The Lord of the Rings (2003) - Haradrims vs Rohan army (The Mumakil) [4K]

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2018
  • Oookay, here is the last one. This series of clips are mostly battle for Minas Tirith, but without skips/Frodo journey etc.
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  • @GrandSupremeDaddyo
    @GrandSupremeDaddyo 4 года назад +19237

    Imagine the balls it takes as a director to think "Okay we just made the greatest cavalry charge in film history. Let's do that again."

    • @HooDatDonDar
      @HooDatDonDar 4 года назад +821

      Well, you have a great story that requires it.
      But, true, they did not mess with the story ( much) Hollywood does not often have that sense.

    • @anthonylafon3757
      @anthonylafon3757 4 года назад +1950

      "We've had one, yes. What about SECOND cavalry charge?"

    • @DylanAhTeck
      @DylanAhTeck 4 года назад +27

      HooDatDonDar dt

    • @ankushraj9583
      @ankushraj9583 4 года назад +61

      @@anthonylafon3757 pepinn😠😠

    • @durrangodsgrief6503
      @durrangodsgrief6503 3 года назад +419

      "So how many cavalry charges to you want and how epic should they be"
      Director: *YES*

  • @primerex6935
    @primerex6935 Год назад +4730

    That haladrim rider (the one Eomer kills) has like 6sec of screentime in just close ups and he makes the best of it. What a legend.

    • @leipzigergnom
      @leipzigergnom Год назад +472

      He really seems to delight in battle and crushing his enemies before him. Perhaps he also wishes to strike fear in the hearts of his enemies.
      Such a memorable side character!

    • @forthosewholisten
      @forthosewholisten Год назад +37

      lol true

    • @digge2210
      @digge2210 Год назад +450

      He was so Happy playing the charge horn lmao
      "I fucking love my job"

    • @blueshit199
      @blueshit199 Год назад +332

      the most Mad Max character in LOTR

    • @user-fz5oo2si8j
      @user-fz5oo2si8j Год назад +11

      @@leipzigergnom invite you to Islam, to the truth, tranquility and tranquility in Islam

  • @slenderminion2229
    @slenderminion2229 Год назад +2970

    God, how the heroic theme of the Rohirrim just drops dead as soon as the oliphants start tearing the riders to shreds. The initial reveal of the oliphants was already amazing. Their massive size, the unnatural Haradrim horn and Theoden's face perfectly sold just how terrifying these massive beasts are, but then the riders of Rohan reformed the line and the same theme from the first charge starts playing, making us think that the situation is not that bad and that they got this.
    Then the music suddenly stops and you realize this is going to be a massacre. Amazing scene writing and execution.

    • @n.johnson5184
      @n.johnson5184 Год назад +128

      Yeah, but imagine being some archer on the walls, looking out and feeling relieved that this mass of rohirrim arrived, absolutely slaughtered the majority of the orc army. Then the fear of the mumakil, how theres no hope anymore, just to see the same badass dudes reform and just straight charge these beasts. And to see several be taken down with ease initially at that. Like, yeah, its a massacre, but the moral boost for those left in Minis Tirith would skyrocket, even with the oliphants swipe left and right on those rohirrim like as if they are on tinder.

    • @tylohbolton84
      @tylohbolton84 Год назад +63

      The war chants from the harad army is sick

    • @TheMacC117
      @TheMacC117 Год назад +39

      It wasn't really a massacre, it looked like the rohirrim were giving as good as they got.

    • @slenderminion2229
      @slenderminion2229 Год назад +26

      @@TheMacC117 It's about the initial impression.

    • @seeyouseemee3863
      @seeyouseemee3863 Год назад +11

      Ngl, I was rooting for the Haradrim because of the horn

  • @Greatbonzz
    @Greatbonzz 8 месяцев назад +372

    The Haradrim battle chant sends shivers down my spine to this day. Tribal and brutal

    • @jfelix7877
      @jfelix7877 8 месяцев назад +7

      😂 the feeling is so real

    • @leonmalaga16
      @leonmalaga16 5 месяцев назад +24

      If im not mistaken its a haka, which i think is an excellent choice

    • @marwanal-shaikhli5939
      @marwanal-shaikhli5939 5 месяцев назад +13

      ​@@leonmalaga16you are right. It is a haka

    • @Nantosuelta
      @Nantosuelta 2 месяца назад +2

      @@marwanal-shaikhli5939 its a real haka? I always assumed it was something made up or used a tolkienian language. Very cool to know that its Maori

    • @alanguages
      @alanguages 2 месяца назад +1

      Imagine if the Wainriders and Variags were also put into this scene?
      It would have been amazing to see the knights, infantry and men at arms going against them.

  • @emperornapoleon6204
    @emperornapoleon6204 2 года назад +5825

    The way Theoden goes from complete shock and terror to leading the charge - what a king! Also, it’s brilliant acting! This is such a terrific scene.

    • @cardenasr.2898
      @cardenasr.2898 2 года назад +136

      Don't forget he played the role of the captain of the Titanic, always characters in desperate situations

    • @willowandluka5302
      @willowandluka5302 2 года назад +68

      Gotta instill bravery and courage into your men. He was a great leader

    • @supastar25
      @supastar25 2 года назад +97

      "Re-form the liiiiine!"...total control and knowing what needs to be done under pressure...proper leadership

    • @nightfalls5462
      @nightfalls5462 2 года назад +21

      Bernard Hill was is name i think, fking amazing actor, like pretty much any other actor in lotr

    • @dysfunctionalthor4719
      @dysfunctionalthor4719 2 года назад +12

      In the books it was Eomer who lead the charge

  • @deanbartolo6199
    @deanbartolo6199 2 года назад +6931

    The decision to just cut the musical score and have the audience listen to the absolute carnage and horror of battle just grounds this scene and many others in the trilogy.
    Timeless classic and masterpiece of cinema

    • @JainaSoloB312
      @JainaSoloB312 2 года назад +164

      Thank you for this comment, it made me rewatch listening to how the music is used and WOW
      The way it keeps building a heroic theme as they all charge, only for it to abruptly end as the Mumakil claim their first casualties and you realize this is not a battle that the good guys will win - it's a one-sided slaughter, is just masterful.
      Then the music comes back for Éowyn's moment of heroism, and the tide of the battle changes in favour of Rohan as more Haradrim are defeated.

    • @fromnorfolkwithlove
      @fromnorfolkwithlove 2 года назад +47

      Your notice in every lord of the rings film this happens too? I love it. All 3 have moments like this

    • @robertmartin2867
      @robertmartin2867 2 года назад +36

      It's a great way of adding real punch to the scene. The images and the music during the build-up deliberately mirrors the first charge minutes earlier, so you are expecting the same glorious outcome. But then......

    • @galatemalate1256
      @galatemalate1256 2 года назад +20

      I never noticed it as a child, every time I rewatch LOTR I like it way more.

    • @tylersoto7465
      @tylersoto7465 2 года назад +18

      man I just love Oliphants just love them big, strong, smart, loyal can take a beating and and pull tons of stuff but more than regular elephants, if I was a hadarin after sauron death and had a group of Oliphants I would be traveling everywhere in middle earth carrying tons of cargo goods and people around place to place making a good living and exploring places and also helping middle earth have a solid trading system going on and I'll be proud to be do that for them going to erabor, Bree, shire, arnor, Gondor and Rohan etc and free to go where I want lol 😎🐘🐘😙

  • @MatthewStewart-1224
    @MatthewStewart-1224 4 месяца назад +211

    The death of hope and joy in this scene is palpable. Theodens grim realization is amazing.

  • @elyess4120
    @elyess4120 Год назад +1848

    Most of all talk about the legendary Rohirim scene, but the Oliphant scene was, to this day, the best battle scene ever made in a film, every period for me. Pure epic, violent, wonderful shooting, no music during the clash and all the action scene. Peter Jackson, you're a master for made epic instant.

    • @SlabOfSteak
      @SlabOfSteak Год назад +57

      Agreed. Both sides not holding back having to give it their all. Oliphants weren't overkill enough so they had to carry archers because that's how you mercilessly win a battle. This is giving the audience everything we deserve. No short changing the film making and scenes in any way. The feeling of these movies coming out and each of them blowing us away has never been done in the same way

    • @nickmata2575
      @nickmata2575 Год назад +3

      Unfortunately, the lighting theif movie could have been better.

    • @emirsuleymantanrkulu709
      @emirsuleymantanrkulu709 Год назад +21

      Theoden made a strategic mistake here and sadly he paid with his life. He should have formed a crescent formation like the Ottoman army used to, and circle the elephants from sides, let them pass and gather behind, until the monsters would return, archers would have enough time to hunt the beast. Charging directly was a huge mistake.
      Source: I was a cavalry commander in my past life. xD

    • @JCPlays17
      @JCPlays17 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@emirsuleymantanrkulu709Theoden didnt die fighting the Haradims right? He was killed by the Witch King of Agmar. And their strategy in my opinion was their best option, the cavalry charge.

    • @emirsuleymantanrkulu709
      @emirsuleymantanrkulu709 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@JCPlays17 cavalary charge to elephants?

  • @lawvip5890
    @lawvip5890 2 года назад +6711

    The Haradrim dude that sounded the horn had more character development in 5 minutes than Jon Snow had in 2 seasons

    • @quartzking3997
      @quartzking3997 2 года назад +228

      More like 1 minute and 20ish seconds lol

    • @lawvip5890
      @lawvip5890 2 года назад +280

      @@quartzking3997 I was tryin to be as polite as possible about it lol

    • @varric
      @varric 2 года назад +189

      The Haradrim driver had more personality than Daenerys "The Mad Queen" Targaryen.

    • @joyboy_5613
      @joyboy_5613 2 года назад +23

      @@varric Mad Queen? Are you know anything about Song of Ice and fire Whole Plot? Daenerys is not mad, shes Fire and Blood

    • @varric
      @varric 2 года назад +98

      @@joyboy_5613 She's mad. The end.

  • @josephking4732
    @josephking4732 3 года назад +2770

    Peter Jackson shot all 3 LOTR movies at the same time from Oct 1999 to Dec 2000 with only some pickup shots made after. This movie magic is 20+ years old and still holds up against modern films. Absolutely timeless.

