Line #7 Heartwarming/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"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."'']]
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4	* The "Concerning Hobbits" scene in the Extended Edition, which gives us an introduction to Hobbits and how they are neither great nor wise, and lead simple lives. But as Bilbo puts it as he writes his book, there's nothing wrong with that. Indeed, we see the Hobbits going about their daily lives, farming, playing chess with friends, smoking pipes, drinking beer, and playing music. All of them happy with their humble lives.
5	* There's something very sweet about Gandalf, wizard of the Istari Order, a Maiar of Varda in the service of Eru Ilúvatar, who can dispatch a room full of orcs in a flash of light and defeat a ''Balrog'', genuinely enjoying himself entertaining the hobbit children with fireworks. While he and Frodo are driving to Bag End, a group of hobbit children crowd around the wagon, begging for Gandalf to show off some of the fireworks. Gandalf drives on, apparently ignoring their request...and then a pyrotechnic display explodes from the back of the wagon. The children cheer, Frodo smiles, and Gandalf chuckles. It's an adorable little moment.
6	** There is also this line, showing the great regard and protectiveness Gandalf has toward the hobbits in general:
7	--->"Life in the wide world goes on much as it has in this past age: full of its own comings and goings; scarcely aware of the existence of hobbits...for which I am very thankful."
8	** Gandalf's friendship with the hobbits comes back after his sacrifice. When the Fellowship is in Lothlorien, the elves sing to mourn him. When Sam asks Legolas to translate, he refuses, as he is still grieving. Sam talks about how they probably aren't singing about the thing that the hobbits remember most about him, the fireworks he used to bring joy to the Shire, and he tries to make up his own lines to fill the deficit.
9	* Bilbo is trying to work on his book when Gandalf comes knocking.
10	-->'''Bilbo''': No thank you! We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers or distant relations!\
11	'''Gandalf''': And what about very old friends?\
12	''Bilbo quickly opens the door''.
13	* Gandalf notes that Frodo suspects something is going on. Bilbo, ''proudly'', acknowledges that "course he does: ''he's a Baggins'' - not some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle."
14	* Gandalf convincing Bilbo to give up the One Ring. Despite knowing just how dangerous the One Ring is, Gandalf patiently appeals to their friendship, showing no anger but simply genuine concern for his friend's mental state. Even his brief moment of sternness is quickly transformed into a sweet moment as he reaffirms that he genuinely wants to help him and he never stopped seeing Bilbo as a friend, asking simply that he trust him as he had did before.
15	** Made even more sweet when you realize that Gandalf could have very easily disarmed Bilbo of the One Ring, considering how much above he would be over Bilbo, who is just a Hobbit with no magical powers or understanding of the One Ring, but he does not even do that. Even when he gets irritated enough to use his magic, he only uses it to remind Bilbo of everything he had done while they traveled together. Gandalf not only cares for Bilbo, but he also has faith in his friend and that he would not have needed to resort to magic to disarm him of the Ring.
16	* Bilbo's birthday party:
17	** A small moment, but it's Bilbo's birthday, he's the man of the hour... and the second thing we see him doing after greeting guests is telling a bunch of children [[Literature/TheHobbit the story of how he and Gandalf outwitted the trolls]]. Also notable in that, compared to the "Mad Baggins" impression most shire-folk have in the book, there is a considerable crowd listening to the story with seemingly genuine interest.
18	** Bilbo's conversation with Frodo about how much he means to him.
19	** Also at Bilbo's birthday party, Frodo's ShipperOnDeck moments with Sam and Rosie. He first encourages Sam to ask her to dance, and when Sam gets too nervous and tries to slip away, he just shoves him in her direction and watches, cackling in glee at his successful matchmaking.
20	* A small one early on in the journey, but Frodo takes the time to gently reassure Sam when he's afraid of going further than "the furthest away from home [he's] ever been." He takes his arm and quotes some words of wisdom from Bilbo, talking about not only the risk but the ''excitement'' of adventure. His voice shifting into Bilbo's is the icing on the cake.
21	* A brief moment after Sam loses sight of Frodo in a cornfield:
22	-->'''Sam''': It's a promise I made to Gandalf: "Don't you lose him, Samwise Gamgee." And I don't mean to.
23	* Arwen recommitting her vow to Aragorn, knowing full well the dangers that are to come for him.
24	-->'''Arwen''': ''[in Elvish]'' Do you remember what I told you?\
25	'''Aragorn''': You said you'd bind yourself to me, forsaking the immortal life of your people.\
26	'''Arwen''': And to that I hold. I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.\
27	''[Arwen gives Aragorn the Evenstar]''\
28	'''Arwen:''' ''I choose a mortal life.''
