01-28-2009, 01:10 PM | #1 | |
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Most moving moments in LotR
There are moments in LotR for me where the words jump off the page. The most powerful and poetic moment for me:
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So, any other favorite powerful moments?
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01-28-2009, 01:23 PM | #2 |
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Good idea for a thread man.
I remember when I was 11 and read the Fellowship and I became really sad when I read this part: Fellowship of the Ring, "The Departure of Boromir" "As he ran the cries came louder, but fainter now and desperately the horn was blowing. Fierce and shrill rose the yells of the Orcs, and suddenly the horn-calls ceased. Aragorn raced down the last slope, but before he could reach the hill's foot, the sounds died away; and he turned to the left and ran towards them as they retreated, until at last he could hear them no more. Drawing his bright sword and crying Elendil! Elendil! he crashed through the trees."
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01-28-2009, 05:17 PM | #3 | |
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Oh, those parts are numerous. But here's one that I'll always remember, inspired by Hector's chose quote:
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01-29-2009, 07:27 AM | #4 | |
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My favourite moving moment is the ending, with its separation angst between Sam and Frodo.
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01-30-2009, 04:05 AM | #5 |
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I personally love the part in the movie (I'm not positive it's in the book, it's been too long since I read it) But where Aragorn says
"There may be a day, where to strength of men fails! Where friends betray eachother! But it is not this day!" Not an exact quote I know, but as a fan of the military this is one of my favorite moments. |
01-30-2009, 04:07 AM | #6 |
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hmmm. oops. didn't spell too well there sorry. *where the strength of men fails*
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01-30-2009, 05:31 AM | #7 | |
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Top thread, Hector.
Ride of the Rohirrim The whole thing really, but especially: Quote:
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02-03-2009, 06:20 AM | #8 |
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Here we go. Sorry it took so long to find the exact quote. I had to write it down from the movie. So here it is.
"Hold your ground! Sons of Gondor! Of Rohan! My brothers. I see in your eyes, the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come, when the courage of men fails. When we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day! An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! BUT IT IS NOT THIS DAY! THIS DAY WE FIGHT! By all that you hold dear, on this good earth. I bid you stand! MEN OF THE WEST!!" I just love that part. |
02-03-2009, 09:05 AM | #9 |
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I can tell you why you can't find an exact quote [EDIT] in the book[/EDIT]. Because this is not from the book at all, this quote -impressive though it'd be- is strictly a movie-addition.
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02-03-2009, 09:11 AM | #10 | |
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02-03-2009, 09:28 AM | #11 |
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Right, let me amend my statement to 'finding the exact quote in the book', for clarity.
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02-03-2009, 05:24 PM | #12 |
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Some of the most moving moments for me are when poetry is recited. I can't find the poems I want online to quote them, and I don't have the book with me, but;
I love the poem at the end of the Battle of the Pellenor fields, which recounts the fall of Thoden and Snowmane, as well as Halbarad. I think there's a line in there about those who would never return to their homes... and that just kills me. When Bilbo recites the poem, "I sit by the fire and think/ of all that I have seen/ in every wood in every spring there is a different green. For still there are so many things that I will know/ and people who will see a world that I will never know." Something like that. And that poem just seems so SAD to me. Even though you've lived 100+ years, there are still so many things that you will miss when you're gone. Boromir's death is just so moving. Of course. And, related, the part where Faramir sees his brother's body floating on the Great River and tries to chase after it; that just breaks my heart. He cries, "Wither goest thou, O Boromir?" His brother is gone on without him, and cannot answer. So sad. And as for stirring moments.. I love Theoden's speech before they charge Pellenor. I love Eowyn's big reveal (which is SOO incredibly well-written) when she confronts the witch-king. I loved in Khazadum when they all rally on the bridge to come to Gandalf's aid against the Balrog. And Gimili when he jumps down from the wall at Helm's Deep to save Aragorn. Pretty cool stuff. Frodo, at the foot of Mount Doom, when Gollum tries to take the ring. Frodo stands over him, seemingly in gleaming white, and speaks some great words (all of which I have forgotten).
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Definitely - my heart physically hurts during that part. When I was reading LOTR to the kids, I had to have my husband read that part - I lost my voice and couldn't read it.
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02-04-2009, 04:09 AM | #15 |
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Hmm. My apologies. It is only in the movie. Great quote though. If you go strictly by the books, then my favorite part has to be where Boromir defends the hobbits and keeps blowing his horn for help that comes too little too late. The movie depicts this wonderfully with Boromir dying just as Aragorn kills Lurtz and Boromir's line is "I would have followed you my brother. My captain. My king." It's the best part of the whole first book if you ask me.
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I always choke up at the part where Sam's greatest strength, his fierce loyalty to Frodo, manifests as his greatest flaw, though it could have been no other way:
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yes, that bit is wonderful - and brilliant.
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The moment of eucatastrophe....
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Ah, that indeed is a masterful moment... That one defiant rooster and then a a avalanche of horns in response. Words can not describe the impact of that scene.
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02-15-2009, 11:31 PM | #20 |
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Not a specific moment, to be sure, but I find the journey through Moria to be extremely compelling. Tolkien did a masterful job of conveying the feeling of trying to sneak through the darkness, praying to make it through unnoticed by the unknown evil lurking within, and the deep dread of the pebble and then the "tom-tap, tap-tom". Every time I read it, Moria is where I get fully pulled into the story.
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