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The Lord of the Rings (movies)
The Lord of the Rings is a set of three motion pictures that form Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings . The scripts do not adhere precisely to the story in the volumes of the novel, yet contain most of its most important elements. Yet, some major passages of the books were left out of the movies, and others significantly altered. Two sets of ommisions that many consider major were: "The Old Forest", "In the House of Tom Bombadil", & "Fog on the Barrow-Downs", from The Fellowship of the Ring, and "Many Partings", "Homeward Bound", & "The Scouring of the Shire" from The Return of the King. These were omitted, and other passages altered, for reasons of dramatic flow and practical limits on what could be presented in three movies.
Attempts will be made here to keep quotations in sequential order, and to indicate those which are said out of the context they have in the book, or by another character.
The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The world is changed. Han mathon ne nen. I feel it in the water. Han noston ned chae.I feel it in the earth. A han noston ned wilith. I smell it in the air. Much that once was, is lost, for none now live who remember it.
- Galadriel's Introduction (partly spoken in Elvish). These lines were originally said by Treebeard in the book The Return of the King; here they are the opening lines spoken by Galadriel.
- It began with the forging of The Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest, and fairest of all beings; seven to the Dwarf lords, great miners and craftsman of the mountain halls; and nine... nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived— for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the dark lord Sauron forged, in secret, a master ring, to control all others— and into this ring he poured his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life— One ring to rule them all. One by one, the free lands of Middle Earth fell to the power of the ring. But there were some who resisted. A last alliance of Men and Elves marched against the armies of Mordor, and on the slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle Earth. Victory was near— but the power of The Ring could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword. Sauron, the enemy of the free peoples of Middle Earth was defeated. The ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destory evil forever. But the hearts of men are easily corrupted, and The Ring of Power has a will of its own.
- Some things that should not have been forgotten, were lost. History became legend, legend became myth, and for two and a half thousand years, The Ring passed out of all knowledge, until, when chance came, it ensnared a new bearer. ~ Galadriel
- Bilbo Baggins! Do not take me for some conjuror of cheap tricks. I am not trying to rob you, I'm trying to help you. ~ Gandalf
- Hobbits really are amazing creatures. You can learn all that there is to know about them in a month, and yet after a hundred years, they can still surprise you.
- Gandalf, just before he sends Frodo on his quest.
- Gandalf: Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee! Have you been eavesdropping?!
Sam: I'm been dropping no eaves, sir, honest. I was just cutting the grass under the window there, if you'll follow me.
Gandalf: A little late for trimming the verge, don't you think?
Sam : I heard raised voices.
Gandalf : What did you hear? Speak.
Sam : N-nothing important. That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, and a dark lord, and something about the end of the world, but please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural.
- Your love of the halflings' leaf has clearly slowed your mind. ~ Saruman to Gandalf
- Tell me, friend, when did Saruman the Wise abandon reason for madness? ~ Gandalf to Saruman
- I choose a mortal life. ~ Arwen
- Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king. ~ Boromir
- I will take it. I will take the Ring to Mordor...though, I do not know the way. ~ Frodo
- Elrond: Nine companions, so be it. You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring.
Pippin: Great. Where are we going?
- In the book, the Fellowship is actually not announced immediately following the Council of Elrond.
- Nobody tosses a dwarf. ~ Gimli
- Frodo: It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance.
Gandalf: Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.
Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.
- Spoken here in Moria, this conversation occurred much earlier in the book's version.
- Fool of a Took! Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity. ~ Gandalf to Pippin
- One of the classic lines from the book, in a more dramatic form.
- You cannot pass! I am a servant of the secret fire, wielder of the flame of Anor! The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun! Go back to the Shadow! YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
- Gandalf to the Balrog of Moria; flame of Anor may refer to his position as ringbearer of Narya.
- Fly, you fools! ~ Gandalf hanging on the edge of the abyss into which he falls.
- In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the morning and the night! Fair as the sea and the sun and the snow upon the mountain! Dreadful as the storm and the lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!
- Galadriel to Frodo. She stops her declaration, and then resumes: "I pass the test. I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel."
- I would have gone with you to the end, into the very fires of Mordor. ~ Aragorn
- I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise. "Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee." And I don't mean to. I don't mean to. ~ Sam to Frodo
- Aragorn: I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall, nor our people fail.
Boromir: Our people, our people. I would have followed you to the end... my brother... my captain... my king .
Aragorn: Be at peace, Son of Gondor.
The Two Towers (2002)
- Tree? I am no tree! I am an Ent. ~ Treebeard
- I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide ~ Gandalf
- A new power is rising! Its victory is at hand! This night, the land will be stained with the blood of Rohan! March to Helm's Deep! Leave none alive! TO WAR!!! There will be no dawn for Men!
