LOTR The Return of the King - Extended Edition

LOTR The Return of the King - Extended Edition - The Decline of Gondor

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The extended edition scene when Gandalf holds his speech to Pippin of how Gondor has declined from its once proud kingdom. (HD Blu-ray)
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More tags: Gandalf's speech about the people of Gondor Gandalf's speech of Gondor's fall ruin Gandalf's Minas Tirith speech Gandalf and Pippin leaves Denethor Steward of Gondor throne room Gandalf All has turned to vain ambition He would even use his grief as a cloak Gandalf A thousand years this city has stood Now at the whim of a madman it will fall And the White Tree the tree of the King will never bloom again Pippin Why are they still guarding it Gandalf They guard it because they have hope A faint and fading hope that one day it will flower That a king will come and this city will be what it once was before it fell into decay The old wisdom borne out of the West was forsaken Gandalf Kings made tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the old names of their descent dearer than the name of their sons Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry or in high cold towers asking questions of the stars Gandalf And so the people of Gondor fell into ruin The line of kings failed The White Tree withered The rule of Gondor was given over to lesser men Pippin sees Mordor from Minas Tirith Gandalf Yes there it lies This city has dwelt ever in the sight of its shadow Pippin A storm is coming Gandalf This is not the weather of the world This is a device of Sauron's making A broil of fume he sends ahead of his host The Orcs of Mordor have no love of daylight so he covers the face of the sun to ease their passage along the road to war Gandalf When the Shadow of Mordor reaches this city it will begin Pippin Well Minas Tirith very impressive So where are we off to next Gandalf Oh it's too late for that Peregrin There's no leaving this city Help must come to us

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@bmabs35 5 жыл бұрын

There's just something special about the way Ian McKellen delivers his lines. He could read a shopping list and make it sound Shakespearean.

@ImperialDiecast 4 жыл бұрын

its a shame he was never truly in his character in the hobbit movies. he just seemed so tired in them

@thegreatjedi309 4 жыл бұрын

@@ImperialDiecast I saw in an interview he was actually happy though. Something along the line of being glad he's back to being Grey rather than White.

@Frazoor 3 жыл бұрын

It's as poetry in motion. Stunning and beautiful.

@ThatOneDane 3 жыл бұрын

Well Ian had gotten a lot older since return of the king.

@timothymarin1240 3 жыл бұрын

Met him on A play set for a autograph of his one day. He still has a spring in his step at that time and takes the train and bus everywhere, but this was about 10 years ago .

@christofferhoff6669 9 жыл бұрын

"Kings made tombs more splendid than the houses of the living, and counted the old men of their descent dearer than the names of their sons, childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry or in high cold towers asking question of the stars" - Gandalf Amazing...

@Lulustucru2393 8 жыл бұрын

+Christoffer Hoff Pure poetry...

@TheAndroidNextDoor 8 жыл бұрын

+Christoffer Hoff The original line in the book came from Faramir. But it just sounds so much better and more right coming from Gandalf.

@callanl8046 7 жыл бұрын

+The Android Next Door I agree. I love Gandalf's role of narrating huge pieces of needed information to the audience without breaking the scene into several parts & making it smooth throughout.

@thevoidreturnsnull62 7 жыл бұрын

Isn't it "high, cold towers"? But yeah -- Tolkien clearly has a lot of medievalist influence in his works, with the belief that the world is continually in decline, and that everything used to be grander the more ancient it was, but even so you also have his characters reflect on how this decline seems to be often caused by people pining for that past rather than living in the present. The line of kings failed because people kept living in and longing for the past rather than focusing on the present and the future ("Kings... counted the old names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons"), and being alone asking "questions of the stars" instead of living their lives to the fullest in the world that they had, investing in their family and neighbors. I love the depth in the world he's built.

@christofferhoff6669 7 жыл бұрын

You are so right Void :D

@death-king1834 11 жыл бұрын

I freaking love the Fountain Guards. Their armour is so awesome. They have the easiest job in the whole realm of Gondor; guarding an old dead White Tree.

@namakudhani1 4 жыл бұрын

In the book they are the best warrior of gondor with the best metal for weapon and mithril for armor. And i love them in game battle for middle earth

@Kaplan20 4 жыл бұрын

Depends on whether these guys believe in the prophecies of Gondor. If they do they have the toughest job if not then yes a easy job.

@jonathantan2469 3 жыл бұрын

@@namakudhani1 Probably the most boring job before the war. "I have risen through the ranks & schooled myself in martial combat... to be guarding a tree that my grandfather thinks is holy? Who is going to damage it aside from the occasional drunken scholars from the Academy below?

@Greninjahran 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathantan2469 it’s probably like the tomb guard of the unknown soldier or the Queen’s guard and more of a honorary thing than actually protecting it

@josephharrison8354 3 жыл бұрын

Wait until you see what they're like in Third Age Total War, they make mincemeat of many Orc arses.

@arthursaey 8 жыл бұрын

Why we can't just decide to actually build Minas Tirith is beyond me

@bmabs35 7 жыл бұрын

Two years ago, some news spread around that architects were crowdfunding to build Minas Tirith. I don't know what the status is now, though.

