The Council of Elrond

[Sauron the White]

After learning them by heart and finally waking up from the dream that the beautiful scenery and intense drama that the movies cast on us, we realize, hey...these movies have holes...why? The books don't...

Of course the movies have holes. Nothing is perfect. I cringe every time I see the scrubbing bubbles of the Army of the Dead render the complete battle before the gates of Minas Tirith meaningless. Of course there are holes. What film does not?

The other day I was watching WEDDING CRASHERS on cable. Pretty successful film with a very simple plot. But a hole big enough to drive the proverbial truck through. The preppie bad guy calls his buddies to get the real lowdown on the two crashers - but does not give his contact on the other end of the phone any real info about them which could lead to discovering their actual identities. Everything he tells them is meaningless crap. But a half hour later, he gets a call and finds out all the truth. There is no way the guy on the other end could have found out this stuff even if he was Sherlock Holmes. This is typical and every film has something like this. And books do also.

And as for the book LOTR not having any holes. I give you two words - the first one is Tom and the second one starts with the letter B.

No holes? Explain this to me then. Sauron needs the ring so he can dominate and control all of Middle-earth. Well, he had it once and it sure did not do him any good then did it? The forces of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men defeated Sauron and his armies even though Sauron had the ring firmly in his possession.

And for years now I have yet to hear a reasonable explaination as to why the forces of good could not have laid siege to the Black Gates to distract Sauron and his forces while at the same time Frodo swept in on an eagle, escorted by an army of other eagles, and dumped it right into Mount Doom.

No holes in the book? Really? And that is just off the top of my head.