Corrected entry: 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. (01:35:00)
Corrected entry: 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) (00:05:25)
Correction: 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 entry: 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. (00:34:35)
Correction: If you look closely, you'll see that it glows faintly.
Corrected entry: 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. (01:21:00)
Correction: 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.
Corrected entry: 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. (01:24:00)
Correction: 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.
Corrected entry: 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. (01:56:35)
Correction: 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.
Corrected entry: 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. (01:38:22)
Correction: It is not impossible that time has passed between the shots, which would explain the new scenery and group formation.
Corrected entry: 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.
Corrected entry: 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.
Correction: His beard is not tossed over his shoulder but simply being blown by the Balrog's breath. Later, the wind subsides.
Corrected entry: 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. (02:20:34)
Correction: Frodo quickly moves his hand back down to his side. You can see that right before the camera angle change.
Corrected entry: 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.
Corrected entry: A bit of odd behavior. When Frodo begins packing in Bag End to go on his journey, Gandalf hands him a folded article of clothing. Frodo grabs it, shakes it out so that it is no longer folded, and stuffs it in his bag.
Corrected entry: Rivendell was built by elves and lived in by elves, so wouldn't the balcony ledges be above the Hobbits heads? It seems a little odd that they seem just like normal balcony ledges to them.
Correction: There's also at least one hobbit living there full-time, namely Bilbo. The elves being a courteous bunch, they'd no doubt create an area for him to live in that's scaled to hobbit proportions, so that he'd feel comfortable.
Corrected entry: Orlando Bloom had no stunt double.
Correction: This is not true. Though Orlando did do most of his own stunts, he did have a stunt double, named Morgan.
Corrected entry: After Aragorn kisses Boromir right after he dies, he gets up and says something about how the tower guards of Ecthelion will look for his coming, but he will not come. Where is the 3rd arrow in Boromir's chest/stomach?
Corrected entry: In the part where Boromir gets hit by arrows three times, you see the first arrow hit just below his shoulder. If you look closely, you can see the second arrow hit him in the same exact place as the first, and the first arrow has somehow disappeared. In the next shot you can see one arrow in his shoulder and one lower down, even though the second arrow looked as though it hit him in the shoulder. (01:23:15)
Correction: I checked in slow motion, and the second arrow does NOT hit him in the shoulder. That arrow is already there when the second hits, although the sequence is very fast and it could seem like he jerks from the arrow already in his shoulder.
Corrected entry: In the prologue we see the three Elves that received the Elven rings, with Galadriel in the foreground. The elf behind her looks elderly. Elves did not age beyond adulthood, (Tolkien says of Galadriel and Celeborn, "but no sign of age was upon them"). (00:01:10)
Correction: Not actually correct - elves do age, according to Tolkien. To quote from his Letters "The Elves were sufficiently longeval to be called by Man 'immortal'. But they were not unageing or unwearying". The Elf in question is almost certainly Cirdan the Shipwright (who may or may not appear at the end of the final film). Cirdan was one of the very first Elves and, as such, he would have been around for long enough to show some signs of aging.
Corrected entry: In the director's commentary, Peter Jackson says that for the prologue sequence in Gollum's cave they used tape to pull Ian Holm's (Bilbo's) skin tighter to look younger. They needn't, as even though that scene takes place many years before the story proper, because he then bore the Ring, as Gandalf later says, "You haven't aged a day." No-one who has the ring ages in any way. (00:07:20)
Correction: Clearly not true, as Bilbo does look different - Gandalf is merely commenting that Bilbo has aged remarkably well. The opening narration observes that the ring granted Gollum "unnatural long life", not immortality, and the Ring has certainly not prevented Gollum from undergoing significant changes.
Corrected entry: When Frodo offers the ring to Aragorn at the end, we see a couple of shots of Frodo from Aragorn's perspective. We see the back of Aragorn's head, and he is a few inches taller than Frodo. But seconds later he is suddenly about two feet taller as he kneels down to examine the ring in Frodo's hand. (01:17:45)
Correction: At first, he is only ducking down a bit, then he kneels completely and tells Frodo to leave.
Corrected entry: When the Black Rider confronts the wood-chopping hobbit and his dog and says "Shire. Baggins," the dog backs into the house supposedly in fear of the evil thing, but his tail is wagging. A terrified dog, even if barking furiously, would have his tail between his legs. (00:34:30)
Correction: That's not even close to being true. Classifying dogs generically like that is wrong, mainly because many dogs have different types of reactions to certain things, and even have their own 'personalities' to some degree. Case in point: One of my own dogs is absolutely terrified of one of my friends, but wags her tail despite barking and cowering in fear from him. Dogs wag their tales for many different reasons.
Correction: There are enough shots between these two shots to have Elrond move his hand and even touch his forehead again.
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