Insanly Funniness in ROTK - Page 2 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tar-Alcarin · 12-22-2003, 11:12 AM

Captain Obvious is Legolas. When Aragorn is discussing the battle on Morannon and how they will draw out saurons armies. Legolas pipes up with :A diversion. Hence the name captain obvious.

Rose Cotton · 12-22-2003, 11:44 AM

For some reason everyone in my theater thought that it was funny when Sam is growling at those orcs and then they relize that he's only a hobbit. I don't know why they did. I thought he was pritty heroic in that scene. I also thought that it was funny when at the end of the Pellanor Fields the dead army takes down that oliphant in the background. It was funny because everyone was going "WHOA!"

Eowyn_Wildfire · 12-22-2003, 11:47 AM

I thought the part when Denethor run thorugh the halls on fire was hillarous at the end I was muttering "he's gonna jump" I loved that part when he just run straight off!

doug*platypus · 12-22-2003, 03:30 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> When I saw Theoden whacking the swords of the soldiers before the Pelennor battle, I cracked up. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yeah, good call. It's just too easy to picture The Return of the King: The Silly Edition where the end of everyone's spear falls off!

Failivrin · 12-22-2003, 03:56 PM

the first time i saw ROTK i was paralytic with laugher at BILBO.i just couldn't get out of my head the following dialogue:Bilbo: "where are we going, Frodo my lad?" Frodo: "to the crazy house, uncle." Bilbo: "oh!"it just seemed to fit so perfectly. and then his line "i think i'm quite ready for another adventure" saw me stuffing my fist in my mouth to stop myself laughing. my mum thought i was having an asthma attack and it didn't help that my friend was also dead with laughter and after said line she said "oh well that paves the way for a sequel!"

Eowyn_Wildfire · 12-22-2003, 06:54 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> didn't help that my friend was also dead with laughter and after said line she said "oh well that paves the way for a sequel!" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>ha ha thats so great!

12-22-2003, 07:11 PM

i thought it was kind of amusing when denethor set himself on fire and ran out of the tomb and you see this huge fireball running and jumping off the cliff!

MallornLeaf · 12-22-2003, 08:33 PM

Gandalf: So don't say anything about Boromir's death, Pippin. don't mention Frodo or the Ring. and best not mention aragorn. In fact, it would be better if you didn't say anything at all, Pippin.Need I say more?!

Nehani · 12-23-2003, 01:17 AM

I thought it sooo funny when Faramir came back to Minas Tirith being dragged by a horse, only being held on by the stirrups. I couldn't help laughing. And when Denethor fell off the cliff, I couldn't help but wondering what Meela would be thinking. When Shelob was creeping up behind Frodo, I was laughing and giggling until she stung him. NehaniPS Welcome to the Downs, Greenleaf1388!

Meela · 12-23-2003, 05:55 AM

I think I was torn between crying, laughing, and horror at how easily he could just forget about me and leave me.

Tintalle · 12-23-2003, 12:40 PM

Funny Moments:1. Deagol and the fishy 2. Gandalf sleeping with his eyes open and Pippin stealing the palantir 3. When Gandalf and Pippin were at the door, and Gandalf tells Pippin not to talk at all ... then later he moves Pippin with his staff when Pippin pledges his services 4. Gollum saying that orcs doesn't taste good and it's for ME, eerrr, US 5. "Aragorn .... let's find some food" 6. "I know you ran out. You smoke too much Pip." 7. "You starled me ... what were you up to anyway" "SNEAKING!" 8. "That still counts as one!" 9. The invisible piggy back ride of Gollum 10. When the four hobbits come back to the shire and they nod/greet the old hobbit sweeping his frontyard.

Goldberry · 12-23-2003, 04:01 PM

For some reason, I was in an extremely giddy mood when I saw the movie, so I was laughing at strange, random parts.<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>At Aragorn's coronation, I found it funny when Arwen suddenly pops out from behind the tapestry that Elrond is holding....Arwen: Peek-a-boo!<LI>I laughed when the hobbits were jumping onto Frodo's bed and Gimli walks in. Fortunately for them, he didn't join them. <LI>Then, when Gandalf walked into Frodo's bedroom, for some reason I found it funny when Frodo said "Gandalf!" in an awestruck voice. I don't really know why, but that had me laughing for the whole night. <LI>At the Grey Havens, I was quite amused by Galadriel's weird smile as she boarded the ship. I was even more amused when Frodo reflected the same strange smile! </UL>

Meela · 12-23-2003, 04:06 PM

Galadriel's smile... she looked like a schoolgirl planning the mayhem she will cause on her school outing.

