Monday, October 29, 2012

NOKW - Lord of the Rings 3

Here comes the next chapter in our "I'm Okay With, I'm Not Okay With" series (if you don't know what this is, click here for all of the past posts):

Movie:  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Basic Plot:  It is the last movie in the great The Lord of the Rings series.  This time our good guy friends (spoiler) destroy the ring and save the world.

I'm Okay With:  The fact that Frodo goes through Shelob's cave (that's the giant spider's name for any non-nerds) and is attacked by said giant spider halfway through the third movie when it actually happens at the end of the second book.  The fact that Denethor, the Steward of Gondor, is not disposed of earlier after he clearly is shown to be incompetent at his job of protecting Minas Tirith.  The fact that Eowyn is able to disguise herself as a dude for as long as she does when she determines that she wants to fight in the Battle of Minas Tirith.  The fact that Frodo, Samwise, and Gollum are able to just walk away from the middle of a battle without being hassled by the bad guys after being set free by Faramir.  The fact that Legolas is able to kill a massive elephant with only a couple of arrows.

I'm Not Okay With:  The fact that Aragorn totally misuses the ghost army he recruits to help him defend Minas Tirith.  Did you see what happened when he unleashed those ghosts on the orc army?  The battle was over in a couple of minutes because the ghost army whipped the bad guys's asses in the snap of a finger.  And what does Aragorn do when the battle is over?  He releases the ghost army of their curse and allows them to move on to the other side knowing perfectly well that the war is not over.  Do you know what would have come in handy when Aragorn rolls up on the gates of Mordor and is surrounded by an even bigger army of orcs?  A fucking ghost army.  Sure, Frodo just so happened to accidentally destroy the Ring at the exact moment Aragorn is about to get stepped on by a troll, but it never would have come to that had he kept that ghost army for a couple more days and wiped out the orcs once and for all.  I am not okay with that.

"Come on Aragorn, you could have used those guys to wipe out every orc in Mordor, but let them off the hook way too early.  I thought kings were supposed to be smart."

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