LOTR General
This scene gave me goose bumps aragorn absolute bad man
Do you guys think the battle of amon hen was one of the more underrated battles in the trilogy
>>70747151
It's the best sequence in any Tolkien movie ever made.
It's everything Hobbit failed at being, building tension while a small group of people survive the attack of a superior force.
Amon Hen and Moria were so good not even the huge battles in later movies could come close.
>>70747151
One of the 3 goosebumps worthy moment of the trilogy, along with the lighting of the beacons by Merry and the charge of the Rohirrims.
lothar shouting at the end of warcraft was better.FOR AZEROTH!! FOR AZEROTH AND THE ALLIANCE!!!!!
>>70747650
>warcraft was better.
summer is here
>>70747650
Fuck off shill
>>70747650
Kill yourself, pleb.
>>70747151
I love it.
There's no build up to it and it feels really isolated and grounded.
Amon Hen is my favourite battle in the trilogy
Shit sorry lads thought the thread was pruned you lads think there should be a
silmarillion adaption but Jackson actually put time and effort into it unlike the hobbit
>>70747151
>underrated
its definitely not underrated. one of the most memorable sequences of the entire trilogy. ill never forget the first time watching it.
>>70748508
No. Jackson fucked up with the Hobbit.
LOTR is good and well where it os, let it rest now.
>>70747151
>>70747514
Anyone know a good youtube clip of it?
>>70747151
How did Aragorn not get hacked to bits here?
>>70748611
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP6QrESd7Fs
Literally the first result
>>70747650
I can't wait until Warcraft fades until oblivon in about a month
>>70748620
He's literally a demi god
>>70748630
>I would have gone with you until the end
>Into the very fires of Mordor
Fuck I forgot how good these movies were lads. Feel like marathoning the extended editions now.
>>70747151
Viggo has even stated he was really nervous making this scene. Can't say I blame him.
>>70748620
he had the high ground
LOTR was good but its a bit dated now. I think something like Warcraft has overstepped LOTR in terms of filmmaking using the technology available today.
>They will look for his coming from the white tower, but he will not return
;___;
>>70748964
Only thing dated about LotR are the visual effects yes. Thankfully it doesn't rely on them like say The Hobbit and Warcraft.
LotR will always be highly regarded.
The soundtrack to LotR is actually perfect
Also, FotR comfiest movie of all time
>>70748964
look at this, kiddo >>70748988
there were no such scene in the whole Warcraft movie, it was mostly ridiculously badass characters with zero personality.
Name a more powerful scene in movie history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmTz7EAYLrs
>>70749080
>>70749117
fanx for the (You)s
:^)
>>70748630
Well time to rewatch them back to back
Watching two towers extended edition I didn't know it was on for so long I am so happy
>>70748964
You have empty soul.
And you are stupid.
LOTR still looks great, because it is not about cgi. Warcraft will look like a shit in ten years.
>general
why the fuck do you need a general you autist
you didn't even put it in the subject field
>>70749133
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZnymkpsCH0
"Let This Be The Hour When We Draw Swords Together."
No such thing in the whole history of cinema. The respect, the romance and the glory between Theoden and Aragorn.
>>70748964
No matter how much CGI and effects you put in it will never overstep this atmosphere
Stop being baited so easily with the warcraft shit
Jesus fucking christ people
How fucking perfect is LOTR? Seriously, every time these threads come up I have the urge to watch the trilogy again.
GOAT films imo
>>70749236
Suck a fart out of my ass
>>70747151
It bothered me how the Uruk-hai, the ultimate warrior orcs, were so easily killed.
>>70749284
The greatest 3 films I have ever watched the fellowship also being the comfiest
I'm glad I got to see LotR when I was 11-13 before I turned into a cynical cunt.
Apparently Christopher Tolkien sees the LotR films the way we see the Hobbit films. A scary thought.
>>70749287
You're a fucking dumbass.
>>70749321
Nobody cares what Chris thinks, he completely missed the point of his father's work anyway.
