It was Merry's Enchanted Barrow Blade that harmed the Witch-King of Angmar first. It was forged in the Third Age to fight the forces of Angmar. So it broke the spell protecting the wraith. Merry was also not a man. So a team effort.
@@PUNKSBR Read the book “But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.”
A thousand years before this battle, the Witch King had almost destroyed Aragorn's ancestral kingdom when the elves, led by Glorfindel who, like Gandalf had gone down fighting a balrog and been brought back by the Valar, came to their rescue. When the Witch King escaped, the king wanted to go after him, but Glorfindel told him not to, saying that the Witch King's doom was many years hence and he would not die at the hands of a man. Eowyn and Merry were simply fulfilling the prophecy.
Yeah... I like it, it makes more sense in the actual lore you described... but, I'm more of a Howard guy than Tolkien... which means I'm a Lovecraft guy as well
Merry was great in the book, he was horrified and in complete terror and was blind and sick ,and until this moment had no idea of Dernhelm's true identity. She shall not due alone and desperate - at least not unaided. The Witch King confounded by the surprise paid him no more attention than a worm in the mud. The slow kindled courage of his people awoke and picking up his blade stabbed the Witch King underneath his hueberk and severing the tendons behind his mighty knee. Even if you are unread that sounds very painful.
That scene - capped by the line "I am no man" - does successfully what so many modern movies try and fail miserably to do with regard to their depiction of so-called "strong" women. And Peter Jackson did it without pulling his shoulder out of joint patting himself on the back for being so bold.
@js0988 wtf are you talking about? My point is that women can be feminine AND strong. Every "strong" female character in modern movies has some inherently masculine quality to them. Being feminine isn't a bad thing. If you think it is, that sounds like a you problem. & by the way, incels online would find an issue with feminine women too. Because they hate ALL women. I literally had an argument with one & he said something about women with high "body counts" were promiscuous & untrustworthy, but women with low "body counts" were stuck up & too fussy. There's no pleasing them, so who the f cares what they think? It's the duty of female actors (& all adult women, really) to show little girls that it doesn't matter if they're a girly girl, or a tomboy, they have a right to be themselves & they are strong. That is missing from modern movies. Also, LOTR was man boss done right too. Aragorn is entirely masculine, but not toxic. Also, perfection.
In the book the fell beast was more like a giant vulure , they have skinny necks so the creative team decided two strikes would be more realistic. Also Eowyn's sword would be a master crafted piece so something not not standard. Even so not imbued with spells like Merry's specifically made to fight the undead.
Tolkien thought it was lame how in Macbeth the whole "no man of women born" thing was resolved by Macduff being a c-section baby, instead of just having a woman kill him, so he wrote this.
He was also upset about when the witches talked about the forest moving, it was actually just soldiers wearing leaves on their heads. So he wrote the scene where the ents attacked Isengard.
It's incredible how fragile is a black dragon: two sword hits and it's beheaded. 🤣🤣Eowyn is a legend and her comeback in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim confirms her importance. In the Middle Earth women are to be reckoned with.
''Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered, a sword day, a red day, and the sun rises! Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending!'' Merry was duty-bound to the King. An esquire's primary responsibilities to a knight or king were to serve as a personal attendant, taking care of their armor, weapons, and horses, and generally assisting them in all aspects of daily life, including dressing them for battle, carrying their shield, and sometimes even holding the knight's banner in combat; essentially acting as a young man learning the skills necessary to eventually become a knight themselves. Dernhelm was the alias taken by Éowyn when she broke the command of her uncle Théoden. As Dernhelm she befriended Meriadoc Brandybuck who was under the service of Théoden as Esquire, and failed to recognize her. Together they rode Windfola to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. It was as Dernhelm that she first challenged the Witch-king of Angmar. Meriadoc, also known as Merry, used his Barrow-blade, a dagger forged by the Dunedain of Arnor, to stab the Witch-king of Angmar in the back of the knee during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. This wound allowed Éowyn to thrust her sword into the Witch-king's face.
Remember, the weapon Merry is wielding came from the Barrow wight burial site and was endowed with power to fight the darkness. Hence the Nazgul lost his powers.
So many good creative decisions in this scene. Though I love the dialogue in the book it would have been a bit too Shakespearean for this movie and the scene would have taken too long. Though "Beyond Foul Dwimmerlaik! Lord of Carrion" would have been awesome. I remember utter rage for about 2 seconds on first viewing when the witch king came out with a sword. The the gigantic morning star is revealed and Eowyn rightly looks terrified, the weapon looks totally impractical until you remember it is being wielded by an eight foot tall zombie supercharged necromancer. The key was Merry's sword from the North where they battled him for centuries. His spell was broken and Eowyn could finish him off with a piece of honest steel.. The atmospheric crushing effect was great too.