Kalimac · 12-23-2003, 04:10 PM

Thulorongil (sp?) - For what it's worth, that scene was played out almost exactly as in the book. Deagol hooks a huge fish which drags him out and underwater, and while being pulled along he spots the Ring. Of course, it's strangely amusing in the book as well.Bill the Pony - Oh God! Thanks for ensuring that I'll never be able to watch that scene again without thinking about Drew the Coworker...urgh...For me one of the funnier bits was also a very good one: when Merry is berating Pippin after the Palantir incident. "Why did you look? Why do you always have to look?"Then Pippin: "I won't do it again."The sheer inadequacy of the answer made me laugh pretty hard. What, like he hasn't done enough already? (Granted, to quote Calvin and Hobbes, I get the feeling there was no right answer to that question).[ 5:11 PM December 23, 2003: Message edited by: Kalimac ]

Sapphire_Flame · 12-23-2003, 07:21 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> "You starled me ... what were you up to anyway" "SNEAKING!"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That was my favorite line! In the books too; I was so glad it was in the movie. Abedithon le,~*~Aranel~*~

Quirkette · 12-24-2003, 05:15 AM

I must have been the only one who felt sorry for the oliphants. Whenever one was brought down, I wanted to cringe, cuz I kept thinking of them as poor endangered elephants who didn't know why the heck they were being shot at! Then at one point the thought popped into my head: "Oh yeah, feel good about hurting an ELEPHANT!" and I almost laughed real loud. Then Legolas shot one in the head, just for effect, and I thought I was going to burst from holding in a laugh.

Quirkette · 12-24-2003, 05:28 AM

LOL Bill the Pony--Gollum, you just took back the One Ring! What are you going to do now?"We're going to Disneyland, my precious."

aleesa · 12-24-2003, 05:29 AM

I find the part about gandalf sleeping with his eyes open was pretty amusing and also about gandalf advising pippin not to talk. Then there was Gimli saying "that only counts as one". I guess RoTK certainly has a lot of its funny moments coz I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.

Lëowen · 12-24-2003, 01:43 PM

Heh...when Denethor jumped off the cliff, I couldn't help but think about the Monty Python's Flying Circus episode that opened with a guy attempting to fly, and jumping off a cliff, only to go 'splat' on the beach below... Surely someone here knows what I'm talking about? Maybe?

FairLadyGoldberry · 12-24-2003, 01:56 PM

I loved the part when Gandalf and Pippin were about to walk in to see Denethor and Gandalf said something like:You'd better not say anything about his son Boromir dying.... or Frodo and the ring... or Aragorn coming to the thrown... in fact, it would be better if you didn't say anything.(or something along those lines) anyway, that really made me laugh!

Rasputin · 12-24-2003, 02:17 PM

i found it hilarious when gandalf was beating up denethor XD i also found it funny when the orc threw the other orc down the stairs and say "he tried to knife me!" then the orc got drop kicked out of the tower!

Failivrin · 12-24-2003, 03:24 PM

I know what you're talking about Leowen! it reminded me of that man in The Meaning of Life who was chased off a cliff at the end the 3rd time i saw it i noticed how much Eomer screamed and it made me laugh; about 3 times all in 10 minutes

Elennar Starfire · 12-25-2003, 06:42 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> When I saw Frodo's face when Sam takes the spider wrapping off him, images of Michael Jackson popped into my head. I keep cracking up at the thought of it. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Thanks so much. Now I will be scared every time I see that scene. Shelob's not so bad, but Michael Jackson... ! I'm haunted! I'm seeing MJ everywhere! AAAAAAHHHH! (long, off-topic story, please don't ask.) Things that scare me: Gollum, Grima, and now thanks to that, Frodo. HEEELP MEEE! MOMMY! *runs away*What's that? I need mental help? Thank you, Captain Obvious!

Azaelia of Willowbottom · 12-25-2003, 07:38 PM

I'm not sure how funny this is in reality... it's more like really strange. I was a bit thrown off by the orcs' sudden mastery of complex speech in ROTK. It was really bizarre to sit in the theater and watch an orc giving a "pep talk" about how now comes the "time of the orc..."! It was the one, rather nitpicky thing that bugged me, and it was kind of amusing as well, wether intentionally or not.

