What are some of the underlining things in the movie.

Rating: Null/10 (4 March 2010)

The Opening scene opens up with mountains and a faint voice yelling, if you have watched the first movie you realize that the voice is Gandalf. Gandalf is fighting the balrog from Mordor. He saved the rest of the fellowship in the first movie, and we were all left hanging wondering what happened to Gandalf? Not until later on in the movie do you realize what exactly becomes of Gandalf. Gandalf kills the balrog from Mordor, dies, and then comes back to life in white robes. He is now powerful enough to face Saruman and better help the fellowship.
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the Lord of the Ring series. Which then became the movie trilogy, but the movies did a very good job of portraying the books. Tolkien wrote the books with a lot of hidden meaning, a lot of... Christian hidden meaning. Isn't it peculiar how Gandalf and Christ both did similar things? If you believe the stories of Christ, you will notice that Gandalf died saving the Fellowship and similarly Christ died to save mankind. Gandalf came back to life, he also came back white and more powerful. Christ, according to the Bible, died then came back to life. He came back pure and ready to visit God the Father in heaven. Both of them died to save the lives of those who they cared for.
I always find it interesting how movies and books can portray so much more than the story line itself. In the Lord of the Ring series there are many lessons to learn apart from just watching a great story. One of those lessons is the power of friendship. Gimli, and Legolas are races that hate each other because of their past, and their differences. While they are chasing the uruk-hai they run into some riders of Rohan. The riders surrounded the group, and the first thing out of Gimli's mouth was a rude gesture to the horse master Eomer. In return Eomer made fun of Gimli's height, and told him he would cut off his head. Legolas pulled out and arrow, strung it, and pointed it at the man's head. He told the man he would die "before his stroke fell." The world is full of different races and different cultures. I think that these two are a good example of how people can overcome their differences in order to get along with one another. In America I know that there is still a big problem with racism. People from different countries might annoy other people. Tourists can be annoying. If people would take the time to talk and get to know the people they have problems with, then maybe one will find out that they are not that bad.
At the Battle of Helm's Deep, Gimli told Legolas that he never thought he would die in the company of elves. Legolas responded, well how about beside a friend. In the book, after the battle the two of them explored the crystal caves that were at Helm's deep. They both decided to travel together back to visit the caves when the war was over. A friendship out of a war is a bond that is very hard to sever.
Eomer's story is one that we can look at for a good lesson on perseverance. He was banished from the kingdom by Grima Wormtongue, who was providing a way for Saruman to control the King. In spite of this he was determined to rid the King's land of the uruk-hai and orcs that came from Saruman.
At the end, when the king was back to his normal self, he needed help. The king desperately rode out on horses to try to buy the women and children time to escape in the caves. While in the middle of thousands of uruk-hai Eomer ran down the slope with hundreds of riders to save the king and win the battle. Eomer persevered to do what he knew was right. He didn't second guess his intuition that he needed to protect those who he loved.
There are many things we can learn from the LOTR trilogy. The theology and lessons we can bring to attention from the movies and books are numerous. I just hope this gave you a taste of some of the things you can pull from the videos.