The choir in this scene is singing the Elvish for "If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. You have my sword."- which, of course, is Aragorn's promise to protect Frodo at the Council of Elrond.
@@GaladrielLadyOfLight Okay, technically the Avari who joined Melkor eventually became the progenitor for the orcish race, so early orcs were descended from Avari.
I never used to cry at movies. Return of the King changed me, I swear, because ever since I watched it movies just make me SOB. Yes I did cry at that one, but I think we all did.
Something I've always loved about this scene, is that Merry and Pippin run into battle right after Aragorn, they run into battle before all the courageous, stronger men. Even though they're just 2 hobbits, they're more brave than all of Gondor and Rohan.
they didn't know Frodo with at Orodruin. They knew they had to fight and risk dying or being cowards... and dying anyway. Luckily for them Frodo achieved his goal
What gets me is Aragorn crying as he knew they were hopelessly outnumbered and were very likely going to die, yet he charged at the army by himself anyway. Very reminiscent of Captain America standing up to Thanos and his army.
I like to think this was the principle reason why Merry and Pippin were buried next to Aragorn.. they were the only two to charge into battle following Aragorn before everyone else charged.. two fearless little hobbits, who deserve their rightful place along side their King..
I just want to point out. Aragorns army was outnumbered easily 1,000 to 1. They thought Frodo was dead, and that they failed. They thought that they had lost the war. And yet Aragorn charges, to honor Frodo. Merry, and Pippin (probably having flashbacks of Boromirs death) run right after, determined to not sit and watch another friend die without doing something. Then the soldiers of Gondor and Rohan. Tired, battered, having fought battle after battle after siege after skirmish for the last few months, and after having marched several miles to the black gate, charge. And they are SPRINTING, they are running as fast as they can, breaking formation and just trying to get into battle as fast as they can. Seeing how fast they run towards certain death never fails to pump me up. These are men who do not fear death anymore. Nothing scares them, and they are done running away. I like to think that in this moment, Sauron is s**tting himself because he wasn't expecting a numerically inferior army to rush his own with such determination and vigor.
Never underestimate the love and bonds that friendship provides especially those forged by the fires of adversity. This is one of my favorite scenes because they all know that they are marching to their death there is no guarantee of success they do not know how close to Mount Doom Frodo is unlike the audience. They will die in order to give Frodo just the slightest chance to succeed and survive because they are his friends. Beautiful.
Tolkien knew this very well I suspect. You don't survive through one of the bloodiest wars in recorded history without forming deep bonds with your brothers in arms.
To make it even better, they thought Frodo was dead. That Sauron had the Ring and it was only a matter of time before he had his physical form again. That wasn't a last ditch charge to Frodo every second possible to get to Mount Doom. That was an avengeful charge. Not "For Frodo to have a chance" but to "For Frodo's death, if we go down we're taking every last orc we can down with us"
@@TheLastGarou ….And gentlemen now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us…. [On this] day. I love Shakespeare and He ry the Fifth. Excellent production and still holds up today.
See when I saw this trilogy in the theaters I was a young boy, around 6-7 years old. I remember watching it being young and I could feel the excitement and adrenaline of the battles; including all of its epic. Now when I watch it as an adult and understand the movie more, I feel the sorrow, the characters emotions as they develop throughout. Lord of The Rings is a masterpiece that stands the test of time. Thankful to have read Tolkien and watched Peter Jackson’s adaption on film!
Now that’s a King worthy of following. He and Theoden charging into certain death with the purpose of ending a great evil and saving the world are what makes Return of the King my favorite movie of the trilogy.
The Fact that Merry and Pippin Blindely Follow Aragorn knoeing full well they coild die just show how much Frodo, Sam and the World mean to them❤ I love it so much
Merry and Pippin run after Aragorn, a wholesome bravery show. Merry and Pippin get over run by the others, an epic natural comedy show which make everything perfect.
I will always point this out because it’s not talked about enough. Behind Aragorn is an army of men who know battle. As well as an elf, a dwarf warrior, and a wizard. And out of all of them the first to charge after their King is Merry and Pippin. The courage of hobbits never ceases to amaze :)
@@lucasbaldridge9407 I definitely wouldn't call this "Woke" but the concept of Black Elves is a bit weird in the LOTR universe. Would they be Dark Elves? If they were would that make Dark Elves in Elder Scrolls racist?? I'm genuinely curious. Also, don't really care either way it's just funny to cast black people as characters of a race that's described as all being of fair skin and pale. Just funny to me. What's more concerning is the show just being bad.
Aragorn charges forward followed by the last two you'd expect which is Pippin & Merry showing how much they've grown & how important the Hobbits still are. Then you have Legolas & Gimli charging together showing that they've bonded. Lastly Gandalf who's had to watch all these horrors doesn't take long to catch up to them. And from the grave you can tell the spirit of Boromir is beside every single one of them blowing the horn of Gondor. This truly is the last charge of the Fellowship
What gets me is that they can only hope frodo is close enough to make use of the diversion, and only know it wasn't in vain when the tower falls. Merry's reaction is the one that gets me, in light of all this, understanding that it worked It was a marvelous deception on Aragorn's part, sauron assumed he would never march on the black gate itself unless he had the ring, so in his own hubris, never considered that they would seek to destroy the ring
for those who don't know who is singing at this moment... they are the same words that Aragon says to Frodo at the Council of Elrond when he offers to accompany him
This really is eragorn best part of his speech if you consider it that. They faced certain death and after loosing more and being pushed to a corner the leader of men moves foward for the last hope of good in middle earth. For frodo
I love watching the emotion and passion you feel watching these scenes, are there full length videos of you watching the full movies? I wanna watch them with you!
🤣🤣🤣 this cracked me up. It is the greatest trilogy ever made though, and will always hold a special place in my life. I've read the books and the silmarillion, Tolkien was the greatest academic genius of our era, I am fully convinced of this. All of this stemmed from him creating a mythology that was specific to England but also Britain as a whole. He basically blended Britain's past mythology with alot of biblical concepts, then combined it into one while also adding in and tweaking things a bit while also writing his own narrative. Pure genius. There ought to be a Tolkien day all across Europe and America.
And to top it off it always hits different when you see times like this when the hobbits almost seem to have more courage than man or elf. Hobbits always coming in clutch and doing what needs to be done.
At this point it's already over. They think Frodo is dead. Sauron cannot be defeated by conventional means. Destroying the ring was their only hope. The charge is them just going out defiantly and holding out hope that Frodo is alive and buying him some time by drawing Sauron's attention to the black gate and not the mountain.
