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Post by Myra on May 12, 2005 5:34:52 GMT -5
I thought again about the ending......I just think it's pretty hard to understand what's going on there when someone does not have any lotr background. Personally I think it's very nicely made...I mean Bilbo and Frodo say goodbye and leave with the elves...and there are a few very nice quotes!.......but it's all a bit blur. People I know were all confused by the ending....  What do you think about how the ending was made?  |
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Post by Inwë Eärfalas on May 12, 2005 11:35:36 GMT -5
I like the end. I can't imagin a better end to the story actually. But the movie and the pictures I made in my head while reading the book are so mixed with eachother that I have no idea how someone who hasn't read the book sees the end. Probably a bit strange and sudden.
One thing is sure, and sorry to all Elijah Wood fans, but his acting in the end is very very bad. He looks like he feels a glibbery snake gliding up his pants, but still tries to smile.
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Post by Eámanë Falassion on May 13, 2005 11:18:27 GMT -5
Well I have never read any of the books, only watched the movies. I was kind of confused to begin with, with what was actually going on. My friends were the same as me. But then I suddenly realised. It was hard to understand the ending to begin with.
I thought the ending was portrayed really well. It was very er emotional and moving, I guess are the right words to use. I don't think that it could of been done any better as in portrayed to us any better.
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Post by randir121 on May 13, 2005 23:21:38 GMT -5
Actually, the ending is a symbol for death. (i actually hate symbolism, by the way). At the end of ROTK the Book... stop reading here if you dont want to know anything about the ending of ROTK the book... Tolkien describes what Frodo sees at the Grey Havens when he boards the Elvish boat. Peter Jackson and his team of writers took that description, gave it to Gandalf in the movie when he and Pippin are at Minas Tirith ( you know where he is describing death to Pippin: "White Shores", "Far Green Country"). So if you see the relationship... the end of ROTK the movie is a symbol for death for anyone on that ship. Although they dont physically die.
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Post by Gilraen Ringeril Skywalker on May 21, 2005 16:10:10 GMT -5
I really did NOT enjoy the ending! It made me really sad  I think Tolkien should've had all of the Fellowship sail away together if he was going to make them sail away at all....ah well, nothing I can do, and he is the lit expert...  |
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Post by vikingmaiden on May 26, 2005 22:34:06 GMT -5
yeah, but sam and the others sort of had to stay behind to continue on the story so to speak...i thought the ending was great. tolkien couldn't have ended it any other way. i mean, what else was there for frodo to do? he couldn't go back to his old life after so much had happened. it's a very strong spiritual thing he must do, and that is go to the west...
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Post by Ktstar on May 29, 2005 22:48:16 GMT -5
The ending was particularly confusing for me when I watched RotK for the first time. I didn't know that Gandalf was going to leave, but I didn't feel as badly about that. Then, suddenly, I realized that Frodo was going too! I looked at my brother, and he was crying. So we sat on the couch and cried together as the grey ship went off into the distance... Waaaaaah. That sounds so sad and dramatic. My point is, I really did not understand why Frodo had to leave. However, I personally don't think the book gives a total explanation either. I say the ending is good. It made me cry. That makes it good. |
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I think Tolkien should've had all of the Fellowship sail away together if he was going to make them sail away at all....ah well, nothing I can do, and he is the lit expert...
