>that scene where the Mumakils charge Theoden's line >the quiet before the ominous pounding of the drums in the distance, camera cutting from Theoden's face to see the creatures on thw horizon >the tired look on Theoden's face turned to resolve when calling the charge >the camera pull out as you see them go head on towards the Mumakil line >shot trackes their increased pace as they rumble through ranks of orcs >that intense as fuck camera zoom as the two armies meet and then finally >crash >next three minutes of straight carnage, no music, only the roars of war beasts and steel Holy fuck this scene makes me so goddamn hard
That was one of the first movie theater experiences I had that still sticks with me. The loud stomps, the chanting, and that horn were just perfect.
Matthew Green
I don't think there ever has been a scene with such a technical level in fantasy as this one. Movie is over a decade old and this still looks fantastic. I usually cringe at calling shit kino, but fucking hell this was kino.
Christian Butler
comfy
Thomas Evans
Damn, cgi is aging like milk
Oliver Long
That cgi still looks good...why are you lying?
Henry Martin
Idk why nobody is bumping a comfy LOTR thread :/ haven't seen one in days.
Gavin Thomas
>tfw there will never be another fantasy movie as comfy as Fellowship It's been 16 years lads....
Parker Carter
heres a free bump and some art
Zachary Taylor
16 years...damn. I remember seeing this scene in theaters. It really was an experience. Not many films are. People legit clapped. I have only seen ppl clap for three movies in my life
Kevin Richardson
Another Nasmith? I prefer Alan Lee's work tbqhf
Daniel Bailey
>listening to movie podcasts talking about Lotr >they definitely did some interesting stuff with it...though there are definitely problematic elements with regard to ethnicity and race I try to listen to as many sides as I can but this shit is hard to swallow. That this would be the takeaway from such a masterpiece of a trilogy
Charles Baker
You must be going out of your way to find those types of podcasts. I literally have never seen them.
Andrew Green
most movie podcasts talk about identity politics and filling quoatas and shit and they're on the side that wants more inclusion etc every time. These podcasts often feature people who write for places like hollywood reporter and vanity fair etc etc.
The one I listen to in particular is Slashfilmcast where they brough this up.
Ethan Lee
Played this last night with a couple of friends. Absolutely GOAT. >tfw footage from the movies merge into based cutscenes
Sebastian Parker
It's honestly depressing. It's been almost a century since LotR was published, and we haven't seen a single work that was able to touch it since. JRRT spent so much time creating the most immersive and believable world, full of cultures and languages with such unbelievable depth and sophistication. It'll probably be another century before we see someone of that caliber again, and another several decades before that someone has their work adapted to film.
Ian Thomas
imagine how the Hobbit's cgi will look in five years
Jacob Hernandez
Again, I think you are going out of your way to find podcasts that apparently trigger you. I have rarely seen what you are complaining about. Maybe there is one out there. But it's not well-known. You may just think everyone is talking about identity politics in LOTR.
Connor Barnes
Unpopular opinion here on Sup Forums, but SJWs are really only prevelent on Twitter or other websites and blogs and if you know of examples by name, you went out of your way to find them and if you think it's more of an "epidemic" you probably create boogeyman for yourself and already have shit-tier beliefs in the first place that makes you angry at things most people don't even care to think about.
Like tbqhf, I have never meet a normal person who gave a shit about the races of fictional characters for instance. It's usually either SJWs or lowkey racists who do.
Elijah Butler
>When you unlock Faramir and play Osgiliath and Cirith Ungol >when you unlock gandalfs top missile and its just a ball of blinding white light that evaporates 12 orcs.
Fuck I miss that game.
Ryder Jenkins
You know you can kill all the orcs in Cirith Ubgal gate? My brother and I wiped them all out to the point of no more respawns for them. Just to see what happens
Elijah Bennett
as I said I listen to other podcasts too which are not like that at all, but they're not really the mainstream ones attached to a news site. Thing is I've listened to it for a long time so I really enjoy the hosts but it's made up of a chinese american dude, an indian-american dude and a white guy. And they just jump at any opportunity to talk about this stuff. Or another example with the handmaiden where they brought on a woman as a guest to get the "female perspective" and the men on the podcast were bending over backwards saying how uncomfortable they were with the male gaze and the fact that the movie was directed by a man which meant that they were feeling like they were taking part in a male fantasy, meanwhile the girl had no problem with it and wondered why they were so stuck up on it. And you can tell that the white dude never really has a big issue with it but he treads sooo lightly and tries to squeeze in the mildest excuse for it and it's just such a big indication of people censoring themselves in fear of upsetting anyone. >and if you know of examples by name, you went out of your way to find them hell no I started reading their site years ago because I wnated film news and I found their podcast that way. I think most people who write for film news sites in hollywood are like this.
>comedians taking the piss out of something Yeah mate, I'm on suicide watch
Carter Reyes
their weird beef with lotr always bothered me
Hudson Bennett
First off, why do you care so much? Secondly, have you seen The Handmaiden? Why the fuck wouldn't you want a female perspective on lesbianism in films like this? That's like, a prime example of where a female perspective makes the most sense..
Are you baiting me?
Tyler Phillips
*Ungol
Cooper Cruz
you guys just dont get the art of films. ricky and stephe however are professionals. so please, shut up.
James Cox
I don't get it. Why don't they like it? because "nerds" like it?
