I watched part of the movie tonite and then had to go to rehearsal. If I can stay awake I may go finish it.
But I noticed something tonite I hadn't before. When Bilbo drops the ring on his floor as he's leaving the Shire, the ring falls to the floor with a loud thud rather than a "ping" you would normally get from dropping a ring on a tile surface.
Symbolic of the ring's nature or sound-fx mistake?
Discuss...
I think I saw something about that in one of the 'making of' videos on the DVD. It is supposed to represent the evil in the ring; the heaviness of all the malice of the Dark Lord. Or something like that!
They definitely meant for that. Notice the same heavy thud when Gollum drops it in the prologue. I read that they put a big magnet under the floor to make it seem heavier and to eliminate any possible bounce.
First of all...you mean for once I caught something the first time that someone else didn't?! (I'm still noticing details others saw the first time, but this was one thing I did notice!)
It's NOT a sound effects mistake, for sure. The ring also doesn't roll or spin - it just lands, hard. Very cool, and definitely symbolic.