Top 5 Speeches In The Lord Of The Rings 

Me too.

so true

Same bro same

Same, I was only 10 when the first film came out but now it seems every time I watch it I get more emotional as I can relate more to pain and loss. Sounds so cheesy, but these films have helped get me through when I've been in the darkest places of my life

I hear you

The truth is, each of these speeches speaks to a common theme - courage and hope in the face of apparent hopelessness and fear. Understanding the philosophical and intellectual background of Tolkien, as a devoted and life-long Catholic and a student of Anglo-Saxon, this is what he wanted us to understand about this "history" he was writing. The power of these speeches, however, is a combination of the character (and actors) delivering them - you want to follow Gandalf, you want to follow Theoden King, you want to follow Aragorn - I truly believe we all have a visceral response to leadership "brightly shown" - and again, culturally, spiritually, we all want to hope, even when things seem darkest, that as Gandalf says, (and I paraphrase), "there is a shining shore, and a green land beyond." What Tolkien's most brilliant achievement as a writer is, is to touch that aspect in each of us.

You've misquoted this.

It looks correct to me, all the words that are written there are right - it is only missing a little appending " the city of the Men of Númenor." at the end, after a colon of course.

Here here

Faramir got done dirty by the films, as did his brother. I get they wanted a bit of drama with him taking Frodo and Sam to Osgiliath, but it kind of hurt his character. Book Faramir was very wise and humble, and he wanted nothing to do with the ring at all. If the War of the Ring never happened I think Faramir and Boromir ruling togther would have ruled Gondor very well, as they would have the wisdom and humilty of Faramir combined with Boromir's strength.

True words

I know its a joke that he didn't win anything

I still think that gollum should have won an oscar, he was snubbed because the Oscars don't know how to embrace new technology. The actor who played the elephant man won an oscar for his performance despite being completely covered in makeup, why couldn't Andy serkis? If you watch the behind the scenes he gives 150%in every single scene

I can't like your comment enough. Sean Astin got robbed big time.

It has been argued, and convincingly, that Sam is the true hero of the trilogy. He carries the Ring, and yet is not affected by it. He WILLINGLY gives it back to Frodo, and is accused falsely by Frodo of wanting to keep it for himself. He does everything he can - protects Frodo, carts the stuff around, distrusts Gollum at every step of the way - to make the task succeed. What is not to like about the hobbit? And Astin's performance was superb.

@@ronaldduquette9545 agree 100% --Sam is a true hero--and Frodo tells him so in the book. He admits that he wouldn't have gotten very far without Sam! Also, Sean Astin was PERFECT in this role.

great scene

Kaylen Johnson I saw this speech in the film at a time when I was very depressed, and was going to...you know....but I'm still here thanks to these films :-)

Words for our world and time.

Were this epic speeches actually from the book? I know that when Sam said "by rights we shouldn't even be here" it LITERALLY meant exactly it is - they never get to Osgiliath in the book. Lol But does the speech are actual quote from the book?

You missed out the "they kept going" line 😂

hahaha

"I smell manflesh"

PIKES IN FRONT ARCHERS BEHIND

*Orc Grunts and moves forward*

"What about them? They're Fresh!"

yeah I totally agree

Fun fact, when he says "we shouldn't be here" its a reference to the book. In the book they was not in the city during the attack.

I think it was less a reference and more of despair and a loss of hope.

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Lol.. I totally understand what it meant

Gandalf giggling at that one

I didn't get it sadly😕

Saeed Khan It’s alright, it is a little complex the first time you read it.

It was a compliment.

sweiland75 Well how bad can going to sleep be? A long sleep. It's often the fear of not being able to continue living or the regret of not having lived enough. That makes it weary. I think gandalf's speech to frodo is words to live by. What you do with the time given to you is what that matters.

sweiland75 Tolkien was a devotes Christian, it is not death that he is describing but the home of the righteous in Heaven

I'm having that exchange written on my tombstone. My friends promised me that they will make it happen.

sweiland75 death of evil and darkness and disparity :)

you must be young

Lotr is 100% like Romanian history elfs mens and dwarths are Valahia Moldova and Transilvania Rohan represents periodicaly help of Sekely from Transilvania and Poland against turcs hu are mordor esterlings windriders balcoths are cinghishan army huns maghiars cumans tatars avars bolhars from rhun , umbar is roman empire, harad is like Persian empire , dru people a serb haiducs like Baba Novac in time of Mihai Viteazul 1595/1601 king of Valahia Moldova and Transilvania.

@@adrianciobanu5856 i accept only one king of romania and that is Mihai ✊ greetings from serb

You have to believe in and love something to make real art. Tolkien suffered so much loss and pain, he truly loved and appreciated what he had.