@murtazarizvi368 6 жыл бұрын

i think a city in brazil on mountains look like this.

@IanCastelli 5 жыл бұрын

Which city?

@arderon5 5 жыл бұрын

We will build it in Georgia haha

@chibidakis1 5 жыл бұрын

There is a Minas Tirith. Constantinople

@nathanaelheil2818 7 жыл бұрын

Vote Gandalf 2020

@therealestg9 6 жыл бұрын

Make Middle Earth Great Again. "We have a yuuuuge problem folks and nobody's talking about it. When Mordor sends it Orcs, they're not sending their best and their brightest. They're sending murderers, rapists, you name it."

@sarahtucker3151 4 жыл бұрын

@@therealestg9 he must keep the dems at bay.

@sonofgondor1696 3 жыл бұрын

@@sarahtucker3151 name checks out

@ALIKN1-1 3 жыл бұрын

I will vote for the witchking 😐

@chasedaniels7273 3 жыл бұрын

@@therealestg9 its really the elves, they control the media and are turning a blind eye to the problem…the Rivendell lobby is too strong

@Mike-jl2kp 3 жыл бұрын

A testament to how incredible these films are - is that you can break them up into 100 clips and each one is a masterpiece.

@benjaminjeffery6873 Жыл бұрын

The costumes, the sets, the real world locations, that subtle grainy film filter. It all feels REAL.

@skippythealien9627 6 ай бұрын

@@benjaminjeffery6873 the CGI has aged a lot, but everything else that was practical and built by human hands is truly incredible. it's partially why this movie has aged so well over the course of 20 years

@TJSaw 5 ай бұрын

@@skippythealien9627 The 25th anniversary remastered edition will be sure to clean up the CGI nitpicks.

@callanl8046 7 жыл бұрын

1:31 Gandalf is so unimpressed with Mordor.

@WorldWar2freak94 3 жыл бұрын

As far as he is concerned, it’s just a glorified wasteland that a traitor angelic being has turned into his kingdom.

@pilladisimo87 3 жыл бұрын

Well he is the same being as Sauron, he is stronger that him in my opinion

@lizardlegend42 3 жыл бұрын

@@pilladisimo87 Gandalf almost certainly isn't stronger than Sauron. Gandalf the white may have been able to hold his ground, but not beat him. The istari, while extremely powerful, sacrificed a lot of their power and wisdom coming to middle earth, they are far less gifted than they were as maia.

@sukitron5415 3 жыл бұрын

@@lizardlegend42 it isn't that they are less gifted in human form, it's that they willingly hold back their power as the Valar ordered them to do so when they left on their mission

@juliandavidhoffer2022 3 жыл бұрын

@@sukitron5415 if that’s the case what was stopping Sauroman from destroying the Ents and defending Isengard once they attacked?

@gino7lord 3 жыл бұрын

I feel this fits perfectly with the decline of Numenor aswell. They too built tombs greater than the houses of the living and their Kings became so weary of death they wouldn't leave the throne until very very old age when before they would usually abdicate and give it to their heirs.

@WorldWar2freak94 3 жыл бұрын

And then they turned to worshiping the Darkness and thus fell victim to the lies of Sauron. They brought about their own downfall.

@zacharyzachary9576 2 жыл бұрын

Akallabeth is such a beautifully sad chapter in the silmarillion.

@MrHistory269 2 жыл бұрын

Also they started human sacrifice to worship Morgoth which is not very based *Angry Valar noises ensues

@herrdoktorprofessoreldritc3416 2 жыл бұрын

What heirs? Many of the lords pursued war or lore over having children.

@therdinazinastina3000 2 жыл бұрын

This speech hits me differently than when I was a kid. I feel like he is speaking about our times as well.

@jblauh0188 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly couldn't agree more.

@janeappleseed2154 2 жыл бұрын

@@jblauh0188 Time is a flat circle and no one learns from history because they do not care.

@Arkay24 2 жыл бұрын

Humans never change

@faisal5367 2 жыл бұрын

yes. ours is the end of age.

@westrim Жыл бұрын

@B Babbich And yet City Beautiful was fundamentally flawed, and now rightfully consigned to history, though alas it still has too much influence still. The City was Beautiful, true, but that didn't turn out to serve the people on the ground trying to live in it very well.

@AbsentMinded619 Жыл бұрын

The city may not be what it once was, but the guy who edges the front lawn is still doing a great job. I hope he gets a raise.

@twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how it its green in middle of winter

@TJSaw 10 ай бұрын

“All has turned to vain ambition! He would use his grief as a cloak! A thousand years this city has stood. Now at the whim of a madman it will fall.” The Lord of the Rings has such beautiful language, you just get blown away every time.

@TylerCharlesFisher 9 жыл бұрын

Pippin: "Well, I guess I should be hitting the ol' dusty trail..."

@blazodeolireta 6 жыл бұрын

lol he's like:"cool bro, now let's get the hell out of here(before a bakery stop)"

@logandarklighter 5 жыл бұрын

Tyler Fisher I just heard that in Jacksepticeye’s voice. 🤣

@TheInsanegamer697 2 жыл бұрын

Its the little details that make this one of the most narrative rich trilogies ever put to screen. The whole discussion at 1:42 about the clouds being devices of Sauron instead of a natural storm because Orcs have no "love of daylight" is incredible. So small yet so good. Chills every time.

