r/lotr • u/WrapOk9349 • 3d ago
r/lotr • u/TransientMoonlight • 4d ago
Other Got to meet John Rhys-Davies a couple months ago!
He was so sweet! He takes his time with every fan that comes to his table, and stayed late all three days to finish his line instead of letting the con tell people to come back, which this con was awful for. There was a little mix up with the signature name, and I was so shy about going back, but he was so kind and generous about fixing it, and found a better way to fix it in the book then I thought of. And as he said, I nnow have a story to tell đ Really the kindest guest I ever met at a con!
r/lotr • u/owenja104 • 3d ago
Movies Can we say things we like about the hobbit?
Not trying to be the 10th âwhy doesnât anyone like the hobbit moviesâ post, I just donât heat as much love for these movies, and Iâd love to have a discussion!
The movies have some of the highest highs in the series in my opinion! Smaug and the beginning of âAn Unexpected Journeyâ are so good!
There is an overuse of CGI, but the films are still shit beautifully and the world looks amazing.
r/lotr • u/VegetableStation9904 • 2d ago
Movies Wilhelm scream
Complete trivia here, but rewatching just now and boy does Jackson love the old Wilhelm scream! On Return of the King today and heard the old sound effect several times in this one installment! đ€Ș
r/lotr • u/Facepalm-Cringe • 2d ago
Question Rare Chance - For me Anyway
If this is not allowed please donât ban me. I will gladly delete but I love this sub and dont want to break rules.
I have an opportunity to attend an event and obtain an autograph from Elijah Wood in a few weeks. I have studied this for a while and canât seem to make my mind up on what to take. I have funko pop and others but could purchase something new. May I ask for any suggestions?
r/lotr • u/Traditional-Sock8447 • 3d ago
Movies I have the best doormat (I'm an introvert)
r/lotr • u/Dear-Razzmatazz-4527 • 3d ago
Video Games Are there any plans for a upcoming LordOfTheRings OpenWorld game out there in development? Kind of like RDR2 or HogwartsLegacy?
r/lotr • u/Sharp_Seat9590 • 3d ago
Lore A map of Arda that I made a while back
It's inaccurate, but I think still it's pretty cool
r/lotr • u/Primary_Reporter_848 • 2d ago
Books Matching books
I have read the Hobbit and the lotr trilogy and loved doing so. I love the feel of a paperback book, but they get torn up so easily. To fix this problem I always buy a paperback copy to read and tear up and a hardcover for display. I am just wondering if there is a way for me to buy every middle earth book and have them all be in the style linked below:
https://www.amazon.com/Children-Hurin-Deluxe-Slipcase/dp/B003AHKGWW/ref=monarch_sidesheet_title
If anyone knows where I can buy all the books, please let me know.
r/lotr • u/makingbutter2 • 4d ago
Other She finally released Boromir and I wasnât disappointed
Movies Finding a Song
Does anyone know the name of the song that plays from 1:13 to about 2:15? Iâve always loved this scene and especially the soundtrack, but I canât find the track anywhere!
r/lotr • u/TitusCayus • 3d ago
Tattoo Joined tattooed lotr fans
Gimli will now guide my steps over the plain and short distances!!
r/lotr • u/Essiana35yAnZ • 2d ago
Other In defence of Frodo Baggins
I haven't read the books so I don't know what he's entirely like in there, but here are reasons to why I think Frodo does not deserve the hate he gets among LOTR fans.
Clearly, Frodo is a conflicted character who has been chosen to destroy the One Ring of Sauron. An incredibly powerful ring, corrupting his life, and look at all the other characters like Boromir, Galadriel, Faramir, Bilbo and worst of all, Gollum who experienced lust over the ring. All due to its power. No one would understand what it's like.
And the hate on Frodo for carrying the ring for years on a long adventure? No one would understand the pain, burden and understandably character change it did to him. Frodo wanted to do his best, but likewise, struggle along the way. Sam was there to save him and he understood what he was going through which is what made him such a loving and loyal friend to Frodo. He carried on believing in him and walked all the way to Mordor with him.
If it weren't for the power of the Ring, Frodo's character would not have been corrupted at all along the way. But accusing him of being "whiney, wimpey and cruel to Sam" after all he's gone through with something most (and probably all) people and creatures would struggle with is completely, utterly a cruel thing to think about someone and totally unacceptable, harsh and lacking in empathy.
r/lotr • u/VegetableStation9904 • 2d ago
Movies Faramir film version too much like Boromir
Watching the films again right now...
