LOTR: How Did Gandalf And The Balrog End Up On The Top Of A Mountain?
Gandalf’s battle with the Balrog in the Mines of Moria is probably one of the most breath-taking, edge of your seat fights in the entire trilogy, both because of the impressive visual aspects of fire and smoke in Peter Jackson’s film adaptations, and because of the high stakes involved, of Gandalf giving his life to protect his friends, and give them a chance to escape safely out of the mines. His loss hits the fellowship hard, and they break not long after this, without his guidance, which goes to show exactly what a sacrifice he makes.
In the opening scenes of the Two Towers film, the audience can see Gandalf and the Balrog falling through the caverns below Moria, amidst the spectacular backdrop of New Zealand's incredible mountain ranges, in this case representing the 3 mountains above Moria, under which Khazad-dum lies. They seem to be endlessly in free-fall, battling in mid-air, until they plunge into a lake, and even that does not distinguish the Balrog’s mighty flame. But many fans have questioned how, if they were plummeting deeper into the heart of the mountains, did they end up on the top of one?
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In the later Two Towers scene, when Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas come across the white wizard in their pursuit to save Merry and Pippin from Fangorn Forest, he tells them, «From the lowest dungeon to the highest peak I fought him, the Balrog of Morgoth, until at last I threw down my enemy and smelt his ruin upon the mountainside.” Peter Jackson accompanies this speech with a visual representation of Gandalf and the Balrog fighting upon a tall summit, until Gandalf does indeed defeat the Balrog, and then proceeds to die on the mountainside
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