Ride of the Rohirrim - Official 2020 Remastered [True 4K UHD] [HDR10] [5.1 Dolby Atmos Audio] [21:9]
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I started the clip very early to give context about the grim state of the battlefield and the arrival of the Rohirrim as all hope seemed lost. Montage and edit from the December 1, 2020 release in 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray with Dolby Atmos 5.1 audio. The coloring has been totally remastered by film director Peter Jackson to get a consistent look throughout all of the movies.
Director Peter Jackson's quote about the re-release: "The thing with 4K is not just to go for pristine sharpness, it is to preserve the cinematic look of it at the same time as everything becoming crisp."
The quality of this release is incredible. The visuals are gorgeous and it is worth it to watch all extended editions of the movies over again!
Respective owners of filmed content: New Line Cinema, Warner Brothers. No copyright infringement intended, just a humble fan that thinks this incredible scene should be on KZhead under fair use. Footage from Lord of the Rings Return of the King Extended Edition.
Hi guys. Is there any other scenes I should upload in 4k UHD? Reply to this comment and I will try in my free time.
How about the beginning of the Battle of Minas Tirith.
All the film xd
For Frodo
Lighting of the towers
As@@gearantonio said, all the films.
Here in 2024, on a very sad day, May 5th. RIP Bernard hill. Theoden King, you will be missed. Thank you so much for being part of this Bernard Hill. Rest in peace.
Watched this clip for the same reason 😢
"Hail the victorious dead"....
Westu hál. Ferðu, Bernard, Ferðu.
R.I.P 고인의 명복을 빕니다 🙏
RiP King Theoden.
Never again friends. Hollywood is utterly incapable of making anything even close to this scene, or these three films ever again. Once in a lifetime. Once in history.
Dune Part 2 would like to have a word.
Not even close @@pain4perks436
@@pain4perks436 no the fuck it wouldnt
@@pain4perks436 lol😂
As it should be
What hits me hardest is that Rohan is like a friend you have neglected but stills shows up when you are in need. True integrity and loyalty. King-like folk.
And Rohan will answer!
They rode over that hill and knew they were riding into hell!!! And with Theoden's speech, rode to Battle nonetheless!! Still get chills when I hear that horn blow after Gandalf's staff is shattered! 20 years later.
We're in 2022 and this is still, by far, the most epic scene ever
This and opening scene of gladiator are certainly up there
its by far the most epic movie not just scene, notin comes close to it ffs and yes its 2022 ... Its fkng disapointing rly i dont care how they copy all the methods from the movie only change the charachters but make another movie like that pls ffs
@@alexandershopov8139 back then movies were made with brain and love but sadly now they are made only for money grab :( the movie industry peaked in 1985-2010 after that it went downhill hard look what we have in 2022 it's a shame in what times we live in now :(
@@michaelgreenwood3413 not all russians are the same..
@@michaelgreenwood3413 the absolute soyjak energy of this comment lmao. A war is happening, men die on both sides, keep your pop culture comparisons to yourself.
I love the marvel movies, but not even all of them combined come close to single LOTR film. These are by far the GOAT still to this day
Correction. They dont come close to the EXTENDED versions of these masterpieces.
Agreed!!!!
Marvel movies are for insecure teenagers.
@@muitnecsa3489 Comments like that are for insecure teenagers.
@@thegoodreylo4749 I am not sorry for hurting your feelings, kiddo.
I love seeing all the In Memoriam posts for Bernard Hill. We all came here when we heard of his passing. That really shows the impact he made on so many peoples lives. RIP Bernard.
First place I went to pay respects to King Théoden AKA Bernard Hill. "I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed." May you rest in peace. (17 December 1944 - 5 May 2024)
19 years later, and this scene is still the GREATEST ever created in the film history.
It’s still an absolute classic scene
just freaking legendary bro
I agree
IT IS!
This is a great scene, but ...... Saving Private Ryan - Omaha Beach Scene??
Rest in peace King Theoden. What an epic speech, music, and visuals!
The symbolism of the rohirrim arriving as the sun rises. the story is just beautiful.
And in the books, the western wind is also in their back! Pushing away the darkening clouds of Sauron’s making
Could watch it another 200 times and still well up at the ride of the rohirrim, also the ride at helms deep, always shed a tear, beautiful.
It's like a relief after a heavy burden
@@rnanni1048 Ya, it's plain that Manwe is looking over them.
its also tactically brilliant move as the enemies vision will be blinded as they are looking towards the sun, Just like when Gandalf arrives in Helm's Deep. The good guys have the Sun (Anar) on their side.
