LOTR The Two Towers - Extended Edition - The Last March of the Ents
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- The extended edition version of when Treebeard realises the Ents must to go to war and attack Isengard, after he has seen the damage that Saruman has done to Fangorn Forest. (HD Blu-ray)
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More tags: Fangorn Forest Isengard Orthanc Treebeard And those little family of field mice that climb up sometimes and they tickle me awfully They're always trying to get somewhere where they Treebeard shocked when he sees the cut down trees forest Fangorn outside Isengard Treebeard Many of these trees were my friends Creatures I had known from nut and acorn Pippin I'm sorry Treebeard They had voices of their own Treebeard looks down on Isengard Treebeard Saruman A wizard should know better Treebeard screams howls roars in anger rage over dead trees Fangorn Treebeard There is no curse in Elvish Entish or the tongues of Men for this treachery Pippin Look the trees They're moving Deleted scene Trees of Fangorn goes moves to Helm's Deep Merry Where are they going Treebeard They have business with the Orcs My business is with Isengard tonight with rock and stone Ents comes out of Fangorn marches to attack Isengard Orthanc Treebeard Come my friends The Ents are going to war It is likely that we go to our doom The last march of the Ents 
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brilliant
"A wizard should know better."
Just take a moment to grasp the depth of that statement.
Nathan Cabrales well in this case, Saruman knew Treebeard quite well…they had been friendly for a time.
What’s more is that Saruman (like Gandalf) is a Maiar, and helped to shape much of Arda with the Valar…the Valar themselves SANG the world into existence at Eru’s instruction.
Saruman was sent by the Valar to help guide and advise the world of Men to resist and overthrow Sauron. They themselves would not do it, as the last time they rode to war…they DESTROYED AN ENTIRE CONTINENT.
GokuSS400 well part of a continent as beliriand was the northern part of middle earth. It was in the far north of it but I guess you could say they are two separate continents based on the size of each of them.
@@alexrance3701 regardless, in the aftermath of the war of wrath, the entirety of beleriand was destroyed beyond repair
@@GokuSS400 Didn't the Maiar also sing the world into existence? Before coming to Arda, both the Valar and the Maiar were simply known as the Ainur
Great kind. I’ve always loved it
Can we just appreciate how perfect the soundtrack was for this trilogy.
Howard Shore is a legend
@@thenate49x34 ikr
They winned the Oscar for Best Soundtrack in 2003 (or 2004, I don't remember) for a reason.
The muisc is beautiful isn't it.
when the ents marching out from the forrest and you hear the soundtrack....CHILLS. what a brilliant composer.
"My business is with Isengard tonight. With rock and stone."
It's the way he says it. Not angrily. Not raging. Not screaming. He is simply stating a fact.
It makes that line the very ESSENCE of tranquil fury. Treebeard is not calm. No. Not calm at all. He is so unbelievably, earthshakingly, mountain-crushingly furious, gone so far around the bend, that he has come full circle all the way around the other side and back to calm. He has reached a zen state of absolutely berserk rage.
And he called the other Ents, using the distress call they use when they need help... with everyone who had been at the Entmoot still within, for an Ent, running distance. ALL of the Ents heard it and came, and saw what Treebeard was seeing. And they too went all the way around the bend to calm, just like him. They needed no discussion. There was no need for another Entmoot. The decision was made the moment they saw the destruction with their own eyes.
The Ents had become positively... hasty.
Funny thing about Trolls. Morgoth made them out of stone, as a twisted mockery of the Ents. But even the biggest, strongest Troll, heavily armed and armored by the best fell smiths, is only a pitiful shadow of the raw power of the Ents. And several hundred Ents descended on Isengard and did in one night what many, many foes had tried and failed at across millenia. They broke its walls, smashed its gate, and destroyed its armies.
Is that from the book?
@@JonesNate In different words, but yes.
Well said
And Saruman were caught offguard about this. He sent all army to Helm Deep and cannot recall them back since they moved so far from Isengard.
That was epic.You should narrate in movies
Rule number one in fantasy never piss off a tree. It never ends well.
what about lummberjackers they are fucked if trees fight back
Vertigo6000 It never Ents well.
Vertigo6000 Also in Syfy, remember Avatar?
Rule number two, if you are evil do not turn into a dragon, or you will lose.
Rule number three, never piss of Mother Nature. You die in the worst way possible.
There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men for this treachery.
What a wicked line.
The Everchosen, from the book: [Treebeard] "Indeed I have not seen them roused like this for many an age. We Ents do not like being roused; and we never are roused unless it is clear to us that our trees and our lives are in great danger. That has not happened in this Forest since the wars of Sauron and the Men of the Sea. It is the orc-work, the wanton hewing - rárum - without even the bad excuse of feeding the fires, that has so angered us; and the treachery of a neighbor who should have helped us. Wizards ought to know better: they do know better. There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men bad enough for such treachery. Down with Saruman!"
"Will you really break the doors of Isengard?" asked Merry.
"Ho, hm, well, we could, you know! You do not know, perhaps, how strong we are. Maybe you've heard of trolls? They are Mighty strong. But trolls are only counterfeits, made by the enemy in the Great Darkness, in mockery of Ents, as Orcs were of elves. We are stronger than trolls. We are made of the bones of the earth. We can split Stone like the roots of trees only quicker, far quicker, if our minds are roused! If we are not hewn down or destroyed by fire or blast of sorcery we could split Isengard into splinters and crack its walls into Rubble."
There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men to describe the end times
Why didn't he mention dwarvish? Was that language full of curses?
Kiro most races are unaware that the dwarves have a language since they keep it secret all dwarves have two names: one for the members of other races and another they use among their own people
“A family of field mice climb up sometimes and they tickle me awfully…” treebeard is adorable 😂
Treebeard’s horror, sorrow, and rage is so potent. A man cutting down is tree is an act of ignorance but Saruman was there when the trees were planted.
