LOTR Lines...

Hi everyone, once again it is I.

I, as you may or may not be aware, am a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings', and Peter Jackson's movie version of it. I just thought I'd take a little time, and jot down a few of my favourite lines, and possibly why they're so great or whatever... please if you have other ones, feel free to do the same WHEN you comment (notice I didn't say if, because if you don't, I'll never know)... so in no particular order, here are a few of them:

"That doesn't make sense to me... but you are very small... maybe you're right." - Treebeard

OK, now I know that's not the way it's meant, but seriously, it's such a funny line. I never knew that being small made you right even when you don't make sense...

"Leave now and never come back."
"What?"
"Leave now, and never come back!"
"GRRRR!"
"Leave NOW, and NEVER come BACK!!!"...
"We told him to go away, and away he goes, precious! Gone, gone gone! Smeagol is free!!!!"
- Smeagol/Gollum

Besides being one of the best examples of a split personality I've ever seen on the big screen, this whole scene kind of shows the fight between the old self and the new one, for those of us who have given our lives to God. The old flesh keeps reminding us of how terrible we are, and how much we need it, and we all know how hard it can be not to listen to the flesh, but the truth is... the Master takes care of us now. The Master IS our friend. Even though we know we don't need it and we always want to get rid of it, it's such a big surprise when we succeed, and really become free.

"There is only one lord of the ring, and he does not share power!" - Gandalf

Comparing the ring to sin and evil, we think we can control our sins, master them, but in reality we're just setting ourselves up to be enslaved by by them and their real master.

"I want to see mountains again, mountains, Gandalf!" - Bilbo

No special reason, I just think the way Ian Holm says that line sounds cool.

"But we cannot defeat them!"
"No. We cannot. But we will meet them in battle nonetheless."
- Theoden and one of the other horsemen

No matter how hopeless the situation seems, do your part, fight the good fight, take out evil wherever you find it, because you can't see the end from where you are, and God's plan will bring you through as you trust Him and obey anyway.

"But it is not THIS day!" - Aragorn

We see society crumbling every day. When will it just cave in and when will all of mankind become utterly evil, weak, etc... NOT THIS DAY!!! I choose to stand and fight for what is right in the middle of it all. One day, everything may give way, but IT IS NOT THIS DAY!!! The warrior's cry, the stand of the weak against the oppressor, the right of a child to live, all are echoed here. Though all of these things seem to fade, they will not fade ultimately ON THIS DAY.

"He's twitching because he's got MY AXE embedded in his NERVOUS SYSTEM!"

3 words... you go, Gimli!

"You have my sword."
"And you have my bow."
"And my axe!"

At this point, if I were Frodo, I would so want to blurt out, "Your axe is mine!"

"Anyway, you need people of inteligence on this sort of mission... quest... thing."
"Well, that rules you out Pip."
- Merry & Pippin

Good point Merry, why did they take him anyway? Oh right, to save Faramir's life... thereby saving Eowyn's life if you've read the book.

"Taters, precious? What's taters, eh?"
"Po-ta-toes. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew... fish and chips courtesy of Samwise Gamgee. You couldn't say no to that."
"Oh yes we could. Spoiling nice fish, burning it. Give it to us raw and wrrrrrrriggling. Keep nasty chips."

Don't everybody yell at me at once if I misquoted anything here by the way, I'm not sitting down with the movie in front of me, this is all memory work. Oh yeah, and I love this scene because of Andy Serkis' real spit for one, and also it's some great give and take between Sam and Smeagol. Oh yeah, "Stupid, fat hobbit" is a great line too.

OK, OK, I could go on I'm sure, but I'm not going to this time... maybe another time. Please feel free to comment, as I may eventually get tired of reading things only I have written.