BEST 'RIDE OF THE ROHIRRIM' Movie Reactions / The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

[@STNeish]

RIP Bernard Hill, King of Rohan. This was a legendary scene, and a fantastic performance.

[@seekexplorewander]

I don't know where I read/heard it - maybe in the DVD appendices, but he apparently was the one that came up with the idea of riding down the line and clinking swords. I do remember the interviews and footage in the appendices about how they used 250 or so real horsemen for the scene and the actors talked about how with just that number the ground shook like an earthquake. Imagine what an armada of 6,000 - 10,000 calvary would feel and sound like on the battlefield. Amazing!

[@fox_trot0214]

Hail the Victorious dead !!

[@aidanfarris8658]

A celebrity death that made me cry for real…❤❤❤

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

Gizza job.... Boys from the Black Stuff .

[@ScharfeZungel]

HAIL THE VICTORIOUS DEAD!

[@johndunn1625]

for those who didn't know, Theoden's act of riding along the front rank of the Rohirrim, striking his blade against the spear shafts of his men, is 100 percent a creation of Bernard Hill's. It isn't in the book, Peter Jackson didn't think of it, it was completely Bernard's idea. His thought was that that it'd be a ritual/tradition of Rohan kings/generals to salute their men in that way. it's a small detail, but one that completely elevates the scene due to his deep understanding of his role in the story

[@demoneIephant]

Pretty sure it does happen in the book

[@dicnar]

Didn't know that. Love those little facts.

[@demoneIephant]

@@dicnar as I said, it's not a fact.. it does happen in the book

[@johndunn1625]

@@demoneIephant incorrect. Everything else in the scene was from the books, but him striking his sword against the spears of the front rank was all Bernard's idea

[@demoneIephant]

@johndunn1625 oh maybe that bit yeah, I thought you meant him leading the charge lol, my bad

[@JasonJayC1]

A king who fights his own battles is a sight to behold. A king who’s ready to fight and die along side his soldiers is beyond epic.

[@gandalfthewhite2809]

Moreover, defending a city not within his territories and helping those who didn't help him in time of need

[@ThePentagenarian]

Yes, his real name was John III Sobieski. This was 6k Rohirim... Now imagine this in real life... except the number of riders was 18000...

[@JB-xl2jc]

@@gandalfthewhite2809 Tolkien spoke on this a bit and said that while a lot of the story is dictated by figures like Gandalf (a literal angel demi-god sent to Middle Earth) and Aragorn (ancient Numenorean blood giving him heightened skill and lifespan), the true "heroes" of the story are the relatively standard folks like Frodo and Theoden (a king sure, but at the end of the day just a man) who at critical moments despite lacking superpowers or ancient bloodlines with superhuman power, when the call comes to them... they choose to do the right thing. And THAT is what defeats Sauron, as much as any angel or divine intervention. You can absolutely see in the earlier scene (INCREDIBLE acting by Bernard by the way) that he sees that Gondor didn't help them in their hour of need, that Gondor is asking for help in THEIR hour of need, that if he answers it's very likely that he and most of his men are marching to their own ends... and yet he also sees that if Gondor falls and the race of Men does not stand together, that it will spell the end of Middle Earth. And so while it would be all too easy to ignore it, or fight a guerilla war, or to head West away from it all... he chooses to do the right thing. He chooses to stand together, even if it will mean his death, to have even a CHANCE of saving the land- his own lands, sure, but far flung lands who don't even know a conflict is upon them too. We can't really aspire to be like Aragorn or Gandalf, they're superhumans. But we CAN aspire to be like Theoden, Frodo, Sam... all the "everyday" folks. And we can choose to do the right thing when called upon.

[@darthveatay]

​@@ThePentagenarianfinally someone who knows history. September 11th 1683 the battle of Vienna, the king of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth led the biggest cavalry charge in history at an Ottoman army numbering over 120,000. And shattered the Ottomans

[@gandalfthewhite2809]

@@JB-xl2jc i just read this and i would thank you for this incredible explanation and i totally agree with you about the fact that the real hero are the non-supernatural beings and yeah Bernard performance was amazing and brought theoden to life with magical touch. For me theoden is the best hero as a leader, as a father and as a human being

[@kylebrooks338]

I forever love eomers warface and that one bearded rider who was just full bloodlust charge

[@JWrenison]

That guy always gets me!