>>70749309
Tolkien doesn't really make it apparent but characters like Aragon are the equivalent of greek heroes like Hercules.
>>70749338
In fairness, after what they did to The Hobbit, he is right to not let them near any of the other works
>>70749321
Fellowship is a legit good movie
the sequels are Hollywood blockbuster trash
>>70748630
why do they always trill their r's?
>>70749222
Ha! I get a maximum comfy feel when I see those run times.
No homo, when Sam and Frodo are first leaving the Shire and Sam pauses because he's never been so far from home makes me insanely nostalgic and homesick.
>>70749338
It's more likely that he's one of the very few people who actually get his father's work. Don't be so mad because he dislikes your favorite movies. They're shit adaptations.
>>70748620
literally one of the strongest being on middle earth
The non-hobbit members of the fellowship are the strongest members of their respected races, and Aragorn is a pretty much a demi god (while gandalf is a zapped demi god)
>Really fucking hot outside and inside
>Nearly naked, drinking cold drinks, AC going
>Still fucking roasting
>Watch some LotR clips
>Get chills at every scene
LotR saved me from heatstroke.
>>70748892
>>70751977
>demigod
Why does everyone keep saying this. He's one of the Numenor. While this does make him very long-lived and a bit stronger than his fellow men, he's still mortal and has no magic powers beyond some mild elf shit. Also mad herbs yo.
How many Uruks were at Amon Hen?
>>70747151
Amon Hen has got to be the prettiest and best set in all of the trilogy. It's just pure nature
>Boromir gets shot in front of the statue and the light shines behind him
Absolutely Stunning
>>70751977
>>70748892
>demi-god
>one of the most powerful beings on middle earth
you guys love to jump to extremes. thats not the case at all
>>70752287
>>one of the most powerful beings on middle earth
well, that kinda sorta is the case, at the time of LotR
>>70752169
Because destiny is a huge deal in the LOTR universe. It's almost a flaw with LOTR both film and book that its quickly apparent Aragorn is effectively so blessed he's invincible.
Why was so perfect as Aragorn? Who could've played as him instead?
>>70752456
russell crowe
>>70752456
could have swapped emeor and aragorn and i wouldnt notice, just get karl to shave
>>70752456
Stellan Skarsgård
>>70749240
GOOSEBUMPS
>>70752456
We almost got Nic Cage as Aragorn.
I'm not joking.
>>70752456
guy pearce could've definitely worked as aragorn
>>70749284
>How perfect
Perfect to the degree that pretty much all of /tv/ can agree it's perfect
>>70751977
>The non-hobbit members of the fellowship are the strongest members of their respected races
>Legolad
kek
>>70747151
yeah you fucking hype them for whole movie, and then they turn out to be just as cannon fodder as any. this turned the movie in to capeshit tier
dun dun dun dun DUN DUN DUN DAH?
WHAT IS THE SONG!
>>70753004
https://youtu.be/9Vetg_e5fJQ?t=109 this one?
>>70753004
Isengards theme
>>70753103
fuck yes! whenever I hear this I want to rewatch the entire trilogy!
legit every 6 months me and my mates get together to rewatch all 3, everytime its so great. Even in the booze haze
>>70749284
the special effects used to impose the actors onto the set/miniatures is pretty noticeable now. a panning shot of a tower in osgiliath and gandalf vs the balrog come to mind as prime examples
>post yfw you heard in Two Towers that they had an entire army of Uruk Hai after watching Aragorn struggle with just the one in Fellowship
Over the years I've come to hate Towers and Return, they're camp and cringeworthy in many ways.
Fellowship is absolute GOAT and I wish we would have two more LOTR movies in the vein of it, instead of love story grand strategy military simulator bullshit with big battles.
I want a D&D simulator.
>>70752572
He would have made a great book Aragorn.
>>70753410
Aragorn didn't struggle, he killed them by the hundreds, he only struggled with their captain for boss fight reasons
>>70748964
subtle troll
>>70749080
how old are you?
i get the feeling young kids think cgi looks real because they're so used to it.
