![]() The conclusion of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is not only the end of a film but the end of a saga. There is only one place for him to heal from his experiences and that is in the Undying Lands, where Frodo can live in peace. Frodo saves Middle-earth for everyone at the cost of saving himself. He finished his quest and fulfilled a destiny that no one else was able to, but the price it cost means that he can no longer be a part of this world. It's a poignant look at how his burden across the film series has taken a greater toll on him than anyone else in Middle-earth. It is also a symbol of how Frodo is handing over his stories to someone else.įrodo speaks rhetorically to himself about what it means to move on when others can't move with you. Jackson including the book is an elegant way to include Tolkien’s original idea for Lord of the Rings that long-time fans will instantly recognize. Tolkien created his stories based on the idea that he was translating a forgotten tome known as "The Red Book of Westmarch" that contained the stories of the Lord of the Rings. This book is a central conceit of the series. While much of what they have seen and learned lingers over them, it has also inspired them to take action and risks in their lives.Īs The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King approaches its end, Frodo reveals the “Red Book of Westmarch”. They are also aware of a wider world outside the safety of the Shire. The hobbits are different now, wiser and braver. The members of the Fellowship act differently after their journey, and Sam approaches a woman he would never have talked to before. The things that they used to mind don’t seem to matter as much. The prying eyes of the other hobbits no longer worry the heroes of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. For the longest time, the hobbits were out of their element, away from Hobbiton, but being back, they again find themselves out of place. ![]() ![]() The message is clear - they have been changed greatly by their journey while their home and those closest to them have remained largely unchanged and ignorant of the dangers they narrowly avoided. Upon arriving in the Shire the other hobbits can't help but notice the quartet looks more regal and rich since their departure. The four main hobbits of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King make their way back from Mordor to the Shire on a long and mercifully uneventful trip. What’s more, Aragorn's acceptance of his fate starts a domino effect of others accepting what fate desires, like Elrond giving his blessing to Arwen and Aragorn. Aragorn has spent the series avoiding his destiny and the film’s ending shows what beautiful things can happen when someone decides to become who they were meant to be. For the first time in the series, there is a scene of jubilation without any shadow of darkness hanging over it. His presence at the Black Gate alone is enough to make an evil as great as Sauron feel vulnerable.Īfter the destruction of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, returns to a coronation ceremony for Aragorn that is attended by all the major characters of the films. The end of his story is a classic epic finale, where the lone hero becomes king. When he accepts the duty he has been running from, Aragorn’s power and influence are raised to new levels. In The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Aragorn is pushed to accept his crown. The blood of Kings runs in his veins, but he sees it as the weakness that was unable to destroy the Ring in the first place. In a world filled with kings, wizards, and elves, two hobbits decide the fate of Middle-earth.Īragorn has spent the series avoiding his destiny to become King of Gondor. Gollum and Frodo’s destruction of the One Ring illustrates the idea that even the smallest people in the world can have the greatest impact on it. It’s appropriate that the two characters most closely tied to the Ring would be the ones to have their hands on it and be the conduits of its destruction at the end of the film. In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo rescued Gollum, and Gollum helped Frodo destroy the Ring. This is a full-circle moment of the series. That it overpowers him at the final moment shows how tremendous a weight it was upon the young hobbit the entire journey. Audiences have watched Frodo struggle to rid himself and the world of the One Ring, growing weaker by the day but all the while he manages to avoid succumbing to it. ![]() It's at that moment when the Ring is at its most powerful, that it finally overpowers Frodo and manages to corrupt the hobbit. After three films of journeying toward Mordor, the third act of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King sees Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom.
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