Saruman knew what he was destroying.
You know how pissed off the Ents are here? They spend half a day just to say hello to each other. Then they just answer Treebeard's call to fight in two minutes.
@@varric His call was a merely a summons to see what Saruman has done to their forest. They had no objections to fighting after that point.
John Rhys-Davis wasn't fucking around. The whole cast brought their A-game for these movies, but he consistently stands out.
"A wizard should know better!"
Yeah, it's a bit subtle, but you can tell that THAT is the real reason why Treebeard's rage and sorrow is so overwhelming in this scene. Not just the tragedy, but the fact that the one who did it ABSOLUTELY knew exactly the atrocity he was committing, making it a betrayal and heinous act of the highest order to the Ents.
Treebeard's line about how there is no curse in any language about how terrible and outrageous a betrayal this was says it all. He can only give a cry of rage, sorrow, betrayal, and fury so potent that all of the Ents immediately respond. That kind of emotion is beyond words.
The line "It is likely that we go to our doom. Last march of the ents..." is one of the strongest and most underappreciated lines in the series. When you feel you are going to die but you still go to fight nonetheless for what you feel is right, is such an admirable act.
And then they get 0 casualties
That's how I feel as an essential worker during COVID
@@TheKrazyk2010 not remotely comparable
@@TheKrazyk2010 lool that disease has at worst estimates a 3% mortality rate. Don't get me wrong that is really bad for a large society but even IF you catch it you are 97% likely to survive.
How is that even remotely similar?
@@cauchyschwarz3295 lmao, and im actually against this whole lockdown poopoo
Im clearly a complicated individual
So...he's taking the hobbits to Isengard?
+Ben Elgin I believe that they intentionally had Treebeard take them by Isengard so that he would see the destruction and inspire him to fight back.
+Sean Brower that's exactly what that hobbit had in mind when he told him to go south. He wanted him to see the tore down trees and see that it's also their war too.
taking the hobbits, taking the hobbits, taking the hobbits to Isengard
He's taking the hobbits to Isengard-gard-gard.. What did you say? The hobbits the hobbits the hobbits, Isengard-gard-gard.
No, the hobbits are taking the Isengard
"A wizard should know better!"
This one phrase speaks more truth than most fans know. Treebeard can forgive the young woodcutter who may not know the history of the forrest, he who just wishes to provide for the fire of his home to survive the winter.
But a wizard, a creature born of magic many many years ago, who was there when the forrest was made no less, should know better. He who knows the history of the forrest, the ancient-ness of the Ents.
And yet Saruman in all his power hungry ways chose to ignore that history and take and take. Treebeard could never forgive that.
So the Ents march to war.
And Isengard met it's downfall as the fortress of Saruman.
Yeah plus men rely on ingenuity to survive the environment around them since we don't have claws or powerful teeth or anything to hunt and gather on our own, and with lack of fur we depend on being able to make fire to keep warm as well hunting animals for fur. So when we chop down trees it's because we need to just so we don't die, rules of nature basically. A wizard has powers to negate these details meaning a wizard doesn't need wood to make weapons or fire and can just survive the environment around them, and in addition to this those were cut down just to make weapons of war to kill for the sake of killing, making Saruman's action inexcusable by every definition. So you can get why Treebeard would truly feel especially angry that a wizard of all people was responsible for this.
Just like German diplomats sinking American ships instead if British and french ones…
Morso sarumon is a Maia an ancient spirit as old a sauron and the head of an order whose sole purpose was to guide and council..so he should have known best of all.
"A wizard should know better!"
The meaning of this statement is lost if you haven't read the Silmarillion. Saruman and the other wizards are ancient in origin, literally conscious pieces of creation that helped in the formation of the world itself before the advent of Elves and Men.
The Ents were created by Eru Iluvatar himself (God with an uppercase G) at the behest of Yavanna, one of the Valar (gods with a lowercase g) to protect and give voice to the world's forests. It was one of the VERY few times that Iluvatar was an active part of the world's creation after its founding. He mostly left it to the care of his children: the Valar, and the Maiar (angelic spirits whom Saruman was part).
Not only was Saruman aware of who made the Ents and why, he was also personally familiar with the Ents during his time on Middle Earth. In a moment of shortsightedness, he discounted the wrath of the Ents and used the forest to fuel his ambition. Very dumb move.
I never really thought of it but when Treebeard says "A Wizard should know better."
It's basically nature personified condemning an angel whose shirked their duty as sheppards to the world their god created.
To copy another comment I made, you're exactly right. Giant middle finger to Illuvatar.
"A wizard should know better" also applies to the fact that the Wizards, being Maiar, would have total and complete knowledge of the history of creation up to this point, thus making Saruman's crime against the Ents and the Huorns so much worse than if it had just been some random Man-led logging company cutting down a forest. He knew exactly what he was doing, and who he was doing it to. It was a giant 'fuck you' to Illuvatar and his forest creations, and that more than anything is what makes him so damnable in my opinion.
He made them because Yavanna was angry that her beloved trees were being killed for wood and wanted something that would be able to fight for them.
He certainly was dragging his balls and c*ck all over these trees to the point the bearded tree took his giant acorns and brought everything down with them.
In the movies it absolutely wasn't a bad move. Had it not been for the intervention of the hobbits, it's extremely likely that Saruman would have gotten away with what he had done. If you are playing poker and you have 95% chance to win based on your hand and you all in and lose, it's not suddenly a bad idea to have all in'd simply because of the outcome.
It makes me sad how Treebeard lived solely in Fangorn for so many years avoiding the world, then all of a sudden seeing how much evil has taken over and destroyed what he has loved... seeing how his old friends are now gone... realizing how bad things are.
No matter how bad the world is, you always have to face it. You can't hide from evil, if you do, evil will just eventually find you.