Pretty much all new movies CGI looks awful, the orcs from LoTR were all makeup and it is visually better than anything made even now
>>70753693
How on earth is it subtle?
someone pls stream the trilogypls
>>70753763
The make up and effects are great, the CGI is terrible
Legolas surfing Towers
Legolas climbing the troll in Fellowship
CGI elephants in Return
Legolas climbing the elephants in Return
God fucking awful
>>70753763
He probably meant the CG in LotR, which does look dated for the most part(I think the Balrog still looks great). The practical effects are excellent though.
>>70753806
Yes that's what I meant.
>>70753693
That's about as subtle as killing fifty people in a nightclub to take a stance against homos
>>70753796
kat.cr
>>70752456
It's funny because he was their second choice after they realized Stuart Townsend was way too young to play Aragorn.
Why do people say Game of Plebs is better than LOTR? Are they fucking retarded?
>>70753865
Nigger i don't want it i own the movies i want to watch it with /tv/ again
it's glorious
>>70753871
Stuart could have been a great Legolas.
>>70747151
For a character who did not have that many lines overall, Viggo Mortensen acted his ass off just with mannerisms. I don't even know how many scenes came through as genuine because he did shit that wasn't planned, like parrying that dagger mid-flight or breaking his toe.
>>70751016
You are not alone in those feels.
>>70747151
>LotR was good
Can not wait for this meme to end.
>>70752169
One of the Dunedain, descendents of Numenoreans from Numenor
Sorry for the autism
>>70753886
They're both good for different reasons. Tolkien is much moreso classic fantasy. You know what's going to happen from the start desu. You know Tolkien wasn't going to end the story with Frodo failing and darkness ruling middle earth. With ASOIAF, it's really a realistic possibility that everything ends horribly, even though most of us would rather it didn't.
>>70753934
fuck I love original costumes. it really shows they put a lot of time into pre-production of everything.
>>70753898
>nigger
rude
>>70754024
It started what you now consider classic fantasy. You would not know shit if you read it back then.
>>70754024
I was more so talking about the Movie vs the show because plebs don't read and that's what they always talk about. With the books I agree both are fantastic.
>>70753763
lotr cg power rankings
high tier
>gollum
>massive armies
>ents (although they did use physical models for treebeard)
>"putting on the ring" effect
>army of the dead
>shelob
mid tier
>balrog (only in mid because it didnt look perfect the entire time. some brief moments it looked bad)
>armored trolls/giants
>fellbeasts
>intro sauron
>editing actors into the miniature locations
bad tier
>elephants
>unarmored trolls/giants
>eagles
>the river horses
>watcher in the water
>dead marshes underwater scene
dont know where to put the eye of sauron
>It's a LotR nostalgia thread
Is there a better fantasy piece produced, movie or series wise? Can you name it?
Pro-tip:You can literally not do that.
>>70754286
There is literally nothing that has topped Lord of the Rings in terms fantasy movies and series. People would argue Game of Thrones but they can go and fuck themselves
>>70754286
Warcraft
>>70754172
err, I'd put 'massive armies' in mid or low, balrog in high, river horses in mid and dead marshes in high. was the watcher in the water really bad? I see it mentioned every time people talk about aged CG in the films, but I really don't remember it looking bad at all, and I rewatched it pretty recently.
>>70754286
there is no point in even asking
And should there ever be anything like that we would drown in tears of joyi hope i live long enough to see that something
>>70754024
No, there is no chance it ends badly
Don't believe the gimmick that hard
GoT is fun because it's gritty in a fleshed-out, pretty nuanced world
LotR was a contemporary reworking of the old bardic-sung histories (like Beowulf and old Germanic hero stories/songs) that retained the grandeur and emotion of the source material, while adding magic and mystical shit. GoT is fun but it doesn't have the heart of LotR- the combination of Tolkein's WWI experience, his in-depth knowledge and love of the old history-songs, a cosmology that feels perfectly historical-GoT just has the imagination, with novelty and surprise thrown in
Kinda gay rant but I stand by all of it. GoT is good history-inspired fiction, LotR has the same weight as ancient histories, cosmologies, epic poems
>>70754286
>>70754326
Nothing even comes close. LOTR is in its own league. Doubt we'll ever see it.