    • @namast3260
      @namast3260 3 года назад +92

      @Jay Ng junior like? Nothing compared to how epic these films were, they were dark, gritty, action packed, emotional and get pretty deep at times. These movies are quite something

    • @burtyjr
      @burtyjr 3 года назад +67

      Thought you made a typo and it was Dec 2002 or something, but no they actually filmed all of it in less than a year. That’s mad 🤯

    • @chaitanyakalra7420
      @chaitanyakalra7420 3 года назад +9

      Yes middle earth is totally masterpiece

    • @chaitanyakalra7420
      @chaitanyakalra7420 3 года назад +12

      No modern film can compete this except upcoming amazon lord of tge rings prequel tv series

    • @Jac0bIAm
      @Jac0bIAm 3 года назад +23

      Probably the best movie trilogy and book series ever made. Incredible both as a book and film.

  • @itsexpla
    @itsexpla Год назад +422

    this quality of animation was unheard of in 2003. absolute masterpiece!

    • @user-fp5fh9rj9f
      @user-fp5fh9rj9f 10 месяцев назад

      مرحبا

    • @dronmusicsound
      @dronmusicsound 8 месяцев назад +3

      But unfortun orca are badly animated as someone mentioned above in somewhere 1:00

    • @Relixification
      @Relixification 3 месяца назад +15

      @@dronmusicsound it was good enough because it did not stray your eyes away from the sheer gigantic feet of the oliphonts

    • @AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF
      @AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF 3 месяца назад

      @@floron7777 lol I never noticed before, that was funny. Though it wasnt the focus of the shot as the attention should be all on the oliphants so it doesnt matter that much.

    • @templar8787
      @templar8787 Месяц назад +3

      I think this movie’s cgi is better for forced perspective wide shots (architectural) or up close Ridley style shakey cam, nothing in between

  • @Jackiekavinda
    @Jackiekavinda Год назад +390

    1:36 this shot gives me goosebumps every time. The sheer size difference; the swarm of tiny soldiers charging at these towering beasts, the rumble of the hooves, the build up of the music... can't imagine what it must've been like seeing this in the theater for the first time in 2003

    • @garyphillips260
      @garyphillips260 8 месяцев назад +18

      I saw it on the first night it opened in 2003.I was almost crying at times at the sheer epicness of what I was seeing!!

    • @Abuqital2000
      @Abuqital2000 8 месяцев назад +10

      It was awesome in cinemas with the volume.

    • @markusanderlund4729
      @markusanderlund4729 8 месяцев назад

      I would gladly give my right hand to have that experience@@garyphillips260

    • @Hessianoct
      @Hessianoct 6 месяцев назад +6

      I watched this in the theater when I was 11 years old. To this day, it has to be the most incredible experience I've had watching a movie.

    • @jonathanselaya9367
      @jonathanselaya9367 5 месяцев назад +2

      I was lucky to see it the first time and I'm not exaggerating when I say I wanted to scream and cry at the same time of how much adrenaline I felt when I saw the king's army charging head on.
      Side note: went to the cinema two times more because couldn't get enough of the king's "DEATH!" speech, hehe.

  • @hfar_in_the_sky
    @hfar_in_the_sky 2 года назад +3712

    It's hard to describe how this moment at 0:36 felt in theaters. Everyone was so excited that the good guys won, the cavalry had saved the day, and the audience was just ecstatic. And then you saw Theodin's face drop, you hear that oliphant roar, the booming and the chanting, and then the sudden reveal of the oliphant cavalry on the horizon. In a second you went from the audience cheering to being so quiet you could hear a pin drop

    • @luisfernandocruzcalderon4858
      @luisfernandocruzcalderon4858 Год назад +207

      Totally I remember being nervous about the movie for a month, thinking about it, and how it'd go (i was 11 and just started reading the books) being there at that moment was really big. The best cinema experience ever.

    • @jonathanwildemann3403
      @jonathanwildemann3403 Год назад +77

      @@luisfernandocruzcalderon4858 goddammit, I wish the eragon was like this. I was crushed as a boy watching that sh*it show of a movie.

    • @fareshajjar1208
      @fareshajjar1208 Год назад

      This is terrible. Where are the fat black women? Where are the Lesbians and unbeatable teen girls with super strength? Where are the noble black men who are more heroic and magical than any dumb white wizard ever could be? I mean seriously, ever been to Africa? It's a paradise of wealth and technological advancement and high noble cultures. And where are the Mexican hobbits (they just want to feed their families.) And what about the drag queens whose brilliant intellects could have easily solved all the problems of Middle Earth and given that mean old Sauron a good spanking? This movie has nothing that's important about movies. God this movie sucks!

    • @disa1988
      @disa1988 Год назад +29

      i've seen every movie at least 5 times in the theaters... i always conviced someone to come along :D

    • @EdvardBolaasMusic
      @EdvardBolaasMusic Год назад +22

      I was too young to see it in theaters! And i was too young to understand the full magnitude of that scene!... Argh!! I always loved the whole triology and it helped made me learn english since i watched it SO GOD DAMN many times. But i truly didn't understand the sheer magnificence of what true masterpieces they were. Had i seen them first time now i think my experience would be many times that of my small child self.

  • @akiramasashi9317
    @akiramasashi9317 3 года назад +7079

    Peter Jackson: "Wanna see me create the greatest cavalry charge in cinematic history?"
    Peter Jackson: "Wanna see me do it again?"

    • @kyyy8821
      @kyyy8821 3 года назад +72

      😂

    • @Yaimiee
      @Yaimiee 3 года назад +478

      Actually he did it three times: at Helm’s Deep when Eomer arrives; when the Rohirrim arrive at Minas Tirith and now against the Haradrim.

    • @junandeo12345
      @junandeo12345 3 года назад +24

      Yeah the second was backstab them horribly. Horse and men flying around lmao

    • @christianreppin8483
      @christianreppin8483 3 года назад +161

      @@Yaimiee though at Helm's Deep, the Rohirrim were damn lucky. When they first charged they were as good as dead as the Uruk-Hai stood perfectly to receive a cavalry charge. The Gandalf shines his light, the pikes rise and the Uruk-Hai are as good as dead, letting the cavalry hit home with full into a thightly-packed bunch of enemies unable to concentrate their fighting power against them.
      Btw.: The charge of the Rohirrim on the Pelennor (before the Mûmakil arrive) is how a real cavalry charge works in RL. Start slowly, get faster until you hit the enemy together as one great mass. They actually kill more orcs with their horses than with their weapons.

    • @cameronleach5902
      @cameronleach5902 3 года назад +144

      @@christianreppin8483 I wouldn't say lucky as Gandalf is a wizard and “A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to."

  • @lluisbosch2683
    @lluisbosch2683 Год назад +251

    This scene is amazing. When Theoden sees the Haradrim with the Oliphaunts, he already knows half his men will be killed, himself included. Then he orders his men to "Reform the Line!". A brave king he is, he knows he will die, but nevertheless orders his men to do what is needed for his people to be saved, even as he dies. That is a real leader, a real King

    • @user-xz3mh4cv3m
      @user-xz3mh4cv3m 7 месяцев назад

      ปาล❤

    • @mr.hawklingiii8739
      @mr.hawklingiii8739 7 месяцев назад +2

      He's gonna be a roadblock at all costs

    • @HooDatDonDar
      @HooDatDonDar 5 месяцев назад +7

      He didn’t know he would die, but he made his best decision, regardless of risk to himself.
      That’s a general you need.

    • @robertbusek30
      @robertbusek30 2 месяца назад

      “The Ride of the Rohirrim,” or “How Theoden King Got His Groove Back.”

  • @solaire-jd8jd
    @solaire-jd8jd 3 месяца назад +76

    That first shot of the Haradrims at 00:46 is amazing. The viewer sees the reaction of the Rohan BEFORE the actual threat, but then understands the reason for their shock and awe.

  • @stentbeefclench
    @stentbeefclench 4 года назад +3691

    I love how the music immediately cuts away when the two armies clash and you feel the reality of the power the mumakil have

    • @RegularDude00
      @RegularDude00 4 года назад +193

      those fucking tusks

    • @whitealliance9540
      @whitealliance9540 4 года назад +258

      Yea i also love how they drop the music and just give sound effects.. Arrows... Screams.. The thump of the elephant thingys... The sound effects themselves were arraigned like music

    • @maarekstele2998
      @maarekstele2998 4 года назад +45

      @Parker and that smile the driver does right after

    • @isaactheworshipwarrior6687
      @isaactheworshipwarrior6687 4 года назад +48

      It's almost like the chaos that erupts as soon as the music stops, IS the soundtrack.

    • @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal
      @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal 4 года назад +18

      And then once the rohrim start killing them the music comes back

  • @torch3119
    @torch3119 Год назад +1246

    I know Legolas had more style, but Eomer took out two of the Mumakil with one good spear throw. Props to the man.

    • @astroNexx
      @astroNexx Год назад +128

      probably the most efficient spear in the whole trilogy

    • @phoenixrose1192
      @phoenixrose1192 Год назад +45

      He chose substance over style…😆

    • @UnclePengy
      @UnclePengy 11 месяцев назад +51

      That still only counts as one!

    • @varric
      @varric 8 месяцев назад +14

      You know what's best? That Karl Urban practises that throw for a while.

    • @giantpedro
      @giantpedro 7 месяцев назад +10

      It's the next level of "kill two birds with one stone"

  • @stjepannekic3602
    @stjepannekic3602 4 месяца назад +56

    Each scene Haradrims are dominating, there's no score in background nor is there any soundtrack, just pure battle sounds of absolute carnage. You can just listen to the scene to feel brutality and destruction. And then, score returns each time, Men of Rohan get upper hand in battle, as if giving a glimmer of hope. Brilliant decision, whoever made it in editing room, Oscar worthy!

    • @colinbaldwin313
      @colinbaldwin313 2 месяца назад +3

      That's a really cool observation. I feel that the Haradrim almost have their own soundtrack: the war-chant with which they introduce themselves. Even though Howard Shore's score is playing during that portion, the chanting dominates the soundscape, and it sounds more like a note on the soundtrack than an in-universe sound effect. It can be heard a little bit during the battle, especially at 2:21, and it almost serves as a replacement for the score that is now missing. It's the Haradrim's music, so it plays as they dominate the battlefield.