BoromirsBeard · 12-26-2003, 02:43 AM

I couldn't help but laugh at the Orc that looked like Yoda. Gandalf sleeping with his eyes open - I thought elves did that?

doug*platypus · 12-26-2003, 05:10 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> i found it hilarious when gandalf was beating up denethor <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yeah, I did too, but only after I added theme music in my head! It was a certain Prodigy song about Smacking My certain somebody Up. Plus I really think they should have added the *slurp* *slurp* sound effects of Denethor eating to Viggo's kissing scene. Kind of funny, kind of terrible, was the orc who thought he was greeting the Corsairs at the Harlond. He forgot to turn his Australian accent off! Tie me Orkaroo down, sport...

Failivrin · 12-26-2003, 03:17 PM

oh i love it how people ALWAYS revert to their natural accent when they're shouting. if they don't, then they get some other insane one instead which leads perfectly onto...Aragorn's Irish accent before the Black Gate! where did he get that from?

Sapphire_Flame · 12-26-2003, 03:26 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Plus I really think they should have added the *slurp* *slurp* sound effects of Denethor eating to Viggo's kissing scene.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> *dies* Abedithon le,~*~Aranel~*~

Firefoot · 12-26-2003, 04:36 PM

Funniest parts:-When Pippin kneels to offer his services to Denethor and Gandalf says "get up" and hits him. -When Gandalf attacks Denethor. -When everyone is bowing to the hobbits they were all the same height! Also I was convinced either Merry or Pippin (probably Pippin) was going to say something stupid. Their expressions were priceless! -Gimli: that only counts for one! -When Frodo wakes up and all the hobbits and everyone come in - that was so cheesy it was stupid!

Finwe · 12-26-2003, 05:35 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Plus I really think they should have added the *slurp* *slurp* sound effects of Denethor eating to Viggo's kissing scene. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>*rolls over and dies laughing*Oh dear! And some people were complaining that the kissing scene itself wasn't very Middle-earth-ish, or majestic! The sound effects would have been HILARIOUS!!!!!

Rouroni · 12-26-2003, 06:13 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> For some reason people laughed when they saw Sam and Frodo in Orcs' clothes? Anyone know why this is funny, I completely missed that joke?! I assume they were all people who hadn't read the book. If so there was a disturbingly large number of them! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah, that happened to me too, and i didnt understand it either. What i found funny was the scene from the Pellenor Fields, when the orcs were breaching the first wall of Minas Tirith and Pippin and Gandalf are having a leisurly conversation. Sure, they kill a few while they chat, but it's like they're playing tennis at a country club.As for the Aragorn-Arwen make-out session, didnt Aragorn get enough of that in his dream in TT? I guess he just wanted some tangible Evenstar nooky.

Catlyn21 · 12-26-2003, 07:56 PM

Okay, for anyone whose seen Pirates of the Caribbean: When Frodo and Sam are stumbling up Mount Doom, they're walking exactly like Captain Jack Sparrow...I saw that movie 11 times in theaters (oh what a waste of money...), and it instantly reminded me of that...The people around me didn't think it was too funny, though...And I couldn't help laughing when you see Frodo all wrapped up in Shelob's web: Elijah Wood, starring in The Mummy!okay, maybe its just me...I thought it was funny...

The Elusive Spirit · 12-27-2003, 09:54 PM

I liked the part in Isengard when Treebeard says to Gandalf "...young master Gandalf." *chuckle* Also, when the orks are going thru Frodo's sutff the one ork says "The shiny shirt is mine." My friend thinks he said "The shiny sh!*&t is mine." I died.

Beanamir of Gondor · 12-27-2003, 10:05 PM

my extreme favorite part [in which I just absolutely died] was when Aragorn is standing on the Pelennor Fields and behind him you can see the army of the dead [or at least part of it] just ROLLING up the backside of an oliphaunt. Like, a great big wave of the dead, just in the background. I cracked up, and the lady next to me in the theater sighed and made a face.Also, when Sam and Frodo are sitting on Mt Doom after they've destroyed the ring, and Frodo is like 'I can remember the Shire, Sam!" and then there's this huge explosion in the background. Crack-up scene also.*Die* the part where Sam pulls the web stuff off of Frodo's face- he doesn't look like Michael Jackson, he looks like Edward Scissorhands! Gasp! "I love you Kim!"And finally, when the army of Gondor and Rohan goes to the Black Gate under Aragorn, and starts charging- Merry and Pippin start running, and they get totally left behind, you see them getting way passed up by all the horses and people. The people I was sitting next to were glaring so bad, I started snorting.It wasn't in the movie, but the lady sitting next to me in the theatre was really afraid of Shelob. *Squeak!* "Oh dear Jesus, look at that thing!" *Gasp* "I hate spid- AAAHHH!" Screaming into her husband's shoulder. Laugh, laugh.Hooray for Gimli the comic relief dwarf!

