During the whole of Helm's Deep I was on the edge of my seat. I still am. After years of rewatching it still is suspensful. The action is top notch and the desperation and hum an element played up makes for a cinematic knock-out punch. While Pellinor Fields in retrospect suffers from what Peter Jackson's good (but heavily flawed) King Kong remake did....excess and ego driven waste.
It is too big and too long. It starts out suspensful but it feels like less is at stake because we never connect with the people of Mina's Tirth. The plight of those in Helm's Deep is like a shot to the gut but we never get to really see the people of Mina's Tirth except when Faramir goes off to "die." That's it. And it is SO LONG. It just doesn't gel nearly as well.
2 is the better movie in general, and the charge wiping out the enemy army was at least set up and made sense instead of just being magic green guys
Caleb Roberts
Helm's Deep. Because i liked it more. Perfectly spaced to form it's own story.
Ayden Rivera
>best battle overall Helm's Deep by far. More tension, less silly Deus ex Machina. And at least in the movie, there was much more tension.
>Best moment Charge of the Rohirrim. This is with out a doubt one of the greatest 5 minutes in cinematic history. It still stirs up emotions in me to this day.
Noah Murphy
Helms deep has everything. Dark Atmosphere. Desperate defense. Awesome fortress. I love seeing the women and children in the caves and the young men being pulled out to fight. The Uruks-hai were truly terrifying. Their armor was perfect and you know these killing machines would cut down everything and have a gruesome feast after It's my favorite battle to watch and the best in all 6 middle earth films
Christian Baker
The Battle of the Five Armies :^)
In all seriousness it's completely shit because it's not really a battle scene. It's just the main characters talking while CGI mannequins rub against each other in the background.
There are a couple of cool few second long sequences though.
Nathaniel Reed
>tfw they were filming a practical battle scene >in the middle of shooting Jackson had a breakdown and just cancelled the shoot, fired all the extras on the spot and decided to CGI it later
Joseph Cook
>good guys are about to lose but an external force comes in to wipe out the villains
both battles are shit.
Jonathan Wilson
Someone did the numbers on this a few threads back. The Battle of the Five armies has something like seven times less battle footage than Helm's Deep or Pelennor Fields despite being about three times as long.
Cameron Miller
Helm's Deep had the better stirring speech leading up to the finale and charge. Hell, I defy any moment in the entire film trilogy to compare to Theoden's fell deeds line and his suicidal charge into the heart of the Uruk-hai.
>So much death... what can Men do against such reckless hate? >>Ride out with me. Ride out and meet them. >For death and glory? >>For Rohan. For your people. >Yes...yes! The Horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the Deep...one last time! >Let this be the hour when we draw swords together! >Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin and the red dawn! >>BARRROOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM >FORTH EORLINGAS! CHARGE!
Brandon Powell
The Charge of the Rohirrim beats out any single moment in either battle But Minis Tirith took too long and Legolas flipping around was even more stupid than his shield surfing. And the ghost army is lame
Jaxon Morris
You didn't even ask a question you fucking retard
James Foster
And since there's like 8 charges of the Rohirrim in these movies I mean the one in Return of the King >A SWORD-DAY! A RED DAY! ERE THE SUN RISEEEEEES!!!
Colton Sullivan
Helm's Deep.
Pelennor Fields was a great battle, but nothing can compare to the dark atmosphere and sense of impending dread of Helm's deep.
Also Gandalf's charge with the Rohirim and Sam's speech is a much more satisfying conclusion than the arrival of the ghost army.
Luke Johnson
Honestly, I found Eomer's charge in Two Towers to be more emotional. >Theoden, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli all surrounded and about to die firing off one final desperate gambit into the heart of the Uruk-hai >Gandalf appears with the first rays of dawn overlooking the battle >"Theoden-King stands alone." >>"Not alone. Rohirrim!" >Rohirrim riders step into view >>"To the King!" >Riders flood the valley with the light of dawn at their backs blinding the Orcs. The seminal moment in the trilogy when Man stands up and begins to fight back
Brody White
Some good taste in this thread
David Bailey
Helms Deep easily for me. Perhaps it's just because it's more realistic, I don't know. It's a normal siege but it's done very well.
