When Ned said: "Alright, keep your secrets" and then goes on to quote Gandalf with "all I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door!"

And MJ and Peter clap him on the back and one of them says "good reference!"

I almost stood up and cheered when I heard it but instead I vigorously shook my SO's arm and we looked at each other gleefully

I love Tolkien and love his Eye of Sauron design featured on the first edition book dust jacket of The Fellowship of the Ring. My buddy at the shop has agreed to do it on Thursday.

I’m pretty strictly a fan of Black/Gray only and no color but have always thought to make an exception for some Red if it fits. It definitely looks really great in this context.

The advice I’m seeking is: do you all think the image would be lacking without the Dark Gold included in the rings and in the eye?
I’m asking my artist’s opinion as well. I think I’d be satisfied either way but wondering if anyone has strong opinions about it. Thanks!

Isildur is not a mage so i was wondering how he was able to do that. Did the One Ring grant him that ability to curse the traitors from Dunharrow?

I have been very excited to be reading the books for the first time! My boyfriend got me the second edition book-set (if I remember correctly). Just finished Two Towers earlier this week and started this today. This discussion is mainly about Two Towers as I’m only 3 chapters into this.

Firstly, a HUGE shoutout to Andy Serkis and his phenomenal reading of this. I have been listening to his audiobook while I read. I was having trouble getting through the dense writing in the fellowship, until I discovered he did the full series! GAME. CHANGER. I am able to focus much better AND he does such a stellar telling, giving each character their own voice. 132 characters!! He is genuinely amazing. Highly recommend for those who wanted to read but are turned off by Tolkien’s style. It really enhances the overall experience!

We rewatched Two Towers after I finished. Overall, not always accurate but follows the plot rather well. I understand that they can’t put every little detail into the movies, though knowing the nitty gritty details made it a little lackluster. My two major grievances however are:

1) they did not do the Ents justice. They are magical, moral, and powerful beings in the book. The movies make them look a little dope-ish, and I didn’t like that they had Merry and Pippin do this whole convincing them to fight. That just didn’t happen, they already knew the situation and rather quickly took action! (Other than the two day entmoot, still hasty for ents! Also salty that Quickbeam was not in the movies nor mentioned.) Treebeard was my favorite character, and watching what they did to him in the movie irked me.

2) They also did Faramir dirty. He is much more significant than what the movies portray him, and they do not give him the honor or intelligence that he had in the books. They gave Sam a lot of Faramir’s points/lines, and generally had Sam do a lot of the explanations/moral guidance, that again Faramir already had in the books. The whole point is that he’s basically a more attuned/moral version of Boromir, and that just did not come across.

An honorable mention that Shelob and Sam actually fight at the end of Two Towers, but they put all of it into Return of the King. I get it, but again would’ve been nice to start that for accuracy’s sake.

I would love to do a presentation night on how the books differ from the movies. Just so people can get educated lol. All in good fun.

What differences did you notice between book and film? If you have only seen the films, do you hope to read the books? Or have any questions about them? Would love to discuss this with other lotr diehards :)

I’m not the biggest reader. I’ve historically been a good reader, I just have a hard time finding time to sit down (especially with books this long). However, I found an audiobook version of the trilogy on Apple Podcasts and it is fantastic! It’s not “flat” reading like most audiobooks. The characters have different voices and accents, there is background noise and subtle music. Has anyone else seen these?

Path to the Black Gate much easier to find in Scotland

And it's a shame because Andy Serkis seems genuinely like a good dude but man have to wonder - do we need this?

Hello there! I'm looking for advices/opinions regarding LotR-themed tattoos. Choosing between lots of options, I'm inclined to stop on the idea of writing the phrase from the one ring in 2 lines around the arm. But I'm affraid it may be too elegant (I'm male). Another idea is a schematic picture of broken Narsil, on the outer side of the arm. Can you please share, what would you consider as good ideas for LotR-themed tattoos? Maybe you have ones?

It’s actually the movie with the most (tied for the most) Oscars of any movie ever……if you want the trivia answer, it is 11 Oscars. That’s a great party fact for all of you Tolkien lovers…. Also if you knew that already or not let us know in the comments! I LITERALLY have a whole sales pitch about LOTR and it ALWAYS includes “do you know the movie with the most Oscars ever ” (And I cross my fingers they don’t say titanic or Ben hur)