The Deeper meaning to it all.

[Maeggaladiel]

We all know the quest of the Ring wasn't really that hard or treacherous. The reason the filmmakers made it so was due to pressure from car manufacturers. A world where people don't have cars is one where you are bombarded by enemies and you turn into a filthy, shrivelling wreck within days.

Use your common sense, buy more cars.

The scary thing is that inside each copy of LOTR, there actually is a gamepiece to win a car.


The Flaming Denethor scene was obviously an advertisement for fire prevention. I guess the budget couldn't allow for a cameo by Smokey the Bear.

Boromir's death scene contained subliminal messages for Capital One cards. Borry didn't HAVE the card, unlike Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, so he was killed by the rampaging mob. All he had to say was "Don't worry about the broken Horn of Gondor, Merry, we'll just put it on our Capital One card." Then the Uruks would stop in their tracks and look very unhappy. Lurtz would say "What's in YOUR wallet?" and the whole shindig would be over. Ta da!

Elves in general are walking Herbal Essences commercials. You throw 'em in a battle filled with mud and flying blood, yet their hair stays shimmery and flowy and perfect.