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Frodo: There will be none left for the return journey.

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When Sauron's forces start to surround Aragorn et al. at the Black Gate, there is a close-up of Éomer glancing towards the right of the screen. The next shot is of Orcs advancing to left of the screen. Fourth frame in, a dark haired crew member is visible behind the Orcs near the center, click some more and again he and others are visible in the background. See more...

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At the end of the film, young Elanor Gamgee is played by none other than Sean Astin's own daughter in a cameo. Not only that, but Frodo Gamgee (the baby) is played by Maisie McLeod-Riera, the daughter of Sarah McLeod, who plays Sam's wife, Rosie. See more...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - 149 corrections

Directed by Peter Jackson, starring Christopher Lee, Elijah Wood, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, John Rhys-Davies, Miranda Otto, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Billy Boyd, Cate Blanchett, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Karl Urban, Bernard Hill, David Wenham, John Noble, Liv Tyler (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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As Aragorn rides toward the Black Gate, an accompanying soldier holds the black flag of Gondor. The flag appears completely white as they retreat when the army of Mordor begins to march out. It is black again in the next shot. [It is the same flag. If you watch carefully as they ride towards the Black Gate, when the flag 'flaps' in certain ways, it appears to change to a silvery/white colour. I believe that this is just the type of fabric used for the flag that causes this rather than them using a white flag.]
Edit Corrected by Richard Holmes
How could Eowyn have cut the nazgul's "steed's" head clean off? It had armour on and her sword wasn't as long as the neck was wide. [There was only armor on the head, and she takes several quick slices.]
Edit Corrected by Sol Parker
In the scene where Frodo is helped by Galadriel in Shelob's lair (in the "dream sequence") he lays on the ground. In his hair on HIS right side (viewers' left) is what appears to be some clovers or leaves or grass. The camera cuts to Galadriel then back to Frodo, the thing in his hair is gone. The camera cuts to her again and back to Frodo, the thing is back in his hair. [It does not actually disappear. It's a leaf of a greenish-yellow color, which is more visible when viewed from a particular angle. Frodo's head has tilted slightly in the second shot which is enough to present us with the edge of the leaf only, making it much less obvious - but it's still definitely there.]
Edit Corrected by Phil C.
In the scene where the pachyderm animals of Mordor are introduced in the battle, there's a shot that pans the front of the line of them. One animal has wood connecting its larger tusks, complete with barbs jutting out from the wood. As the orcs flee to regroup behind the animals, several run through the contraption unharmed. [No, they don't. Some do run underneath the wooden connector as the Mumak swings its tusks upwards, but most do not make it past and are sent crashing to the ground.]
Edit Corrected by Phil C.
When everyone is leaving to go to the battle at the black gate, Minas Tirith is shown as a battle-scarred city, with burned, gaping holes in the walls and towers from the damaging barrage of catapult-thrown boulders. The next time we're shown the city, after the battle, it's all fixed up. [That's because quite a bit of time has passed between the Battle of the Pelennor Fields and the coronation of Aragorn as King. The timeline in the books shows it as nearly two months, but the film appears to imply that even more time has passed, by this and other evidences (Arwen is fully recovered, Frodo is fully healed, and more).]
Edit Corrected by Phil C.
If Frodo was indeed stabbed by Shelob, never in the rest of the movie is there any evidence that he was stabbed, even if all the stinger did was "stun" him. Shouldn't there be a big gaping, bleeding hole somewhere in his midsection? That stinger was pretty large. [A large (about the size of a golf ball) greenish wound can be seen on Frodo's upper chest (slightly to the right) throughout the subsequent scenes. Since Shelob wants to keep Frodo alive for later enjoyment, her poison apparently seals the wound to keep him from bleeding to death.]
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Gollum bites off the tip of Frodo's finger, you can see it squirt some blood. But then when Frodo is writing the book and the scenes that follow Frodo's finger is intact. [Frodo's finger is completely bitten off by Gollum. At the end of the movie, his wound has healed but there is no finger, only a stub (he writes with his right hand at the end, not his left).]
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During the Charge of the Rohirrim (Pelennor Fields), Gandalf is visible leading the charge. This is impossible because he is inside Minas Tirith, not leading the charge onto to the surrounding fields. [Gandalf ís still inside Mina Tirith, what you see in the front is the white horse Théoden is riding.]
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In the scene where Sam is climbing up the stairs of the Orc tower to rescue Frodo, Sam is confronted by a contingent of Orcs coming down. Apparently elven swords are orc-blood resistant, for after skewering at least two Sam's blade is still bright, clean silver. [The sword is Sting. It's true to the book for it to stay clean.]
Edit Corrected by jle

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