Lol yup

@Krzysztof Bartczak it was a joke...

Theoden King!

All those noobs who don't know, that the black gate was built by Gondor after Isildur victory over Sauron, but still try to act smart

HiopX wasn’t that just the towers built by gondor？

Fine line between Tradition and Addiction, but we don't judge here :P

EPIC EPIC EPIC

true bro

반지의제왕... 안정환이 생각나네 2002월드컵 이탈리아전 골 ~~~

Every month atleast ❤️

Actually I believe that battlecry is a mockery of Sauron. Sauron is the one who originally caused men to fear death leading to the fall of Numenor 100-200 years prior. They are charging into what they know is certain death in defiance of Sauron.

It's more than that. They're welcoming it. They know if they die, their deaths will mean something, because they were true to what they loved when it mattered most.

It's a statement of religious defiance. Sauron WANTS men to fear death, that's his primary method of corrupting them. The faithful Rohirrim know there is no need to fear death, as it means returning to Illuvatar/God, and the threat of it is to be met in glorious, fearless, defiant combat. For death and glory.

Always interpreted it as purposefully running towards death to counteract fear

in the books it is said by Eomer after he sees his uncle and sister lying dead, so he welcomes death for both themselves and to his foes... Cries "Death, Death to us all, DEATH!"

That's Achilles before he marched against the horde of white walkers. Game of Thrones

What was funny about that line is at that time, most kings did...and many died in battle for it.

DEATH!!

@@murcielagokuroko6561 BREAAAAAD!!

@@iputuwidiantara2919 king leads the charge as one should when leading is people to their end

Dame . never looked at it like that!! My feels!! Dx

this actually hitted me

I am shooketh

As if wasn't getting emotional enough during this scene, wow

This was dope ❤️

It's the practical effects and actual extras instead of being entirely CGI like the Hobbit movies which already look dated sadly.

Ehh… You should be fair to the Hobbit movies. They didn't have the time to properly render the CGI, nor did they have the time to actually polish the scripts, etc. It takes time to make practical effects on a large scale, and unfortunately the studio didn't give Peter Jackson time for pre-production, which the LOTR films had over a year of.

RevanofKorriban which is exactly why movies shouldn’t be rushed to be released

@@revanofkorriban1505 When you are in charge of a project, your job is to deliver it to perfection.. 'No time' is an excuse.

@@InfectedBeats They were already dated at release...

I do as well, arched over a House of Eorl crest

Now both of you do "Forth Eorlingas"

Does looking at the tattoo help you get through tough situations?

Cringe

@@ferro1398 yes

OMG lucky 😁

I think I have two souls... T-T

I have no soul I've never cried for any movie

I don't cry, just get shivers throughout my body

@@devinsweeting4978 also acceptable lol

No tears, just excitement and adrenaline

~ i dont like how stupid they depicted some important things, like archers holding the full drown bow to shoot in volleys... . Its quite hard and tiresome to hold shots like this, the elfs/elbs did the same, the enemy has all the time to raise the shields when done so, but if arches would shoot when ready the sky would be full of arrows all the time. Every time they hold fire and wait for a command to release them in this trilogy... . Its plain stupid, but people love it. + how stupid the catapults on this castle are placed, behind the walls would make more sense, but otherwhise the enemy couldnt shoot them down so easy for the cinema. + every wall in this trilogy has no kind of machicolations nor proper crenels. Its like these walls where build only to look good, and not to actually repell an attack on it... . And infront of a castle are normally ditches digged by the defenders, so enemy towers cant just roll straight to the walls. A simple spikewall or two, with ditches digged would have stopped these horsemen. And every single besieging force builds that in the first few hours, otherwhise enemys can just walk into like shown here. So yes, for a fictional universe, inhabitatet by idiots, its a good trilogy and great scenes.