@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc 2 жыл бұрын

Yet later the movie completely ignores this. There is no actual darkness during the battle until the night arrives.

@MAnuscript421 7 ай бұрын

Sauron uses the fumes of Mount Doom to cover the grounds of the earth for his Orc army. Notice how after the Ring was destroyed and Sauron finally vanquished, the volcano went back to sleep.

@emptank 3 жыл бұрын

1:07 really poetic Gandalf, but I could've sworn the actual reason why the line of kings failed is because one childless over eager hugely self confident fool tried to 1v1 the witch king outside of Minas Morgul.

@AnnaMarianne 3 жыл бұрын

Well, that and the earlier civil war over the throne, which caused most of the royal lineages to give up their claim to the throne, which in Gondor is irrevokable. And that civil war was chiefly caused by the Gondorian hysteria over Númenorian racial purity. You got to have that right pedigree.

@thearnorianruby4681 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's exactly what happened.

@fergushancock3567 2 жыл бұрын

@@AnnaMarianne Don't forget the great plague that killed an entire royal family and destroyed well over half the line of Numenor in Gondor.

@gvdl7893 2 жыл бұрын

Who do you mean?

@Will.Flavell 2 жыл бұрын

Anarions line ruled Gondor until his last descendent was killed by the witch king while Isildurs line ruled Arnor until it’s collapse then his remaining line became Chieftains of the Dunedian Rangers which Aragorn is so he was heir of both Arnor and Gondor.

@dankooryuk1013 3 жыл бұрын

Gandalf: When the shadow of Mordor reaches the city, it will begin Pippin: aight imma head out

@BlackDiamond2718 2 жыл бұрын

Me: another game?

@w1ndgeneral226 Жыл бұрын

Pippin: *ok, what say we get the @#$% out of dodge?*

@colinbaldwin313 2 ай бұрын

And Gandalf thinks he's such a fool.

@SuperToastin 3 жыл бұрын

This movie is almost 20 years old, but 0:47 still impresses me immensely. It’s one of the best looking shots out there, probably done with a mix of miniatures and real camera tracking with the actors on a similar set. You wouldn’t even notice it the first time, but it’s the little things in this movie that make it come to life.

@nicknewman7848 3 жыл бұрын

..and the fact that Pippin is played by two people in this scene and at one stage Gandalf is standing on a box. Seamless.

@AudieHolland 2 жыл бұрын

And the actors could have been shot in the car park for all we know.

@7hew0lv3r1ne 2 жыл бұрын

The CGI in The Lord of the Rings holds up really well. That scene with the cave troll in Moria is still one of the best all-time.

@ButcherOfBeek 2 жыл бұрын

Why the lord of the rings aged so fine and the hobbit didn't is because in the Hobbit they overused CGI and in LotR they used optic illusion and tricks. For a fantasy film with monsters, all kinds of unnatural things and huge armies they used suprisingly little gci.

@kevinjimenez3661 2 жыл бұрын

Miniatures

@captainpeyton6378 6 жыл бұрын

Fountain guard look badass

@lkvideos7181 6 жыл бұрын

Imo the most badass looking fictional "medieval" type soldiers.

@TheRybob 5 жыл бұрын

@@lkvideos7181 Agreed, they are so nice to look at i really wish they were in Battle Action atleast 1 scene just slaying orcs left and right.

@alformodoritos2076 5 жыл бұрын

captain peyton Right? It's so badass. It makes me want to dress as a fountain guard in any costume event. It's more badass than any Jedi (except Revan).

@uniboss5519 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRybob nah I’m glad they weren’t in combat. Peter Jackson would have made them look like fucking useless soldiers just like he did for the gondorian soldiers

@goodputin4324 3 жыл бұрын

@@uniboss5519 they can't leave the Tree

@LokiOdinsson 9 жыл бұрын

Kings made tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons. Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry or in high, cold towers asking questions of the stars

@mikegallant811 3 жыл бұрын

In short, the line of kings failed. Those descended from Anarion at least!

@christopherbacon1077 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a commentary on Victorian nobility

@noahjohnson935 3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherbacon1077 more a commentary on what leads to many nations to decline. When kings focus on solidifying their own legacy with vain works and bragging about their ancestry instead of actually governing and setting an example for the rest of the rulers, things go south. Leaders who set a bad example but are still popular will have "lesser men" copy them when they take over instead of being innovative and creative.

@jasv49 2 жыл бұрын

Direct quote from the book of course. Tolkien was such a genius

@johndoe5432 2 жыл бұрын

If that's not a summary of any land in decline I don't know what is.

@ImperialDiecast 4 жыл бұрын

0:47 this slow panning scene is just so epic

@AzUthred 3 жыл бұрын

this is what you dont see anywhere anymore... it doesnt fit the budget or i dont know, in the marvel universe for example there were plenty of opportunity to show places like this, Asgard,Wakanda you name it. But its always a 5 second helicopter flythrough rather thane a slow graceful, mighty scene. But correct me if I wrong.