Actually, in the book, they met the hobbits, had Entmoot for three days and nights while the hobbits hung out with the Ent called Quickbeam... Then on night three, they ALL roared, and agreed to go to war, marching straight from Anglophone through the forest at night to get to Isengard...
+Shadow DarkFyre Yes, you are correct. I was just mainly referring to this scene in itself.
The problem is, there is no certain evil as sauron and orcs in this world. This world is only made of men. Remember what the Faramir said when he encountered the men of the east.
One true thing, the evil of men this day, is clearly bigger than any fictional character's. You only have to see the world, and see how far can some people get to have what they want. I live in Mexico, in a very violent country where the politicians and the organized crime kills people (yes, women and children included) just for money, and when someone tries to make this country a better place, they kill them, because those people that wants the good for the others are a threat for their corrupt way of living. I'll say it again, not even sauron can match the evil of men in this world.
A wall WOULD seriously impede them, no matter how effective.
Pippin saying "I'm sorry Treebeard" is just amazing to me. He's not just feeling sorry for what has been done to the Ents, he actually knows that he's forced Treedbeard to see this "genocide" of the ents in order to get them to fight Saruman. all that hurt can be seen in this seen!
Very clever of Pippin to lead him to see this, and he is very sorry, but it had to be done.
That fool of a Took is onr manipulative bastard.
@@nickyboy22071989 The hardest choices require the strongest wills
@@kristaleighy Also the fact that Pippin said to go South. Well when Treebeard saw all the dead trees, well things did indeed go south.
HAHAHAHAHAH
haha saruman and sauron getting rekt by 4 hobbits...
“Many of these trees were my friends, creatures I had known not from acorn.”
Never fails to make my eyes tear up.
*"...known from nut and acorn."
"They had voices of their own" Always tears me up.
Right! For me it's the line before that always gets me: "and this family of field mice that just climb up sometimes and tickle me awfully. Always trying to get somewhere where they----oohhhh......"
@@kaboom138 I was reading The Silmarillion the other night and, because I love this scene in the film, this part of a story stood out:
“And the voice of Ilúvatar said to Aulë: ‘Thy offer I accepted even as it was made. Dost thou not see that these things have now a life of their own, and speak with their own voices?” (OF AULË AND YAVANNA).
having a voice seems to be a recurring theme and having a divine quality, having a soul maybe?, even in the very beginning of creation and tied with creation - Ilúvatar is the one saying this, too.
OH also - that story is the origin of the creation of the Ents. I haven’t read The Lord of the Rings yet (getting there) but it is so cool that Jackson and Co. included that line here especially if it’s not lifted directly from The Lord of the Rings as part of this scene in the book.
You have no idea how powerful 2:11 was in the theatre. I was 12 and i still remember my dad, who was a giant lord of the rings fan, smiling as the music boomed in the background. For me it was special, but for him it was something else.
He was probably thinking, “Wow. They did it. The madmen did it. Tolkien would be proud.”
Your dad seems like a good man :)
The music is just gorgeous at that part. I get shivers every time
The sudden stop at 0:13 is amazing as well. Just silence while he talks. Nothing overshadowing it.
I would start clapping
Agreed. All tree fans (and parents) know that trees are the answer. Water them in their first 2 years, when they have a strong root system they will overcome everything. Trees are the key to much of life on Earth.
The perfect representation of nature itself. Calm and slow one moment, and then an absolutely pants-shittingly terrifying unstoppable force the next.
Edit: I find it funny how my most popular comment is one I made when I was waking and baking every day.
Yep! Hence the idiom "Force of nature", for there is non more of raw power and energy than it.
While that is true, power scales are a thing. The March of the Ents was a terrifying force to contend with for Saruman and his orcish lackeys... but put them against the terrible world-eating machinery of any Sci-Fi civilization with terraforming tech and they'll be shredded like dry twigs in a woodchipper.
It all depends on the scale and power levels of a world. In this world, the ents were a terrifying force indeed... but also because Isengard was left defenseless. There's a reason Treebeard considered the option of them marching to their doom... had the Uruk-Hai been still stationed in Isengard, the ent's would've likely lost.
@@ExceedProduction I dunno. The other tree creatures (forgot their name) that went after the uruk-hai would've joined the ents. Can't know what would've happened.
2:14-2:16 I’m glad they decided to barge in.
@@ExceedProduction At the end of the third age, sure - that's when LotR stroy happens. In the first age, things could turn out funny.
"Last march of the ents" brings tears to my eyes. I have no idea why.
Same! I was crying too! :'(
Maybe because of their background story, and they're above all pacific creatures.
Courage, knowing the end is near yet not letting that stop you.
Same here man. This is one of my favorite scenes as it shows how much emotion comes from Treebeard.
You arent the only one
The Ents are going to war.
It is likely that we go to our doom.
The last March of the Ents.
Possibly my favorite moment in the trilogy.
The doom: 0 ent casualties
Another thing I've noticed: after the Ents spend such a long time discussing whether they should join the war, it's remarkable that here Treebeard makes that one cry - and the entire forest follows him.
You might remember earlier Treebeard says that the language of the Ents takes such a long time to utter words that they only speak the words that are truly important, which is an interesting concept by itself.
My point is, whatever word Treebeard cries in that scene - it must be truly powerful, conveying all the pain and rage and urgency to his fellow brethren.
I didn't figure this out but Ents act so quickly here because there is nothing to talk about here. They all feel the same and would act even without support of others.
Treebeard's call/scream to arms there, is something so primal, so profoundly deep-seated emotionally to the forest, that it does not need century long talks. It's the kind of feelings and moments those trees and ents do not hear in entire millenias. But when they do... The message is clear.
