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Lord of Angmar · 09-24-2003, 05:43 PM

Elvish Archer, have you read the books? If you had, perhaps you would recall the line: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Frodo's head was bowed; his burden was dragging him down. (The Two Towers)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Or perhaps you recall Frodo struggling on in a "dark hour of weariness, still labouring under the stony shadows of Cirith Ungol." Both of these take place in the Two Towers book, and are meant as exposition for the final and mentally/physically corrosive struggle to reach Mount Doom and fulfill his quest.In the Return of the King, the "Land of Shadow" and "Mount Doom" chapters clearly display Frodo's agony and suffering, as he literally attempts to crawl through Mordor and up the mountain (after narrowling escaping from wearysome and extremely dangerous orc-toil), and Sam has to end up carrying him.I'm not sure if your point was to criticize the movies or the source material (the books), but either way your argument is unsupported.Welcome to the Downs.

09-24-2003, 05:43 PM	#3
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	Elvish Archer, have you read the books? If you had, perhaps you would recall the line:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Frodo's head was bowed; his burden was dragging him down. (The Two Towers)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Or perhaps you recall Frodo struggling on in a "dark hour of weariness, still labouring under the stony shadows of Cirith Ungol." <P>Both of these take place in the Two Towers book, and are meant as exposition for the final and mentally/physically corrosive struggle to reach Mount Doom and fulfill his quest.<P>In the Return of the King, the "Land of Shadow" and "Mount Doom" chapters clearly display Frodo's agony and suffering, as he literally attempts to crawl through Mordor and up the mountain (after narrowling escaping from wearysome and extremely dangerous orc-toil), and Sam has to end up carrying him.<P>I'm not sure if your point was to criticize the movies or the source material (the books), but either way your argument is unsupported.<P>Welcome to the Downs. __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.