[@thegeneralmitch]

The riders were Tolkien fans, they knew what was being filmed in that scene. Purest distillation of "lets fucking GOOOOOOO!" ever put on the big screen.

[@user-blob]

Yes!

[@MsDidi38]

@@thegeneralmitch most of them were women, because they owned the horses used in the scenes.

[@thegeneralmitch]

@@MsDidi38 i dont see where i specified their genders in my statement, nor do i see why the need for that distinction is necessary. Take your gender war nonsense elsewhere.

[@Lhunuial]

I remember watching this scene for the first time, at Trilogy Tuesday, the night The Return of the King premiered in 2003. I will never forget it. This was one of the scenes I was looking forward to ever since reading the books. I knew it was coming and it did not disappoint. I was crying. It is still one of my favourite scenes ever.

[@CountryMusicMann]

There's something extra terrifying about an army that charges full-tilt into battle screaming not for victory, but for death. Like, "Yeah, we're probably all gonna die, and I've accepted that. The only question is how many of the enemy I take with me." You have an army like that, and there's NOTHING they'll balk at fighting.

[@Elessar_Telcontar18]

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 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 straightaway 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!

[@metal_fusion]

RIP Bernard Hill. Gave the best speech and battle charges in movie cinema,

[@Kath_One]

I was just a kid when i watched this in the cinema for the first time, it is still to this day the greatest cinematic experience i have ever been a part of.

[@valeriocaruso364]

The nine dislike are from the Nazguls

[@cjsawyer362]

Lmao

[@stemina32]

i fcking died lmao

[@Mugthraka]

Theoden and the Rohirims yell Death for a good reason. The God of Middle earth (forgot his name Ayu or something) offered the concept of mortality/death to Men as a way for them to rejoin with their loved ones and as a reward for their lives, so that they could rest and basicly Chill in Elven Afterlife. Morgoth, Sauron's Master and the 1st Lord of Darkness, used trickery and Deception to make death something to be scarred of, so that Mortals would seek Power and where more prone to be corrupted, since they would basicly do anything they could to avoid Death and prolong their lives. The Rohirims chant "Death" over and over as a way to say that they are Not afraid of Death, cause they know the truth and that the Darkness as no hold over their Hearts.

[@ChrisVillagomez]

So first please don't think I'm correcting you or anything, you are 100% correct in everything you said. The only "error" is that Humans and Hobbits don't go to the Elven afterlife technically, but to somewhere that only Eru Iluvitar himself knows about. It's described as, "travelling beyond the confines of this realm" or something similar I believe, so it's a place beyond Physical Existence. Tolkien stated that Eru Iluvitar is just the Elven name for the Yahweh/God of the Bible, so Humans and Hobbits probably just go to Heaven or Hell honestly, which I don't think is ever really 100% a physical or a spiritual place cause the Bible has conflicting info. The Elven afterlife, the Halls of Mandos, is an actual physical place you could go to, it's just filled with Elven souls until they decide to be reborn in a new body in the Undying Lands (where Frodo, Bilbo, and Gandalf sail to and where all Elves were called to by the Valar, the Archangels that Morgoth used to a part of). The Dwarves also have their own afterlife with their creator, Aüle the Smith, who was actually Sauron's original master before he turned evil and became Morgoth's lieutenant.

[@douglasallar9176]

The God of Arda (the planet that has Middle-Earth as a continent) is known as Eru Illúvatar.

[@derekolson2864]

I appreciate the people who show my favorite orc. The one who has the biggest smile on his face when he shoots an arrow. He's just enjoying his life

[@devon33801]

I don't care how often I watch it, the Ride of the Rohirrim will ALWAYS give me chills.

