Why are the passwords for Moria, a Dwarvish city, in Elvish? [The road from that gate used to lead to the Elvish city of Ost-in-Edhil. The Dwarves of Moria and the Elves of Ost-in-Edhil were friends.]

When Elrond tells the group that someone in the group needs to take the ring back to Mordor to be destroyed, the wide camera angle of the group shows Boromir with his right hand on his chin sitting straight up. The camera angle changes to a close up of him and he hand is now rubbing his forehead as he speaks. [He had plenty of time to get his hand into this position during the shots.]

When Aragorn is telling Gandalf that they must turn back during the avalanche, Gandalf is seen as being about 5 feet in front of him but when the camera angle changes to a wide shot, Gandalf is now seen about 15 feet away from Aragorn. [Gandalf is not followed by Aragorn, but by Boromir, so Aragorn is always further away from Gandalf. You can identify Boromir in the split second when the group is shown from behind and Legolas passes by: first he passes by Aragorn, then by Boromir - this is when Boromir turns his face sideways you can identify him.]

In the scene where the Fellowship first enters Balin's tomb in the Mines of Moria, Gandalf finds a book that is written in Dwarvish. He begins to read the book, as well as translates the Dwarvish runes on Balin's tomb. However, Gandalf does not speak, understand or read Dwarvish, because Dwarves, unlike Elves, refuse to teach their language to anyone and keep it a secret from anyone but Dwarves. [Dwarf runes are modified Elf runes, so Gandalf can read them. And in the book much of the text is written in the Elf language, which Gandalf understands.]

The Horn Of Gondor worn by Boromir is seen to be split in two after his fight with the orcs, however it is repaired when Aragorn comes to kneel by his side. [It's a long shot and very hard to see. I don't think the statement's right. In any case the two halves could just be resting together.]

When the Fellowship is crossing over the mountain, Boromir sort of becomes transfixed by the ring and drops his shield. When he returns to his normal state, he picks his shield up from the snow and lifts it onto his back. When he does this, you can see the camera crew reflected briefly in the center of the shield. [This is a pretty dodgy claim - something is reflected, VERY briefly, in the centre of the shield, but they are not obviously crew members. They probably are, but it's not clear.]

After Bilbo disappears from his birthday party and then re-appears inside his front door, there's a scarf tied around his neck. He still has the scarf on as he picks up a walking stick in the next shot. Then, a split second later, the scarf is gone. [This scene is not in real time. Bilbo has come back from the party, has changed his coat (and scarf), and is packing a bag. It is not a 'split second later'.]

When the orc kills Boromir, he shoots him twice, and you can see the hole/blood stain for the third arrow between first ones, and only then the third arrow appears. [There is a stain of some sort on the front of Boromir's tunic, in roughly the place where the third arrow later hits him, but it doesn't look like a hole - and if it's just a blood stain that can't really be counted as a mistake.]

Boromir cut himself with the broken sword, and we can see the blood. However, after he sees Aragorn, the blood is gone. Look closely when he is putting down the sword. [Boromir's fingers are slightly curled so the cut isn't visible.]

When Gandalf rides to meet Saruman, Isengard is seen set in a dry valley. However, when Saruman is on top of Orthanc casting weather spells, there is a wide, curving river just outside the walls. [There is a river on one side, and trees on the other. Gandalf approaches Orthanc from among the trees and the river is out of shot on the other side.]

In the scene where Frodo falls in the snow and Boromir picks up the ring, you can see Aragorn standing behind Frodo. After Boromir ruffles Frodo's hair, only Aragorn's left hand is resting on the handle of the sword. Boromir then turns to leave and Aragorn has suddenly completely changed position, with his left hand on the scabbard and his right hand on the handle, although Boromir has already started to walk away and is no longer a threat. [Boromir seems to be giving the Ring back, but Aragorn doesn't trust him and has quietly moved to have his sword ready in case of trouble.]

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. [Not true. The dirt is in similar places, but it is definitely different (checked this one carefully.)]

When Saruman uses his magical powers to bring an avalanche down on the group, Legolas is seen standing to the right of Gandalf but when the avalanche starts he is now standing to his left. [He is part way back to joining the group but then runs out to pull Gandalf to safety.]

In Balin's tomb in Moria, Boromir runs to the door and avoids two arrows flying towards him. In the next shot, he runs back into the room a few feet away from the door, but in the next shot, he is back at the door, preparing to slam it shut. [He doesn't run any feet into the room. He turns to see Aragorn coming to help him and then they both slam the doors closed.]

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. [It's pointy. You only see it from behind so you don't get a very good look at it, but it is indeed pointy.]

After Boromir has been hit by the third arrow, shots of him alternate several times between showing all three completely parallel with each other and then sticking out from his chest at completely different angles. [He is involved in a pretty full-on sword fight - it's more than reasonable to assume he's knocked the arrows with his arms more than once.]

At the beginning of the movie, during the Prologue when Cate Blanchett gives a brief history of Middle Earth, near the end of her monologue she says "For none now live who remember", referring to the war of the Last Alliance, this is in contradiction to two major facts of the story. The first being that the elves are immortal, therefore at least some of them would still be present at this time. The second is that Elrond is clearly shown fighting in the battle, and later he vividly recalls to the Fellowship, at the meeting in Rivendell, how he begged Isildur to cast the Ring into the fire of Mount Doom. Proving not only was he present but he can also remember the Last Alliance. [What Galadriel says is that 'much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it'. She does not say, or mean, that nothing of the Last Alliance can be remembered; she is speaking generally about Middle Earth's history, and saying that of the many races and peoples within it, lots of knowledge has been lost as people have died and taken their memories with them.]

Does it strike anyone else as odd that the members of the Fellowship have to tap at the walls outside Moria (extended DVD) to try to find the gates, when the gates have an enormous great tree at either side of them - the two holly trees which are later ripped up by the Watcher and used, along with stones and other rubble, to block the entrance. In the book they never had any trouble finding the door, only making it appear; the holly trees, which were 'larger than any trees of holly that Frodo had ever seen or imagined,' and stood 'like sentinel pilars at the end of the road,' marked the spot even from quite a distance. [The trees were present in the book also, and yet Gandalf had Legolas and Gimli looking for the door. If you call it a mistake, don't blame the movie, blame the book.]

In the scene where Aragorn exposes the wound in Frodo's shoulder there is no blood on the shirt but when the shot cuts out then back in there is a large bloodstain on the shirt. [Watch in slow motion - Arwen's gloved hand obscures most of the bloodstain, but it is there.]

This is found on the extended version, the scene where Frodo is offering Galadriel the One Ring, she moves towards him with her right hand extended. After her morphing scene she regains composure and tells Frodo that she, too, is a Ring Bearer and then extends her right hand again - this time showing her ring. Where was the ring when she extended her hand the first time? [This is true to the book: it is only at the end of their conversation that Frodo is able to see Galadriel's ring, even though she's been wearing it all along. She explains to him that as a Ring-bearer, his sight has 'grown keener'. Even Sam (who is present in this scene in the book) cannot see it, instead saying something about seeing 'a star shining through your finger'.]