Silly things to look for in RotK

[Arwen Evenstar]

Alright, this might be lame, but I need something to do. Feel free to add on!

1. When Gandalf, Aragorn, Theoden, ect. arrive at Isengard, when Treebeard is talking, watch Theoden`s horse. It is, shall I say, "going to the bathroom!"

2. When Faramir and the Gondorian soldiers are leaving Minas Tirith (just before Pippin`s song) when the camera is zooming up to Faramir (the first shot of him in this scene) there`s a creepy old lady smiling to his left! These people are basically riding to there death, and the lady is smiling!

3. When Elrond comes and presents Anduril to Aragorn, lood around Theoden`s tent. It`s fancier than my house!

4. When Legolas is climbing up the Mumakil (Oliphant) dosen`t he look a bit large to you?

5. I could be wrong, but when Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are entering the Paths of the Dead, Aragorn appears to dissapear into the darkness. Watch closely and you`ll see that he is really turning a corner.

6. After taking the palantir (when Gandy is talking to him) Pippin is lying on the floor. Through his shirt you can see chest hair poking out! (Hobbits have chest hair?!)

7. You can`t really see this now, but in theaters, when they are all at the Black Gate, Sauron is whispering Aragorn`s name. When you see Aragorn, look behing him to his right. Legolas is leaning out of the screen, but in theaters you could see his face. His eyes were squinted and He looked like he was about to vomit!

8. Through-out the movie (and TTT) Theoden`s beard is always a greenish color. Grody!

That`s all I can think of for now, but I`ll probably have more later.

[Firefoot]

Well, when Barad-dûr is falling down there is a shot of Aragorn. On his right there is a guy whose mouth is O-shaped, like he is trying to blow the tower down or something.

[Nimrothiel]

I can't think of too many right now, but here's what I found odd:

During Pippin's song when Faramir and his men are riding out to meet the Uruks; if you look, Faramir's horse doesn't have one of those "fancy shields" across its chest, it's just a plain ring of metal. However, the rest of the horses do have these "shields." Bit odd for the head officer to go without a mark of distinction isn't it?

I noticed that thing with Legolas; when he's climbing up the Mumak he does look to be a little bit too large.

Aragorn's voice changes a few times during his "pep talk" at the Plains of Gorgoroth; it sounds as though he has an air bubble in his throat.

[The Only Real Estel]

6. After taking the palantir (when Gandy is talking to him) Pippin is lying on the floor. Through his shirt you can see chest hair poking out! (Hobbits have chest hair?!)

Of course! It's thick, brown, & curly, like the stuff on their heads .

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I agree about Aragorn's voice changes. Remember the Council of Elrond, and Viggo's bizarre delivery of the line "It has no other master!"?

[Quirkette]

Okay, this may be a bit smart allecky, but I've seen the film a lot and here's what I find silly. I've said a couple of them before.

When Sam says he wants to share Frodo's load, it is echoed and there's a close-up of his lips! And it sounds so condescending! No wonder Frodo got all panicky. And then, as Sam is about to hand the ring to Frodo in the tower, he seems reluctant to do so, and he looks at Frodo as though he had two heads. I wish I could've seen what he was seeing. Wouldn't it be cool if they put a weird make-up effect in there, like they did with Bilbo? They totally should've done that to explain his reluctance.

When Gollum exclaims that he wouldn't hurt a fly, he slaps his hand to his head, pulls it away, and shrieks in dismay. I think, "He's upset because he killed a fly when he did it, and he sees the little dead fly smooshed on his hand!" Of course, it was really the blood Sam caused.

When Sam finds the lembas at the bottom of the stairs, I don't think he picked them up at all. Why not, ain't crumbs better than nothing?

Then Legolas asks Gimli if he'd imagined dying side by side with a friend. I keep hoping Gimli will reply, "You know perfectly well I don't HAVE any friends!"

And also, there is absolutely no Sauraman or Wormtongue in this movie (but I imagine they'll be in the extended edition). That's odd, eh? Please don't smack me!

[Arwen Evenstar]

No, Sauron! Aragorn`s mother said it to him before she died! Look in the apendices!

I agree with you Lammoth. What else would the "chunks of the city" be made of?

Getting off topic again...

[Silmiel of Imladris]

Speaking of that line that Aragorn's mother says in the book there were somethings about that scene that I thought funny.

First was when Elrond says, "You need more men." and Aragorn replies, "There are none." I really expected Elrond to say, "What happened to the elf army I gave you? Oh yes, yes, I remember... they are all dead!

Another part in this scene that is rather funny is when Elrond says, "You have the power to raise an army more deadly than any that walks this earth." Look at Elrond and you will notice him shake and his eyes bug out like he had too much coffee. Don't get me wrong for I love Hugo Weaving for he is one of my favorite LOTR actors, but that scene was weird for some reason.

[Mithalwen]

Sorry if this is repeating something said long ago by someone else .... but I love watching Boromir's tussle with Frodo at the end of FOTR..... as switches from long shot to close up his hair goes smooth - mussy/static-y -smooth - mussy...

I love Hugo Weaving .... and especially that moment in the Council when he does his "tense, nervous headache" bit and seems to be thinking "Why do all these "£$%E££$£ people have to come to MY house..."

And somehow those hobbits never seem to be in the right scale...

[Arwen Evenstar]

If you have the EE for FotR (or TTT) using disc 1 go to the scene selections. Go to the last scene (end credits) and go down once more from there. There is a little MTV thing there that I couldn`t help but laugh at on some parts, even though it`s bad.

[Elennar Starfire]

The one on TTT isn't as bad as the one on FotR. That was NASTY!!!