@@wodrapixel2818 to be fair, in history there have been many dumb decisions made by generals and rulers regarding their armies and fortresses. and yes this is a movie things need to be a bit more theatrical than in real life. also i think the book itself has some explanation to certain things, i think in the book it's mentioned the horses of the rohirim aren't regular horses like real ones, they are much stronger and faster since they are of a breed that isn't real but exists in the LOTR world.

Damn i feel old

Videographer: How wide do you want the shot to be? Director: Yes!

그러게요 어벤져스 도 따라오기 힘듬

ah, to be fair, even if you dont account for the books, he had two days of travel to come up with a few ideas as of what to do. in military thinking, there isnt even that much choice. heavy cavalry works in tight formations (as the rohirim kinda are and do) he basically has two options, going for flank-chipping, or broadening his formation and meeting the enemys on as large a front as possible. considering the comparable staturesque weakness of an orc against an armed horsemen, the fact that they are riding out on a hailmarry and expect to meet their doom anyways, and the fact that the orcs have not seen fit to construct defensive works such as ditches, he choose the second option. in the books btw, mordor HAD screening troops in deffensive works (ditches) to catch the rohirim and prevent them from making it to the pelenor fields, but a certain gahn buri gahn lead them through a secret forest-passage so they could circumvent these screening orcs. he also briefed theoden and eomer on the positions on the orcs, and it is his intelligence, that lets the rohirim arrive in battle-ready formation, as they know beforehand what they want to do. entire subplot has been cut from the movie, though, since it would take a lot of time to do it justice i dont know if this whole explenation ruins the scene for you, but for me it just shows that tolkien really cared about the world he wrote, he had proper military tactics implemented in most of the battles.

That, and he has a Legions of loyal Soldiers behind him who without a doubt will fight and die for him and for Rohan.. now that's epic and badass.

Leaving a troop of horses, chances were he would come up with a cavalry charge, tho.

​@@risraid9324 oaths they had taken

A strategy of everyone just running straight forward on a formation? 😂😂😂 Okkkk...how much time would you need to come up with that? 10 to 15 years?

In the future there will be movies that will exceed LOTR in greatness. Those movies will be the greatest movies to ever exist in Hollywood. WATCH AN SEE!

For real. The return of hope and adrenaline that they would probably feel and the inspiration to continue fighting

I would cry a lot for seeing an ally in hard times.

Bruh, look thats our ally! Omg Rush? RUUUUUUSHHHHHH!!!!!!!

DEATH!!!!

I’d be busting in my chain mail covered pants. Giant loads, over and over again

The rohorrim could solo the undead army and cercis armies.

Delta 23 6000 rohirric cav with obsidian weapons? No thanks.

The Rohirim are banging all the Dothraki's girlfriends.

@@sokandueler9578 The Night King would be pissing ice water if he saw that

@@foolslayer9416 he would probably get that "were fucked" face the ork commander gets when they are about to run into his army lmao

There is another but it happens 2 minutes after.

@@emz2969 REFORM THE LINE! SOUND THE CHARGE! TAKE THEM HEAD ON!!

@@emz2969 are you talking about the Polished Winged Hussars in the movie The Day of the Siege: September Eleven, 1683, when they charged into the Ottomans? Historically, they are the closest thing to the Rohirrim's charge in LOTRs

@@SolidAvenger1290 I read somewhere that the charge at the end of the battle for Helms Deep was Tolkin directly reenacting the Winged Hussars at Vienna

Probably because of the real enthusiasm and horsemanship of the kiwi extras, put together with great directing, cutting, music... Everything is so on point❤❤❤

Fey he seemed, or the battle fury of his fathers ran like new fire within his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a God of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young.

Also being in the front line ..... That's what a hell of a king

Achilles )

Ask Richard the 3rd how it worked for him 😂

Achilles!

Thorin......

wym

@@Michael-ks1sn the kind of budget it takes to do a movie this well is something most studios don't want to do. Also, most of those riders are real and the people in front are the ones who had the most experience riding horses.