29	* What about the very formation of the Fellowship? Poor Frodo looks like he's about to GoMadFromTheRevelation, when the RagtagBunchOfMisfits pledge to aide him in destroying The One Ring:
30	-->'''Aragorn''': You have my sword.\
31	'''Legolas''': And you have my bow.\
32	'''Gimli''': And my axe!
33	** It's meant as comedy, but Pippin's "Right... where are we going?" He's not oblivious; after what the hobbits went through getting to Rivendell he ''knows'' it's going to be dangerous. It just doesn't ''matter''; Frodo's going, so Pippin's going. ''Where'' they're going is academic.
34	** Moments earlier, Gandalf's grimace as Frodo stands up and hollers that he'll take the Ring to Mordor, which breaks up the yelling the Council has dissolved into. He knows that a friend is signing up for the worst experience of his life.
35	* Just as the Fellowship leaves Rivendell, the main road splits into two immediately outside the gate, and Frodo whispers to Gandalf: ''"Mordor, Gandalf... Is it left or right?"'' To which Gandalf informs him that it's left. The old wizard ain't gonna let his dear little friend make a fool of himself so early in his quest.
36	* Aragorn and Boromir carrying the Hobbits while plowing through the heavy snow.
37	* As the Fellowship are entering Moria, Gimli is boasting to Legolas about the fabled hospitality of the dwarves. A few days ago, they were at each other's throats. Now, Gimli's talking to an elf (a race he dislikes) on friendly terms. The first hint of their friendship.
38	* Later, as the Fellowship are escaping Moria, it's Legolas who saves Gimli from falling when he jumps a broken bridge...albeit by grabbing hold of his beard.
39	* The quiet moment after we see Gollum for the first time.
40	-->'''Frodo''': I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had ever happened.\
41	'''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.
42	** This comes up later for another heartwarming moment when Frodo is standing at the river bank thinking about what he said before wishing the Ring had never come to him. He then recalls Gandalf's advice of "all you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you", which then gives him the resolve to continue with his mission. Made all the more heartwarming by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ9NOV3KNpY music]] that plays during this scene.
43	* A lot of moments featuring Boromir are peppered through the movie, both to show his good qualities beyond his desire for the Ring and to make his death more tragic.
44	** A small one in Moria during a moment that would otherwise be a complete TearJerker. When Gimli finds his cousin's tomb and is sobbing over his body, take note that Boromir has a comforting hand on his shoulder the whole time.
45	** For a few parts of the Fellowship, we don't see that much of Boromir except for the fact that he keeps wanting to use the Ring. When Gandalf dies and Frodo starts screaming, Boromir's the one to carry him away.
46	** And the one to insist that Aragorn "give them a moment, for pity's sake!" when the hobbits are grieving.
47	** Boromir actually shows a lot of empathy and concern throughout the whole film. He shows the most concern for the Hobbits when Gandalf dies and tries to cheer up Frodo by telling him he didn't die in vain.
48	** After Gandalf dies and the Fellowship escapes Moria, we see Gimli, enraged and in despair, trying to go back on what would definitely be a suicide run, and it is Boromir who holds him back and comforts him.
49	** Boromir is also the one to point out that trying to cross over the mountains would kill the hobbits when Gandalf was stubbornly insisting on pushing onward.
50	** In a lighter moment of the film, he's teaching the Hobbits how to fight with swords when he accidentally cuts Pippin's hand. He instantly starts apologizing - and gets knocked ass-over-kettle when [[BashBrothers Merry and Pippin]] proceed to tackle him playfully. He proceeds to laugh uproariously and put one of them in a headlock; you half expect him to start ruffling hair or giving noogies. It's even better when you realize that he's probably played with Faramir in the same way when they were kids, and likely reminded of said brother.
51	** Frodo is still reeling from the death of Gandalf in Moria, and they're being held by Haldir and the elves of Lothlorien. Frodo looks around at everyone and sees them all look at him and look away, except for Boromir, who offers him some consolation.
52	--->'''Boromir:''' Gandalf's death was not in vain. Nor would he have you give up hope. You carry a heavy burden, Frodo; don't carry the weight of the dead.
53	*** Another note about the Lothlorien scene: ''most'' of the times Boromir interacts with Frodo are due to the influence of the Ring. The Lothlorien scene only makes a passing mention without saying it's the Ring, and the softer and easier tone Boromir takes shows he's clearly trying and meant as a comfort. If it weren't for the Ring, he may have been as close to Frodo as he was to Merry and Pippin.