Brody Brooks
(you)
Jose Ortiz
Truly mein negger
Luis Gray
I meant the Southern Gate level, oops
Henry Mitchell
Ah, right
Luis Nguyen
>I think most people who write for film news sites in hollywood are like this. Literally what a projection is
Anthony Allen
>Secondly, have you seen The Handmaiden? Yes. >Why the fuck wouldn't you want a female perspective on lesbianism in films like this? It's a fine idea. The point is how the regular hosts have eaten up all the identity politics and expect every woman to have these problems, so it was funny to me to see her dismiss all of it, it showed to me how false sense of reality they have where they are so sensitively tuned to anything that they pick up on it where the average guy wouldn't care, which probably is an indication that there actually isn't a real problem there. >Are you baiting me? really now?
Sebastian Wood
>35 replies >13 posters >no discussion on LOTR scenes please don't derail what could be a comfy thread
Aiden Hill
Great, good for you. Stop derailing the thread now please. Yes, you come off as bait
Brayden Sullivan
I'll just ignore the fact that you indulged in the derailing then conveniently stopped when you you saw fit, and end the discussion.
Jose Robinson
I ended it because you bored me.
Brandon Carter
Most kino scene was when Galadrien was riverdancing
Christopher Cook
>you'll never get to enjoy your job the way this guy did
Carson Jenkins
Harry Potter?
Nicholas Collins
was shit after the second movie
Isaac Roberts
I think that no woman can understand the LOTR. I've met some that pretend to like it, but they don't get it. they can't relate at all.
Noah Parker
I do like HP, but it's not going to have nearly the same impact as LotR (regardless of number of books sold). It's just entertainment compared to something that basically reinvents a genre.
Ryder Hernandez
...
Liam Evans
actually middle earth always felt dead and lifeless to me, like a setpiece created for just that one story
I couldn't imagine people actually living there
Jose Morris
>with such unbelievable depth and sophistication too many elves
Nolan Butler
I think the Rohirrim scenes are still the best scenes in cinema, period. They'll stay with me forever.
Hudson Rogers
I'm pretty sure this guy played several of the larger orcs, too.
Cameron Allen
is there a TT edit of the BoHD that cuts all the Ent bullshit out?
John Rivera
>cut the Ent shit out You need to immediately kill yourself
Owen Lee
Is there anywhere online where I can watch the cast/director commentaries of the movies? I've tried looking but have only figured out they're on the extras on the hard copies and don't wanna pay 100 bucks for that.
Noah Cook
The council bullshit is such a slow drag, the fight is elder god. Sorry, should've been more specific.
Dylan Reed
>BoHD What in the fuck is this supposed to mean? Spent a minute giving myself an aunerism trying to figure it out.
Lucas Roberts
Theoden's speech is still pretty cringe though
Dominic Flores
I like the parts in the first book when the hobbits are just wandering around
Joshua Gray
>hype these things up as these huge, terrifying war beasts that take a whole cavalry to bring down >retroactively ruin all the tension with this scene
I wonder whose idea it was to transport an army through the bush, I wonder how they figured the baggage train would be able to go through their. Someone's head must've rolled for this. Same for Theoden. Charging Oliphants head on? Worst general of Middle Earth contestant.
Chase Stewart
my favourite part is when treebeard gets mad as fuck finally and he speaks with that booming voice
also went to a LOTR marathon once with friends, got drunk as fuck and woke up just in time to hear aragorn sing that mornie uthulie song at 6am in the morning
I actually shed some tears
Cameron Sanders
lol
Nathan Myers
The real question is what the fuck were they doing in Northern Ithilien, coming from Harad, when the army was to set off from Minas Morgul
Isaac Gomez
they were traveling from Harad to Black Gate you mong
Christian Jackson
>to Black Gate Why The army clearly sets off from Minas Morgul
Bentley Wood
LotR was well made, but honestly just didn't really appeal to me on an emotional level. I don't really give a shit about epic battle sequences and cgi. The whole world felt so lifeless and asexual to me. That doesn't specifically make it a bad movie or anything like that, but nothing that sticks.
Jack Reyes
Shut up Martin
Isaac Green
>I don't really give a shit about epic battle sequences and cgi Did you watch these films at all?
Zachary Mitchell
stop watching nerd films
Aiden Brooks
>actually middle earth always felt dead and lifeless to me, like a setpiece created for just that one story For me it felt very real but reading the Silmarillion actually diminished it a bit for me. People always talked about how legendary and intricate and complex it was but I Felt the silmarillion kind of took away the mystery of it all and made the world feel very small. The elves also lost some of their more ethereal qualities since they were so damn stupid and petty a lot of the time.
David Perry
I don't understand. There are just as many elves, user, as are required. Neither more nor less.
Ayden Thomas
>The whole world felt so lifeless and asexual to me >asexual
I'll bet you watch GoT for the tits.
Chase Sanchez
the orc army comes from minas morgul.
the haradrim journey up the harad road and meet them on the battlefield.
Lucas Bell
Sure. There were tons of epic battle sequences and cgi and people here seem to get really exciting over them.
It's not about tits, it's about the sterile way the characters interacted.
Lincoln Barnes
Battle of Helms Deep
Justin Flores
What PS2 game is this? never played it.
Sebastian Butler
Is this just the death of comfy LOTR threads here? Christ.