things to hate about LOTR · Lord of the Rings

supercybergeek Member

things to hate about LOTR

in the fellowship of the rings. Why did that bird wait so long to save gandalf? And why didn't that bird just fly them to the mountain instead of having them walk? Jeez

Exabyte Senior Member

Originally posted by supercybergeek
Why did that bird wait so long to save gandalf?

... because he didn't know earlier that Gandalf was captured in Orthanc 🙂 you might have noticed this moth Gandalf talked to earlier in the movie, it informed Gwaihir ('the bird'😉 about what had happened; in the book, it's Radagast, a wizard, who sends the Eagle.

And why didn't that bird just fly them to the mountain instead of having them walk?

Tolkien gives a rather detailed explanation for this in one of his Letters; he basically says (also in L#210) that he already 'used' the Eagles to the edge of credibility and plausibility; they are extremely proud creatures and normally not willing to bear anyone else (after all, they are no air transportation company); Gandalf was an exception because he had earlier helped/rescued/healed the Eagles' Lord and was also a friend of Radagast who was held in respect among the birds. Another reason is the fact that flying via Eagle is not exactly the most inconspicuous way of travelling and Sauron or the Nazgûl would probably have discovered the fellowship's real intentions a lot earlier - which would have ruined the whole plan that relied on the assumption that Sauron would never expect anyone to be willing to give up the Ring 🙂

The most relevant reason, though, is the fact that otherwise the best book in the universe would never have been written 😊

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Re: things to hate about LOTR

Originally posted by supercybergeek
in the fellowship of the rings. Why did that bird wait so long to save gandalf? And why didn't that bird just fly them to the mountain instead of having them walk? Jeez

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Exabyte Senior Member

What a benignant welcoming committee we have 😑

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Originally posted by shaber
I think this thread counts as spam 😐

I think it counts as 'what-about-thinking-before-posting' 😐

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Originally posted by Exabyte
I think it counts as 'what-about-thinking-before-posting' 😐

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Thorondor Love?

Originally posted by Exabyte
What a benignant welcoming committee we have :blink

Not my fault some people have the IQ of a carrot.

shadowy_blue Senior Member

OMG!!! A thread!!! 😱

Uh...yeah. 😐

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Originally posted by Thorondor
Not my fault some people have the IQ of a carrot.

more like a rutabaga...😐

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i know i am a star wars fan but LOTR is awesome too!

DanielLB The Bad Wolf

If 'the eagle' flew them to Mount Doom.....THERE WOULD BE NO POINT IN A MOVIE!

chucktaylor Syndicate Scout

Originally posted by DanielLB
If 'the eagle' flew them to Mount Doom.....THERE WOULD BE NO POINT IN A MOVIE!

...or a book!

JohnnyBloom humiliated grapes

well to be brutally honest the eagle didn't drop gandalf off early thinking "oh well, I can't take him all the way or else Peter Jackson won't be able to make a film, based on that book some guy wrote a few years back where I wasn't allowed to take Gandalf and frodo to mordor either." is he?!?!? I mean, there's got to be some reason why the eagle didn't do it
although I do think that it was VERY VERY good that he didn't, cos now we've got hours of film to watch!!

green dude Senior Member

least it not days like SW im gonna get the set i have LOTR set already 😄
THOSE MOVIES ARE THE BEST

Discos The Discmeister

Re: things to hate about LOTR

Originally posted by supercybergeek
in the fellowship of the rings. Why did that bird

Things to hate about Lord of the rings:

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a bird!......A bird.....A Bird......A BIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😠

Discos - hold my sword, now am mad!!

Exabyte Senior Member

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Fëanor Senior Member

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Re: Re: things to hate about LOTR

Originally posted by Discos
Things to hate about Lord of the rings:
People like YOU!
a bird!......A bird.....A Bird......A BIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😠
Discos - hold my sword, now am mad!!

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Harryslover14 demolition lover

i agree with discos i am a huge lotr fan i have read the books too and also agree with daniel tehre would be no movie and it would mess up the book too because that wanst in there 😠 😠 😠