Finally an answer to why Gandolf didn't just fly the ring to Mt Doom

I always remembered him saying "run you fools!"

Hmm who knows.


2:20 mark

I was right, you were wrong. Na na na na boo boo




In theaters it was run, on the dvd it was fly.

I can get in line with this

The movie was boring enough. I'm not going to read all that shite.

I always thought Gandalf was worried about Sauron's anti-eagle defenses.

That person totally missed the point of the whole quest. Even the most seemingly insignificant person can change the world.

I always thought that the eagles would have been detected by Sauron and he would have placed a heavy guard in and around the mountain to prevent the ring getting to the fires/lava. You'd think he would have some people/arcs/other creatures on standby around there. I don't think the eagles could have gotten into that cave so they would have had to drop someone to do the last part anyway.

Of course if Sauron was smart he would have definitely either placed an extremely heavy guard around any entry ways to the fire/lava and/or put some heavy walls or doorways in the way. That way Frodo would have had a lot harder time than just walking in.

It's because the eagles are hyperintellegent noble solitary beings that rarely fight any battles because they're powerful enough to be above the petty squabbles that happen below the mountains. And there's also the problem of the Nazgul. Which are ferocious fighters riding giant pterodactyl dragons.