Return of the King --movie/book comparison

Legend:

[Mpvie script]

Corresponding sentences in the book.

(Name of chapter, paragraph #)




I used the movie transcript at http://www.seatofkings.net/


[Give us that, Deagol my love.]

[Why?]

[Because it's my birthday and I wants it.]

"Give us that, Deagol, my love," said Smeagol, over his friend's shoulder.

"Why?" said Deagol.

"Because it's my birthday, my love, and I wants it," said Smeagol.

(The Shadow of the Past, paragraph 120)



[We must go, yess We must go at once.]

We must go, yes, we must go at once.

(Journey to the Cross-roads, paragraph 61)



[Welcome, my lords to Isengard!]

Welcome, my lords, to Isengard!

(The Road to Isengard, paragraph 119)



[You, young rascals!]

You rascals, you woolly-footed and wool-pated truants!

(The Road to Isengard, paragraph 119)



[A merry hunt you've lead us on, and now we find you feasting and - and smoking!]

A fine hunt you have led us! And here we find you feasting and idling-and smoking!

(The Road to Isengard, paragraph 122)



[We are sitting on the field of victory, enjoying a few well-earned comforts.]

Here you find us sitting on a field of victory, amid the plunder of armies, and you wonder how we came by a few well-earned comforts!

(The Road to Isengard, paragraph 124)



[Wood and water, stock and stone I can master, but there's a wizard to manage here; locked in his tower.]

Wood and water, stock and stone, I can master; but there is a Wizard to manage here.

(Flotsam and Jetsam, paragraph 89)



[The filth of Saruman is washing away.]

Water may come through-and it will be foul water for a while, until all the filth of Saruman is washed away.

(Flotsam and Jetsam, paragraph 85)



[Peregrin Took, I'll take that, my lad.]

Here, I'll take that, my lad - that's all.

(The Palantir, paragraph 30)



[And when she throws away the bones and empty clothes, then we will find It!]

It may well be, O yes, it may well be that when She throws away the bones and the empty garments, we shall find it, we shall get it, the Precious, a reward for poor Smeagol who brings nice food.

(Shelob's Lair, paragraph 56)



[A fool but an honest fool he remains.]

A fool, but an honest fool, you remain, Peregrin Took.

(The Palantir, paragraph 60)



[From the ashes of fire shall be woken,]

[A light from the shadow shall spring,]

[Renewed shall be Blade that was broken.]

[The crownless again shall be King.]



From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

(Strider, paragraph 89)





[ The life of the Eldar is leaving you.]

For the children of Elrond have the life of the Eldar.

(Appendix A, paragraph 177)



[Hail, Denethor son of Ecthelion, Lord and Steward of Gondor.]

[I come with tidings in this dark hour.]

Hail, Lord and Steward of Minas Tirith, Denethor son of Ecthelion!

I am come with counsel and tidings in this dark hour.

(Minas Tirith, paragraph 55)



[Boromir died to save us; my kinsman and me.]

He died to save us, my kinsman Meriadoc and myself, waylaid in the woods by the soldiery of the Dark Lord; and though he fell and failed, my gratitude is none the less.

(Minas Tirith, paragraph 65)



[You think you are wise, Mithrandir.]

[Yet for all your subtleties, you have not wisdom.]

You are wise, maybe, Mithrandir, yet with all your subtleties you have not all wisdom.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 64)



[Do you think the eyes of the White Tower are blind?]

[I have seen more than you know.]

Didst thou think that the eyes of the White Tower were blind?

Nay, I have seen more than thou knowest, Grey Fool.

(The Pyre of Denethor, paragraph 35)



[With your left hand you would use me as a shield against Mordor!]

With the left hand thou wouldst use me for a little while as a shield against Mordor, and with the right bring up this Ranger of the North to supplant me.

(The Pyre of Denethor, paragraph 37)



[Oh yes, word has reached my ears of this Aragorn son of Arathorn, and I tell you now: I will not bow to this ranger from the North!]