>>70754419
Nah, man, the golden age of this stuff without it being corrupted by BLM, SJWs, LGBT bullshit is over. LOTR was the last chance we had of seeing something so good and pure.
>>70754172
The only bad instance where the Balrog looked bag was when he first starts walking. That brief scene looks like something from Dungeons and Dragons. Maybe they had difficulty with cgi walking animations at the time. Everything else he looked perfect
>>70754461
Then i will be happy to have witnessed those movies and times.
>>70754286
Probably Conan the Barbarian.
>>70751689
>Tolkien wrote escapist fiction meant to be enjoyed
>his son treats it like it's some religious text
He really doesn't you know.
>>70754461
>2030 LotR remake>Aragorn is black>Eowyn is a lesbian
>>70747151
Yeah they're underrated if you're a fucking moron.
>>70754417
im talking about the ghost shit when frodo falls into the water in the marshes. they all look 2d as fuck. the costumes look great, but those were practical effects. im speaking strickly about the cg used in the scene
https://youtu.be/a6YKD5hCShI?t=3m44s
>>70754579
Fun fact: in the books it was implied Gollum had tried to eat those the last time he was in the marshes.
>>70754519
Only thing that comes close in my mind aswell.
Conan's soundtrack is unbeatable, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1ZSJdJj5bs
>>70754579
I like it. I think the hologram look achieved what they were going for. I don't think the ghosts were supposed to look like they were *actually there*.
>>70754565
I don't want this future
>>70754654
Shame about Conan the Destroyer sucking ass, I'd have loved a longer franchise about HIGH ADVENTURE.
>>70754654
I don't understand the love /tv/ has for Conan.
I just couldn't get into it. I realize it's the 80s and all, but it's just so unbearably cheesy.
>>70749133
>you will never ride into battle with your king after he gives one of the goat speeches
JUST
>>70754712
>cheesy is bad
You what?
>>70754676
>its not bad its a stylistic choice!
lol
>>70751689
>sold it to New Line thinking it was unfilmable and would never be made
>suddenly millions of dollars and academy awards
>Hobbit made into an extra movie
>Chris forgoes extra millions
>YOULL NEVER WORK WITH THE TOLKIEN ESTATE AGAIN YOURE TAINTING MY FATHERS LEGACY
> If I pull this arrow out, will you die?
>>70754286
>Is there a better fantasy piece produced, movie or series wise?
no, but sometimes GoT is close. Some actors are really good.
>>70754328
i know this is a bait, but there is not a single scene nearly half as good as LOTR
LOTR is the only movie that made me cry both of sadness and joy
>>70754712
>it's just so unbearably cheesy
how's it feel being a numale beta bitch? do you even know what Conan is actually about? do you even read between the lines? Conan the Barbarian is quintessential HIGH ADVENTURE, by Crom son.
>>70754741
Why are you memeing at me? I just don't see how it looks bad, at all. And yes, I think it's a stylistic choice to make them look flat, as other instances of green ghosts in the movies don't look like that at all, as you're probably well aware. I think it looks perfect for an underwater apparition.
>>70754565
>Eowyn is a lesbian
How weak
Eowyn thirsts for negro aragorn but her father the king is "traditional" and won't let her.
>>70754789
>but sometimes GoT is close
lol, no
>>70753004
Rohan theme
>>70754654
The fact that I love LOTR's soundtrack only makes it harder for me to admit that Conan's is better. LOTR gives me nostalgic feels, but Conan just makes me do mad shit at the gym and gives me all this manly vibe. Fucking love both.
>>70754712
It's no cheesy, it's a product of its time. An almost silent classic about willpower and masculinity. Some people don't deal well with that, it's ok man.