  • @curbgrinder111
    @curbgrinder111 Год назад +123

    I get chills every time I hear Theoden calling out to reform the line. And the Rohirrim are so disciplined that the line snaps together immediately and they charge straight up the gut.

    • @GhettPhocqued
      @GhettPhocqued 6 месяцев назад +14

      That's just shock. They were all scared, or at least apprehensive about the situation. Theoden knew his men's morale was collapsing, so he did what a good leader does.
      He didn't give them the time to think. Nope, don't let that fear set in boys, form up and let's ride motherfuckers.

    • @spicem4424
      @spicem4424 3 месяца назад +6

      I’ve watched this scene so so so so many times but never peeked the comments, ever talking about the Haradrim and their Mumakil but nobody mentioning Theoden’s balls of steel and rock solid leadership. “…take them head on…CHARGE!” Is what gets me. Every. Single. Time.

    • @alanguages
      @alanguages Месяц назад +1

      It would have been interesting if the Wain Riders and Variags were also shown against Gondor. As well, I would liked to have seen the knights, infantry, light infantry, men-at-arms on the battlefield fighting Sauron's forces.

  • @ethandeardorff8559
    @ethandeardorff8559 2 года назад +4338

    Almost 2 decades later and I still have yet to find a battle scene that comes close to this level of epic, raw intensity.

    • @LifeOdysseyMotivation
      @LifeOdysseyMotivation 2 года назад +195

      Unfortunately, none. Nothing. No any other movies yet that surpassed or even just match the LOTR. This is still the best movies of all times.

    • @muhammadzariff7075
      @muhammadzariff7075 2 года назад +40

      @@LifeOdysseyMotivation I would say the “Rise Atlantis” in Aquaman was somewhat close, both of these battles gave me chills everytime i gaze upon them.

    • @LifeOdysseyMotivation
      @LifeOdysseyMotivation 2 года назад +15

      @@muhammadzariff7075 i love that atlantis concept in aquaman. Since it is a big movie about waterworld, i am a bit disappointed that they didn't create mermaid characters. the movie would be better with those creatures.

    • @sweetchilledgames7887
      @sweetchilledgames7887 2 года назад +1

      Colossus vs Juggernaut in Deadpool 2? It’s epic and amazing

    • @frogfrogsonjr
      @frogfrogsonjr 2 года назад +146

      @@sweetchilledgames7887 what...?

  • @gudboah4688
    @gudboah4688 3 года назад +3860

    I love how in the midst of battle, as Gondor and Rohan soldiers fight for their homes and families, as orcs fight for their dark master, the Haradrim Mumikil driver is having the time of his life 😂

    • @randomshit5115
      @randomshit5115 3 года назад +460

      He's like "FUCK YEAH I LOVE GODMODE"

    • @elitecommando1234
      @elitecommando1234 3 года назад +206

      I swear the others on the elephant were probably all jamming out, probably all singing "Wannabe"

    • @scholaepalatinae4988
      @scholaepalatinae4988 3 года назад +189

      Me fully charged with caffeine heading to my favorite task: 01:04

    • @magnusthered4973
      @magnusthered4973 3 года назад +78

      He’s basically orks from 40k

    • @elitecommando1234
      @elitecommando1234 3 года назад +67

      @@magnusthered4973 "oi you hummies down der is gonna be KRUMPED"

  • @blueshit199
    @blueshit199 9 месяцев назад +36

    The clash of cultures here is incredible. Men of the north vs men of the south, both of whom probably only ever heard of each other in legends, if at all

    • @lucmaranatha-ct3kg
      @lucmaranatha-ct3kg 5 месяцев назад +5

      I love this comment! but as much as I agree, the men of harad did invaded a territory of rohan in the much earlier days of Helm hammerhand. but their invasion was halted due to a stormy winter that ravaged the local population. and the winter was said to have reach further northern west all the way to the shire where many hobbit folk perished.

    • @blueshit199
      @blueshit199 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@lucmaranatha-ct3kg was that the same winter that ended up flooding the cities of cardolan?

    • @lucmaranatha-ct3kg
      @lucmaranatha-ct3kg 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@blueshit199 yes! it was a following event. (the world was slowly changing again)

    • @blueshit199
      @blueshit199 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@lucmaranatha-ct3kg amazing, thanks for letting me know!

  • @jakebest5601
    @jakebest5601 8 месяцев назад +35

    I was born in 1999. I used to watch these films everyday before school when I was a kid. They were a huge part of my childhood and I genuinely think they have had a massive impact on my character today

    • @twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676
      @twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676 6 месяцев назад +3

      Same! I was born in '98 but I grow up watching LotR

    • @khyronbradford
      @khyronbradford 2 месяца назад

      My younger brother also born in 1999. He did not have the age to see The Fellowship on theaters, but I took it to watch The Two Towers and this masterpiece anyway. We still have the family tradition to gather up and watch those masterpieces.

    • @TrueLegateDamar
      @TrueLegateDamar 2 месяца назад

      I was born in '87 and saw these as a preteen in the cinema, and I can't remember a more epic expierence.

  • @Squeezemycrackers
    @Squeezemycrackers 2 года назад +3696

    The original LOTR trilogy was one of the best masterpieces ever created in cinema history.

    • @Leon--Kennedy
      @Leon--Kennedy 2 года назад +76

      Along with the original Star Wars trilogy.

    • @lookaroundyou8108
      @lookaroundyou8108 2 года назад +85

      I can't believe we have to say the "original" lotr to differentiate it from the amazon lotr second age series..
      Am just upset that later when I search any lotr content I will have to scroll through the Amazon series ones in the future.

    • @floppaclan304
      @floppaclan304 2 года назад +3

      @@Leon--Kennedy Nah idts.

    • @creativename152
      @creativename152 2 года назад +34

      @@Leon--KennedyNah original star wars was trash. Prequels are slightly better.

    • @Leon--Kennedy
      @Leon--Kennedy 2 года назад +48

      @@creativename152 Are you joking?

  • @SovietReunionYT
    @SovietReunionYT 3 года назад +1652

    0:56 That smug smile he makes as he sheathes his horn and prepares for battle marks this guy as my favourite character in these movies. Props to the actor, he only got a few shots but he made them count!

    • @envinyatar5712
      @envinyatar5712 2 года назад +160

      @Long live Old Europe Definitely not. The Lord of the Rings did not rely on the CGI. The details in this trilogy were awesome.

    • @TheBrotherdarkness9
      @TheBrotherdarkness9 2 года назад +120

      the actors/stuntmens name is Shane Rangi.

    • @nolletthibault2031
      @nolletthibault2031 2 года назад +154

      It's little details like this that give life to a universe. You can hear the guy think "let's stomp these bronies" just with a smug smile.

    • @Jarekx2007
      @Jarekx2007 2 года назад +138

      Dude knows he has the sexiest sounding horn in the entire franchise. I'd have a smug smile too.

    • @hummingforyoursafety6270
      @hummingforyoursafety6270 2 года назад +37

      @@Jarekx2007 That i can agree with, the war horns in the franchise have one of the best sounds i've ever heard

  • @tomascostanzo3673
    @tomascostanzo3673 Год назад +134

    To think that Elephants used to be the armored equivalent of modern tanks. That's what this scene makes you feel. Just imagine the amount of hours and work poured into it

    • @ihatethatrepairmen4255
      @ihatethatrepairmen4255 Год назад +2

      Just makes you feel what chandra felt after crossing indus and seeing 100ds of armoured elephants standing against him

    • @robertbusek30
      @robertbusek30 2 месяца назад

      Jackson even understood that elephants could be just as dangerous to the side using them as they were to the enemy…

    • @TheSarazzPrime
      @TheSarazzPrime Месяц назад

      It kind of reminds me of the sheer shock terror soldiers felt seeing tanks for the first time in WWI. I know Tolkien fought as a soldier in that one, and a lot of how he wrote LOTR comes from his experiences in that war, so I imagine that influenced this part of the Battle of the Pelennor Field. I just love the way this whole scene is shot.

  • @Yumeko1996_-sd5sm
    @Yumeko1996_-sd5sm 4 месяца назад +55

    Tolkien was a ww1 veteran amd this scene depics probably the first time the soldiers saw tanks on the battlefield it has shocking similarities to it

    • @rusty7984
      @rusty7984 3 месяца назад +12

      Lots of firsts in WW1. Imagine growing up on stories of war with bright color uniforms, swords and muskets, and formations. Only to see some tank plow through your defenses and see an armored GigaChad with a machine gun/flame thrower massacre your buddies. Yeah…

    • @theregalproletariat
      @theregalproletariat 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@rusty7984And then you remember you have artillery and it dies

    • @MortMe0430
      @MortMe0430 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@rusty7984 some lasts too: the last cavalry charge for one. Which makes the Rohirim here even more poignant.

    • @robertbusek30
      @robertbusek30 2 месяца назад

      @@theregalproletariatHeck, the early tanks could be stopped just by a trench. They got better, though…

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz 2 месяца назад +1

      I mean Tolkien probably never saw a tank in battle he was invalided out in 1916 and the only tanks were on the British side at that point.

  • @JuliusCaesar888
    @JuliusCaesar888 3 года назад +1077

    That big grin on the Haradrim commander's face after he blows the horn. He's like "Finally we are here. Time to play!"

    • @lotharthorson
      @lotharthorson 3 года назад +38

      "Lets see what those famouse Rohirrim can do"

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 3 года назад +7

      Briefly, til Legolas showed up....

    • @knowledgehunter6101
      @knowledgehunter6101 3 года назад +12

      I have just eatin this maggot eaten bread for three stinkin days!!

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 3 года назад +6

      @@knowledgehunter6101 but meat will soon be back on the menu!

    • @timchristensen2522
      @timchristensen2522 3 года назад +21

      I always thought he was glad he hit that high note. It's not often one gets to play the Pelennor Fields

  • @ZombieJesus515
    @ZombieJesus515 3 года назад +2877

    Theoden was a boss, charging that head on without any plot armor.

