[BradyLS]

That mournful note echoes as Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and his forces ready for their assault on Sauron's forces, the orcs. Gandalf (Ian McKellen), in a voice sodden with mellow sadness, realizes that Frodo and Sam are on a suicide mission: "There never was much hope. Just a false hope." Sir Ian's eyes move slowly, filled with mystery and pain.

That's not MY Gandalf! While he may have said things like, "Our doom hangs by the merest thread," Gandalf never said nor implied such a thing as losing all hope in the books. While there was any hope at all, however slim, he held out for it.

[MrConfettiMan]

Yes, one of my gripes with the movies, too. IIRC, and I think I do, none of the main characters in the book show any signs of losing hope in the book yet all (most?) of them in the movies have done so to some degree. It doesn't really bother me, though. Poetic license, Hollywood drama and all that. :)

[Mamzelle]

"there never was much hope--just a fool's hope" was what Gandalf said in the books. "Fool's" must have come out "False" to this reviewer.

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

Gandalf said "fools hope" not "false hope". He was poking fun at himself. He certainly didn't lose hope.