[HCIsland]

... but if you look, he is not stabbed by a spear but by a trident and that the trident is not centered on Frodo. When one of the tines struck the mithril, it was deflected sideways, pinning Frodo between two of the tines. This is supported by the fact that the hole in Frodo's shirt is to one side. Also, if you look at the tines carefully, you will notice that the center one is actually shorter then the outside ones, meaning that the outside ones can hit the wall before the central one can fully impale Frodo.<P>Sorry guys, they thought about this to avoid the lets-slow-down-the-movie-and-heal-Frodo scene.<P>As I said, most of the stuff in this thread are not mistakes.<P>H.C.