Return of the King Padlet by Connor Skeggs https://padlet.com/skeggsc/nki30qpc6c1l From the Lord of the Rings Trilogy en-us 2016-06-09 12:26:03 UTC 2016-06-17 00:16:09 UTC hello@padlet.com skeggsc https://padlet.com/skeggsc/nki30qpc6c1l/wish/114206349 Return of the King Movie Trailer ]]> 2016-06-09 12:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/skeggsc/nki30qpc6c1l/wish/114206349 Book Summary  skeggsc https://padlet.com/skeggsc/nki30qpc6c1l/wish/114418891 Gandalf and Pippin ride hard to Minas Tirith, the main city of Gondor, where Pippin meets Denethor the Steward, and becomes the crazy old man's servant. Back in Rohan, Aragorn, Merry, Legolas, Gimli, Théoden, and the king's guards are riding to the fortress of Dunharrow from the ruins of Isengard. With these new allies, Aragorn makes up his mind to go round up some extra help for Rohan, in the form of dead ghost soldiers.  After spurning Éowyn's attempts to convince him not to go, Aragorn and his companions disappear into the dark and menacing tunnel that is the Paths of the Dead, where he rallies the ghosts to fight for Gondor against the orc army. Meanwhile, Théoden plans to ride for Minas Tirith as quickly as he can, and Merry and Éowyn, who is disguised as a man, come along in secret. Theoden and the Riders of Rohan must make haste because things in Gondor are headed south. Faramir is at the brink of death, after attempting to fend off the forces of Mordor, Denethor, meanwhile, has totally gone 'round the bend, and is sure there's no hope left. Gandalf takes control of Minas Tirith's defense, while Denethor makes plans to burn himself and his son Faramir alive.
      When all this chaos is at its height, Rohan arrives to lend a helping hand in combat. The surprise attack is effective, and the Riders of Rohan fight the orcs furiously. But Théoden gets fatally wounded in a scuffle with the Lord of the Nazgul. Enter Éowyn who, because she's a lady, can defeat the lord of the Nazgul (as the lord says "no man can kill me" to Eowyn). Finally, Aragorn arrives with reinforcements—those ghost soldiers he has rounded up. The army's of Gondor eventually defeat Mordor's army's , bringing a brief lull in the war. Buwhen the battle was still raging Gandalf had to deal with the pesky little problem of Denethor's mad desire to kill himself and his son. With Pippin's help, Gandalf saves Faramir (but not his dad). Faramir ends up in the house of healing with Eowyn and Mari after they defeated the lord of the Nazgul. Aragorn, wanting to keep his kingliness a secret, sneaks into the city to secretly heal Merry, Faramir and Éowyn. Then, he and all of his crew hatch a plan to help defeat Sauron once and for all. They believe Frodo can throw the one Ring into Mount Doom if they provide a sufficient distraction for Sauron.
    So the Army of Gondor decides to march to the Black Gate, leaving Merry, Éowyn, and Faramir behind to heal in the house of healing. Two days later, Aragorn, and the Riders of Rohan travel right up to the main entrance to Mordor. At the Gate, a man called the Mouth of Sauron comes out of the gate. This man carries tokens of Fordo's. The Mouth tells them that they have Frodo in custody. Luckily, that's a Lie, and Aragorn knows it. A battle ensues, giving Frodo and Sam the freedom they need to get rid of the Ring once and for all, while Sauron's eye is aimed elsewhere.
      We check in with Frodo and Sam. In order to do so  the book goes back in time a bit, back when the hobbit duo was at Cirith Ungol. Ring in hand, Sam slips into the orc-tower and rescues Frodo from some rather incompetent orcs. He and Frodo resume their journey to Mount Doom. Frodo can't move that fast the weight of the Ring is brutal. Plus they're desperate for water, and there isn't much around in Mordor. No matter what, though, the pair keeps on pushing forward. Four days after their escape from Cirith Ungol, Sam wakes Frodo for a last push to the mountain. They reach the base of the mountain when Frodo falls on his hands and knees, Sam carries Frodo on his back to the Cracks of Mount Doom. Suddenly Gollum comes out of the shadows. He attacks Frodo, and Sam fends him off, telling Frodo to keep heading for the Cracks.  Sam catches up with Frodo to find him wanting the ring for himself. Gollum is still around. He leaps at Frodo, bites off the hobbit's Ring finger, and falls into the Cracks. Gollum had fallen into the fire with the ring.
      Under Gandalf's direction, eagles fly into Mordor and rescue Frodo and Sam. A while later, Sam and Frodo awake in Ithilien. Gandalf escorts them to meet the King of Gondor, Aragorn. With the Fellowship all together again, it's time for Aragorn to enter Minas Tirith as Gondor's king. Back in Gondor Faramir proposed to Eowyn, and he's met with a resounding yes. So when Aragorn arrives at Minas Tirith's gates, Faramir goes down to transfer power to him officially, as Steward to High King. A coronation ceremony ensues and Aragorn takes his rightful place as king. Then on Midsummer's Eve, Arwen and a bunch of other elves arrive. Arwen and Aragorn are married, and all seems to be well in the kingdom of men. It's time for everyone else to go home. After a brief stop in Rohan for Théoden's funeral, the hobbits head back to the Shire.
      Except, everything in their hometown is totally different. It turns out that, after the four hobbits left the Shire, Frodo's cousin Lotho Sackville-Baggins got too greedy and started exporting Shire products by forcing his fellow hobbits to work and taking all of the profits. Then Saruman showed up to make matters worse. All the beautiful greenery of the Shire is being destroyed by industry. It's a good thing these hobbits know how to take care of business. With all their battle know-how, they quickly dispatch Saruman and his lackeys, and restore the Shire to its original glory. But something else is amiss. Frodo hasn't been the same after his experiences in the War of the Ring, and so he secretly decides to sail permanently west with the elvish folk. After a tearful goodbye to Sam, Merry, and Pippin, Frodo sets sail on the high seas. And Sam returns to the Shire, where he and his wife Rosie live happily ever after.]]> 2016-06-12 17:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/skeggsc/nki30qpc6c1l/wish/114418891 Summary of Major Differences (between the book and the film) skeggsc https://padlet.com/skeggsc/nki30qpc6c1l/wish/114537998 Many many differences. One website comparing the book and the film lists 188 differences.