The "real" explanation for what you observe is probably honestly nothing more than that it was done for cinematic effect and to infuse conflict into the storyline in the movies. In the books, the Ents conclude their discussion by deciding to go to war. That is much more logical and reasonable than the 'twist' they decided to pull off in the movies, but they thought it made better TV to try to trick the viewer into disappointment I guess. I don't like it, because it really undermines the Ents and their agency exactly because it makes the whole Entmoot kinda silly and 'don't be hasty' becomes rather ridiculous.
Its like a rallying scream.. for help.
"HERESYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!"
-Um, my Lord?
-Yes, what is it? I'm terribly busy, so this had better be important
-Remember that forest you told us to burn two weeks ago?
-Fangorn Forest? What about it?
-It's moving, and it's headed this way
And it's extremely pissed off.
well its been great knowing ya
I can picture this conversation between Wormtongue and Saruman. Too funny.
Shakespearean...shades of Birnham Wood...
THE TREES, LORD MACBETH! BIRNAM WOOD DOTH MARCH ON DUNSINANE!
Earth shakes, stone breaks,
The forest is at your door.
The dark sleep is broken,
The woods have awoken,
The trees have gone to war.
Roots rend, wood bends,
The Ents have answered the call.
Through branches now the wind sings.
Feel the power of living things.
The trees have gone to war.
i'm going to write this down. woah.
I never even knew these were actually the Sindarin lyrics to the march song. These writers are crazy, in the very best way.
SunScourge oh yeah. I was obsessed with the soundtrack years ago, actually the whole soundtrack of the trilogy has elvish lyrics that match what's happening in the scene, and it's mostly in poems, it's crazy.
@@nickn2794It's part of what makes this trilogy a peerless masterclass.
yes, the time where people actually cared about their movies and the lore around it.
0:33 Just the way Treebeard said that makes it all the more sad.
0:21
I feel many (understandably) dont realize the significance of the Ents going to war. They didn't know Isengard would be empty. If the armies of Isengard stayed, they'd be facing endless hordes of orcs/goblins alone, and will likely perish. They KNEW this in full, and marched on anyways to unleash their rage.
They would have made quite a dent in the Uruk-Hai army before they fell, probably reduced their numbers quite a lot in fact. Ents are far tougher than anything else, save for probably dragons.
Well, remember Treebeard and the hobbits did see the army leaving.
@@rose444200 True, but they had no idea how many Uruks and Orcs were in total. If the army they saw leaving was 3/4 of the total the leftovers would be enough to still overpower the ents. They numbered in barely dozens while a quarter of saruman army would already be 2500.
@@Ch4os4ever Valid point, but they were willing to take the risk. It paid off too.
"if we go down... YOU GO DOWN WITH US!" the ents no doubt
Best part in the 2nd movie...when that music hits and you get goosebumps knowing that those trees are going to wreak havoc
+jeff philly true that
+jeff philly "My business is with Isengard tonight."
i heard there were some hobbits being taken there
This and gandalfs charge at helms deep.
The Hungry Troll "when that music hits and you get goosebumps knowing that those trees are going to wreak havoc"
Yeah, it sounds like a dog in pain. "YIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiYIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii"
Treebeard was such a badass, especially in the book
Totally agree. I like how the actor that played Gimli also played Treebeard. I wouldn't be surprised if he got paid more money for playing both parts.
Hasan Chaudhry hehe I did my friends, you know :)
what do you mean bad ass ? İ also read and İ liked treebeard
He was. Ents are badasses for sure.
The Welsh have a very powerful way of vocalizing their expressions xx
I love how Tolkien expressed that evil can become so deep that even creation itself will rise up and fight against it.
Tolkien was a veteran of the Great War (World War One). Seeing the forest decimated in this scene calls to mind the battlefields of Europe in those dark days. It's almost a dead-ringer for No-Man's-Land. As with all veterans, war stays with you. You see and experience things you'll never forget so long as you live. It's clear, based upon Tolkien's writing, that he never forgot the horrors he saw in the trenches.
And yet despite it all, he still believed in home, in peace and quite and good tilled earth. He saw the Battle of the Somme, and he still believed the quiet beneath the forest canopy to be the stronger force. He believed that the green of sunlight filtered through leaves and the chittering of woodmice would always be stronger than the flash and thunder of artillery. That takes a man in equal measures stern and gentle.
Tolkien was at the Battle of the Somme and saw the forests burned in front of him by the Germans.
In the Hobbit, Tolkien wrote 'If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.' more of the same sentiment - people didn't need to be in those trenches
Also, tolkien was an environmentalist and always said he wished he could talk to trees, cause theyd be amazing storytellers
I do not know why, but even after fifteen years this scene stills gives me goosebumps and brings tears to my eyes...
It hits all the right notes of the soul and meaning.
Why this is not the top comment I don't know
I haven't watched every movie under sun, but in my opinion this is probably one of the greatest scenes of all time to be put to the screen.
Same here
I guess it would be the equivalent of a human looking at a field of dead people or animals that had been slaughtered and you knew who did it. When the camera goes to the trees all cut down I get sad and I tear up a little.
I still get choked up when Treebeard cries "I WIZARD SHOULD KNOW BETTER!" You can hear the pain and anger in his voice.
I tend to get goose flesh whenever he says "My business is with Isengard tonight." You can FEEL the raw hatred in his voice.
Mhmm. With a rock and stone. And the pace picks up. Then your hear the ents in the background answering
I feel his pain when he says " many of these trees were my friends, creatures I had known from nut and acorn"
Indeed a Wizard should know better……Saruman is later banished and forbidden from returning to Valinor because of his evil deeds.
After being betrayed by Wormtongue, his spirit looks West…but a powerful wind blows from there…indicating that not only do the Valar forbid his return, but Eru as well…
While yes Saruman has been seduced by the absolute power of The Ring…he nonetheless failed his mission as ordered by the Valar.…
@@thebookist1651 The Silmarillion, or any other such books by Christopher Tolkien, really.
The Ents' marching song is one of the hardest parts of LOTR.