The fact that this movie is 20 years old and still looks better than anything today is even more of a miracle!

@@Finglish100 facts

And then Amazon tried to desecrate it. With new movie.

J.R.R. Tolkien is genius writer

​@@notgadot Correct me if I'm wrong but IIRC Gothmog is an OC that the screenwriters made up.

"Fire at will!"

@@philiproe1661 Technically Gothmog existed as the Witch King's Lieutenant/ Lieutenant of Morgul in the books, though what Gothmog actually was isn't specified. In essence, Gothmog the Orc's a potential OC though Gothmog as a character is canon.

Gothmog's reaction was likely an homage to how the Sultan & the Ottomans saw the Winged Hussars on their immediate flank at the 1683 Seige of Vienna. Like this scene in LOTRs for the Rohirrim, the Poles charged the Ottomans with one of human history's greatest cavalry charges that saved the world of Christendom.

I have always referred to this specific rider as the ‘Coked up rohirrim’

Should be Gamling by the looks of his beard and helmet.

Man is ready to solo the entire army.

He came to kill. Nothing else to say. 😂

That guy have 44 kill. Currently above gimli and Legolas

Fear of death was a central tenant of Morgoth's corruption, and so is carried within all of his corrupted creatures. Dragons, Balrogs, Trolls, and Orcs are all ultimately cowards, by design. They all fear death and, absent a force forcing them to face it, will flee it. Break the line and an orc army will scatter, as they did upon the plains before Gondor.

doesn't make a lot of sense though. panning over the army of orcs they look densely packed in formation, and there's about 100.000 of them, and yet the rohirrim still tramples them and rides through somehow. where's the space for them to ride like that?

@@gordonlekfors2708 Well account also that these Orcs are not that sturdy like Humans and get pushed back probably like flies for the Horses + that they only stand in Formation the first Encounter after that they scatter and the Horses have enough space. You see also in the last seconds how some riders are not charging in anymore + they got already the enemie fleeing

@@gordonlekfors2708 i don't think u know what it means to be pushed by a running horse, a horse without armor, but those horses had armor and a rider, pretty heavy, imagine getting hit by that

@@gordonlekfors2708 if you notice, a little before the impact, the orcs break formation. The only reason (even in real wars during the Middle Age) why pikesmen were able to stop the charge of cavalry was because of their formation. If even only one man faultered, the entire formation was doomed. That's why you can see the Rohirrim roam free. There was no formation along the Orcs.

ag.floats XR best moment in cinematic history

Narnia's charge scene is the best in cinema history imo. That slo-mo and lack of music before impact is just pure art

Caches no way

@@hazbojangles2681 i said imo man hahaha. The music, costumes, cgi and screenplay is some of the best ive seen and that's coming from a huge lotr fan. I know narnia is technically a family movie but just something about that battle scene gets me riled up every damn time.

Caches I’m not really a fan of Narnia but I’m A Lotr Superfan. I’ve read the book countless times read the Hobbit countless times and I have read The Silmarillion a lot of times too. Whenever someone says that something is better than Lotr I just get a bit angry lol

I'd bee cheering death with them.

@@SewingMink160 That's almost the same reaction when the Austrians saw the Winged Hussars during the battle of Vienna in 1683 when they charged the Ottoman army after a 40-day siege. Both sides took in the sight of one of human history's greatest cavalry charges.

Polska nie zgniela!

I say that to my son when I need him to be brave and I am not ashamed of it. "Courage for our friends" is something we can all get behind.

The trilogy has aged very well.

True. It deserved all the oscar awards it received

I couldn't agree more

Вот такие фильмы стоять смотреть бесконечно

Yea, masks look more natural than fully CGI faces. xd

True king

Watch the behind the scenes of this scene. It is also epic as hell

I get goosebumps at the second time. already.

Same here

Gay

That's real feminism, women and men standing each other, not against each other

Eowen gave me such an attraction for warrior women lol

She truly realises in that moment what the men feel: the brotherhood that draws out courage. I'm always so proud of her as a character.