>>70754789
Nope.
>>70754833Audience cheers upon his death. She's free from the oppressive patriarchy at last!
>>70754789
GoT isn't anywhere near LOTR level kiddo.
>>70750377
That's how Tolkien did it.
https://youtu.be/g3_2D_ErL_I
>>70754841
>guyyz am i fiting yet ? xDD
>>70753797
Honestly the Legolas CGI in LOTR is still miles better than 'that' WebM from the Hobbit. It looks dated and some of the angles are really wonky, like they just copypasta'd him in, but to say they're 'awful' is fucking ridiculous.
>>70754892
But aragorn will not have her, he has his eyes on the purest, most racist, most beautiful woman in the world.
Truly it will be the jewish/globalist magnum opus.
>>70754088
It's crazy how much younger he is in this movie. Rewatching the first season of GoT reminded me how long it's been since LOTR.
>>70748620
He is the prince that was promised.
>>70754955
GoT is a mediocre /tv/ show maybe you should go back to your echo chamber.
>>70753797
Legolas surfing wasn't cgi though
>>70753898
How does /tv/ usually stream shit anyway? I don't have the time for it right now, but I thought I'd watch a bunch of cheesy horror movies like Galaxy of Terror, Lifeforce, Re-Animator and such over a week at the end of the month. Might as well make it more interesting and stream if my connection allows for that or there is interest.
>>70749240
This, every time... fuck.
Why is LotR the only thing that still manages to make a cynical fuck like me feel awe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnYbsAVdkYw
I also really like this.
>>70754955
c'mon friend you can do better than that
>no people of colour
>doesn't pass the Bechdel test
>caters to white men
fuck off with your garbage. I'm so fucking glad that it's 2016 and shit like this will never ever be made.
>>70755085
We used to have normal rooms where we watched movies, at streaming sites.
Either someone streamed it himself like streambro does oscars or we uploaded it to yt temporarily
that is untill joot banned them to appease his jew overlords since corporations don't like peiople watching movies for free
>>70755085
I guessed it would be last march of the ents even before clicking.
Honestly how many cape film threads, lotr threads, /got/ threads, dr who threads etc /tv/ has had these last six months shows how the average age has become much lower on this board
>>70754969
>jewish meme
you were doing pretty good.
>>70754172
Honestly I thought the Oliphants looked pretty good
>>70755109
>>doesn't pass the Bechdel test
Kek, that's true huh. I forget in the books if Eowyn or Arwen ever have a conversation with another woman. I think they might have met at Minas Tirith.
>>70755148
I am so sorry for disturbing your litte safe space dear citizen.
>>70755143
>comfy LotR threads are a bad thing
They are some of the last good threads to come out of this shit board
>>70754437
Hey, I agree. GoT will never give me the vased feels that LOTR does. Something about the black and white, destiny type fiction deeply appeals to us.
>>70755180
>>70755176
The books don't pass that one either.
>>70754565
>All orcs are straight white males who speak without accent
>instead of pirates from Umbar and Easterlings there are just different cis white males from European countries
>>70750377
Because they do it in their language
>>70754833
>they cheer when Boromir dies after trying to appropriate Sauron's culture and steal the ring from a minority
>>70747151
How did we go from this...
>>70755267
To this?
>>70755299
That elk knows this is bullshit.
>>70755299
>Those fucking copy-pasted faces
>>70755143
Comfy LoTR threads are a staple of /tv/
>>70755366
>>70755299
Jesus it's like the fucking clone wars
>>70755366
>>70755393
This racist shit is why they left for the undying lands. Those are all individual, proud elven warriors, Hitler.
>>70747650
(You)
>>70755366
>all asians/elfs are identical
maybe you just need to stop being a racist?
>>70755414
>>70755439
Knife ears please go, we don't serve your kind here.
>>70755439
>Liking Tolkien
>Not being racist
Pick one.