[Last of a ragged house long bereft of lordship.]

I will not bow to such a one, last of a ragged house long bereft of lordship and dignity.

(The Pyre of Denethor, paragraph 38)



[Authority is not given to you to deny the return of the king, Steward!]

Authority is not given to you, Steward of Gondor, to order the hour of your death, - answered Gandalf.

(The Pyre of Denethor, paragraph 32)



[Rule of Gondor is mine and no other's!]

And to him there is no purpose higher in the world as it now stands than the good of Gondor; and the rule of Gondor, my lord, is mine and no other man's, unless the king should come again.

(Minas Tirith, paragraph 89)



[It's the deep breath before the plunge.]

It is but the deep breath before the plunge.

(Minas Tirith, paragraph 139)



[I don't want to be in a battle But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.]

I am no warrior at all and dislike any thought of battle; but waiting on the edge of one that I can't escape is worst of all.

(Minas Tirith, paragraph 151)



[Is there any hope, Gandalf?]

[For Frodo and Sam.]

[There never was much hope.]

[Just a fool's hope.]

"Tell me," he said, "is there any hope? For Frodo, I mean; or at least mostly for Frodo."

Gandalf put his hand on Pippin's head. "There never was much hope," he answered. "Just a fool's hope, as I have been told."

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 82)



[Very nasty place Full of enemies!]

The ruined city, yes, very nasty place, full of enemies.

(Journey to the Cross-roads, paragraph 27)



[We come to it at last The great battle of our time.]

so we come to it in the end, - he said: 'the great battle of our time, in which many things shall pass away.

(The Muster of Rohan, paragraph 81)



[So it is before the walls of Minas Tirith, that the doom of our time will be decided.]

For it is before the walls of Minas Tirith that the doom of our time will be decided, and if the tide be not stemmed there, then it will flow over all the fair fields of Rohan, and even in this Hold among the hills there shall be no refuge.

(The Muster of Rohan, paragraph 64)



[This is not the first Halfling to have crossed your paths.]

For this is not the first halfling that I have seen walking out of northern legends into the Southlands.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 46)



[Here do I swear fealty and service to Gondor.]

[In peace or war, in living or dying]

[From this hour henceforth, until my lord release me, or death take me.]

Here do I swear fealty and service to Gondor, and to the Lord and Steward of the realm, to speak and to be silent, to do and to let be, to come and to go, in need or plenty, in peace or war, in living or dying, from this hour henceforth, until my lord release me, or death take me, or the world end.

(Minas Tirith, paragraph 74)



[And I shall not forget it.]

[Nor fail to reward that which is given.]

[Fealty with love.]

[Valor with honor, disloyalty with vengeance.]

And this do I hear, Denethor son of Ecthelion, Lord of Gondor, Steward of the High King, and I will not forget it, nor fail to reward that which is given: fealty with love, valour with honour, oath-breaking with vengeance.

(Minas Tirith, paragraph 75)



[I will not yield the river in Pelennor unfought.]

But I will not yield the River and the Pelennor unfought - not if there is a captain here who has still the courage to do his lord's will.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 93)



[Much must be risked in war.]

'Much must be risked in war, - said Denethor.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 93)



[Is there a captain here who still has the courage to do his lord's will?]

But I will not yield the River and the Pelennor unfought - not if there is a captain here who has still the courage to do his lord's will.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 93)



[Since you are robbed of Boromir, I will do what I can in his stead.]

Since you are robbed of Boromir, I will go and do what I can in his stead - if you command it.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 94)



[If I should return, think better of me, father.]

But if I should return, think better of me!

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 96)



[That will depend on the manner of your return.]

That depends on the manner of your return, - said Denethor.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 97)



[What are you up to?]

What are you up to?

(The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, paragraph 86)



[Smeagol shows them secret ways that nobody else could find, and they say sneak!]

Smeagol brings them up secret ways that nobody else could find.

