LOTR The Return of the King - The Ride of the Rohirrim
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- The great charge of the Rohirrim at the Pelennor Fields, when King Théoden and his Rohan army arrive to aid Gondor in their battle against the Mordor armies. (HD Blu-ray)
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“My body is broken. I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed.” RIP King Théoden
Hail the victorious dead
HAIL!@@Captain_Insano_nomercy
@@Captain_Insano_nomercy Hail!
HAIL! 🍺
Hail !
And so passes Théoden, King of Rohan, Lord of the Riddermark, last of the second line of kings.
Rest in peace old friend
One of the best pieces of casting ever, he will be missed
Heil Theoden, King
Forth and fear no darkness. He will be remembered fondly.
Hail the victorious dead
Hail Theoden King!
RIP Bernard Hill. Thank you for starring in one of the most epic scenes in the history of cinema.
Just heard the news, immediately searched for this scene.
@@rkwatchauralnautsjediparty7303 same here
I dont know of a scene that moves me more 🥲
R.I.P. Bernard Hill 1935-2024 He died about 7:59 today in Saturday. Rest in peace. 😢🙏🕊️😎
1:55 Rest in peace, Bernard Hill. Hail the victorious dead!!
I cannot watch, read, or *listen* to the charge on Pelannor fields without getting chills. Thank you, Bernard Hill, for bringing Theoden to life.
❤ I shed a tear tonight. Brilliant.
Our king, may he fly high 🦅💙
*HAIL!*
The Black Gate was built to protect Sauron from Theoden
Lol yup
@Krzysztof Bartczak it was a joke...
Theoden King!
All those noobs who don't know, that the black gate was built by Gondor after Isildur victory over Sauron, but still try to act smart
HiopX wasn’t that just the towers built by gondor？
Anyone who doesn't get teary eyed when the Rohan theme kicks in as they charge into battle has no soul.
I think I have two souls... T-T
I have no soul
I've never cried for any movie
I don't cry, just get shivers throughout my body
@@devinsweeting4978 also acceptable lol
No tears, just excitement and adrenaline
"Death is just another path, one that we all must take." Rest in peace Bernard Hill
Rest in Peace Bernard Hill. This will forever be my favourite scene from the trilogy. ❤
Hail the victorious dead!
The best scene in cinematic history.
The Virgin Dothraki vs the Chad Rohirrim.
The rohorrim could solo the undead army and cercis armies.
Delta 23 6000 rohirric cav with obsidian weapons? No thanks.
The Rohirim are banging all the Dothraki's girlfriends.
@@sokandueler9578 The Night King would be pissing ice water if he saw that
@@foolslayer9416 he would probably get that "were fucked" face the ork commander gets when they are about to run into his army lmao
Two Towers :
Theodon is surrounded by Uruk Hai, death is at doorstep.
Gandalf - Here I come old friend.
Return of king:
Gandalf is surrounded by Orcs, death is at doorstep.
Theodon- Here I come old friend.
Dame . never looked at it like that!!
My feels!!
Dx
this actually hitted me
I am shooketh
As if wasn't getting emotional enough during this scene, wow
This was dope ❤️
And so passes one of the best Kings in cinema who delivered one of the best speeches before a battle. This is one of the few scenes in a movie I can rewatch with the same excitement.
RIP Berhard Hill. Thank you.
Everytime an Actor form Lotr dies, a part of my childhood goes with them.
Respects to Theoden King.
It's a tradition to come back and watch this scene every once in a while because it deserves it
Fine line between Tradition and Addiction, but we don't judge here :P
EPIC EPIC EPIC
true bro
반지의제왕... 안정환이 생각나네 2002월드컵 이탈리아전 골 ~~~
Every month atleast ❤️
20 years on and still one of the greatest scenes ever
~ i dont like how stupid they depicted some important things, like archers holding the full drown bow to shoot in volleys... . Its quite hard and tiresome to hold shots like this, the elfs/elbs did the same, the enemy has all the time to raise the shields when done so, but if arches would shoot when ready the sky would be full of arrows all the time. Every time they hold fire and wait for a command to release them in this trilogy... . Its plain stupid, but people love it. + how stupid the catapults on this castle are placed, behind the walls would make more sense, but otherwhise the enemy couldnt shoot them down so easy for the cinema. + every wall in this trilogy has no kind of machicolations nor proper crenels. Its like these walls where build only to look good, and not to actually repell an attack on it... . And infront of a castle are normally ditches digged by the defenders, so enemy towers cant just roll straight to the walls.
A simple spikewall or two, with ditches digged would have stopped these horsemen. And every single besieging force builds that in the first few hours, otherwhise enemys can just walk into like shown here. So yes, for a fictional universe, inhabitatet by idiots, its a good trilogy and great scenes.