Death of Saruman:
- In the film Saruman falls off isangard after Wormtongue stabs him in the back.
- In the book Saruman takes over the Shire and is killed by Wormtongue when the hobbits return.
Saruman's death is an important part of the story. But, when the filmmakers decided to leave the Scouring of the Shire out of the film, they had to find another time and place to kill him. And they chose tower of Orthanc in Isengard.

The attack of Sauron's army:
- In the film Sauron's army attacks only out of the black Gate.
- In the book Sauron's army attacks out of multiple holes and openings around the Gate of Mordor.

Sam and the Ring:
- In the film Sam puts the ring in his pocket and doesn't use it to rescue Frodo in the tower of Cirith Ungol.
- In the book Sam puts the ring on and becomes invisible, which allows him to rescue Frodo.
Critics say the fact that Sam actually wore the ring for a very brief time is very important. One reason is that it makes him a ring-bearer, someone like Bilbo, Frodo and Gollum, who were under the power of the ring. But it is also important because Sam was able to resist the power of the ring and return it to Frodo.

Aragorn and the mouth of Sauron:
- In the film Aragorn kills the mouth of Sauron in cold blood outside the black gate.
- In the book Aragorn does not kill the mouth of Sauron.

Scouring of the Shire:
- In the film, the entire Scouring of the Shire chapter is left out. When the hobbits return to the Shire, everything is just as they left it.]]> 2016-06-13 21:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/skeggsc/nki30qpc6c1l/wish/114537998 Character List skeggsc https://padlet.com/skeggsc/nki30qpc6c1l/wish/114554368
  • Elijah Wood            Frodo Baggins
  • Ian McKellen                      Gandalf
  • Viggo Mortensen              Aragorn
  • Sean Astin       Samwise Gamgee
  • Orlando Bloom                  Legolas
  • Andy Serkis        Gollum/Sméagol
  • Billy Boyd                              Pippin
  • Dominic Monaghan              Merry
  • John Rhys-Davies                  Gimli
  • Liv Tyler                                 Arwen
  • Bernard Hill             King Théoden
  • Miranda Otto                        Éowyn
  • Hugo Weaving                      Elrond
  • Cate Blanchett                 Galadriel
  • David Denham                   Faramir
  • Karl Urban                             Éomer
  • John Noble                      Denethor
  • Ian Holm                  Bilbo Baggins 
  • Sean Bean                          Boromir

    • ]]>     2016-06-14 01:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/skeggsc/nki30qpc6c1l/wish/114554368     Awards Given  skeggsc https://padlet.com/skeggsc/nki30qpc6c1l/wish/114555015 Here are all the awards given to Return of the king:
    -Best Picture
     
    -Best Director

    -Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

    -Best Film Editing

    -Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

    -Best Costume Design

    -Best Makeup

    -Best Music, Original Score

    -Best Music, Original Song

    -For the song "Into the West". 
    Best Sound Mixing

    -Best Visual Effects

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