DarkRose · 12-28-2003, 01:02 AM

I found most of the already-mentioned lines funny, along with more random things.The various grunts and noises that the characters made had me stifling giggles. Such as the pig-like noises Gandalf makes while sleeping with his eyes open. And of course, Gimli's snorts and guttural sounds had me cracking up. Also, at the end, when everyone is running in to greet Frodo in his bed, I couldn't help but laugh at Pippin. Did anyone notice how he sort of...flung himself wildly about on the bed? Like a trout out of water? The audience found the scene where Denethor is trying to burn himself and Faramir terribly funny. I'm not sure it was PJ's intent, though. But when Denethor had his arms raised, awaiting for flames to engulf him, waves of laughter rang through the audience. Sorta killed the mood. So to speak.

Gorwingel · 12-28-2003, 03:14 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>When I saw Frodo's face when Sam takes the spider wrapping off him, images of Michael Jackson popped into my head. I keep cracking up at the thought of it.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I didn't really think that Frodo looked like Michael Jackson, but that scene was freaky none the less! His look scared me more than Shelob! When I was watching it, it was basically: "Oh Sam *watches*", "Frodo! Ahhh!!! *closes eyes*", and on, and on... I couldn't believe how freaky they made him look. It is so bad I can't really get myself to watch that scene. Someday I most definitely will have to ask Sean Astin about how it was filming it.Oh and I thought that the whole Gandalf eyes open while sleeping thing was brilliant. It was so funny

Finwe · 12-28-2003, 09:14 AM

An absolutely hilarious scene was when Merry and Pippin get out-run before the Black Gates after they charge after Aragorn. I was laughing convulsively at that part.

Mariska Greenleaf · 12-29-2003, 04:54 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Also, when Sam and Frodo are sitting on Mt Doom after they've destroyed the ring, and Frodo is like 'I can remember the Shire, Sam!" and then there's this huge explosion in the background. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yes, and at that time he says he remembers Gandalf's fireworks...

The Only Real Estel · 12-30-2003, 09:54 AM

For some reason everyone thought the shot of that giant troll beating the drums for the forces of Mordor outside of Minas Tirith was insanly funny .

dragoneyes · 12-30-2003, 10:31 AM

I noticed this one elf at the coronation (I like looking at the people in the backgroud), I think he's over Elrond's shoulder, possibly Arwen's but he grins ridiculously and I just found it really funny.Another thing is when Galadriel helps Frodo up, my friend said Galadriel's face scared her and when it kept coming closer to the screen the thought of her cringing away from it just made me laugh.

12-22-2003, 11:12 AM	#41
Tar-Alcarin Wight Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Numenore Posts: 108	Captain Obvious is Legolas. When Aragorn is discussing the battle on Morannon and how they will draw out saurons armies. Legolas pipes up with :A diversion. Hence the name captain obvious. __________________ Miniature Rohirrim armor: $500. Amount of fuel it took pippin to light the beacons: $20. Seeing your two favourite hobbits get wasted and drunk: priceless

12-22-2003, 11:44 AM	#42
Rose Cotton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: A place worse then Mordor........School! Posts: 1,075	For some reason everyone in my theater thought that it was funny when Sam is growling at those orcs and then they relize that he's only a hobbit. I don't know why they did. I thought he was pritty heroic in that scene. <P>I also thought that it was funny when at the end of the Pellanor Fields the dead army takes down that oliphant in the background. It was funny because everyone was going "WHOA!" __________________ "There's nothing you can do, Harry... nothing... he's gone."-Remus Lupin "The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm."-Pippin (now how can you argue with that logic?)