Orcs are pretty much a metaphor forniggers desu~
>>70755478
>Tolkien
>Metaphor
Confirmed for knowing fuck all about Tolkien
>>70755693
>I despise metaphor
>Implying the one ring isn't a metaphor for the adam and eve story
>>70755299
The Third Age mod for Medieval 2 Total War looks better than that shit and it was released ages ago
Also that mod was easily the best LotR game I've ever played
>>70747151
>amon hen
dude, that has always been my favorite
>>70755759
>Implying the One Ring isn't a metaphor for nuclear weapons
>>70755299
>Those antlers
I can't handle all this cringe.
>>70755478
So? the dwarfs are the jews
>>70755858
>implying the One Ring isn't a metaphor for the very concept of mcguffins
>>70755893
But the Dwarves are skillful craftsmen and hard workers.
So are the orcs meant to be black people and foreigners? Racist mother fucker
>>70755800
You should have played BFME2. Not only does it cover canon contemporaneous material not shown in the film, EA managed to secure an enormous amount of the film music. And programmed it all to respond dynamically to situations.
it's really impressive, probably why I have poured countless hours into that poorly-balanced bug-as-fuck RTS. Thanks alot EA.
>>70755911
They're obsessed with gold and hording treasure, anon.
>>70747151
>slowly drawing his sword like "I will best every last motherfucking one of you."
Bad motherfucker.
>>70755911
>implying the One Ring isn't a metaphor for the great wave
>>70755911
>But the Dwarves are skillful craftsmen and hard workers.
That's what he said.
>>70755911
>I don't know what a McGuffin is
Go back to tvtropes
>>70755962
But I learned that word here.
>>70755936
Hmm, I might have to get it. I remember playing BFME1 when I was younger and liking it for a bit, but my friend said 2 was miles better
>>70747632
>not, "For Frodo."
>>70755948
The true acid test/pleb filter
>all these motherfuckers saying tolkien's works are racist
>never gave a fuck about that as a kid
>only started to bother me because /tv/ brings it up in every thread
Same with a number of other authors. Stop this shit, you cunts. Not everything is about race.
>>70755911
I don't think you know what mcguffins are. Or metaphors for that matter.
>>70756082
Getting your pants in a ruse this hard over a troll post.
I posted this, >>70755478 maybe you should lurk more before you spew your shitty opinions.
>>70749133
I remember my first time watching the extended and when Gandalf is about to die, you hear the horn of rohan. I shed a tear from each eye and couldn't shake the smile off my face.
We'll never see anything like these films again. I'm thankful they were made at the perfect time and I was alive to witness it
>>70755478
Orcs are mongols or else they wouldn't be described as flat nosed and slanted eyed.
>>70756082
He also wasn't a big fan of industrialization. You going to go out and preorder a Tesla to fight back against The Man?
>>70754172
You forgot Legolas riding the cave troll.
>>70748936
Underrated kek
>>70756376
I grow tired of this meme. Make a new one.
>>70756376
Maybe LotR isn't about politics and that's why it doesn't talk about politics.
???
>>70756376
That's pretty much true though. LOTR is really boring because of it's black and white nature
>>70756376
why is it so difficult for this sack of shit to understand tolkien wrote those novel for childs and preteens
>m-m-muh tax policy in a babby's book!!
>Orcs are niggers
>Orcs are mongols
>etc
No, orcs areORCS. Are you all actually fucking retarded? Is there a name for this "everything in fantasy has to be a metaphor for something in reality" syndrome?
I'm aware some people here are just memeing, but obviously not everyone is.
>>70756376
in regard to the second point, i don't understand this premise. Are you implying that because Tolkien wrote something, and other authors followed his example, that means what Tolkien wrote was bad?
the first point can be made for any work of fiction in history; why has an author not expanded on x?
regarding both points, GRRM's overall premise seems to be, "fantasy isn't real enough"
>>70749133
What the fuck happened to Peter Jackson????
>>70754712
jesus, you probably dont like Highlander either.
>>70756599
The Weinsteins. They tried to milk the project for extra money and forced three 3D movies. Then they sued WB for the extra profits and lost. This one is literally the jews.
