Those Scary Moments

straight_face · 05-31-2003, 04:40 PM

Have you ever experienced those scary theater moments in the Lord of the Rings that make you jump out of your seat? I can pick out two that I remember quite vividly.
1) Black Rider jumping out from behind trees and chasing hobbits
2) Cave troll scaring Frodo in Moria
Sometimes when you watch it again and you know it's going to happen, it's all the more dreadful. Were there any more scary moments in the Two Towers maybe that I might have missed?

Lalaith · 05-31-2003, 04:56 PM

That Cave Troll makes me jump every time ... although I already know that he will be there.

Telmelion · 05-31-2003, 06:11 PM

The first time Sauron's eye showed on screen in Fellowship Of The Ring: Gandalf was reaching down to pick up the Ring after Bilbo had left it. That stunned me. I remember listening on the extended DVD and hearing that this happened to Dominic Monaghan when he saw it also.

Fellowship Of The Ring was a very suspenseful movie, with plenty of frightening instances like the cave troll, black rider, etc.; the Two Towers didn't seem that way at all.

***azalea*** · 05-31-2003, 09:24 PM

How about in TTT when that orc that chases Pippin and Merry into the woods jumps out?

Lady of Rohan · 05-31-2003, 09:26 PM

I remember the Cave troll sence (when he scares Frodo) and the time when Gandalf tried to pcik up the ring in Bag End scared me teh first few times.

Shadowfax · 06-01-2003, 12:45 AM

In FotR: Bilbo's freak-out episode at Rivendell always makes me jump, as did the first few times I saw Sauron's eye. In TTT: the orc chasing Merry and Pippin into Fangorn, and I know there's something else, but it's not coming to me right now.

***Khamûl*** · 06-01-2003, 12:47 AM

When Gandalf went to pick up the Ring in Bag End, the cave troll, and when Bilbo saw the Ring in Rivendell and spazzed out. That freaked me out and made me jump a little the first time.

gimli7410 · 06-01-2003, 01:15 AM

i hated the part when bolbo freaked out but i really hate it when you expect a part to be scary because of the music and then you think it is over aand you relax and then it happens. that scare the crap out of me

anariel · 06-02-2003, 05:29 AM

i hate the parts containing nazgul and orcs..uruk hai are also scary too....
theyare raelly frightning

Indril Anarion · 06-02-2003, 02:09 PM

In FOTR: When Bilbo freaks in Rivendell; when the cave-troll attacks Frodo; and when Nazgul come out of nowhere when the hobbits are running to Buckleberry Ferry.

In TTT: Definitely the orc chasing Merry and Pippin; I can't remeber the others very well because I've only seen it, sadly, once, oh, well...can't wait for the extended DVD!

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-02-2003, 02:18 PM

The Madgulls jumping at the floppits just before the Ford scared me.

***azalea*** · 06-02-2003, 02:47 PM

I think the other one in TTT we're all thinking of is something to do w/ Gollum. I'm not sure, maybe when he leaps up to Frodo with the coneys?

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-02-2003, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by azalea
I'm not sure, maybe when he leaps up to Frodo with the coneys?

CONEY made an appearance?

gimli7410 · 06-02-2003, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
CONEY made an appearance?

no she thinks she all fancy saying big words that people dont understand.

like coney means rabbit.

Anglorfin · 06-02-2003, 08:42 PM

I thought the part with Bilbo was great. Nothing else was really scary or surprised me. When Frodo pus on the Ring at Weathertop the Nazgul's faces are really twisted looking and cool but not really jump-out-of-the-seat scary.

***azalea*** · 06-02-2003, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gimli7410
no she thinks she all fancy saying big words that people dont understand. like coney means rabbit.

Hey, was it or was it not a "brace of coneys," in the words of Sam Gamgee himself?

Varda Oiolosseo · 06-03-2003, 01:41 PM

Yeah the bit with Bilbo made me jump. So did the bit when the Ringwraith jumped out from behind a tree oh and the troll bit!!!

Silpion · 06-03-2003, 11:22 PM

The part with the Bilbo freak-out in Rivendell made me jump. I was expecting something and I thought I was ready for whatever it would be, then I relaxed, Bilbo spazzed, I jumped, there was laughter . . . at me. I no longer associate this scene with fright, only embarrassment.

SamNotSoWise · 06-04-2003, 11:08 AM

I went and saw TT again last night--only the 2nd time for me. This time I went with my 6 oldest kids, ranging in age from 21 to 9 (yeah, as my bio states, I have almost as many kids as Samwise!).

Anyway, my 9-year-old said the scariest part for him was when Gollum attacked Sam and Frodo while they were sleeping (when they first got together). For me the scariest in TT was when Frodo fell in the Dead Marsh and all those creepy corpses started grabbing for him! I noticed my 9-year-old son had his eyes covered then too!

He slept OK last night anyway!

Lollypopgurl · 06-14-2003, 09:53 PM

The flashes of Sauron's Eye always made me jump. And the part when Bilbo freaks out in Rivendell too.

I don't think I was that scared in TT.