@@walterraschenbach4068 me too.

Great words to tell your meat shield before a charge...

thanosbananos I think he would’ve been proud. It may not be exactly how he wrote it, but in some areas it works better on screen.

@@QixTheDS I think he would of liked it for the music alone

Tolkien was never really fond of war or fighting. His fight scenes were never very long in the books, and they were generally glossed over in favour of other, more important things.

TheBreezyTrousers I mean more in regards to how well his universe was brought to life rather than just the fight scene itself.

He'd have to be like over 100

the winged hussars arrived

Nonsence writen up there! Spelled King Theoden wrong!

yeah and the orcs are supposed to be turks you dumbo

​@@krystiankornilowicz4577On September 11 I believe.

The best trilogy of all time :')

yes

12 years..?

if i was gunna end it all, id go out like this screaming death fucking hell yes fuck yes!

ONE of the best movies?? Correction: The best trilogy

same here :)

With tears

Every time. Arise!

@@metal_fusion what a shame, if you ever have the opportunity to watch it in theatre you should definitely go for it

@@metal_fusion i was lucky i was in the premiere of all the trilogy

You can feel the fear as she says these words. And yet, she rides into battle. That's true courage, the willingness to face terrifying things.

Courage is strength in times of great fear.

For me, she is much more strong than the so called strong women characters of today...

True strength came from protecting the ones u love.. u fear nothing.

😭😭 me too !

"Gonna run! Tasty grass...Gonna run! Gonna do a poo! Tasty grass..."

Dude best fucking comment ever!!! Hahaga

Right???? Me rn rewatching these legendary trilogies and these beautiful scenessss

Yes still give me goosebumps too

Much of the rank and file extras had them made of resin links but for closeup and sound effects they used the real stuff.

There were these two guys at Weta Workshop whose only job was to link the chains together to make all the chainmail used in LotR. At the end of it their fingertips left no more fingerprints, because of how worn out the skin was.

You do realize that shit was fake too right? lol Next thing you'll say is how CGI ruined movies haha

@@1BrknHrtdRomeo It's a hybrid of live action and CGI.

Either way, the attention to detail in these movies is just plain staggering, innit?

Ryan Allman can’t agree more, the charge in GOT was pathetic unfortunately.

The Battle of Bastards horse charge was awesome though. But yeah the Dothraki was eh.

@@elmoglue the image of ghost running alongside Jorah was great though

Lmao

Well the Dothraki charge was great imo. Why did it got so much hate? Because of the awful tactic? The did the same here. Because it was a waste in menpower? They do the same here later with the Oliphants. There was no reason at all to charge them head on. Because it was too dark? OK that bugged me too, but the scene where the flames vanish into the dark was excellent for that! Could someone explain it to me please 🙈?

I agree. They went through them like a hot knife through butter.

"It was at this moment he knew, he fucked up"

And the musical buildup to this moment is so utterly transcendent I find it hard to really capture the emotion of it in words

I get chills every time. The look of fear in his eyes is so well done

Gothmog didn't give a fuck. He stayed and battled to the death anyway.

Fear not darkness!

I'm sorry for your loss, however I have never seen a movie with my grandfather. After reading this maby I should . Not fore fame ,but a Genuine love for another person.

Charge into death for it holds no bounds. Jesus is the white rider who holds all that is right. Be fearless and hold firm. Your day is coming like a pale morning after a hot day. No matter your desire he will hold you true. On his horse you will ride towards the endless sunset. Behold my friend you have the king of all the earth to ride with.

My old man never got to see all of this movie. Got it on home video and everyy time he tried my sisters would throw a temper tantrum like they were children. Despite being teenagers. So he gave up trying to watch this movie. Even when I tried to get him to watch it again over the next 5 years before his death... Nothing. Guess he knew my sisters would throw another bitch fit no matter when or when it was. Yes my sisters were that vindictive and petty.

your grandfather is among the riders of Rohan

You act like this is a bad thing

Yes! There is no fucking tolerance

Yes it is actually THAT GOOD.