Roots rend, wood bends
The Ents have answered the call
Through branches now the wind sings
Feel the power of living things
The trees have gone to war
This is one of my favorite scenes! Treebeard had been such a calm, neutral, almost fatherly figure up to this point. Every emotion he displays, from his shocked silence, to his pained lamentations for his dead companions, to his quiet rage as he realizes he’s been betrayed by someone he trusted. “A wizard should know better!” gives me chills every time.
One of the things that I noticed watching this scene over years later and several times. The moment Treebeard realizes what's in front of him, the music which was building up immediately cuts out, meanwhile his inhalation is brought forward into the mix and then both doubled, then reverberated, making it that much louder and fuller in the mix. Basically sounds like he's in a giant empty room, which really fits the emptiness of the barren landscape around him, it's an incredible bit of sound design, a little touch that transforms a scene from emotional to truly heartrending.
Thinking about this scene from Treebeards perspective, this is heartbreaking.
These aren’t just big woody plants that he’s pretty fond of. They’re people to him, his friends and his charges. It’s his responsibility to protect them, and he loves them all so dearly. Imagine having people like that in your life. Now imagine one day you find that all of those people you held such love for were butchered and mutilated, greedily and without mercy. And who’s responsible? Someone who’d also been a friend to you for so long.
Someone who was also supposed to love and defend you.
Someone who should have known better.
Saruman.
Treebeards suffered two tragedies in this scene; losing the ones he loved to war, and losing his friend to his own selfishness vile ambitions.
Can you imagine that kind of hurt?
‘Twould be enough to spur one to war.
It really shows that such a peaceful, nonviolent creature instantly calls his brethren to arms.
The interesting thing is he's not just mad that Saruman destroyed parts of the forest. He didn't say how there's no curse dark enough for his deed because of that. He said it because the perpetrator was Saruman, a wizard and his longtime friend whom he trusted. Even knowing that "Saruman's head is now full of metal and cog and spark." he trusted his old friend enough to let him stay in his iron tower near the forest.
And when he sees that devastation, his first thoughts are very much telling of his true character. His first words aren't the curses he could send at Saruman, nor is it his hate for the betrayal. Once he recognizes the loss of his friends and sees who did it, his first thought isn't Saruman's treachery but his own disappointment in him. All that emotion said with five little words.
"A wizard should know better."
And so now I’m crying into my coffee.
"A wizard should know better"
This also alludes to the fact that the wizards are also basically Sauron's equals in terms of lore and they came here to stop him, not to join him, so he should have known better indeed
@@darklord884 6 words "Saruman"
Man, when Treebeard says: "The Last March of the Ents"... THOSE GOOSEBUMPS!
like crazy, gives me Goosebumps everytime.
The music in the end always makes me cry 😪
Bra just realized he said that. The music is badass
Only to end up finding out he greatly over estimated them. Shows how powerful of a tool fear can be
Give a shout out to John Rhys-Davies for voicing Treebeard _perfectly._ His voice carries so much pain and sadness, and then furious anger so... it's like I'm feeling them myself, it's immaculate.
Also, shout out Weta FX for his animations. They managed to make his emotions on his face- a face made of damn _wood-_ look so real and so personal.
Beautiful.
never knew that. and i cant unhear it now
No three film set has ever matched the technical masterpiece that is LOTR. The music, sound/video editing, casting, etc all perfect.
It really shows a lot about the Ents that while they take a long time to talk, that it only takes one cry of rage and pain to bring them all together.
Did you know?
Treebeard voice actor is the actor who plays Gimli
Incredible Voice!
We love the Welsh xx
They ran his voice though a wooden organ pipe to give it that resonant "tree" quality.
But he didn’t say dwarvish among the other tongues so there is a word in that language for that treachery.
The coming of Merry and Pippin will be like the falling of small stones that starts an avalanche in the mountains.
One was minor Pebble can start an avalanche of War you only need to place it in the right spot and watch it all come down on top of you
I've heard that line somewhere else...
That’s how Gandalf explained it in the book.
And in the movie
bruh absolutely
The best thing about this scene isn't even part of the movie itself: Tolkien loved nature and despised industry. This is, essentially, a reflection of his will and desire on-screen. I believe he would have been proud of this trilogy on account of the care that PJ and his team put into their work, even if there are necessary differences between the films and the books.
I agree. I respect and understand the opinions of his late son Christopher towards the trilogy, but I can't help but feel he was being extremely unfair and ungenerous, out of protectiveness for his father and his father's work and legacy, which he had labored on his entire adult life. The films are classics that were made with great love and care and tried to make the best possible translation to screen of the work. And I think had Chris Tolkien lived to see the Amazon abomination coming up here, he'd have appreciated these films much more. Even the misguided Hobbit trilogy should have made it very clear how special these were.
Tolkien actually said in an interview that he likes riding in automobiles.
@@revanofkorriban1505ok and? I like DRIVING automobiles myself, that doesn’t mean I can’t be very critical of this industrial society and it’s consequences. I may be typing this on my phone, yet that doesn’t invalidate my opinions…
@@shshsjanajsh1235 You're not making any points.
@@revanofkorriban1505 i mean... You arent making a Point. He just tried to guess what the Intention of your unneeded comment was and made a valid counter argument
The moment Treebeard sees all the dead trees is just heartbreaking every single time. The way he describes how he knew them from basically birth, it always brings a tear to my eye. A genocide where voices went unheard, and help came too late, where revenge was given with no remorse.
Honestly, it’s probably my favorite part of the trilogy.
2:07-2:13 me too. Because, they’ll take vengeances from the deforestation of the orcs.
One word: chills
Mhmm. When he says with a rock and stone. And the pace of the music starts. Then the first and second Ent moan.
One word: clothes. Try wearing them
Every Time. That choral swell as they begin marching just sends shivers down my spine.