@@wodrapixel2818 to be fair, in history there have been many dumb decisions made by generals and rulers regarding their armies and fortresses. and yes this is a movie things need to be a bit more theatrical than in real life. also i think the book itself has some explanation to certain things, i think in the book it's mentioned the horses of the rohirim aren't regular horses like real ones, they are much stronger and faster since they are of a breed that isn't real but exists in the LOTR world.
Damn i feel old
Videographer: How wide do you want the shot to be?
Director: Yes!
그러게요 어벤져스 도 따라오기 힘듬
"I go to my fathers and even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed” RIP Bernard Hill
Hail the victorious dead!
RIP Bernard Hill. A true legend. May your memory live on forever. 💔
It's just mind boggling how well these movies have held up visually.
It's the practical effects and actual extras instead of being entirely CGI like the Hobbit movies which already look dated sadly.
Ehh… You should be fair to the Hobbit movies. They didn't have the time to properly render the CGI, nor did they have the time to actually polish the scripts, etc. It takes time to make practical effects on a large scale, and unfortunately the studio didn't give Peter Jackson time for pre-production, which the LOTR films had over a year of.
RevanofKorriban which is exactly why movies shouldn’t be rushed to be released
@@revanofkorriban1505 When you are in charge of a project, your job is to deliver it to perfection.. 'No time' is an excuse.
@@InfectedBeats They were already dated at release...
Imagine being a soldier of Gondor on the walls of Minas Tirith, thinking all hope is lost, then seeing your ancient ally arrive en masse upon the mountainside.
For real. The return of hope and adrenaline that they would probably feel and the inspiration to continue fighting
I would cry a lot for seeing an ally in hard times.
Bruh, look thats our ally!
Omg
Rush?
RUUUUUUSHHHHHH!!!!!!!
DEATH!!!!
I’d be busting in my chain mail covered pants. Giant loads, over and over again
"And so passes Théoden, King of Rohan, Lord of the Riddermark, last of the second line of kings." R.I.P. Bernard Hill. 🕊️🕊️
Rest in Peace Bernard Hill, The horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the deep one last time. Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn
"Imagine a King that fights his own battles, wouldn't that be a sight?"
Also being in the front line ..... That's what a hell of a king
Achilles )
Ask Richard the 3rd how it worked for him 😂
Achilles!
Thorin......
The fact that this movie even exists is nothing short of a miracle.
wym
@@Michael-ks1sn the kind of budget it takes to do a movie this well is something most studios don't want to do. Also, most of those riders are real and the people in front are the ones who had the most experience riding horses.
The fact that this movie is 20 years old and still looks better than anything today is even more of a miracle!
@@Finglish100 facts
And then Amazon tried to desecrate it. With new movie.
"And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City."
Fey he seemed, or the battle fury of his fathers ran like new fire within his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a God of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young.
Masterful
RIP Bernard Hill, you shall not be ashamed to join your fathers.
"Courage Merry, courage for our friends." ... I love that woman. Those are truly words to live by.
That's real feminism, women and men standing each other, not against each other
Eowen gave me such an attraction for warrior women lol
She truly realises in that moment what the men feel: the brotherhood that draws out courage. I'm always so proud of her as a character.
@@walterraschenbach4068 me too.
Great words to tell your meat shield before a charge...
"DEAATHH!.." - One never knows if they are wishing it on the enemy or challenging it. *Goosebumps*
Actually I believe that battlecry is a mockery of Sauron. Sauron is the one who originally caused men to fear death leading to the fall of Numenor 100-200 years prior. They are charging into what they know is certain death in defiance of Sauron.
It's more than that. They're welcoming it. They know if they die, their deaths will mean something, because they were true to what they loved when it mattered most.
It's a statement of religious defiance. Sauron WANTS men to fear death, that's his primary method of corrupting them. The faithful Rohirrim know there is no need to fear death, as it means returning to Illuvatar/God, and the threat of it is to be met in glorious, fearless, defiant combat. For death and glory.
Always interpreted it as purposefully running towards death to counteract fear
in the books it is said by Eomer after he sees his uncle and sister lying dead, so he welcomes death for both themselves and to his foes... Cries "Death, Death to us all, DEATH!"
Here to honour the passing of our beloved king. Rest in peace Bernard Hill, thanks for delivering to us the greatest scene on the history of cinema.
Forth, and fear no darkness!
"White shores, and beyond. A far green country under a swift sunrise."
Rest in peace, Mr. Hill.
This movie was made almost two decades ago, and looks twenty times better than any of the most recent movies. Astounding, amazing, glorious.
The trilogy has aged very well.
True. It deserved all the oscar awards it received
I couldn't agree more
Вот такие фильмы стоять смотреть бесконечно
Yea, masks look more natural than fully CGI faces. xd
I love how cowardly the orcs are once they realize Theoden's men aren't bluffing and they're completely unphased at the fact they are running into what they think is their sure death. Purely amazing.
