What exactly is Gandalf telling the Balrog?
They are both presentwhen the world is created, for example.
You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring."
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When Gandalf says, “The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun!”
he is taunting the monster by exposing its twisted nature.
Gandalf then calls the Balrog “flame of Udun.”
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Gandalf then tells the Balrog to “go back to the shadow.”
Melkor is usually referred to as the equivalent of Satan inJ.R.R.
Tolkien’s Legendarium, making the Balrog a demon, as opposed to Gandalf, who serves God.
which he says twice more in the books.
In an interview withJake’s Takes, screenwriterPhilippa Boyensdiscussed this change, which Ian McKellen himself noticed upon filming.
It carries more weight than the original, making the whole confrontation more serious.
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringis streaming on Max in the U.S.
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