HORN OF GONDOR (2020) A Tolkien Fan Film 

This really was EXTREMELY well made!

You diserve more

So good!

When can we expect another? Maybe of Hurins return from either gondolin or his freedom

@@rashoodinhoorashood1641 -WE deserve more, I thirst for this.

It was well paid

do i get an oscar for laying down on the job too?

that horse plays Galadriel in Rings of Power.

@@adamcrookedsmile. Please don’t insult the horse. The horse would have done a better job!😂😊

The blue one?

Agreed, lets see how long the estate lets this stay up though. I hope someone archives it so it never goes away as this was amazing.

This is the horn that Boromir had and was broke at Amon Hen

FOR GONDOR!😲😥🙏🗡😊😁🍺🍻

Hey Men of of the West, glad to see you here😊

@@Wedge-Antilles It wasnt meant to be the Great horn. I would say, Cirion wouldnt pass the heritage of his house to a messenger, when he actually didnt expect to see him again :) But you know, in Gondor, they fabrique aewsome horns in general ;)

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But... where was Gondor when the Westfold fell?

@@halldin7412 Eating fresh tomatoes.

I love this fandom

@@halldin7412 Did Rohan lit the beacons? No... then Gondor was in Gondor :-)

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#TolkienTalk GREAT MOVIE !

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Hey have you seen the hunt for gollum its a fan made its awesome

What's the name of that film about Aragorn and his parents? You can't just drop a teaser like that without telling us the name! edit: Oh never mind you mean 'Born of Hope'. That's in my queue to watch shortly :)

​@@danstheman33 born of hope

Love this fan made but there are two more out there that are so awesome if you haven't already seen. born of hope and the hunt for gollum

The true lore

Well considering Rings of Power is not out yet I don’t think that’s a great comparison

@@duolingo0552 I stand by what I said.

So you've seen all episodes of RoP already?

@@RobHel Again, I stand by what I said.

That is because we are fans of LOTR. Btw. Budget was 10000€. Actors were mostly volunteers, most money did go to postproduction ;)

More please!

It's obviously a fan film when a chainmail does what it's supposed to do and some actual sword-fighting techniques are used.

@@romaliop exactly. And as good as the short film is. You can tell it is fan made. And not as high of a budget for sound effects and extra stuff like that (not saying it isnt an awesome fan film) but you can tell.

It is 100% obviously a fan film, but a very good one at that.

mate totally with you except for set designs i live in north wales it all looks like a troll is about to jump you here xxx

Hello dear , how are you doing today.how was your night

@@onwocheionochiekeanureeves6125 SIMP

@@onwocheionochiekeanureeves6125 First time I have seen a simp in a video like this.......

Are you marry me?

But doing that without gloves doesn't really make much sense.

it was done by well known people from fencing community here in Czech Republic

My favorite was holding it by the blade and using it like a baseball bat. Other than that, it was good.

Since "Born of Hope"!!!

@@paulmayson3129 Yeah i really liked that one too!

@@jerryrenn346 and "Hunt For Gollum" another Masterpiece!!!

@@davyb59 Aye! It really was.

I agree

Same

I think it was actually Dunlending and not a Balchoth Easterling.

@@bobafett9348 I had a look in the credits before I said it, they've got a Balchoth in there so I just assumed that was the man out of the group

@@bobafett9348 The white guy in the movie is man of Balchoth :)

@@rosenthalz.s.8405 Hmm... Consider me surprised... Just didn't see like much of an Easterling to me... But I guess I expected to see something based on WETA designs for Lotr movies.

Boba Fett Really what the PJ films showed of the Easterlings was just based on “eastern cultures”, such as Persians,Mongols,Turkic peoples, etc. However in the books little is described of the Easterlings, only that some fought on wagons, and that there were new types of Easterlings during the third age that were short, grim, bearded like dwarves, and fought using axes. So seeing this new sort of Germanic type easterling is actually an interesting touch!

Rings of power was an insult.

So that's why the fight scenes looked so good! One more reason directors should learnt to do their research before putting something into a film, and this guy did! His work was awesome!