It is literally impossible for me to watch this scene and not get overtaken with emotion. A true work of art.
Same here. I always tear up watching the battle of Pelennor Fields
Every time Theoden shout *"Death"* the 3rd time my tears just fall down 😭
Some excerpts from the book: 《Ever since the middle night the great assault had gone on. The drums rolled. To the north and to the south company upon company of the enemy pressed to the walls. There came great beasts, like moving houses in the red and fitful light, the _mûmakil_ of the Harad dragging through the lanes amid the fires huge towers and engines. Yet their Captain cared not greatly what they did or how many might be slain: their purpose was only to test the strength of the defence and to keep the men of Gondor busy in many places. It was against the Gate that he would throw his heaviest weight. Very strong it might be, wrought of steel and iron, and guarded with towers and bastions of indomitable stone, yet it was the key, the weakest point in all that high and impenetrable wall. The drums rolled louder. Fires leaped up. Great engines crawled across the field; and in the midst was a huge ram, great as a forest-tree a hundred feet in length, swinging on mighty chains. Long had it been forging in the dark smithies of Mordor, and its hideous head, founded of black steel, was shaped in the likeness of a ravening wolf; on it spells of ruin lay. Grond they named it, in memory of the Hammer of the Underworld of old. Great beasts drew it, orcs surrounded it, and behind walked mountain-trolls to wield it. But about the Gate resistance still was stout, and there the knights of Dol Amroth and the hardiest of the garrison stood at bay. Shot and dart fell thick; siege-towers crashed or blazed suddenly like torches. All before the walls on either side of the Gate the ground was choked with wreck and with bodies of the slain; yet still driven as by a madness more and more came up. Grond crawled on. Upon its housing no fire would catch; and though now and again some great beast that hauled it would go mad and spread stamping ruin among the orcs innumerable that guarded it, their bodies were cast aside from its path and others took their place. Grond crawled on. The drums rolled wildly. Over the hills of slain a hideous shape appeared: a horseman, tall, hooded, cloaked in black. Slowly, trampling the fallen, he rode forth, heeding no longer any dart. He halted and held up a long pale sword. And as he did so a great fear fell on all, defender and foe alike; and the hands of men drooped to their sides, and no bow sang. For a moment all was still. The drums rolled and rattled. With a vast rush Grond was hurled forward by huge hands. It reached the Gate. It swung. A deep boom rumbled through the City like thunder running in the clouds. But the doors of iron and posts of steel withstood the stroke. Then the Black Captain rose in his stirrups and cried aloud in a dreadful voice, speaking in some forgotten tongue words of power and terror to rend both heart and stone. Thrice he cried. Thrice the great ram boomed. And suddenly upon the last stroke the Gate of Gondor broke. As if stricken by some blasting spell it burst asunder: there was a flash of searing lightning, and the doors tumbled in riven fragments to the ground. In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face. All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax: Shadowfax who alone among the free horses of the earth endured the terror, unmoving, steadfast as a graven image in Rath Dínen. ‘You cannot enter here,’ said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. ‘Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!’ The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark. From a mouth unseen there came a deadly laughter. ‘Old fool!’ he said. ‘Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!’ And with that he lifted high his sword and flames ran down the blade. Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn. And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns. In dark Mindolluin’s sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last. [...] Now silently the host of Rohan moved forward into the field of Gondor, pouring in slowly but steadily, like the rising tide through breaches in a dike that men have thought secure. But the mind and will of the Black Captain were bent wholly on the falling city, and as yet no tidings came to him warning that his designs held any flaw. After a while the king led his men away somewhat eastward, to come between the fires of the siege and the outer fields. Still they were unchallenged, and still Théoden gave no signal. At last he halted once again. The City was now nearer. A smell of burning was in the air and a very shadow of death. The horses were uneasy. But the king sat upon Snowmane, motionless, gazing upon the agony of Minas Tirith, as if stricken suddenly by anguish, or by dread. He seemed to shrink down, cowed by age. Merry himself felt as if a great weight of horror and doubt had settled on him. His heart beat slowly. Time seemed poised in uncertainty. They were too late! Too late was worse than never! Perhaps Théoden would quail, bow his old head, turn, slink away to hide in the hills. Then suddenly Merry felt it at last, beyond doubt: a change. Wind was in his face! Light was glimmering. Far, far away, in the South the clouds could be dimly seen as remote grey shapes, rolling up, drifting: morning lay beyond them. But at that same moment there was a flash, as if lightning had sprung from the earth beneath the City. For a searing second it stood dazzling far off in black and white, its topmost tower like a glittering needle; and then as the darkness closed again there came rolling over the fields a great _boom._ At that sound the bent shape of the king sprang suddenly erect. Tall and proud he seemed again; and rising in his stirrups he cried in a loud voice, more clear than any there had ever heard a mortal man achieve before: _Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!