12-22-2003, 11:47 AM	#43
Eowyn_Wildfire Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: on my horse (I wish) Posts: 47	I thought the part when Denethor run thorugh the halls on fire was hillarous at the end I was muttering "he's gonna jump" I loved that part when he just run straight off! __________________ I see in your eyes, the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come, when the courage of Men fails. And we forsake our friends, and break all bonds of fellowship but it is not this day. This day....we fight

12-22-2003, 03:30 PM	#44
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> When I saw Theoden whacking the swords of the soldiers before the Pelennor battle, I cracked up. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yeah, good call. It's just too easy to picture <I>The Return of the King: The Silly Edition</I> where the end of everyone's spear falls off! __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.

12-22-2003, 03:56 PM	#45
Failivrin Wight Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: England Posts: 201	the first time i saw ROTK i was paralytic with laugher at BILBO.<P>i just couldn't get out of my head the following dialogue:<P>Bilbo: "where are we going, Frodo my lad?"<BR>Frodo: "to the crazy house, uncle."<BR>Bilbo: "oh!"<P>it just seemed to fit so perfectly. and then his line "i think i'm quite ready for another adventure" saw me stuffing my fist in my mouth to stop myself laughing. my mum thought i was having an asthma attack and it didn't help that my friend was also dead with laughter and after said line she said "oh well that paves the way for a sequel!" __________________ no one in particular

12-22-2003, 06:54 PM	#46
Eowyn_Wildfire Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: on my horse (I wish) Posts: 47	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> didn't help that my friend was also dead with laughter and after said line she said "oh well that paves the way for a sequel!" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>ha ha thats so great!<BR> __________________ I see in your eyes, the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come, when the courage of Men fails. And we forsake our friends, and break all bonds of fellowship but it is not this day. This day....we fight

12-22-2003, 07:11 PM	#47
Greenleaf1388 Guest Posts: n/a	i thought it was kind of amusing when denethor set himself on fire and ran out of the tomb and you see this huge fireball running and jumping off the cliff!

12-22-2003, 08:33 PM	#48
MallornLeaf Haunting Spirit Join Date: May 2002 Location: who cares? Posts: 76	Gandalf: So don't say anything about Boromir's death, Pippin. don't mention Frodo or the Ring. and best not mention aragorn. In fact, it would be better if you didn't say anything at all, Pippin.<P>Need I say more?! __________________ ". . . All we must decide is what to do with the time that is given us." "I pass the test, I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel."

12-23-2003, 01:17 AM	#49
Nehani Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mirkwood (or something like it) Posts: 80	I thought it sooo funny when Faramir came back to Minas Tirith being dragged by a horse, only being held on by the stirrups. I couldn't help laughing. And when Denethor fell off the cliff, I couldn't help but wondering what Meela would be thinking. When Shelob was creeping up behind Frodo, I was laughing and giggling until she stung him. <P>Nehani<P>PS<BR>Welcome to the Downs, Greenleaf1388! __________________ "Been A Long Road To Follow, Been There And Gone Tomorrow Without Saying Goodbye To Yesterday..." "The Way Is Closed. It Was Made By Those Who are Dead. The Way is Closed."

12-23-2003, 05:55 AM	#50
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	I think I was torn between crying, laughing, and horror at how easily he could just forget about me and leave me. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

12-23-2003, 12:40 PM	#51
Tintalle Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: At the Gates of Morannon, waiting for the Great Battle Posts: 15	Funny Moments:<P>1. Deagol and the fishy<BR>2. Gandalf sleeping with his eyes open and Pippin stealing the palantir<BR>3. When Gandalf and Pippin were at the door, and Gandalf tells Pippin not to talk at all ... then later he moves Pippin with his staff when Pippin pledges his services<BR>4. Gollum saying that orcs doesn't taste good and it's for ME, eerrr, US<BR>5. "Aragorn .... let's find some food"<BR>6. "I know you ran out. You smoke too much Pip."<BR>7. "You starled me ... what were you up to anyway" "SNEAKING!"<BR>8. "That still counts as one!"<BR>9. The invisible piggy back ride of Gollum<BR>10. When the four hobbits come back to the shire and they nod/greet the old hobbit sweeping his frontyard. __________________ "You seem somewhat familiar ... have I threatened you before" - Capt. Jack Sparrow "A Diversion!" - Capt. Obvious