I wish that one day we'll see a TOP "I'm the only free man on this train. The rest of you are cattle!" video, but none of these guys have seen Doctor Zhivago yet.
Not at all. The Nazgûl are the 9 men fallen under the spell of Sauron, the ringwraiths. The boss is of course the witch king of angmar. The winged creatures are just an abomination with no name in tolken’s lore.
“Fell beasts” ’in the book is a generic description. Peter Jackson made it the name of the unnamed flying mounts of the Nazgul. Naz = ring. You can hear it in Sauron’s “One ring to rule them all,” “Ash naz…”
It was Merry's Enchanted Barrow Blade that harmed the Witch-King of Angmar first. It was forged in the Third Age to fight the forces of Angmar. So it broke the spell protecting the wraith. Merry was also not a man. So a team effort.
So... he got him in his Achilles' heel?
She is no man but a man need to save her XD
@@felipevazquez3395 merry not a man in a meaning he is not human, but hobbit
Right and who defeated King was Éomer, not Éowyn, she was not even in the battle!
@@PUNKSBR Read the book “But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.”
What many movies try to emulate but fail miserably at doing. Courage is not being almighty powerful and fearless, is facing evil despite being afraid.
I would love to see this scene in a theater with an all female audience that never saw this movie and see their excitement and cheering at that line.
Kudos to Miranda Otto. Even with a helmet obscuring most of her face she still managed to convey absolute terror of the Witch King.
A thousand years before this battle, the Witch King had almost destroyed Aragorn's ancestral kingdom when the elves, led by Glorfindel who, like Gandalf had gone down fighting a balrog and been brought back by the Valar, came to their rescue. When the Witch King escaped, the king wanted to go after him, but Glorfindel told him not to, saying that the Witch King's doom was many years hence and he would not die at the hands of a man. Eowyn and Merry were simply fulfilling the prophecy.
Yeah... I like it, it makes more sense in the actual lore you described... but, I'm more of a Howard guy than Tolkien... which means I'm a Lovecraft guy as well
And now, let me go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now be ashamed.
I've seen a compilation of this scene with (mostly) this selection of reactors several times, and I don't care. It's just that awesome of a scene.
In the book its revealed that it's Eowyn right that moment. The whole time we as readers think Merry its been carried to battle by a random soldier.
It's a while since I've read the book, but I thought that Merry had worked out who Dernhelm was a bit earlier.
Merry was great in the book, he was horrified and in complete terror and was blind and sick ,and until this moment had no idea of Dernhelm's true identity.
She shall not due alone and desperate - at least not unaided. The Witch King confounded by the surprise paid him no more attention than a worm in the mud.
The slow kindled courage of his people awoke and picking up his blade stabbed the Witch King underneath his hueberk and severing the tendons behind his mighty knee.
Even if you are unread that sounds very painful.
My girl Eowyn! Rip Theoden ❤
That scene - capped by the line "I am no man" - does successfully what so many modern movies try and fail miserably to do with regard to their depiction of so-called "strong" women. And Peter Jackson did it without pulling his shoulder out of joint patting himself on the back for being so bold.
In appreciation they made her a t-shirt that says, "The Witch King is my B1tch Thing".
Girlboss done right. This movie perfectly encapsulated feminine strength. Eowyn, Arwen & Galadriel are perfection.
Why is it never man boss done wrong??? What duty do you think female actors have to be exactly how incels online want women to be???
@js0988 wtf are you talking about? My point is that women can be feminine AND strong. Every "strong" female character in modern movies has some inherently masculine quality to them. Being feminine isn't a bad thing. If you think it is, that sounds like a you problem. & by the way, incels online would find an issue with feminine women too. Because they hate ALL women. I literally had an argument with one & he said something about women with high "body counts" were promiscuous & untrustworthy, but women with low "body counts" were stuck up & too fussy. There's no pleasing them, so who the f cares what they think? It's the duty of female actors (& all adult women, really) to show little girls that it doesn't matter if they're a girly girl, or a tomboy, they have a right to be themselves & they are strong. That is missing from modern movies.
Also, LOTR was man boss done right too. Aragorn is entirely masculine, but not toxic. Also, perfection.
Imagine the strength it would take to take off the head of the Witch King's mount with only two sword strikes the way Eowyn did. That's real strength.