[@dizzyrisse3115]

I still get teary eye or full blown start ugly crying

[@JohnDoe-tn6dk]

Every damn detail popped, right from the book. This is the most legendary war scene in all of Cinema. I only wish I could go back and watch this for the first time all over again

[@raphaelperry8159]

What a lot of people who haven't read the books miss is that when the Rohirrim cry "death" it's not an intimidation tactic. It's their own death, which they are riding towards, that they celebrate to show they do not fear it and are going to fight anyway. It should also not be this early but it should be called out when they charge the Mumakil but we can forgive the film makers that decision.

[@IIBloodXLustII]

Part of Sauron's work on the race of men was to make them afraid of death, which the creator God of Middle Earth actually intended to be a gift. Throwing off that fear of death throws off Sauron's control.

[@lastperson4475]

basically is also giving the middle finger to Morgoth who tricked humans into fearing death

[@templecreations2351]

I still don’t know why, but every time the rohirim chant “DEATH” I get really teared up. “Ride for ruin, and the world’s ending!” There is a heroic sacrifice put front and centre, against all odds, they still ride. That kind of moral art in cinematic depictions is impossible to find these days. It grabs me my the heart every time.

[@lgkf1126]

The look in Éomer's eyes as he charges scares me more than the orcs

[@happyninja42]

This scene, and the similar scene in Two Towers did a fantastic job of showing just why cavalry were so devastating on the battlefield. Unless you were prepared for it, they could do SO much damage, even with a relatively small force.

[@BigBWolf90]

"Not alone. Rohirrim! *TO THE KING!"*

[@PhilowenAster]

My dad watched nearly every western movie with a cavalry charge in it while he was growing up, and it always irked him that the movies showed the horses halting before they actually hit the enemy, because he's enough of a history nerd to know that that's not how it worked. When the Rohirrim hit the orc lines and kept going, he just about leaped up and screamed for joy in the theater!

[@A.-Real]

I can watch this scene a thousand times. Everytime I hear the horns of Gondor and see the rohirrim riding over the hill I get goosebumps all over my body.

[@dan6822]

Just watched Theoden's speech 14 times. Someone prepare my horse and fetch my armor!

[@rolddyauguste3951]

We see horses fallen down: Noooo 💔 We see humans fallen down: f$ck' em. Walk it off.

[@ChrisVillagomez]

Horses have no say in war. Humans usually do, even when forced into it

[@kylesarts7777]

This moment was amazing in theaters. The whole audience was ready to ride into battle as well. Epic scene.

[@MalakianM2S]

I saw this the day that opened in the theater, decades later never, ever ceases to make me weep. I wonder how many people make the connection, Tolkien fought in the first world war, he was in the battle of the Somme, he knew what all this meant first hand.

[@theycallmethedude.]

The Rohirrim are so bad ass! They had two of the greatest scenes in the Trilogy. This one and of course their legendary sunrise ride at Helm’s Deep! Legendary! And how about our dear friend, Bernard Hill? I would have fought for him against Sauron himself! Death!!!!!!!

[@TacoBarato]

A hurricane wrecked the cinemas in my city when these movies turned 20 years old and we kinda missed the chance for them to show them once more, hope everything goes right and we get the chance to watch them in their big screens for the 25th anniversary.

[@ThePentagenarian]

What nobody seems to realize is that this and the relief of Helm's Deep were based on a real event. Tolkein said as much. This was 6000 fictional Rohirim. Imagine an 18,000 horse charge against an army of 110,000. Then go read about the Siege of Vienna and John III Sobieski. They broke the siege by the Ottoman's. Those 18,000 were led by 3,000 Polish Winged Hussars. It was the largest cavlry charge in world history.

[@juliusbenter2369]

When i was a kid I first saw this scene. I was like holy sh.... I stand up and want to join in. For me it was the best moment in history of cinema for me.

[@nattacka]

i saw it in movie theater the day it came out, it was epic everyone was cheering

[@jyrhds1]

I give myself the same speech before getting out of bed.

[@blakebufford6239]

Yes. Some days are a battle.

[@evenstarelectricrailway3281]

This is people who, facing greater power that brings imminent destruction, have nothing to lose and are ready to show them a thing or three no matter what.

