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Old 01-02-2003, 10:40 AM   #1
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i cnt belive that frodo, gandalf elrond and lots of other people leave for the grey heavens.
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Old 01-02-2003, 10:42 AM   #2
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Why not? Don't you think it is a just 'reward' for the ringbearers and those who helped?
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Old 01-02-2003, 10:45 AM   #3
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no its soo stupid, i just cant believe tat he leaves
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Old 01-02-2003, 10:48 AM   #4
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It's virtually the same as them dying, and yet you woldn't be so outraged if they died (yes, I realise some of them are immortal). That's how I think of it, except you KNOW they're going to a better place.
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Old 01-02-2003, 11:29 AM   #5
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There is nothing wrong with their passage.
It makes great sense that after Frodo's journey and the permanent scars he has that he leaves at the grey-havens.
As well as it making great sense it is such a tearful ending.
Think about it , when pippin and merry turn up to say goodbye when frodo almost gave him the slip again and the last line spoken by Samafter returning home (one of the most powerful lines in the book and a well known quote)
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I'm back
i think i'll leave it with that.
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Old 01-02-2003, 12:52 PM   #6
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It's virtually the same as them dying
Not really, read the Silmarillion. Elves don't die, Frodo was going there to be healed of all of his wounds.
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Old 01-02-2003, 04:11 PM   #7
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Psst...that's the sixth book.
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Old 01-02-2003, 04:55 PM   #8
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Well when Frodo was in the shire after the war of The Ring he was always sort of depressed, he got sick when october the sixth came around every year, etc. But by going to the Grey Havens and sailing to Valinor all of his emotional wounds will be healed as well as his physical ones.
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Old 01-02-2003, 05:10 PM   #9
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The dissapointment about the ending is understandable, when I first read it, I thought they were all going to live happily ever after. I was kind of like Sam, I wanted Frodo to stay and live in the Shire, but he just could not. Don't worry though, he went to a better place. (and now I enjoy the ending because it is different)
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Old 01-02-2003, 05:39 PM   #10
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God, I hope they leave the Grey Havens part in the movie, it'd be the only ending to get me to cry. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

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Old 01-02-2003, 06:35 PM   #11
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It's virtually the same as them dying

Not really, read the Silmarillion. Elves don't die, Frodo was going there to be healed of all of his wounds.
But to the people staying middle earth, they'll never see them again, all they have left is the memory of them, yep, sounds like dying to me. Thats more what I meant.

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Old 01-02-2003, 06:36 PM   #12
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The important part is that the people of Middle-earth get to live happily ever after - Frodo/Sam's quest was a sacrifice. Also, with the burden of the Ring on their minds, they found peace and spiritual healing in the Undying Lands - they wouldn't have found that in the Shire. It was the happiest possible ending, given the last effects of the Ring on those who bear it.
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Old 01-03-2003, 10:08 AM   #13
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I always consider "Going over the Sea" a metaphor for dying, so I agree with dragoneyes.
I think that it is the best possible ending, bacause in a way it is a "happily ever after", but it also makes you think right at the end, as LotR is full of Food for Thought (is that the correct expression?), and if it finished by everyone staying in Middle-Earth I for one would be disappointed, as it would be what I expected and the great thing about it is that you can seldom tell what is going to happen next, but in no book should you be able to predict the ending, as it kind of spoils it in my opinion.
There, I'm done with my ranting.

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Old 01-03-2003, 10:29 AM   #14
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By the way everyone who is worring whether the Grey Havens is in RotK.......Well it is, here is an extract from the Daily Mail, TTT special:
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Jackson has already earmarked the films final scene, which takes place amid the sweeping landscape of the Grey Havens, and is his favourite. "To me, it's a culmination of the entire story; it represents what is to give and what is to lose," he says,"That scene is probably the most powerful part of the entire film."
So there you go.... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

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Old 01-03-2003, 10:50 AM   #15
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no its soo stupid, i just cant believe tat he leaves
Well, in my opinion, it's not stupid at all, but I suppose it is stupid, if you don't want to think about anything.

I'm just echoing what other people have said in saying that I believe the Gray Havens was a metaphor for dying, and the Heaven we know now. I think it's a great way to end the story- it's the kind of ending that makes you go Wow, that was a good story, sit back in your chair, and smile.
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Old 01-03-2003, 09:56 PM   #16
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Frodo's going to the Grey Havens thing was good for him because its the only place he could find peace from everything that happened to him.
And from a mortal's point of view, going to the undying lands and never coming back is just like a funeral march. I mean Tolkien could have given them wings to go to the Havens but he wanted LOTR to have a feel of the middle-ages theme. Remember when the people in the middle-ages put the dead in a boat and let it float into the sea or river (like Boromir)?
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Old 01-03-2003, 10:31 PM   #17
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I will admit that when I first read the books when I reached the end I sat back with the whole 'What?! That's IT?! attitude. However after I read through the book a second time I reliezed that the ending was just the way it should be, despite the fact that it left me a bit teary eyed. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
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