Can someone please explaine the end of the Lord of the Rings films to me please?

Question

Ok... So just watched the return of the king again and still don't get it... What's with the boat and why does Frodo get on it? - Why can't he go back to the shire?

James... you're a prick...

Answer 1

Across the sea are the Undying Lands where the elves which are resident on Middle Earth start their exodus to during the war of the ring. The Undying Lands are the home of kindred and the demigods who helped shape Middle Earth. Only the elves may set foot on the Undying Lands, but because Frodo and Bilbo played such a major role in the saving of Middle Earth they are given dispensation to accompany the elves over the sea. But they may never return. Because the ordeal of being the ringbearer has caused Frodo mental and physical hurt which time doesn't seem to be able to heal he decides to accompany the elves.
Gandalf is a wizard, one of the Maiar (demigods), and so he also leaves Middle Earth. The future of Middle Earth is left in the hands of men (for better or worse).

Answer 2

The ship was sailing for Valinor, essentially where elves go when they've had enough of humanity and the temporary nature of the world. As I remember it, it's a land where the seasons don't change and nobody ages and nobody returns. It was a device for Tolkien to illustrate his point, a choice Frodo had to make at that time and one he couldn't reverse.

It was Tolkien's commentary on soldiers. That after Frodo saved the world for his own part, after he endured every hardship with the promise of being able to return home and once again enjoy his lush and comfortable life, Frodo had to acknowledge that he wasn't the Hobbit that left the shire, war had changed him into something else and he could no longer be at home there. I've heard commentary that the ending of Return of the King was an homage to a friend of Tolkien's who committed suicide because he couldn't adjust after returning from the war.

Answer 3

Basically the Return of the King is a very poor film as it leaves out lots of important parts of the book and replaces them with farcical super-hero style fight scenes. The end of the film missesm out a few very important chapters and as such is not explained at all.
Basically (and this is very basically here as it would take a lot of time to fully explain) the Ring was a product of the previous age of Middle Earth and as such by being a bearer of the Ring Frodo became part of that age. All the traces of the Second Age were fading in Middle Earth and thus chose to travel west. Frodo had absorbed part of the power of this age and as such could be thought of as having the sadnesses and longings of the elves... as such his place was with them and not with the land of the Shire he loved so much but was no longer part of.

Answer 4

Frodo did go back to the shire for awhile but because the ring was so evil, he no longer enjoyed life there or anywhere in Middle Earth. He went with the elves so they could give him comfort as they did for Bilbo when he gave up the ring.

Answer 5

the whole of the lord of the ring saga took place in the third age of middle-earth.

once the ring was destroyed and sauron's power was no more, the power of the three elven rings diminished also, and so the elves chose to travel over the sea to the undying lands. their time was over and with aragorn being crowned king the time of men in middle earth began, and with it the 4th age.

so the elves set sail to live out the rest of their time there. as gandalf (an istari) and the ring-bearers had such a monumental part to play in the downfall of sauron and the saving of middle earth, they were invited too, even though this was largely unprecedented.

for Frodo, it was too sad for him to remain in the shire. his wound hurt him deeply and never seemed to heal, he knew that sam's loyalties were torn between his 'mr frodo' and to his wife and children and that sam would never truly be at peace whilst frodo remained in the shire, therefore he chose to accept the elves invitation, and live out the rest of his days with gandalf and bilbo.

the book explains this in a lot more detail. in fact, many of the stories within the story were changed dramatically or left out altogether, as is usual with movies. if you haven't read it i would def recommend that you do, it really is worth it.

Answer 6

Frodo's wound from the Witch King never healed, but he was meant to finish the Lord of the Rings history. His uncle, Bilbo, had started "There and Back Again, A Hobbitt's Tale,". You might try reading the entire trilogy - it's fun and interesting.

Answer 7

The answer is more like a combo of what beachy,intangibletheif and Big Dawg gave you.

But then again,that's not the actual ending. There were more after that in the book and all makes sense. Try reading the book up and you will find the storyline gives you a different feel of the whole story and it becomes more exciting.

Answer 8

hobbits are homely people they stay where they grew up in previous books Bilbo had been a traveller and had returned home he had found the ring on his travels .
At the end of the story Frodo is travelling with bilbo to see more of the land and explore its Bilbo's last trip as he is now very old.
I think the story probably would've continued but sadly Tolkien died before writing any more books on the hobbits.

Answer 9

He is going to Valinor with the Elves. He didn't return to the Shire because he couldn't feel at home there anymore. Hard to explain. Of course the Ring jacked him up majorly.

Answer 10

Ok. Because of everything that happened to him, the effect of the ring still haunts him and cannot stay the same Frodo again. Hence, he wanted to be with his uncle and the elves to embark on another journey and try to i guess get over the horrible things that happened. Makes sense?