_ _Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!_ _spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,_ _a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!_ _Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!_ With that he seized a great horn from Guthláf his banner-bearer, and he blew such a blast upon it that it burst asunder. And straightway all the horns in the host were lifted up in music, and the blowing of the horns of Rohan in that hour was like a storm upon the plain and a thunder in the mountains. _Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!_ Suddenly the king cried to Snowmane and the horse sprang away. Behind him his banner blew in the wind, white horse upon a field of green, but he outpaced it. After him thundered the knights of his house, but he was ever before them. Éomer rode there, the white horsetail on his helm floating in his speed, and the front of the first _éored_ roared like a breaker foaming to the shore, but Théoden could not be overtaken. Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. His golden shield was uncovered, and lo! it shone like an image of the Sun, and the grass flamed into green about the white feet of his steed. For morning came, morning and a wind from the sea; and darkness was removed, and the hosts of Mordor wailed, and terror took them, and they fled, and died, and the hoofs of wrath rode over them. And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City. [...] Over the field rang his clear voice calling: ‘Death! Ride, ride to ruin and the world’s ending!’ [...] _Death_ they cried with one voice loud and terrible.》 - The Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
the OST always bring me tears of joy.
I am not crying
Who's here in 2024?
I decided i needed a boost in morale....so i watched this
here!
I am here
Im here
Every one 🎉
I cry like a baby every time, its so beautiful, mankind stands side by side to destroy evil, it doesn't get more epic. Greatest film of all time, when I saw it at 12 years old in 2003, I still remember when they arrived with all the horses, you really felt it, the whole cinema was almost chanting death. Holy shit it was amazing. That memory will stick with me till I die, or get Alzheimer's..
I was also 12 when I saw it in cinema in 2003... Born in 1992. I use to say that this Trilogy is the equivalent of original SW trilogy for our generation. It really shaped us in many ways. I love these films to the death. And I also cry like a baby in many scenes, especially this one.
was 13 , it's a scene to behold, and like many, I was blessed to see this in cinema, from the slow drum beat you feel the tension of the Rohirim and what they're up , all the way to that glorious charge where they break the orc lines, I teared up.
I was probably in the same theatre as you. This movie made me a man.
Same mate.
Same bro 🤜🤛
*Imagine watching this for the first time.*
Saw it in the cinema when it was released. Best moment in any film I've ever experienced.
@@autumnsentryI agree
I went to the cinema this summer (they released again the movies) and had to go three times just to enjoy this scene again and again.... today I regret not going for the fourth time.... GOOSEBUMPS EVERYTIME!!!
I’m watching with kids for their first time. Just finished Fellowship. Kept asking “is he evil?” Every time Boromir was on screen. Wait til the end and decide for your self.
Well, apperently, i watched these trilogy for the first time several days ago😂. Not really interested with fantasy movie bcs it's often just a mediocre or awesome story movie with overvfx. However, several weeks ago, i saw the top rated movie of all time again, then realize lotr is one of them. What really took interest in me is the fact all lotr movie (1,2,3) are in the top ten imdb score. That's a wholesome. Then i decided to watch all LOTR for the first, my expectations is really high considering all lotr are in score 8.7, 8.8, and 8.9 imdb. The first LOTR: The Fellowship of The Ring is masterpiece level 10/10. I thought that it will be 9/10 then i was mesmerized by how far this movie surpass my expectations. then.... The second LOTR: The Two Towers is masterpiece level 10/10, still surpass my expectations. then.... The third LOTR: Return of The King is absolutely 10/10, absolutely surpass my expectations It's official that LOTR is the best trilogy of all time yet😅
Rest in peace Bernard Hill (1944 - 2024) 3:15, 😢 you will always be remembered as King Theoden, son of Themgel, who starred in the legendary scene of the Rohirrim charge. ⚔️
Still amazing, rest in peace Bernard Hill. Forth Eorlingas!
Greatest battle scene in history. The size of the Rohan army gives me chills. They are fearless just like their King.
