thelidlesseyes wrote:In the scene where Sam and Frodo are in the field with the scarecrow, you can plainly see a car cruising past in the distance, from right to left. Further comment - there are two different shots which show the car moving from right to left. One starts at the top right distance, and in a shot a few seconds later the car has travelled down the road a bit and is more easily visible. Complicating matters is that the dust thrown up by the car looks similar to smoke from a chimney in the right distance, making some people think it is just the chimney. But chimneys don't move, and the smoke from the chimney is separate from the moving vehicle.
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As Boromir and Aragorn talk right before Boromir dies, you can see Boromir's right hand gripping Aragorn's left shoulder in the shot from behind Aragorn's right shoulder, but when the camera view changes to Boromir's perspective, looking up at Aragorn, his hand is not there. The scene goes back and forth between these two views several times.
THE POOR SOD IS ABOUT TO POP HIS CLOGS. HIS ARMS ARE PROBABLY FLOPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE. PJ HAS DONE SOME CLEVER EDITING TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION HIS ARMS ARE STEADY AND GIVE BORRY SOME DIGNITY.
When the Fellowship meets in Rivendell, and the Dwarf trys to break the ring with his axe, the axe breaks into many pieces on the platform upon which the ring is laid. At first, the pieces are there in the closeup view. When the camera pans back for a long range view of the Fellowship, the pieces of the axe on the platform are gone. In the following closeup, the pieces magically re-appear.
ONE OF GANDALF’S PARTY TRICKS – USED TO LIGHTEN UP AN OTHERWISE SOLOMN AFFAIR.
Towards the end of the movie, where Frodo is collecting wood and he has the fight with Boromir, he puts the ring on his finger, somehow it went from the chain he had it on to his finger without any problems. the next time he has the ring is when he takes it off (no chain) and offers it to StrIder (no chain) when he is down by the river, he has it on the chain in his hand...too much action going on with that chain.
EVER HEARD OF AN ELVEN-CLASP?
When the Fellowship first sets off they are on top of a mountain and the bird spies are aproaching, Boromir says that it can't be a cloud because it's blowing against the wind, when quite clearly his hair is blowing in the same direction as the shape is moving.
THAT’S NOT THE WIND – THAT’S MERRY PUFFING AFTER HIS WORK-OUT.
When Frodo awakes in the bed in Rivendell, Frodo's shirt is open and the sheet low down on the bed in the first shot, and then his shirt's closed and the sheet pulled substantially higher in the next shot.
HE HAS NOTICED A FUNNY GLINT IN GANDALF’S EYE – IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC REFLEX.
When Frodo stops rolling down the snow covered hill, just before the shot of Boromir picking up the ring, you can see the edge of the stockings that the actors wore to protect their feet since there were walking in real snow for that scene.
THERE IS NOTHING AGAINST HOBBITS WEARING STOCKINGS FOR SNOW. NO TOLKIEN RULES BROKEN. ANYWAY - WITH THE SNOW THEY WERE CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS
After the battle with the cave troll, Aragorn rushes over to injured Frodo and brushes past some big rocks which wobble, showing that they are clearly lightweight and not real.
NO. ARAGORN IS JUST SO DAMNED STRONG.
In the scene where the hobbits ask Strider where he is taking them, he answers "Into the wild." A split second later as Strider walks past the camera the bow he carries on his back bumps into the camera, nudging the screen a bit.
THAT WAS THE PROJECTIONIST GETTING A FRIGHT. HE WAS WEARING 3d GLASSES.
After Bilbo leaves the birthday party and is leaving Bag End, he shakes Gandalf's hand. Their hands are the same size ie two humans shaking hands. Shouldn't they be quite different in size or do Hobbits just have HUGE hands for their size?
HEY – WE HAVE SEEN GANDALF CAN CHANGE SIZE. VERY HANDY FOR THE LADIES TOO.
When the fellowship is in Moria, right before the Balrog comes, they are surrounded by orcs. They all have their swords drawn, and Frodo's is not glowing blue even though they are surrounded by orcs. Some people have said they're goblins, but given that Frodo's sword was glowing during the first attack, it should be glowing later too.
THERE WERE SO MANY EARLIER THAT THE CIRCUIT FUSED.
When Arwen and Aragorn are talking on the bridge, you see Arwen's lips moving while Aragorn is speaking.
TYPICAL WOMAN ALWAYS TRYING TO GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS.
When Frodo pulls Sam into the elvish boat after saving him from drowning, you can see Sam's foot for a second, and you see he doesn't have his hobbit feet on. Sam pulls his foot under his cloak right away to hide it. Nevertheless, it is noticeable and a bit funny.
SAM IS THE FIRST HOBBIT IN RECORDED HISTORY WHO IS ACTUALLY DISSOLVABLE IN WATER. THAT WAS WHY HE NEVER LEARNT TO SWIM.
When the hobbits first start to run away from Farmer Maggot, they are running through the corn, which is clearly much taller than them. Two seconds later, when the camera angle changes to the wide view (you can see all four hobbits running through the corn), their heads are even with, if not slightly above the corn.
DURING THOSE VALUABLE TWO SECONDS PIPPIN HAS EATEN THE HEADS OF ALL THE CORN.
When Sam tried to follow Frodo (at the very end) and started drowning in the Great River, Sam was all the way under water. Frodo saved him, and then when you see that they are both in the boat again, Sam is COMPLETELY dry. Only his head is dripping wet. Frodo also reached in to save him, and Frodo's arm wasn't wet, either.
IT WAS A HOT DAY.
When the Nazgul confront Arwen across the river, they draw their swords in their left hands. In the next shot this changes to their right.
THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE INIGO MONTOYA TECHNIQUE OF BEING AMBIDEXTROUS WITH A SWORD. HELL, BEING THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD YOU HAVE TO EXPECT THEY’VE PICKED UP A TRICK OR TWO.
When the orc kills Boromir, he shoots him twice, and you can clearly see the hole/blood stain for the third arrow between first ones, and only then the third arrow appears.
BOROMIR THE SOLDIER HAS BEEN TRAINED TO ANTICIPATE THE ENEMY. AS A REFLEX, HIS BODY HAS ALREADY STARTED TO BLEED IN THE PRECISE PLACE THE THIRD ARROW WILL HIT. WHAT A PROFESSIONAL!
When the hobbits are sitting at the table in the Prancing Pony in Bree, Merry comes back with a pint. Pippin leaves to get one too. Then we see Sam mention to Frodo that a man is looking at them, across the table sits Pippin and no Merry.
DANG THOSE HAIRY FURBALLS LOOK ALIKE DON’T THEY.
At the end, when Aragorn leans over to kiss Boromir's forehead, watch Boromir. When Aragorn's hair touches his face, Boromir closes his eyes tight.
HAVE YOU *SEEN* THE STATE OF ARAGORN’S HAIR? EVEN IF DEAD THIS WOULD BE AN INSTINCTIVE REFLEX.
When they are in front of the 2 big statues, the statues raise their left arms. When they pass them and you can see them from behind, one statue has raises its left arm and the other its right arm.
ARAGORN IS MISTAKEN. THEY ARE STATUES OF AEROBICS INSTRUCTORS.
At Bilbo's party, when Merry and Pippin set off the dragon firework, they are shown inside a small tent. The tent has dishes and other things in it, and is quite full. When the firework launches, taking the tent with it, you can see that all of the things inside the tent (with the exception of Merry and Pippin) have disappeared.
THEY WERE PROTECTED. BILBO WASN’T THE ONLY ONE WITH A MITHRIL SHIRT, YOU KNOW. FREEMAN’S CATALOGUE, SPRING 3017 EDITION P345 - AVAILABLE IN FOUR SIZES - MEDIUM, SMALL, VERY SMALL AND YOU-SURE-YOU-WANT-TO-BUY-A-CHILD-THIS
In one shot of Gandalf's first appearance at Bilbo's front door, he is wearing light-brownish hiking shoes under his robes, and when he walks in, he's got his normal grey ones on.
HE SPILLED ASH FROM HIS PIPE ON THEM WHEN HE BANGED ON THE DOOR.
When Gandalf and Saruman are talking in Orthanc, we can see a black strap around Gandalf's fingers on the hand holding his staff. In some shots it's around different fingers, in others it's disappeared completely.
TYPICAL ONE-UPWIZARDSHIP. IT’S JUST SHOWING OFF.
Right after Frodo rescues Sam from drowning, in the boat Sam's left ear, camera side, is round and not pointed like it has been in the whole movie. This shot is repeated until the scene is over.
SEE ABOVE RE SAM BEING DISSOLVABLE.
In the Amon Hen battle scene, at the start of the fight with Lurtz, Aragorn is slammed backwards against a tree knocking his sword out of his hand. There is then a shot of Lurtz throwing his shield at Aragorn, and in the following shot, where the shield pins Aragorn against the tree, his sword is still in his hand, only to fly out again on the shield's impact.
ARAGORN USED TO HAVE ONLY A BROKEN SWORD BUT NOW CARRIES LOADS. THAT’S HOW HE HAD FOUR EXTRA FOR THE HOBBITS EARLIER. THE GUY’S JUST OVERCOMPENSATING.
The logs that Boromir carries in his arms when he talks to Frodo at Amon Hen are different in pattern and number during the conversation and right before he throws them to the floor.
IT’S ACTUALLY A BABY ENT WRITHING IN HIS ARMS.
When Gandalf pulls Sam in through the window at Bag End and throws him on the desk to ask him questions, several items fall off of the desk. The scene switches back and forth between Sam and Gandalf's perspectives several times. When Sam is shown, sometimes there is a wooden box or book on the floor to the left side of Sam's head and sometimes there is nothing on the floor.
STANDARD WIZARD INTERROGATION TECHNIQUE. CONFUSE.
Look at the faces of Boromir, Legolas and Merry after they leave Moria and get outside. They have dirt on their faces in a particular pattern. Then they make their way to Lothlorien and get cleaned up. But in the final scene, the dirt returns in exactly the same places.
EVERY ANIMAL HAS AN ELECTROSTATIC FIELD ABOUT THEM (NO, NOT THE FORCE). OBVIOUSLY SOME PLACES WILL ATTRACT DUST ETC MORE THAN OTHERS. JEEZ – READ A SCIENCE BOOK.
In Balin's tomb (in Moria), just before the Orcs break in and the fight begins, watch the hobbits (behind Gandalf). In the front view (where you see their faces), they are huddled together in close proximity. When the shot changes to the rear view, you can only see two hobbits behind Gandalf because they are much more spaced out. When the camera comes back to the front view (they draw their swords), they are close together again.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY LINE DANCING.
When Gimli falls onto his knees in front of Balin's Tomb in Moria, in one shot he's a few feet in front of it, in the next he is so close to it, that he could lay his head onto the tomb. In the following scene Gimli is further away again, so he should not have been able to reach it with his head.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A TRADITIONAL DWARF MOURNING RITUAL MOVING CLOSER AND THEN FURTHER FROM THE DECEASED LIKE A WAVE. THE DWARFS MISTRANSLATED THE MANNISH “WAVING GOODBYE”.
At the scene where Gimli and Aragorn fends off the orcs, right after Boromir has died, Gimli’s beard changes from two to one plaits in a matter of seconds.
