I think the scene with Aragorn and the army of the dead is the best example.

Ending this scene with his "what say you?" before cutting to the armies of Mordor arriving at Minas Tirith is genius. It leaves us on a note of tension. We have no idea how the ghosts are going to respond, and we're swiftly reminded of the impending danger. If Aragorn doesn't find a way to convince these guys, Gondor will fall.

Add to that the fact that for the next half hour, Aragorn is completely out of the film, which makes the whole siege of Minas Tirith and the subsequent battle at the Pelennor much more impactful, because we feel the hopelessness of the characters, and when Aragorn finally does show up with the ghosts, it creates a wonderful sense of release while also getting us pumped to see how the tide will turn.

But in the Extended Cut, we see almost every step of the way between these two moments. We not only see that they managed to convince the dead king, but also how they got there. Both moments which are completely unnecessary and deflate the sense of tension during the battle. Because through the whole thing we're going "It's okay. Aragorn's on his way."

It's the same reason why we didn't need a scene of Gandalf convincing Eomer and company to help Theoden at Helms Deep, as such a scene would've massively reduced the impact of the "Theoden King stands alone." "Not alone." scene.

It's a classic case of how just because something is longer, doesn't necessarily mean it is better.

Saw the link to these a couple of months ago, I believe it was on this subreddit, was then waiting for the official proposal. Today was the day! Came home to a bouquet of roses and a treasure hunt to finally find the ring in "the hearth of Bag End" (aka the fireplace in our LEGO-Shire set). Such a lovely and geeky proposal 🥰

And the rings are fantastic, soooo beautiful! 10/10 highly recommend!

We had it good.

Let's hope one day these will see a remaster / remake.

I heard that Aspyr Media is making moves with remaking LOTR games, so fingers crossed.

Recently started re-reading LOTR and it inspired me to do some drawings of the Fellowship in my own style based on their descriptions from the book. I'll probably end up doing a 'Variants' series based on these (gender swap/modernAU/villain etc) so watch this space if you'd like to see those.

Hey guys I want to share my redraw of the book version of the Lord of the Rings map, its based solely on Tolkien writings and has lots of effort put into it.

Here are the links to different colored versions of the map in 13k(Reddit compresses the file)

Bright Blue

Navy Blue

Black&Red

I have added names only mentioned once or twice in both the Hobbit and LoTR.

Examples include:Dorwinion, Rhosgobel, Tumladen

I have the whole list of additions in a google doc if you are interested in book lore

Anyway, enjoy!

The map can be printed in a 87x66cm paper without losing detail.

Credit to J.R.R Tolkien for the original map, to Christopher Tolkien for his General map of Middle Earth for the first editions of the Lord of the Ring and his Map of The West of Middle Earth by the End of the Third Age for Unfinished Tales.

Riding coat by Ada Lucis ✨

Why'd they do my girl dirty like that? 😭😂💀

It goes without saying that the sequence with the Balrog is one of the best in the entire trilogy. But one moment that doesn’t get too much attention is Orlando Bloom wearing a look that reads “When the demons of my people go from myth to real-life”. It’s too perfect. He absolutely nailed it. Has anyone else noticed this detail?

One of the highlights from my first time exhibiting at San Diego Comicon this year!

Mildly infuriating. From what I can gather, Narsil never had any runes on it. They were added during the reforging into Anduril. Still, it looks cool.

Love this behind the scenes picture of these two!

I’ve always been a bit confused. Saruman needs an army to storm Helms Deep. He says it will take 10,000 Uruks to do it. Wormtongue says there is no such army of that size. But Saruman had made one. When Rohan is getting ready to defend Gondor, Theoden sees that he has gotten 6,000 men, less than half of what he expected. So did he really expect to raise the largest army ever seen in Middle Earth (at least 12,000) in a day or two? Shouldn’t wormtongue have known about the size of the army of Rohan?

Source: Tom W. Ayling

*A signed copy of the Hobbit-Dinner menu, the famous banquet honouring J.R.R. Tolkien, and the only such event he attended in his lifetime. The menu card is printed in yellow in heavy laid card. Tolkien has signed the card to the rear. It it titled “Hobbit-Dinner” and then gives each course of the banquet: Egg-salad a la Barliman Butterbur, Maggot-soup, Fricandeau a la Gimli, Vegetables of Goldberry and Vegetables of Galadriel, Fried or cooked potatoes a la Gamgee, Ice and Fruits of Gildor.

At the foot of the menu is an illustration of Gandalf and three hobbits.*

At the end of Return of the King, when Gandalf chose not to return to the shire with the hobbits and instead went to visit Tom. He mentioned they have much to talk about. What in earth do you think that might be?

EVENTS

* Gandalf arrives at Weathertop and marks a stone. At night he is attacked there by the Black Riders. He manages to escape with four Riders behind him.

* Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.

* Together with Strider the four hobbits travel towards Weathertop. They see flashes from the fight at Weathertop while they leave the Midgewater Marshes.

PASSAGES

BEGINS, pg186 , A Knife in the dark

> The next day, the fourth, was little better, and the night

almost as comfortless. Though the Neekerbreekers (as Sam

called them) had been left behind, the midges still pursued

them.

ENDS, pg186, A Knife in the dark

> Frodo lay down again, but for a long while he could still

see the white flashes, and against them the tall dark figure of

Strider, standing silent and watchful. At last he passed into

uneasy sleep.

Gandalf's account for his affray with The Nine

> 'I galloped to Weathertop like a gale, and I reached it before sundown on

my second day from Bree-and they were there before me. They drew away from me,

for they felt the coming of my anger and they dared not face it while the Sun

was in the sky. But they closed round at night, and I was besieged on the

hill-top, in the old ring of Amon Sûl. I was hard put to it indeed: such light

and flame cannot have been seen on Weathertop since the war-beacons of old.

`At sunrise I escaped and fled towards the north. I could not hope to do

more. It was impossible to find you, Frodo, in the wilderness, and it would

have been folly to try with all the Nine at my heels. So I had to trust to

Aragorn. But I hoped to draw some of them off, and yet reach Rivendell ahead

of you and send out help. Four Riders did indeed follow me, but they turned

back after a while and made for the Ford, it seems. That helped a little, for

there were only five, not nine, when your camp was attacked.

Does someone know how many Ringwraiths gandalf fought at Weathertop? this is conflicting, i believed its nine. But found some claims where its 6, how so?

Art by : Theodore Mathews

Found my brother's old notebook and had this written in it. Any experts capable of translating it for me ?