Fear of death was a central tenant of Morgoth's corruption, and so is carried within all of his corrupted creatures. Dragons, Balrogs, Trolls, and Orcs are all ultimately cowards, by design. They all fear death and, absent a force forcing them to face it, will flee it. Break the line and an orc army will scatter, as they did upon the plains before Gondor.
doesn't make a lot of sense though. panning over the army of orcs they look densely packed in formation, and there's about 100.000 of them, and yet the rohirrim still tramples them and rides through somehow. where's the space for them to ride like that?
@@gordonlekfors2708 Well account also that these Orcs are not that sturdy like Humans and get pushed back probably like flies for the Horses + that they only stand in Formation the first Encounter after that they scatter and the Horses have enough space. You see also in the last seconds how some riders are not charging in anymore + they got already the enemie fleeing
@@gordonlekfors2708 i don't think u know what it means to be pushed by a running horse, a horse without armor, but those horses had armor and a rider, pretty heavy, imagine getting hit by that
@@gordonlekfors2708 if you notice, a little before the impact, the orcs break formation. The only reason (even in real wars during the Middle Age) why pikesmen were able to stop the charge of cavalry was because of their formation. If even only one man faultered, the entire formation was doomed. That's why you can see the Rohirrim roam free. There was no formation along the Orcs.
It’s that moment when Gothmog’s face changes and the realisation that the charge is going to hit that always makes me smile.
J.R.R. Tolkien is genius writer
@@notgadot
Correct me if I'm wrong but IIRC Gothmog is an OC that the screenwriters made up.
"Fire at will!"
@@philiproe1661 Technically Gothmog existed as the Witch King's Lieutenant/ Lieutenant of Morgul in the books, though what Gothmog actually was isn't specified. In essence, Gothmog the Orc's a potential OC though Gothmog as a character is canon.
Gothmog's reaction was likely an homage to how the Sultan & the Ottomans saw the Winged Hussars on their immediate flank at the 1683 Seige of Vienna. Like this scene in LOTRs for the Rohirrim, the Poles charged the Ottomans with one of human history's greatest cavalry charges that saved the world of Christendom.
Rest in Peace, Bernard Hill. Undoubtedly one of the greatest moments in cinematic history thanks to his masterful delivery and portrayal of Théoden King. He will never be forgotten!
"Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight"
LOTR great trilogy.
That's Achilles before he marched against the horde of white walkers.
Game of Thrones
What was funny about that line is at that time, most kings did...and many died in battle for it.
DEATH!!
@@murcielagokuroko6561 BREAAAAAD!!
@@iputuwidiantara2919 king leads the charge as one should when leading is people to their end
Best horse charge in all of cinema history
Hands. Down. Still gives me chills and makes my eyes water.
Epic barely describes it.
ag.floats XR best moment in cinematic history
Narnia's charge scene is the best in cinema history imo. That slo-mo and lack of music before impact is just pure art
Caches no way
@@hazbojangles2681 i said imo man hahaha. The music, costumes, cgi and screenplay is some of the best ive seen and that's coming from a huge lotr fan. I know narnia is technically a family movie but just something about that battle scene gets me riled up every damn time.
Caches I’m not really a fan of Narnia but I’m A Lotr Superfan. I’ve read the book countless times read the Hobbit countless times and I have read The Silmarillion a lot of times too. Whenever someone says that something is better than Lotr I just get a bit angry lol
there's a guy at 3:42-3:43 who seems especially angry and determined to kill as many orcs and it's so inspiring
everything about this battle is epic
I have always referred to this specific rider as the ‘Coked up rohirrim’
Should be Gamling by the looks of his beard and helmet.
Man is ready to solo the entire army.
He came to kill. Nothing else to say. 😂
That guy have 44 kill. Currently above gimli and Legolas
RIP Bernard Hill. The hero, heart, and soul of the greatest battle ever filmed.
When Theoden says “death” the third time, I get goosebumps. Every. Time.
True king
Watch the behind the scenes of this scene. It is also epic as hell
I get goosebumps at the second time. already.
Same here
Gay
What a shame Tolkien didn't live long enough to see this.
thanosbananos I think he would’ve been proud. It may not be exactly how he wrote it, but in some areas it works better on screen.
@@QixTheDS I think he would of liked it for the music alone
Tolkien was never really fond of war or fighting. His fight scenes were never very long in the books, and they were generally glossed over in favour of other, more important things.
TheBreezyTrousers I mean more in regards to how well his universe was brought to life rather than just the fight scene itself.
He'd have to be like over 100
Came to watch this scene after hearing about Bernard Hill's passing away. Such a well made and shot scene. Forth Eorlingas.
Single greatest, inspiring and goosebump moment in film history !!!