@jemert96 3 жыл бұрын

The CGI shows its age here, in the bright light you can see that the wall on the right is clearly just a texture

@TheBfutgreg 5 ай бұрын

@@lucgermain9310 I never noticed that, doesn't look too bad to me....to me composition is the issue, like perspectives/parallax don't look realistic given the supposed distances between layers or whatever, there's also when the Fellowship exits Moria after Gandalf's fall It's a 20 year old set of films, it's fine I can ignore it since everything else is timeless

@squamish4244 11 жыл бұрын

Tolkien really knew how to turn a phrase. Damn.

@xantiphos Жыл бұрын

When I listen to Gandalf giving his speech, I can think of him describing the decadence of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome or Byzantium.

@user-rv4wn5qk7q Жыл бұрын

Or our Western civilization

@nano9285 Жыл бұрын

Minas Tirith is supposed to be based on Constantinople. You can imagine him saying this while visiting in early 1453

@Alien-ky3td 8 жыл бұрын

I could listen to Gandalf all day...

@TheLordGojira 9 жыл бұрын

I don't really get why they cut this scene... It's a good one.

@bread_n_butter8614 9 жыл бұрын

TheLordGojira More or less every cut scene from LOTR is brilliant....PJ and his crew could do no wrong then....magical times

@Jeremysepicreads 8 жыл бұрын

I agree

@GoTfan-eb8tk 8 жыл бұрын

+TheLordGojira PJ didn't want to overdo the running time. I think he was trying to be cautious about the trilogy overstaying its welcome.

@KneelB4Bacon 6 жыл бұрын

I wish they would bring back Intermissions in long movies. That way, audiences could stretch, have a smoke break and pee without missing anything.

@Balnazzardi 6 жыл бұрын

The theaterical release as it was was already some 3 hours long....so ofcourse there were lot of good scenes that needed to be cut, but this was by far not even the most essential one.....the death of Saruman was the biggest screwup that they cut from the movie, that should have definitely been in original release... But other than that I think they did good job at cutting and editing. But I do agree with Catzilla there that Intermissions would be good idea atleast with these longer movies....

@BinaryRex18 3 жыл бұрын

That wide shot of Gandalf and Pippin walking on the keel of the citadel never ceases to amaze me. You truly get the sense of immense scale and magnificence there.

@TheGeneral1292 6 жыл бұрын

Gandalf: They guard it because they have hope! Soldier: Actually sir, we guard it because we're paid for it...also, we hate this job!

@usul573 6 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine how fucking boring guarding a damn tree is?

@Nevermore093 5 жыл бұрын

i'm pretty sure they're just sleeping. sleep all day, nobody bothers you, get paid for it, wear the most badass looking armor, best job ever.

@PeterDivine 5 жыл бұрын

LordMIGtau Mate, I'm pretty sure your brother had his head returned to Minas Tirith in a trebuchet. Consider yourself lucky.

@brokensky2378 5 жыл бұрын

PeterDivine also the citadel guard are pretty much mostly veterans so they did their share of not dying alreafy

@desiducky 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@kaljathpanthermage3711 5 жыл бұрын

Gandalf had no idea that Denethor secretly used a Palantir. And that Sauron convinced him there was no hope. A push from the Wind of Madness.

@TheLuisaco 3 жыл бұрын

Thats not entirely true, Denethor as rightful "monarch" of Gondor couldnt be manipulated by Sauron, which had no right at all over the Palantir, Denethor just got depressed due to the mental fatigue of constantly fighting Sauron on Palantir visions and after seeing over and over again the almost infinite forces of the enemy. Thats why he grew older so fast, but no, Sauron didnt convince him of nothing, he just got depressed because he knew the true power of the enemy thanks to the Palantir and truly believed they couldnt win the war after all.

@Tommykey07 3 жыл бұрын

It annoys me that the movie omitted that. It would give context to Denethor's actions. All they needed to do is show him holding it as he speaks to Gandalf when Gandalf tries to stop him from burning Faramir.

@HockeyNationHD Жыл бұрын

@@TheLuisaco So you're saying Sauron convinced him of that.

@HockeyNationHD Жыл бұрын

@@Tommykey07 The plot is the same in Jackson's movie as in the books. There is a single line alluding to it, by Denethor.

@rogueascendant6611 Жыл бұрын

@@HockeyNationHD Read the book. Denethor battled Sauron over the will in using the palantiri. In this contest, a surprising turn that the human have won against a Maiar. But it did left a mark on Denethor, making him weaker and feel grief that dark future awaits for Gondor. Also he's not a a rightful monarch. See where he sits. That's a seat only for the worthy trusted advisor of the king. He's a Steward of Gondor. The kingdom has never have a king for almost 500 years till Aragorn.

@johnd.zephyr2531 5 жыл бұрын

When GOT's is disappointing you weekly, so you come back and watch LOTR's clips for reminders of what a great fantasy still looks like. *sigh*

@godzillavkk 4 жыл бұрын

I like both.

