Favorite Little Things about the Trilogy

[Sandro]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

I third the Sean Bean notion, you mentioned Bond, don't forget his villain terrorist role in "Patriot Games."

Or the transition of the good, sly Odysseus in Troy. I love how he sees the miniature carved horse and sort of rubs his chin and goes into thought like, hmmm.

Yeah, my Dad and I seem to be the only people in the city who thought that movie was very good. I seriously doubt that any of the critics we read had actually read the Illiad.

On further discussion of Grima, he has no eyebrows, bad dandruf, and a cateract.

The spears of Eomer and Eowyn are different that those of the common Rohirrim warrior. For that matter, all the weapons and armor were great.

Boromir's dagger, never used, rarely seen.

Theoden's speech at the Pellenor (although I really wish he had the horn and it burst and everything....sigh).

Merry's insatiable bloodlust.

And the pictures of the actors (INCLUDING SEAN BEAN!!!!) at the closing credits of ROTK.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

For some reason, unknown as of yet, Sam's line:

"Rosie Cotton dancin'... with ribbons in her hair."

I love that line.

Fea

[Encaitare]

Mmm, that is a really great line.

I also love how when Pippin finds the apple floating on the water in TTT, he looks up remembering getting whacked in the head by mysteriously falling fruit.

And how when Gandalf lays his hand on Theoden's arm in TTT, Theoden looks at him suspiciously because that was the sort of thing Grima used to do -- I believe this was discussed in the Director/Writers commentary.

[Boromir88]

Eomer: Now is the hour, riders of Rohan, oaths you have taken, now fulfill them all to lord and land.

Eomer does very little in the movies, which was something I wasn't too happy with, so any of his lines to me, are an added bonus.

The gates of Minas Tirith were particularly funny. The design on the gates, I liked, very well done. But the complicated chains, crossbars, pulley systems, all that stuff, wooo didn't last 3 seconds against Grond, lol. All that work for nothing.

[Sandro]

It was 5 seconds. I'll have you know!!!

Yeah, I wish they had more of Eomer too.

In ROTK watch the expressions the Leader of the Haradrim makes as he smashes Rohirrim (he's the one with the chain between the tusks of his mumak). He also makes a very odd grunting noise. And his horn rocks.

[Evisse the Blue]

When Eowyn chants that strange but beautiful song at Theodred's grave, does anyone know what she says? (in Rohirric, I presume). It's very beautiful.

And the pictures of the actors (INCLUDING SEAN BEAN!!!!) at the closing credits of ROTK

Yes! I loved that.

[Sandro]

Did you notice that each charactor had an object in the background that pertained to his or her character? Boromir had the horn, Frodo had the Ring, Aragorn had Anduril, etc.