In the book the fell beast was more like a giant vulure , they have skinny necks so the creative team decided two strikes would be more realistic. Also Eowyn's sword would be a master crafted piece so something not not standard. Even so not imbued with spells like Merry's specifically made to fight the undead.
Tolkien thought it was lame how in Macbeth the whole "no man of women born" thing was resolved by Macduff being a c-section baby, instead of just having a woman kill him, so he wrote this.
And it fits very well with old folklore
He was also upset about when the witches talked about the forest moving, it was actually just soldiers wearing leaves on their heads. So he wrote the scene where the ents attacked Isengard.
It's incredible how fragile is a black dragon: two sword hits and it's beheaded. 🤣🤣Eowyn is a legend and her comeback in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim confirms her importance. In the Middle Earth women are to be reckoned with.
its not a dragon. its a fell beast
''Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered, a sword day, a red day, and the sun rises! Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending!''
Merry was duty-bound to the King. An esquire's primary responsibilities to a knight or king were to serve as a personal attendant, taking care of their armor, weapons, and horses, and generally assisting them in all aspects of daily life, including dressing them for battle, carrying their shield, and sometimes even holding the knight's banner in combat; essentially acting as a young man learning the skills necessary to eventually become a knight themselves.
Dernhelm was the alias taken by Éowyn when she broke the command of her uncle Théoden. As Dernhelm she befriended Meriadoc Brandybuck who was under the service of Théoden as Esquire, and failed to recognize her. Together they rode Windfola to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. It was as Dernhelm that she first challenged the Witch-king of Angmar.
Meriadoc, also known as Merry, used his Barrow-blade, a dagger forged by the Dunedain of Arnor, to stab the Witch-king of Angmar in the back of the knee during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. This wound allowed Éowyn to thrust her sword into the Witch-king's face.
Remember, the weapon Merry is wielding came from the Barrow wight burial site and was endowed with power to fight the darkness. Hence the Nazgul lost his powers.
I remember watching this when i was like 3 and i yelled "Yeeeeaaaaas" and then "Noooooooo" because i thought she died too.
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
To many who have been an underdog, this scene resonantes--sends chills through the body.
So many good creative decisions in this scene. Though I love the dialogue in the book it would have been a bit too Shakespearean for this movie and the scene would have taken too long.
Though "Beyond Foul Dwimmerlaik! Lord of Carrion" would have been awesome. I remember utter rage for about 2 seconds on first viewing when the witch king came out with a sword.
The the gigantic morning star is revealed and Eowyn rightly looks terrified, the weapon looks totally impractical until you remember it is being wielded by an eight foot tall zombie supercharged necromancer.
The key was Merry's sword from the North where they battled him for centuries. His spell was broken and Eowyn could finish him off with a piece of honest steel..
The atmospheric crushing effect was great too.
I wish that one day we'll see a TOP "I'm the only free man on this train. The rest of you are cattle!" video, but none of these guys have seen Doctor Zhivago yet.
Classic book "Girl Power!"
Ah, the old killed by semantics trick.
At a superficial glance yes. Merry’s Elvin blade made the Witch King killable.
Note to Disney: this is how you present a powerful woman. No preachy wokeness, just straight on simple action and... done.
Why is it only women who need to be presented exactly how incels online think women should be presented?
This how it's done dear Hollywood she didn't just do something heroic she was punished for it. It's terrible but real
I would.onlu wish to have the fortitude of Eowyn if any of my loved ones were in a life or death situation.
2024. "I am no man. I am the, them, they "
Incels gonna incel!
Girlpower!
Not canonic!
I miss Colette Cherry 🍒😢😢😢😢
What happened?
Does EOM ever fix his bed?
In the remake for modern audiences: "I am non binary"
Incels gonna incel!
Pudgey is so stinking pretty. But, could she BE anymore of a Kiwi!! LOL
As a transman i cant help but see this scene and laugh, this would be my moment. No matter how well you blur the boundaries you can never cross them.
JUST TO CLARIFY: The winged creature is the Nazgul and the one who rides it is The Witch King of Angmar.
Not at all. The Nazgûl are the 9 men fallen under the spell of Sauron, the ringwraiths. The boss is of course the witch king of angmar. The winged creatures are just an abomination with no name in tolken’s lore.
No Nazguls are the riders, the creature is a fell beast
@@faz0482 fell beasts is their name
“Fell beasts” ’in the book is a generic description. Peter Jackson made it the name of the unnamed flying mounts of the Nazgul.
Naz = ring. You can hear it in Sauron’s “One ring to rule them all,” “Ash naz…”
p.s still love to you, but nerds gonna Nerd 😁
FAFO
She was saved by a man lul
Incels gonna incel!