Let me introduce you to Winged Hussars charge in the battle of Vienna
@@ej_ti9626 battle of the bastards in GoT aint half bad either
@@ej_ti9626 I have a feeling Tolkien was inspired by that event. A glorious event might I add. The saviours of Europe
@@ej_ti9626 what a shiity scene it is just watched it
Narnia is on par with this
Death!! Death!! This gets overlooked but in Tolkien's work death was a gift given to men exclusively by god and it was corrupted by Sauron, causing the corruption of men and their demise. So actually the rohirrim embracing and screaming DEATH! is not only an epic war chant, it is also a defiance to evil and the dark lord itself, which makes it poetic, simbolic, and encouraging :)
Never thought of it like that but makes sense. I believe Tolkien based the Rohirrim off Norse cultures. They too embraced death as a means of a new journey beginning, especially dying 'well' in battle too, straight to Valhalla.
Iluvatar's gift was the elvish name for death
I dont know about that, but I know the word "death" here is not for enemy but for themselves.. they would rather embraces certain death than bow down to evil
❤
melkor twisted it
Whenever I feel overwhelmed or hopeless, I always come back to this scene for strength and courage.
1000%
Rest in peace Bernard Hill and thank you for giving us your peerless portrayal of King Théoden.
I still think Lord of the rings graphics and the realness of the set still tops anything coming out in 2021.
It really does, some of the bigger CGI like fellbeasts are awkward but otherwise? incredible piece of film and literature. i think this series will stand the test of time
Props
Does anyone claim otherwise??? Newer movies looks like PC games (looking at you Marvel and Hobbit).
@@knuckle1493 For some reason some of the orcs out of the field lack shadows which makes them look like they are floating a bit. A detail that probably mattered less in SD, in HD at least it's a short moving shot. It's enough though to break me out of the experience. Thankfully LOTR is trully the GOAT and sucks me right back in.
Agree. Unfortunate Amazon will likely put it to shame with modern day politics.
even in 4k the cgi of a 20 year old movie still stands like pillor today !
Some CGI in this trilogy looks pretty bad at 4k
Yup.
The CGI was retextured in the remasters
@@ludwig2345 it does but a lot of the cgi isn't centre screen like modern films. they did as much as they could with physical props which makes it so much better then alot of modern film production
they should have updated the CGI of all movies with todays standards for 4k. "Lord of the Rings Extended 4Kings Edition" or smth...
It’s February 2024. This scene still gives me goosebumps and it’s more than 20 years later. I still remember seeing it in the theater. No other film has reached this peak.
Peter Jackson found the sweet spot to balance practical effects and CGI in this movie, it is perfect. In Hobbit, while years had passed, CGI wasn't mature enough to the level PJ entrusted it, but in the LotR it was the right point!
i agree, but ultimately the hobbit's CGI is still honestly good. It did suffer in a few ways, but he broke ground in insane ways once again, and honestly probably more than in LOTR. Just as earlier 2000's CGI stood on his lotr film's shoulders, CG today stands on the shoulders of the hobbit. There's so much more actually happening CG in the BOTFA than any other mass battle in any movie, and people just miss it sadly.
i dont like hobbit in any way....
I hope you know that guilermo del toro was helming the prep for the hobbit and jp had to jump in last minute to direct so he couldn’t do much about story and planning special effects
PJ experimentation with 48fps in Hobbit backfired.
The LotR trilogy has a few weak CGI effects, but most of the noticeable ones are in the background. The Hobbit trilogy is partially really irritating with its effects, especially the Eagles and the Goblin King looked pretty ugly.
"Name a sound that all men love." "Forth, Eorlingas!" *Horns blast*
"I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed." Hail king Théoden! Rest in Peace Bernard Hill.
One of the greatest scenes in cinematic history-Rest in peace Bernard Hill.
"Do you not know Death when you see it, old man? This is my hour!" Goosebumps.
The chilling part about this scene is that the Witch-King said it like it is something to be feared, but then the horns of Rohan blew and minutes later, they are screaming "DEATH" proudly, embracing their inevitable fate with open arms. Truly a masterpiece!
Rohirrim: "So anyway, we started screaming 'death'!"
Nazghul, raising his sword, ready to cut Gandalf down then... 📯📯📯 Nazghul: 😳 "I can't believe Glumarg brought that Vevezula during *my* solo. I deal with you later, Wizard."
0:00 - 6:58 Best part.
This trilogy shows incredible details in every aspect: the costumes, the music, the act, the atmosphere... Take a look at 6:41, on the left of the screen, a true war horse still charged even when its rider was probably dead. This scene, including "The lighting of the beacons" are always among the best in the trilogy.
This is the first time I saw this. Thanks lot man!
@@mojomahojo8253 Same here. But as someone who's been around horses... I know why this is the case. Horses are herd animals, and instinctually know to stay close to other horses as that typically means safety. Or in this case the horse really liked the guy riding him/her and was absolutely _pissed_
in the behind the scenes, the guy literally fell off his horse and it dragged on him across the field for some time. Fortunately, he survived and was ok. Scary moment but they kept the scene in for realness!