[@Fion355]

The most powerfull speech Theoden could have ever given. For Eternity, Sauron (And Morgoth) brought death and decay for mankind, making them fear. And now these Riders are chanting DEATH! in the face of anihilation, ready to go for a last stand. And the Orcs feel that. They KNOW they are fucked, that this army will not stop.

[@kylewright7882]

Her: Wonder what he is thinking about? Him: Riding with Theodin in a heavy cavalry charge against insurmountable odds with the fate of the world on the line!

[@MsDidi38]

no dude, she is thinking about that as well.

[@CountryMusicMann]

I believe there were 6,000 Riders of Rohan in that group. There is simply no way you stop a full-gallop charge by 6,000 horsemen with anything short of a castle wall. CERTAINLY not with just infantry.

[@Robisme]

6,000 when they were gathering by the mountains. Those shots in the movie though looks more than 15,000. I think Peter Jackson didn’t know what 6,000 cavalry looked like. And he probably wanted the charge to look more impressive.

[@JamailvanWestering]

@@Robismeprobably because a lot more either arrived before they left and maybe some came during their rest

[@Muschelschubs3r]

@@Robisme The battle that inspired the Battle of the Pelennor is the Siege of Vienna 1688. The Polish Winged Hussars and other mounted units rode down the slopes of the Kahlenberg, 18,000 strong, and caught the Ottomans in the flank. It was and is the biggest cavalry charge in history.

[@FozzaCovers]

I love watching this scene and especially when others react to it. But god damn, I can not hold back my tears of joy!

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

Reactor: "I'm just gonna think positive." Every character on screen: "DEEEAAAAAATTTTTHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[@bisse23]

The Real Roheirrem that saved Europe was the polish winged hussars coming to the aid of Austria and it did a turning point of Islam coming further into Europe the Ottoman empire slowly got hit back to what is now Turkey over long time

[@cp368productions2]

The word Rohirrim was right in front of you when you wrote this but you still managed to spell it that wrong.

[@AlexParker-n7e]

What a joke. Polacks. How about Albanians

[@AlexParker-n7e]

What a joke how about albaniens

[@TheMightyCrucibleKnight184]

All hail to Bernard Hill, All hail to King Theoden of Rohan, may he be at peace in the halls of his father, and his father's before him, may he never ever feel and be ashamed.

[@rysh0x982]

You need to do the signal fires and "Gondor calls for aid"............."and Rohan will answer" No chanel has done that yet

[@user-blob]

Second this.

[@GriffsUp]

Theoden: Ride now! Ride for ruin, and the worlds ending! Death! Angelinaa: Oh my gosh, we got this

[@mycroft16]

Words can notnconveyvwhatvthis was like in a theater. Holy crap.

[@Araturyan]

RIP Ser Christopher Lee x RIP Bernard Hill

[@tonio3920]

I saw this scene at the cinema during a film premiere, a moment I will never forget...

[@jerzypoprawa7107]

The Rohirrim's charge is said to have been inspired by the charge near Vienna in 1638, when 20,000 horsemen commanded by John III Sobieski, king of Poland, who came to the aid of the Austrians, crushed a huge Turkish army besieging Vienna. By the way, here the light cavalry was charging against the heavy infantry (not to mention that they had shields strapped to their saddles instead of protecting themselves with them during an attack), while there, at the head of 20,000, was 2,500 Polish heavy cavalry (winged hussars of course, hell yeah), for which lTurkish infantry was just an appetizer :)

[@ForceRecon112]

THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!!!

[@jerzypoprawa7107]

@@ForceRecon112 Yep :)

[@BigBWolf90]

​@@ForceRecon112 COMING DOWN TGE MOUNTAINSIDE!

[@martinjrgensen8234]

20000 horses on a charge must have made an ungodly sound. Like the world ending.

[@robertlehnert4148]

Many historical cavalry forces also screamed "DEATH" or similar battle cries. The Finns, would scream "HAAKA PALLE!!!" which literally means "Hack them down!"