12-23-2003, 04:01 PM	#52
Goldberry Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Old Forest Posts: 338	For some reason, I was in an extremely giddy mood when I saw the movie, so I was laughing at strange, random parts.<P><UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>At Aragorn's coronation, I found it funny when Arwen suddenly pops out from behind the tapestry that Elrond is holding....<B>Arwen</B>: Peek-a-boo!<P><LI>I laughed when the hobbits were jumping onto Frodo's bed and Gimli walks in. Fortunately for them, he didn't join them. <P><LI>Then, when Gandalf walked into Frodo's bedroom, for some reason I found it funny when Frodo said "Gandalf!" in an awestruck voice. I don't really know why, but that had me laughing for the whole night. <P><LI>At the Grey Havens, I was quite amused by Galadriel's weird smile as she boarded the ship. I was even more amused when Frodo reflected the same strange smile!<BR></UL> __________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein

12-23-2003, 04:06 PM	#53
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	Galadriel's smile... she looked like a schoolgirl planning the mayhem she will cause on her school outing. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

12-23-2003, 04:10 PM	#54
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Thulorongil (sp?) - For what it's worth, that scene was played out almost exactly as in the book. Deagol hooks a huge fish which drags him out and underwater, and while being pulled along he spots the Ring. Of course, it's strangely amusing in the book as well.<P>Bill the Pony - Oh God! Thanks for ensuring that I'll never be able to watch that scene again without thinking about Drew the Coworker...urgh...<P>For me one of the funnier bits was also a very good one: when Merry is berating Pippin after the Palantir incident. "Why did you look? Why do you always have to look?"<P>Then Pippin: "I won't do it again."<P>The sheer inadequacy of the answer made me laugh pretty hard. What, like he hasn't done enough already? (Granted, to quote Calvin and Hobbes, I get the feeling there was no right answer to that question).<p>[ 5:11 PM December 23, 2003: Message edited by: Kalimac ] __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.

12-23-2003, 07:21 PM	#55
Sapphire_Flame Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The World That Never Was Posts: 1,232	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> "You starled me ... what were you up to anyway" "SNEAKING!"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>That was my favorite line! In the books too; I was so glad it was in the movie. <P>Abedithon le,<P>~~Aranel~~ __________________ The Hitchhiking Ghost

12-24-2003, 05:15 AM	#56
Quirkette Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: A shotgun shack Posts: 86	I must have been the only one who felt sorry for the oliphants. Whenever one was brought down, I wanted to cringe, cuz I kept thinking of them as poor endangered elephants who didn't know why the heck they were being shot at! Then at one point the thought popped into my head: "Oh yeah, feel good about hurting an ELEPHANT!" and I almost laughed real loud. Then Legolas shot one in the head, just for effect, and I thought I was going to burst from holding in a laugh. __________________ "No food, no rest, nothing for Smeagol," said Gollum. "He's a sneak."

12-24-2003, 05:28 AM	#57
Quirkette Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: A shotgun shack Posts: 86	LOL Bill the Pony--<P>Gollum, you just took back the One Ring! What are you going to do now?<P>"We're going to Disneyland, my precious." __________________ "No food, no rest, nothing for Smeagol," said Gollum. "He's a sneak."

12-24-2003, 05:29 AM	#58
aleesa Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Lorien...(I wish...sigh) Posts: 26	I find the part about gandalf sleeping with his eyes open was pretty amusing and also about gandalf advising pippin not to talk. Then there was Gimli saying "that only counts as one". I guess RoTK certainly has a lot of its funny moments coz I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. __________________ ** "More haste, less speed"- Gollum

12-24-2003, 01:43 PM	#59
Lëowen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: my computer chair, being smothered by my impossibly large cat Posts: 93	Heh...when Denethor jumped off the cliff, I couldn't help but think about the Monty Python's Flying Circus episode that opened with a guy attempting to fly, and jumping off a cliff, only to go 'splat' on the beach below...<BR>Surely someone here knows what I'm talking about? Maybe?<BR> __________________ Be individual! Join the millions of other people also being individual! Prevent Merry Abuse! Join S.A.M!

12-24-2003, 01:56 PM	#60
FairLadyGoldberry Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Old Forest Posts: 20	I loved the part when Gandalf and Pippin were about to walk in to see Denethor and Gandalf said something like:<P>You'd better not say anything about his son Boromir dying....<BR>or Frodo and the ring...<BR>or Aragorn coming to the thrown...<BR>in fact, it would be better if you didn't say anything.<P>(or something along those lines) anyway, that really made me laugh! __________________ So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

12-24-2003, 02:17 PM	#61
Rasputin Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 23	i found it hilarious when gandalf was beating up denethor XD<P><BR>i also found it funny when the orc threw the other orc down the stairs and say "he tried to knife me!" then the orc got drop kicked out of the tower!

