You've got your movies mixed up, you just described the end of Fellowship/beginning of Two Towers. The end of Two Towers has Gollum/Smeagol deciding to lead the hobbits to Shelob, and Frodo still has the ring there. Return of the King starts with them still on their journey, and Aragorn et al finding Merry and Pippin at the ruins of Saruman's tower after the attack by the Ents.IIRC at the end of the TT film Frodo and Sam have taken off down the river alone. The ring's with them. Frodo means to go it alone since Boromir was corrupted by desire for the ring, and it got him killed. Frodo doesn't want to put the rest of the party at risk.
I suspect you're watching Aragorn et al. try to track Merry and Pippin, who were carried off by Saruman's orcs. You'll get caught up with Frodo and Sam soon enough.
Hope this helps.
You've got your movies mixed up, you just described the end of Fellowship/beginning of Two Towers. The end of Two Towers has Gollum/Smeagol deciding to lead the hobbits to Shelob, and Frodo still has the ring there. Return of the King starts with them still on their journey, and Aragorn et al finding Merry and Pippin at the ruins of Saruman's tower after the attack by the Ents.
I decided to watch the trilogy while on vacation, and just started "The Return of the King" (3rd film).
What happened to the ring in the second video? I must have dozed off.
I am finding the beginning of the 3rd film very confusing.
I think you misread his post. I believe he's working his way through the trilogy, and has just gotten to the third film, and is saying he doesn't recall what happened with the ring in the second one.It's actually much better watching these films in sequence otherwise the 3rd one might not have the same impact. Curious why you started with the 3rd one?
I think you misread his post. I believe he's working his way through the trilogy, and has just gotten to the third film, and is saying he doesn't recall what happened with the ring in the second one.
I think you misread his post. I believe he's working his way through the trilogy, and has just gotten to the third film, and is saying he doesn't recall what happened with the ring in the second one.
At the beginning of ROTK I'm pretty sure the opening scene is the flashback to Deagol/Smeagol which could be what the confusion was about.
That flashback just showed how Gollum (Smeagol) came upon the ring and wasn't in continuity with the rest of the films.
I decided to watch the trilogy while on vacation, and just started "The Return of the King" (3rd film).
What happened to the ring in the second video? I must have dozed off.
I am finding the beginning of the 3rd film very confusing.