@Whoisthatguy906 Жыл бұрын

never watched GOT

@thefremddingeguy6058 3 жыл бұрын

Even though this is a minor scene, for some reason I almost tear up every time I watch this scene; the cinematography, the music, and the elegance of Gandalf's speech make this just such a beautiful scene

@AUSSIETAIPAN 2 жыл бұрын

Good guy Sauron, making jobs for thousands of orcs, taking care of them, supplying optimal working conditions.

@jonathanfraser321 2 жыл бұрын

I dont think they get paid, nor are there suffcient sickness and pension schemeswhen did you ever see an orc on holiday? Alos I dont think Sauron is big on cosmetic surgery

@jarskil8862 Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanfraser321 Well, Cosmetic surgery only for himself :D

@ericofthewest24 Жыл бұрын

I love how the White Tree Gandalf refers to stretches back to the Island Kingdom of Numenor.

@Natedawg38 6 ай бұрын

Anyone else think being a citizen of minas tirith, forever sentenced to stare at the omnious red glow of mordor on the horizon would be eternally depressing? I mean imagine it - youre a gondorian soldier, its your night off, you hit the tavern with the lads and while having drunken heart to hearts in the beer garden you look up and are like "ah shit, fucking mordor."

@gideonhorwitz9434 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve always found the calm before the storm strangely terrifying and yet equally relaxing

@BlackDiamond2718 10 ай бұрын

Like a hurricane, the calm before the storm

@gcHK47 2 жыл бұрын

Some viewers might not understand why Minas Tirith is so important. I’ll tell you, if you don’t mind a little story: Thousands of years before the War of the Ring, the Men of Arda (the world) aided the Elves in opposing the Devil of Tolkien’s stories, Melkor. Their reward for aiding Melkor’s defeat was an island paradise in the Great Sea west of Middle-Earth; and that paradise’s name was Númenor. Númenor was a beautiful and prosperous island that was blessed by the Valar (archangels), and it’s people lived up to 500 years old! Over time, Númenor became the cultural and military powerhouse of Arda; the Roman Empire of Tolkien’s creation, as it were. They were so powerful that Sauron surrendered to them at the mere sight of the Númenorean army sent to oppose him when he first declared war on the world. But that was part of his back-up plan. While imprisoned in Númenor, Sauron convinced the people to turn their backs on Eru Ilúvatar (God) and the Valar, proclaiming that the divines were deliberately withholding the secret to eternal life from Men. Eventually, King Ar-Pharazôn, 25th monarch of Númenor, built an army to wage war upon the Valar. Eru Ilúvatar decided that he couldn’t allow Men to set foot upon the Undying Lands of Aman. He used his holy power to sink Númenor beneath the Great Sea, buried Ar-Pharazôn and his army in a massive rock slide, made Arda into a sphere, and removed the Undying Lands from the sphere. But, Númenor was not entirely destroyed. Elendil, a nobleman, led thousands of repentance Númenoreans across the Great Sea to Middle-earth, Eru Ilúvatar blessing their journey because of their contrite hearts. He and his sons, Isildur and Anárion, established the two kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor upon Middle-earth, bringing much of the culture and memory of Númenor with them. That is why Sauron fears Aragorn; as Isildur’s only remaining descendant and heir, if Aragorn reclaims the throne of Gondor, then he will bring back the strength of Númenor with him. With the spirit of Númenor in their hearts, Sauron cannot win against Men unless he reacquires the One Ring. Minas Tirith, is the last remnant of what Men once were in Arda…

@emiliosereni1864 Жыл бұрын

Thx nice sun up :)

@TheAETHER22 Жыл бұрын

Does that happen after the events of the Rings of Power supposedly? I mean, the vision comes true after-all?

@gcHK47 Жыл бұрын

@@TheAETHER22 I haven’t seen Rings of Power.

@GayLitesFTW Жыл бұрын

@@TheAETHER22 yes the vision does come true eventually. Ar Pharazon, (the heir apparent super populist guy), once he is king, will lead Numenor to ruin by waging war against Valinor. Eru will wipe Numenor off the face of Arda.

@Double-R-Nothing Жыл бұрын

@@TheAETHER22 Considering Amazon is deliberately wiping their ass with Tolkien's work, probably not.

@spiderdude2099 2 жыл бұрын

Sad fact: The “dark cloud” that Gandalf mentions extending from Mordor is very similar to one he used when he first returned to Barad dur. It extended towards Minas Tirith causing disease and paranoia and is what caused the death of Boromir and Faramir’s mother, and began driving Denethor to despair and insanity.

@desertlogic222 2 жыл бұрын

This hasn’t aged a day. McKellen, Jackson and Shore wove a magic scene.

@hydraliskin Жыл бұрын

yeah it might not look old but its starting to feel like it..thin, streched like butter on too much bread

@ripsnorter185 Жыл бұрын

The entire depiction of Gondor is how I imagine the uk especially atm

@TheImmutableTruth 3 жыл бұрын

"A thousand years this city has stood, and now, at the whim of a mad man it will fall. The old wisdom born out of the West was forsaken. Kings made tombs more splendid than the houses of the living, and counted the old names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons. Childless lords sat in aged halls, musing on heraldry, or in high cold towers asking questions of the stars." (Dialogue presumably lifted straight out of Tolkien's writing. Pure poetry. A real loss to the theatrical version that this scene was cut.)