RIP King Bernard Hill 🙏
This scene is overly extremely highly intense... it's been like million times I've watched but still...... can't even describe.... thank you Tolkien, thank you Peter Jackson, thank you every actor and actress that had role in this awesome trilogy...
Yes! There is no fucking tolerance
Yes it is actually THAT GOOD.
The only this version is better: ruclips.net/video/LWxnHuVEwUg/видео.html&ab_channel=S%C3%AEdhAn%C3%ADron
@@bbombastus7791 Couldn't agree more. Hearing Tolkien reading over Jackson's movie scene adaptation is pure fantasy joy. Also shows how great a respect Jackson had for Tolkiens original work and the lore he created. J.R.R. Tolkien...one author to rule them all.
So realistic in terms of historical battle tactics too.
Most movies have terrible battle scenes but somehow this 20 year old movie absolutely not only nailed it cinematically but also realistically.
The way the orc leader shouts commands to form ranks, telling pikemen to get to the front. They also form an accurate formation, digging their pikes into the ground pointing the spear upwards towards the horses. And we actually get to see a cavalry charge. Normally in movies the two lines meet and it instantly turns into movie style 1v1s.
So much detail was put into these movies in many ways.
after so many years it still holds up.
Lord of the rings is one of the best movies ever
The best trilogy of all time :')
yes
12 years..?
if i was gunna end it all, id go out like this screaming death fucking hell yes fuck yes!
ONE of the best movies??
Correction: The best trilogy
RIP Bernard Hill, you were so inspring, teaching us to rise from our shadows and fears
As if this speech needed any more emotional weight. Now, with Bernard Hill passing, it hits even harder.
Ride, Theoden! Ride now! Ride for ruin and the world's ending! DEATH!!!
"Courage, Merry. Courage for our friends." Gets me every time
You can feel the fear as she says these words. And yet, she rides into battle. That's true courage, the willingness to face terrifying things.
Courage is strength in times of great fear.
For me, she is much more strong than the so called strong women characters of today...
True strength came from protecting the ones u love.. u fear nothing.
😭😭 me too !
Even the horses were like:
"You seein' this?!"
"Hell yeah! We're awesome dude!"
"Gonna run! Tasty grass...Gonna run! Gonna do a poo! Tasty grass..."
Dude best fucking comment ever!!! Hahaga
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Ride to the world's ending.
Rest in peace Bernard Hill
before my Grandpa died of cancer we saw this in theaters and I looked at him during this scene. He had tears running down his face but bravery in his eyes. I’ll never forget that night in the movies.
Fear not darkness!
I'm sorry for your loss, however I have never seen a movie with my grandfather. After reading this maby I should . Not fore fame ,but a Genuine love for another person.
Charge into death for it holds no bounds. Jesus is the white rider who holds all that is right. Be fearless and hold firm. Your day is coming like a pale morning after a hot day. No matter your desire he will hold you true. On his horse you will ride towards the endless sunset. Behold my friend you have the king of all the earth to ride with.
My old man never got to see all of this movie. Got it on home video and everyy time he tried my sisters would throw a temper tantrum like they were children. Despite being teenagers. So he gave up trying to watch this movie. Even when I tried to get him to watch it again over the next 5 years before his death... Nothing. Guess he knew my sisters would throw another bitch fit no matter when or when it was.
Yes my sisters were that vindictive and petty.
your grandfather is among the riders of Rohan
The rohirrim are human , no magic , no superpowers, they know they are up against it. What they do know is they are badasses and will fight anything. My favourite speech in any movie.
The orks here are no magic, no superpowers, weak mind and half of the size of a human... it's rly like rohan ride in the war against children.
@@dianamon2727 still a badass outcome. I'd also like to trample over some kids
Well they do have horses willing to charge a wall of pikes.
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RIP Bernard Hill (Theoden, King of Rohan)
Rest in Peace Bernard Hill, immortal in the works you've left behind.
Can we take a moment to appreciate that they are wearing actual chainmail armour? Not some painted wool or leather, but genuine iron chains linked together? I find that very gratifying.
Much of the rank and file extras had them made of resin links but for closeup and sound effects they used the real stuff.
There were these two guys at Weta Workshop whose only job was to link the chains together to make all the chainmail used in LotR. At the end of it their fingertips left no more fingerprints, because of how worn out the skin was.
You do realize that shit was fake too right? lol
Next thing you'll say is how CGI ruined movies haha
@@1BrknHrtdRomeo It's a hybrid of live action and CGI.
Either way, the attention to detail in these movies is just plain staggering, innit?
Met Bernard Hill (King Theoden) last month at a comic con. He was one of the kindest people i have ever met. You felt he was grateful to meet a fan and he enjoyed it. One of the greats !
OMG lucky 😁
Rest well my king
RIP Bernard Hill. Thank you for your hand in one of the most powerful scenes in all of cinema. DEATH!!!!!!!!!
