Honoring the Hobbits - ROTK spoilers - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

warrenerd · 02-27-2004, 10:54 PM

don't worry. you're not a traitor. the movie was beautiful, and i did enjoy the honor of hobbits, but i think the point was that you could never thank them enough for what they went through. theirs was the most miserable and mortifying road of all. but of course the movie was more generous, because it was the ending to a movie. and everything is either dramatized or completely left out in movies. so yeah. of course, someone's probably going to prove me wrong about this too.

Kitanna · 04-07-2004, 05:31 PM

I read RotK awhile back so I reread the part where the Hobbits were honored. I love it in the book, but that scene in the movie was so well done. I thought I was going to cry. I know that the honor should have been placed more on Sam and Frodo, but I love my Merry and Pippin which is why I like the movie version better. It also reminded me of the end of Mulan where all of China bows to her. So for many a reason I love the movie's version better. Please don't think me a traitor, but I ca't help it, the scene moved me.

starkat · 04-07-2004, 06:37 PM

I honestly think that the book and movie versions are great. The book scene wouldn't fit in the movie and vice versa, but each are perfect for their respective places. (I hope this makes sense)

Eowyn Skywalker · 04-07-2004, 09:24 PM

That makes perfect sense to me. I must agree.

And, yeah, the sense did remind me of the one in Mulan. A lot.

Hmmm... interesting. *Goes off and contamplates*

I rather liked that scene; still do. I thought that it fit.

-Eowyn Skywalker

Cibbwin · 04-07-2004, 11:25 PM

I think that, more than anything, Gimli handing Gandalf the crown was to give closure to the fellowship, and indeed all the main characters. Aragorn is being crowned, Gandalf is crowning, the four hobbits are being honoured, Legolas is leading the elven entourage, Eowyn and Faramir are together, we see Eomer, we see Arwen finally reunited with Aragorn, and later we see Elrond, Galadriel and Bilbo, and so they have Gimli hand Gandalf the crown. Simple solution, and in a way, it works subconsiously, because Dwarves have a love of all things crafted out of metal.

Saraphim · 04-08-2004, 10:07 AM

I liked both, for different reasons.

In the book, the Fields of Cormallen stand out in sharp contrast to the welcome the hobbits recieve in the Shire. It made me cry when Aragorn put them on his throne.

In the movie, the homage they recieve is no less. It also made me cry.

Yes, I'm a sap. What of it?!?!?

Anyway!

!

In both, it served the purpose that it was assigned, and more.

02-27-2004, 10:54 PM	#1
warrenerd Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 32	don't worry. you're not a traitor. the movie was beautiful, and i did enjoy the honor of hobbits, but i think the point was that you could never thank them enough for what they went through. theirs was the most miserable and mortifying road of all. but of course the movie was more generous, because it was the ending to a movie. and everything is either dramatized or completely left out in movies. so yeah. of course, someone's probably going to prove me wrong about this too. __________________ as soon as you're born, you start dying. so you might as well have a good time.

04-07-2004, 05:31 PM	#2
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	I read RotK awhile back so I reread the part where the Hobbits were honored. I love it in the book, but that scene in the movie was so well done. I thought I was going to cry. I know that the honor should have been placed more on Sam and Frodo, but I love my Merry and Pippin which is why I like the movie version better. It also reminded me of the end of Mulan where all of China bows to her. So for many a reason I love the movie's version better. Please don't think me a traitor, but I ca't help it, the scene moved me. __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

04-07-2004, 09:24 PM	#4
Eowyn Skywalker Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somewhere far, far away. Eh. Posts: 402	That makes perfect sense to me. I must agree. And, yeah, the sense did remind me of the one in Mulan. A lot. Hmmm... interesting. Goes off and contamplates I rather liked that scene; still do. I thought that it fit. -Eowyn Skywalker __________________ Sometimes worlds collide. This time, they got their own webpage. Join Middle-earth: Insanity forums today.

04-07-2004, 11:25 PM	#5
Cibbwin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 145	I think that, more than anything, Gimli handing Gandalf the crown was to give closure to the fellowship, and indeed all the main characters. Aragorn is being crowned, Gandalf is crowning, the four hobbits are being honoured, Legolas is leading the elven entourage, Eowyn and Faramir are together, we see Eomer, we see Arwen finally reunited with Aragorn, and later we see Elrond, Galadriel and Bilbo, and so they have Gimli hand Gandalf the crown. Simple solution, and in a way, it works subconsiously, because Dwarves have a love of all things crafted out of metal. __________________ The Warrior Hobbit Nîn o Chithaeglir, lasto beth daer; Rimmo nîn Bruinen, dan in Ulaer!

04-08-2004, 10:07 AM	#6
Saraphim Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The other side of freezing. Posts: 404	I liked both, for different reasons. In the book, the Fields of Cormallen stand out in sharp contrast to the welcome the hobbits recieve in the Shire. It made me cry when Aragorn put them on his throne. In the movie, the homage they recieve is no less. It also made me cry. Yes, I'm a sap. What of it?!?!? Anyway! ! In both, it served the purpose that it was assigned, and more. __________________ I drink Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters! ~ Always remember: pillage BEFORE you burn.

04-07-2004, 06:37 PM	#3
starkat Wight Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cair Paravel during the Golden Age of Narnia Posts: 146	I honestly think that the book and movie versions are great. The book scene wouldn't fit in the movie and vice versa, but each are perfect for their respective places. (I hope this makes sense)