After multiple viewings, 'My friends...you bow to no one' from Return of the King is corny
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Because Pippin was crucial in drawing Sauron's attention away from Frodo since Sauron thought he had the Ring. And Merry was crucial in taking down The Witch King
No the corny part happened in the first movie when the Elf Queen or whatevershewas to show how bad she was if she had the ring went all negative coloring from something that looked like amateur hour.
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Sauron Man's army was already destroyed he was just going to sit in his tower and die eventually. They just used the Ents to raid his weed storehouse.
Last March of the Ents song is top tier though so if they are responsible for that then I take back my criticism.
...uh no. It's fucking great. Four little hobbits from the middle of nowhere earn the respect of everyone.
The ending afterwards is a mess the movie tries to fix up, that goes on for far too long, but this scene.
This scene.
Give me a minute.
The ending afterwards is a mess the movie tries to fix up, that goes on for far too long, but this scene.
This scene.
Give me a minute.
And nothing was stopping Saruman from making another army either.
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After like a dozen vieweings I think the only part that never diminished in impressiveness for me was this
Debatable. If one of them wasn't there to stab him in the leg then an Eagle possibly would have flown by with a dagger in his talons and done it instead.
If we're talking corny or cringey then every scene featuring Frodo and Sam crying to each other takes it for me.
Which feels like half the fucking trilogy.
Which feels like half the fucking trilogy.
I won't lie OP, Frodo's stare always has ruined that scene for me. It's like he's on drugs and they're just kicking in
Actually, Merry was integral to taking down the Witch King since the sword he had was enchanted with the power to harm the Witch King. Merry struck the blow which broke the WK's power, thus allowing Eowyn to kill him.
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Is such weakness suitable to rule the realm of men?
Oh...
In the book, Tom Bombadil. But they don't explicitly say the sword was enchanted in the movie, because they didnt need to. But the details are there in the book.
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Then I need a declaration from the King stating Gimli and Legolas also do not have to bow to anyone!
AFAIK Bombadil was involved, but didn't the swords come from that certain grave cairn they ended up in? The Westernesse weapons came from that tomb, from which Bombadil had to bail them due to the presence of the wraith or wight.
My mom finally got around to watching the extended cuts like a year after RotK came out and then this scene shows up and she starts bawling like a maniac. I felt the need to ask her why she was crying so much and all that came out of her mouth was "they bowed to the hobbits". Now whenever the movie gets brought up its the only thing I can think and I start laughing again.
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Cute mama. What about the end scene where Frodo and Bilbo sail away?
She was probably still going for about 30 minutes after the movie ended.
As others have said, Merry fought in the battle before Minas Tirith and helped take down the Witch King of Angmar and saved Eowyn for good measure. Pippin lit the beacon which brought the Rohirrim to Minas Tirith, saved Faramir's life and also did the same for Gandalf by killing an orc. Both also convinced the Ents to join the war, ending the massive threat that was Orthanc. And they both were the first to charge at the enemy after Aragorn, perhaps instilling courage into the forces around them that had yet to move. Frodo and Sam had the worst task by far but to imply that Merry and Pippin were not worthy of acclaim is just wrong all the way through.
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Yeah they came from the Barrow, tom saved em from the wight and looted the Barrow and put all the items in the sunshine and broke the spell over em so they wight couldnt come back. And then was like take these swords and go stab shit.
It was corny on first watch tbh. Not because of the words per say but execution. 3 films of build up to that scene and they just executed poorly.