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@@bbombastus7791 Couldn't agree more. Hearing Tolkien reading over Jackson's movie scene adaptation is pure fantasy joy. Also shows how great a respect Jackson had for Tolkiens original work and the lore he created. J.R.R. Tolkien...one author to rule them all.

So realistic in terms of historical battle tactics too. Most movies have terrible battle scenes but somehow this 20 year old movie absolutely not only nailed it cinematically but also realistically. The way the orc leader shouts commands to form ranks, telling pikemen to get to the front. They also form an accurate formation, digging their pikes into the ground pointing the spear upwards towards the horses. And we actually get to see a cavalry charge. Normally in movies the two lines meet and it instantly turns into movie style 1v1s. So much detail was put into these movies in many ways.

The orks here are no magic, no superpowers, weak mind and half of the size of a human... it's rly like rohan ride in the war against children.

@@dianamon2727 still a badass outcome. I'd also like to trample over some kids

Well they do have horses willing to charge a wall of pikes.

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@@ell442sugarbae8 you high off of ring powder?

Because they used actual people and minimal cgi

NO. They used massive amounts of CGI. Look at the bloody behind the scenes videos, for heaven's sake! Stop making these absurd claims. Apart from the close-ups, this is all CGI. In some shots during the charge before the impact, you can see in the background where there are very few horses-For those shots they took a bunch of extras and concentrated in front of the camera, to camouflage the CGI Rohirrim around them. For this scene, they used 200 real riders and horses: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zq-EaLqd2pvXZ5s.htmlh11m38s

RevanofKorriban the CGI is blended perfectly though, that’s why it looks so good, it’s not the main focal point like it is in the hobbit, it’s why LOTR looks better visually despite being 15+ years old

@@revanofkorriban1505 I don't know what your talking about. For this scene they gathered together 6000 trained cavalry men and spent decades breeding hordes of orcs.

@@G3rain1 Your're actually not exactly wrong. Jackson actually asked his crew if any of them had or knew how to ride a horse and let them be in the scene because he wanted more actual people.

Wes Cuijpers IDK man, Omaha Beach in Saving Private Ryan is up there.

Nah, this takes it by a landslide, listening to the music as it goes on makes me scream "DEATH!" Every time I watch it, it makes me want to be a part of that tidal wave of horses and spears.

Christopher Faulk To each his own, but Saving Private truly captured the horrors of war.

Wes Cuijpers It is the greatest battle of all time!

Wes Cuijpers gshx

The absolute spectacle and score makes this scene so chilling and rewatchable.

Your comment got me in tears 😢 😭 I would die for my family and friends

@@billjnr2834 “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” - John‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I love your comment as well. Thank you.

orks have a short pike :)

sbcontt YT so what were they supposed to do in this scenario? Ditch their horses

I tear up everytime I watch this seen. I had never seen anything like it when it came out. I was blown away watching this in theaters.

Amén

a lot of the orcs broke off formation before the charge impacted them which probably minimized the damage.

Thank you for this my favorite part.

holy shit this is good.

It is also important to note that up until this point the sky has been darkened for days and that a few pages before it was only hinted that the wind changed and the morning might come. The shield suddenly reflecting the golden sunrise is immensely powerful

Oh God... Professor Tolkien you absolute king amongst men...

I like how the power of the Valar is even present here. "A wind of the sea" seems to imply Ulmo and he's always been interested in the battles against Dark Lords

Avatar has the same level of quality.

@@RicardoGarcia-xz1rz nope

@@kaycampbell364 avatar was one of the last true Sci fi films. Everything else was mostly marvel or dc

And not the amazon prime bullshit series

That day may come, but it is not this day!

fluid arana I think Achilles would’ve had a field day if he lived in LotR

Achiles should be proud of Alexander the great

Thorin: Hold my beer. Aragorn: Hold my beer.

