History Narm / TheLordOfTheRings

** Saruman making Gandalf telekinetically spin on his shoulder on the ground, for no apparent reason, before launching him up the tower's stairwell (which is seen in part from above, by the way). If there were any piece of drama left in the duel, that should have killed it dead.

* Aragorn introduces himself and Gimli to Éomer by her names and their father's names, then randomly introduces Legolas as simply from the realm of the forest. It is unexplainable in context (other scenes in the trilogy do it properly) and only makes it look like Aragorn forgot Thranduil's name.

* Sauron's depiction as a literal flaming eye on top of Barad-dûr. In the book, Sauron was stated to still be a humanoid, and "Eye of Sauron" was just a metaphor for his power; Creator/PeterJackson's decision to basically turn Sauron into a big, scary lighthouse has been met with some derision. ''Film/TheHobbit'' films seem to address this by indicating that Sauron's humanoid form is actually contained within the eye's pupil.

** The accompanying shot of Saruman bombastically singing spells on top of Orthanc doesn't precisely help. It almost looks like created specifically for internet people to meme it and/or insert new soundtracks on it to make it look like Saruman is singing them.
* Gimli's reaction to seeing [[spoiler:Balin's tomb]] in the Mines of Moria. In the book, he merely puts a hood over his face to hide his tears. In the movie, he sobs vociferously like a wino for what feels like minutes.
* Frodo's face when he gets impaled by the cave-troll. Especially because he's not even ''remotely'' injured thanks to his Mithril vest. You can't help but get the feeling that he's just overreacting, or he thought he's gonna die, unaware of how resilient the Mithril vest truly is. [Or he just temporarily got the wind knocked out of him.]

** It may even depend on the specific shot. When Galadriel was shot from the front, her arms were pointed in an awkward position, and her slightly upturned face, along with the negative colours, made her nose look like a pig's snout. It made her look like a weird scarecrow. But then it shifted to a view from the side, and suddenly she looked impressive and scary.

** If you’re familiar with Middle Earth’s geography, Legolas saying Isengard is to the northeast makes no sense, as that would actually take him back home.

* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY4V3UUY95A Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!]]''' Made stranger when one realizes that this implies orc culture has menus, which implies restaurants.

* When Aragorn reaches Helm's Deep after being thought dead, Éowyn, who has a crush on him, rushes forward to welcome him back. She stops when she sees Legolas return the Evenstar to Aragorn because it reminds her that Aragorn is already in love with Arwen. From the way the scene is shot, [[HoYay it looks like Legolas is proposing to Aragorn]] and beating Éowyn to the punch.

** The Dead Men in general being depicted as [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Army_of_the_dead.jpg glowing green ghosts]]. [[FlatWhat What.]]

** What makes it worse/better is the cliff is a good 50-to-100 metres from the nearest building, leading to {{Fridge|Logic}} Narm when you realise [[spoiler:Denethor]] must be quite the athlete as he did the 100 metre sprint, wearing armour and dying while on ''fire'' during the cut between locations.

* In the Battle of Morannon, Aragorn was supposed to be fighting Sauron in person (as the dramatic buildup indicated), but this was scrapped. Instead, he spent the most climactic battle getting stepped on by a giant troll that he stabbed in the foot.

[[caption-width-right:350:"THIS WIZARD'S ON FIYAAAAAAHHHH!"]]

* As the image above depicts, Frodo often looks... off at certain points in the film. In that particular scene, his expression looks like he's screaming in horror, when in actuality he only lets out a quiet Gasp when Gandalf tosses the Ring into the fire. There are also several scenes, including that one, where Frodo leaves his mouth wide open for little-to-no discernible reason.

* During Aragorn’s introduction in Bree, he does a good job in intimidating the hobbits… until he pulls out the Sword that was broken. While this was certainly in the book, it’s missing an earlier letter from Gandalf that tells the hobbits to look for the man carrying the broken sword. As a result, it comes across as somewhat awkward, since a dull, broken sword is hard to be intimidated by. Likewise, audiences unfamiliar with the books would be confused why Aragorn is carrying such a poor weapon in the first place, while fans would be underwhelmed by the first appearance of the Sword of Elendil.
** The sword does get a proper introduction during the Council of Elrond scene, where Aragorn describes its significance. This would simply make the viewers wonder why the Sword couldn’t be revealed at that scene instead of In Bree.

* As the image above depicts, Frodo often looks... off at certain points in the film. In that particular scene, his expression looks like he's screaming in horror, when in actuality he only lets out a quiet Gasp when Gandalf tosses the Ring into the fire. There are also several scenes, including that one, where Frodo leaves his mouth wide open for little-to-no discernable reason.

