The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie corrections

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - 139 corrections

Directed by Peter Jackson, starring Billy Boyd, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, John Rhys-Davies, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Viggo Mortensen (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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Towards the end of the movie, where Boromir is collecting wood and he has the fight with Frodo, Frodo 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. [Afraid of Boromir, Frodo takes the Ring while still on the chain, quickly slips it on his finger, disappears and runs away (as we see the log that he steps on move). The next few shots are of Boromir finally coming to his senses. In that time Frodo, while STILL invisible wearing the Ring, CAN slip the chain off his head (it is long enough), simply undo the clasp (still wearing the Ring) and slip the chain into his pocket very easily. After the shots of Boromir, we have shots of Frodo wearing the Ring without the chain, while still invisible. Later, when Frodo offers the Ring to Aragorn, there is still no chain. Then when he is down by the shoreline there has been PLENTY of time to slip the Ring safely back onto its chain. In both instances there are perfectly plausible explanations.]

Corrected by Rikki Time

Boromir's horn magically splits in half for no apparent reason. [It's damaged during the fight - just because we don't see the actual specific moment of the split doesn't make this an error.]

Corrected by Tailkinker

In the third shot after Gandalf leaves Frodo and Sam, they are walking through a field of grass. Frodo's heels are coming out of the grass, and he is wearing normal shoes, not his hobbit feet. [Looked at it a zillion times on a high def. TV. All I can see is the Hobbit feet. ]

In the scene where Gandalf and Saruman are walking and talking about the Ring being in the Shire all along, there is grass and trees growing, and a corner of the tower of Isengard is seen. However, later in the movie when we see the tower of Isengard, the surrounding area is all charred and black. So where did Gandalf and Saruman go walking? [Gandalf and Saruman are walking at Isengard long before Saruman ruins the area to create the Uruk Hai. The Ents are drawn into the war because of what Saruman does to the area, including cutting down the trees at the edge of Fangorn Forest.]

We are told both by Galadriel and Aragorn that the Ringwraiths were once 'great kings of men'. This is not entirely accurate as the second-in-command of the Witch-King, Khamul, was once an Easterling (not a 'great king of men'). [Easterling is merely a term for the men of the East - they're not orcs or anything like that. Khamul was presumably one of their kings, making the description quite accurate.]

Corrected by Tailkinker

At the Council of Elrond, Gandalf starts to speak the language of Mordor. When we see the wide shot of the council, Elrond is seen putting his hand to his forehead. There is then a close-up of Elrond putting his hand on his forehead again. You can tell it's different and not one continuous motion because the finger positions on Elrond's hand are different in each shot. Extended DVD. [There are enough shots between these two shots to have Elrond move his hand and even touch his forehead again.]

Time

When Gollum finds the ring under water the hand picking it up off the bottom is plainly human and flesh in color then the next shot the hand is out of the water and opens to expose the ring it is that of a stoor, (blue in color, bad nails, and horrible skin) [The shot of the hand picking the ring out the water comes from the scene which we eventually see in its entirety at the beginning of ROTK. It is the moment when Deagol finds the One Ring and his hand is flesh coloured. The second shot is of Smeagol many centuries later when he has become Gollum, hence his bad complexion.]

Corrected by Chimera Time

In Balin's Tomb, when the cave Troll jumps out from behind the pillar to scare Frodo, you can see Merry and Pippin standing at the next pillar in the background. Despite being in such a position that they could see the Troll coming at Frodo, their facial expressions do not change at all in the shot. They are looking straight ahead, even though the Troll is right in front of them. They do not yell or warn Frodo. Of course, during filming the Troll was not there. [They are out of focus and so their expressions are hard to see. Also the cave troll paused listening on the opposite side of the pillar to Frodo so Merry and Pippin had nothing to warn him of that he did not already know. When he moved he moved too quickly for Frodo to be warned.]

Time

When the Fellowship are surrounded by Orcs after the fight with the cave troll, Frodo's sword, 'Sting', is not glowing blue as it should be when Orcs are nearby. [If you look closely, you'll see that it glows faintly.]

Time

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. [When the chain is first shown, it is very close to going under Frodo's shirt. Frodo then moves around a bit, so it is possible the chain just went completely under.]

Time

The first arrow Boromir takes is right over his heart, the second to the bottom of his stomach. We don't see the third arrow hit him, we just see that it's lodged in the middle of his abdomen and the Horn of Gondor is broken. When did it break? The arrow wasn't shot from the right angle for it to have split the horn and land where it did. The UrukHai that shot the arrows was not in front of him but almost lined up with him. [In at least the extended edition, he continues fighting with Uruk-Hai, and you can see it broken after he exchanges sword blows with an Uruk right before he gets shot with the final arrow. The horn was broken then.]