A TRADITIONAL DWARF MATING RITUAL. THE NUMBER OF PLAITS INDICATES HOW MANY OF THEIR COMPANIONS THEY FIND HOT. NOW THAT BOROMIR WAS DEAD AND HE DID NOT FANCY ARAGORN, HE NEEDED ONLY ONE PLAIT.
When Gandalf arrives in Hobbiton, you can see a long silver scarf (as described in the book) dangling from a post on his cart - next to the driver's bench. In the first shot it is on the right hand side of his cart In the VERY next shot, the scarf has moved to the left hand side of the cart, nearer to Gandalf.
IT IS ACTUALLY A LONG WINDSOCK HE STOLE FROM EAGLE EYRELINES. AS THE WIND CHANGES SO DOES THE DIRECTION OF SAID ITEM. IT CAN EASILY BE MISTAKEN FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT SCARF
Just after Frodo has fallen down in the snow and loses his ring, on the zoomed out shot one hand is up, the other down, on the zoomed in shot the hand that was up is now down, the hand that was down is now up.
HE’S EXERCISING. IT’S DAMNED COLD, MAN!
When the hobbits are hiding under the tree trunk from the Ringwraith in the beginning, you can see space to the left and right of the tree above them. Logically when the Ringwraith rides past the tree you would see it on the right side of the tree first, then on the left, but you don't - it looks like it walks out of the tree instead of behind it.
THE SHOT OF WARPED SPACE FRODO SEES EARLIER EXPLAINS THIS. THE RIDER IS ACTUALLY NAKED AND WRAPPED HIMSELF AROUND THE HORSE (HEY HE *IS* SUPPOSED TO BE EVIL) THUS MAKING EVERYTHING INVISIBLE. WHILST BEHIND THE TREE HE SADDLES UP PROPERLY AND PUTS ON HIS ROBE.
At the end of the film, when Boromir is racing up the hill to the rescue of Merry and Pippin, you simply see his dark clothing as he climbs. Then the camera cuts away, returning to a shot of Boromir still coming up the hill, only this time the horn of Gondor is suddenly evident, flip-flopping wildly with his every step.
VIAGRA HAS NOT YET BEEN INVENTED. YOU CAN’T EXPECT A MAN TO HAVE A HORN ALL THE TIME.
When Saruman and Gandalf are fighting in Isengard (Orthanc), Saruman is pushed to the wall. When he "crashes" to the wall, you can see the black, short hair of the stuntman losing the white hair of Saruman.
A REFERENCE TO SARUMAN OF MANY COLOURS.
When Arwen enters the water after being chased by the Ringwraiths, as she turns the horse, you can clearly see the fake hobbit (representing an injured Frodo), bounce up and down like a rubber band.
WELL, DUH, IF YOU WERE ABOUT TO ENTER THE WRAITH WORLD YOU WOULDN’T HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER YOUR BODY EITHER.
In the Prologue, right after King Elendil, Isildur's father, is struck by Sauron and killed, you see him land next to the cliff and a close-up shows that Elendil's helmet is still firmly on his head, although it is damaged. In the next shot of Isildur running up and holding his father's head, the helmet is nowhere to be seen. Isildur did not remove it, because it is not on Elendil's head when Isildur runs up and crouches next to him.
SAURON STOLE IT. HE IS EVIL IN WAYS YOU CANNOT IMAGINE.
At the end of the movie, when they are standing at the river and Frodo has left with Sam, Aragorn is attaching some kind of arm brace. Then he puts his hand on Gimli's shoulder and it's gone, then back again.
HE IS SCARED IT MIGHT GET CAUGHT UP IN GIMLI’S BEARD AND SO TAKES IT OFF ESPECIALLY FOR THE HAND ON THE SHOULDER BIT. A CLEAR REFERENCE TO HIS CARING FOR HIS COMPANIONS.
Aragorn's mouth is badly bloodied when he is headbutted by Lurtz, but the blood disappears almost immediately.
YOU MISSED THE SPLIT-SECOND SCENE WHERE LURTZ LICKS HIM LIKE A LOLLIPOP.
When Gandalf arrives at Bag End and hits the light fixture with his head, the order of the candles (watch the small one on the right) is not the same as the next shot.
ONE OF THE CANDLES WAS TO CLOSE TO THE RING OF NARYA (FIRE) AND MELTED VERY QUICKLY.
When Gandalf first visits Bilbo in Bag End they sit at a long table that is positioned lengthways from the camera. Bilbo potters about at the far end of the table and Gandalf goes to the left at the end closest to the camera. As he sits down the near half of the table wobbles but the far half does not. This seems to expose the fact that the table is actually in two parts, a small sized piece of table close to the camera next to which Gandalf looks large, and a normal sized piece of table a bit further away that looks the right size for Bilbo. The two pieces are filmed from such a perspective that they look like they join together in one long table and the fact that there is really a gap between them so that Bilbo is further away than it seems, makes him seem small compared to Gandalf. There is a round of cheese and various pieces of crockery on the near piece of table to disguise the gap.
BILBO ACTUALLY HAS A BROKEN TABLE BUT IT WASN’T INSURED. HE NEVER BOTHERED TO FIX IT.
After Bilbo returns from the party invisible and finds Gandalf by the fireplace, look at Gandalf as Bilbo walks between him and the fire. There is no shadow cast on him when there clearly should be. Also as the camera pans round following Bilbo's movements, you can see Gandalf is casting a shadow on the floor but not on the table, but when Bilbo walks up to it he does, even though Gandalf is between him and the fire light.
GANDALF IS THE OPPOSITE OF SAURON AND THEREFORE DOES NOT CAST SO MANY SHADOWS.