-->'''Galadriel''': ''Victory was near...''
-->'''Elendil''': RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
-->'''Galadriel''': It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword.
-->'''Isildur''': NRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

** When Deagol picks up the One Ring, he uses his whole hand and grabs ''lots'' of dirt from the bottom of the river more than he logically should have - he's only attracted by the Ring there; why wouldn't he just use two fingers to pick it, instead?[[note]]RealityIsUnrealistic combined with SeeWater: all he would perceive on the bottom of the lake would be a shiny blur whose precise position would be uncertain: best to just grab a handful of sand to be sure.[[/note]]

* [[spoiler: Denethor's death scene.]] Gandalf lays the beatdown on him with his staff, Shadowfax kicks him in the head right onto his son's funeral pyre, and ''then'' he catches fire and runs all the way into the courtyard, through the garden (which looks like a helipad from the top down, by the way), and ''off the cliff of Minas Tirith''. For some, this is actually [[NarmCharm best part of the movie]].

** Bonus Narm for those who recall the parallel scene from the book. Gandalf speaks the same line in both - "So passes [[spoiler: Denethor, son of Ecthelion]]". The film version has him passing in a literal "Keep to the left" sense. (Arguably, this delivery seems like it was done on purpose.)

* When the Fellowship is being chased by Orcs in Moria, Aragorn runs back and shouts at them "Come No Closer!" ''And it Works''. The Orcs stop dead in their tracks and simply jeer at Aragorn and the Fellowship without moving any further, even when Aragorn continues running back with the group. It Kind of diminishes any tension if you only have to shout at an enemy to stop and they listen & obey. Not helping matters is the fact that this is immediately followed by...

* When the Fellowship is being chased by Orcs in Moria, Aragorn runs back to them and shouts at them "Come No Closer!" ''And it Works''. The Orcs stop dead in their tracks and simply jeer at Aragorn and the Fellowship without moving any further, even when Aragorn continues running back with the group. Kind of diminishes the tension if you only have to shout at an enemy to stop and listen & obey. Not helping matters is the fact that this is immediately followed by...

* When the Fellowship is being chased by Orcs in Moria, Aragorn runs back to them and shouts at them "Come No Closer!" ''And it Works''. The Orcs stop dead in their tracks and simply jeer at Aragorn and the Fellowship without moving any further, even when Aragorn continues running back with the group. Kind of diminishes the tension if you only have to shout at an enemy to stop and they do that.

* Éowyn killing [[spoiler:The Witch King]] comes across as an AntiClimaxBoss experience as if he was a PaperTiger all along. When he declares that "No man may kill me." It's like he's TemptingFate and he proceeds to get cheap-shotted in the back, Éowyn Deaclares [[MemeticMutation "I am no man."]] and Éowyn takes the opportunity to stab him in the face, causing his form to "implode" like there's a black hole inside of his form. Now, this ''was'' [[AdaptationExplanationExtrication better explained in the book]] by the weapon being enchanted so that it could counter Nazgûl successfully, but the casual viewer may be puzzled that he is defeated so comically.

* Éowyn killing [[spoiler:The Witch King]] comes across as an AntiClimaxBoss experience as if he was a PaperTiger all along. When he declares that "No man may kill me." It's like he's TemptingFate and he proceeds to get cheap-shotted in the back, Éowyn Deaclares [[MemeticMutation "I am no man."]] and Éowyn takes the opportunity to stab him in the face, causing his form to "implode" like there's a black hole inside of his form. Now, this ''wasn't better explained in the book by the weapon being enchanted so that essentially anyone could battle Nazgûl successfully, but the casual viewer may be puzzled that he is defeated so comically.

* Éowyn killing [[spoiler:The Witch King]] comes across as an AntiClimaxBoss experience as if he was a PaperTiger all along. When he declares that "No man may kill me." It's like he's TemptingFate and he proceeds to get cheap-shotted in the back, Éowyn Deaclares [[MemeticMutation "I am no man."]] and Éowyn takes the opportunity to stab him in the face, causing his form to "implode" like there's a black hole inside of his form.

* Éowyn killing [[spoiler:The Witch King]] comes across as an AntiClimaxBoss experience as if he was a PaperTiger all along. When he declares that "No man may kill me." It's like he's TemptingFate and Éowyn Deaclares [[MemeticMutation "I am no man."]] He proceeds to get cheap-shotted in the back and Éowyn takes the opportunity to stab him in the face, causing his form to "implode" like there's a black hole inside of his form.

* Éowyn killing [[spoiler:The Witch King]] comes across as an AntiClimaxBoss experience as if he was a PaperTiger all along. When he declares that "No man may kill me." It's like he's TemptingFate and Éowyn Deaclares "I am no man." He proceeds to get cheap-shotted in the back and Éowyn takes the opportunity to stab him in the face, causing his form to "implode" like there's a black hole inside of his form.

* Frodo's face when he gets impaled by the cave-troll. Especially because he's not even ''remotely'' injured thanks to his Mithril vest. You can't help but get the feeling that he's just overreacting, or he thought he's gonna die, unaware of how resilient the Mithril vest truly is.

** When Deagol picks up the One Ring, he uses his whole hand and grabs ''lots'' of dirt from the bottom of the river more than he logically should have - he's only attracted by the Ring there; why wouldn't he just use two fingers to pick it, instead?