LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring (extended version)

[Amie]

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Body Count



Directed by Peter Jackson

Actors: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Ian McKellen, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, John Rhys-Davies

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for epic battle sequences and some scary images.

Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy

2001 (Special Extended Version DVD)


Total Movie Body Count: Creatures (Uruk-hai, Orcs, trolls, hobbits, etc) - 118, Humans - 29
Total Aragorn/Viggo Mortensen Count: Creatures - 23
Total Legolas/Orlando Bloom Count: Creatures - 20
Total Boromir/Sean Bean Count: Creatures - 17
Total Gandalf/Ian McKellen Count: Creatures - 2
Total Sam/Sean Astin Count: Creatures - 3
Total Pippin/Billy Boyd Count: Creatures - 1
Total Merry/Dominic Monaghan Count: Creatures - 1
Total Elrond/Hugo Weaving Count: Creatures - 2
Total Gimli/John Rhys-Davies Count: Creatures - 6

Total Movie Breakdown:

Disc 1:
1. Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them All...
Orcs on clifftop, by arrows - 13 (CGI)
Orcs advancing on elves and humans, by arrows - 11
Orcs advancing on elves, by sword - 2
Orcs by Elrond - 2
Orc by Isildur - 1
Humans and Elves by Sauron - 23 (20 CGI)
King by Sauron - 1
Sauron's body - 1 (?)
Ambush on Isildur: Including Isildur, 3

10. The Shadow of the Past: Hobbit on street by Nazgul sword - 1

16. The Nazgul: Gatekeeper squashed under gate - 1

20. The Caverns of Isengard: Orc strangled by Uruk-hai - 1


Disc 2:
33. Moria: Dead Goblins (whole or mostly whole skeletons) - 9, Dwarf skeleton holding book - 1,
Dwarf skeleton on well - 1

35. Balin's Tomb:
Orcs by Legolas: By arrow - 3, by knives - 2
Orcs by Aragorn: By arrow - 1, by sword - 6
Orcs by Boromir: By sword - 4
Orcs by Gimli: By axe - 3
Orcs by Gandalf: By sword - 2
Orcs by Sam: By sword - 3
Orcs by Cave Troll: By club - 2
Cave Troll by Legolas: By arrow - 1

36. The Bridge of Khazad-dum: Orcs by Legolas' arrows - 2, Orc - 1

44. The Breaking of the Fellowship:
Uruk-hai by Aragorn: by sword - 14, by knife - 2
Uruk-hai by Legolas: by arrow - 10, by knives - 2
Uruk-hai by Gimli: by axe - 3
Uruk-hai by Boromir: by sword - 13
Uruk-hai by Merry and Pippin - 1

45. The Departure of Boromir: Boromir - 1



Character Breakdowns:

Aragorn/Viggo Mortensen Breakdown:
Orcs by Aragorn: By arrow - 1, by sword - 6
Uruk-hai by Aragorn: by sword - 14, by knife - 2


Legolas/Orlando Bloom Breakdown:
Orcs by Legolas: By arrow - 3, by knives - 2
Cave Troll by Legolas: By arrow - 1
Uruk-hai by Legolas: by arrow - 10, by knives - 2
Orcs by Legolas' arrows - 2

Boromir/Sean Bean Breakdown:
Orcs by Boromir: By sword - 4
Uruk-hai by Boromir: by sword - 13

Gandalf/Ian McKellen Breakdown:
Orcs by Gandalf: By sword - 2

Sam/Sean Astin Breakdown:
Orcs by Sam: By sword - 3

Pippin and Merry/Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan Breakdown:
Uruk-hai by Merry and Pippin - 1

Elrond/Hugo Weaving Breakdown:
Orcs by Elrond - 2

Gimli/John Rhys-DAvies Breakdown:
Orcs by Gimli: By axe - 3
Uruk-hai by Gimli: by axe - 3


Whew!

I was conservative in counting this. There were a lot of scenes where it was almost impossible to count accurately even with pause, slow motion and step features, so I'm undercounting rather than overcounting:

1. In a battle, if I didn't see an actual body being run through with a sword, knifed or shot by arrow, it wasn't counted, although the character can be seen doing these actions.

2. If it wasn't run through with a sword, knifed, shot by an arrow or slashed with an axe, the body was merely knocked out, so it wasn't counted.

3. I'm not including the CGI count (indicated above) in the total body count.

4. The battle scene body counts are probably higher than I've counted. Some of the deaths were just a blur.. for example when Sauron sweeps those soldiers away with his club, it was hard to determine a body from a shield or a cape. I counted bodies that clearly looked like bodies only.

5. I'm still debating on whether I should have included the skeletons of the goblins and dwarves in "Moria." They were clearly props.

6. I'm including the destruction of Sauron's body in the prologue... although his spirit remains alive, the destruction of his body was too spectacular to ignore.


This is one of the most beloved movies of all time. There's bound to be some disagreement with my counts.

[JenGe]

No problem, just get it the best you can. Wow!! I'm thrilled you even did this one!!!

[Amie]

I'm working up the courage to do The Two Towers next.

Question: We don't include CGI deaths, do we? Like those orcs falling off the cliff after being hit by arrows... they looked CGI to me.

Also, those goblin and dwarf skeletons in Moria: Do we include those? If I do, how much of the skeleton do I have to see to count them? I know you said before that skulls don't count. I did count the skeletons that were given more than a few seconds screen time... like the skeleton holding the book and the one that Pippin nudged into the well.

[davethejew]

We better include CGI/SFX deaths, half the horror movies i'm working on have CGI characters killed, and theyre included in the counts

[wheels128]

You have to count CGI characters, although surely only strictly on-screen deaths would count. Because non-human characters aren't exactly subject to the same rules of dying... so I'd say go with the most conservative counting method possible, and add them to the future ones.

Great job doing this film though, my parents own all three extended editions and I wasn't game to touch them.

[Amie]

Thanks guys! OK, I've modified the count to include the CGI deaths. ;D (I still feel that I've undercounted, but better to undercount that to overcount, right? )

[JenGe]

amie said:

(I still feel that I've undercounted, but better to undercount that to overcount, right? )

That's fine. If some fan wants to contest it we'll deal with it then. As long as we can get something close.

I admire you for doing this as well!!

[JenGe]

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