05-31-2003, 04:40 PM	#1
straight_face Enting Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Angband Posts: 91	Those Scary Moments Have you ever experienced those scary theater moments in the Lord of the Rings that make you jump out of your seat? I can pick out two that I remember quite vividly. 1) Black Rider jumping out from behind trees and chasing hobbits 2) Cave troll scaring Frodo in Moria Sometimes when you watch it again and you know it's going to happen, it's all the more dreadful. Were there any more scary moments in the Two Towers maybe that I might have missed? __________________ 'There was no need. He halted just by us and looked down at us. "Gandalf!" I said at last, but my voice was only a whisper. Did he say: "Hullo, Pippin! This is a pleasant surprise!" No, indeed! He said: "Get up, you tom-fool of a Took! Where, in the name of wonder, in all this ruin is Treebeard? I want him. Quick!"' 'What are we going to do now then?' asked Pippin, undaunted by the wizard's bristling brows. "Knock on the door with your head, Peregrin Took,' said Gandalf. 'But if that does not shatter them, and I am allowed a little peace from foolish questions, I will seek for the opening words.' 'Fool of a Took!' he growled. 'This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking-party. Throw yourself in next time, and then you will be no further nuisance. Now be quiet!' Last edited by straight_face : 05-31-2003 at 04:41 PM.

05-31-2003, 04:56 PM	#2
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	That Cave Troll makes me jump every time ... although I already know that he will be there. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

06-01-2003, 12:45 AM	#6
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	In FotR: Bilbo's freak-out episode at Rivendell always makes me jump, as did the first few times I saw Sauron's eye. In TTT: the orc chasing Merry and Pippin into Fangorn, and I know there's something else, but it's not coming to me right now. __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso)

06-01-2003, 12:47 AM	#7
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	When Gandalf went to pick up the Ring in Bag End, the cave troll, and when Bilbo saw the Ring in Rivendell and spazzed out. That freaked me out and made me jump a little the first time. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

06-01-2003, 01:15 AM	#8
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	i hated the part when bolbo freaked out but i really hate it when you expect a part to be scary because of the music and then you think it is over aand you relax and then it happens. that scare the crap out of me __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

05-31-2003, 06:11 PM	#3
Telmelion Hobbit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 18	The first time Sauron's eye showed on screen in Fellowship Of The Ring: Gandalf was reaching down to pick up the Ring after Bilbo had left it. That stunned me. I remember listening on the extended DVD and hearing that this happened to Dominic Monaghan when he saw it also. Fellowship Of The Ring was a very suspenseful movie, with plenty of frightening instances like the cave troll, black rider, etc.; the Two Towers didn't seem that way at all.

05-31-2003, 09:24 PM	#4
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	How about in TTT when that orc that chases Pippin and Merry into the woods jumps out?

05-31-2003, 09:26 PM	#5
Lady of Rohan Doughy Elf Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 1,006	I remember the Cave troll sence (when he scares Frodo) and the time when Gandalf tried to pcik up the ring in Bag End scared me teh first few times.

06-02-2003, 05:29 AM	#9
anariel Sapling Join Date: May 2003 Location: australia Posts: 14	orcs and black riders.. i hate the parts containing nazgul and orcs..uruk hai are also scary too.... theyare raelly frightning __________________ mae govannen please visit my lotr graphics site www.angelfire.com/stars4/twistedangeloo

06-02-2003, 02:09 PM	#10
Indril Anarion Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: My heart is forever in Mirkwood Posts: 429	In FOTR: When Bilbo freaks in Rivendell; when the cave-troll attacks Frodo; and when Nazgul come out of nowhere when the hobbits are running to Buckleberry Ferry. In TTT: Definitely the orc chasing Merry and Pippin; I can't remeber the others very well because I've only seen it, sadly, once, oh, well...can't wait for the extended DVD! __________________ I'm a Jesus Freak and proud of it... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us." -Gandalf, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nobody tosses a Dwarf." - Gimli, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Save Ferris!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My true Elven name is Idril Anarion, but I misspelled in the username, and now I can't fix it... Oh, well...now you know... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't be afraid of death....Be afraid of the unlived life- Tuck Everlasting

06-02-2003, 02:18 PM	#11
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	The Madgulls jumping at the floppits just before the Ford scared me. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

06-02-2003, 02:47 PM	#12
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I think the other one in TTT we're all thinking of is something to do w/ Gollum. I'm not sure, maybe when he leaps up to Frodo with the coneys?

06-02-2003, 08:42 PM	#15
Anglorfin Alasailon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: college Posts: 861	I thought the part with Bilbo was great. Nothing else was really scary or surprised me. When Frodo pus on the Ring at Weathertop the Nazgul's faces are really twisted looking and cool but not really jump-out-of-the-seat scary. __________________ "and then this hobbit was walking, and then this elf jumped out of a bush and totally flipped out on him while wailing on his guitar." "Anglorfin was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of anger; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was great skill."

06-03-2003, 01:41 PM	#17
Varda Oiolosseo Tea Bag Queen Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 973	Yeah the bit with Bilbo made me jump. So did the bit when the Ringwraith jumped out from behind a tree oh and the troll bit!!!

06-03-2003, 11:22 PM	#18
Silpion Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 103	The part with the Bilbo freak-out in Rivendell made me jump. I was expecting something and I thought I was ready for whatever it would be, then I relaxed, Bilbo spazzed, I jumped, there was laughter . . . at me. I no longer associate this scene with fright, only embarrassment.

06-04-2003, 11:08 AM	#19
SamNotSoWise Hobbit Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New York State, USA Posts: 41	I went and saw TT again last night--only the 2nd time for me. This time I went with my 6 oldest kids, ranging in age from 21 to 9 (yeah, as my bio states, I have almost as many kids as Samwise!). Anyway, my 9-year-old said the scariest part for him was when Gollum attacked Sam and Frodo while they were sleeping (when they first got together). For me the scariest in TT was when Frodo fell in the Dead Marsh and all those creepy corpses started grabbing for him! I noticed my 9-year-old son had his eyes covered then too! He slept OK last night anyway!

06-14-2003, 09:53 PM	#20
Lollypopgurl Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 222	The flashes of Sauron's Eye always made me jump. And the part when Bilbo freaks out in Rivendell too. I don't think I was that scared in TT. __________________ a violinist...

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