    • @JimmySteller
      @JimmySteller 3 года назад +104

      I mean, he kind of did have plot armour. Anyone who's read the books will know how he's supposed to die, it's essential to the story, like Boromir's death, so there's not much suspense in that regard. Not that this isn't a great scene either way, though. LOTR is my favourite film trilogy for many reasons.

    • @xiNerdLordix
      @xiNerdLordix 3 года назад +178

      @@JimmySteller AKSHUALLY

    • @GreatOldOne9866
      @GreatOldOne9866 3 года назад +10

      Nothing wrong with plot armor.

    • @Free_Palestine_0419
      @Free_Palestine_0419 3 года назад +39

      Bruh it's a fuckin fantasy story realism doesn't apply in fantasy settings. Fuck game of thrones.

    • @johanneshjortshj8646
      @johanneshjortshj8646 3 года назад +12

      @@Free_Palestine_0419 I mostly agree with everything you just said. Although, you do need a bit of grounding in reality in order to make more people able to relate to the story/universe. Plot armor can be annoying when it's blatant but if you make it believable then you never notice it.

  • @FOAB-Carlos
    @FOAB-Carlos 11 месяцев назад +42

    3:07 man that hits so hard, i just love how the impact was so powerful and heavy, that it caused silence for a few second, a litteral shockwave.

  • @jeff5534
    @jeff5534 Год назад +103

    All throughout the films we hear about the weakness of men, how Middle Earth has fallen to ruin during the Age of Man through their greed and lust for power, we hear it so much that we begin to believe it.. then the Rohirrim arrive at the Battle of Pelennor Fields and we see that the race of men still have honour and courage, courage in the face of certain defeat, riding to the aid of their allies no matter the cost. What a scene, what a film series.

  • @_Cato_
    @_Cato_ 2 года назад +4111

    That Haradrim horn is just so sick. It sounds so distant, menacing, almost haunting. I have no idea how they made that sound but for such a small moment, it clearly impacted a lot of people because we’re ALL talking about how badass it sounds.
    I want one of those horns...

    • @HgHgHgHgHgHgHgHg
      @HgHgHgHgHgHgHgHg 2 года назад +115

      It sounds so cool

    • @FusionCoreHoarder
      @FusionCoreHoarder 2 года назад +56

      Can you really do that with a horn tho? I mean irl

    • @the_very_unstable_gamertha2555
      @the_very_unstable_gamertha2555 2 года назад +38

      It does sound cool but I expected it to be a deeper sound

    • @gr8m887
      @gr8m887 2 года назад +177

      The horn is only matched by their war chants! I want those subtitled so I can shout them properly

    • @klswun50
      @klswun50 2 года назад +143

      The horn was inspired by the native New Zealand Maori as well as the chanting which you may be familiar as the the "Haka". Truly Badass

  • @SNESdrunk
    @SNESdrunk 3 года назад +9564

    This is nearly *20 years old*, you can still feel the weight of the elephants, of the people getting tossed around... just an absolutely incredible feat of filmmaking, of art. These movies will live forever

    • @hiroTaso7
      @hiroTaso7 3 года назад +88

      Its E P I C

    • @Mica_T
      @Mica_T 3 года назад +71

      I think we have the amazing cinematography to thank for that :)

    • @emineerdoganincantasi4531
      @emineerdoganincantasi4531 3 года назад +16

      You mean 17 years old

    • @WolfLordMorgrim
      @WolfLordMorgrim 3 года назад +106

      This is the kind of fight I expected from Game of Thrones at Winterfell...but we all know how that ended.

    • @JordoF6
      @JordoF6 3 года назад +98

      @@emineerdoganincantasi4531 All three films are 20 years old. They were all filmed at the same time from 99-2000.

  • @jessewesley13
    @jessewesley13 Месяц назад +6

    Anyone else here in 2024 and still get goosebumps watching this?

  • @gameroftheocean4050
    @gameroftheocean4050 Год назад +19

    Am I the only one who just like, loves the horn at 0:52? Idk it’s just almost soothing amidst the chaos of the battle lol

  • @davidesguario2151
    @davidesguario2151 3 года назад +256

    Eomer is underrated, by far the most badass 100% human character in LOTR. No-nonsense attitude, loyal to the death, amazing fighting skills.

    • @xhosmani450
      @xhosmani450 3 года назад +11

      dude that is Billy butcher form the boys series

    • @vanmierra6927
      @vanmierra6927 3 года назад +26

      "I would cut of your head, dwarf, if it stood but a little higher from the ground" The most savage moment in the whole of Lord of The Rings history. XD

    • @EmDub01
      @EmDub01 2 года назад +1

      The staredown that he had right before the spear throw was intense. He was 100% focused on that kill. Toppling 2 oliphants was just icing on the cake. Eomer was an ice cold mf.

    • @SagaciousNihilist
      @SagaciousNihilist 2 года назад

      @@xhosmani450 You mean judge Dread. Karl Urban is cool for sure.

    • @TheLatiosnlatias02
      @TheLatiosnlatias02 2 года назад

      Throughout the trilogy Eomer lost his weapons. First he lost his sword, then he killed 2 oliphants with his spear, then his bow & arrow magically appears for the first & last time and at the Black Gate, his shield is deteriorated. And as king of Rohan, he has no weapons.

  • @mattemattics5667
    @mattemattics5667 Год назад +2561

    Good guys: “Send in the horses!”
    Bad guys: “Send in the elephants!”
    Good guys: “Send in the Legolas!”

    • @alexn4255
      @alexn4255 Год назад +170

      Dwarfs: send in the goats

    • @jimmyrecard6021
      @jimmyrecard6021 Год назад +53

      @@alexn4255 and Bombur.

    • @scottwarren4998
      @scottwarren4998 Год назад +16

      Theoden just just scream to his men to bring forth the bows and arrows, then when the elephants are closing theoden's men shoot arrows at the same time as theoden's men move backwards. it will basically be a arrow fight between the arrow-men on the elephants vs the arrow-men on the ground.
      Ghosts may not even be needed to win the war... // Expert

    • @Lord_of_Proboscidea
      @Lord_of_Proboscidea Год назад +11

      They resemble Stegotetrabelodon

    • @przemekmaj132
      @przemekmaj132 Год назад +37

      Legolas defeat only one of elephants.... Eomer defeat two with one spear!

  • @thedarkness0683
    @thedarkness0683 4 месяца назад +18

    That battle makes me cry, the greatest battle between good and evil. The speach of the King at the beginning was awesome. 2023 I'm still impressed of this scenes.

  • @samuelthomason6113
    @samuelthomason6113 8 месяцев назад +13

    Eowyn is how you're meant to do a "strong female character". She's quality, but not an unbelievable, flawless superwoman... Modern Hollywood should take note!

  • @mylesdonovan9068
    @mylesdonovan9068 4 года назад +1778

    0:52 you can’t possibly tell me that’s not the most badass war horn

    • @Engadieffs
      @Engadieffs 4 года назад +263

      everytime this scene is a topic I can't forget the first time I heard that horn, it's ultra badass

    • @ManuelFernandez-nm4hy
      @ManuelFernandez-nm4hy 4 года назад +338

      And the chants after just makes it 3 times more badasss

    • @mrgumbwit5307
      @mrgumbwit5307 4 года назад +126

      This Trilogy needed to show more Haradrim

    • @liammercado1235
      @liammercado1235 4 года назад +76

      The horn before Saruman's speech is a contestant.

    • @thejoshno
      @thejoshno 4 года назад +63

      That’s the only reason I looked up this scene lol

  • @johnleonard9102
    @johnleonard9102 2 года назад +2486

    The Haradim battle cry is just so awesome.
    You have no idea what they're saying, but you know that these guys are marching forward with utmost confidence and are ready for war.

    • @FatGouf
      @FatGouf Год назад +404

      The extras were mostly of Maori origins so they improvised a Haka chant and Peter Jackson left it in.

    • @cole_deatherage
      @cole_deatherage Год назад +125

      @@FatGouf I did not know that but makes total sense. That's awesome.

    • @r6v2fan1
      @r6v2fan1 Год назад +138

      @@cole_deatherage Just like the speech Saruman gave to the Uruk-hai at Orthanc. The chanting was done in a soccer(football) stadium in Australia if I remember correctly.

    • @EMCE.23
      @EMCE.23 Год назад +74

      So badass, but adds to the Rohirrim and the sheer balls on sounding a charge against such an intimidating enemy REFORM THE LINE!!!

    • @Emper0rH0rde
      @Emper0rH0rde Год назад +13

      @@r6v2fan1 It was a cricket stadium

  • @underlordd
    @underlordd Год назад +36

    The clash at 1:40 is beyond epic, how the music comes together and camera pans exactly to the focal point, just rewatched the movie in theaters and this scene blew me away.

  • @PurplePartyParasaur
    @PurplePartyParasaur 2 месяца назад +2

    The sheer desperation in the “BRING IT DOWN BRING IT DOWN BRING IT DOOOOOWN”

  • @michaelkane9996
    @michaelkane9996 2 года назад +943

    The horn that haradrim plays when they first arrive to the battle is one of my favorite sound effects ever, what an epic horn!

    • @Galakarol
      @Galakarol 2 года назад +18

      I always tought that I'm weird noticing how epic is that horn and unredlining it every time I can. Going through comment section I see, that may people share this feeling :D

    • @_Cato_
      @_Cato_ 2 года назад +20

      Karol Gałkowski
      You aren’t alone, it’s such an awesome sound. It sounds so menacing and haunting.

    • @user-hs1sn6lp4x
      @user-hs1sn6lp4x 2 года назад

      @@Galakarol
      Yb isÿ CNN GM

    • @antontiedtke5771
      @antontiedtke5771 2 года назад +7

      I get goosebumps every time i hear it

    • @Hugh33337
      @Hugh33337 2 года назад +18

      Ikr ? the horn of rohan was heroic, it makes you think "Rejoice fellow men, help is here!"
      The haradrim horn is the opposite "Tremble and despair, your end is near".

  • @jerryjingjo
    @jerryjingjo 5 лет назад +3185

    Still not one film has beaten this battle in 16 years

    • @Codreanu_Prezent
      @Codreanu_Prezent 4 года назад +106

      @Zerebrat Eightyseven
      Leftists? What does regulations on companies, nationalization, and public spending have anything to do with this? The internet can be so deluded, I swear.