BatChest Chills
@@Alvah707 Chatting
At 0:33 when Treebeard says "They had voices of their own..." you can see a tear in his right eye. Damn the amount of detail!
Never. NEVER shall this trilogy be remade or rebooted!
You can hear the pain and fury in his voice. Such a powerful scene
@@generalstaal7075 I won't watch a remake. This will always be LOTR
“A wizard should know better “
Best line ever
00:40 When you have read the Silmarillion and you know who really is Saruman, you can understand why Treebeard says that quote with so much rage
"My business is with Isengard tonight. With rock and stone." Chills
"Rock and Stone brother!" -DRG Dwarf
This is why I'm not vegan.
I don't have the habit of saying that, but you nearly killed me with laughter.
That's pretty goddamn funny.
Treebeard: My bussiness is with the vegans tonight, with rock and stone.
Screw you I'll eat all the trees I want!
Tree lives matter!
That warcry still gives me chills to this day. If you ever want a glimpse into the ancient world of the Silmarilian, this is definitely it.
A world where Balrogs were the army and monstrous dragons were the generals.
Peter Jackson should make War of Wrath
More like the dragons were the army and were terrible in number, and the 7 balrogs as their commanders
I don't think anyone can properly translate the awesomeness that is the Silmarillion into movies or shows. I mean, it will take like three movies just to show the Valaquenta. Also, Fëanor, Glaurung making Smaug look like a noob, Ungoliant, battles that that make the War of the Ring look grounded in comparison, Ancalagon's sheer size...
The Wise Mystical Tree
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The Ents song on the way to Isengard always gives me chills.
Hey Voldemort I got your nose
We come, we come, with horn and drum
2:14 guaranteed chills every freaking time
Makes me emotional 🥲
“A wizard should know better”
Tree beard says it all. It’s sad even someone so old and wise and powerful can become so corrupted. It breaks his heart
It was not a cry of rage, or of war, or of glory that Treebeard let out. It was pure sorrow and pain.
That moment when you realize the war was won by a quick witted hobbit who took a gamble and pulled a trick on tree beard to get him in the war.
in the movies at least, in the books the ents have a meeting for 3 days while the hobbits stay with another ent, and on the third day they decide to go all to war
yeah the movie did it better in this case lol
They're both good imo. Book version makes sense; The Ents aren't imbeciles, they know that it's only a matter of time before Sauron and Saruman come for them. The movie version builds tension: Will they, won't they? You don't know for sure until this climax when Treebeard sees just what inaction has wrought. That's when it all comes together and the Ents realize that the only way to preserve what they love most of all is to fight for it. Ultimately they both end up in the same place, but take different roads to get there.
TL;DR I like both.
I liked the movie version the most. Pippin and Merry are here meant to play a much larger role than just being carried away. They (through a minor trick) managed to convince Treebeard and the ents to go to war and stop Saruman's evil. During Sam's speech, you get to see their faces at the consequences of their own valuable actions and realized what Sam means by telling that good folks never walk away.
That's odd, I was always annoyed by the movie version because it made Treebeard seem stupid to only be aware of his dead friends when he was bamboozled by some silly hobbits into walking into their vicinity. In the book the Ents know damn well what's been happening to their friends and they decide amongst themselves to go to war, rather than meekly refuse out of fear, as they seem to do in the movie version of the vote. I guess the movie version makes Merry and Pippin more useful, but arguably at the expense of entish wisdom.
This is one of my favorite scenes in the series. I just love the music and the power of Tree Beards words.
Yes!
Ents take a very long time to say anything, so the Ents don't bother saying anything unless it's worth taking a long time to say.
I looked through the comments and can’t find anyone else mentioning this, so I’ll just say, they took hours just to determine that the hobbits were not orcs. But the “carnage” of this scene is so complete, and the betrayal so obvious, that when treebeard roars and the other trees show up, there is no discussion. They just keep stomping towards Isengard. And that last scene with the wide shot of the trees marching towards Isengard, if you think about it from the ents perspective and their perception of time, this is essentially a full rage filled sprint towards the enemy. There are so many different ways this scene is badass!
Indeed! This is the one scene which made me understand some 18 years ago how monumentally amazing this trilogy was. I was just in my early teenage years, but I still remember how it made me hyperventilate and filled me with awe.
The orchestra in this trilogy is just perfect. I knew it was coming but I still got chills when it started. Imagine Saruman chilling on his couch and he just starts to hear an orchestra start up in his backyard, with a slow realization that it's a heroes tune.
Saruman: *WHY AM I HEARING BOSS MUSIC???*
Haha YES!
"Many of these trees were my friends."
That line got me like ;( errytiem
"They had voices of their own"
"Creatures I had known from nut and acorn" : (
@@fraserduffy4576 "I'm sorry Treebeard " :(
After reading the Treebeard chapter of the book I couldn’t help but feel a melancholy sadness about the character, and a deep connection to all that surrounds him. Rewatching this scene after reading the chapter I actually started to cry a bit for him and his loss. And they’re freakin trees, Tolkien was a master storyteller making you feel for the things you’d ordinarily take for granted in the world around you
Well, Tolkien lamented how in the rush of “progress” some of the old ways, such as leaving plenty of forested areas alone, were forgotten. He seemed to have a deep hatred for heavy industry in particular. His experiences in World War I scarred him and made him bitter about aspects of the world. He elaborated on this in all his books. While other veterans simply wrote about the war, Tolkien put his war memories in his works.
I have always felt a connection from trees.
@@WorldWar2freak94 Yes! And also an another intresting fact. The reason why Tolkien hated so much heavy industry it's because he spent his childhood hapilly on the countryside. But unfortunately it was the very same time that the Industrial Revolution had just began and thus those beautiful landscapes were destroyed before his eyes. So basically the Ents were a way for him to take revenge for all the painful experiences he had from the factories.