@@varric The only thing held more than swords in Middle Earth is, apparently, beer.

It is not Hold my beer. It is Hold my Ale.

😭😭😭🎺🎺🎺

Well written.😘

Beautiful! Simply beautiful!👌🏾🔥❤️

"ToLkIeN's PrOsE iS sO dRy AnD bOrInG!"

Here I was, promising myself that this time around I wouldn't need no tissues..

Fear no darkness!

Remember that the first men born in Hildorien, exactly the same day of the first sunrise in Arda, two events that terrified Morgoth, then...

I will fear no evil

Ere the sun rises!

When I was a kid I thought he was saying " DAY " as in daylight as in good vs evil but death is even better

I watched the documentary for the horses and their riders; the rider for that horse fell off during filming that scene 😱 (luckily unscathed)

@@MelonPanMelonPan and it sill works so well because you can just imagine he was knocked off by an arrow and the horse is still following the crowd.

Even the horses have had enough of Mordors bulls***

Real Rohan war horse. Even with it's rider gone, still charging at the enemy

War horses were no joke. Fiercely loyal and trained to charge and fight their way out of a scrum. Kick, stomp, turn, and bight until they're clear.

Not to mention you can tell that Theoden is ahead of his men, as described in the book

No shit Sherlock, I didnt notice, thanks^^

hell yeah & it also shapes the entire force into a gigantic Rohan Spear

No doubt, good vs evil is more of an overarching concept than a theme from itself, but the choices that men do is definetely among one of the most important things Tolkien wanted to display, and how men that do evil acts are usually corrupted by fear, usually its the fear of death that leads to men's downfall in Tolkien's mythology. We can see that was at led to the downfall of the greatest kingdom of men Numenor, but at the other aspect, conquering this fear leads to amazing accomplishments like the House of Hador did in the battles of the first age, and how Theoden and the Rohan riders did in this battle of the Pelennor Fields.

The only way to stop a determined cavalry charge is with pikes, but the pikesmen must have courage far beyond common sense.

Deeeaaaaaath!!!!!

Me too , every single time

Watch in German and you Cry Me a river, thank Me later

Who would join a Calvary Charge besides me?

The horn sound was definitely the finishing touch of that epic ass speach.

"Théoden opened his eyes, and they were clear, and he spoke in a quiet voice though laboured. 'Farewell, Master Holbylta!' he said. 'My body is broken. I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not be ashamed. I felled the [King of the Haradrim, the Men who serve Sauron]. A grim morn, and a glad day, and a golden sunset!'" -J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Return of the King"

​@@Nmille98 As long as the ending of the movie is, I kind of wish they had covered Theodens return to Edoras and his rest in the Barrowfield. A great character in both book and movie.

Especially when you contrast him with his Gondorian counterpart: Denethor. Both are old men, having seen many tragedies in their lives. Both have lost their sons. Both are under attack by their greatest enemy. Both want to leave a good legacy for their ancestors. Both succumbed to despair. Theoden, though, rose up. He fulfilled his oaths. He acted in such a way as to be honored by all. He rallied his nation and people, leading them to victory. When he died, he was universally mourned. Denethor, by contrast, figuratively (and literally) fell. He disgraced his line in his despair, failed his people, and were it not for Aragorn and Theoden’s timely arrivals, would have seen his nation and people destroyed. His only consolation was knowing that he didn’t murder his own son before his own death.

Theoden is pretty much the most badass character in the movies

Very well said. I honestly didn't realize all of this.

he merely split the army into three- Grimbold to charge the catapults and siege engines, Eomer on the left and himself leading the middle. As he has no infantry or archer brigades, he can maneuver quickly.

@@metal_fusionthey wore beards to keep with the lore

@@mr.k418 Dwarfs? hahaha just kiddin

@@metal_fusion makes sense when you realize there are way more horsegirls than horseboys

It's actually based on a winged hussar charge. Venice I believe

@@aaronayers5151 viena yup

@just another human care to explain?