[@ryanhampson673]

Based

[@DIABLO258]

The riders of Rohan were not screaming death as in "We're going to bring it to you" They were screaming it as a way of welcoming it. They were excited for it. This is their chance to die in glory. So it's a win win, either they win the battle, or they die in battle. Nothing is more frightening than a foe who isn't afraid of death.

[@hoakys4466]

4:02 spit out my drink lmao 😂 Idk why but shit was funny

[@ChrisVillagomez]

Did anyone else just watch the dog on the bed during EOMReacts' part? It was rolling around in the blankets to make a lil nest 😂😂 It can't be overstated how insane of a charge the Rohirrim gave. Sauron had roughly 60,000 or so at Minas Tirith, but 6-10 THOUSAND horsemen is no small number. There are very few battles that ever had that many horsemen charging towards one point as a mass. I can't think of really any irl army composition that would stand up to the charge of the Rohirrim, except for maybe a full line of elephants and of course, guns

[@teicreates]

Andalusian horses were used here. It's no surprise the orcs were terrified. Wiki: Andalusian stallions and geldings average (61.5 inches, 156 cm) at the withers and 512 kilograms (1,129 lb) in weight; mares average (60.5 inches, 154 cm) and 412 kilograms (908 lb).

[@kjabber7245]

This scene is so great, one of my favorites of all of the movies I have ever seen. Of course it has a great passage from the book that it is based on: "And straightaway 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." "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 this speed, and the front of the first éored roared like a breaker foaming to the shore, but Théoden could not be overtaken." "..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. And on and on. Great stuff, book and movie both.

[@Crabstick29]

If you don’t have a few tears from this scene, then you’re obviously no watching and need to restart! 😂

[@gregpickett8816]

I'm a simple man, when Gondor calls for aid and the Rohirrim muster....I grab my sword and we ride through anything between us and the king. RIP Bernard Hill.

[@Crynogar]

One thing I love about that charge is that they show really accurately what a relentless charge of heavy cavalry does to an enemy. Normal sprearmen might bring down one horse each, but the rest just roflstomps you away into the ground or sends you flying. Also I like the fact, that those 6.000 horsemen look like such a fricking huge mass, but in reallife there were even more stupid numbers on cavalry. The army relieving Vienna from the turkish siege were led by the Poles (among others the famous Winged Hussars) had 14.000 cavalry in the field - which is stupid enough - but they weren't the only country sending troops (in addition Holy Roman Empire, Saxony, Bavaria and southwestern Fiefdoms). SO you get a total number of 34.400 cavalry, 39.600 infantry and 152 cannons. The cavalry obviously didn't charge in a huge blob (tactical and landscape reasons - hills and a river) buuut still a stupid number too huge to comprehend. I love the times whare you relish in a movie, loving such a scene, thinking "that's hella cool, but a bit exaggerated" just to learn someday, that real history dwarfs that stuff, because just the Poles fielded more than double what Rohan had. xD

[@LeeCarlson]

It requires extreme levels of discipline for an infantry force of any size to stand up to a massed assault of light cavalry.

[@donaldfleming5049]

I still get chills watching this.

[@user-blob]

I’m rather scared of horses and have zero desire to ever be atop one. Except when I watch this.

[@AlwaysBolttheBird]

4:01 "i forgot about them" that basically sums up me watching those movies for the first time haha

[@Do27gg]

As much as I love these I don’t think they’re too genuine as they know viewers are wanting a certain reaction to this scene

[@gpink5098]

Watching people react is awesome. I do kind of wonder about their ideas of Theoden’s hope of victory. He says straight up he knows they are going to die.

[@bananapanda9805]

FYI: The Charge of the Rohhirim here is actually based on a historical event! The Siege of Vienna (1683), where you had a coalition of German, Austrian, and etc. relief forces rout the Ottoman army besieging Vienna. Said Cavalry force (Which was lead by Polish Winged Hussars!) was 3 or 4 TIMES LARGER than what we see here.