    • @Codreanu_Prezent
      @Codreanu_Prezent 4 года назад +76

      @Luke Hopkins
      Wouldn't you have to be offended to go around being paranoid of liberal talking points and calling them "leftist" on the internet? You also must think I have pink hair, love soy, and support femenism! Haha!

    • @Berserk_96
      @Berserk_96 4 года назад +2

      Paul Steinhauser hahahahahaha no.

    • @itzbebop
      @itzbebop 4 года назад +92

      Starwars has nothing on LOTR. these battles were legendary.

    • @RegularDude00
      @RegularDude00 4 года назад +7

      yeah dude i seen the movies just 2 weeks ago but i kind of want to see them again already

  • @bobthedestroyer6205
    @bobthedestroyer6205 Год назад +31

    This must have been the single most epic thing I saw as a kid. Lotr was what got me so obsessed with geek culture and all things fantasy. I cant imagine how good this was on the big screen

    • @leipzigergnom
      @leipzigergnom Год назад +3

      Same here. I can't believe the first time I watched this movie was on our crappy little box TV at home

    • @assrammington7961
      @assrammington7961 Год назад +1

      I’m 37. I saw this in theatres when I was in high school. It was the greatest thing I’ve ever seen and still is.

    • @YD-uq5fi
      @YD-uq5fi 2 месяца назад

      I saw it on the big screen in 2003. This was long before RUclips. At the 0:46 scene, I legit deposited bricks.

  • @RexWu
    @RexWu 6 месяцев назад +20

    theodens face going from victory to absolute terror in just 3 seconds.......superb acting

  • @JinRequim
    @JinRequim 3 года назад +1188

    "Imagine a King fights his own battles, won't that be a sight?" - Achillies

    • @Fulgrim_The_Phoenician
      @Fulgrim_The_Phoenician 3 года назад +34

      Achilles was a king himself....think about that :p

    • @nagual1992
      @nagual1992 3 года назад +2

      @@Fulgrim_The_Phoenician is that a race joke?

    • @AJonez
      @AJonez 3 года назад +1

      Wouldn't*

    • @dieweissehand
      @dieweissehand 3 года назад +1

      and here we go :-)

    • @enriquearanda5845
      @enriquearanda5845 3 года назад +11

      "Sound the charge! TAKE THEM HEAD ON!"

  • @roropo1306
    @roropo1306 5 лет назад +4886

    This is how Cersei expected the Golden Company to show up

    • @williamcostigan91
      @williamcostigan91 5 лет назад +420

      She should be grateful they didn't. The last thing Westeros needs is undead elephants thanks to the Olympic javelin throwing Night King.

    • @bcox5490
      @bcox5490 5 лет назад +42

      Looks like the Dothraki and the Vale still prevailed in the end

    • @williamcostigan91
      @williamcostigan91 5 лет назад +29

      @Cardboard Calamity I still think the pisswater Prince is a fake Targaryen.

    • @matiasluukkanen7718
      @matiasluukkanen7718 5 лет назад +26

      William Costigan And Night King is dead😅... seems dude can slay dragons yet even hobbit could have killed him in the end. Cersei for the main villain?

    • @williamcostigan91
      @williamcostigan91 5 лет назад +62

      @@matiasluukkanen7718 Yeah that was anticlimatic as fuck.

  • @theswampcastlebard1587
    @theswampcastlebard1587 Год назад +37

    20 years later...and still one of the best scenes ever

  • @Davidliciouss
    @Davidliciouss 9 месяцев назад +9

    I just love how the epic music just shuts off when the Oliphaints swings the first time. There is no music when the slaughter happens like there’s no hope until Eomer takes down the rider along with two oliphaint is when the music comes back. Love that

  • @Berserk_96
    @Berserk_96 4 года назад +7207

    If your kids says Endgame was the best cinematic war battle ever, show them this movie

    • @AkshatSTR8EDGE
      @AkshatSTR8EDGE 4 года назад +113

      The only half decent thing in that battle was the discount ride of the rohirrim sequence.

    • @rafaelaosta8815
      @rafaelaosta8815 4 года назад +78

      NoGoD 27 bruh

    • @Dr._Atom
      @Dr._Atom 4 года назад +308

      And if they don't change their minds, dump them, they're most likely bastards

    • @card1491
      @card1491 4 года назад +15

      Wesker JHG WITH A BUNCH OF DAM SEXY ELEPHANTS

    • @jam7778
      @jam7778 4 года назад +22

      Stupid moment ever . Thousands horses attack giant elefants and that legendary? Lotr, your fanboys so stupid

  • @PetethePorpoise
    @PetethePorpoise 2 года назад +1470

    The Haradrim Horn almost sounds like sadistic laughter, as if it is actually mocking the enemy's fear. It's not just announcing the Haradrim's presence, it's announcing that the Haradrim have already won the battle and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

    • @Viktor-gi5up
      @Viktor-gi5up 2 года назад +28

      @EightFootSativa literally in Lotr movies Harads and Easterlings looks like a mass of retarded soldiers, when theoretically, being men from arid lands, they should be much more tenacious and strong than the men of the West... They should be the best human armies... But I'm the lore they always loose couz they are "the evil"

    • @CeruleanSword
      @CeruleanSword 2 года назад +111

      @@Viktor-gi5up
      Okay so, I’ve no idea what you’re talking about.
      Harad is supposed to be a huge collection of tribes, not a disciplined, highly organised fighting force like Gondor is *supposed* to be.
      Gondor is literally translated as ‘land of stone’. They are the rock that holds firm against Mordor. They are supposed to be highly disciplined, organised and capable in combat.
      Rhun however, yes they are a disciplined, organised fighting force, and probably the closest human faction in this regard to Gondor. I’ve no idea why you think they’re a mass of unorganised soldiers, we don’t even see them fight, so how did you even reach this conclusion?
      Your argument regarding their land being arid is just complete and utter nonsense. Are you under the impression that heat gives strength? Let me tell you something, cold is far more difficult for a human body to withstand, go ask a Viking. Secondly, Gondor is a hot country aswell. Thirdly, you clearly know nothing about LOTR as bloodlines are extremely important in this universe and Gondorians are direct descendants of Numenor and would therefore be stronger Men individually than evil men from the south and east.
      Brush up on your knowledge before making what I consider to also be a racist statement that you have made.

    • @radiatorqcpogo3268
      @radiatorqcpogo3268 2 года назад +3

      @@CeruleanSword viking hot rekt by native and Mongolians tho

    • @CeruleanSword
      @CeruleanSword 2 года назад +48

      @@radiatorqcpogo3268
      And the Persians got rekt by a bunch of Spartans at Thermopylae, and Mongolia basically became a puppet state of Russia, so what is your point.

    • @alessandrocalcagnile5293
      @alessandrocalcagnile5293 2 года назад +8

      @@CeruleanSword marry me

  • @williamcho7724
    @williamcho7724 Месяц назад +3

    As a young kid in Korea, when I watched this scene my imagination just ran wild. Many nights I imagined to be the rider of Rohirrim and fight the evils.. it was such a precious time

  • @dustykellar3016
    @dustykellar3016 6 месяцев назад +12

    The fact that Theodin's calvary could form a line that quick out of combat is insane.

  • @killer92173
    @killer92173 4 года назад +3004

    Legolas: Took down an entire Oliphant by himself.
    Eomer: took down TWO Oliphants with just one spear!!

    • @kenthemanmcmillan8965
      @kenthemanmcmillan8965 3 года назад +509

      Gimli: That still only counts as one.

    • @samirSch
      @samirSch 3 года назад +208

      Eowin took 2 in less than 30s, first at 3:33 and another at 3:54, and later she kicked Witch King's arse!
      Girl is a killing machine.

    • @VelvetMagician
      @VelvetMagician 3 года назад +49

      That only counts as two

    • @DiscusvissenRocken
      @DiscusvissenRocken 3 года назад +59

      Eomer: nope master dwarf, still counts as three actually ;) the two Oliphaunts and the guy impaled by said spear

    • @wolvie90
      @wolvie90 3 года назад +100

      Eomer, the most underrated badass in the entire trilogy.

  • @iainhansen1047
    @iainhansen1047 4 года назад +1839

    One of the reasons this scene really gets to me is that even though the elephants in it are giants compared to real life, ancient people fighting war elephants is probably the closest thing humans have ever come to fighting actual monsters.

    • @pyrrhusofepirus8491
      @pyrrhusofepirus8491 4 года назад +262

      The Romans and Alexander's men felt the same

    • @npj5810
      @npj5810 4 года назад +20

      Iain Hansen Thats deep...

    • @dolsopolar
      @dolsopolar 4 года назад +151

      Stone age people killing the mammoth

    • @lonewolf1625
      @lonewolf1625 4 года назад +56

      That was Scipio at the Battle of Zama

    • @dorukokman
      @dorukokman 4 года назад +15

      You ripped that from a video on the punic wars.

  • @uniball5667
    @uniball5667 Год назад +42

    *elephants appear through mist*
    *Rohan rider jumps off horse and calmly walks forward*
    Elephant rider: "What's this fool doing?!"
    *Rohan rider pulls mouse from knapsack*
    Elephant rider: "Oh God oh no"

  • @xnet_cascade6257
    @xnet_cascade6257 5 месяцев назад +9

    Fun Fact: That was the first time the Theoden actor saw the real Oliphaunts on set, so his reaction was genuine.

  • @wtfdude687
    @wtfdude687 3 года назад +3004

    This horn sound still gives me chills every time

    • @emp437
      @emp437 3 года назад +104

      0:50

    • @twaniealmighty4036
      @twaniealmighty4036 3 года назад +82

      Same, always found it haunting as a kid

    • @Computergeek-zw3go
      @Computergeek-zw3go 3 года назад +82

      It is Indian gond tribal horn sound before battle they use this sound and they also fought elephants. Mughals hired them as mercenaries after defeating them.

    • @Crispy_pata
      @Crispy_pata 3 года назад +1

      Same!

    • @CBRN-115
      @CBRN-115 3 года назад +58

      And the chant is an epic cherry on top

  • @ArghastOfTheAlliance
    @ArghastOfTheAlliance 5 лет назад +2751

    "Take them head on!"
    *Proceeds to charge at a battle line of mumakils*
    I'm impressed that Theoden's horse had enough strength to carry the king's huge balls.

