Movies | TV | Books | Quotes Easter Eggs
[Slipups.com Logo] The Slip-Up ArchiveTM
SLIPUPS.COM
Home > Movies > I - L > Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Bloopers Add a Slip-Up
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Two Black Gates?
In the Two Towers, when Frodo and Sam are at the Black Gate, you will remember that there is a very large hill in front and a little off to the side of the Black Gate. (the one that Frodo and Sam both end up tumbling down) In the Return of the King, when the armies of Gondor and Rohan are marching on the Black Gate, the entire area in front of the gate is completely flat. There are several wide angle shots of the area, but no sign of this large hill. Where did it go?
Note to slipups.com review staff: yes I know this is technically two different movies, but because they were shot together and meant to be seen together, this should still count as a slip-up for this website's purposes.
Be the first to post pictures of this Slip-Up!
Rated 8.1/10 (17 ratings) Your opinion?
Special Requirements: The DVD
Contributed By: Anonymous on 03-30-2005 and Reviewed By: Shadow, Perky Pippin
If something isn't right, please Correct this Slip-Up

Comments:
Kier writes:
?At first, I thought that this wasn't a slipup beacause , in The Two Towers, They were on a hill ,true, but the hill was off to the side of the gate. After I saw the several wide angled shots that show both sides of the gate clearly, I saw that it was indeed a slipup, and a huge one at that.
15 of 6576 found this helpful. Did you? Yes
snoopay writes:
Sigh, it's not a slip up, if you would read the books i believe there are two gates to Mordor, or even look at http://www.ziltox.dk/download/middle-earth_map.jpg, there is a northwestern gate and a western one. Frodo and sam went to one gate while the armies went to the others, although they should've made this clear in the movie.
15 of 6576 found this helpful. Did you? Yes
TwinkieRabbit writes:
If there were two black gates, why would every single character refer to "THE" black gate? Also when Gollum was taking Frodo to Mordor, he only mentioned one other way to get in. I don't think that the book mentioned more than one.
15 of 6576 found this helpful. Did you? Yes
BlarogSlayer writes:
No there is only one Black Gate. There are however three ways in, Cirith Ungel, and the ocean in the very far back center of Mordor.
15 of 6576 found this helpful. Did you? Yes

Want more Slip-Ups?
More Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Bloopers
Top 25 Bloopers in I - L
All I - L Bloopers
Top 25 Bloopers
Newest Bloopers
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Easter Eggs