Quite possibly one of the greatest and most heroic movie scenes of all time, and one of the greatest trilogies ever made. An immortal masterpiece
That moment when Gothmog realizes the Rohirrim aren't going to stop honestly makes the entire sequence. It's so satisfying.
I agree. They went through them like a hot knife through butter.
"It was at this moment he knew, he fucked up"
And the musical buildup to this moment is so utterly transcendent I find it hard to really capture the emotion of it in words
I get chills every time. The look of fear in his eyes is so well done
Gothmog didn't give a fuck. He stayed and battled to the death anyway.
I think this is literally the best ever scene in cinema history.
Wes Cuijpers
IDK man, Omaha Beach in Saving Private Ryan is up there.
Nah, this takes it by a landslide, listening to the music as it goes on makes me scream "DEATH!" Every time I watch it, it makes me want to be a part of that tidal wave of horses and spears.
Christopher Faulk
To each his own, but Saving Private truly captured the horrors of war.
Wes Cuijpers It is the greatest battle of all time!
Wes Cuijpers gshx
Rest in Peace Mr Barnard Hill. Thank You for such an incredible and memorable experience
imagine you're a gondor soldier fighting on the walls of minas tirith. You look outside the wall and realize there are still thousands of orcs, it's over for you. You move away from the wall and go closer to the citadel to barricade yourself with the others as it is certain death you're facing . Suddenly you hear a horn blow away in the fields, you don't know either these are allies or more orcs coming to finish you off as you don't have many allies, you are lost, afraid, hopeless, desperate. The orcs have begin to break your door down, and suddenly you hear it lightly through all the screaming and yelling around you, a faint "death" coming from the distance, you hear it three times and everytime is it getting louder, you know that's a human voice. You run and peak through a window to see your ancient ally charging down a hill in thousands and chanting death. You see them charging with no fear even through arrows as death means nothing to them at this point. It's either them or the orcs. after a few seconds you hear it, the loud armor crash of the horses trampling hundreds of orcs. Hope is relinquished, humanity is saved and gondor is in debt to rohan once more.
I'd bee cheering death with them.
@@SewingMink160 That's almost the same reaction when the Austrians saw the Winged Hussars during the battle of Vienna in 1683 when they charged the Ottoman army after a 40-day siege. Both sides took in the sight of one of human history's greatest cavalry charges.
Polska nie zgniela!
No matter how many times I watch this scene, it always gives me goosebumps
same here :)
With tears
Every time. Arise!
@@metal_fusion what a shame, if you ever have the opportunity to watch it in theatre you should definitely go for it
@@metal_fusion i was lucky i was in the premiere of all the trilogy
The most amazing scene in the most amazing epic trilogy of movie history
orks have a short pike :)
sbcontt YT so what were they supposed to do in this scenario? Ditch their horses
I tear up everytime I watch this seen. I had never seen anything like it when it came out. I was blown away watching this in theaters.
Amén
a lot of the orcs broke off formation before the charge impacted them which probably minimized the damage.
Rest in Peace Theoden King!
This is a timeless scene. Both in the sense that I will remember it to the end of my life, and that it is one of the only scenes in a movie that feels so much longer than a mere 4 minutes but I feel no boredom watching it, only a rising swell of emotion. Thank you Bernard Hill.
Game of Thrones...this is how you make a horse charge epic. You did the complete opposite.
Ryan Allman can’t agree more, the charge in GOT was pathetic unfortunately.
The Battle of Bastards horse charge was awesome though. But yeah the Dothraki was eh.
@@elmoglue the image of ghost running alongside Jorah was great though
Lmao
Well the Dothraki charge was great imo. Why did it got so much hate?
Because of the awful tactic? The did the same here.
Because it was a waste in menpower? They do the same here later with the Oliphants. There was no reason at all to charge them head on.
Because it was too dark? OK that bugged me too, but the scene where the flames vanish into the dark was excellent for that!
Could someone explain it to me please 🙈?
Why does this look more realistic than a movie made yesterday
Because they used actual people and minimal cgi
NO. They used massive amounts of CGI. Look at the bloody behind the scenes videos, for heaven's sake! Stop making these absurd claims. Apart from the close-ups, this is all CGI. In some shots during the charge before the impact, you can see in the background where there are very few horses-For those shots they took a bunch of extras and concentrated in front of the camera, to camouflage the CGI Rohirrim around them. For this scene, they used 200 real riders and horses: ruclips.net/video/0IT5Wlu5s7g/видео.htmlh11m38s
RevanofKorriban the CGI is blended perfectly though, that’s why it looks so good, it’s not the main focal point like it is in the hobbit, it’s why LOTR looks better visually despite being 15+ years old
@@revanofkorriban1505 I don't know what your talking about. For this scene they gathered together 6000 trained cavalry men and spent decades breeding hordes of orcs.