When Galadriel pours water from a pitcher into the fountain, three set lights can be seen reflected in the pitcher.
THAT IS ORION’S BELT (MENELVAGOR). HE WAS IN A RUSH WHEN HE LEFT IT BEHIND - CELEBORN ALMOST CAUGHT THEM TOGETHER.
At Isengard, Gandalf is on top of the tower, it starts to pour with rain. Cut to Saruman and orcs "the trees are strong, their roots..." etc. No rain at all. Cut back to Gandalf and wide aerial shot over Isengard, still pouring.
THEY ARE UNDER A TREE.
When Gandalf is leaving Bag End in a hurry, right after Frodo has received the Ring, he clearly bends down and passes below the light fixture in the main entrance hall without touching it. When he turns around to answer Frodo’s question, the light fixture is swinging back and forth as if he bumped it.
HE WAS TRYING THE OLD GROWING LARGE / SHRINKING TRICK AGAIN TO SEE IF HE HADN’T LOST HIS TOUCH.
When the fellowship is outside Moria's gates and Gandalf is trying to open it, you see Merry throwing a stone into the water and Pippin sits on the ground next to him. In a closer shot it is Pippin that stands up and try throwing stones into the water. You can't see Merry anywhere.
HE FELL IN.
Aragorn has a ring on his right index finger with a marquise shaped stone. When we first see it, as Boromir is teaching Merry and Pip to fight, it is whole. Next as Aragorn prepares to draw his sword on Boromir if he does not return the ring to Frodo, it is broken. After the Fellowship is buried under snow, we see it again and it is whole. Finally we see it as Aragorn lets Frodo go, and it is broken again.
IT IS BROKEN, BUT THE-HANDS-OF-A-KING-ARE-THE-HANDS-OF-A-HEALER IDEA DOESN’T WORK 24-7.
During the scene where Elijah is stabbed by a wraith, it zooms up on him. If you look closely, you see that Elijah's contact has slipped to the left side. A good way to solve the argument: Are Elijah Wood's eyes really that blue? (His eye colour never changes despite the fact his contact is half on and half off).
WELL GETTING STABBED BY A MORGUL BLADE DOES HAVE STRANGE SIDE-EFFECTS, NOT ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPERLY DOCUMENTED FOR LACK OF VOLUNTEERS.
In the scene where the fellowship of the ring have just arrived in their boats past the two massive statue things, Sam sits down. He is in the background of the main shots and at one point he is deeply asleep, then suddenly he is halfway through cleaning his sword, then he's deeply asleep again.
SAM WAS ASLEEP THE WHOLE TIME. YOU HEARD OF SLEEPWALKING? SAME IDEA.
At the secret meeting scene at Rivendell, when Pippin and Merry appeared to join the fellowship, Elrond's head movement was not in-sync with the path the two hobbits took when they ran towards Frodo and Sam.
HE WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET A SNEAKY LOOK AT FIGWIT.
When the Uruk-Hai strings his bow to shoot Boromir for the first time, the arrow he pulls back looks much different from the one he lets fly a few seconds later. The arrow he pulls back has a nice feather on it (looks striped, like a turkey feather). The feather he actually shoots Boromir with is tattered and black.
DID YOU SEE HOW DIRTY LURTZ’ HANDS WERE?
In Boromir's death scene, when Aragorn puts the sword into Boromir's hand, Aragorn's finger with the ring on is covered in blood. When we see his hands on Boromir's chest a second later, the blood has vanished.
BOROMIR SAW LURTZ LICK ARAGORN EARLIER AND THOUGHT HE’D GIVE IT A GO. AT LEAST HE COULD DIE THINKING HE HAD THE BLOOD OF ISILDUR IN HIM. YEARS LATER, BLOOD TRANSFUSION HAD BECOME A MORE ACCURATE SCIENCE.
When Frodo and Gandalf are discussing the fate of the ring in Bilbo's house, the ring is on the table in front of them. When the camera goes to close ups of the ring it is sometimes to the left of the table and sometimes to the right. Looks like a simple camera reversal.
THE RING IS TRYING TO GET BACK TO HIS MASTER. FRODO CONTINUALLY HAS TO PUSH THE RING BACK TO WHERE IT WAS.
When the hobbits enter Bree through the gate, there is a distance shot from above, and the principal actors have clearly been replaced by their shorter doubles. Worse than that, however, is that their sizes are completely wrong. The last hobbit through the gate is really really fat - much fatter than any of the hobbits really are. And he isn't even supposed to be Sam, who is the stockiest of the hobbits: when the view switches to a closeup of the principal actors from inside the gate, it's actually Merry who's last - and he certainly isn't obese.
THOSE DARNED HOBBITS ACTUALLY STOPPED OFF FOR A VERY FILLING THREE-COURSE MEAL RIGHT AT THE GATE.
During most of the movie, Frodo's fingernails are short and bitten down. Yet in the scene where the Black Rider appears after they have just been in Farmer Maggot's field, and Frodo struggles to avoid putting the Ring on, you see a close up of his hands and the fingernails are normal.
NO – HIS HAND IS SMALLER. THE RING HAS GIVEN UP SHRINKING / GROWING TO FIT ITS BEARER. IT NOW SHRINKS / GROWS THE HAND OF THE BEARER.
In the scene where Gimli kneeling is at Balin's Tomb, his axe changes positions. The blade faces forward, then suddenly it is turned around backwards, again alternating depending on which shot was used.
THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF THE TRADITIONAL DWARF MOURNING RITUAL. THE AXE IS WAVING GOODBYE.
Just after Gandalf enters the Bag End for the first time he looks the map of the Middle Earth on the table. In first shot when he is grabbing the map, you can see that there are two scrolls and a flat empty paper stacked on the map. In next shot, there is only one scroll and a paper with some kind of pattern on it.