@@Tank50usur prolly right but imagining the horse was pissed is hilarious
I wholeheartedly agree with your choice of favourite scenes =)
Rest in peace son of Rohan and King of the Rohirrim. It is like a part of my childhood vanished..
Who is there after Bernard Hill’s death? 💔😢
Not alone.
Single most powerful scene in cinematic history.
i will never understand how the world have seen the massive success of this kind of movies and havent done nothing even close since this one. What a shame.
It’s because it’s not easy lol, the sheer will and amount of work poured into this was amazing and daunting to most who just want an easy payday
R.I.P. Bernard Hill, I hope you rode forth without any fear of darkness!
Rest in peace with your elders, Bernard. You never actually die when you played in a scene like this.
Had to come back and watch this masterpiece after hearing of Bernard Hill's death. RIP King Theoden.
R.I.P Bernard Hill Theoden king :( thank you for everything. no one could have played Theoden better. your voice gives us goosebamps. you have the best scene in all movies ever
I've seen the film 100 times, but I always get goosebumps when I see this scene
That Violin hit at 5:25....still gives me goosebumps till this day. EPIC!
RIP to the King of Rohan Bernard Hill! may he rest among his fathers, in whose mighty company he shall not now feel ashamed ❤️
These movies have aged like the finest of wines.
This is the moment when an outstanding film becomes a LEGEND...
This is such a beautiful and perfect scene I remember watching it the day it premiered in 2002 with tears in my eyes in the cinema, it has everything in the scene The Rohirrim arriving behind the Sun Rise, Theoden not losing his courage, giving the orders to his Commanders "When You reach the wall" Although he knew he would be facing certain death but lead the charge any way to come to the aid of the Gondorian's even the Rohan theme playing during the charge makes it perfect. I must have seen this 100 times and still have the same reaction each time.
Where every man has cried at least once. A masterpiece ahead of its time!
RIP Bernard Hill
My favourite scene, however even it pales in comparison to the book: Now silently the host of Rohan moved forward into the field of Gondor, pouring in slowly but steadily. After a while the king led his men away somewhat eastward, to come between the fires of the siege and the outer fields. Still they were unchallenged, and still Théoden gave no signal. A smell of burning was in the air and a very shadow of death. The horses were uneasy. But the king sat upon Snowmane, motionless, gazing upon the agony of Minas Tirith, as if stricken suddenly by anguish, or by dread. He seemed to shrink down, cowed by age. Merry himself felt as if a great weight of horror and doubt had settled on him. They were too late! Too late was worse than never! Then suddenly Merry felt it at last, beyond doubt: a change. Wind was in his face! Light was glimmering. But at that same moment there was a flash, as if lightning had sprung from the earth beneath the City. For a searing second it stood dazzling far off in black and white, its topmost tower like a glittering needle: and then as the darkness closed again there came rolling over the fields a great boom. At that sound the bent shape of the king sprang suddenly erect. Tall and proud he seemed again; and rising in his stirrups he cried in a loud voice, more clear than any there had ever heard a mortal man achieve before: 'Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter! spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!' With that he seized a great horn from Guthláf his banner-bearer, and he blew such a blast upon it that it burst asunder. And straightway all the horns in the host were lifted up in music, and the blowing of the horns of Rohan in that hour was like a storm upon the plain and a thunder in the mountains. 'Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!' Suddenly the king cried to Snowmane and the horse sprang away. Behind him his banner blew in the wind, white horse upon a field of green, but he outpaced it. After him thundered the knights of his house, but he was ever before them. Éomer rode there, the white horsetail on his helm floating in his speed, and the front of the first éored roared like a breaker foaming to the shore, but Théoden could not be overtaken. Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. His golden shield was uncovered, and lo! it shone like an image of the Sun, and the grass flamed into green about the white feet of his steed. For morning came, morning and a wind from the sea; and the darkness was removed, and the hosts of Mordor wailed, and terror took them, and they fled, and died, and the hoofs of wrath rode over them. And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City.
I get shivers from the movie scene - which is understandable I think. The music, the visuals - totally engrossing. But, this passage in the book sends chills all the way down my spine, and through to my fingertips. Amazing how Tolkein could craft, out of black type on a white page, imagery and emotion vivid enough to kindle visceral hope, in even this stubborn pessimist.
I’m thankful That Tolkien penned these words to capture the essence of heroic deeds… what is contained in this passage is a hyper truth that moves us in a way we find lacking in our world…
How dare you cutting onions as I read this?