@@G3rain1 Your're actually not exactly wrong. Jackson actually asked his crew if any of them had or knew how to ride a horse and let them be in the scene because he wanted more actual people.
Bernard Hill passed away today. GO FORTH, EORLINGAS. This is the greatest opening of a battle ever put on film.
Farewell Theoden, King!
I Just realized that at the left in 3:58 theres a horse without his rider still going foward and crushing orcs. Damn, this movie never cease to astound me
I watched the documentary for the horses and their riders; the rider for that horse fell off during filming that scene 😱 (luckily unscathed)
@@MelonPanMelonPan and it sill works so well because you can just imagine he was knocked off by an arrow and the horse is still following the crowd.
Even the horses have had enough of Mordors bulls***
Real Rohan war horse. Even with it's rider gone, still charging at the enemy
War horses were no joke. Fiercely loyal and trained to charge and fight their way out of a scrum. Kick, stomp, turn, and bight until they're clear.
I love how when Theoden announces "Death", the sun is rising behind them, breaking the darkness and marking the beginning of the tide turning
Fear no darkness!
Remember that the first men born in Hildorien, exactly the same day of the first sunrise in Arda, two events that terrified Morgoth, then...
I will fear no evil
Ere the sun rises!
When I was a kid I thought he was saying " DAY " as in daylight as in good vs evil but death is even better
RIP Bernard Hill. Go to your fathers, in whose mighty company you shall not feel ashamed.
I have “forth, and fear no darkness” tattooed on me. Gives me chills.
I do as well, arched over a House of Eorl crest
Now both of you do "Forth Eorlingas"
Does looking at the tattoo help you get through tough situations?
Cringe
@@ferro1398 yes
LotR 2 at helms deep, " Nothing can match the epicness of this climax"
LotR 3; Hold my beer.
I swear to god, all three movies were just saying “hold my beer” one epic scene after the other.
@@QixTheDS I fucking miss iching for what is next. Modern cinema is a crime.
RIP Theoden, King. RIP Bernard Hill, a legend.
RIP, Theoden King.
I only hope that movies can one day return to this level of quality.
Avatar has the same level of quality.
@@RicardoGarcia-xz1rz nope
@@kaycampbell364 avatar was one of the last true Sci fi films. Everything else was mostly marvel or dc
And not the amazon prime bullshit series
That day may come, but it is not this day!
At that sound the bent shape of the king sprang suddenly erect. Tall and proud he seemed again;
and rising in his stirrups he cried in a loud voice, more clear than any there had ever heard a mortal man achieve before:
Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!
Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!
spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!
With that he seized a great horn from Guthláf his banner-bearer, and he blew such a blast upon it
that it burst asunder. And straightway all the horns in the host were lifted up in music, and the blowing of the horns of Rohan in that hour was like a storm upon the plain and a thunder in the mountains.
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!
Suddenly the king cried to Snowmane and the horse sprang away. Behind him his banner blew
in the wind, white horse upon a field of green, but he outpaced it. After him thundered the knights of his house, but he was ever before them. Éomer rode there, the white horsetail on his helm floating in his speed, and the front of the first éored roared like a breaker foaming to the shore, but Théoden could not be overtaken. Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. His golden shield was uncovered, and lo! it shone like an image of the Sun, and the grass flamed into green about the white feet of his steed. For morning came, morning and a wind from the sea; and the darkness was removed, and the hosts of Mordor wailed, and terror took them, and they fled, and died, and the hoofs of wrath rode over them. And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City.
Thank you for this my favorite part.
holy shit this is good.
It is also important to note that up until this point the sky has been darkened for days and that a few pages before it was only hinted that the wind changed and the morning might come. The shield suddenly reflecting the golden sunrise is immensely powerful
Oh God... Professor Tolkien you absolute king amongst men...
I like how the power of the Valar is even present here. "A wind of the sea" seems to imply Ulmo and he's always been interested in the battles against Dark Lords
I love when theoden looks over the entire mordor army and his face says it all. He will probably die on this charge, but they didnt get dressed up for nothing
Bernard was the greatest actor in these films, which are filled with incredible performances all round
Achilles (Troy Film): Imagine a King who fights his own battles, wouldn't that be a sight?
Theoden: *hold my beer*
fluid arana I think Achilles would’ve had a field day if he lived in LotR
Achiles should be proud of Alexander the great
Thorin: Hold my beer.
Aragorn: Hold my beer.
@@varric The only thing held more than swords in Middle Earth is, apparently, beer.
It is not Hold my beer. It is Hold my Ale.
No movie will ever come near the same quality as this trilogy does. LotR isn't just a movie, it's an adventure which you too embark on. A journey full of emotions. A true masterpiece.
In the future there will be movies that will exceed LOTR in greatness. Those movies will be the greatest movies to ever exist in Hollywood. WATCH AN SEE!