12-24-2003, 03:24 PM	#62
Failivrin Wight Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: England Posts: 201	I know what you're talking about Leowen! it reminded me of that man in The Meaning of Life who was chased off a cliff at the end <P>the 3rd time i saw it i noticed how much Eomer screamed and it made me laugh; about 3 times all in 10 minutes __________________ no one in particular

12-25-2003, 06:42 PM	#63
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> When I saw Frodo's face when Sam takes the spider wrapping off him, images of Michael Jackson popped into my head. I keep cracking up at the thought of it. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Thanks so much. Now I will be scared every time I see that scene. Shelob's not so bad, but Michael Jackson... ! I'm haunted! I'm seeing MJ everywhere! AAAAAAHHHH! (long, off-topic story, please don't ask.) Things that scare me: Gollum, Grima, and now thanks to that, Frodo. HEEELP MEEE! MOMMY! runs away<P>What's that? I need mental help? Thank you, Captain Obvious! __________________ Don't let me die!

12-25-2003, 07:38 PM	#64
Azaelia of Willowbottom Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: By the Sea Posts: 446	I'm not sure how funny this is in reality... it's more like really strange. I was a bit thrown off by the orcs' sudden mastery of complex speech in ROTK. It was really bizarre to sit in the theater and watch an orc giving a "pep talk" about how now comes the "time of the orc..."! It was the one, rather nitpicky thing that bugged me, and it was kind of amusing as well, wether intentionally or not. __________________ "Wherever I have been, I am back."

12-26-2003, 02:43 AM	#65
BoromirsBeard Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 20	I couldn't help but laugh at the Orc that looked like Yoda. <P>Gandalf sleeping with his eyes open - I thought elves did that?

12-26-2003, 05:10 AM	#66
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> i found it hilarious when gandalf was beating up denethor <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yeah, I did too, but only after I added theme music in my head! It was a certain Prodigy song about Smacking My certain somebody Up. Plus I <B>really</B> think they should have added the slurp slurp sound effects of Denethor eating to Viggo's kissing scene. <P>Kind of funny, kind of terrible, was the orc who thought he was greeting the Corsairs at the Harlond. He <B>forgot</B> to turn his Australian accent off! Tie me Orkaroo down, sport... __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.

12-26-2003, 03:17 PM	#67
Failivrin Wight Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: England Posts: 201	oh i love it how people ALWAYS revert to their natural accent when they're shouting. if they don't, then they get some other insane one instead which leads perfectly onto...<P>Aragorn's Irish accent before the Black Gate! where did he get that from? __________________ no one in particular

12-26-2003, 03:26 PM	#68
Sapphire_Flame Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The World That Never Was Posts: 1,232	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Plus I really think they should have added the slurp slurp sound effects of Denethor eating to Viggo's kissing scene.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>dies <P>Abedithon le,<P>~~Aranel~~ __________________ The Hitchhiking Ghost

12-26-2003, 04:36 PM	#69
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Funniest parts:<P>-When Pippin kneels to offer his services to Denethor and Gandalf says "get up" and hits him.<BR>-When Gandalf attacks Denethor.<BR>-When everyone is bowing to the hobbits they were all the same height! Also I was convinced either Merry or Pippin (probably Pippin) was going to say something stupid. Their expressions were priceless!<BR>-Gimli: that only counts for one!<BR>-When Frodo wakes up and all the hobbits and everyone come in - that was so cheesy it was stupid!

12-26-2003, 05:35 PM	#70
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR><BR>Plus I really think they should have added the slurp slurp sound effects of Denethor eating to Viggo's kissing scene.<BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>rolls over and dies laughing<P>Oh dear! And some people were complaining that the kissing scene itself wasn't very Middle-earth-ish, or majestic! The sound effects would have been HILARIOUS!!!!! __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