Christian Collins
helm's deep was also intercut with the ents rekking Isengard which was pretty cool
Alexander Morales
If i remember correctly Andy Serkis was attempting to film some battle sequences with like 5 extras in a shed at one point. God The Hobbit films are abysmal.
Sebastian Perry
I gotta go with pelennor fields. I was big "fan" of war elephants as kid and that scene satisfied my curiosity for "elephant" warfare for decades to come.
Is there even any other movie scenes where elephants are used in war? Yea I know they're not official elephants but whatever. They pass.
Jason Parker
>God The Hobbit films are abysmal. Idk man I think the first one is pretty much LotR tier. The only bad part is the Goblin Town bit.
Dylan Miller
The first Hobbit was the best, but it's not LOTR-tier.
William Stewart
How the fuck did the uruks lose the battle of Helm's deep?
After the wall was blown up and they started to pour in, it should have been over, right?
Blake Moore
They pretty much did win. They slaughtered the elves and men defending the fortress and were only held up by the barricaded door of the keep, which they eventually knocked open.
They got BTFO by Gandalf and the Rohirim showing up.
Christopher Wilson
I actually kinda wish they'd leaned into it being a musical a little more heavily, could've been supremely comfy. As it stands I think it feels like its just doing too much at once, which is odd considering that its stretching 1/3 of a story into a film length narrative.
Chase Stewart
It is a great moment To each his own, I suppose I liked the Witch King razzling Gandalf and busting his staff right before Theodin showed up, going on about Death with a capital D and then the horns drawing it away. And I like Eowyn and Merry in the midst of the charge and they're both scared out of their skulls, but then they also get swept up by Theodin's speech It just does it for me (also it helps having Eowyn as your middle earth waifu)
Kevin Myers
Pelennor fields would have been better if jackson had included the grey company rather than have the dead hang around for the battle instead. Should have included Prince Imrahil and the knights of Dol Amroth since they also counter attacked with a charge when the Rohirrim turned up.
As much as I love the trilogy, I do hope that a true book adaption gets made sometime.
Well which is worse, legolamb shieldsurfing or oliphantsurfing? Mumakil charge and DEEEEEATH is th3 shit tho
Lincoln Nguyen
300, very quickly
Easton Harris
>Gondor is going to fall and here is why its ok
i love orcposting
Jose Bailey
I vote for Oliphant surfing because that effect has not aged well
Ryder Young
oliphantsurfing because how he holds onto the rope while holding his shit in the same hand looks awkward as fuck.
Jason Allen
Was the Gimli/Legolas comic relief really needed in Helm's deep? It would have been better without that shit
Jose Gray
if you cut out all the massive battle scenes except for the parts where important characters die, it would make no difference to the plot and would make the movie significantly shorter
Brody Long
For whatever reason, I really dug the part of the Two Towers where the ents go apeshit.
They're unstoppable. I dig that.
Nathan Russell
there was no reason for changing so many things about the books pj is a hack and thanks to the hobbit now everyone knows it
Connor Reyes
Pelennor purely because of the Rohan charge scene
Two Towers>ROTK
Andrew Anderson
it wasn't that he had a breakdown, it is the fact that he had no idea what he was doing or had any semblance of a plan for the battle. What they were shooting with the actors was essentially "stock fight footage" of people just randomly swinging swords and shit. He decided to halt production so that they could figure out what the fuck they were going to do. Given the break, and having something that slightly resembles a plan, there was no time to create brand new sets, new weapons, armor, costumes, and create stunt and fight choreography.
Luis Anderson
Smaug makes the second movie tho
Ian Hall
What were the most important/biggest changes?
