LotR for the first time ever

[yakalskovich]

I'm watching 'Lord of the Rings' with the Little Lady, who is seeing it for the first time ever. She hasn't read it, either. Not even 'The Hobbit'. She just knows that I really got into Tolkien when I was barely older than her, so she finally wanted to see what it is all about.

And she immediately found a gaping plot hole I had never thought about. She was wondering where the hobbits got the swords from that they draw on Weathertop to defend themselves against the Nagzul. They never acquire them, that's true, and it's entirely un-hobbit-like to have swords.

She is, of course, completely right.

In the book, they get the swords that are actually Numenorean daggers from the barrow-hill after driving out the barrow-wight with the help of Tom Bombadil. As the movie ditched the entire Tom Bombadil section as plottishly unnecessary, they never got those daggers/swords in the first place.

Cleverly observed of her. I never questioned those swords, no matter how often I have watched that movie.

Comments

[ceitfianna]

I thought Aragorn gave them the swords at some point not long after they leave Bree. It was one of the campfire scenes.

[yakalskovich]

Oh. How did I not notice that, and she, neither?

[ceitfianna]

Its possible that its in the extended version but I'm almost positive I remember he tosses down the swords and they all look rather confused.

It might actually be just before the attack on Weathertop before they sleep and then making the fire to cook.

[yakalskovich]

Ahh, okay. We are watching the extended version, so we might just have blinked and missed it.

[ceitfianna]

Its not something that takes very long, but I feel sure that its in there. I might have to pull out my discs and see if I can find where it is. As now its niggling at me.

[yakalskovich]

I'm sorry!! I didn't mean to niggle.-

[ceitfianna]

Its fine. I like figuring things out and knowing for sure. This is me going into reference librarian mode of making sure I recall correctly.

[yakalskovich]

You did -- you did give me the proof via IM, after all!