Here is a list of most of my questions concerning the Lord of the Rings movies. If any of you out there can answer them, I would appreciate it. Note: some questions may pertain to the extended version, and so you might not know. Don't feel bad.
1. If Merry and Pippin were all dirty from the explosion they created from setting off the firecracker, wasn't it a bad idea to have them wash the dishes? (The Fellowship of the Ring)
2. What was the point of the Balrog having wings, if it can't fly? (TF of the R)
3. Why is it that Gandalf rarely ever uses magic in combat?
4. Is Wormtongue really Grima's last name, or is it just an insulting nickname? (The Two Towers)
5. Does anyone else find Galadriel to be really creepy, with how she can speak in people's minds? (TF of the R and TTT)
6. Where did Lord Denethor find a chicken, grapes, and cherry tomatoes if they were under siege? (The Return of the King)
7. Is Gandalf allowed to hit Denethor with his staff like that? I didn't think he'd be allowed to behave in such a way to the Steward of Gondor. (TR of the K)
8. Does nobody in these movies know how to take a pulse, or check for a heartbeat?
9. Why does the Balrog have a whip? (TF of the R)
10. Does anyone besides me think of the phrase "Want to fight? Want to have a wizard's duel?" when Gandalf and Saruman fight? (TF of the R)
11. If Aragorn's necklace got broken, why is his and Arwen's son wearing it in Arwen's dream? (TR of the K)
12. Does Gimli have more than one axe, or does the one he keeps breaking/throwing return magically and repair itself?
13. What is it with hobbits and their subconscious desire to possess evil shiny objects? (such as the One Ring and the palantir)
14. If Frodo was wearing his mithril coat at the time, how was Shelob's stinger able to pierce it? (TR of the K)
15. If elves and dwarfs are mostly enemies, how is it that the password for getting into Moria is in Elvish? (TF of the R)
16. Why doesn't the One Ring turn Sauron invisible? (TF of the R)
17. How come nobody-neither Denethor nor his guards-noticed that Faramir twitched when he got oil poured on him? (TR of the K)
18. How did the enemy even know about Gollum, and that he had possessed the Ring? (TF of the R)
19. Who is the real hero of the movies: Frodo or Sam? (personally, I vote the latter)
20. Isn't it a shame that Frodo and Sam never got to eat that rabbit stew Sam prepared? (TTT)
I've attempted to answer your questions.
ReplyDelete1. Yes.
2. It looks cooler with wings.
3. Good question. It's probably for the same reason that Luke Skywalker almost never used the force.
4. No, that's probably real.
5. The telepathy thing's pretty cool, like in "Dune." But she was creepy.
6. Royals and members of the aristocracy (in movies at least) always have food reserves for themselves. As long as they don't starve, they couldn't care less about anyone else.
7. Yes. Gandalf is a wizard. Wizard's have privileges that regular mortals do not.
8. They don't know how to do it in the Hobbits' world.
9. Why not?
10. I don't.
11. Because it's a dream.
12. It's a magic axe.
13. Sam resisted.
14. He had a mithril-piercing stinger, sort of like armor-piercing bullets.
15. Good question! Maybe dwarves don't have a language of their own.
16. He's immune to its powers.
17. He wasn't supposed to twitch, so the actors all pretended they didn't see it.
18. The wraiths could see him, just like they could see Frodo when he put the ring on.
19. Frodo because he's the one who destroyed the ring and saved the day.
20. Yes. I'll bet Sam's a good cook.