Angel Howard
ghost army in the peleonor battle and elves in helms deep saruman death the spider in rotk and not ttt also glorfindel and bombadil
Aaron Ward
Amon hen
Eli Jenkins
frodo in osgiliath saruman working for sauron
Gabriel Young
>Also Gandalf's charge with the Rohirim and Sam's speech is a much more satisfying conclusion than the arrival of the ghost army.
This, the Ghost army was fucking dumb as shit
Nathaniel Green
no elves showed up at helms deep. the army of the dead only scared some corsairs away and aragorn went through the southern regions of gondor and collected men and showed back up to pelennor field with another army. i also must be miss remember ing but i think aragorn retook control of the palantir and used it to bait sauron into thinking he had the one ring. which is why sauron threw everything at the black gate
Charles Reyes
Theoden in general felt like they found some guy in the streets who happened to actually be Theoden.
Xavier Gomez
>i also must be miss remember ing but i think aragorn retook control of the palantir and used it to bait sauron into thinking he had the one ring. There was a deleted scene or something similar that had Aragorn using the palantir.
William Gutierrez
underrated point. OP is self-centered and doesn't know how to listen to others
Justin Campbell
>being this retarded is it bait?
Asher Johnson
why does it matter if it's a practical fight or a CGI fight? it's fake anyways practical effects aren't more real than CGI
Brayden Parker
it's the perfect payoff after all the slow-paced ent scenes. plus the dam breaking and all the ents standing against the water while the burning one runs to dunk his head in is hilarious
Angel Morales
No, the landscapes are ugly, exposition and flashbacks all suck, they spend 3 hours running from shit, dwarves are annoying cunts, photoshop Saruman sucks, LOTR references hace no payoff.
Goblin town is just the final nail in the fucking coffin
Nicholas Butler
Helms deep simply because the king thinks he's hot shit then basically breaks down and gives up until Aragon tells him to grow a pair I hate the opening speech he gives on the horse in the fields then goes and dulls his sword smacking all the spears >raaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA >AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaahhhhh
>RRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWHHHHH >AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
Jonathan Barnes
chills
William White
Patrician detected. The real best battle. Best comical moment in the movies as well with the tree on fire dunking his head into the rushing water
Nolan Perez
Elephants>No Elephants Cavalry plays important role during the actual fight>Cavalry deus ex machina Civies getting murdered to build tension>civied cowering in caves begging not to get merced
Robert Cox
you are a dumbass
Landon Lopez
I prefer arrival and charge of the Rohirrim at Pelenor more than Helm's Deep but the rest of Pelenor Fields and the Siege of Minas Tirith is all over the place so I'll have to go with Helm's Deep.
Jayden Ortiz
>what that music starts playing
Christian Morgan
NOW FOR WRATH NOW FOR RUIN
Ryan Sanchez
the olyphant horn alone is better than all helms deep
Gavin Russell
>hate the opening speech
how
Aaron Powell
Theoden always struck me as caring more about honour and a good death than protecting his people, which I can dig.
Zachary Phillips
I haven't watched the EE in awhile, how much did they add to both battle sequences? I remember some added shots in Pelennor looking pretty funky and they also show Gothmog getting killed
David Miller
In that scene he had given up hope, a good death was all he could ask for. Remember he doesn't know/believe gandalf is coming
Noah Thompson
Some good taste here. Helm's Deep is arguably a movie within a movie. Everything is done extremely well, costumes, set design, acting, music, cinematography. Everything's on point as hell. Probably the best ever fantasy on the big screen.
Connor Ortiz
As a 13 year old seeing the two towers in the theatres I was mad that the elves showed up because they didn't in the book.
Also when they rode out and pushed all the orcs aside I laughed, they made it look a bit silly.
I guess I also like Pelennors field more because it was brighter and made more sense when it came to location and how they won.
