that he has,
including and most importantly his Ring. The book starts out with
Bilbo's birthday party, in which Bilbo plans to use the Ring to
disappear forever, but before escaping the Shire completely he sneaks
into his house and hands off the Ring to Frodo. The action really
starts when the Ringwraiths show up and start chasing Frodo, and his
three hobbit friends as they leave the Shire at the bidding of
Gandalf the Grey. Merry, Pippen and Sam, the three friends, and Frodo
soon got lost in the Old Forest, but are rescued by Tom Bombadil.
When they reach the town of Bree they meet Aragorn, AKA, Strider, and
Dunedain. Here they are directed to Rivendell, an Elven-haven. Here
the Fellowship is formed. And their mission is set forth, to destroy
the Ring, in the Cracks of Doom. The Fellowship is made up of a
Dwarf, Gimli; an Elf, Legolas; a wizard, Gandalf; a few Humans,
Boromir, and Aragorn; and four Hobbits, Frodo, Merry, Pippen and Sam.
Eventually the party, in their passage South are forced into the
Mines of Moria, where the Fellowship meets a Balgrog, and Gandalf
falls with it into a Chasm, leaving the Fellowship to be led by
Aragorn. They then head to Lorien, an Elven-haven, where the group
meets Galadriel and receive special gifts from her as they leave. As
they journey they spot Gollum. (He is never far away.)Finally the
group gets to a point of decision, to Mordor or to Minis Tirith, the
Party is split. Boromir becomes overcome by the power of the Ring and
seeks to take it from Frodo; Frodo eludes him and then later decides
to not endanger the group with the Ring and resolves to take it
himself, alone. He sneaks out of the camp and is followed by Sam who
ends up going with him. (Guess who else follows them? Yep...Gollum.)
I love this book, and if you have not read it...READ IT!
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