@Grivian 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love when Gandalf explains the decline of Gondor

@davidwest3630 6 жыл бұрын

This explanation leaves a lot unsaid, the great plague ravaged the kingdoms of the west and forced Gondor to abandon its watch on Mordor. And the gondorian civil war known as the kin strife further weakened Gondor while also destroying Osgiliath.

@Godunow100 5 жыл бұрын

This scene doesn't explain shit. Sure, most information about Gondor 3000 years history is placed in appendices, not actual novel but we still learn A LOT about it's proud numenorean ancestry and slow tragic decline. If I would watch the movies without knowing the source material Gondor would be just some bizzare city-state with seriously fucked up military and leadership.

@vegito9019 3 жыл бұрын

@@Godunow100 That's true man. I undrestand why PJ did what he did, still I don't really aprove it. Gondor was... something else as you may know, so magnificent, so strong, and in the movies it's protrayed as a very weak version of it. Yes, there was weakness in Gondor, but also strength, and there's only like 3 scenes of 10 seconds each that show it.

@obi89 3 жыл бұрын

@@vegito9019 you sound like boromir in the council.. lol

@aesir1ases64 2 жыл бұрын

It would be really hard to explain Gondor's history in a concise way that did not confused the hell out of casuals, PJ did a great almost perfect job in setting up the lore and explaining the world of middle earth, lets always remember this movie was not for the hardcore fan but the average movie fan that probably have not yet read the books. Its just the fate of being a hollywood mass production.

@Monkey36044 2 жыл бұрын

@@aesir1ases64 Lotr may have been a victim of Hollywood, but back then - decades ago, it still had a bit of its former greatness. Today its jut a clownfiesta consisting of remakes after remakes and failed attempts of continuing old franchises

@bcoleman519 Жыл бұрын

That shot that cranes past the prow of the city to Gandalf and Pippin looking out into the distance is one of the greatest VFX shots in the entire trilogy, with how utterly real and believable it is. There's a ton of stunning work in ROTK, specifically concerning Minas Tirith, but that one shot blows me away every time. It is perfect.

@gaynzz6841 28 күн бұрын

Ride of the Rohirrim has the best shots

@wallyhiggens5369 3 жыл бұрын

When I think of the state decline I often think about Gandalf's condemnation in the decline of Gondor. Such a short speech and so eloquent. I love these movies.

@teencomment 3 жыл бұрын

Watching the series again in high school made me realize the sort of parallels that Tolkein made between Gondor and the Byzantine Empire. A remnant of a once-great empire reduced to one city and a few surrounding smaller ones facing much more powerful enemies from the East.

@_semih_ 3 жыл бұрын

Nope. It was Ancient Egyptians not Byzantines. Tolkien said Gondor based on ancient Egypt. What we see in this video is just Peter Jackson's version

@Viktorvelat95 3 жыл бұрын

@@_semih_ why not both?

@_semih_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@Viktorvelat95 It's Tolkien's decision. He said Gondor based on Ancient Egyptians. And Numenor based on Atlantis. But the films and fanarts make them look very medieval-European 🤷🏻‍♂️ Its not what Tolkien imagined

@Viktorvelat95 3 жыл бұрын

@@_semih_ of course I get your point, however the story is always the same, there’s always a) another empire attacking as well as b) an inner turmoil of the falling empire that result in -> the total collapse

@_semih_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@Viktorvelat95 you are right

@mathewleon7839 2 жыл бұрын

The music that kicks in at 0:22 is just amazing. Simple tune that communicates complex emotions. Flawless.

@TheBfutgreg 5 ай бұрын

Minas Tirith theme....so great and subtle, the reforging of Narsil into Andúril is my favorite version of it

@Tyraeleon 4 жыл бұрын

Lol I always just loved how Gandalf trash talks the fountain guards like nothing

@israeladdo4430 Жыл бұрын

I just love His delivery. You can literally feel his disappointment in Gondor

@FamiliarAnomaly Жыл бұрын

tolkien was trying to warn us

@Ragitsu 15 күн бұрын

Of?

@CJ-pj5gu 6 жыл бұрын

>Hard times create strong men >Strong men create good times >Good times create weak men >Weak men create hard times

@lewistaylor2858 6 жыл бұрын

Be the change you want to see yes, yes we are

@bbslabaugh 6 жыл бұрын

Be the change you want to see actually, we are in a hard time created by weak men. So America elected a strong man -- Donald J Trump. His greatest promise: "I will be the GREATEST jobs President that God ever created". Well, he's succeeding wildly. America is beginning to show signs of an economic boom. America's military is being built up MASSIVELY now, and the North Koreans are bending the knee and making concessions that they refused to make to ANY administration since the end of WWII. Mr. Trump's approval is rising dramatically; interesting times!

@stefciok 6 жыл бұрын

Circle of life

@Issaquan5 5 жыл бұрын

we've never had good times tbf

@dhillonbhatt3459 5 жыл бұрын

That depends on the circumstances, for example; my dad was a cunt, I've been picking up after him all my life lmao.

