>About to kill the most powerful ally your enemy has
>hear the horn of rohan
>literally stop mid-swing and fly away
>get JUSTed by a hobbit and a woman
>the wizard you spared convinces remaining armies to march on Mordor, opening a path for Frodo to destroy the ring
>could've taken an extra 3 seconds to cut Gandalf's head off and win the war
did anyone else manage to fuck up as hard as the witch king of angmautism?
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yeah i never read the books but shit like this start to get to me after the 400th rewatch
>in the book they just had Leone style standing and staring contest, talked shit to each other and witch king left with no fight
>in the movie witch king just rekt gandalf for no reason
Bravo Hackson
why did the witch king leave? did he not think he could beat gandalf?
They don't fight in the book, Witch King wasn't confident he would win.
never happened in the books
(just like the ghost army showing up at Pelennor fields)
because if he killed Gandalf that would ruin continuity with the books since they never fight
He left when he heard the horn, it meant he had more pressing matter at hand than fighting Gandalf. Also whole scene was much better in the book, witch king was the first one to enter through the breached main gate and gandalf was the only one that didnt run away making for a much cooler standoff
>scene is from the extended edition
>it is useless
no way
this is not about the books though. in the movie Gandalf looks like a pussy talking about the witch king. he doesn't even put up a fight and gets his staff destroyed and is pinned to the ground by witch king's autistic screeches. wtf was jackson thinking?
>saruman fucks up gandalf
>gandalf comes back with INT buff and handles saruman like little baby
>witch king handles a buffed gandalf like little baby
>witch king gets JUSTed by Eowyn
fucking hackson.
In the books Gandalf faces him and then he runs away. Lore wise Gandalf would have destroyed him but Peter Jackson portrayed him as stronger than Gandalf to make everything seem hopeless
One of the many problems with the extended edition. The extended scenes are cool the first time you see them but they ruin the pacing and make the films less competent as a whole.
After seeing the extended editions one or two times you should always be re-watching the trilogy with the theatrical releases.
If you edit out the staff exploding nonsense i bet it would look fine.
> Peter Jackson portrayed him as stronger than Gandalf to make everything seem hopeless
Fucking Hackson
Even in the original trilogy he was ruining everything for no reason.
He had DEF Down vs women
I don't remember this boss in dark souls
>you want me to follow you aragorn?
>fine but ONLY IF YOU CAN SURVIVE THIS AVALANCHE OF SKULLS!
What were they THINKING?
it would make the scene more tolerable, but it's still completely useless and just adds more runtime to an already gruelingly long movie.
Where did he fly off to exactly?
The Nazgul were missing for the entirety of the Rohirrim charge and Mumakil battle. He only showed up to rek Theoden but that was way after the Gandalf confrontation.
The extended cut was a mistake
Extended FotR
Extended TT
Theatrical RotK
The best thing about the extended cut was the Boromir/Faramir/Denethor flashback.
Everything else was completely unnecessary and justifiably cut
>gruelingly long
lmao
>let's pile up all of our skulls against this wall so we can wait for someone to free us from eternal torment and then try to crush them
he can't keep getting away with this
how do filmmakers ever get away with shit like this anyway? its so cheap
the bar ought to be set higher
Ofc he goes back to rally his troops? Killing the white wizard doesn't mean anything if his troops are being whiped out because of strategic errors
>for some reason an orc carrying the olympic torch was on a battle field
YOU
HAD
ONE
JOB
HACKSON
Holywood is a nepotistic shithole
this
>tfw you realize LOTR is full of capeshit-tier cliches
>tfw you realize LOTR will not stand the test of time due to shit like pic related