Tolkien had a great love for trees in general too. People would dread going on walks with him because he would stop at a tree and marvel at it for a while. He also cried over the cutting down of a local 100 year tree.
He's not a tree.. he's an Ent!
The last march of the ents, the ride of the rohirrim, You bow to no one, all 3 scenes bring tears to my eyes true perfection
1. Ride of the Rohirrim
2. The Lighting of the Beacons
3. Last March of the Ents
Best scenes from the trilogy imo, in that order.
What about the droid atta- I mean the mount doom scenes?
2:13-2:17 me too.
Out of the 3 movies and all the awesome scenes within them, this is by far my favorite. I'm from rural Wisconsin, and my Dad owns 16 acres of mostly woodland. I've grown up around the trees and the hills. I don't know much of the world, but I well know my small part of it. I can understand Treebeard's rage, mourning, and contempt. To me, it would be as if a logging company ransacked my Dad's valley, or worse, if my Dad himself set his woods ablaze. I have a great amount of respect for the characters here, and much respect for the way they were portrayed.
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This scene is gold to me.... omg! that masterpiece of a sountrack while the ents go to war, lead by that badass of Treebeard. i'm in love with Lotr and everythng on it.
All the audio man!
Just watching this clip I could sense how good the bass in treebeard's voice would feel in IMAX... wow.
Oswaldo Howlett If you're interested? A friend of mine on fan fiction called, Dr. Manhattan made a story 'Avengers of the Ring' an MCU and LOTR crossover. When this battle started, the Hulk joined the fight. ;)
I love how Tree Beard is still going on about the squirrels before he realizes that the forest has been cut down. And the look of shock and absolute surprise as he comprehends what has happened. Then looking at Isenguard and his voice turns to bitterness and hate at Saruman and he realizes the true threat of the White Wizard. Then when he calls for his brethren I can almost imagine them going like "what's going on?... oh" and they immediately rally to his side and avenge their fallen kin.
I know that two years passed since you posted this comment but one thing: " Isengard" man.
Bro it's been over three years since this comment, and it's been edited, but it STILL SAYS ISENGUARD?
@@gianna526 What's more is that Treebeard's not talking about squirrels, he's talking about field mice
I love how Merry and Pippin brace themselves at 2:10. Like "okay, we instigated a huge epic battle, let's hope we survive it".
2:13 me too.
I'll never forget seeing this in theaters a few months after finishing the books...I think Tolkien would be proud of how Jackson handled the wartime spinup of the Ents.
1:34 That beautiful piece sounds every time something extraordinary happens: when Theoden rides with Aragorn, when Rohan helps Gondor, when the eagles help Gandalf, when Pippin and Merry sacrifices themselves for Frodo. It's just beautiful.
It is the power of the natural world, the grace of the Eldar, and the power of the Valar from the Blessed Lands of Valinor crossing the Sundering Seas and giving strength to those that call upon it. It is the rising might of all that is good in this world, and like an endless tide, it shall not be stopped.
It's the hope motive.
You should definitely check Jaime Altozano's lotr soundtrack analysis. It's in Spanish, but it's got auto generated subtitles, and the work he makes there is absolutely mind blowing
The sudden stop at 0:13 is amazing as well. Just silence while he talks. Nothing overshadowing it.
@@rookcapcoldblood2618 The "Nature's Reclamation" theme as said by FilmTracks
If there has ever been an add against deforestation, this is it :)
porpus99 I would love that
Indeed, Tolkien was very against Industrialism, as I am sure you know! :)
The Ents called the Lorax a wimp.
This is by far the most underrated scene of LOTR. I've come back watching this regularly for over ten years now, and it never fails to make me tear up.
I love the last shot as the camera pans from the Ents marching on with the mountains peak behind them high over the valley, towards Orthanc in the distance, paling in comparison. Like the weight of the earth is about to fall upon Isengard.
“Last march of the ents” been sending shivers down my spine for 6 years now...
‘Many of these trees were my friends’
That line gets to me even more than Sam promising not to leave Frodo .
"The ents are going to war" spoken like a true champion
Yeah i always smirk and think - "Yup that Isengard Uruk's have fck'd ! "
This movie and it's score is a masterpiece
I wish I was old enough to have seen these in the cinema at release
TheChromaKid I was lucky. I did. Theses movies were a good chunk of my childhood. Still, you have plenty of chances to see movies this good in theatres. Hope left.
It was an experience I’ll never forget. The third movie especially floored me. I sat through the entire credits in stunned silence.
It was life changing, little zoomer
I saw them at the movie theater, it was a huge event. People would buy tickets in advance then show up to the midnight showing, there were long lines and not an empty seat, in scenes such as these people would clap and holler in support.
@@TheTriad001 I was sitting in the cinema and Treebeard roaring in anger gave me the chills.
An area I’ve known and walked for years now and considered a solace and a paradise was uprooted and paved for some kind of road today, feeling that TREEBEARD anger today
This is even deeper and more meaningful, especially when he says "The last march of the Ents..." when you realize that these guys the Ents? They have no way of reproduction, the Entwives are lost and cannot be found, these gentlemen who prefer pacifism. Are the last generation of their kind, faced soon with extinction: yet this doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you are a dying breed who's soon to be forgotten
It matters you took a stand for what you love and believe in, that you fought even though you're assured defeat. Inevitable, hopeless defeat met by brazen retaliation for what reason? No reason except the suffering that those who seek to destroy your purpose deserve to suffer at your doomed hands.
"Fear the man who has nothing left to lose."
The entwives were killed in the second age in the far East. They and the gardens they nurtured and protected were burned down.
Then find em again 🤷♂️
“Many of these trees were my friends”
It’s heartbreaking to think you’d go to a certain place in which you know for a fact you’re friends will be waiting for you, just to see that they’ve all been killed. Make treebeard a human, and it’s just as tragic
and now you know how a lot of Ukrainians feel. Sure, we can see what's left of Bakhmut, Marinka, etc. But for them, that was the town they grew up in. The people they knew.