@utkarshverma7 3 жыл бұрын

I like how the music just change when pippin see towards mordor and sound of volcanic eruption intensifies

@a_loyal_kiwi88 Жыл бұрын

0:20 "The white tree, the tree of the king, will never bloom again" "Why are they still guarding it?" "They guard it because they have hope. A faint and fading hope that one day it will flower, the king will come, and this city will be as it once was, before it fell into decay" This small piece of dialogue, along with the imagery and score, and the idea that the fountain guards represent, touches my soul very deeply. Near to the point, i am brought to tears. In our world full of cynicism and nihilistic doomsaying, It's hard for me to find anything inspiring or that makes me hopeful of the future. And as made clear by many commenters here, it seems foolish or boring to guard a dead tree all your life, but i find it to be extremely beautiful and poignant. Just hearing/reading Tolkien's words create in me some kind of peace, as if even should the worst happen, there would still be hope left to guard that the future will be better. Nomatter how implausible it may seem, or how small in chance. How tedious a guard post it be, or foolish to those more pessimistic. As long as a single man takes that hope into his heart, that dreamed future remains possible.

@subutaynoyan5372 Жыл бұрын

As an avid hater of Rings of Power, I got to admit that Peter Jackson had a great material for his dialogues in the books. Yes, his films made a lot of ridicilous changes, but he never forsaked the essence of the source material, and also, he could resort to Tolkien's very very well written dialogue Wheras ROP writers are supposed to mirror Tolkien's writing, which is an insurmountable task even for the best writers of English literature today. Here, Gandalf long exposition is actually uttered by Aragorn in the books, if memory serves. PJ just knew how to blend everything in. In the Two Towers, Treebeard describes orcs with ''Gnawing, biting, breaking, hacking, burning. Destroyers of usurpers, curse them!'' But in the books, it was Tom Bombadil, who told Frodo and his company at Old Forest of how trees resented things that roamed the Earth freely and how they saw them ''Gnawing, biting, breaking, hacking, burning. Destroyers and usurpers'' This is a direct result of being really in love with the source material

@samwell2386 Жыл бұрын

Well written

@godzillavkk Жыл бұрын

No one can truly mimic Tolkein. People should be themselves in the end.

@iliangathot9254 Жыл бұрын

Ian McKellen's eyes are a being of themselves. It is truly amazing what he can say by just moving them.

@Tres_Nueve 5 жыл бұрын

His delivery is incredible... We don't get this calibre of actor emerging anymore.

@TheChromaKid 5 жыл бұрын

Second part if a bit of a sweeping statement, but yes his delivery is oustanding

@gasguzzler95 Жыл бұрын

God I love that Gondor fountain guard armor, WETA did the lords work with their armor design

@davd1986 5 жыл бұрын

Clearly, Minas Tirith is a declining city in the rust belt.

@andrewmccoll1582 3 жыл бұрын

Bring back the auto jobs to Gondor!

@anastasiacisarovna8460 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewmccoll1582 Stop sending our jobs to the Easterlings!

@CdFMasterVideo Жыл бұрын

I think that what I love the most about this speech (so, not counting the awesome cinematography and music around it) is that he doesn't just regret the time when things were better, he regrets that the rulers of Gondor have stopped trying to make things better again, too busy as they were to remember the old days. Gandalf, on the other hand, has seen everything that ever happened, he has seen the decline of great realms, the treason of great kings, the destruction of great creations, but he never lost hope, determination and courage, and he keeps helping others to do the same. So of course he gets angry then melancholic when it doesn't work.

@sadev101 Жыл бұрын

look at the length of the courtyard to the end where they stand.. and the burning ruler of this city ran all the way from the inside of the building to the edge to fall off... that part was ridiculous.. lol

@jameshetherington1 2 жыл бұрын

Theres a lot to love here but somehow the way McKellen performs the line "yes... There it lies..." About Mordor - to Pippin a long discussed menace - is fantastic, you can hear the disdain, weariness, dread but also a kind of defiance, great performance

@YTuseraL2694 2 жыл бұрын

"He would even use his grief as a cloak!" Now, this is the line I will have to use in real life sometimes..

@drakashrakenburgproduction5369 28 күн бұрын

Words can’t describe how much I love this scene and exposition. So magical and beautiful. JRR Tolkien was a genius l.

@jordanvanhek2498 3 жыл бұрын

2:13😂 he was like:"I wanna go home!"

@joebro391 3 жыл бұрын

"kings made tombs, more splendid than the houses of the living"

@hannahrichardson9359 3 жыл бұрын

I have to admit the extended edition of both lord of the rings and the hobbit is brilliant. Way better than the theatre version. Extended scenes and deleted scenes are just fantastic to watch. All actors and actresses are super talented in the lord of the rings and the hobbit

@amandaeklund8136 5 жыл бұрын

Minas Tirith looks so beautiful

@RennieAsh Жыл бұрын

Perin : nice story, where are we off to next? Gandalf : one does not simply walk away from Mordor

@sum1tookish380 8 жыл бұрын

Just start the video at 2:07 ... "LOL NOPE PEREGRIN TOOK OUT"

@marionbaggins 7 жыл бұрын

*Love That Hobbit Named Billy Boyd!!!!!*

@jennagrigsby9956 2 жыл бұрын

The physical contrast of the dark of and the light is so powerful in this scene

@NautiusMaximus 11 ай бұрын

Pretty much sums up the west now

@mindlessambient1791 3 жыл бұрын

That music at 0:22 is great...