>>70754719
>that fucking intensity
>the fear in the orcs eyes
FUUUUUUUUUCK
>>70748630
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbZDMGeNY4s
>>70756082
>Implying racism is bad
>>70756495
weak b8 as noted by the lack of (You)s
>>70756936
How is it bait? Are you braindead?
>>70756495
this
>>70756957
>still trying
stop
>>70757010
I see.
>>70756936
>>70756957
>>70756997
>>70757010
>>70757029
I imagine the responses here on out will be about a minute apart.
>>70756806
yeah well the day you're the one targeted you'll remember your 4chan phase
>>70756376
Tolkien adopted historical limitations and conventions in creating essentially another historical epic. It wasn't perfectly realistic, neither were the old epic poems that Tolkien drew heavily from, but accepting the same limitations was necessary to achieve the same sense of grandeur. Ancient stories of heroes were idealistic at the expense of realism, sure, but that was one of their strengths.
And for the second point, fatman missed Faramir's lamentations about the dead Easterling soldier (was in the second movie too), explicitly saying how terrible it was that some kid got plucked by his Lord for a cause he didn't give a shit about in a faraway land, and now Faramir has to kill those kids. It's no accident that Tolkien said he was most similar to Faramir out of all the LotR characters. It would've been nice if he'd made the orcs more sympathetic (like I think he planned to? I'm not sure on that one) but it fit the mystical-cosmic good/evil battle much better.
>>70754088
tfw you realize Aragorn picks up Boromirs hand guards after he dies and uses them throughout the entire trilogy
>>70756936
>I'm too lazy to argue
>I know! I'll call it bait!
Unless your post was just meta-bait, in which case bravo
>>70756376
>I did begin a story placed about 100 years after the Downfall, but it proved both sinister and depressing. Since we are dealing with Men it is inevitable that we should be concerned with the most regrettable feature of their nature: their quick satiety with good. So that the people of Gondor in times of peace, justice and prosperity, would become discontented and restless — while the dynasts descended from Aragorn would become just kings and governors — like Denethor or worse. I found that even so early there was an outcrop of revolutionary plots, about a centre of secret Satanistic religion; while Gondorian boys were playing at being Orcs and going around doing damage. I could have written a 'thriller' about the plot and its discovery and overthrow — but it would have been just that. Not worth doing.
—J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 256
>>70747151
Why didn't they just shoot him full of arrows?
>>70757179
Oooh shit
That's why he has that scene at the end of Fellowship where he's adjusting them
Feels like every time I watch I find something new
Last time I teared up a bit when I realized the whole "concerning hobbits" section could also be a word-for-word description of agrarian UK, and when 4 hobbits came home to have a pint and just can't readjust after everything they've seen. The WWI background is just another beautiful layer
>>70757187
it's pretty obvious it's b8 though
that's why no one minded it
>>70756376
No one ever shits water in LotR either, what the fuck Tolkien that hack
>>70748649
It won't die, anon. It will be forever remembered as the steaming pile of shit it was.
>>70753838
kek
>>70748934
Yeah, I remember in the extras that the prop guy visited this set one day and gave a speech to the stunt guys just before this scene. He was screaming at the stunt guys, getting them all worked up and excited. And the stunt director and Viggo just looking at eachother while this whole speech was going on and just going "Jesus...". It's little things like this that make LotRs one of the greatest movies.
>>70752737
This is the only one I've heard that kind of works.
>>70757263
> I could have written a 'thriller' about the plot and its discovery and overthrow — but it would have been just that. Not worth doing.
FUCKING BTFO FROM THE GRAVE
PERFECT BANTZ 50 YEARS IN ADVANCE
IS THERE ANYTHING THIS MADMAN CAN'T DO
>>70757264
Archers don't run in front of formations. They're stationary to maximize their accuracy and to ensure their arrows aren't wasted. Running up narrow pathway isn't exactly where you'll find a garrison of archers.
