1 | '''Countdown:''' The Top 11 Dumbest Moments in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films |
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3 | # Those Eagles Who Could've Stopped Everything (The Eagles' neglected chance to save the world from the start.) |
4 | # Sara-who? (Saruman's absence in the theatrical cut of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing Return of the King]]''.) |
5 | # The homoerotic undertones of Frodo and Sam's relationship -- specifically, [[InUniverse according to the Critic,]] [[PlatonicWritingRomanticReading as a detriment to showing their strong friendship]]. |
6 | # "Arwen's life is now tied to the fate of the Ring." (The ring's connection to Arwen's fate [and, by extension, her reduced role in the later films].) |
7 | # [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "I'm Not Dead!"]] (Constant death fake outs.) |
8 | # Denethor (Creator/JohnNoble's over-the-top performance of Denethor, and by extension, his AdaptationalVillainy into a not-so sympathetic character.) |
9 | # Those Close-Up Shots (Pointless wide-angle close-up shots, specifically in the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing first movie]].) |
10 | # Legolas's Perfect Moments (Legolas's lack of weakness and frequent show-off moments.) |
11 | # Gimli's Idiot Moments (Gimli's reduction to comic relief.) |
12 | # The numerous false endings in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing Return of the King]]''. |
13 | # Just Letting Gandalf Die (The Fellowship letting Gandalf fall down an abyss in the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing first film]] without any real justification.) |
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15 | !!Tropes present: |
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17 | * AdaptationalComicRelief: The Critic doesn't like how this happened to Gimli. |
18 | * BadassDecay: The Critic [[InUniverse states]] that this happened to Arwen after being written out of the story via her "life [being] tied to the fate of the Ring." |
19 | * EndingFatigue: [[InUniverse In regards to]] the ending of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]''. |
20 | * GodModeSue: What the Critic thinks Legolas became over the course of the movies. [[invoked]] |
21 | * LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] [[InUniverse by the Critic]] in #5. |
22 | * PlatonicWritingRomanticReading: The Critic's [[InUniverse problem]] with Sam and Frodo's relationship. "If Frodo and Sam were actually gay in the story, I wouldn't care...The intention was not to show ThePowerOfLove; it was meant to show ThePowerOfFriendship. Having a friendship and being in love are two very different things." To the Critic, it was obvious that Tolkien's intention was to show the friendship aspect more. |
23 | * MartyStu: The Critic considers Legolas to have become one over the course of the movies. [[invoked]] |
24 | * NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: What his "if they were actually gay that'd be cool" comments about Frodo/Sam comes off as, right before he makes not-impressed faces about lines that were in the book. |
25 | * RunningGag: The skits with Legolas solving everyone's problems by shooting an arrow with the Ring tied to it at Mount Doom, destroying it instantly. |
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