HE HAS STOLEN IT. HIS HORSE ATE HIS A-Z.
During Arwen's race to the Ford of Bruinen, she rides at least two different horses. The first horse seen is a lovely grey (white and black hairs) and is likely to be of Andalusian descent. The second horse is a fleabitten grey (white with red hairs) with COMPLETELY different hind-end conformation and muscling, and looks as if it is an Arabian. The switch occurs several times. If you aren't a horse person, you can see this change by watching the horses' necks. The first horse has a very thick neck, and the second horse's neck is much thinner.
THIS IS TO CONFUSE THE WRAITHS. SHE GOT THE IDEA FROM WATCHING VARIOUS HEIST MOVIES.
Right at the end, when Aragorn is telling Legolas and Gimli what they are going to do next, Legolas' arrows change colour from bright yellow to bright green in two shots.
THESE ARE ‘MOOD’ ARROWS THAT SHOWS WHAT THE OWNER IS FEELING. BRIGHT GREEN MEANS FRUSTRATION AND FEAR. “I TOLD YOU THAT A THREAT HAD BEEN GROWING IN MY MIND BUT OH NO, YOU IGNORED ME AND NOW YOU WANT TO PLAY LEADER. WE ARE GOING TO DIE.”
After the Hobbits go through the gate at Bree it is raining heavily, however there are no raindrop splashes in the puddles further up the road.
THAT’S NOT RAIN. IT’S THE GATEKEEPER’S SPRINKLER SYSTEM ON THE BLINK.
After Frodo leaves the Fellowship with Sam at the end of the movie. Aragorn and Legolas are talking to each other about what is to happen next. When the shot centers on Legolas alone you can clearly see he has modern arrows in his arrowshaft. They're factory made wooden arrows with plastic tip ends to fit the string. The same thing can be seen with Aragorn in the next shot.
OF COURSE. AFTER BEING AROUND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AN ELF WOULD HAVE PERFECTED THE ART OF ARCHERY SUPPLIES.
When Gandalf is talking to Saruman in the tower at Isengard, the sunlight is streaming through the window behind Saruman. When the shot switches to Gandalf, who is opposite Saruman (and facing him), the sunlight is streaming in through the window behind him as well.
THAT’S ACTUALLY THE LIDLESS EYE OUTSIDE SPYING ON THEM AND MOVING AROUND TO GET A BETTER VIEW.
During Gandalf and Frodo's journey on the cart near the beginning of the film, the close ups show a background of a level grass field with no track and the cart travels in a straight line. In the long shots the cart is on a proper path, weaving uphill between the hobbit holes.
GANDALF’S CART ACTUALLY DOUBLES AS A GRASS-SEEDER.
In one scene we see a man cutting wood. A close up shows him putting a piece of wood on the stump, but when we pan out to see the dog barking, the piece of wood is gone.
THE WOOD ESCAPED – IT HALF EXPECTED THE MAN TO PICK IT UP AND THROW IT FOR THE DOG. IT MADE ITS BID TO ESCAPE DURING THE DISTRACTION.
At the council of Elrond, when the fight breaks out between the Dwarves and Elves, we see a closeup of the ring showing a reflection of the scene. The mirrored scene should appear back-to-front, but it doesn't.
IT IS AN EVIL RING. IT WILL ALWAYS DISTORT THE TRUTH.
When Frodo rescues Sam in the river near the end of the movie, he grabs his hand. After a moments pause Sam grabs Frodo's hand in return. But when the two break through the surface, the two hands are turned the wrong way. There is no way that they could have gripped each others' hands in that position.
WELL, FRODO AND SAM HOLDING HANDS AND EVEN KISSING ON OCCASION HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE WITH READERS.
Gandalf is seen wearing brown hiking boots on the top of Orthanc, when he tells the moth to find the eagle lord Gwaihir. You can see them as the camera follows the moth from above. Gandalf is sitting crosslegged on the roof with his feet not covered by his robe.
WELL, IF YOU HAD TO DO A LOT OF CLIMBING YOU WOULD HAVE HIKING BOOTS ON TOO. GANDALF HAD PROBABLY READ THE BOOK AND EXPECTED HE TO HAVE REACHED THE ROOF VIA SOME STAIRS.
Not only do the arms on the two large statutes at Amon Hen change, the statutes themselves switch places. When we first see them, the statute of the younger man has a winged helmet and is on the left and the older with the smooth helmet is on the right. In the shot once the boats have gone past, the winged helmet statute is on the right and the smooth helmet statute is on the left.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY AEROBICS INSTRUCTORS, THEY ARE CROSSDRESSERS AS WELL.
In Moria when Frodo is hiding around the column from the cave troll, Frodo slides back to where he thinks the cave troll isn't, and breathes a sigh of relief. However, Merry and Pippin are directly to his right, looking at the spot where the cave troll pops out of and surprises Frodo. Don't you think they would have warned him?
NO. THEY ACTUALLY HAD A LARGE BET ON AS TO HOW LONG FRODO WOULD LAST AGAINST THE CAVE TROLL.
If you look carefully through the glare at Arwen's first appearance, you can see as she dismounts that it's a stuntwoman.
ELF MAGIC.
After Arwen has crossed the river at the Fords of Bruinen and is challenged by the Ring wraith Witch-King, she draws her sword and holds it high and ready to strike. Arwen then calls upon the waters of the river for assistance. When the rush of water with horses heads comes around the bend and into view there is a clear shot of Arwen’s back as she is watching the water come down on the ring wraiths and she is not holding her sword up. Shortly after all the ring wraith’s are swept away, there is a scene of Arwen’s face and upper body and she is still holding the sword high and ready to strike.