54	** Shall we just say 'Boromir is everyone's big brother' and have done with it? Literally, in the case of Faramir, as seen in ''The Two Towers''.
55	** Throughout the entire film Boromir focuses his attention and protection on Merry and Pippin, perhaps feeling that someone needs to look out for them since everyone else is focused on Frodo (and by extension Sam). Boromir teaches Merry and Pippin sword-fighting, during the snow storm on Charadras he is shielding and helping them, when the staircase collapses in Moria Boromir grabs on to Pippin and Merry and jumps with them to the other side. And in the end he gives his life trying to protect them, his first words to Aragorn as he's dying even being "They took the little ones".
56	* There's something rather endearing in the Extended Edition when Merry leans forward to see the mithril better and Pippin holds him back, afraid that he might fall.
57	* When they first meet her, Galadriel looks over the Fellowship and seems less than impressed by what's left of them now that Gandalf has fallen, remarking that their quest "stands upon the edge of a knife," and one more wrong move can doom the entire world. But she also takes the time to reassure Gimli (who clearly feels guilty over encouraging them to go to Moria in the first place, and is still grieving his fallen relatives in Moria) and says "yet hope remains while company is true," while looking [[TrueCompanions directly at Sam.]] We find out a few minutes later that she telepathically spoke directly to Boromir, assuring him that hope still remained.
58	* Galadriel refusing the One Ring when offered it, and the quiet wonder in her voice afterward. You can tell that this is a woman finding out that she's a better person than she gave herself credit for. After she refuses the Ring, there is a subtle change in her demeanour; up until this point, she'd seemed rather cold and distant, but now that she's endured its temptation and refused it, she seems more empathetic and understanding towards Frodo being afraid to face the rest of the journey alone.
59	-->'''Galadriel:''' I passed the test. I will diminish... and go into the West... and remain Galadriel.\
60	'''Galadriel:''' Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
61	* Aragorn and Boromir have a sort of subtler FriendshipMoment in Lothlorien. Boromir, in a shaking voice, is confessing he's almost crossed the DespairEventHorizon, that he "cannot see [hope]." Firstly, it's sweet that Boromir opened up to him and that Aragorn's taking the time to listen and looking concerned as Boromir talks about the pressure of his position, to do right by his father and "see the glory of Gondor restored." Then there's the absolute ''love'' in his voice as he speaks of his home, the White City, and asks Aragorn if he's seen it. When Aragorn says he has, Boromir then sounds downright ''excited'' by the idea that one day they'll go there together, and the people will take up the call that "the lords of Gondor have returned!" [[FireForgedFriends By this point, he's accepted Aragorn as a brother and equal.]]
62	* In the Extended Version, observe Gimli's absolutely smitten expression as he reveals to Legolas that he asked for one hair from Galadriel's head as a gift, and she gave him ''three''. Observe Legolas's knowing smile: he, like everyone who's read ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', knows that Feänor made the same exact request of her three times in the First Age, to no avail. Galadriel, having read Gimli's heart, apparently deemed him thrice worthy of a gift she once refused to the greatest elf who's ever lived.
63	* There's also Galadriel's reaction to his request. She only really loses her serene expression twice--once when tempted by the Ring, and when Gimli bashfully compliments her and asks for a hair, and she breaks into a huge smile.
64	* Although the scene is tragic as a whole, when Boromir starts approaching Frodo menacingly, Frodo makes it clear that he knows [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Boromir is not acting like himself]] and that the Ring is bringing out his worst traits, and tries to tell him this before being forced to retreat. On a side note, it's also something that even after Boromir has succumbed to the Ring's temptation, he does ''not'' initially attempt to take it from Frodo by force. Even in that bleak moment, he still retained enough of his humanity to first try to ''convince'' Frodo to hand over the Ring.
65	* As Frodo is just deciding to take off on his own and is running from his encounter with Boromir, he first runs into Aragorn. When it becomes clear what Frodo is doing, Aragorn just very gently closes his hands over the Ring and tells him "I would have gone with you to the end," and Frodo says he knows. He then asks Aragorn to look after the others, "especially Sam" who will not understand.
66	* Frodo offers Aragorn the One Ring, and Aragorn refuses it. This proves to Aragorn what even ''Arwen'' couldn't convince him of: he does not share Isildur's weakness. It was Frodo who showed Aragon that he was worthy of the throne of Gondor.
67	** Adding to that, Aragon kneels and brings himself down to Frodo’s level, so that they are speaking to each other as equals, rather than Aragorn physically towering over Frodo.