@TheNickheath999 3 жыл бұрын

Pippin: Moorrdddooorrrr Gandalf: Yessssss

@metademetra Жыл бұрын

Tolkien wrote this monologue in 1955. This is 67 years old, and yet this is more accurate than ever. Looking at Tolkien's work makes me a wee depressed sometimes, because everything he was criticizing in his books somehow only got worse as the generations passed. But I guess the best we can do is build better houses than our tombs, and hold the names of our sons dearer than the names of our descendants.

@Ragitsu 15 күн бұрын

You ignore/downplay the boons we presently enjoy.

@MonkeyDAnis 5 жыл бұрын

I thougth Minas Thirith was Real. I mean it was even Inside the DVD pack.....and it looks so fucking real. Then someone told me it istn real. After that, everytime i drive in a car (with parents or anyone else) and there was a wide fiel, i always told to myself "if i have some day enough money, i will build right there Minas thirith"

@catchasmurf762 7 ай бұрын

No wonder Gondor had a tough time, waking up every day and looking over at that hellscape just over the way would be enough to put anyone off their breakfast!

@justicedemocrat9357 Жыл бұрын

There's this masterpiece and then there's the new rings of power show, lol.

@godzillavkk 3 ай бұрын

Grow up.

@MrJacobElias 3 жыл бұрын

Damn... this extended sceen really makes you want to read the books agein for the poetic writings of tolkin.

@josephmetriks6852 3 жыл бұрын

Best movies in human history

@Nemophilist850 Жыл бұрын

Very topical.

@joan.oviedo7ace3 3 жыл бұрын

Those few minutes alone are better than all the movies released in the last few yrs. Cinematography, costume design, story, acting.....just wow.

@brad5426 2 жыл бұрын

Just imagine being given the acknowledgement of having to stay at Minas Tirith while Mordor advances on the city, must be terrifying

@Jeremysepicreads Жыл бұрын

So much wisdom

@BlackDiamond2718 10 ай бұрын

I love how he explained that their people was obsess with their history and old legacy that they abandoned what was in front of them as as a result they decayed as people did over time. Also this shows how poetic their words were in most dialogue.

@jank3150 5 жыл бұрын

"My brothers out fighting orcs and what do I get? Tree guard duty"

@dillonchavez5390 5 жыл бұрын

This scene explains so much about Gondor, needed information at that. Why it wasn't included is astounding.

@mbk3214 Жыл бұрын

I love the contrast of white and red in this scene

@Cayden1988 6 жыл бұрын

Love that camera work.

@vijeth12345 3 жыл бұрын

Woah.. that should have been part of the movie.. at least the first 1:25

@Mxyzptlksac 2 жыл бұрын

Face it, Pippin had the most realistic reaction.

@user-yg9tp3ul7y 3 жыл бұрын

Gandalf is definitely your favourite character.. the elder wiseman who always has the answers to questions no one could answer...

@MarkArandjus Жыл бұрын

0:51 I completely believe the reality of this courtyard, such good compositing.

@alyjahzavisa2506 2 жыл бұрын

The way music is incorporated into these scenes still blows me away even after seeing it 1000x. A masterpiece is an understatement

@samuelkuric1952 2 жыл бұрын

This is my exact reaction to the new Amazon Prime Lord of the Rings show coming out... The fans still guard the white tree because we have hope that one day someone with respect for older franchise's will take up the mantle and craft a good story that both respects and adds to that which came before.

@whiteknightcat 2 жыл бұрын

@gcHK47 2 жыл бұрын

Truth.

@godzillavkk 2 жыл бұрын

I was afraid of finding comments like this. This is always been LOTR's biggest weakness, it's values of the past

@gcHK47 2 жыл бұрын

@@godzillavkk It’s not a weakness; it’s a g-damn theme of Tolkien’s legendarium as a whole. His entire legendarium stresses that the past was once full of wonder, Magic, love, and peace.

@godzillavkk 2 жыл бұрын

@@gcHK47 And a past that had as much bad stuff as it did good stuff.

@jack1235ify 2 жыл бұрын

wonderful acting !

@theoutsider8745 5 жыл бұрын

I love the armour of the guards of the White Tree...so pretty!

@jonnydoey9435 4 жыл бұрын

Aways nice to see how things come full circle. Aragon and the civilians of Rohan were facing certain death until Gandalf came to help in The Two Towers. Gandalf and the civilians of Gondor were facing certain death until Aragon came to help in ROTK

@richardwaldron1684 5 жыл бұрын

one of my favourite scenes in the trilogy

@RightAway87 9 ай бұрын

Such an epic story. It has a lot of parallels to the world today.

@ViktoriousDead 2 ай бұрын

“Kings built tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons. Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry or in high cold towers asking questions of the stars. And so the kingdom of Gondor sank into ruin, the line of kings failed, the white tree withered and the rule of Gondor was given over to lesser men.”