12-26-2003, 06:13 PM	#71
Rouroni Newly Deceased Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 10	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> For some reason people laughed when they saw Sam and Frodo in Orcs' clothes? Anyone know why this is funny, I completely missed that joke?! I assume they were all people who hadn't read the book. If so there was a disturbingly large number of them!<BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Yeah, that happened to me too, and i didnt understand it either. <P>What i found funny was the scene from the Pellenor Fields, when the orcs were breaching the first wall of Minas Tirith and Pippin and Gandalf are having a leisurly conversation. Sure, they kill a few while they chat, but it's like they're playing tennis at a country club.<P>As for the Aragorn-Arwen make-out session, didnt Aragorn get enough of that in his dream in TT? I guess he just wanted some tangible Evenstar nooky. __________________ "Cold be hand and heart and bone/Cold be sleep under stone/never more to wake on stony bed/Never, until the Sun fails and the Moon is dead./In the black wind the stars shall die/And still on gold here let them lie/Until the Dark Lord lifts his hand/Over dead sea and withered land."-Fog on the Barrow-Downs

12-26-2003, 07:56 PM	#72
Catlyn21 Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Probably stalking Orlando. Or Viggo. Or Dom. Or Johnny Depp, for that matter. Posts: 14	Okay, for anyone whose seen Pirates of the Caribbean: When Frodo and Sam are stumbling up Mount Doom, they're walking exactly like Captain Jack Sparrow...I saw that movie 11 times in theaters (oh what a waste of money...), and it instantly reminded me of that...The people around me didn't think it was too funny, though...<P>And I couldn't help laughing when you see Frodo all wrapped up in Shelob's web: <P>Elijah Wood, starring in The Mummy!<P>okay, maybe its just me...I thought it was funny... __________________ Neo is not the one -- that's because Frodo is! < I just realized my location makes me sound like a total fangirl........

12-27-2003, 09:54 PM	#73
The Elusive Spirit Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The out-skirts of Bree, on my way to some where. Posts: 53	I liked the part in Isengard when Treebeard says to Gandalf "...young master Gandalf." chuckle<BR>Also, when the orks are going thru Frodo's sutff the one ork says "The shiny shirt is mine." My friend thinks he said "The shiny <BR>sh!*&t is mine." I died. __________________ Before these fields were shorn and tilled, Full to the brim our rivers flowed; The melody of waters filled The fresh and boundless wood, And torrents dashed, and rivlets played, And fountains spouted in the shade. -Bryant

12-27-2003, 10:05 PM	#74
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	my extreme favorite part [in which I just absolutely died] was when Aragorn is standing on the Pelennor Fields and behind him you can see the army of the dead [or at least part of it] just ROLLING up the backside of an oliphaunt. Like, a great big wave of the dead, just in the background. I cracked up, and the lady next to me in the theater sighed and made a face.<P>Also, when Sam and Frodo are sitting on Mt Doom after they've destroyed the ring, and Frodo is like 'I can remember the Shire, Sam!" and then there's this huge explosion in the background. Crack-up scene also.<P>Die the part where Sam pulls the web stuff off of Frodo's face- he doesn't look like Michael Jackson, he looks like Edward Scissorhands! Gasp! "I love you Kim!"<P>And finally, when the army of Gondor and Rohan goes to the Black Gate under Aragorn, and starts charging- Merry and Pippin start running, and they get totally left behind, you see them getting way passed up by all the horses and people. The people I was sitting next to were glaring so bad, I started snorting.<P>It wasn't in the movie, but the lady sitting next to me in the theatre was really afraid of Shelob. Squeak! "Oh dear Jesus, look at that thing!" Gasp "I hate spid- AAAHHH!" Screaming into her husband's shoulder. Laugh, laugh.<P>Hooray for Gimli the comic relief dwarf! __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."

12-28-2003, 01:02 AM	#75
DarkRose Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sauron's Garden Posts: 157	I found most of the already-mentioned lines funny, along with more random things.<P>The various grunts and noises that the characters made had me stifling giggles. Such as the pig-like noises Gandalf makes while sleeping with his eyes open. And of course, Gimli's snorts and guttural sounds had me cracking up. <P>Also, at the end, when everyone is running in to greet Frodo in his bed, I couldn't help but laugh at Pippin. Did anyone notice how he sort of...flung himself wildly about on the bed? Like a trout out of water? <P>The audience found the scene where Denethor is trying to burn himself and Faramir terribly funny. I'm not sure it was PJ's intent, though. But when Denethor had his arms raised, awaiting for flames to engulf him, waves of laughter rang through the audience. Sorta killed the mood. So to speak. __________________ "All rivers go to the sea, yet never does the sea become full."