Rest in Power Bernard Hill- you will forever be our king ❤
This is, unequivocally, the greatest cavalry charge ever produced on film.
There is another but it happens 2 minutes after.
@@emz2969 REFORM THE LINE! SOUND THE CHARGE! TAKE THEM HEAD ON!!
@@emz2969 are you talking about the Polished Winged Hussars in the movie The Day of the Siege: September Eleven, 1683, when they charged into the Ottomans? Historically, they are the closest thing to the Rohirrim's charge in LOTRs
@@SolidAvenger1290 I read somewhere that the charge at the end of the battle for Helms Deep was Tolkin directly reenacting the Winged Hussars at Vienna
Probably because of the real enthusiasm and horsemanship of the kiwi extras, put together with great directing, cutting, music... Everything is so on point❤❤❤
"Death!
Death!!!
DEATH!!!!!
Forth, Eorlingas!!!" (Rohan's Horn Sounds)
Every time I start a tear...
Deeeaaaaaath!!!!!
Me too , every single time
Watch in German and you Cry Me a river, thank Me later
Who would join a Calvary Charge besides me?
The horn sound was definitely the finishing touch of that epic ass speach.
Forth, and fear no darkness !!! RIP
Rest In Peace, Bernard Hill.
And Thank You.
Theodin's story is one that always gets me right in the feels. He comes back from the edge of the abyss so many times to fight for good and lead his people to glory, even when all hope seems lost. He lost his mind, his son, his home, and most of his people, but he still rides out to defend whatever good is left in the world- knowing it will be his end. "Death!"
@just another human care to explain?
@just another human sure.
His dying words were so brilliant: "I go to my fathers, and even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed."
In a way I feel like it is precisely because he has lost almost everything he cares about that he is so willing to go all-in to fight for the one thing he has left: hope.
He is made immortal
Man, even being an extra for the Rohirrim, imagine stumbling upon these videos 20 years later and seeing people still celebrating a charge you took part in and considering it one of the greatest charges/scenes in cinematic history.
@@metal_fusionthey wore beards to keep with the lore
@@mr.k418 Dwarfs? hahaha just kiddin
@@metal_fusion makes sense when you realize there are way more horsegirls than horseboys
It's actually based on a winged hussar charge. Venice I believe
@@aaronayers5151 viena yup
RIP Bernard Hill. Was part of my favourite ever movie scene.
RIP legend, Bernard Hill will forever be my King.
I've always loved Theoden's arc in these movies, it's very subtle.
A King, with no heir and no hope for a legacy. He is the last of his line. His forefathers all carry with them great achievements. What does he have? What magnificent thing has he done? His Kingdom had nearly been on the brink of defeat.
Then, despite Gondor having done nothing for him. He goes to their aid. He rallies his people. Taking them into a battle he knows they have very little chance to win, but one they must fight. Even if it costs them everything they have. He and his people will not perish meekly, they WILL be remembered. In essence, Theoden proves himself as a King. That he rallied his people against something insurmountable. Even though he dies here, he dies knowing that he did everything he could, and he will not feel ashamed in the midst of his forefathers.
"Théoden opened his eyes, and they were clear, and he spoke in a quiet voice though laboured. 'Farewell, Master Holbylta!' he said. 'My body is broken. I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not be ashamed. I felled the [King of the Haradrim, the Men who serve Sauron]. A grim morn, and a glad day, and a golden sunset!'" -J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Return of the King"
@@Nmille98 As long as the ending of the movie is, I kind of wish they had covered Theodens return to Edoras and his rest in the Barrowfield. A great character in both book and movie.
Especially when you contrast him with his Gondorian counterpart: Denethor.
Both are old men, having seen many tragedies in their lives. Both have lost their sons. Both are under attack by their greatest enemy. Both want to leave a good legacy for their ancestors. Both succumbed to despair.
Theoden, though, rose up. He fulfilled his oaths. He acted in such a way as to be honored by all. He rallied his nation and people, leading them to victory. When he died, he was universally mourned.
Denethor, by contrast, figuratively (and literally) fell. He disgraced his line in his despair, failed his people, and were it not for Aragorn and Theoden’s timely arrivals, would have seen his nation and people destroyed. His only consolation was knowing that he didn’t murder his own son before his own death.
Theoden is pretty much the most badass character in the movies
Very well said. I honestly didn't realize all of this.
One of my favourite parts of this is how they accelerate. Around 2:50 you can see the horses at the front speeding up and breaking away. The courage it shows of the Rohirrim not just riding towards battle, but racing towards it without any hesitation. Lord of the Rings in my book was always less about good and evil, and more about courage and fear. This masterpiece hasn't aged a day.