>>70757292
>that's why no one minded it
or perhaps it's because they're unable to articulate their retarded opinions, just like you. oh wait, what opinions? you don't even have one. I shouldn't keep responding to you, but I don't really have anything better to do.
>>70757427
>Archers don't run in front of formations
Legolas does.
>>70757502
I said archers, not, race traitor elves who go gay for dwarves.
>gimli's and legolas' banter
Was even that done better than what we have in capeshit now or is it just nostalgia talking?
They call him Strider..
>>70757606
almost every movie has some comic relief moments or characters. Capeshit has dramatic relief, while everything and everyone else are quipping around
>>70757690
Based
>>70757435
nah, no one minded it because people have wised up in regards of obvious as fuck b8
>>70757263
BASED
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Not everything has to be trope breaking shit that almost becomes a parody of itself.
>huuurrrr my realism
Furthermore >>70756376 pot calling the kettle black, in almost all of his fiction work Martin's antagonist is a type of collective intelligence. He recycles his own idea over and over. Tolkien is the father of fantasy as we know it, he's #1.
Martin went so convoluted in his epic that he probably won't see to finish it properly, if at all, which actually would be a tragedy.
That being said, I really like ASOIF but comparing Martin and Tolkien is asinine
>>70757690
>>70747151
I dunno about underrated, but I never see anyone bring it up or discuss it.
That itself is a likely sign of its quality. Boromir's death was the first scene in a movie that ever moved me. Every thud of the arrows impacting him made me want to see Lurch get his head fucked off.
>>70753004
The Rohan theme
Main theme is: DUNNN Dah dah DUNNN duh duh DAAANN
DADADAHHHHH Dadadaaaah Dah dah dahhhhh
DUN DUN Dah
>>70752870
Well there's only 3 living elves in the movie universe who are better than legolas. Galadriel, Elrond, and Celeborn, so Legolas is like the 4th strongest elf in the world. That's hardly bad.
>>70758749
nah, the rohan theme is something like du du du du dun dun dun DUN DAA
Other films can only hope to come close to LOTR
It will never be outdone
>>70758759
5th strongest actually, I forgot to mention Thranduil.
>>70754286
Malaz has some really quality moments. It has better battles, some plotlnes and autistic attention to worldbuilding. However it lacks in lore, it's pointlessly bloated, and doesn't have the mystic 'charm' to it.
But besides that, no, there are nothing to match it really. Tolkien was linguist and historia, I have his book 'The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún', and it's absolutely stunning. This guy is scandinavian bard born millennium later than he should.
>>70754172
Add to low tier
>Uruk Hai guards falling off the bridge in Helms Deep
That's the only bit that looked comical in the Helms Deep video earlier in the thread
>>70754286
>>70758952
Now I think of it, Sapkowski is similar to Tolkien. He works a lot with slavic mythology and history.
But he simply isn't that good. His books are great train read, but that's it. It lacks any complexity.
>>70754654
Yo is there a more handsome actor than prime conan arnold??? Post him if there is.
>>70747151
...and they say LOTR didn't have any niggers!
>>70755109
I love to point out the existence of Soap Operas, a medium in which it is a rare episode for two men to talk about anything other than a women, whenever someone mentions the Bechdel test.
>>70755858
When did a Nuke ever let people avoid detection?
>>70756376
>I do quibble with
The hallmark of a pretension pitstain.
>>70757263
>not worth doing
>not
>worth
>doing
BTFO FATMAN EAT A FAT PINK MAST
imagine being that rekt before you even started writing your goatfuck of a series
>>70747650
Movie was cock and bawls awfuk.
>>70757823
>He recycles his own idea over and over
It's pretty clear that all GRRM can do is build up his characters to destroy them. Anyone whose read his work recognizes that he just recycles the same stuff over and over. In fact aSoIaF reeks of his obsession with dying earth sci-fi fantasy, from his earlier writing career.
GRRM can bitch all he wants about cliche evil overlords and their black legions, but all he did was make them blue ice zombies.