- Saruman, rallying his army.
- So it begins. ~ King Theoden
- Toss me, toss me! Just don't tell the elf. ~ Gimli
- Where is the Horse and the Rider?
Where is the Horn that was blowing?
They have passed like Rain on the Mountains,
Like Wind in the Meadows.
The Days have gone down in the West,
Behind the Hills,
Into Shadow.
How did it come to this? ~ King Theoden
- My business is with Isengard tonight. With rock and stone! ~ Treebeard
- They are young, they are tender, they are nice! Yes they are! Eat them, eat them! ~ Gollum
- Sam: What we need is a few good taters.
Gollum: What's "taters" precious? What's "taters, eh?
Sam: Po-ta-toes! Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew. Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish. (Gollum makes disgusted sounds) Even you couldn't say "no" to that.
Gollum: Oh, yes we could! Spoiling nice fish! Give it to us raw, and wriggling— you keep nasty chips! Sam: You're hopeless
- The rock and pool, is nice and cool, so juicy swee-EEEt! Our only wish, to catch a fish, so juicy swee-EEEt! ~ Gollum
- The Battle for Middle Earth is beginning. ~ Gandalf
- Theoden: So much death. What can men do against such reckless hate?
Aragorn: Ride out with me. Ride out and meet them.
Theoden: For death and glory?
Aragorn: For Rohan. For your people.
Gimli: The sun is rising...
The Return of the King (2003)
- Sméagol: Give us that Déagol, my love.
Déagol: Why?
Sméagol: Because . . . it's my birthday . . . and I wants it.
- Denethor: Do you think that the eyes of the White Tower are blind? I have seen more than you know. With your right hand you would use me as a shield against Mordor, while with your left hand you conspire to supplant me. Oh yes... I know who rides with Theoden of Rohan. Word has reached me of this Aragorn, Son of Arathorn, and I tell you now, I will not bow to this Ranger from the North, last of a ragged house long bereft of lordship!
Gandalf: It is not in your power to deny the return of the King.
Denethor: The rule of Gondor is mine! . . . And no other's.
- Elrond: I looked into your future and I saw death.
Arwen: But there is also life. You saw there was a child! You saw my son!
Elrond: That future is almost gone.
Arwen: But it is not lost.
Elrond: Nothing is certain.
Arwen: Some things are certain. If I leave him now, I will regret it forever. It is time.
- From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring,
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
- This is from a prophetic poem in the book which Arwen only partially recites in the movie.
- Elrond: The man who can wield the power of this sword can summon to him an army more deadly than any that walks this earth. Put aside the Ranger. Become who you were born to be!
- In the book, the sword Anduril is reforged at the Fellowship's leaving from Rivendell, here it is given to Aragorn at a time of deepest crisis, before the Battle of Pelennor Fields.
- Well, this is a thing unheard of. An Elf will go underground where a Dwarf dare not! Ah, I'd never hear the end of it! ~ Gimli
- ...Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise! Arise Riders of Théoden! Spear shall be shaken. Shield shall be splintered. A sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises!...Ride! Ride now! Ride; ride for ruin, and the world's ending! Death! Death! Death! Forth Eorlingas! ~ King Théoden
- King Théodin's rousing speech before the Rohirrim charge the orcs at the Battle of Pellenor Fields. Théoden, the Rohirrim, Éowyn, and Meriodoc all yell Death! together.
- Pippin: I didn't think it would end this way.
Gandalf: End? No, it doesn't end here. Death is just another path . . . one which we must all take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass...
Gandalf: ...And then you see it.
Pippin: What, Gandalf? See what?
Gandalf: White shores . . . and beyond. A far green country, under a swift sunrise.
Pippin: Well, that isn't so bad.
Gandalf: [Softly:] No... No it isn't. No, no it isn't. ** Gandalf, describing the Undying Lands where the Ainur and the Eldar live, as a word of comfort to Pippin.
- That still only counts as one!
- Gimli, after Legolas takes down an oliphaunt unit
- Reform the line! Reform the line! ~ King Theoden
- I am no man!
- Éowyn's response to the Witch-king of Angmar, Lord of the Nazgûl, when he declares her a fool, and refers to the prophecies that stated no man could kill him.
- Certain death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?
- Gimli during the debate on whether to attack Mordor to distract Sauron from observing his realm, and discovering Frodo.
- Come on, Mister Frodo. I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you! Come on! ~ Sam
- Sons of Gondor! Of Rohan! My brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down. But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!
- Aragorn to the troops facing the hosts of Mordor at the Black Gates.
- This day does not belong to one man but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace. ~ Aragorn
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