Fuck i love this scene so much and going into the theater completely oblivious to Lord of the Rings i think made me appreciate it more because i had no idea what the big danger could be.
>That fucking theme >That voice booming in the theater sound system >That literal vidya boss intro
beside the standard > le Rohirrim attack is breaking a siege and >man of the west I would suggest the prequel to the Helms Klamm battle. I really like how they show this deep hopelessness , how fucked the people of Rohan are, but Aragorn still stands his ground and wants help them. Beside it was not in the books, I think the helping elfs are quiet cool, because they finally give backa bit of hope to this whole fucked up situation.
Chase Johnson
Prancing Pony scene... that whole arch is amazing IMO.
Seriously though, i have to watch this trilogy again in the big screen before i die. Im tired of seeing it on my laptop screen with shitty headphone sounds. I want the full power of a cinema sound system to remember what I experienced back in the days. It must be orgasmic
Jose Wilson
Up to what point? Do you count the Nazgul attack as well?
That sequence of them entering the inn through the mist with their hand reaching ahead and the swords pointing forward while their theme swells up is fucking amazing
I always loved this scene. I know they changed some things from the books at the river, but the chase is one of the most exhilarating parts of the entire series.
I love all the lyrical music in the movies. It really just chimed with how I always thought it would be like as a child.
Be fair, I've also always enjoyed Enya. So I suppose thats also why.
Robert Turner
>you bow to no one
Benjamin Roberts
Fellowship is a rollercoaster, Cate Blanchett's intro narration is my favorite part. I love the whole movie but The Shire is too comfy always want to sleep during it and meeting Strider and the Nazghul always wake me up then Rivendell happens want to sleep again, Moria and Boromir's last stand always have me involved.
Two Towers is my personal favorite from beginning to end. I need to read the books one day...
Everyone loves the initial Rohirrim charge but I always loved the scene where they charged the Oliphaunts. I just love the little feeling of dread they get as soon as they see the Oliphaunts and then Theoden just immediately buckles them up for the charge. The panning shot of the Rohirrim running right into the Oliphaunts was great.
>actually fighting with stunt people >epic music >orcs in costume, no fighting cgi orcs >film in an actual forest, no green screen background >based boromir redeemed after he tried to take the ring >breaking of the fellowship and the end makes you want to watch more
Levi Howard
>Who are you? >SHOW YOURSELF! >..... >It can not be...
I already read the books and knew gandalf came back, but it was still feely.
The breaking of the fellowship is the most GOAT sequence of the trilogy
>best theme >best sam moments >gandalf flashback wise as fuck >not abandoning merry and pippen to torture and torment
Gabriel King
>Epic reddit speech >written before the internet
I bet this guy is a lesser son of greater sires
Jason Clark
God willing, never.
Ian Miller
The entire ending of Fellowship.
Owen Sanders
OP, the entire Fellowship film is fucking gorgeously shot. It's probably the most cohesive of all three films tbqh famalamadingdong
Christian Scott
Where is the horn that was blowing?
Mason Cruz
I was fucking blown away by this in the theater. So brutal.
Justin Rivera
I don't know if it's my favorite, but I think the Council of Elrond is underrated when it comes to the non-action scenes. Different kind of sequence than you see in the rest of the movies, don't think they could have done it better.
Matthew Kelly
That shot where he's crawling into the cave and sat with his eyes closed holding the ring was a spooky moment
Luis Parker
the most painful part of the whole series. "I would have followed you, my brother... My captain... My king."
Jack Morris
Mah nigga
Owen Powell
"for Frodo"
Gabriel Turner
Ride out with me... Ride out and meet them
Kino
Brayden Price
Essentially every scene with Theoden, in particular though his conversation with Gandalf following Theodred's funeral.
Kevin Smith
That scene where Denethor is eating like a pig. What is wrong with him? No manners!
By loving the source material, putting talented people in charge of his vision and making what is essentially the biggest blockbuster indie film of all time?
Nathaniel Roberts
How did he fuck it up so badly for the Hobbit movies?
Studio meddling and burn out on his part. He didn't want to do the Hobbit originally and I'm guessing didn't make the call to stretch it out into 3 movies.
Carson Johnson
He actually DID make that call.
Blake Moore
It wasn't his project.
And yet they still turned out leagues better than most if not all high fantasy movies made in the last 10-20 years, LotR excluded, of course.
Lincoln Lewis
THIS
people need to at least acknowledge how shitty they could have been.
Levi Ward
These films are truly the greatest example of the importance of good editing. Editing could have fucking destroyed this.
Adrian Rodriguez
Boromir was the best character of the damn Fellowship. A misunderstood and desperate war hero with all of the stress and burden put on him by his people to save them.
The fucking feels man...the feels. All he wanted was for his country to be safe... The only person to actually sacrifice literally everything to do what he felt was right.
Parker Smith
>mfw The Appendices are better than the films
Lincoln Johnson
All it was, was a bunch of people walking, three movies of people walking to a fucking volcano.
Charles Rodriguez
>Helms Klamm battle What the hell is that?