Not to mention you can tell that Theoden is ahead of his men, as described in the book
No shit Sherlock, I didnt notice, thanks^^
hell yeah & it also shapes the entire force into a gigantic Rohan Spear
No doubt, good vs evil is more of an overarching concept than a theme from itself, but the choices that men do is definetely among one of the most important things Tolkien wanted to display, and how men that do evil acts are usually corrupted by fear, usually its the fear of death that leads to men's downfall in Tolkien's mythology. We can see that was at led to the downfall of the greatest kingdom of men Numenor, but at the other aspect, conquering this fear leads to amazing accomplishments like the House of Hador did in the battles of the first age, and how Theoden and the Rohan riders did in this battle of the Pelennor Fields.
The only way to stop a determined cavalry charge is with pikes, but the pikesmen must have courage far beyond common sense.
RIP Bernard Hill (King Theoden)
Rest in Peace, King of Rohan.
The line that always gets me is "Forth! And fear no darkness!"
Me too.
I tea bagged your mum
For me it's "Courage, Merry. Courage for our friends."
Best line in a great scene.
Deaaaaaathhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Ride now, ride now, ride, ride for ruin and the world's ending."
"Death, Death, Death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I still remember when i was a school kid, watching in cinema, this scene sent me chills over"
one of the best scene in cinematic history
They followed their king into battle, for the sake of all mankind. They followed a humble man whose bloodline had already ended, and who charged into battle and almost certain death for sake of all sons and daughters of Edoras and Gondor and indeed the children of all the realms of man. His sword ablaze by the heat of his courage, becoming a flame burning against the looming darkness. They would follow him, to whatever end awaited them, for their faith in the man that leads them was greater than any fear that strikes their hearts.
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@@victorpradha9946 beautiful
@@victorpradha9946 His bloodline hadn't ended. Eomer and Eowyn, both his nephew and his neice, survived. Sure, he didn't have any sons or daughters still living, but the crown would pass to Eomer, who was still his blood, as he and his sister were Theoden's blood sister's children.
Rest in peace, Bernard Hill. You will be remembered. Ride now.
Ride for ruin.
And a red dawn.
And the world’s ending.
Forth Eorlingas.
RIP Bernard Hill, Theoden King, you gave us all this unforgettable performance, for this we will always be grateful.
Be at peace now.
People who read the books know why he looked so upset. He was born and lived his childhood in Gondor. His father lived in Gondor instead of Rohan during Theoden's childhood, only returning when it was his time to be King of Rohan. Imagine an army of monsters besieging and beginning to destroy your childhood home! That's where his rage comes from.
I honestly had forgotten that.. a man of culture indeed
It's also because he see at this moment that they can't win. They are exausted and see the city burning and to many orcs in front of them. He know they can't win, but he takes it like a boss and prepare to charge and die in glory. "To ruin, and the world ending".
That isn't mentioned anywhere in the trilogy itself, perhaps in one of the appendices.
I read the books and I don’t remember that at all. I thought it was because he came far too late and knew it.
@@Mode-Selektor That is speculation from the OP, but it is very likely Theoden, who was born and educated in Minas Tirith felt immense rage seeing Mundburg burn and monsters at the gate.
What is fact:-
Thengel, disgusted by his fat, wasteful father Fengel moved to Minas Tirith and met Theoden's mother there, only returning when his father died. Theoden was born in Minas Tirith as was Theodwyn (Eomer and Eowyn's mother). In his court Sindarin (the educated language in Gondor) was spoken, and not all the Rohirrim liked it.
After the Pelennor Fields, Theoden lays in state in a chamber of Minas Tirith, where later Imrahil offers Eomer to lay the old king permanently in a Gondorian tomb alongside the Kings and Stewards, as he was born in Gondor. Eomer refuses the gracious offer and Theoden is returned to Rohan where he is buried at the end of the second line of mounds.
The tragedy of Theoden is that he never managed to set foot in Minas Tirith again, dying in front of its gates under his fallen horse.
I read once that one of the most frightening things in combat is to face an enemy that isn't trying to survive. If they're trying to survive, they'll be more careful. But if they're simply trying to take as many of you with them as they can, they are a whole lot more fierce.
That is why the old war texts advise you always give your enemy a way out.
And it's great for drama which is why all the LOTR battles have at least one side that's not afraid of dying, whether that's the Uruks or the outnumbered Rohirrim or Aragorn's army
I think that is how we'd all feel if someone was threatening our very survival and that of our children. In a situation like that and a pre-battle speech as the above, I'd charge into battle too :)
@@nerthus4685 The Mongols did it too
greeks had phalanx. you probably mean testudo. the barbarians won because they used guerilla tactics, not because they simply fought without fear of death. bravery doesnt break a well equipped and disciplined line of soldiers. all the bravery in the world wont help you when youre facing a roman legion in open field. thats why the number 1 priority of every commander facing rome was to lure them into bad terrain, where their formations were useless or not effective.