10 Crazy Lord Of The Rings Theories And Why They Might Be True

The landscape of the movie industry is very different now to what it was 20 years ago. There were very few superhero films, shared universes were unheard of, and Titanic still reigned as the highest-grossing movie of all time. One thing that has endured the last two decades, though, is the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

First debuting in 2001 with The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson's iconic movie franchise is still one of the most critically acclaimed in the history of the industry. Though the Hobbit trilogy followed, as well as The Rings of Power set to release later this year, it's hard to imagine anything reaching this level again.

Even now, fans are still dissecting every moment from every scene, every line of dialogue, as well as the extensive source material J.R.R. Tolkien penned to try and fill in some gaps otherwise unspoken.

Fan theories, particularly in a huge fantasy world like the one Tolkien created, can get outrageous at times. There are no limits to the dots fans can try to connect, but even some seemingly out there ideas can have their merits. No matter how far fetched they may seem at first, there is at least some reason to believe they may be true.

There are some theories on this list that would be huge revelations to the Lord of the Rings story, though to start with this is on a far smaller scale. Having said that, this is arguably one of the more plausible and potentially realistic.

It's easy to think that all of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring shared an unbreakable bond, much like the actors themselves did in real life, but that wasn't necessarily the case. Frodo and Sam split from the group at the end of the first movie, and so didn't actually spend that much time with any of them outside of Aragorn, Gandalf, Merry, and Pippin.

In fact, throughout the three movies, Legolas only speaks directly to Frodo once. This theory runs with this idea, and says that Frodo didn't even know, or at least forgot Legolas' name. There was after all a lot going on at the Council of Elrond, with lots of new names and faces, and with everything Frodo was going through, it would be understandable to miss a detail like this.

When they reunite in Rivendell at the end of Return of the King, Frodo clearly remembers Gimli's name, but doesn't say Legolas'. Could this be because he has forgotten it, and at this point it has become too awkward to ask? Their distance in the movie, even when travelling together, makes this a genuine possibility.