(The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, paragraph 89)



[Very nice friend, oh yes, my precious, very nice friend!]

Very nice friends, O yes my precious, very nice.

(The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, paragraph 89)



[It's always dark here.]

Yes it's always dark here, - said Sam.

(The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, paragraph 97)



[Your father loves you, Faramir!]

[He will remember it before the end.]

Your father loves you, Faramir, and will remember it ere the end.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 98)



[At least well enough for my own people.]

[But we have no songs for great halls and evil times.]

Well, yes, well enough for my own people.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 15)

But we have no songs fit for great halls and evil times, lord.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 15)



[And why should your songs be unfit for my halls?]

And why should such songs be unfit for my halls, or for such hours as these?

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 16)



[Home is behind, the world ahead ]

Home is behind, the world ahead,

[And there are many paths to tread ]

And there are many paths to tread

[Through shadow, to the edge of night.]

Through shadows to the edge of night,

[Until the stars are all alight.]

Until the stars are all alight.

(Three is Company, paragraph 141)





[Arwen's life is now tied to the fate of the Ring.]

And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring.

(The Shadow of the Past, paragraph 173)



[What other duty would you have me do, my lord?]

But now, lord, what would you have me do!

(The Riders of Rohan, paragraph 162)



[The very warmth of my blood seems drawn away.]

The very warmth of my blood seems stolen away.

(Minas Tirith, paragraph 148)



[The way is shut it was made by those who are dead and the dead keep it.]

The way is shut, his voice said again It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes.

(The Muster of Rohan, paragraph 53)



[An Elf will go underground where a dwarf dare not!]

An Elf will go underground and a Dwarf dare not!

(The Passing of the Grey Company, paragraph 152)



[The men and beast must reach the end with a strength to fight.]

But it is a long road, and man and beast must reach the end with strength to fight.

(The Muster of Rohan, paragraph 66)



[All my friends have gone to battle!]

And as all my friends have gone to the battle - I should be ashamed to stay behind.

(The Muster of Rohan, paragraph 86)



[It is a three day gallop to Minas Tirith and none of my riders can bear you as a burden.]

None of my Riders can bear you as burden.

(The Muster of Rohan, paragraph 124)



[I will say no more.]

I will say no more.

(The Muster of Rohan, paragraph 124)



[The dead do not suffer the living to pass.]

They do not suffer the living to pass.

(The Passing of the Grey Company, paragraph 116)



[The way is shut it was made by those who are dead and the dead keep it.]

The way is shut, his voice said again It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes.

(The Muster of Rohan, paragraph 53)



[Say not that he has fallen!]

Say not that he has fallen!

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 108)



[May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out ]

May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

(Farewell to Lorien, paragraph 89)



[If you do not find a way, no one will.]

If I understand aright all that I have heard, - he said, - I think that this task is appointed for you, Frodo; and that if you do not find a way, no one will.

(The Council of Elrond, paragraph 280)



[No tomb for Denethor and Faramir.]

No tomb for Denethor and Faramir.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 157)



[No long, slow sleep of death embalmed.]

No long slow sleep of death embalmed.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 157)



[Don't leave me here alone!]

Don't leave me here alone!

(The Choices of Master Samwise, paragraph 30)



[Don't go where I can't follow ]

Don't go where I can't follow!

(The Choices of Master Samwise, paragraph 30)



[Then she has her way with them That's how she likes to feed!]

When she's hunting, she just gives 'em a dab in the neck and they go as limp as boned fish, and then she has her way with them.

(The Choices of Master Samwise, paragraph 119)



[House of his spirit crumbles.]

The house of his spirit crumbles.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 159)



[Go now and die in what way seems best for you.]

Go now, and die in what way seems best to you.

(The Siege of Gondor, paragraph 160)





[Arise! Arise, Riders of Theoden!]

[Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered!]

[A sword day a red day and the sun rises!]

[Ride now Ride now Ride!]

Arise, arise, Riders of Theoden!

Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!

spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,

a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!

Ride now, ride now!

Ride to Gondor!

(The Ride of the Rohirrim, paragraph 69)



[Ride for ruin and the world's ending!]

Ride, ride to ruin and the world's ending!

(The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, paragraph 43)



[You will not take my son from me!]

Denethor started as one waking from a trance, and the flame died in his eyes, and he wept; and he said: - Do not take my son from me!

(The Pyre of Denethor, paragraph 29)



[So passes Denethor, son of Ecthelion.]

So passes Denethor, son of Ecthelion, - said Gandalf: Then he turned to Beregond and the Lord's servants that stood there aghast.

(The Pyre of Denethor, paragraph 47)



[The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass]

[And then you see it.]

[White shores and beyond.]

[The far green country under a swift sunrise.]

And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise.

(The Grey Havens, paragraph 114)



[I will kill you if you touch him!]

For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.

(The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, paragraph 16)



[Do not come between the Nazgul and his prey.]

A cold voice answered: - Come not between the Nazgul and his prey!

(The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, paragraph 13)



[I go to my fathers in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed.]

And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed.

(The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, paragraph 27)



[Let's get you out of here.]

I've got to get you out of here.

(The Tower of Cirith Ungol, paragraph 119)



[You can't go walking to Mordor in naught but your skin.]

You can't go walking in the Black Land in naught but your skin, Mr Frodo.

(The Tower of Cirith Ungol, paragraph 112)



[Let the Lord of the Black Land come forth!]

[Let justice be done upon Him!]

Let the Lord of the Black Land come forth!

Justice shall be done upon him.

(The Black Gate Opens, paragraph 29)



[By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you, stand, men of the West!]

But Gandalf lifted up his arms and called once more in a clear voice:

Stand, Men of the West!

Stand and wait!

This is the hour of doom.

(The Field of Cormallen, paragraph 7)



[I'm I'm naked in the dark there's nothing nothing, no veil between me and the Wheel of Fire!]

Sam, and there is no veil between me and the wheel of fire.

(Mount Doom, paragraph 31)



[I can't carry It for you, but I can carry you!]

I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well.

(Mount Doom, paragraph 54)



[Clever hobbits to climb so high!]

Clever hobbits to climb so high, very clever hobbits.

(The Stairs of Cirith Ungol, paragraph 35)



[I'm glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee Here at the end of all things.]

I am glad that you are here with me, - said Frodo.

Here at the end of all things, Sam.

(Mount Doom, paragraph 99)



[Now come the days of the King.]

Now come the days of the King, and may they be blessed while the thrones of the Valar endure!

(The Steward and the King, paragraph 109)



[Et Earello Endorenna utulien Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!]

Et Earello Endorenna utulien.

Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn - Ambar-metta!

(The Steward and the King, paragraph 105)



[And thus it was: the fourth age of Middle-Earth began; and the Fellowship of the Ring, though eternally bound by friendship and love, was ended.]

Here then at last comes the ending of the Fellowship of the Ring, - said Aragorn.

(Many Partings, paragraph 72)



[The time has come for the dominion of men.]

The Third Age came to its end in the War of the Ring; but the Fourth Age was not held to have begun until Master Elrond departed, and the time was come for the dominion of Men and the decline of all other - Speaking-peoples - in Middle-earth.

(Appendix B, paragraph 4)



[Here at last, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our Fellowship.]

Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth.

(The Grey Havens, paragraph 113)



[I will not say, do not weep; for not all tears are evil.]

I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.

(The Grey Havens, paragraph 113)



[We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved.]

[But not for me.]

I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me.

(The Grey Havens, paragraph 105)



[The last pages are for you, Sam.]

The last pages are for you.

(The Grey Havens, paragraph 72)



[My dear Sam, you can not always be torn in two: you will have to be one and whole for many years.]

You cannot be always torn in two.

You will have to be one and whole, for many years.

You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.

(The Grey Havens, paragraph 103)

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