I was just going to comment about how stellar the fight choreography was! Much better than the choreography that guy that Hollywood seems to hire for nearly every sword film (including LoTR). Don’t remember his name. He dumbs the fighting down and it basically looks like two kids fighting with sticks where they are trying to hit the other guys sword instead of their opponent. The sword play in this was infinitely more authentic looking. I came away thinking, “These guys really know what their doing!” Loved the subtle disarming moves and how he frequently pushed on the blade with his other hand and rotated. Reminded me of Judo throws.

This film was very well made. I wish it was longer.

​@@overbuiltlimitedBob Anderson

Nice to know you can still give reviews without being paid to!

Oh hey, I just came here after watching your video that featured the 6 riders of Cirion

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It would be definitely epic to see this story in greater detail, the full scale production with great epic battle of the Field of Celebrant, and other moments, including Galadriel's magic aiding the Eotheod: "In this peril Cirion's thought turned at last in desperation to the Éothéod, and he determined to send messengers to them. But they would have to go through Calenardhon and over the Undeeps, and then through lands already watched and patrolled by the Balchoth 24 before they could reach the Vales of Anduin. This would mean a ride of some four hundred and fifty miles to the Undeeps, and more than five hundred thence to the Éothéod, and from the Undeeps they would be forced to go warily and mostly by night until they had passed the shadow of Day Guldur. Cirion had little hope that any of them would get through. He called for volunteers, and choosing six riders of great courage and endurance be sent them out in pairs with a day's interval between them. Each bore a message learned by heart, and also a small stone incised with the seal for the Stewards, 25 that he should deliver to the Lord of the Éothéod in person, if he succeeded in reaching that land. The message was addressed to Eorl son of Léod, for Cirion knew that he had succeeded his father some years before, when he was but youth of sixteen, and though now no more than five and twenty was praised in all such tidings as reached Gondor as a man of great courage and wise beyond his years. Yet Cirion had but faint hope that even if the message were received it would be answered. He had no claim on the Éothéod beyond their ancient friendship with Gondor to bring them from so far away with any strength that would avail. The tidings that the Balchoth were destroying the last of their kin in the South, if they did no know it already, might give weight to his appeal, if the Éothéod themselves were not threatened by any attack. Cirion said not more, 26 and ordered what strength he bad to meet the storm. He gathered as great a force as he could, and taking command of it himself made ready as swiftly as might be to lead it north to Calenardhon. Hallas his son he left in command at Minas Tirith. The first pair of messengers left on the tenth day of Súlimë; and in the event it was one of these, alone of all the six, who got through to the Éothéod. He was Borondir, a great rider of a family that claimed descent from a captain of the Northmen in the service of the Kings of old. 27 Of the others no tidings were ever heard, save of Borondir's companion. He was slain by arrows in ambush as they passed near Dol Guldur, from which Borondir escaped by fortune and the speed of his horse. He was pursued as far north as the Gladden Fields, and often waylaid by men that came out of the Forest and forced him to ride far out of the direct way. He came at last to the Éothéod after fifteen days, for the last two without food; and he was so spent that he could scarce speak his message to Eorl. It was then the twenty-fifth day of Súlimë. Eorl took counsel with himself in silence; but not for long. Soon he rose, and he said: "I will come. If the Mundburg falls, whither shall we flee from the Darkness?" Then he took Borondir's hand in token of the promise. Eorl at once summoned his council of Elders, and began to prepare for the great riding. But this took many days, for the lost had to be gathered and mustered, and thought taken for the ordering of the people and the defence of the land. At that time the Éothéod were at peace and had no fear of war: though it might prove otherwise when it became known that their lord had ridden away to battle far off in the South. Nonetheless Eorl saw well that nothing less than his full strength would serve, and he must risk all or draw back and break his promise. At last the whole host was assembled; and only a few hundreds were left behind to support the men unfitted for such desperate venture by youth or age. It was then the sixth day of the month of Víressë. On that day in silence the great éohere set out, leaving fear behind, and taking with them