@just another human sure.

His dying words were so brilliant: "I go to my fathers, and even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed."

In a way I feel like it is precisely because he has lost almost everything he cares about that he is so willing to go all-in to fight for the one thing he has left: hope.

He is made immortal

2024

Me too.

I tea bagged your mum

For me it's "Courage, Merry. Courage for our friends."

Best line in a great scene.

Deaaaaaathhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

I honestly had forgotten that.. a man of culture indeed

It's also because he see at this moment that they can't win. They are exausted and see the city burning and to many orcs in front of them. He know they can't win, but he takes it like a boss and prepare to charge and die in glory. "To ruin, and the world ending".

That isn't mentioned anywhere in the trilogy itself, perhaps in one of the appendices.

I read the books and I don’t remember that at all. I thought it was because he came far too late and knew it.

@@Mode-Selektor That is speculation from the OP, but it is very likely Theoden, who was born and educated in Minas Tirith felt immense rage seeing Mundburg burn and monsters at the gate. What is fact:- Thengel, disgusted by his fat, wasteful father Fengel moved to Minas Tirith and met Theoden's mother there, only returning when his father died. Theoden was born in Minas Tirith as was Theodwyn (Eomer and Eowyn's mother). In his court Sindarin (the educated language in Gondor) was spoken, and not all the Rohirrim liked it. After the Pelennor Fields, Theoden lays in state in a chamber of Minas Tirith, where later Imrahil offers Eomer to lay the old king permanently in a Gondorian tomb alongside the Kings and Stewards, as he was born in Gondor. Eomer refuses the gracious offer and Theoden is returned to Rohan where he is buried at the end of the second line of mounds. The tragedy of Theoden is that he never managed to set foot in Minas Tirith again, dying in front of its gates under his fallen horse.

That is why the old war texts advise you always give your enemy a way out.

And it's great for drama which is why all the LOTR battles have at least one side that's not afraid of dying, whether that's the Uruks or the outnumbered Rohirrim or Aragorn's army

I think that is how we'd all feel if someone was threatening our very survival and that of our children. In a situation like that and a pre-battle speech as the above, I'd charge into battle too :)

@@nerthus4685 The Mongols did it too

greeks had phalanx. you probably mean testudo. the barbarians won because they used guerilla tactics, not because they simply fought without fear of death. bravery doesnt break a well equipped and disciplined line of soldiers. all the bravery in the world wont help you when youre facing a roman legion in open field. thats why the number 1 priority of every commander facing rome was to lure them into bad terrain, where their formations were useless or not effective.

They followed their king into battle, for the sake of all mankind. They followed a humble man whose bloodline had already ended, and who charged into battle and almost certain death for sake of all sons and daughters of Edoras and Gondor and indeed the children of all the realms of man. His sword ablaze by the heat of his courage, becoming a flame burning against the looming darkness. They would follow him, to whatever end awaited them, for their faith in the man that leads them was greater than any fear that strikes their hearts.

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@@victorpradha9946 beautiful

@@victorpradha9946 His bloodline hadn't ended. Eomer and Eowyn, both his nephew and his neice, survived. Sure, he didn't have any sons or daughters still living, but the crown would pass to Eomer, who was still his blood, as he and his sister were Theoden's blood sister's children.

I swear to god, all three movies were just saying “hold my beer” one epic scene after the other.

@@QixTheDS I fucking miss iching for what is next. Modern cinema is a crime.

Same!!! He was just PISSED and ready to wreck some orc!!

That man was ready to single handlely challenge the armies of Black Gate

Yep. Yet, to be honest, it is this big fella at 3.33 that I would fear. Not only is he big, rides in the first line clad in chainmail...but his beard is partially grey ! Always fear a fighter who lives long enough to turn grey. Either he has seen terrible things (and lived through it all) to turn grey early, or he is doing that for a long time. Either way, simply bad news for anyone on the receiving end :-)

Yup. Every Orc checks his closet for that guy before going to bed.