Tolkien, you precious beauty!
This passage gets me every damn time.
Seeing Pippin ready to face off the scourge from Angmar like this is super underrated. This is a real chad!
He literally played the greatest scene in all movie history. I watched it over 100 times. He will be remembered❤
20 years later and this is STILL the GREATEST scene in cinema history! Peter Jackson thank you!
As a teenager I was reading "Return of the King", and I was so hooked up that I would pick up the book anywhere I could. This time I was reading it on the train, crowded with people, when the speech of Théoden came to me and this scene unfolded: it was the first time I ever cried reading a book in my life, and I couldn't care less if that crowd in the train was seeing my burst into tears. EPIC.
R.I.P king You will always be remembered by true fan of middle earth.!!
RIP King Theoden. RIP Bernard Hill. Thank you for this, thank you for the most epic scene in the history of cinema! Thank for reincarnating King Theoden with such a grace! Farewell "Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise! Arise, Riders of Theoden! Spears shall be shaken,swords shall be splintered! A sword day...a red day...ere the sun rises! Ride now!...Ride now!...Ride! Ride to ruin and the world's ending! Death! "Death!" Death! "Death!" DEATH! "Death!" Forth, Eorlingas!!”
4:58 is probably one of my favorites moments ... we can all relate to Eowyn's decisive moment of sigh ... like you know you are about to do something that get you terrified but you know you have to do it, you know there is no turning back, but deep down, you know you wouldn't go back even if you had the chance. Such a brief moment, yet so powerful. One of the many, many details that make this trilogy, among the best ever form of art humankind has able to create.
Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered, A sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride! Ride to ruin ... And the world's end!!! DEATH!!! DEATH!!! DEATH!!!!! FORT EORLINGAS!!!
DEAAAAAAAAAATHHH!! goosebumps all the way,
Still giving me gooseboomps 😱
CHAAARRRRRGE !!!
Forth* Eorlingas
Some excerpts from the book: 《Ever since the middle night the great assault had gone on. The drums rolled. To the north and to the south company upon company of the enemy pressed to the walls. There came great beasts, like moving houses in the red and fitful light, the _mûmakil_ of the Harad dragging through the lanes amid the fires huge towers and engines. Yet their Captain cared not greatly what they did or how many might be slain: their purpose was only to test the strength of the defence and to keep the men of Gondor busy in many places. It was against the Gate that he would throw his heaviest weight. Very strong it might be, wrought of steel and iron, and guarded with towers and bastions of indomitable stone, yet it was the key, the weakest point in all that high and impenetrable wall. The drums rolled louder. Fires leaped up. Great engines crawled across the field; and in the midst was a huge ram, great as a forest-tree a hundred feet in length, swinging on mighty chains. Long had it been forging in the dark smithies of Mordor, and its hideous head, founded of black steel, was shaped in the likeness of a ravening wolf; on it spells of ruin lay. Grond they named it, in memory of the Hammer of the Underworld of old. Great beasts drew it, orcs surrounded it, and behind walked mountain-trolls to wield it. But about the Gate resistance still was stout, and there the knights of Dol Amroth and the hardiest of the garrison stood at bay. Shot and dart fell thick; siege-towers crashed or blazed suddenly like torches. All before the walls on either side of the Gate the ground was choked with wreck and with bodies of the slain; yet still driven as by a madness more and more came up. Grond crawled on. Upon its housing no fire would catch; and though now and again some great beast that hauled it would go mad and spread stamping ruin among the orcs innumerable that guarded it, their bodies were cast aside from its path and others took their place. Grond crawled on. The drums rolled wildly. Over the hills of slain a hideous shape appeared: a horseman, tall, hooded, cloaked in black. Slowly, trampling the fallen, he rode forth, heeding no longer any dart. He halted and held up a long pale sword. And as he did so a great fear fell on all, defender and foe alike; and the hands of men drooped to their sides, and no bow sang. For a moment all was still. The drums rolled and rattled. With a vast rush Grond was hurled forward by huge hands. It reached the Gate. It swung. A deep boom rumbled through the City like thunder running in the clouds. But the doors of iron and posts of steel withstood the stroke. Then the Black Captain rose in his stirrups and cried aloud in a dreadful voice, speaking in some forgotten tongue words of power and terror to rend both heart and stone. Thrice he cried. Thrice the great ram boomed. And suddenly upon the last stroke the Gate of Gondor broke. As if stricken by some blasting spell it burst asunder: there was a flash of searing lightning, and the doors tumbled in riven fragments to the ground. In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face. All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax: Shadowfax who alone among the free horses of the earth endured the terror, unmoving, steadfast as a graven image in Rath Dínen. ‘You cannot enter here,’ said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. ‘Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!’ The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark. From a mouth unseen there came a deadly laughter. ‘Old fool!’ he said. ‘Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!’ And with that he lifted high his sword and flames ran down the blade. Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn. And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns. In dark Mindolluin’s sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last. [...] Now silently the host of Rohan moved forward into the field of Gondor, pouring in slowly but steadily, like the rising tide through breaches in a dike that men have thought secure. But the mind and will of the Black Captain were bent wholly on the falling city, and as yet no tidings came to him warning that his designs held any flaw. After a while the king led his men away somewhat eastward, to come between the fires of the siege and the outer fields. Still they were unchallenged, and still Théoden gave no signal. At last he halted once again. The City was now nearer. A smell of burning was in the air and a very shadow of death. The horses were uneasy. But the king sat upon Snowmane, motionless, gazing upon the agony of Minas Tirith, as if stricken suddenly by anguish, or by dread. He seemed to shrink down, cowed by age. Merry himself felt as if a great weight of horror and doubt had settled on him. His heart beat slowly. Time seemed poised in uncertainty. They were too late! Too late was worse than never! Perhaps Théoden would quail, bow his old head, turn, slink away to hide in the hills. Then suddenly Merry felt it at last, beyond doubt: a change. Wind was in his face! Light was glimmering. Far, far away, in the South the clouds could be dimly seen as remote grey shapes, rolling up, drifting: morning lay beyond them. But at that same moment there was a flash, as if lightning had sprung from the earth beneath the City. For a searing second it stood dazzling far off in black and white, its topmost tower like a glittering needle; and then as the darkness closed again there came rolling over the fields a great _boom._ At that sound the bent shape of the king sprang suddenly erect. Tall and proud he seemed again; and rising in his stirrups he cried in a loud voice, more clear than any there had ever heard a mortal man achieve before: _Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!_ _Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!_ _spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,_ _a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!_ _Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!_ With that he seized a great horn from Guthláf his banner-bearer, and he blew such a blast upon it that it burst asunder. And straightway all the horns in the host were lifted up in music, and the blowing of the horns of Rohan in that hour was like a storm upon the plain and a thunder in the mountains. _Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!_ Suddenly the king cried to Snowmane and the horse sprang away. Behind him his banner blew in the wind, white horse upon a field of green, but he outpaced it. After him thundered the knights of his house, but he was ever before them. Éomer rode there, the white horsetail on his helm floating in his speed, and the front of the first _éored_ roared like a breaker foaming to the shore, but Théoden could not be overtaken. Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. His golden shield was uncovered, and lo! it shone like an image of the Sun, and the grass flamed into green about the white feet of his steed. For morning came, morning and a wind from the sea; and darkness was removed, and the hosts of Mordor wailed, and terror took them, and they fled, and died, and the hoofs of wrath rode over them. And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City. [...] Over the field rang his clear voice calling: ‘Death! Ride, ride to ruin and the world’s ending!’ [...] _Death_ they cried with one voice loud and terrible.》 - The Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Rest in peace, Bernard Hill. You led one of the greatest charges ever.
Two of them
The last time I saw this trilogy was when I was in grade school. My mind still could not absorb everything at this time and it was boring at some points that I was not paying attention. It was just showing in cable. Then the entire infinity saga came and I watched both infinity war and endgame in theaters and I thought that was the best cinema experience I have ever had. Fast forwards few years I'm now working and one of the things I do before I go to bed is to watch something before I snooze. I decided to rewatch these films. For three days straight I didn't have a good amount of sleep cuz I watched one each night. After finishing this, I told myself that I envy the people who watched these in theaters. This was by far better than end game imo. What a beautiful trilogy. I've been listening to lorecasts ever since.
20 años pasaron de esta épica escena y hoy sigue siendo la mejor
I come back to this after seeing the Rings of Power trailer. I feel happiness again...
When the music kicks in at 5:25, that very moment, i got my goosebumps
I get constant goosebumps with movies like this...and then there are people who feel nothing when watching a scene like this.
Anyone else gets slightly watering eyes with their goosebumps? Or just me?
And then at 5:46 when the drums kick up a gear and the leitmotif switches from somber strings to heroic brass... *chef's kiss*
@@cgollimusic goosebumps, tears and the urge to scream lol
Just the sound of the horns almost teared me up.
20 years later and nothing has come close to cinematic masterpiece.
RIDE FOR RUIN AND THE WORLDS ENDING DEATH!!! also that charge
AVENGERS, assemble.