small hope; for they knew not what lay before them, either on the road or at its end. It is said that Eorl led forth some seven thousand fully-armed riders and some hundreds of horsed archers. At his right hand rode Borondir, to serve as guide so far as he might, since he had lately passed through the lands. But this great host was not threatened or assailed during its long journey down the Vales of Anduin. Such folk of good or evil kind as saw it approach fled out of its path for fear of its might and splendour. As it drew southward and passed by southern Mirkwood (below the great East Bight), which was now infested by the Balchoth, still there was no sign of men, in force or in scouting parties, to bar their road or to spy upon their coming. In part this was due to events unknown to them, which had come to pass since Borondir set out; but other powers also were at work. For when at last the host drew near to Dol Guldur, Eorl turned away westward for fear of the dark shadow and cloud that flowed out from it, and then he rode on within sight of Anduin. Many of the riders turned their eyes thither, half in fear and half in hope to glimpse from afar the shimmer of the Dwimordene, the perilous land that in legends of their people was said to shine like gold in the springtime. But now it seemed shrouded in a gleaming mist and to their dismay the mist passed over the river and flowed over the land before them. Eorl did not halt. "Ride on!" he commanded. "There is no other way to take. After so long a road shall we be held back from battle by a river-mist?" As they drew nearer they saw that the white mist was driving back the glooms of Dol Guldur, and soon they passed into it, riding slowly at first and warily; but under its canopy all things were lit with a clear and shadowless light, while to left and right they were guarded as it were by white walls of secrecy. "The Lady of the Golden Wood is on our side, it seems ,” said Borondir. "Maybe," said Eorl. "But at least I will trust the wisdom of Felaróf. 28 He scents no evil. His heart is high, and his weariness is healed: he strains to be given his head. So be it! For never have I had more need of secrecy and speed." Then Felaróf sprang forward, and all the host behind followed like a great wind, but in a strange silence, as if their hooves did not beat upon the ground. So they rode on, as fresh and eager as on the morning of their setting-out, during that day and the next; but at dawn of the third day they rose from their rest, and suddenly the mist was gone, and they saw that they were far out in the open lands. On their right the Anduin lay near, but they had almost passed its great eastward loop, 29 and the Undeeps were in sight. It was the morning of the fifteenth day of Víressë, and they had come there at a speed beyond hope." The battle itself would be also curious, it would amazing material for epic cinema hehe in one version Tolkien even had this idea: Eorl the Young leads his people, the Éothéod or Rohirrim, out of the North from the sources of Anduin, and rides to the help of Cirion, Steward of Gondor. With his aid the great victory of the Field of Celebrant is won. Elladan and Elrohir rode also in that battle. From that time forth the brethren never cease from war with the Orcs because of Celebrían. The Peoples of Middle-Earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 1, Ch 8, The Tale of Years of the Third Age There is no other writing extant before the final typescript of The House of Eorl from which the text in Appendix A was printed, save for a single typescript page. This is the first page of the text, beginning 'Eorl was the lord of the Men of Eotheod', and my father wrote it with the old version ... before him; but he expanded it almost to the form that it has in Appendix A. It includes, however, the following passage (struck out on the typescript) after the words 'the Riders hunted them over the plains of Calenardhon' In the forefront of the charge they saw two great horsemen, clad in grey, unlike all the others, and the Orcs fled before them; but when the battle was won they could not be found, and none knew whence they came or whither they went. But in Rivendell it was recorded that these were the sons of Elrond, Elladan and Elrohir. The Peoples of Middle-Earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 1, Ch 9, The Making of Appendix A: The House of Eorl Sons of Elrond never before have appeared in any cinematic adaptation of Tolkien works :).

Tak a rings of power ti náladu zase pokazily viď :D

@@ondrejstep7175 O tom se nebudeme bavit.

oh TY!! fight essentially begins at 09:00. and glory to Borondir for not reloading when he got slinged/bola-ed... in fact i destinctly remember having to savegame cheat, sneak up by the 3 A-holes camp, headshot one, seriously weaken the next, run to blow horn rock, blow horn and trigger cutscene, then i could manage...but granted, that was a couple of centuries ago, and far away so my memory might be a little...