SHE’S ACTUALLY WAVING TO GLORFINDEL WHO IS STRANDED ON THE OTHER SIDE.
While in the mines of Moria, Gandalf points to the bridge of Khazad dum, clearly above the party. They proceed to go to it, going downwards (lower) the whole time.
WELL, WHAT GOES DOWN MUST COME UP.
When Gimli jumps up on Balin's tomb he crosses his axes in front of his face. The shot canges to his front and now he's holding the axes straight up (so you can see his face), the shot switches back and the axes are crossed in front of him again.
HE IS ACTUALLY USING SEMAPHORE TO LEGOLAS SAYING THAT HE LOVES HIM. HE’S SHY LIKE THAT.
When Frodo is first seen, he is reading a book. When he gets on Gandalf's cart, he no longer has the book. Did he just leave it in the woods?
NO, IT IS A VERY ABSORBING BOOK AND HE THREW IT TO TOM BOMBADIL AS HE SCURRIED TOWARDS GANDALF. IN FACT THE BOOK WAS SO INTERESTING BOMBADIL WAS TOTALLY ABSORBED AND WASN’T SEEN FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS 40 MINUTES.
As Bilbo leaves the Shire, he drops the ring just inside the door. The ring is seen on the floor over Bilbo's shoulder after he walks outside. You can see Gandalf step over the ring and through the doorway without touching the door. The door is FULLY opened, and the ring is in the light. Why then is Gandalf opening the door and a shadow cast over the ring as he goes back inside to examine it?
THE DOOR TO BAG END IS ACTUALLY BROKEN AND CAN SWING OPEN AND SHUT ALL BY ITSELF WITH THE SMALLEST OF BREEZES. THAT IS WHY FRODO *NEVER* BOTHERS TO CLOSE IT BEHIND HIM WHEN HE ENTERS BAG END.
As the fellowship approaches the Argonath, you can see in the long shot that the statues stand with the top half in sun and the bottom half in shadow. But as they move by in the close up of the foot, they are all in full sun.
THAT’S NOT SUNLIGHT. FRODO TOOK OUT THE PHIAL OF GALADRIEL FOR A QUICK POLISH.
After the hobbits take the tumble from farmer Maggot's field, they land in a heap with twigs in their hair. Frodo stands on the road and looks down it. He says, "I think we should get off the road" and the twigs are there. He looks back down the road and the smoke and leaves come swirling at him, he yells, "Get off the road" - no twigs. They hide from the wraith, then make their escape. Merry says, "What was that?" - and they have the twigs in their hair again.
ARE YOU ACCUSING THE ACTING AS BEING WOODEN? SAVE THOSE JOKES FOR TREEBEARD IN TTT.
In the Mines of Moria, when the cave troll has barged in and started fighting with the Fellowship, the troll hits the tomb, causing Gimli to leap over to the side and fall on the floor. In this shot you can see Legolas fighting an Orc up some stairs behind the troll, but just a second later, Legolas is seen firing two arrows UP at the troll, from the level where Gimli just was.
DAMNED QUICK THOSE ELVES, EH?
At the counsil of Elrond's you see Frodo putting the ring on the "table" in the middle. It is waist-high to Frodo, but to be any use to the elves it should be waist-high to them i.e. Frodo should barely be able to look over it.
IT’S NOT A TABLE. IT’S AN ELF POTTY WITH A COVER ON IT.
When Gandalf arrives in Hobbiton, some children start chasing the cart yelling for fireworks. At this point we can see a hobbit couple watching the children run past. The female hobbit places her hand on her hip, and then in a closeup she puts her hand on her hip again.
#YOU DO THE OKEE-COKEE AND YOU TURN AROUND, THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT#
While at Weathertop, after Frodo puts out the fire, they hear a Ring Wraith. When they are all standing Sam is holding a small pot with a cloth on the bottom to hold it with so he won't burn himself, but his thumb is actually touching the pot and he doesn't get burned.
SAM ACTUALLY HAS A BAD CASE OF THUMB-SUCKING AND THIS IS HIS LAST ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO RID HIMSELF OF THE HABIT.
When Frodo is recovering in Rivendell from the Ringwraith dagger he is first seen lying in the bed with a chain necklace clearly visible (to which the ring is attached) - in following scenes the necklace is sometimes there - sometimes not.
SOMETIMES TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT JEWELRY TO WEAR CAN BE A TIME-CONSUMING AFFAIR.
In the scene where the now invisible Bilbo returns to Bag End he chats with Gandalf then leaves dropping the ring on the floor near the door. As Gandalf goes to pick it up the ring is on a tile with a crack in it and the ring is about 3" from the crack. In the next shot from side on, the ring is almost touching the crack.
AS NOTED EARLIER, THE RING IS TRYING TO GET BACK TO ITS MASTER. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY WHEN FRODO ENTERS LATER, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE A BRICK THAT GANDALF HAS PUT IN ITS PATH.
Throughout the movie, the ringwraiths have different bits on their horses. They are all being ridden in loose ring snaffle bits (gentle, mild action) which can be seen at the Ford of Bruinen sequence, sepecially when two of the horses rear. However, anytime a closeup of a horse's head is seen, the bits are cruel-looking. Includes: modified Tom Thumb short-shank curb (some of the shots where the hobbits hide under the tree, one shot during Ford of Bruinen), full-cheek snaffle (other shots during hobbits-hide-under-tree scene), long-shank pelham bit with upper cheek (chase in the dark to Buckleberry Ferry), and double-bridles (two bits, two sets of reins. Seen during Saruman's speech about the Nine leaving Minas Morgul. Only the upper bit is being used by the rider. The other times that two sets of reins are seen, the reins are actually attatched to the nosebands of the bridle, and are not there for any reason other than decoration.)