Ageeed

The greates creation in human history** xD

That is such a great scene

That scene causes my eyes to leak everytime.

@@allenrussell1947 Same I dont want the story to be over, I wish somedays maybe i would wakeup and be liek the character sam in a world as beautiful as the LOTR even if one must go on a dangerous quest, always am satisfied after watching LOTR but i also always want more and wish i could spend time in their universe and others like Halo/Skyrim and see such beauty but hey at least we got the stuff still and can revisit it

@@jonathanskulsky6631 the world is identical to middle earth, you gotta decide to actually go in and destroy that which is destroying you, (ring for frodo's case,or for me, guilt and regret for sins I've done repeatedly even when knowing they were wrong) and then put in the work, while whatever is destroying you destroys you more and tempts you to stop and embrace it(the ring tempting frodo to put it on, or for my case stop praying to God or doing soccer practices) then the times when you fall into temptation not to give up and realize that all your failures show is how much you hate your "ring" (whatever it is that you want or want to be rid of i.e the ring, drug addiction, laziness, or wanting to be a smarter student or maybe a better person) and then finally when presented with the chance to finally destroy it, you have to either Ask God to help you and you will then have the strength necessary to finally become or be free of whatever it is you are looking for, and with that strength either go back to what destroys you, or what will make you. (Destroy the ring and save urself from becoming like gollum or keep it) or you can try and destroy the ring yourself, hope that u won't fail, and regret it forever because in the end your not strong enough *alone* to defeat that which has such a strong hold on u -sent from someone who once was just like you, wanting to be in middle earth ,until I realized my life was the exact same as Frodo's , especially during these difficult times. I was just hating my failures and wanted to destroy it, like frodo hates the ring and wants to destroy it.

NatureSeeker912 lol 😂 was not expecting that.

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ROTFL!!!! Awesome. Thanks for this. Sure hope i end up in New Zealand when i die!!

More like England, as he was clearly describing white cliffs of Dover.

It was all a tourism ploy. That crafty old Gandalf.

That is a great scene

Maddy Harvey my favorite quote of all time

It is here. It's at the end of the first one in this video. LOVE that scene and that quote.

It is my favorite quote ever

This was the greatest of them all

So true

Yes yes.

Yes yes yeaah.

Sam's speech was "meta" before meta was a thing. Sam and Frodo are aware they are in a story, which is part of a longer story and still part of story telling in the grand scheme. It's like breaking the fourth wall without actually breaking it.

@@GR0ND Meta has literally always been a thing since the beginning of story telling.

he is greatwork from him and his team

James Robin Real words! Without music the movies wouldn't be half as good!

Seen a video of avengers endgame music over the battle at the black gate scene and it’s just not the same.

This entire trilogy will forever be considered the staple ground of film making. Howard Shore's music is part of this. As in in all classic works. Imagine Star Wars or Superman with a non John Williams intro!?

I met him personally in 2018 in Paris at a LotR concert. He played my favourite song "Lightning of the Beacons". We shaked hands, couldn't even talk to him because my voice was trembling, but I thanked him for his masterpieces. His music always helped me to find light in times of darkness.

I know I love it hahaha

Liam Burgmann and it's awesome cause you know hes seen it

The editors and composer are definitely incredibly talented

It's one of the best scenes in the movies. Such wonderful acting.

That description is actually England. England is an amazing and hugely emotive place and people to those who understand it, or, like Tolkien, have fought for it.

its such a great quote

I like that that even got to Gollum - go Sam!!!

Frodo wouldn't have made it without Sam. Sam's the hero, I say. He was the light when darkness fell. On the slopes of Mt Doom, when Frodo collapsed, the way he talked about the Shires - "it'll be spring soon....the birds will be nesting... And eating the first of the strawberries with cream..." then he picked Frodo up And carried him. "I can't carry IT for you, but I can carry you." Powerful scene & speech. Brings tears to my eyes no matter how many times I've seen it.

Great music too! V emotional

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Pleased Marry me :)

every fuckin year,maybe 2 or 3 times a year! best trilogy,movie,eveything in life ever! thank you Tolkien,Peter Jackson,the cast and Everything in middle earth for uploading this :)

More like a Lord of the rings marathon every month... Lol

C L whenever I can lol

I totally agree with you

Absolutely.

I totally agree with you mate

Because it’s not a saga it’s a Trilogy

Totally agree! My brother & dad hate the movies for some reason. They think it’s a “sleeping pill”. 🙄

A great work, not close enough to the source materials.

Star Wars👀

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Preach brother xD

You and me both, my friend. Unless it's Denathor. Fuck him!!!!!

