rotk spoilers

[cimorene]

that when sam returns to bag end at the very last, he's not carrying the red book anymore, and he doesn't have a backpack?

Comments

[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

Yes. And it's not Bag End that he returns to...

[mirabella]

Wow, you're right, he doesn't.

Also, was it my imagination or did the Mumak-rider with the bald tattooed head get killed twice? Or were there two of him?

[cimness.livejournal.com]

no? oh. i thought they moved in there. (i was thinking, 'two doors?')

[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

They move in there at the end of the book, yes, but apparently not at the end of the film. The smial that they enter has a yellow door, and it's down lower on Bagshot Row. Removing the Scouring removed the necessity of having Sam as Mayor, which in turn removed a lot of the other events that lead up to Sam inheriting Bag End.

[wax-jism.livejournal.com]

There were two. Or, well, I imagine there was one per Mûmak. But two that got heroic death scenes. Their makeup and costumes reminded me of the design of The Cell. I was all, "Vincent D'Onofrio!"

[cimness.livejournal.com]

ohhhh.

that's kind of sad. i mean, when you think about it. the living there--that was a connection....

[cimness.livejournal.com]

i was really distracted at that point. i remember thinking something was odd about him, but that was all.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

haha. me, i was thinking darth maul...

[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

It's very sad.

[mirabella]

Ah, okay. I saw two and was like "Hey, wait," but I hadn't been paying enough attention before to see if they were the same person.