    • @anjayl
      @anjayl 5 лет назад +41

      It was not brave, taking them head-on was the stupidest thing one could have done.

    • @ArghastOfTheAlliance
      @ArghastOfTheAlliance 5 лет назад +90

      Then what else should have been done? If they didn't do that, the orcs would have regrouped behind the Haradrim. And keep in mind that in the books Aragorn arrives with Gondorian army from southern provinces, and not with overpowered undead army.

    • @anjayl
      @anjayl 5 лет назад +31

      He should have order 2 groups to flank, one to bait, kiting in the middle, but the main force should have flank each side. Going head-on just exposed most of the Rohirims to the Haradrims strength... Why would you fight the enemy on his terms when you can go around and use your strength : speed

    • @ArghastOfTheAlliance
      @ArghastOfTheAlliance 5 лет назад +85

      2 groups to flank? One to kite? It's not any computer game where you have from the top point of view. Plus the Haradrim were closing in rather fast, the Rohirrim might have run out of time. And they did not have that much of an advantage with their speed - mumakils also were fast, as shown by horses galloping underneath them.

    • @anjayl
      @anjayl 5 лет назад +10

      They may be fast, but they can change direction way slower, and they have less protection on the side and back, flanking was the best option since it also get you out of the way of those huge tusks. I mean, when your enemy lays a trap in front of you, you don't run into it.

  • @ajs3060
    @ajs3060 9 месяцев назад +26

    I'm really impressed the Haradrim's leader. With just a few seconds of screentime, he was able to make such as impression, that when Eomer finally took him down, it made it feel like Eomer was able to take down someone of noteworthy.

  • @TheRpggamer91
    @TheRpggamer91 7 месяцев назад +2

    mordor: "let's throw elephants at them"
    Rohan: "boys, you know the drill. F1+F3"

  • @daftrok
    @daftrok 4 года назад +2673

    This was horrifying watching this in the theater 17 years ago. Everyone in the theater was silent once they clashed.

    • @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal
      @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal 4 года назад +202

      I want them to be released you know so that a whole new generation can see them in theatres I mean I'm happy with my vhs's but it's just not the same

    • @Nemesis_T_Type
      @Nemesis_T_Type 4 года назад +177

      I remember that day everyone was quiet with awe. People have never seen such epic battle in the cinema.

    • @wiseguy01
      @wiseguy01 4 года назад +52

      I was rooting for the Haradrim

    • @emiliabeleiu3116
      @emiliabeleiu3116 4 года назад +6

      Daftrok why

    • @emiliabeleiu3116
      @emiliabeleiu3116 4 года назад +2

      Daftrok we like lotr the Hobbit etc

  • @alessioiannella1734
    @alessioiannella1734 5 лет назад +5103

    Everybody remembers Legolas climbing and killing 1 oliphant with 3 arrows in the head.
    Nobody remembers Eomer killing 2 oliphants with a single spear.
    I am with #TeamEomer

    • @evannesbitt7852
      @evannesbitt7852 5 лет назад +478

      Or Eowyn crippling two oliphants, saving Theoden's life and crippling Gothmog before straight up killing the Witch King of Angmar

    • @isaiasmartinez4477
      @isaiasmartinez4477 5 лет назад +340

      Legolas fans are like "That still only counts as one!"

    • @Parmenides7
      @Parmenides7 5 лет назад +81

      Isaias Martinez
      more like gimli fans..

    • @Kaiimei
      @Kaiimei 5 лет назад +68

      Well I doubt the Oliphants died from that. They were stunned, sure, and one was now riderless, but they looked to still be alive.

    • @thecolonel1
      @thecolonel1 5 лет назад +20

      It only counts as 1

  • @nafisamusah7085
    @nafisamusah7085 2 месяца назад +3

    That horn still sends chills down my spine😱, absolute Best of the Best scenes of Lotr.

  • @tuiman5212
    @tuiman5212 7 месяцев назад +7

    1:15 Whenever I’m going through a hard spot in life, wether it’s a hard grueling day ahead of me at work or a hard night at home, I always come back and watch this video to remember the Kings words “Sound the charge! Take them head on! CHARGE!” He looked at a problem so immense, yet he grounded himself and charged right towards it.

  • @saadarifchhotani910
    @saadarifchhotani910 2 года назад +1238

    Is nobody going to appreciate Eomer's bravery and genius here?? I mean he stood his ground and killed the Harad rider with his spear and in the process figured out the Oliphant's weak point and then he instructed the other riders to aim for their heads. I always feel that Eomer was under appreciated in LOTR movies... A great warrior..

    • @maxinesenior596
      @maxinesenior596 2 года назад +185

      Beta Rohirrim soldiers: getting stomped and gored by oliphaunts
      Alpha Legolas: Takes down a whole oliphaunt with a handful of arrows and a bit of skill
      Sigma Eomer: takes down two entire oliphaunts with a single spear

    • @Line_of_Sight
      @Line_of_Sight 2 года назад +70

      Think about the fact that Aragorn took Eomer with him to defeat the last remnants of the Rhun people, who were still in feud with the men of the west, two kings

    • @Maldoror2112
      @Maldoror2112 2 года назад +25

      @@maxinesenior596 Made that Mumakil take a disastrous "left turn"!
      Mumakil: "Okay! Here I go!"
      Other Mumakil: "WTF! What are you DOING?!"

    • @sweetchilledgames7887
      @sweetchilledgames7887 2 года назад +9

      @@Maldoror2112 Mumakil: forgive me brother!!! *literally takes him and himself out*

    • @doom3871
      @doom3871 2 года назад +4

      Faramir didn't tell to Rohirim how to fight oliphants..I remember in the first movie faramir did fight oliphants

  • @lukeh2379
    @lukeh2379 3 года назад +881

    I love how each oliphaunt is different. They have different facial coverings from each other. Some have spikes on the tusks, one has the wire stretching across the bottom tusks. There’s the few that have another set of tusks roped to the lower tusks. It’s details like these that just make them feel so much more real.

    • @joezilla29
      @joezilla29 3 года назад +67

      Beats the CGI orc clone armies of The Hobbit by a million light years. Hell, even the orcs in the trilogy all had different armor, headgear, and weapons.

    • @Crest28
      @Crest28 3 года назад +77

      Did you know Christian bale is one of those mumakil. He packed on 15 tons for the role and grew tusk too

    • @zacharyzachary9576
      @zacharyzachary9576 3 года назад +4

      You’re comment gave me the biggest chuckle I’ve had in days. Thanks for that.

    • @SakthivelSakthivel-on9tr
      @SakthivelSakthivel-on9tr 3 года назад

      Effect rock gvjdiijngczwyi

    • @DavyDave1313
      @DavyDave1313 3 года назад +7

      Also Elon Tusk is one of those oliphaunts

  • @user-hl9nc4nw6p
    @user-hl9nc4nw6p 8 месяцев назад +6

    Eowyn really proved to me on how great of a warrior she is. Kills hundreds of orcs, takes down 2 oilphants, beheads a fell beast, and kills the witch king (with the help of merry) pretty impressive in my opinion

  • @lexdavies3656
    @lexdavies3656 3 месяца назад +5

    Achilles : Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight? Theoden “Yes”

  • @connormurphy349
    @connormurphy349 5 лет назад +486

    The horn blown by that first Oliphaunt rider is a sound that has stuck with me since I first heard it, every detail of this trilogy, from that to the barbed wire between the tusks is just.....amazing

    • @educationalporpoises9592
      @educationalporpoises9592 4 года назад +16

      I always remember the sound of that one bearded orc going "WOAAOR" when the orcs start formation during the Rohirrim's first charge.

    • @kingra2650
      @kingra2650 4 года назад +2

      @@educationalporpoises9592 or the Orc army chanting as the march towards the city

    • @combineadvisorwithinternet6040
      @combineadvisorwithinternet6040 4 года назад +2

      @@kingra2650 Or, orcs chanting while driving the Siege Towers from Osgiliath. I don't know why but it sounds so cool to me.

    • @Oskuzen
      @Oskuzen 4 года назад

      @@educationalporpoises9592 omg I was just watching the movie and remembered the exact same thing, makes sense tho, sense this is my favorite movie trilogy of all time...

    • @liammercado1235
      @liammercado1235 4 года назад

      @@educationalporpoises9592 and that Urukai horn right before Saruman's speech, horn art.

  • @insaneapples1559
    @insaneapples1559 4 года назад +1333

    The Rohirrim broke the forces of Mordor, drove them to retreat, defeated the Haradrim army and killed the Witch King. They are legend.

    • @dragondaoshi2947
      @dragondaoshi2947 3 года назад +95

      Yep and all while King Theoden was leading the battle himself

    • @mertcebeci26
      @mertcebeci26 3 года назад +33

      Just like the Polish Relief Forces at Second Vienna Siege...

    • @mertcebeci26
      @mertcebeci26 3 года назад +6

      C-shift Report hahahahah

    • @rustemzholdybalin6210
      @rustemzholdybalin6210 3 года назад +10

      and still kept in shadow of Gondor afterwards - unfair!

    • @urseliusurgel4365
      @urseliusurgel4365 3 года назад +24

      In the book it is Merry who effectively kills the Witch King. He stabs the Nazgul in the leg and his Arnorian blade breaks the spell that binds the Nazgul's will to his corporeal existence. In the film there is no Tom Bombadil, so no Barrow Downs or Wight and no Arnorian/Numenorian dagger. The Arnorians originally buried in the barrows were fighting The Witch King when he was in Angmar and their weapons were designed to be potent against him.

  • @samuelmendez5435
    @samuelmendez5435 6 месяцев назад +3

    "Sound the charge, take the head on" probably the best line ever......balls to the wall!!!

  • @BlackRose85789
    @BlackRose85789 Год назад +14

    I don't care what anyone says, lord of the rings will be the most absolute most best battle scenery in my entire life. Just listening to the music gives me the chills, as it makes me wanna join in the calavary charge.

  • @chrisrohls4853
    @chrisrohls4853 Год назад +232

    This whole scene is serious. But him yelling “bring it down bring it down” was amazing. Flawless acting on everyone’s behalf

    • @holzbierproductions9153
      @holzbierproductions9153 7 месяцев назад +4

      Try it in German. Battle cries in German always hit different.