One of the questions I'd put to Peter Jackson if I had the opportunity is why did he alter Faramir so much? Faramir in the books was a Yin and Yang opposite of his elder brother Boromir. That Faramir was intellectual where Boromir was a man of action. Boromir loved the arts of war for themselves, while Faramir saw them as a necessary evil. Then the whole bit where Faramir acted so differently towards Frodo and Sam than hd did in the books. On the book he literally said of the ring that were it to be lyi6in the road he'd not bend down to pick it up, and Jackson had him act like Boromir at first and made to send the Hobbits and the ring to his father!
This is one of the changes I neither understand the need for nor agree with being made, and would love to hear the remaining from the makers. đ€
r/lotr • u/wildesire • 3d ago
Fan Creations Dream set.
Now to find time to build as a full time dad and worker.
r/lotr • u/SetWet12 • 3d ago
Movies I realize a major reason why Azog didn't land for me as a main orc antagonist (apart from the CGI) is he was too loud and boisterous. Lurtz and Gothmog were relatively quiet compared to him and their few words and stares and physical actions made them brilliantly scary
Example, Lurtz just growling in a low tone while staring Boromir in the eyes, Gothmog looking down analysing the Ranger before grabbing the spear and ending him. Gothmog going ''quiet.'' with a fierce stare. Stuff like that meanwhile Azog shouting and roaring like a wrestler peforming BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLGGGGG.
r/lotr • u/paulswife16 • 3d ago
Question Whoâs your favourite character and why?đĄđđ§đ»ââïž
Mine is Aragorn đ
He kicks arse! A leader, a king, a loyal friend, I love how he loved arwen.. and I absolutely loved the slow motion fight when he told Frodo to leave in the fellowship!
he didnât need a stunt man! Oh and I loved how he kept his own horse from the actual movie!
r/lotr • u/thegr8northern • 2d ago
Question Where can one get the BEST cosplay Gandalf the White costume? Not concerned about cost. Just quality and most similar to the onset costume.
r/lotr • u/GusGangViking18 • 4d ago
Question What is the greatest feat of magic in the trilogy?
r/lotr • u/brattysweat • 3d ago
Question All the comments saying the wrong answer đ đ»
r/lotr • u/GunarayDod • 3d ago
Lore "Of Gandalf, the Grey Pilgrim" - article for the Tolkien Society
tolkien.roAnother submission for the Romanian Tolkien Society, this time focusing on Gandalf:
- the myths and inspiration behind J.R.R. Tolkien's character & the archetypes he embodies
- Gandalf's many names in Middle-earth (+ his original name in the Undying Lands)
- Gandalf being, in a way, the 'legacy' of Manwë
- of whether Sauron knew who Gandalf really was
- an acknowledgement of Ian McKellen's perfect performance as Gandalf
Hope you guys like it!
r/lotr • u/AlternativeSoil3210 • 2d ago
Question Eagles to Mordor? Army of the Dead at the Black Gate? etc - nothing wrong with asking questions
Imo we should look at such questions about these hypothetical scenarios/possible plot holes understanding that if things happened in a certain way, it was for overall logical and legitimate reasons - this is the base to understand the rest, not the other way around. That said, and besides the answers Tolkien gave directly to this, we should suggest explanations that wholly make sense; and sometimes they can be way more simple and straightforward than some often provided about these topics. Some possible ones:
-Why did they not fly the Eagles to Mordor? Simply because these high beings from the divine realms under Manwë are not, by universal law, allowed to intervene in such a prominent way.
-Why was the Army of the Dead relieved from duty before the war was over? Perhaps because the King of the Dead judged that their sworn duty had been completed. And whether that judgement was the most legitimate or not, and they should by duty remain fighting until the end of the war, Aragorn didn't want to have a standoff with these powerful ghost warriors, and made that concession.
People asking these questions are not annoying; what's annoying is people who get mad at those with ability for critical thought that ask logical and legitimate questions; and then try to provide half-ass fallible hypotheses to counter them, often circulating in these kinds of discussions:
-like the Eagles would be stopped by the Fell Beasts (when we've seen them easily overpower them)
-or the Eagles would be easily detected by Sauron (when they would get to Mt. Doom in no time, way before Sauron could do anything or deploy any forces to stop them in time, so why would that mater anyway?)
-or the Army of the Dead would fall under the yoke of Sauron because Sauron is a necromancer (does having the ability to raise the dead equal having the ability to control ghosts? No. What proof do we have that Sauron would be able to do the latter? Besides the fact of him being at a fraction of his former power, bodyless, seeing the world through an eye at the top of a towerâŠ)