JRR Tolkien's 'You Shall Not Pass !'

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You shall not pass!” (Gandalf). Anyone can at least tell you who or what this quote is from. This three part movie follows a young Hobbit named Frodo, along with The Fellowship to take an evil ring to Mount Doom. Lord of The Rings is by far the best movie series, with its mythical world, the plot and characters, and dialogue.

The legendarium of Middle Earth is home to many races and creatures real, and nonexistent. Words can not explain how the author of the original books, JRR Tolkien, thought of this world and everything in it. In the series there are many races; men, elves, dwarves, ents, orcs, trolls, goblins, and wizards. Each one having their own language, completes a whole new world and creativity among readers and watchers. There is even a map to show where each race
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I think the dialogue in this trilogy is very sophisticated in some parts and not much in others. One being the famous of Gandalf “You shall not pass,” in the Mines of Moria on Khazad-dûm where Balrog rose from the dept. While Gandalf's was more funny and almost scary, Sam's quote was more heart touching and inspirational, at the end of The Two Towers. He talks for a good one or two minutes about how there is good in the world and it's worth fighting for. In one of the battles Gimli and Legolas are standing next to each on top the castle wall along with many soldiers, and Gimli angrily says “what's happening out there?” Legolas responds “Would you like to describe it or get you a box?” If it wasn't for Legolas’s snarky remarks or the motivation speeches by Sam and Gandalf, the dialogue wouldn't be anything comparable.

As lucky as us Lord of The Rings fans are, there are unfortunate people you have never witnessed the illusive world of J.R.R Tolkien, and we must expose those to it at once. To change their aspect of what the meaning of life truly is and what's

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