AND WHY SHOULDN’T A RING-WRAITH HAVE SPARES?
In Isengard, while Saruman is talking to the Uruk-Hai, there is a blue liquid running down the Uruk-Hai's chin, and is dripping to the floor. Saruman then says "Whom do you serve?" the Uruk-Hai says "Saruman!" but in that shot the blue liquid is completely gone.
THIS WAS LURTZ PRACTICING HIS LICKING TECHNIQUE ON HIMSELF.
Right before Gimli says, "The walls of Moria" one can clearly see a broken acqueduct fallen backwards with water flowing UPhill and then falling off the front edge.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WARNING TO THE FELLOWSHIP THAT EVIL WAS AFOOT. A SUBLIMINAL EXERCISE BY PJ. WELL SPOTTED.
Near the end when Frodo has tears running down his face. In the first shot the tear on his right side is short and the left side tear is down to his chin. in the next shot they are reversed. Some people have said it's just that one tear lengthened and a new one started, but look at the right-hand one (the longer one in the first shot). If there was a new tear, we'd still see the damp path of the first one, but it's rolling down a dry cheek.
FRODO *HAS* PERFECTED THE LICK LIKE A LOLLIPOP TECHNIQUE. HE JUST HOPE SAM DOESN’T WANT TO PRACTICE ON HIM.
When Saruman is talking to him, Lurtz has bright green eyes. Later, when he is shouting "Find the halflings!" in the sunlight, he still has green eyes. When he is shooting Boromir in the sunlight the fourth time, however, he has brown eyes.
ANOTHER ORC IS CELEBRATING BUT MISUNDERSTOOD THE PHRASE “HERE’S MUD IN YOUR EYE” AND THREW A HUGE PIECE OF EARTH IN LURTZ’S FACE.
When the fellowship is running through the mines of Moria, after they have fought with the orcs and cavetroll, they run to reach the bridge of Khazad dum. Then they are stopped again by the great number of orcs. when the balrog arrives, they run further to Khazad Dum; the filmmakers used the exact same shot for this scene as when the fellowship was running from the orcs in the first place.
HAVE YOU SEEN DWARROWDELF? IT’S ALL THE SAME. AND THERE ARE NO SIGNPOSTS. THE FELLOWSHIP WERE ACTUALLY RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES AT ONE POINT.
During the scene when Gandalf is reading about the ring there are candles burning to the left of him. When he starts reading the first page the candles are barely melted, but by the time he has finished that one page, they are almost burned out.
TRANSLATING DWARFISH IS A TIME-CONSUMING BUSINESS. A SUBTLE REFERENCE TO TOLKIEN SAYING THAT NO NON-DWARF REALLY MASTERED THEIR LANGUAGE.
When the fellowship are travelling down the Anduin (southwards) Legolas looks off to his left to where he senses the Uruk-hai are. However the Uruk-hai are on the west bank of the Anduin - which should be on Legolas's right.
NO. HE THOUGHT HE SPOTTED A MIRROR AND WANTED TO CHECK HIMSELF OUT.
When Gandalf and Saruman are about to fight, Gandalf switches his staff from his left to his right hand. When Saruman smashes him against the wall, the staff is back in the left hand. The staff continues to switch from hand to hand during the fight.
RINGWRAITHS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES TO FOLLOW THE INIGO MONTOYA TECHNIQUE OF BEING AMBIDEXTROUS. THIS SEEMS TO BE TRUE FOR ALL CREATURES A FEW THOUSAND YEARS OLD.
When the fellowship is buried in an avalanche on Caradhras, Bill the pony is swept off the cliff which they are standing on, but is fine later.
IT WAS A STUNT PONY.
After Bilbo turns himself invisible, we see a view from on top of the hill of Bilbo going back to his house. At this point, we can see down below at the party, and everyone is running towards where Bilbo was before he turned invisible. That had to have only been a few seconds after Bilbo disappeared. Magic ring or no magic ring, there's no way anyone, never mind a hobbit, could have run up the hill in that time.
NO. IT TOOK EVERYONE SO LONG TO RECOVER FROM THE SHOCK.
Before the passage of Caradhas, Boromir is fencing with Merry and Pippin. When they tackle him you can see Merry's face and it's obviously a dwarf stand-in for the actor.
OH YEAH? WHERE’S THE BEARD THEN?
In the beginning of the movie Gandalf and Frodo drive pass the old couple and the children. The couple is standing by the gate and the lady has her hand on her hip. When Gandalf has sent of the fireworks for the children the lady returns to the house. But when you see her again she's standing next to her husband again.
MANY WOMEN ARE IN TWO MINDS ABOUT LEAVING THEIR HUSBANDS.
Most of the time the hobbits are barefoot, but when Frodo and Sam are first walking through the fields, Frodo's leg come above long-grass level and his shoe is clearly visible.
NO. HE JUST HAS REALLY, REALLY DIRTY FEET.
When Boromir goes to the door of Balin's Tomb in the mines you can see Aragorn in the background putting his torch on the ground, then when it switches to Aragorn and the others he puts the torch down again.
PERHAPS HE IS ‘CARRYING A TORCH’ FOR BOROMIR. *GROAN*
About 45 minutes into the movie Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin enter Bree to meet up with Gandalf and there is an old geezer (I assume he is the gatekeeper) at the door/gate/entrance to the town. Some 10/15 minutes later, the 9 Ringwraithes suddenly appear and as we all know they break down the gate and presumably crush the gatekeeper in the process. If you look carefully, where the gatekeeper is supposed to be (underneath the door as it's going down) there is no one there.