I'm also a simple man. I see a simple man pressing the like button on a LOTR video and then commenting about it and I press the upvote button on the simple man's comment.

We are all simple men and women here.

That principle made me argue with my philosophy teacher in front of all the class about the Trolley Problem.

@OtherwiSe known as the 'Bruk', that's harsh

@OtherwiSe known as the 'Bruk' salty.

Jonathan Lauzon What was your argument...? You have two choices in that scenario lol

“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” - Faramir

Agreed. Even if in making it Elrond was utterly wrong.

compare the eloquence of this dialogue to the recent series. This is what Elrond is. Ancient, stern, unflappable, but still with that tinge of a father’s remorse.

I know yeah haha

Not sadness, hope, and then guilt. But minds are not easily swayed with one speech, especially when the one ring has a hundreds of years old grip on your mind.

At first, when Sam talked about how the darkness would leave the world one day, Gollum felt a little bit of hope. Then he turned his thoughs to himself and realized that he couldn't see himself one day freed of his own darkness. And hope has given way to despair. This is my interpretation of that scene though.

Yeah that hit me right in the feels

Upon watching it for millionth time recently, I found something I never noticed before.. when Aragon charges the black gate, he gives no order to his army to charge…. They just do.. presumably to their doom…. Following a leader…

​@goose2054 but it does take them a moment And the first to charge Are those who no one would have expected at the start to Merry and Pippin No one could have known what they would go on to do when this tale all began

great scene

Ride for ruin, and the world's ending! Death! Death!

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King Théoden DEATH!!!!!!!!!

King Théoden Death!!!!

such a great quote

The best speech of all tolkien middle earth lore if from the hobbit book from galdalf talking to galadriel in Rivendell... sauruman believes it is great power that keeps evil at bay but that is not what I have found... it's is the small things done by ordinary people. Simple acts of love and kindness that keep the darkness at bay. Ask me why I chose the hobbit biblo. It is because I am a afraid and he gives me courage. ... what a truely magnificent line tolkien wrote for a world healing from the world wars that tore it apart. How to prevent and keep evil at bay. Not a great threat of army to punish. But simple everyday acts of love by ordinary people in a society that stop people from giving into hate and malice. Truely epic. God bless. :)

​@@joedemelfie5509 Very beautiful speech, but it was not in the book. It was not written by Tolkien, but made for the movies. But it certanly captures the essence of Tolkien's message very well

I dont think that he is beyond the good, rather he doubts that he can return to it. Seeing as he is carrying a lot of guilt from his original sin of killing his brother Deagol, which consequently allows his Gollum persona to have greater control over his psyche, the continued presence and kindness of Frodo allows Smeagol to be redeemed in a small way...until they were captured by the Rangers, which allowed Gollum to return and undermine the bond of trust that was growing.

The way I see it, Gollum could never truly be saved. His body and mind destroyed. If Frodo did not have the strength to destroy it, neither would Gollum have truly turned for the better. In the end it was chance the ring was destroyed, just as it was found.

@@DanielFlores-tl5vu I think smeagol could have been saved from gollum if the ring were destroyed and smeagol shown compassion then maybe he could have been reintegrated into the shire or left to enjoy life anywhere be it catching fish or something of that sort heck who knows maybe gandalf has a mind wipe spell he could have used and smeagol would forget his past and be able to live a normal life again, but sadly we shall never know as we got what we did and there is nothing wrong with that but as for smeagol i dont think we can say with 100% certainty he is beyond redemption

great quote

blurayz3 hahahaah

I can see your a person of high standards lol smh.

PIkes in front! Archers behind!

@@Entoni_Spirkoski double trouble xD

That is a great scene

Marianne W. Bowers hard to choose only 5!

It's a great speech but the elves never came lol

same I loved his speech

Me, too. Bellowing, “Death”, and knowing that means your death, as well as the enemy’s is the ultimate warrior spirit. That cry makes all my hair stand on end and feel ready to charge in against all odds.

That is a great scene

same he's my favourite character to

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Mercurial 33 number 4 is brilliant to. Gandalf made someone not fear death

Gandalf, Theoden and Aragorn are the best but every character is amazing

Mercurial 33 yeah absolutely! Not only is he a fantastic character but Ian McKellen plays him perfectly! I think all the actors in the movies really embody what the characters are about and that emotion comes across on the screen!

yes

Lol no

"I never thought I'd die standing side by side with an elf"... "What about side by side with a friend?" "Aye...I could do that"

*YOU SHALL NOT PASS*

lugnut2980 they could have added Sam in that line. I mean, he was there, too.

I totally agree

+Steel Fairy thank you so much what video would u like to see me do next

Everything in middle earth How about top 5 creatures of LotR?