It will never cease to amaze me how 100m dollar films have shaky cam, and hundreds of cuts, where fan films will actually put in the hardwork of learning and executing a really high quality combat sequence

I LOVE YOU TEH LURD OF TEH REINGS

It was $12k but still I agree with you

$12k!! its amazing, stunt work was great

How do you view that "mordhau" strike without gloves with a sharp sword? Totally unrealistic.

It looks gorgeous! I wonder where they filmed it.

@@nenadmilovanovic5271 It was filmed in "Brdy" and "Křivoklátsko" in Czechia, near Prague. Just copy that to google, you will find some amazing pictures. The castle scene was filmed on "Rožmitál pod Třemšínem" (according to czech version of Imdb).

@@hanbanaroda Oh thanks, I will check it out

Agreed

Agreed

Love this fan made but there are two more out there that are so awesome if you haven't already seen. born of hope and the hunt for gollum

True ! Disarms, half swording, murder strike ... damn !

Maybe....using swords to deflect blows from other swords was only done in the most desperate circumstances. Swords in most cases were secondary weapons behind some type of pole arm and against certain types of armor used as jabbing weapons. An edge on edge strike between swords does damage to the cutting surface, often significant gouging and dulling. It really is amazing though how little is understood to this day about medieval combat. How the exhaustion factor was over come and the true lethality of weapons vs armour.

@@jessicageerligs339 Take a look at historical sources of dueling, and duel masters, which HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) is based on. Swords binding on edge happened all the time, and was so common the masters made systems based around "fighting from the bind". You are right that one handed swords om battlefields were often sidearms, or backup weapons, but two handed swords were used a lot during the War of the Roses and larger swords were used by several HRE-based soldiers, like the Landsknecht Doppelsöldner.

I am no expert for sure, i am regurgitating what i have seen from some channels on ytube. I can see this being more frequent as shields became less prevalent and swords became cheaper/easier to mass produce. In the era of this particular video suggesting almost Norse technology your sword would have been a very precious resource indeed. Never knew it was called "binding" ....thanks. and i am so happy fans do great work like this.

@@jessicageerligs339 It's based on Middle-Earth, which has Norse and Germanic inspiration, yes, but Gondor's weaponry and armour is way better than what the northmen of Scandinavia had. This knight of Gondor is using what we would call a longsword. The Norse would always use a shield with their swords, as they were one handed and had small crossguards, sometimes never. Using your shield to block an incoming blow means that the edge of your sword won't be damaged in a bind, and why parry when you have a shield? One thing I also forgot to mention is that repairing a damaged blade isn't that hard. Sure, it won't look as pretty as it did when it was "factory"-new, but it will do the job. If it is a highly decorated blade, you most likely have enough funds to get a new one anyway. :D

Thank you for being part of this project, Thomas!!!:)

There's only so much you can do on a tight budget. If these got more publicity, maybe they could get a contract to make bigger pieces and on a better budget, but for what it is I think it's pretty good

I think the actual outcome of the battle was maybe inferior? Camera work and such? But the fight scenes were far superior in many ways. Halfguarding? Hammer strikes with a pommel? Armor actually working? The fight seemed to actually be a alive

What aspects of the production quality do you mean?

Still VERY good. I want more!

Finally I found an Italian Tolkien fan just like me!!!

that would definitely be something! :D I guess we couldn't say no :D

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@@whopperwithcheese ok boomer

@@javiergr912 Amazon doesn't hire professionals, they hire political activists. You're aware of the fact that there will be transgender, disabled and black(not orcs) characters in their new show, right?

@@Alexander-dd4rg ok boomer

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A Maghrebian Tolkien fan ? That's rare.

@@zdhim2714 we should gather our community in a facebook group or a forum

Budget :/

Fight scenes actually got more creative than most movies, though had significantly inferior production quality. Which is to be expected.

v prvom rade je to preto, lebo tam vidno lásku a úctu k dielu Tolkiena. žiadna snaha upraviť to na "moderné pomery."

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