I remember a few years ago they were memes about him, that extra absolutely made the scene and I completely understand the split second of close shot on him. His face just tells you that even on a mule and armed with a stick he would've gone in, he's here to manage bookings to the realm of the dead.

Aye. If ever we find ourselves in a situation where the end of the world is truly nigh, let us not go gentle into that good night.

You could also say the end of the world was the loss of everything as they knew it for after saurons defeat the dwarves retreated to their mountain homes, the elves departed middle earth etc everything that was magical and wondrous left middle earth. So in a sense it came true but in a happy way, they all left middle earth alive and weren't taken from it by death, destruction and subjugation

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rail, against the dying of the light!" And Theoden worded the Rohirrim attitude towards war most laconically and clearly: "If it is to be our end, we will make of it SUCH an end as to be worthy of remembering!"

the most beautiful thing i read today.

SLAVA UKRAINI

it was actually Theoden's actor (Bernard Hill) who came up with the idea!

@@jkrfan7 didn't know that! amazing

@@TheRuddster95 All of the actors really learned to embrace the core of what makes each of the characters what they are in the books. it's why the extended cut is the best because it really fleshes out why Boromir was such a tragic hero

This is truly why none of these remake woke movies will achieve the amount of greatness movies were back then....

I'm a Viking reenactor and we do this sometimes to amp up the shieldwall before have a scrap. Can confirm it works, though admittedly we are just playing and not fighting for our lives :P

Howard Shore does not get enough credit for absolutely smashing it out of the park with the score on this film at every possible opportunity. I'm not particularly big for listening to scores, but this trilogy and this score is just the most perfect combination.

The Avengers series is fun and all. But End Game was no where near as epic as the Return of the King. Like its not even comparable.

@@paulinotou Amen...truth be told, I don't think anything can top this, besides the Battle of Helm's Deep😉

Endgame is more Return of the Jedi then Return of the King, honestly

*Return of the King = Avengers:Endgame* 🤩😱😭🔥

@Tokyo Drift do you seriously think there is no cgi in this scene?

Haha hell No

@@gelsen888 Wtf

@@gelsen888 He MADE the film

@@gelsen888 ???? Check out the film's credits.

@@gelsen888 ????

"Notching the spears" was Actor Bernard Hill's (King Theoden) idea, not Tolkien's. IMDB does not go into the logic behind it though.

If only the riders held their shields, it would be realistic. Fantastic real armor though.

​@@davidevazquez6889 They did have shields, did you not see them on their horses, and looked at the Rohirrim cavalry, are you blind?

@@metal_fusion "To Hold": to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp. I see their shields hanging on the sides of the horses. Regards

"bright moments of gallantry it produces." tolkin would for sure not talked about it like this, also no veteran of any war would. Its Glorification of war.

The comparison Tolkien does between Théoden and Oromë it's out fucking standing. Those lines couldn't be beat until he described the battle of Sam against Shelob.

Literal goosebumps right now...

Tolkien is such an incredible writer. The men of Rohan revere both their ancestors and the Huntsman among the Valar Orome. Both are evoked here in the personage of the King along with the rising Sun.

The hoofs of wrath. Woah :-)

I miss that in the movie. In the book, they sing during the first charge. In the book, it is Éomer who cries "Death! Ride, ride to ruin and the world's ending!" after he goes berserk with grief upon discovering Théoden and Éowyn's bodies. He orders a reckless charge and the Riders cry "Death" with one voice.

Read the books sometime. The song the ents sing in the march.

raymund quinns I just watched Two Towers today, for the umpteenth time lol! And yes the Last March of the Ents never fails to give me the chills.

It’s my favorite followed by the original Star Wars trilogy or back to the future

Gosh I wish I had the books