BOROMIR We must get off the mountain! Make for the gap of Rohan and take the West road to my city. ARAGORN The Gap of Rohan takes us too close to Isengard. GIMLI We cannot pass over the mountain. Let us go under it. Let us go through the mines of Moria. Gandalf has a concerned look on his face. **GANDALF Let the ringbearer decide.**
From the film Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (script) http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Lord-of-the-Rings-Fellowship-of-the-Ring,-The.html
Esta cena não está dentro dos livros.
Uma resposta provável, mas especulada , seria:
Peter Jackson adicionou para enfatizar a importância de Frodo como o portador do anel. Essencialmente, onde quer que Frodo vá, a Companhia o seguiria, já que ele é o único destinado a levar o anel e entregá-lo. para Mordor. Elrond define os papéis dos outros 8 aqui:
The others go with him as free companions, to help him on his way.
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - The Ring goes South
Isso é suportado em uma sessão QnA:
Question: When the Fellowship are on the side of the mountain and arguing about which direction to take, Gandalf says "Let the ring bearer choose". Why does Gandalf say that? He knows that Frodo has enough on his plate, what with taking the ring all the way to Mordor, so why add to his problems by making Frodo decide the way to go?
Answer: Because, like it or not, he's the leader of this quest. Gandalf is only a guide; Aragorn,Boromir,Legolas, and Gimli are Frodo's guardians, while the other three Hobbits are simply companions. Besides, Frodo's the one carrying the increasingly burdensome ring. If he thinks one path easier than another then that's his call.
No livro, no entanto, é um assunto diferente. No desfiladeiro de Caradhras, a Companhia é assolada pelo mau tempo: ventos cortantes e muita neve.
he heard Bilbo's voice speaking. I don't think much of your diary, he said. Snowstorms on January the twelfth: there was no need to come back and report that!
Mais tarde, no mesmo dia (noite), quando a madrugada chegou, eles tomaram a decisão.
Gimli looked up and shook his head. 'Carahras has not forgiven us,' he said. 'He has more snow yet to fling at us, if we go on. The sooner we go back and down the better.' To this all agreed, but their retreat was now difficult. It might well prove impossible.
No livro, a decisão de recuar para baixo em Caradhras foi tomada por toda a empresa, e não apenas por Frodo ou Gandalf.