Did you notice?

[Wicht]

That in the LotR: FotR movie, Saruman's staff is shaped like the top of his tower. Including a white stone that sits on the staff where he stands on the tower.

It just struck me whilst I was viewing the movie yet again.

Thought I would share

So - any little details you have noticed in this movie that you did not pick up on the first couple dozen times of watching it?

One other thing I have wondered... What is in the book being held by the dead dwarf on the stairs as they enter into the mines of Moria (or soon thereafter moviewise). As a Bibliophile I am dying to find this out though I know with pretty much certainty that I never will.

 

[rounser]

So - any little details you have noticed in this movie that you did not pick up on the first couple dozen times of watching it?

On second viewing, I realised that Gandalf is a wicked breakdancer. That 45 degree angle headspin is dope.

 

[Kai Lord]

That in the LotR: FotR movie, Saruman's staff is shaped like the top of his tower. Including a white stone that sits on the staff where he stands on the tower.

It just struck me whilst I was viewing the movie yet again.

Thought I would share

So - any little details you have noticed in this movie that you did not pick up on the first couple dozen times of watching it?

I didn't notice until my sixth or seventh viewing that Gandalf has a distinctly different staff when they meet him in Rivendell. Just the fact that they specifically addressed the fact that Saruman kept his original (something no casual viewer would ever notice) blew me away.

Also, pay attention to the straw in Frodo's hair as they tumble down to the road where they encounter the first Ringwraith. Through no less than three scene changes, the straw remains in exactly the same spot in his hair. Even though the scenes happen in quick succession on film, multiple shots like that generally take days to film. That's attention to detail that absolutely blows my mind. What an utterly spectacular film.

 

[DM with a vengence]

Peter Jackson is a huge TWF freak.

We all know Aragorn is a Ranger, so he should have TWF, and we can see Legolas's two hunting knives, but several other characters use two weapons.

Check the Cave Troll Fight for Gandalf spinning like a tornado with staff and sword (Glimduriel?) and for Gimli facing down the troll with two battleaxes (briefly).

 

[Wicht]

Re: Re: Did you notice?

I didn't notice until my sixth or seventh viewing that Gandalf has a distinctly different staff when they meet him in Rivendell. Just the fact that they specifically addressed the fact that Saruman kept his original (something no casual viewer would ever notice) blew me away.

One thing I noticed tonight also for the first time (and I have seen the movie now over 6 times) was Gandalf slipping the crystal onto the tip of his staff as they enter Moria. For some reason that 3 second shot kept escaping my attention.

 

[Rune]

Personally, I always thought it was neat that Gandalf carries his pipe around stuck in his staff-- the same pipe he uses to seal the envelope with, incedentally (unless he got a new one when he got a new staff, which is something I hadn't noticed, by the way).

 

[Kai Lord]

Peter Jackson is a huge TWF freak.

We all know Aragorn is a Ranger, so he should have TWF, and we can see Legolas's two hunting knives, but several other characters use two weapons.

Check the Cave Troll Fight for Gandalf spinning like a tornado with staff and sword (Glimduriel?) and for Gimli facing down the troll with two battleaxes (briefly).

Don't forget Sam's shortsword and cooking pot combo.

 

[RangerWickett]

Whenever the ring tempts someone new, it gets bigger or smaller to fit them. This is most clear when Sauron loses his fingers at the beginning, and Isildur picks up the ring. It shrinks in his fingers to fit him.

 

[Ashy]

Sadly, I noticed something that they missed. Glamdring, Gandalf's elven blade, never glows when orcs are near, while Sting does... Alas, this should not be so....

 

[Eben]

When Sam and Frodo are leaving the Shire, Sam says: "if I take one more step, this will be the furthest I've ever been."
When they start walking again, you can see smoke coming from the top of a hill in the right screen corner. A friend of mine swears its a car that's driving over there.
I have noticed smoke moving over there, but I'm not sure if it's from the chimeny of a house on that hill or if he's right. People who own the DVD might want to check this.
(Of course, it could always be a ringwraith in pursuit.)