[Brannigans Law]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Well I can think of one problem with trying to fly into Mordor..

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Thats the thing though, at the end of the trilogy the great eagles fly into mordor. So it's established that they can do it. We can become comic book guy and professor frink all you like but the movie established they can fly to mordor.

In this movie,

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the great eagles/falcons whatever clearly can carry these dudes long distances. Why did they drop them off so far away from the mountain? If I was Bilbo I'd be like "Hey Gandalf.. why are they flying away? Tell them to chill out for a minute and then have them fly us the rest of the way". I dunno. Just bothers me as being a lazy plot device. The rest of the books/movies are so deep and complex it comes off as baffling to me.