Bentley James
The third hobbit movie is a trainwreck start to finish, but the first two had their moments. The problem with them was in between the good moments (like riddles in the dark, Smaug's speech and boast) they were padded out with drawn out theme-park ride esque sequences and from the second movie onwards a retarded romance subplot. Like Bilbo finding Gollum was great. It's just a shame that before that we get the mountain giant fight, which was supposed to be just a background thing, the chaotic escape from goblin town during, and immediatly afterwards the wargs and Azog (which for some reason had the nazgul theme in the backghround?) Just like in the second, where immediatly after Smaugs excellent introduction it gets followed up by a ridiculous cat-and-mouse chase through the mountain, making Smaug, who had been hyped up for one and a half movie, look utterly incompetent, with occasional shots back to the little town where for some reason orcs are trying to kill a sick and dying dwarf.
Justin Perez
>aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Luke Allen
It's great because the ents, which were pretty much set on hanging back, see the full extend of what Saruman had done to the forrest. So they unleash the forrests full wrath on him. >Many of these trees were my friends... creatures i had known from nut or acorn >They had voices of their own... saruman! a wizard should know better! >there is no curse in elvish, entish, or the tongues of men for this treachery >hroom, hm, come, my friends. the ents are going to war. It is likely that we go to our doom >the last march of the ents Chills everytime
Jeremiah Carter
It's in the extended cut, yeah.
Kayden Gomez
Would you follow Tally-ho Theo to the death?
Ayden Reyes
Orcs should have used more fire arrows n shit.
Carter Williams
yeah the surfing was top
Dylan Morgan
>mmm emotional stimulation >mmm i love this, need to bask in it >mmm I'm different from fats and drug addicts mmm
Caleb Cook
>not appreciated a character study flick
Julian Anderson
Pelennor fields is my favorite. It's not just the battle itself, it's everything around it. The madness of Denethor, Faramir and the knights riding out to Osgiliath, the charge of the Rohirrim, and, of course -
>End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it...White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
Jaxon Peterson
Pelennor fields. I'm not really keen on battle scenes, but I do like a good cavalry charge, and the on in this battle had a lot more OOMPH to it than the one in Helm's Deep.
Luke Torres
Helms deep. The darkness, weather and the claustrophobic setting was great. Uruks were also an intimidating foe.
Ian Cox
That stupid fucking Legolas skateboarding scene ruined all the tension.
Gavin Cooper
well, you got me there, it would've been perfect without that bullshit. I fucking forgot about that. Fuck, I'm kinda mad now.
Wyatt Hall
and without the elves
Tyler Anderson
>911 fuck now I'm mad too
Colton Miller
>goes and dulls his sword smacking all the spears He smacks them with the flat of the blade you dongus
Jaxson Bennett
:^)
Joshua Richardson
incredible how does he move that shield so fast he makes wind strong enough to knock that orc, some kind of magic probably
John Foster
u r a fag and ur shits all retarded
Jack Adams
stop please no more
Jaxon Perry
>a wraith was able to overpower a god reeeeeeeeeeeee
Jason Garcia
>It is too big and too long. That's not what your mother said last night.
Zachary Campbell
They're laughing in the face of imminent death, revelling in their newly found camaraderie and friendship. It's top tier gallows humour kino.
Cooper Smith
At least it looked cool.
Gabriel Murphy
>ywn see the March of the Ents in a movie theater, with the music blasting
Xavier Reyes
What's you point, ADD kid?
Jack Foster
>being so much of a small-souled bugman that you don't feel the deep-seated instinctual need to battle from hearing that speech There's no point to you procreating or continuing to live. KYS and save humanity from wasting its resources on you.
Julian Hill
>Pelennor fields not a single field.
HACK son
Leo Lopez
He didn't just want a good death. He wanted to give his people one last chance of surviving.
He's probably one of the best fantasy kings.
Jack Carter
I actually like how he uses the shield as a blunt weapon.
Juan Hughes
>take them head on Why not flank them and kill the riders?