Posted on 01/03/2003 10:14:16 AM PST by mtngrl@vrwc
I just got home from seeing this wonderful movie for the seventh time and brought home twelve pages of dialogue scribbled in the dark (some of it was pretty messy and hard to read but I think it's pretty accurate). I wrote down some memorable quotes and wondered if you guys might enjoy guessing who said them and who the speakers were talking to.
I will give you a few quotes to start and if this turns out to be fun, I (or you guys) can post some more. I have tons more!
1. Tell me what happened and I will ease your passing.
2. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.
3. We have trusted you this far. You have not led us astray. I was wrong to despair.
4. Isengard has been unleashed.
5. You are the luckiest, the canniest, and the most wreckless man I have ever known.
6. Why do you lay these troubles on an already troubled mind? Can you not see your uncle is wearied by your malcontent and your warmongering?
7. I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.
8. Dark have been my dreams of late.
9. Open war is upon you - whether you would risk it or not.
10. Three hundred lives of men I walked on this earth and now I have no time.
11. The courtesy of your hall has lessened of late.
12. Your leechcraft would have had me crawling on all fours like a beast.
13. Finish this line......It is time for Faramir, Captain of Gondor, to show his _______.
14. This creature is bound to me and I to him.
15. It is an army bred for a single purpose, to destroy the world of men.
16. Sauron's wrath will be terrible, his retribution swift.
17. I will have no pointy ear out scoring me.
18. We come to honor that allegiance.
19. You could have picked a better spot.
20. The ring will not save Gondor. It only has the power to destroy.
Would anybody like to guess who said these words or to whom these words were spoken?
2. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew. Sam explaining what potatoes are for to Gollum
3. We have trusted you this far. You have not led us astray. I was wrong to despair. Frodo to Gollum
4. Isengard has been unleashed. Gandalf
5. You are the luckiest, the canniest, and the most wreckless man I have ever known. Gimli to Aragorn
6. Why do you lay these troubles on an already troubled mind? Can you not see your uncle is wearied by your malcontent and your warmongering? Wormtongue to Eowyn
7. I come back to you now at the turn of the tide. Gandalf
8. Dark have been my dreams of late. King Theoden 9. Open war is upon you - whether you would risk it or not. Aragorn to Theoden
10. Three hundred lives of men I walked on this earth and now I have no time. Gandalf
11. The courtesy of your hall has lessened of late. Gandalf to Theoden
12. Your leechcraft would have had me crawling on all fours like a beast. Theoden to Wormtongue
13. Finish this line......It is time for Faramir, Captain of Gondor, to show his _______. ??? 14. This creature is bound to me and I to him. Frodo to Faramir
15. It is an army bred for a single purpose, to destroy the world of men. Gandalf to Theoden
16. Sauron's wrath will be terrible, his retribution swift. Gandalf
17. I will have no pointy ear out scoring me. Gimli at the Battle of Helms Deep
18. We come to honor that allegiance. Elvish commander at Helms Deep (can't remember his name) 19. You could have picked a better spot. Gimli to Legolas
20. The ring will not save Gondor. It only has the power to destroy. Frodo to Faramir
The hard part is figuring to whom the dialog is directed and I can't for the life of me remember the word Faramir used in item no. 13 that means the same as "mettle". The sources are fairly easy.
I suppose you would have preferred each film of the Trilogy extend to at least 8 hours each to remain true to every line, jot, and tittle of the books. That way nobody except the most faithful Tolkien fanatics (about a dozen people in all) would have enjoyed the films.
Personally, I believe Peter Jackson did a great job balancing the task of keeping the films somewhat faithful to the books without making them overly long and boring while rearranging events in such a way to make them fit better in a film and the mainstream movie market.
"Don't tell the elf."
You are absolutely correct on both quotes. ;-)
Correct!
I couldn't agree more, Spiff. Here's what I wrote in another thread last week:
Is the movie a word-for-word retelling of the books? Of course not.
Is the movie the best rendering of the books into film? Absolutely! And probably will remain so for our lifetime, at least.
Are you an elitist, picayune little piss-ant if minor deviations or omissions from the books cause you to pan the film? Yes.
Two of my friends and I made an afternoon of it. We met at my place and watched FOTR on 57 inches of Sony digital widescreen projection perfection, then we went to the theater and saw T3.
Six-and-a-half hours of LOTR, and I can't wait until next Christmas to make it nine!!
Gollum/Smeagol(?) to Sam as he cooked the rabbits and didn't choose to eat them raw?
Ah! A Philistine, AND a boorish twit!
With the usual attendant cavernous lack of the capacity for humor or self-criticism (i.e. wasting bandwidth complaining about wasting bandwidth.)
Dan
20. The ring will not save Gondor. It only has the power to destroy. -- Frodo to Faramir.
I would've answered: Sam to Faramir. Anybody else agrees with me?
The visual for that was great: rank upon rank of elves standing on the battlements, perfectly spaced and ordered, with one gap with only the top of a helmet showing.
My political favorite was Eowyn to Aragorn, after he complimented her on her skill with sword. "The women of (Rohan) long ago learned that those who do not carry swords can still die upon them."
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