    • @chrisrohls4853
      @chrisrohls4853 7 месяцев назад +1

      I’m German too so I will definitely have to give it a try!

  • @pageachatter229
    @pageachatter229 2 года назад +968

    That transition never fails to give me goosebumps. The expressions of the Rohirrim changing from joy and victory to astonishment and fear, then the camera showing the line of advancing Mumakil. The driver blowing the horn, and the Haradrim chanting as they prepare to kick ass. *Chef's kiss.* Perfection.

    • @reinsama5436
      @reinsama5436 Год назад +3

      is mumakil a different name for olifants

    • @pageachatter229
      @pageachatter229 Год назад +4

      @@reinsama5436
      Yeah. Same animal, different names.

    • @1Plebeian
      @1Plebeian Год назад +10

      The sounds are so perfect, the horn that the Haradrim blows, the chants, incredible. Rythms of war.

    • @scottwarren4998
      @scottwarren4998 Год назад +2

      Theoden just just scream to his men to bring forth the bows and arrows, then when the elephants are closing theoden's men shoot arrows at the same time as theoden's men move backwards. it will basically be a arrow fight between the arrow-men on the elephants vs the arrow-men on the ground.
      Ghosts may not even be needed to win the war.. // Expert

    • @Omar-qm5sf
      @Omar-qm5sf Год назад

      @Slawa Boga ³

  • @mstrlstr
    @mstrlstr 2 месяца назад +2

    Hands down one of the greatest scenes in cinema history

  • @IvanSerestov
    @IvanSerestov 8 месяцев назад +6

    When I was a kid, maybe I was 4 or 5, I saw that scene once when my father was watching this movie during my afternoon nap. Because of that, I truly thought for some years that THESE were legit elephants, and that elephants were that big in reality, and I thought it was truly amazing. A few years later, my mother took me to a zoo and I was so excited to see elephants in reality for the first time in my life. During the first half of the visit, I was a bit surprised we were not able to see the elephants from the other parts of the zoo. Something that big (like 20m high), I thought we would have been able to see them from a distance. I already imagined giant fences like the ones in Jurassic Park to ensure these gigantic animals don't try to escape and I was even a bit afraid. When I finally saw them, I was mike "Mum, why is there only baby elephants ? Where are all the big ones ?" and she did not understand what I was talking about. When she finally explained to me, I was a bit sad that elephants were in fact "small", but quickly I started being absolutely in love when I ended up seing an actual baby elephant. He was so cute 😍 What astounded me the most however was the giraffes, one came to the fence and she was sooo big compared to me at that time 😁 Still nowadays, elephants are one of my favourite animals, and one of the most precious souvenir I have from my now late mother is a necklace with a silver baby elephant I bought to her a few years after this day at the zoo ☺️
    I'm still a bit sad to be honest that Mumakil aren't an actual existing species in our world, but I guess it's better this way, when you see how much devastation a single "normal" mad elephant can do in Africa or India 😂

    • @Skarrier
      @Skarrier 5 месяцев назад +1

      Everything looks way bigger when you're a child. I remember seeing a horse while i was 4 or 5, and it looked gigantic compared to me. If back then i saw an elephant, i would've been in complete awe of its size, that's for sure. It would've looked exactly like mumakil compared to me XD

  • @t-mart2081
    @t-mart2081 3 года назад +311

    0:37. The look of complete disbelief on Theodons face, the thud of the footsteps, the roar of the mumakil, the distant chanting...gets me everytime

    • @dmitryakst6906
      @dmitryakst6906 3 года назад

      Не чево интересно

    • @MadDogg4021
      @MadDogg4021 3 года назад +11

      The ultimate “oh shit” moment

    • @musicman717
      @musicman717 3 года назад +11

      And still he charged..

    • @BlueOx2277
      @BlueOx2277 3 года назад +2

      The sound of a gaggle of teenagers coming to raid your kitchen..

    • @sixstringman2862
      @sixstringman2862 3 года назад +1

      That's the face I used to make in college when I realized that the test had more exercises on the back page.

  • @thunror6372
    @thunror6372 2 года назад +627

    Does anyone else LOVE how the Rohirim’s theme kicks back in and makes the viewers think “they’ll do this” only to be swept away by the Haradrims War elephants. Beautiful

    • @tylersoto7465
      @tylersoto7465 2 года назад +16

      Man I just love Oliphants just love them big, strong, smart, loyal can take a beating and and pull tons of stuff but more than regular elephants, if I was a hadarin after sauron death and had a group of Oliphants I would be traveling everywhere in middle earth carrying tons of cargo goods and people around place to place making a good living and exploring places and also helping middle earth have a solid trading system going on and I'll be proud to be do that for them going to erabor, Bree, shire, arnor, Gondor and Rohan etc and free to go where I want lol 😎🐘🐘😙

    • @stevepalpatine2828
      @stevepalpatine2828 2 года назад +24

      I mean, the Rohirrim fucked the Haradrim up once they got the hang of them, it was just the initial shock that caught them off guard.
      Haradrim Geneeral was an idiot imo.
      He had the only intact force on the Pelennor at that point, ok they're Mumakil, butbhe had what 20, 30?
      That battle was lost the second the Rohirrim charge broke the orcs, the Haradrim guy should have pulled back to Osgilliath, he threw his men away.

    • @servinginhellaimingforheav2446
      @servinginhellaimingforheav2446 2 года назад +3

      @@stevepalpatine2828 yeah at that point theyre fighting almost without support

    • @joblessmf420
      @joblessmf420 2 года назад +10

      @@stevepalpatine2828 They were expecting the corsairs to show up too. Not that dumb.

    • @jonathancummings6400
      @jonathancummings6400 2 года назад +3

      @@stevepalpatine2828 Yes. Well, Sauron was a MORON of a Commander in Chief. Worse than Hitler on his worst day, which was no retreat even while your hundreds of thousands of soldiers are being overwhelmed by literally millions of Russian troops. Sauron's orders were to attack and take the city or die trying, or he would have pulled an ISIS, tortured and slaughtered anyone who retreated and survived. It's why he lost the Ring in both the movie and the book. He held himself to that same idiot standard. When he should have retreated and began peace negotiations, he instead sought to use his Maiar power to try to win the war by himself. Oops, he wasn't quite powerful enough. In the end his Ring betrayed even him, it preferred being a Hobbit's Ring instead of his. I wonder why nobody ever realizes this, not Gandalf, not Sauron, not Strider, not the fans usually. The Ring hung out with Gollum for centuries when Sauron was the Necromancer in Mirkwood, all it had to do was make the Goblins aware of Gollum, leave his hand like it did Isildur, and the get one of the Goblins to pick it up and go to the Necromancer in Mirkwood. Nope, it preferred to be with Gollum, then a new, powerful Hobbit happened along, Bilbo Baggins, and it decided to help save him, and it liked Bilbo even more than Gollum, and took over Bilbo in a subtle way, it didn't seek to harm/change Bilbo the way it did Isildur and Gollum, and it still made no move to leave Bilbo, or force him to go on an adventure that might end up with him dead and the ring in an Orc's hands. Then the Ring was in Frodo's hands for almost 2 decades and again, it was going to just hang out on vacation in the pleasant Shire in possession of a pleasant Hobbit, and let Sauron lose again without it. Had Gollum's idiotic self not been captured by Sauron's troops, he wouldn't have had the slightest idea where it ended up, despite it being a part of his being. In the end it chose Frodo, over destruction and being a part of the rest of Sauron again. In the end, this resistance/reluctance of the Ring itself to reunite with Sauron was what made possible Sauron's downfall. The delay enabled the birth and development of a King/Uniter of Men Aragorn, for the restoration of the Kingdoms of the Dwarven Lonely mountain, and Dale, for an alliance to form between the Sindarin Elves of Thranduil and the High Elves under Galadriel, who was already allied with Rivendell and Elrond. Then the fool Gollum made his fatal move against Frodo, and poof! Goodbye Sauron!

  • @nickpoynton8918
    @nickpoynton8918 3 месяца назад +3

    I'm glad Éowyn gets to show off she really is a humble badass in the extended versions. In the theatrical release you don't really get to see her do half as much and even after killing the Witch King she seemed a bit of a wet towel. This added so much more to her.

  • @cvn6555
    @cvn6555 Год назад +55

    My favorite part in the entire series is when Aragorn tells the hobbits, "My friends. You bow to no one." Always gives me chills and reminds me how staying true to one's self and friends is a victory.

  • @worrybeunhappy
    @worrybeunhappy 3 года назад +419

    0:36 - that moment when ur breezing through the multiple choice section of ur exam and u turn the page to find the written section

    • @emanbirj4742
      @emanbirj4742 3 года назад +40

      I love how every scene from the trilogy can be easily fit into a life scenario. It’s brilliant 😂😂😂

    • @Priest92
      @Priest92 2 года назад +8

      Lmao

    • @ikik1648
      @ikik1648 2 года назад +25

      1:15 - writing some bullshit but smart sounding sentence as you think of actual stuff to say

    • @evesun9110
      @evesun9110 2 года назад

      HAHAH this is hilarious HAHAH

    • @fromnorfolkwithlove
      @fromnorfolkwithlove 2 года назад

      LMAOOOO

  • @JD867
    @JD867 6 лет назад +1726

    1:35 I love how the music swells with the charge, like the movie is saying "Look how brave they are! Surely they're going to wi-"
    Then the first Oliphant sends people flying into the air, and the music just quits.

    • @schavan1
      @schavan1 5 лет назад +24

      Jonathan Rhodes yeah

    • @jerome0929
      @jerome0929 5 лет назад +133

      Yeah it was a big mistake, but since they never face Oliphants before they had no idea what to do, but to try to charge them head on, they should had enter the city and clean the city instead and lock the gate again and prepare another defense while inside. But it wouldn’t been as epic

    • @N8veJay
      @N8veJay 5 лет назад +12

      Jerome 092 they actually didn’t have no chance, they actually had to charge head first...

