When it comes to symbolism, this is the One Symbol To Rule Them All. It's true, we don't see nearly as much of the most infamous finger accessory in the second movie, but when we do make it to Fro...

Here's a mega-inspirational quote from the one, the only Samwise Gamgee: SAM: Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer.Wow Sam, really go...

This old stone fortress is the centerpiece of the movie's climax. Set deep within the mountains, it's protected on three of its sides, while the fourth is barricaded by a great wall. Helm's Deep i...

If you've read the books, then you know that "love" isn't really a word that appeared all that much, and that "a love story" is probably one of the last ways you'd describe Tolkien's masterpieceâ€...

Horses. There are a lot of them in Rohan. In fact, "Rohirrim" (the term for people living in Rohan) means "horse-lords." The open fields and vast plains of Rohan make it an ideal landscape for tra...

Symbolic towers get a bad rap. There's the Tower of Babel—no good. There's the Ivory Tower—a dismissive term for academia. And then there are all those towers that Disney princesses—from Cind...

Gimli sets us straight on the whole "how are baby Middle-earth dwarves made?" question: GIMLI: It's true; you don't see many dwarf women. And in fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance, tha...