And there's *still* idiots who go "Why don't they just give up?" Would YOU?
@@michaelgreenwood3413 Ukrainians, Russians... No civilian is benefitting from this madness, all that we're left at the end is death, misery and nothing else
It mentions in the appendices that Galadriel went to visit Treebeard before she goes to the grey havens. She tries to convince Treebeard to come with her, celeborn and gandalf to valinor. But he refuses and tells Galadriel he will only make his journey to the west once he has found his wife.
Personally I feel it is implied by Tolkein that this never happens. He is forever wandering the wilderness til end of his days 😖
ShadowMoses Would he even fit in the boat? Or not causing it to sink? 😄
@@The06pascals He doesn't need to be on the boat, he could be the boat.
Very late reaction, but, it's hinted by Tolkien that the Entwives might've gone to the Shire's North Farthing. At the start, when Sam and Ted are talking in the Green Dragon, Sam tells of how his cousin had seen a walking tree up there, and when Merry and Pippin find Treebeard, he asks them if they've seen the entwives, since they'd like the Shire's landscape. But I dont think Tolkien ever elaborated further on that.
Yeah it would be amazing if Treebeard reunited with his wife. The line I don't remember what entwives look like was so heartbreaking. Being unable to put a face to the love of your life would be so traumatic.
@@MrGiselbart also merry introduced the ents and trees when they were on the edge of fangorn.
21 years later and it’s just as epic
"My business is with Isengard, with rock and stone." DID I HEAR ROCK AND STONE?
*IF YOU DONT ROCK AND STONE, YOU AIN T COMMING HOME*
@@alexscafidi8319 in Treebeard's interest though its more like IF YOU DONT ROCK AND STONE YOU WONT HAVE A HOME!
ROCK....AND....STOOOOONE!
COME HERE MOLLY
when i was 10 year old watching this. So much addrenaline rush man. Glorious.
The parallels to Aragorn’s “ride out with me.” line at Helm’s Deep is potent. Same music. Pippin says “yes.” just like Theoden. Both groups march for what they believe to be their last time, their last defiance to evil. They are committed. Masterful and more meaningful now more than ever.
1:26
DID I HEAR A "ROCK AND STONE"?
Rock and Stone to the bone
Optimus - Treebeard
Autobots - Ents
The extended editions are cut because the movie will be too long.
Heck, the extended ones are the epic parts, and the movie itself is extremely good. For movie this great, I am willing to watch even if it is 5 hours or longer.
my local cinema showed the extened cuts when they came out and had a 20 min intermission half way through each film so people could get up strech their legs (and buy more popcorn ofcourse)
2:13 We all came for this
Tribute Films You got me !
Tribute Films same the chills are too much for this badass scene
00:45 This is what I come for. (with the volume and the bass cranked all the way up)
Darn! You got me!
(thank you for posting the timestamp)
YES we did.
"Come my friends. The Ents are going to war. It is likely we go to our doom." - Tree Beard
Knows full well what he's getting himself and his friends into yet he moves forward to avenge his fallen friends. Badass.
Got Goosebumps when they marched and that music played wow
scene gives me goosebumps
The last of a great race of creatures, driven to a desperate act that would inevitably lessen their species even further but would end them if they did not act. This is what this scene represents.
Treebeard is so adorable. Never stops giving quotes no one wanted to hear but what everyone needed. The scene where he sees the naked forest genuinely hurts just from his eyes and the roar he let out.
For a while I used to think Treebeard wanted revenge for his friends but he's better than that. He wanted the ents to stay out of the war but this was a wake up. No tree would be safe and Treebeard delivered justice for the forest.
Omg. Treebeard is such a badass. His roar gives me goosebumps every single time I watch the movie.
IT IS LIKELY THAT WE GO TO OUR DOOM.
Yerin Lee
Tree in the back: wait what?!?!!!!
"Many of these trees were my friends, creatures I have know from nuts and acorns" This line always gets me.
1:43 Imagine being some orc stationed on the walls and looking up at that coming towards you.
🤣🤣🤣 NO 🧢
This still gives me chills to this day. Incredible scene!
"It is likely we go to our doom."
Uh yeah no, Treebeard. You Ents are essentially giant monsters. Like, one or two of you will perish, tops.
arousedgrandma Good point. Never thought about that.
I also think it was pointed out in the book that Saruman didn't have any army in the Isengard as he has sent all uruk-hai for war, didn't expect a backstab.
Pretty sure Treebeard waited until the entire Army left, then attacked Isengard. In the books as well. He only sent the Huorn's after Gandalf showed up and said he needed help with about 10 thousand orcs, none of the Uruk's escaped those forests.
In the movie it seems like he is marching knowing Isengard would be defended, like a desperation/anger attack. And that's more epic than the book, the ents will attack regardless.
More epic at the expense of making this ancient creature look irrational and emotional in how he plans his attacks upon those that have done him wrong.
Rip Christopher Lee! :(
Rip stan lee
@@princethegoat4838 irrelevant
@@brachialtick6552 they both have lee
VidKris this is the true cause of his death. The ents finally got to him.
@@brachialtick6552 Both great men.
After all these years, when he says the ents are going to war and to their doom still hits the heart
1:25 YEAH ROCK AND STONE
WE'RE RICH!
STONE TO THE HEART!
*FOR ROCK AND STONE!!!!*
ROCK AND STONE
Honestly this is one of the best scenes in movie history, the fact that the ents belive that they are weak and shuld not involve themselves in the wars of others. But when treebeard sees all his fallen friends he is compelled to avenge them and do what he was ment to do. (Protect the trees). With beutiful music and an awsome speach holy shit peter jackson and J.R.R you are awsome. The last march of the ents!