[@mathewdebol923]

Rest in peace, Théoden king. You were a true leader of men

[@Dco5341]

People often forget the the horses fought for middle earth too Where is the horse and the rider Under appreciated hero’s of Lotr Rohans horses Eagles Ents

[@ryanhampson673]

Just imagine 1500 pounds of muscle crashing into your lines at 40 miles per hour. Calvary charges were devastating, there’s a reason it wasn’t until the machine gun that they stopped using them.

[@optimusprowse6448]

FORTH EORLINGAS Rest in peace Bernard Hill, Theoden King.

[@JustSomeGuy23232]

Best moment i have ever scene in theaters ever

[@BigBWolf90]

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.

[@robertlehnert4148]

Tolkien explicitly based the Ride of the Rohirrim on an actual, greatest cavalry charge in history, September 11, 1683, lead by the Polish "Winged Hussars" against the Ottoman Turks who had almost broken into the Austrian city of Vienna.

[@ryanhampson673]

“Then the winged Hussars arrived!”

[@BigBWolf90]

​@@ryanhampson673"COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE!"

[@metal_fusion]

@@BigBWolf90 And Europe fk Poland over for their save after the Ottoman wars, no thanks to the Polish at all

[@eibbor171]

14 reacts 14x getting the goosebumps

[@CB-up4bn]

"I'm gonna think positive".... "DEAATTTTTHHHHHH"

[@SlitherWhisp]

My favourite scene in all of these movies.

[@MsDidi38]

Eowyn's words for Merry were as much for herself as for him, as she fights her first battle.

[@michaelshaw7240]

Google - Charge of the Winged Hussars. A real version of this. Chills

[@natemobley7838]

"Never fight someone who wants to die in battle"

[@mx_klsk]

Best scene in the history of filming

[@MrConna6]

Well I know what I hate that I never knew existed: people blurring or obscuring the movie as it plays because theyre talking

[@MaryGama]

It shows why infantry was terrified of a heavy cavalry charge

[@torrestone1982]

Así deberían ser los líderes como ese rey.

[@alghiz6738]

✝✝R.I.P. The actor and R. I. P. ✝✝character of King Theoden, the lord of horses, ruler of the lands of Rohan, ally of Gondor in the fields of Pelennor. 🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨🏇🏽🏇🏽💨

[@OroborusFMA]

The funniest thing about this scene is that the "pig" general was modeled on Harvey Weinstein. I can't watch this without thinking of him lol.

[@steveclapper5424]

This is based in a real event at the battle of Vienna.

[@seoungheonlee4110]

기마 돌격은 죽음을 갖고 가야합니다 앞사람이 넘어지면 내가 밟고 지나 가야합니다 내가 넘어지면 뒷사람에게 밟힘으로서 길을 줘야합니다 돌격 전의 죽음의 외침은 여러의미가 있습니다 본인들의 처절한 운명.... 전투 여러가지가 있겠죠 로한의 테마를 처음 들었을때 쓰러져가는 나라의 운명으로 들었는데 이 기마 씬 에서의 로한테마는 강하면서 슬픈... 곧 끊어 질듯한 바이올린의 선 같은 느낌을 받습니다

[@Erishadlar]

Thanks for this cool video 😁, all that’s left to do is advertise it

[@dicnar]

I always tear up...

[@conndor2753]

4:55 I mean, wouldn't YOU if you were being charged at by a wall of sprinting horses? I sure as hell would

[@paulpetersen879]

Epic scene

[@RolandSchlosser]

They don't make movies like this anymore... maybe Infinity War and Endgame but not so much.

[@crlewis6360]

