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I will take it. I will take the ring to Mordor.
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I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass! The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass!
I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass! The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass!
Fly you fools
There's a scene in the ROTK book.
It's not in the movie.
Faramir is supposedly talking about his encounter with the hobbits.
But Tolkein is describing Gandalf's reaction to the news.
It's stuck with me forever.
It's not in the movie.
Faramir is supposedly talking about his encounter with the hobbits.
But Tolkein is describing Gandalf's reaction to the news.
It's stuck with me forever.
Okay. I admit that is a classic quote. Especially with the haunting music that comes after.
Good to see that made it into the film. It's one my favourites in the book and is just so memorable, and has and likely will be apt and applicable for anyone who ever reads or hears it.
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Thank you brave Hobbit, but the Eagles have already volunteered and they are faster and smarter.
The End
The End
I love that trilogy. There's so many good moments. And Fellowship is obviously the best of the three.
Nothing but pure hash reviews. Every pic a new herb he's blazing with.
Then suddenly Faramir looked at Pippin. 'But now we come to strange matters,' he said. 'For this is not the first halfling that I have seen walking out of northern legends into the Southlands.' At that Gandalf sat up and gripped the arms of his chair; but he said nothing, and with a look stopped the exclamation on Pippin's lips. Denethor looked at their faces and nodded his head, as though in sign that he had read much there before it was spoken. Slowly, while the others sat silent and still, Faramir told his tale, with his eyes for the most part on Gandalf, though now and again his glance strayed to Pippin, as if to refresh his memory of others that he had seen. As his story was unfolded of his meeting with Frodo and his servant and of the events at Henneth Annûn, Pippin became aware that Gandalf's hands were trembling as they clutched the carven wood. White they seemed now and very old, and as he looked at them, suddenly with a thrill of fear Pippin knew that Gandalf, Gandalf himself, was troubled, even afraid. The air of the room was close and still. At last when Faramir spoke of his parting with the travellers, and of their resolve to go to Cirith Ungol, his voice fell, and he shook his head and sighed. Then Gandalf sprang up.
-The Return of the King, The Siege of Gondor
That and nudies of Varda. Manwe approves though, he's big into it.
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Gandalf saying "fly you fools" was him telling them to use the Eagles.
"The beacons of Minis Tirith! The beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid."
"And Rohan will answer."
But actually the best sequence in all 3 movies is the lighting of the beacons. The score alongside the cinematography gives me chills every time. So good. I at first was just going to but that and then realize you asked for quotes, and that's a great one too after all the build up.
"And Rohan will answer."
But actually the best sequence in all 3 movies is the lighting of the beacons. The score alongside the cinematography gives me chills every time. So good. I at first was just going to but that and then realize you asked for quotes, and that's a great one too after all the build up.
Coded message indeed. None of them had the wit to get it though.
Though the later replay of that line in a flashback which uses entirely different footage irks me. It's like one of those VHS talking to the screen fantasy games.
I love it because it's clear that in the moment, we're now supposed to be seeing the impact that moment had on Frodo by seeing it through his perspective during the lowpoint of his emotional state before resolving himself, thereby recontextualizing it. Doing so adds a new layer to Frodo which defines his character arc all the way up Mount Doom and to the moment he wakes up to see Gandalf again.
Of all the fantastic performances in these films Sean Bean has always been my favorite as Boromir. He delivers his lines in Fellowship with absolute perfection. The extended cut is worth it just because we get more of him.
"One day, our paths will lead us there. And the tower guard shall take up the call, 'The lords of Gondor have returned.'"
"One day, our paths will lead us there. And the tower guard shall take up the call, 'The lords of Gondor have returned.'"
I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass! The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass!
Might be my favorite scene in the trilogy.
Rivendell was a fuckin' amazing interlude at that point in Fellowship. To the hobbits, the home of the elves- at that point supposedly the last stop in their journey. But immediately the unease is palpable- Gandalf and Elrond immediately set the tone for the rest of the journey, talking about the infallibility of Men while you see the council of Elrond assemble, and you're like "Hold up, this is halfway through the movie?"
Suddenly the quest you've been watching starts taking on a larger scale, and then comes the quiet moments that seem grand all their own with Boromir admiring the shards of Narsil, and Aragorn and Arwen sharing a tender moment you honestly think would be saccharine enough to be ripped from Shakespeare (like, the cheesy part of Shakespeare,) but it works, you know?
Then the counsel of Elrond, and it's- it's so fun to watch. So much of it is quotable, and you're introduced to so much new aspects of Middle-Earth; standoffish Boromir represents Gondor, the dwarves are stubborn, the elves are asshats. And it ends, like the OP says, with a great synchronization of music and delivery. And Gandalf's face, man- that's some pathos.
And then you got Bilbo and Frodo, and you some some real classical fantasy shit- a blade that glows and chainmail from mithril; and Bilbo's little breakdown continues the emotional rollercoaster that Rivendell has consistently put you through, but with this emotional low is a grand high because the music swells and you get the scenes of the fellowship crossing ruins and plains to goddamn stride over the horizon in one of cinema's finest party introductions. Goddamn beautiful.
Suddenly the quest you've been watching starts taking on a larger scale, and then comes the quiet moments that seem grand all their own with Boromir admiring the shards of Narsil, and Aragorn and Arwen sharing a tender moment you honestly think would be saccharine enough to be ripped from Shakespeare (like, the cheesy part of Shakespeare,) but it works, you know?
Then the counsel of Elrond, and it's- it's so fun to watch. So much of it is quotable, and you're introduced to so much new aspects of Middle-Earth; standoffish Boromir represents Gondor, the dwarves are stubborn, the elves are asshats. And it ends, like the OP says, with a great synchronization of music and delivery. And Gandalf's face, man- that's some pathos.
And then you got Bilbo and Frodo, and you some some real classical fantasy shit- a blade that glows and chainmail from mithril; and Bilbo's little breakdown continues the emotional rollercoaster that Rivendell has consistently put you through, but with this emotional low is a grand high because the music swells and you get the scenes of the fellowship crossing ruins and plains to goddamn stride over the horizon in one of cinema's finest party introductions. Goddamn beautiful.
After Amazon's Second Age series, and the recent passing of Christopher Tolkien, all bets are off. It will happen, just a matter of time.
I'm LONG overdue a rewatch of these movies. What's the best place to buy them digitally? I know the Google Play store has all 6 (...) extended editions for under $50.
We are never getting a better film version of LotR. Never.
Yeah, I just think they need to let the era fade a little and do a massive film with Melkor instead as a palate cleanser.
