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1. "The Return of the King" opens with Smeagol and Deagol fishing from a boat that resembles a shallow washtub. Deagol is pulled overboard and into the water, whose surface is smooth with no hint of a current, and shortly thereafter he finds the One Ring. What is it about Deagol finding the One Ring in a calm and idyllic body of water that is inconsistent with how the One Ring was originally lost?
2. After Pippin lights the warning beacon atop Minas Tirith, we see a succession of beacons being lit all the way back to Edoras, where Aragorn sees the last of the fires being set. Pippin lights the first beacon in early daylight, and the scene with Aragorn also occurs just after sunrise. What editing discontinuity happens between these two scenes?
3. As the life of the Eldar leaves Arwen Undomiel, we see her reading a book of lore that shows (on the right-hand side) a representation of the western entrance to Moria. A split-second later, when she drops the book, the contents of the right-hand page have changed to text. Where does this heart-breaking scene occur?
4. When Gollum throws the remaining lembas off the cliffside above Minas Morgul, the bread and leaves are scattered in the wind. However, we see later that the some of the lembas is once again partially enclosed in some of the leaves. Which character finds this somewhat magical re-packaging?
5. As King Theoden rides before the front ranks of his horsemen, we see Eowyn avert her eyes. We assume the screenplay includes this action to emphasize that she is in disguise and wishes not to be recognized by her uncle. However, what important element of this scene might draw Theoden's attention to her anyway?
6. Sir Ian McKellen's riding double appears at certain points in the movie trilogy, and is clearly recognizable when Gandalf interrupts Denethor's plans for a funeral pyre. What type of weapon does Gandalf employ to help interrupt these proceedings?
7. Billy Boyd's body double is evident throughout "The Return of the King," most often in the company of Gandalf as they speed through the landscape astride Shadowfax. However, when Aragorn leads an army away from Minas Tirith, after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, there is something strange about the "Pippin" riding with Gandalf. What is the problem?
8. The combined army of Gondor and Rohan appears before the Black Gates of Mordor to stage a diversion for Frodo and Sam. Between Aragorn's impassioned speech to the soldiers and his headlong charge into the ranks of the orcs, what elements of the scene disappear without even a cursory explanation?
9. Frodo, Sam, and Gollum carry out the tragic ending of their drama on the jutting shelf of rock inside Mount Doom. In between the moment that Frodo puts on the One Ring, and the time Gollum attacks the invisible Frodo, what do we first see clearly, and then not see, on the surface of the rock?
10. Towards the end of the movie, we see an extended close-up of Gandalf as he starts to laugh. We cannot help but notice that underneath Gandalf's white mustache, his skin is very shiny, likely from the adhesive used to keep the fake mustache in place. Who is Gandalf looking at when we view this piece of cosmetic work?
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