HE DIDN’T WANT HIS WORK TO GET ON TOP OF HIM.
When the fellowship are sailing down the river (through the two statues) the foot of the left statue looks as if it's at the same level as the water. Then in the next scene (camera angle from above) the foot is not at water level. It appears to be on a high rock.
WHO KNOWS HOW QUICK THE TIDES ARE IN MIDDLE EARTH? TOLKIEN NEVER FULLY EXPLORED THIS.
In Balin's tomb, when the Fellowship can hear the Orcs coming, they block the door and prepare for battle. The thing is, there is a HUGE hole in the wall behind them (they even leave through this after the fight is over to get to the bridge). Why didn't they run through there after blocking the door in the first place? I realise that we wouldn't have a great battle scene, but it still would have saved a lot of hassle.
AH. BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE ORCS WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THEM TO DO. IF IN DOUBT, CONFUSE THE ENEMY.
In the beginning of the film we see Isildur attacked by orcs. Isildur is in fairly heavy armor, yet when we see him shot full of arrows in the water, he is floating. With that much armor on, Isildur would have sunk like a rock.
THE ORCS STOLE IT AND MADE A NEW DISCO BALL OUT OF IT.
After the fight in the Hall of Records in Moria, you can see that Balin's tomb (which had been smashed by the cave troll's club during the fight) is just an empty box. Don't tombs normally have bodies in them?
HEY – ORCS GET HUNGRY TOO. THEY JUST FANCIED A PRE-PACKAGED MEAL FOR A CHANGE.
When Bilbo flees from the party, turned invisible by the Ring, as he opens the door to Bag End we see out through the door and the camera shoots off against a black drape. In subsequent shots through the door at night moonlight scenery has been added.
THAT WAS ONE HELL OF A CLOUD YOU NOTICED THERE.
In the credits, the word "Technical" is spelled "Technicial" in one instance (it's on the right side, reasonably early on - it is used in the phrase "technicial continuity." ) .
I GET 4,300 HITS USING YAHOO TO SEARCH FOR ‘TECHNICIAL’ SO OBVIOUSLY IT MUST BE A PROPER WORD.
In the beginning, Gandalf's pipe keeps mysteriously vanishing from each scene, when he is guiding the cart with Frodo.
HE IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO GIVE UP SMOKING BUT JUST CAN’T BRING HIMSELF TO DO SO.
Okay, I know Sam is rather large, but why the hell did it take him so long to RUN DOWN the hill to Frodo at the end? He was heading that way before the battle with the Urak Hai even began, and come at least ten to fifteen minutes later, he is still running down there.
TYPICAL HOBBIT. HE STOPPED OFF FOR A FRY-UP.
When Sam tells Frodo that if he take another step, he will be farther away from home than ever before, he stands next to a scarecrow. In the next scene, we see both Sam and Frodo, and Sam has passed the scarecrow by several metres. Another zoom at Sam, and he stands by the Scarecrow again.
A CLEAR REFERENCE TO THE WIZARD OF OZ AND FOLLOWING THE ROAD. OR HAVING NO BRAIN.
When Frodo is lying on the floor after Arwen defeats the Ringwraiths, you can see a pimple under the right side of his mouth. The same pimple can be seen when the fellowship aproaches the Pillar of the Kings on the Emyn Muil; in the rest of the movie there is no pimple.
THAT WOUND WILL NEVER FULLY HEAL.
At the end of the movie, when Frodo takes the boat to continue on his own. Sam runs into the water to follow Frodo as he promised Gandalf. When Sam is about half way to the boat, he goes under water because he cannot swim. He almost reaches the bottom of the flood, and does not swim up at any time. Suddenly, Frodo takes his hand and pulls him into the boat, but Frodo has not moved an inch and Sam did not swim to the surface.
EVER HEAR OF A CURRENT? SCIENCE REALLY ISN’T YOUR STRONG POINT, IS IT?
When they are all walking up the snowy mountain the camera starts off with a larger view and then goes to a closer view of the people. In the larger view there are no footprints but in the smaller view there are.
GOLLUM IS BEHIND THEM FILLING IN THE FOOTPRINTS HOPING TO MISDIRECT SAURON / SARUMAN AS TO WHERE THEY ARE.
Think about this for a minute. We can tell that Bilbo's party is Spring/summer (acccepting that some things may have changed from the book, just checking the weather). We also know that Frodo WAKES UP in Rivendell on October 24 (Gandalf says so). And with all the hurrying everyone is doing, and considering the Ringwraiths are already leaving when Gandalf is on his way to Gondor, there is no logical way it could be over a year. So in the film, Bilbo left the Ring on his birthday, and a few months later (say, 6), he ages so much because he does not have the Ring. Gollum, on the other hand, had the Ring for 500 years, and after more than fifty years of being separated from it, he does not age at all. The ratios don't match up. 500:50, 50:1/2... Logically, Gollum should age a LOT since he was once very closely related to hobbits. If you ask me, Tolkien was much more logical in claiming 17 years went by from when Bilbo left to when Frodo got there. The "few months" statement might be a bit off depending on how seasons work in Middle Earth, but it's definitely far less than 5 years, so there's serious inconsistency there.
EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT CALENDAR IN MIDDLE EARTH. READ THE APPENDICES FOR GOODNESS SAKE.
When Frodo is talking with Gandalf while sitting at the table in Bag End, he is pouring tea into a teapot in one shot, then Galdalf talks for about 3 seconds, and in the next shot Frodo has a cup of tea to his lips.
WELL IF THE SHIRE IS SUPPOSED TO BE RURAL ENGLAND, THIS IS AN ACCURATE REFLECTION ON HOW ADEPT THE ENGLISH ARE AT MAKING TEA.