    • @TheVergile
      @TheVergile 5 лет назад +122

      well, lets be completely honest. Rohirrim are basically shock cavalry. Even with the rohirrim the forces of men are still far outnumbered. They have to play to their strength to even have a remote chance of winning (the book tells that even with the rohirrim arriving the balance was slowly tilting in mirrors favor. Bringing the horses into the city basically completely removes their strength. A sieging army of this size cannot easily shift into a defensive position against shock cavalry while still keeping the pressure on the city. So Theoden had to do whatever he could to make sure his riders kept up their momentum. The Elephant charge effectively made it impossible to freely deploy the cavalry on the field. He couldn't leave them unchallenged. (in real warfare elephants were never a real threat to cavalry. But since Mordor doesn't deploy Warg riders you can basically think of the oliphants as the enemy cavalry. In nearly every single historic battle you will first see the cavalry trying to chase the enemy cavalry from the field so they can freely deploy and use their strength against infantry lines)

    • @TheVergile
      @TheVergile 5 лет назад +20

      sometimes in history breaking the sieging army and reinforcing the defenders was the main goal of a cavalry charge and enough to tip the power balance. But Mines Tirith was ultimately not defensible. Their best hope was to use the shock and momentum of their charge, initiate a counter attack from inside the city and hope for a rout. If you have superior cavalry there rarely is a chance to recover from a full-on rout.

  • @danrok2
    @danrok2 11 месяцев назад +6

    Imagine how bloody this scene would be if it was +18

  • @sobczak0712
    @sobczak0712 9 месяцев назад +12

    20 years later this is still epic.

  • @Drewbag44
    @Drewbag44 3 года назад +2579

    Imagine being a gondor soldier on the wall just watching this happen

    • @colleenross8752
      @colleenross8752 3 года назад +295

      I'd be like "someone find me a horse and a spear, I'm joining this war!"

    • @airforce9872
      @airforce9872 3 года назад +305

      they were overrun already and fell back to the upper levels, they had their own problems to deal with, hence "make safe the city!"

    • @jamie_d0g978
      @jamie_d0g978 3 года назад +247

      They are probably busy dealing with the armored trolls knocking on the door

    • @Drewbag44
      @Drewbag44 3 года назад +108

      @@jamie_d0g978 Well might of boosted their morale a bit lol. They hear the banging at the door, then look out of the city and see Rohan dealing with 50ft giant war elephants. I know which I'd rather fight lol

    • @andrewvincent7299
      @andrewvincent7299 3 года назад +22

      They'd be looking high up because the orcs already breached the city and pushed Gondor's forces to the upper levels of the city by the time Rohan arrived

  • @BanditoBurrito
    @BanditoBurrito 5 лет назад +4445

    First you are ordered to charge into a horde of orcs and giants, and then you have to fight giant elephants and you do so without hesitation. Men of Rohan are brave

    • @jordanhill5238
      @jordanhill5238 5 лет назад +93

      Or stupid lol

    • @Daylon91
      @Daylon91 5 лет назад +302

      "Men of Rohan AND their horses you mean"

    • @gortex8383
      @gortex8383 5 лет назад +48

      because horses have a choice?

    • @Daylon91
      @Daylon91 5 лет назад +306

      @@gortex8383 of course horses have a choice. You cannot force a horse to do something it doesn't want to. Horses are headstrong if u knew anything about horses you would know that

    • @brucegoodchild8341
      @brucegoodchild8341 5 лет назад +93

      it was actually pretty smart if you ask me a head on charge would be completely unexpected against that plus they got numbers and good moral they basically just need to get around them and go for the legs

  • @Eaoden18
    @Eaoden18 2 месяца назад +2

    I owe my uncle the biggest thanks for taking me to see The Fellowship of the Ring when it first arrived in theaters when I was 9 years old. That movie had me absolutely hooked to the franchise so much that I had my parents buy me the books so I could read them, without even comprehending what was truly happening.
    My Uncle and I made a habit of seeing every part of the trilogy when they released in theaters.
    I’m glad we got to witness this incredible cinematic masterpiece together before he passed away.
    Now, as an Uncle myself, I plan on sharing the wonder that is the LotR trilogy with my own nephew once he is a bit older.

  • @ahmedalnashri2371
    @ahmedalnashri2371 8 месяцев назад +4

    I think this is the greatest scene in cinema history ever.

  • @primedecanus5301
    @primedecanus5301 4 года назад +215

    1:43 That amazing swell of music as The Riders of Rohan charge into the fact of danger to save Gondor.
    1:44 Music hard stops when the Mûmakil swipe the Calvary away showing us that this is not going to be an easy fight.
    Thank you Peter Jackson using not only visual and audio queues but just musical queues as well. Such a great movie.

    • @atas2561
      @atas2561 4 года назад +1

      They make heroic sacrifices

    • @denialater7775
      @denialater7775 3 года назад

      The battle speaks for itself. sometimes its better to not have music so you have a chance to actually absorb whats going on. Its also a contrast to what we precieve what its like to be in war vs what the reality is.

  • @deadshot0908
    @deadshot0908 4 года назад +554

    Its very fascinating that this scene is somehow super brutal without there being any gore ore blood.

    • @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal
      @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal 4 года назад +26

      It's because back in the 2000s blood was really hard to make so they just opted to not do it

    • @xBloodxFangx
      @xBloodxFangx 4 года назад +59

      That honestly makes it seem more realistic. Cause now it would be more when a horse got stepped on it would pop like a zit.

    • @willemverheij3412
      @willemverheij3412 4 года назад +56

      The most brutal moment to me is when you see an elephant's paw come down on a horse's head.

    • @DigitalCoffee08
      @DigitalCoffee08 4 года назад +50

      I think it’s due to a number of factors. The sudden stop in music when the first swing of tusks landed, for one. And they did a fantastic job with conveying the sheer impact of the attacks. The camerawork is really phenomenal as well; this movie has held up so well even as the years go by.

    • @TheDakattack3000
      @TheDakattack3000 3 года назад +11

      I have always thought on why they don't make it bloody and I realized why: it's a film trilogy that taps into the fantasy more so than the dark reality. The reality and what we know of knights and such back then are felt but they wanted to make it an epic without being too gritty or violent to show it. It's felt in the way the movies deliver in editing, music, and sheer effort put into the costumes that even with cgi it was used sparingly in comparison. It's one of those things that anyone of any age can watch and still marvel at how epic and great it is without resorting to being too graphic or gruesome.
      The Red Wedding is an amazing scene on game of thrones as are other awesome GoT moments but that's a part of a web of relations and grounded to be too intricate for little kids to understand and made for adults. Here these films tap into the imagination of everyone's general idea of an adventure. It's bloody and violent enough to not be off putting and it's grounded enough for the fantasy elements to make the experience feel truly like an epic you as a viewer get to watch. This scene in particular is perfectly executed in how it handles camera work, music and when to play it, everything. The lack of music in certain fight scenes to just show how intense the fighting is and let speak for itself is what makes these films magically even almost two decades later.

  • @mgg1244
    @mgg1244 4 месяца назад +5

    the cgi is amazing for a 2003 movie

  • @YD-uq5fi
    @YD-uq5fi Месяц назад +1

    If you weren't there, I cannot tell you what it was like to see 0:46 in the movie theater for the first time, with no prior clue. That was before RUclips, mind you, so we truly had no idea. That was my generation's "You're going to need a bigger boat." moment.

  • @mpepp9
    @mpepp9 5 лет назад +1271

    0:50 is probably my favourite sound effect in the whole trilogy. So chilling!

    • @Heathcz
      @Heathcz 5 лет назад +297

      the chant is also fucking badass

    • @Agreus-WolfsbaneYT
      @Agreus-WolfsbaneYT 5 лет назад +13

      Ikr

    • @Bryant_T
      @Bryant_T 5 лет назад +104

      This and the sound of the Balrog are my favorite

    • @Ramsesamonra
      @Ramsesamonra 5 лет назад +5

      same

    • @alexstone9099
      @alexstone9099 5 лет назад +37

      Yep, I watch this scene just for that bit a lot of the time. And the battle is amazing, it's just all amazing.

  • @WJen8
    @WJen8 3 года назад +288

    To this day, the Haradrim war horn and battle chant still gives me chills.

    • @ThejollyFrenchman
      @ThejollyFrenchman 3 года назад +11

      As a kid, that horn call scared the crap out of me, and I still find it really unnerving. Imagine being a soldier and hearing that on the battlefield.

    • @allamasadi7970
      @allamasadi7970 3 года назад +4

      @@ThejollyFrenchman best part of this scene

    • @xsailor85
      @xsailor85 3 года назад +2

      Any idea what they were saying in both Haradrim & in English?

    • @drrickmarshall1191
      @drrickmarshall1191 2 года назад

      @@xsailor85 There's no one Haradrim language, as they were tribal they used a lot of different languages and dialects. In short, no, I've searched long and hard an there is no available answer.

    • @melodyj423
      @melodyj423 Год назад +1

      I still get chills when I watch this scene...

  • @claudevinyard4477
    @claudevinyard4477 Год назад +15

    To this day, almost 20 years later, there isn't a movie as spectacular as The Return of the King, 11 Oscars when they meant something.

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      @suphattraainman6439 9 месяцев назад

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  • @suggiethames9870
    @suggiethames9870 Год назад +297

    Unlike the other creatures in Sauron's army the oliphaunts weren't evil. They were just large powerful animals that had been enslaved by cruel men. When I first saw the films I had hoped that as a fellow creature of nature Legolas would find some way to communicate with them and get them to turn against their masters

    • @kubikkuratko188
      @kubikkuratko188 Год назад +64

      If the Oliphants work any similiary as elephants I guess it eould be very hard to convince them to forget their training.

    • @VeniVinnieVici
      @VeniVinnieVici Год назад +54

      In a way he did you know! I mean three arrows through the soft part of the skull is kind of a way of communicating...

    • @S0nyToprano
      @S0nyToprano Год назад +7

      Bro you overthinking this. It’s a movie. Chill.

    • @therra1101
      @therra1101 Год назад +52

      @@S0nyToprano Bro, this is Tolkien. You can never overthink Tolkien.

    • @therra1101
      @therra1101 Год назад +27

      The only creature evil in the beginning was Morgoth. All the others were corrupted by him, even the orcs. Sure, millenia ago, but still. The people fighting were also enslaved. That´s why they were shown mercy in the end.