68	* When Boromir is dying in utter despair, claiming that he's failed the Fellowship and lamenting that not only his city but the entire world of Men is doomed, Aragorn - whom Boromir has only gradually come to accept, and who seems to identify more with the Elves - swears to save the White City, and '''"our people"'''. Boromir's face is ''transformed'' by joy and hope, as he believes at last that there's a chance for the race of Men to survive; he dies content instead of despairing, thanking and accepting Aragorn fully with his final words: "I would have followed you, my brother. My captain. ''My king''."
69	** The last words '''''my''' king'' are only made even more poignant by contrasting his reaction to first discovering Aragorn's heritage.
70	--->'''Boromir:''' Gondor needs no king.
71	*** Could well just be a tearjerker moment, but right after Aragorn kills Lurtz, when he goes to Boromir, Boromir's first, anguished, words to him are 'they took the little ones'. He, only about an hour ago (in universe) tried to steal the Ring from Frodo, even possibly tried to kill him. Now? All that matters is that the Hobbits are in danger. He doesn't care that he's dying, he just cares that the 'little ones' are in danger. Rest assured, nobody doubted Boromir's pure and noble heart after that one line.
72	** The reactions by Gimli and Legolas made it all the more heart wrenching and {{manly tears}}-inducing.
73	* The sequence where Sam catches up to Frodo as he tries to leave the Fellowship so that no one else will suffer the trip to Mt. Doom forms a long string of heartmelting moments:
74	** The bit that makes us [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments laugh]] through our tears:
75	--->'''Frodo:''' Go back, Sam. I'm going to Mordor alone.\
76	'''Sam:''' Of course you are. And I'm coming with you!
77	** Frodo tries his best to discourage his friend from following him, knowing the trip will most likely be a SuicideMission. He fails, and the panic in his voice and face as Sam slips under speaks volumes.
78	** Sam's original statement that he promised not to leave Frodo was heartwarming enough, but then Sam repeats it, soaked and spluttering after nearly drowning to keep that oath:
79	--->'''Sam''': 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.\
80	'''Frodo''' ''[choking up]'': Oh, Sam. ''[Hugs him]''
81	** The distinction between the two is important. Samwise made the initial promise to keep Frodo safe largely out of fear of Gandalf[[note]]in the book, it was the elves at Woodhall, as Sam reveals in chapter 4, and he had replied: ''Leave him! I said. I never mean to. I am going with him, if he climbs to the Moon, and if any of those Black Rulers try to stop him, they'll have Sam Gamgee to reckon with, I said.'' There's a beautiful WhatCouldHaveBeen line for Creator/SeanAstin[[/note]]. But by the end of the film, Sam has instead made it a promise to stay with Frodo ''no matter what'', just out of loyalty and friendship.
82	* Things have gone ill for the Fellowship: Boromir dead, Gandalf believed dead, Merry and Pippin taken by the Enemy, and Frodo and Sam moving onward alone. But Aragorn is there to remind them that there is more to their bond than just the mission.
83	-->'''Legolas:''' You mean not to follow them.\
84	'''Aragorn:''' Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands.\
85	'''Gimli:''' Then it has all been in vain... the Fellowship has failed.\
86	'''Aragorn:''' Not if [[TrueCompanions we hold true to each other]]. We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death... [[ThePowerOfFriendship not while we have strength left]]. Leave all that can be spared behind! We travel light... let's hunt some Orc.\
87	''[Gimli and Legolas cast glances at each other and smile]''\
88	'''Gimli''': '''''[[BigYes YESSS!]]''''' Haha!
89	* When Boromir's body has been placed in a boat to go over the Falls of Rauros, we cut to Aragorn strapping Boromir's vambraces (armour for the forearms) onto his own arms. It was Creator/ViggoMortensen's idea for Aragorn to take them, both as a tribute to their fallen companion and to constantly remind himself of the promise he made to Boromir: to save Minas Tirith and their people. He wears them throughout the rest of the trilogy, and is even buried in them over a century later, showing he ''never'' forgot his promise.
90	* Frodo's last line of the film, expressing his gladness that he didn't succeed in leaving Sam behind.
91	** The last lines in general are both this and a moment of awesome in foreshadowing how important it is Sam comes along: not as a better fighter nor the better wits, but his warmth and faith in both Frodo and their old companions and buoy of emotional support.
92	--->'''Frodo:''' Mordor... I hope the others find a safer road.
93	--->'''Sam:''' Strider will take care of them.
94	--->'''Frodo:''' I wonder if we'll ever see them again.
95	--->'''Sam:''' We may yet, Mr. Frodo, we may.
96	--->'''Frodo:''' Sam... I'm glad you're here with me.

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