The Lord of the Rings: The Journey to Mordor


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Faneditor: samspider3  
Fanedit Type: FanMix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st August 2015
Fanedit Runtime: 2h:59m:0s
Time Cut: 4h:32m:0s
Time Added: 0h:0m:0s
Franchise: Lord of the Rings
Genre: AdventureFantasy
Original Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)   The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)   
Original Release Date: 24th May 2003
Original Runtime: 7h:31m:0s
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Synopsis:

Acting as a sequel of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Journey to Mordor shows us the Quest of Frodo, Sam and Gollum to destroy the Ring of Power in the fires of Mount Doom. The difference is, now we will watch everything solely from their perspective. No Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Gondor and Rohan Kingdom, etc.


Intentions:

The Lord of The Rings is one of my favorite sagas ever (yeah, I include The Hobbit too). But something I always see about the films is the fact everybody talks about Aragorn and company's adventure, while Frodo and Sam's Quest is not that well appreciated and not given The attention it should deserve. I believe this is a mistake because yeah, you get to see armies fighting together and fighting against the forces of Mordor. But Frodo and Sam are The ones who actually had the most important task of all: destroy the ring. That is why I decided to make this Fan Edit. In this Fan Edit, we will see The Two Towers and The Return of The King, as this was intended to be a Fellowship of The Ring Sequel, combined in one movie and told solely from Frodo, Sam and Gollum's perspective, to make this an exciting and Dark adventure.


Change List:

This Fan Edit acts as a sequel to The Fellowship of the Ring -The Fan Edit opens with Gollum finding the ring and killing Deagol. -Title Card appears after this: The Journey to Mordor -We then see Frodo and Sam going down a mountain. -After Frodo and Sam convince Gollum to lead them to Mordor, we cut to the scene where they go to the Swamp. -After the scene with the Nazguls flying near Frodo and Sam, we go directly to the scene where they reach to the Black Gate. -After failing in going to the Black Gate, we cut to the scene where Gollum tries to get food, Frodo and Sam discussing, Gollum fighting his own persona to finally the scene where Frodo and Sam are taken by Faramir. -After being kidnapped, We see a scene where Galadriel says what is happening outside Frodo and Sam's Quest. Exposition scene to see what is the current situation. The original scene is more like a conversation with Elrond, so I edited it to make it seem like narration. -Then we see the scene where Faramir and company arrive their lair. Faramir's past scene has been kept to help character development. -Frodo and Sam are taken to Osgiliath after all of this. Then we see Sam's Speech where we see what is happening on the Battle of Helm's Deep. I decided to keep these scenes without too much modifications to give an idea of some good things beginning to be alright in the Fellowship and Middle Earth. But I cut all Gandalfs bits to make his appearence at the end of the film and give much more impact to Frodo when he wakes up. -After this, Frodo and Sam are released and then we go to the scene where Gollum is planning kill them. I modified the scene to make the story flow better and connect it to Return of the King. -Then we go to the scene where Sam and Frodo find that old Statue. -After this, Frodo and Sam rest and go to sleep. We see Gollum planning to lead them to Shelob. -Then we go to the scene where Sam and Frodo wake up and continue their journey. Sam gives his part of food to Frodo. -We cut to Minas Morgul scene and the army going out. I cut every single shot of Gandalf and Pippin discussing what the Witch King is going to do. -Sam and Frodo begin to climb the stairs after this. -They decide to rest and then Sam is cast away from the team as in the movie, but then we cut to the scene where he discovers the food in the ground and decides to help Frodo. -Then we see Frodo going to Shelob's lair. He fights Gollum and gets poisoned by Shelob. Sam comes to rescue. -Then Sam goes to Mordor to save Frodo and their journey to Mount Doom. -The scene where Sauron sees Frodo was trimmed to take out all the parts with the armies, Gandalf and the Fellowship. -Sam and Frodo keep climbing Mount Doom, fight Gollum and then Frodo enters Mount Doom. All the scenes where the Fellowship is fighting the armies of Mordor had been cut. -Frodo is rescued by the Eagles, but we don't see it's because of Gandalf until the scene where Frodo wakes up in Rivendell. -Then everything is the same to keep the conclusion to every character and arc in the story.


Additional Notes:

I used Sony Vegas 11 for this Fan Edit.


Other Sources:

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring footage, which was used to replace some other footage from The Two Towers.


Special Thanks:

Masirimso17 for his wonderful cover and support.


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