Time

When Frodo reveals his mithril coat in Moria, Gimli says 'You are full of surprises, Mr Baggins'. Merry and Pippin are standing behind him, looking over his shoulders. When the Fellowship stand together at the Council of Elrond, the top of the hobbits' heads only come up to Gimli's shoulders. [Merry and Pippin are on their tiptoes to see over Gimli's shoulders. Both scenes were shot with John Rhys-Davies, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd together, so unless their heights have changed Gimli's, Merry's and Pippin's haven't either.]

Time

When Gandalf suggests that they take the Pass Of Caradhras the group is then seen walking together in a area that's completely covered in snow. The camera angle changes to a close-up and they are now in an area that has a number of rocks not covered by snow and when Frodo falls the group is not seen in the same formation. [It is not impossible that time has passed between the shots, which would explain the new scenery and group formation.]

Time

At the very end of the movie, Frodo gets in the boat and moves away from the shore. Before Sam jumps into the water to chase after Frodo you can see that the water is perfectly still between the two hobbits, especially around the boat. The water became still extremely quickly, especially considering this is just a few seconds after Frodo pushes away from shore. It also seems like Frodo made it to the location in the water he's at faster than it seems possible. This is visible in both the theatrical and extended editions. [Time has passed; it is not necessary to see Frodo rowing the whole way out, so it is logical he'd be out that far. Also, he is going quite slowly, and by the time Sam is wading out he's been stopped for a short while, so the water would have had time to calm down.]

In the scene on the bridge of Khazad-Dum, when Gandalf turns around to face the Balrog, after he yells "You shall not pass" and slams his staff on the ground, the very next clip of him his beard is tossed over his shoulder. Yet after the Balrog falls down and before he falls down his beard is not tossed over his shoulder. [His beard is not tossed over his shoulder but simply being blown by the Balrog's breath. Later, the wind subsides.]

When Frodo looks into Galadriel's mirror he falls backwards, lands on his back, and is seen grabbing at his neck. The camera angle changes and his hand is now at his side. [Frodo quickly moves his hand back down to his side. You can see that right before the camera angle change.]

Time

In the scene where Frodo walks in and picks up the ring, he walks over to Gandalf, who is sitting near the fireplace smoking, and he informs Frodo that the ring belongs to the young Hobbit. There is no table beside Gandalf. Gandalf has put his pipe down, holds out an envelope, Frodo drops the ring in it and Gandalf instantaneously seals it with melted wax and a seal at a table in front of him. [Gandalf is sitting at the fireplace smoking, with his back to the front door, when Frodo walks in. Gandalf says,"Bilbo's ring." OFF CAMERA, Gandalf walks over to the table across the room, near the window. See the kitchen behind Gandalf in the following shots. He then says, "He's gone to stay with the Elves, He's left you Bag End", while he holds out the envelope to Frodo. The wax and seal are on that table. It isn't necessary to see him walking across the floor.]

Corrected by Rikki Time

When Gandalf is trapped on top of the tower in Isengard, it's raining. But at the same time, at the base of the tower where Saruman and the orcs are tearing down the trees, it's not raining. [The rain moves slowly across the fields. Several shots of the Uruk-hai cutting down trees DO show that it is raining. It's only the closeup shots of Saruman and the Uruks he is speaking to that don't show rain, which just means that it hasn't gotten to them yet.]

In the beginning where we see Gollum crouched on a high rock, and he says 'my preciousss' it isn't Andy Serkis. He was not there that day so Dominic Monaghan said it instead, it was the only time Gollum's voice is not Andy Serkis'. [What Dom says in the commentary is that some days he was like a 'jack of all trades' on the set. For example, for filming part of the Hobbits reactions, he read Bilbo's speech to them. Also, the day that Ian filmed his 'young' shot of finding the ring, Dom did the voice 'ON SET', for Ian to react to someone's voice. The voice of Gollum in the movie IS Andy Serkis, because it was added later.]

Corrected by Rikki

At the end of the movie Sam and Frodo are at the top of Emyn Muil looking toward Mordor. The complete mountain range of Ered Lithui is visible, though the far end of the range is about 600 miles away and certainly wouldn't be visible from Emyn Muil. [Yes, Frodo and Sam are standing on Emyn Muil and they're looking SouthEast into the distance towards Mordor. The mountain range visible however, would be that of the Western tip of Ered Lithui (Ash Mountains) and the Northern tip of Ephel Duath (Mountains of Shadow). They come together at the Valley of Morannon, the Black Gate, which is where they are headed. The complete mountain range of Ered Lithui, which extends far to the East, is not shown.]

Corrected by Rikki

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