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Steel Fairy theyre all taken from the books!

I failed at #5... And it's not even meant to be a "sad" speech...

@@JonathanLauzon Happy and beutiful things always make me cry more than sad moments. Because happiness is much more powerful than sadness.

*I'm in this photo and I don't like it* I say as I cry watching all of these

im sorry to hear about your loss , I'm sure hes looking down at you and smilling knowing what a great person you are

My best wishes and sympathies to you, brother.

Sorry for your loss :( It's great that you two got to share unforgettable moments together during his journey in this world. He's in a happy place, and he'll be waiting for your reunion :)

It moves me to hear of the encouragement you've had from this scene. Tolkien certainly wrote from a Christian perspective, and I would simply encourage you to look to the one Lord who is able to truly give you what you seek, the Lord of Heaven and Earth, Christ, who sits at the right hand of the father in heaven. He is the only wise and true king who really will return, the ultimate Return of the King, to take his seat on the throne and rule over the whole earth, ushering in a golden age the like of which mankind has never seen. May we meet in his kingdom.

@@j.wesleyprice6620 Incredible to think that many semiliterate bible thumpers thought that this was satanistic.

yes! they do a rendition of the shire music as frodo crawls accross the mountain near the end too and it always makes me cry.

He really does get a lot of great lines - the sort that most other fantasy movies would reserve for their main hero, not a secondary character, just shows how much depth the lord of the rings had!

Also the rousing spirit he shows in return of the king is in stark contrast to his pitch black monologue in two towers where he convinces us all that we are about to bear witness to the doom of his entire people.

@@josephstewart2821 thats the best thing about his character. He represents man, not infallible, prone to despair and feelings of hopelessness, and that makes his charges in Return of the King even more epic because you know it is pure courage! Aragon, who is a brilliant character in his own right, never really shows proper fear which is why I find theoden more relatable.

that is a great scene

yeah it was an outstanding performance by all the cast

Dustin Clark I wish he would have won the Oscar for his portrayal. But oh well

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You can see him cringe that he knows how much of a hero Sam is, how given another life he would want to be a better man himself, but none of this can ever be as he will never be free of his need for the ring....

thank you and its such a tough decision

Theoden had all the best lines in the trilogy. When I first saw it I was about 20 and didn't really like Theoden, he was insecure, flawed, old. but rewatching it recently, I found him to be a much more interesting character than the invincible one dimensional Aragorn or Legolas. The Two Towers lines "fell deeds awake" etc, was brilliant too, but not long enough to be considered a speech. This clip from pelanor fields is amazing, especially the emotions of Eowyn and pippin. They are on the edge of terror and panic, something you don't see from any of the other battle hardened main characters in the fight. Theoden's speech stirs them into a kind of suicidal, fearlessness. Also the musical climax of ROTK.

I agree.

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hahaha

It also show their determination to do what they knew was right. Even if is at the cost of their lives.

great quote

that scene is amazing

same feelings since the first time I watched part 3 , just a wow moment ! ❤

it is such a great scene

It is that scene that makes the two towers my favourite in the trilogy.

Yup …

thank you so much

that is a great scene

And the he faces a hord of Uruks totally unfazed and without fear. 10/10 badassery by Aragorn.

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haha sorry

Everything in middle earth no it's good

Even smeagol was moved

I totally agree

Yes he is; he was the only one to hold the ring, and not fall prey to it....

@@ctctraininganddevelopment You forget ol' Tom Bombadil. (is a merry fellow. Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow.)

Sam is a great hero no doubt, but Frodo was the one who bore the heaviest toll. to the point where in the movies and book he can no longer find peace in any of the things he once loved and must leave the world of middle earth altogether. Tolkien clearly taking inspiration from WWI vets scarred by their experiences

Daniel Flores i know but lets say he had to

yeah its so impactful

it always makes me think.. that if everyone watched lotr and listened to the quotes the world would be a different place

Duran's Bane yeah totally

i write fan fics about middle earth i'm such a nerd

Duran's Bane oh cool

our soldiers im times I wishes I had mot lived to see. Courage friend, be safe

thank you so much and its a great quote

I know it's hard to pick the top 5 speeches from LotR, because all of them are great 🥰 But what about: - who am I, Gamling? • you are our king, sire! - and do you trust your king? • your men, my lord, will follow you to whatever end. - to whatever end. - where is the horse and the rider? where is the horn that was blowing? they have passed like rain on the mountains, like wind in the meadows. the days have gone down in the West, behind the hills, into shadow. how did it come to this? 🥰🤗

Kobus de wet it's such a tough decision

I agree mayby you should make a top 10. But brilliant video tanxx

or a part 2

yeah I can try to

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