Henry Martin
GOAT soundtrack piece
Elijah Morales
I don't get the 'it's just walking' thing at all. Like obviously it's a meme but I don't get how it's even become a thing. The films are literally all battles and shit.
Matthew Jenkins
how does this movie LOOK so good? it came out in 2001 for fuck's sake.
Tyler Cruz
>filmed on real locations, with detailed sets and painstakingly made miniatures
Nobody wants to put this sort of effort into some types of movies anymore.
Jason Morris
>how does this movie LOOK so good?
Beause it's actual actors actually on location or set, only using CGI when necessary and advancing the industry when doing so.
Xavier Gutierrez
Eh, I don't buy it. Pretty much had to act like it was a great idea just because he was the director, and to go from not wanting to do it to saying they need to stretch it out to 3 movies is a bit of a jump. I guess I didn't read any interview stuff around the time of production very extensively though.
David Jones
Everyone was phoning it in on the Hobbit. You could tell they made a bit of an effort on the first one - Shore actually trying to craft a score around a theme like in LOTR instead of shoehorning in shit he's already done - but after that the studio's fuckery just got to them I think.
Angel Fisher
I remember quite liking the first one while thinking some bits like Goblin town were really shit, I thought the second one was unforgivably awful and I haven't seen the last one beyond clips on here.
Owen Bailey
I love this scene, gives me a feeling that just wells up in my chest every time
I want to jerk it to male Galadriel so hopefully soon.
Julian Martinez
My autistic self is unable to watch that scene without noting that there's no way anybody lived that high on some of those mountains
Tyler Moore
I think Tolkien threads on Sup Forums are my favorite on this entire website. It's just a comfy place, people talking about something that you can tell they are genuinely passionate about, as opposed to the never ending BLACKED, Kino/flick, Capeshit and shit flinging. There's always the occasional "Ha this movie was shit for plebs" types, but they're easily ignored. It's just nice, which is something that can rarely be said about anything else here.
Gavin Allen
Really just a moment for me, but when Gandalf and Eomer come to save the day at Helms Deep.
>That crescendo at 4:13 Gets me chocked up every time. It's really a toss up between this and when Faramir and his men charge Osgiliath while Pippin sings.
Luke Brown
THIS x1000 muh nigga
>pictured: comfy
Matthew Sanders
>only like 10 guys and no elves left alive >they brought their horses into the last redoubt >all those Uruks still in the fortress they just ride past now about to go and rape all the aryan Rohan qts
Isaiah Morales
Clerks 3 is about to come out, I'd love to see it flipped where
>Clerks is litterally a trilogy of people talking, YOU WANNA SEE THE FIRST MOVIE
and so on
Carson Green
he turned down the project himself because he realised it would be different than lotr and not suited for him, but then the studio lost the guillimontero whatshisname and brought him on the project with hardly any prep time, and he didn't have nearly the creative control or time that he had with lotr. the hobbit being what it is wasnt his fault, he knew all along that it would be subpar but still did it because no one else would
Michael Hall
Sopranos threads always comfy, I wish capeshit stayed on Sup Forums.
Blake Lopez
I really like Desolation of Smaug it's my favorite of the Hobbits but Battle is definitely some of the worst cg and I liked the movie.
Practical and a perfect balance of cg are what made the trilogy great. Overboard cg is fine for movies like 300 and Rise of an Empire blew me the fuck away.
Gabriel Gutierrez
Has to be gray havens: >into the west theme >frodo telling the hobbits hes leaving >tfw theyve been on an epic journey but on the shores of the sea comes the end of their fellowship >old raisin bilbo ready for another adventure >some of the most beautiful ME artwork put on film >the sun setting >the power of the rings is ended >some of the most powerful beings left in middle earth leaving forever together >the sudden sadness following the great happiness of their return to the shire and the wedding >Cirden the shipwright chilling in the back I could go on. The only scene in a movie thats ever made me cry. And i really do cry everytime.
Watching aun right now since i felt like a comfy ME night and dont wanna risk overwatching lotr. Its pretty good, but nothing in the trilogy come close to these kinds of scenes. Hobbiton js comfy af tho and rivendell scenes are beautiful.
Caleb Young
Reading the trivia page for these movies is fucking insane. >When Christopher Lee and J.R.R. Tolkien were in correspondence, Tolkien gave Lee his blessing to play Gandalf if there ever was a film version of Lord of the Rings. Years later, Lee campaigned for the part of Gandalf in this production, but was offered the part of Saruman instead. Lee, who wanted to participate in the project any way he could, accepted the role of Saruman. Personally, he felt McKellen was a better choice as Gandalf instead of himself. Christopher Lee was just the coolest goddamn dude.
Andrew Cooper
Any scene that involves orcs. They are probably the best made bad guys in the history of movies.
Eli Howard
He was and supposedly he even payed/was blackmailed by the studio for the crews salary in Dracula movies or some shit because they would say people would starve or wouldn't have jobs if he didn't do those movies.
I can't believe Connery skipped Gandalf for League and hasn't been in anything since worthwhile.