LotR1-FotR-Seq03

[Holbytlass]

I'm going to backtrack for a moment. First off, I want everyone to know where I'm coming from in relation when the movies came out. The movies brought me to the books. I read LOTR 4 months before the FOTR came out and had only gotten to read it a few times. So I was in the "early stages" of a great love affair, when things are fresh and new and every discovery is cosmic. All my senses were hypersensitive when I sat down in that theater.

Second backtrack, when Bilbo finally lets go of the ring and it lands hard (on the floor and in my gut), that was my "oh, $%#@&*!!" moment. That's when I realized this was serious.

Interestingly enough, it bounced away from Gollum because it abandoned him but stayed when Bilbo released it. I suppose this would be a "ring POV", it must have known the riders where coming to find itself and wanted to stay with someone not powerful, and/or it didn't want to be "claimed" by Gandalf since he was there. Maybe that's why there was this extra show of power when Gandalf tried to pick it up (BTW, scared the shoes off me).

Originally Posted by Essex

It's Gandalf's thoughts when Frodo says he can't see any markings on the Ring. I put it to you that there is DISSAPOINTMENT on his face (not relief as everyone else seemed to think at the time) - The reason behind this is that it was Gandalf's JOB to find the Ring so he could help the people of Middle-earth defeat Suaron. He thought he'd found it, but for that second, alas no.

This actually makes sense to my question of why would Gandalf say the ring "is quite cool" and dumps it into Frodo's hand before fully knowing it's the one ring. Had it been a regular ring it would've burned.

Originally Posted by Alatar

Somewhere the "Rosie knows an idiot when she sees one" line was touted to be just wonderful, but to me it's a joke that isn't really funny.

I don't find those lines funny, but that part does make Sam endearing to me. He knows he isn't the smartest hobbit around, but he is wise enough to know his limits but never use his limits as an excuse not to do things, or shirk in anyway.


The wood elf scene, I could do without. Later it is explained how and why the elves are leaving Middle-earth. Other than to see two doe-eyed handsome men, it could have been cut.

All in all, loved the landscape, interactions between Gandalf-Frodo-Sam very good. Loved how scary Rider was talking, not real important about the head-chop. Fine with the pace of the movie.