Line #3 Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E12


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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