Rohan arrived near the Wall of Pelinor (surrounding the Pelinor Fields, not shown in the movie, neither was thew wall) with 7,000 riders, a 1,000 were sent off the deal with the Orcs dug in around the northern entrance to the Fields by Gan Buri Gan (Chieftain of the Dunklemen), led Theoden and the host around the edge of the wall, and they deployed on the NW edge of the Fields of Pelinor (An area of farms, villages, estates, and small holdings. After all, how else do you feed a large city of people, it for sure isn't them trying to glean food from an empty area of desolation like was in the movie). The 6,000 remaining horsemen charged against the right wing of the host of Mordor, and pretty much wiped it out (only 6,000 men but they were mounted, good cavalry, well armed and armored, motivated, and in motion fully up to speed when they made contact, all of these are force multiplying factors that helped their charge against something like a quarter million orcs). Note that these orcs are not the bloody ogres, 8 feet tall and built like a gorilla like those from games workshop or world of warcraft. In Tolkien mythology these orcs are about 4-5 feet tall (Depending on exactly which race, they come in multiple races that are bigger, smaller, different colored, etc. Don't think about human races, think breeds of dog, and that is much more accurate unlike those idiots from Hasbro) like 80-180 pounds and about as good in a fight as a normal man, faster, and sneakier maybe and make up for their other shortcomings by fighting in mass [BIG masses]. The enemy left wing were men, 100,000s of men. These were the Haradrim, the Easterlings m and the Southron, all the races and kingdoms that served Sauron under his dominion. The total fielded by Sauron (Orc, Men, Trolls etc.) may well have been over half a million beings. The Orcs shattered like glass and the Rohirrim plowed into the armies of men. They hit the enemy Shield wall and dropped into a long slugging match where neither side could gain headway. The Rohirrim would have been crushed by sheer numbers if not for the sudden arrival of Aragorn, Gimli Legolas, and a corsair fleet bearing troops from all along the Southron coast of Gondor. (Not the army of the dead that had already been released from servitude and sent on). Actual men from the armies of Gondor destroyed the servant of Sauron in pitched battle. Much of the movie is REALLY accurate to the book(s), but this one battle is edited all too hell for brevity and clarity. Elrond never gave Anduril (The Sword; "Flame of the West") to Aragorn, it was delivered to Aragorn by Elodan and Elrohir, sons of Elrond, brothers of Arwen, and friends of Aragorn, as well as about 20ish rangers from the north, Friends, allies, and kin of Aragorn. (Another thing edited all to hell, rather than add another 3-5 new characters). All of these people; 25 or so; road the Road of the Dead with the fellowship (such as they were) and braved that horror and then followed Aragorn on to war from there. They gave Arwen 1000 times more movie time than she had in the book. She had 2 paragraphs early in the book "welcome to my father's house". I believe that was the only line she had in 1400 pages of books, and there was a little blurb about her wedding at the end of the story (another 2 paragraphs). She DID NOT rescue Frodo (a Totally different Elf, male). She DID NOT have tons of little points necking with Aragorn (completely phony). She did not lead an entire army to Helm's Deep (The ONLY elf there was Legolas). Virtually everything she did in the movie was 100% fictious. This is not the first time Rohan and Gondor fought together. Centuries ago. Eorl the Young brought the Eorlingas down the west bank of the Anduin to help defeat the Wain

[@thomasripley1548]

Poor will is allways getting fired at...awesome scene...this is the largest filmed horse charge scene ever... about half were computer generated.....same with orc army...but still awesome.....DEATH, DEATH...FOR THEOLINDEN.........

[@RobertJ-vo4bk]

Now show the oliphaunts' arrival next.

[@ladante6969]

11:36 dude transformed to Schwarzenegger

[@markothemagnificent]

How about Gandalf/pippin " V" the Witchking. thanks in advance...

[@JacobHimmelhaver-m8g]

They are not going to win this fight, but they charge anyway.

[@noisespark]

They are actually screaming death.

[@Dash277]

Cavalry > Infantry

[@toakreon]

"Fire at Will!" Who the hell is Will, and why do the orcs all hate him...?

[@nicholaswilliams1296]

I’d hate to be poor Will!

[@eriktsav2227]

Sigh... Alright, I'll watch the trilogy again

[@VikingerOnYT]

As a native English speaker, I could barely understand the people in the 3rd clip 🫣

[@VIVA-YT10]

DEATH!

[@nicolainielsen5370]

God the constant pausing every 2 seconds for most of them frustrated me, couldn't watch it through

[@drewahrens3141]

I just wish you included the horns sounding their arrival. Some of the best horns in the films.

[@drdre2641]

Should include the moment the Rohirrim aknowns their arrival with blowing the horn.