As a young boy I viewed the ride of the rohirrim as a countermeasure. Now as 30+ year old man the knot it makes in my throat making my eyes weep is impossible to describe. Sheer courage and inspiration. Peter Jackson and everyone involved in this masterpiece equally cannot be thanked enough for the impossible they've achieved. A blessing to be alive and have seen this spectacular feat.
It always amaze me the character development of Merry in this scene. From a good for nothing hobbit from Shire, to this couragerous person shouting "Death!"
Tolkien fans arriving to defend his work!!!! ✊🏼😭
In both book and movie, this is by far the most striking, spellbinding scene ever written / realised. Thank you Professor Tolkien for this immense masterpiece, and thank you Peter Jackson, Tolkien would have been proud.
Probably the greatest scene in history of cinema.
In my humble (yet accurate!) opinion, this is the greatest scene in the history of cinema! It brings me to tears every time I see it, as I see the courage displayed by the Rohirrim, as they faced what was surely certain death, yet onward they rode still, even to the heart of the battle and the enemy itself. Sheer cinematic brilliance!!!
Their courage reduced an army of hundreds of thousands to mowed grass
Watching this film in the cinema was a once-in-a-lifetime experience
The HORNS..... THE SOUND OF THOSE HORNS...... 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The Rohirrim horn and the Narnian horn are still my favorite horn blasts in films to date. Fun facts: JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis were great friends and had a deal to do some fantasy stories at the same time, Lewis for children and Tolkien for adults. The results are none other than the Narnian Chronicles and the LOTR series.
Rip Bernard Hill 😢
5:25 The melody of that violin is so gorgeous 🥰🥰🥰🥰
It's a hardanger fiddle that's why it sounds so unique
6:27 I love how this guy's like "LEMME AT 'EM!"
Dude was about to get 1000000EXP right there
Riding with conviction
when the gf tells you shes home alone
I bet this one is Will XD (when Gothmog sais "Fire at will!")
According to one of those totally not made up accounts, this dude had a conversation with Jackson about the importance of this scene. He was a real fan. Jackson was so impresses that he put him in the foreground
Rip Sir Bernard Hill. You will forever be my king Théoden.
The best scenes in all the Cinematic universe, no other movie comes close
The steadfast resolve of thousands of Rohirrim riding into certain death is one of the most epic, and truly meaningful, scenes in cinema history.
MOST epic screen of all movies history, no one cant beat it!
Not just anyone
There are only a few movie scenes that make me tear up, and I'm not ashamed that this is the top of that list
One of the best on screen motivational speeches.. Thank you Bernard Hill.. Farewell and rest in peace King Theoden..
Today marks 20 years since released. I remember watching this in theater and came out at 3am. I cried a little knowing the trilogy is over. It was glorious! Best trilogy ever!
Yeah it was an amazing film, we were spoiled and I didn’t realize it at the time.
When a king fight frontline.. any soldiers will follow.. man this scene was so epic
RIP Bernhard Hill. This scene will give me goosebumps always.
Rest in peace, Bernard. You were my childhood.
I'm 28 now. Watched this series uncountable of times, still have tears in my eyes and adrinalin in my blood when I watch this.
I'll never be able to watch this scene the same way as I used to, rest in power, Bernard Hill, our one true King xx
Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the harp on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing? Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. Who shall gather the smoke of the deadwood burning, Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning RIP Bernard Hill
9 Days to 2024. And still the best scene in movie history.
The best scene of all time
King Theoden was such a G
Nothing will ever top this. Ever.
My favourite thing about this scene is that not even Game of Thrones dare compare itself with the charge of the Rohirrim. They have the audacity to compare themselves to Helms Deep, but even then they know their limits
RIP King Theoden.
Nothing will ever come close to these movies. Timeless masterpieces. I am so grateful to have seen them in this lifetime.
The final charge of Rohan is still to this day the greatest moment of cinema history and I’ll never be convinced otherwise
This is quite possible one of the most influential scenes in cinema history. Seeing the Shire in 4K would be worthwhile. I've always wanted to go in person.
That final shot is still breathtaking all these years later.
It's nearly 2023 and this scene still gives me goosebumps every single time
Damn.. Even after all these years I still get goosebumps when Theoden screams "DEAAAATH!!!"
The appearance of your cavalry brought tears to my eyes and gave me goosebumps. Your lines are some of the most moving and powerful in the world of cinema. I will remember you for the rest of my life. Rest in peace, mighty king of Rohan. rip
Even though the Hobbit was a fine trilogy it can't can't even come close to this movie magic.
There is no greater charge in cinematic history, to this day.