Théoden's speech to Éowyn as he lies dying is touching and adds closure to his story. Both actors are great. Miranda Otto is peculiarly good at crying.
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I have to second Boromir's final battle and death scene. I have alot of friends who view Boromir as a simple pawn under total control of the One Ring. I always thought these scenes went a long way towards showing that he was an honourable,loyal man who did the best he could.
I also love the extended edition scene in The Two Towers that showed how close he was to Faramir, but how trapped he was by his father's view of the "talents" of the two sons.
OK, maybe he was a pawn, but he was a pawn with depth of character!
I also love the extended edition scene in The Two Towers that showed how close he was to Faramir, but how trapped he was by his father's view of the "talents" of the two sons.
OK, maybe he was a pawn, but he was a pawn with depth of character!
This may not be a terribly popular choice, but I love the warg attack in TTT. Awesome monsters, an awesome fight, and just one more lousy turn of events our heroes have to deal with. Also, it came shortly before this shot:
Which, I gotta say, was an awesome shot to see on the big screen.
Which, I gotta say, was an awesome shot to see on the big screen.
I was gonna post about the warg attack today. Yeah, it's fantastic. A real "How did they do that?" moment, especially when horses and wargs charge each other and the camera stays where the action is.
Mostly in depth as a wild mob instead of in organized formations (usually of overlapping parallel lines or wedges). What happens if the guys in front had ran into a Braveheart-like wall of pikes? Can you say Pile-up.
I don't really expected to see lance and sword properly employed but it would be nice instead of more missed basic concepts like bounding overwatches for modern combat.
The scene right after Moria, after Gandalf fell and the music starts.
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Boromir's final scenes. Just fantastic.
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Boromir's final scenes. Just fantastic.
His final, fateful charge, depicted with Pippin singing that dirge underneath...masterful...
The end of FOTR, when the two Hobbits are looking at Mordor off in the distance, taking in how far they've come, and how far they have to go. Frodo turns to his good friend and says, "Sam, I'm glad you are with me". Sam just wryly half smiles, and the two hobbits steel themselves and head out.
Love it.
The Two Towers has some of he best special effects usage of any movie, but one scene that has always stood out for me is Théoden's rejuvenation when he's been freed of Saruman's influence. They did four shots for that and segued between them, which was no mean feat for all concerned (especially Bernard Hill, I imagine). The end result is a seamless transition where you only notice the process once it's well underway. The best Doctor Who regeneration that never was and a clear indication that this was not a movie made by nine-to-fivers.
I dunno, I've never been a fan of that transformation, looks a bit hokey to me. And once you think about it, it is kind of ridiculous how the transformation makes his beard perfectly groomed. 
Magic.I dunno, I've never been a fan of that transformation, looks a bit hokey to me. And once you think about it, it is kind of ridiculous how the transformation makes his beard perfectly groomed.
One other scene also comes to mind:
At the end of RotK when the hobbits have returned to the Shire they are sitting in a tavern all gloomy, worn out and battle weary and who could blame them?
All around them the party is going on as if nothing happened and to them it's true.. the hobbits who didn't venture out never knew in what danger they were and how close it was but those 4 heroes know and the events have changed them profoundly.. yet, after a while, they still manage to work it out and start having fun again.
It was an awesome way to cap off their entire journey and show how far they have come and what they have experienced.
At the end of RotK when the hobbits have returned to the Shire they are sitting in a tavern all gloomy, worn out and battle weary and who could blame them?
All around them the party is going on as if nothing happened and to them it's true.. the hobbits who didn't venture out never knew in what danger they were and how close it was but those 4 heroes know and the events have changed them profoundly.. yet, after a while, they still manage to work it out and start having fun again.
It was an awesome way to cap off their entire journey and show how far they have come and what they have experienced.
Theoden's poem before the battle of Helm's Deep
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"For Frodo".
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"For Frodo".
Yeah, that was pretty good... but what would have really been touching would have been to skip all that in order to jump 17 years into the future, when everyone's fully healed, married up, and has several little moppets apiece.
Galadriel's narration at the beginning of LOTR: FOTR.
'I amar prestar aen' - The world is changed; 'han mathon ne nen' - I hear it in the water... The music during that sequence...
It's just such an awesome way to begin the journey.
There have been many times where I began the movie and immediately went rewind to see that piece again.
'I amar prestar aen' - The world is changed; 'han mathon ne nen' - I hear it in the water... The music during that sequence...
It's just such an awesome way to begin the journey.
There have been many times where I began the movie and immediately went rewind to see that piece again.
The last two times I tried to watch it, I sit through the opening sequence because I think it's great, but as soon as the actually movie starts and we're hanging out with the Hobbits, I immediately lose interest and turn it off.
^ One thing that I've always respected about Fellowship is that it doesn't bother tying to charm you. It begins with seven minutes or so of earnest exposition and then moves on to two characters the casual audience has never seen before reminiscing over some adventure they're supposed to have had ages ago. Basically, it's asking the viewer to have the wisdom to invest. Good things come to those who wait, as they say - and in my opinion, the really great thing about that movie is that by the end it has paid off in spades, and not only that but has also set up memes and motifs to be paid off in the other two; eg the sometimes silly Shire theme, which to my mind is paid off at the end of this movie, then again during the end credits and of course again atop Minas Tirith in that scene from film 3. It's basically a nexus of investment and payoff.
...or something.
...or something.
