When I first saw this scene in the theater back in 2003, I was so overwhelmed by its epicness I literally dropped my jaw, standing half up from the seat in awe.
I have never been, and will not likely ever be as again, so excited for any film's release. On opening night, when I watched it with 10 others, the film up until this point had been a little...hmm. Then this scene happened. Seeing Minas Tirith in all its splendour - finally! - and Gandalf, Shadowfax and Pippin charging up, to what is one of Howard Shore's most distinguished cues, didn't just knock it out the park; it sent things into orbit. I had to resist the urge of standing up and cheering.
I remember my grandparents got me two tickets for me and my neighbour (best friend) to see and we lost the tickets or left them in the vehicle so we couldn’t watch it but our third grade teacher seen us standing there and paid for us two to go in and watch it
There's something lowkey epic about the scene where Narsil is reforged. Two elven master blacksmiths in a quiet and dark corner of Middle Earth (it's literally in the corner of the screen) in silent determination, putting back together the only single weapon that is able to make Sauron tremble. It's almost a humbling metaphor for hard work and its pay-off in life. Epicness and personal success are built in the bleakest, most uncomfortable and unassuming of places.
@@Lerppunen I agree. But there's something about the stance of these Elves that absolutely captivates me. There they are, stoic and precise, doing their part in the larger scheme of the War of the Ring, but with an admirable focus on the task itself. I know I'm reading too much into this scene, but I really like how Sauron's Defeat was achieved by the small actions of lots of different individuals, each with their varying degree of contribution to the final outcome. That was in fact Tolkien's purpose with this story all along (individual feats of the smallest person can turn the tide of events), and I'm glad it wasn't ignored by the movie adaptation.
Hear how Howard Shore's incredible theme invokes the architecture of the city, rising in steps, layer to layer. When I first read the book I struggled to picture the shape of Minas Tirith, so when I saw this scene in the cinema in 2003, my brain just went, 'Aaah! THAT's it.'
I think this scene is just a great example of what someone aspires to do in film. They way was filmed, all the visual narrative, music, extras, art direction, VFX. It's just a perfect and epic combination!
The most amazing thing that i just realized is that Shadowfax do not need any rope or horse equipement, making the relation between Gandalf and him lot more amazing and magical.
Adri I know. In the book, it’s explained that Shadowfax won’t just bare any rider, one needs to earns his trust, and that’s putting it mildly. Shadowfax has to ‘want’ to bare you as a rider. Gandalf was one of the very few who could accomplish this to the point where he could be anywhere in Middle Earth and successfully summon Shadowfax.
Two amazing scenes (Narsil reforged, and Gandalf arriving in Minas Tirith) edited against one another. This movie is freakin overwhelming, it is too awesome for its own good.
Those wide shots of Gandalf and Pippin scaling Minas Tirith were literally jaw dropping on the big screen. It shows how confident Jackson was in showcasing the fantastic miniature work in such a detailed manner. Between the re-forging of Narsil and the arrival at Minas Tirith, it's a masterclass example of, and my go to reference, for "Epic" movie making.
Narsil being reforged and Gandalf’s ride represents hope and the return of strength to the race of men. They were two of the most epic scenes in the trilogy to me along with the beacon scene.
People gave a standing ovation in the cinema for some reason when Minas Tirith first came to scene. I was too little to understand why back then, but I do now, it's an awesome scene.
Gandalf: Denethor, why do you not go out and be among the people of Gondor? Denethor: I've seen the number of stairs in the visions from the White Tower.
When I was young I thought Minas Tirith was a real place. That’s how fucking good this movie is. I thought “oh they for sure mounted cameras on a helicopter and filmed on this city made of marble...” This is the tier movie we are dealing with. I’m so happy I grew up in the golden age of movies
kino. America is the spiritual successor to middle earth. a gigantic country with many powerful realms. feel lucky to have been born here. Oklahoma indeed
Gondor's theme is my favourite in the entire trilogy, loved its triumphant, regal tone as a kid and I still love it now, its so human... powerful, hopeful but is also versatile. Especially in the moments where its heard weakly in the background of some scenes.
I watched countless videos in regards to the work and effort that went into the trilogy and I don’t want to sound like those cliche things was better in the old days but when I watch stuff that Disney spews out like the latest Star Wars trilogy etc it seem like no thought and effort has gone through. Don’t get me started on the rings of power Amazon series. What makes this Peter Jackson trilogy so great it the time and effort went in and understanding and respecting the work of Tolkien. He created a world even had maps and languages and history etc Jackson understood this and respected this and gave the epic everything it deserve from the way it was shot to the music
Aside from the beautiful visuals and music, this scene also has a practical use inside the movie. A huge part of Return of the King is the battle of Minas Tirith, so you need the audience to understand the city. By doing such a large establishing shot of Minas Tirith, Peter Jackson can do smaller, more chaotic shots during the battle without it being confusing, because the viewer already knows how the city is. Or when that troll is battering the gate to the second layer of the city, you know that it isn't just a random gate and you know that means the entire first layer is already gone.
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Minas Tirith was the Jewel of the men. I love the movies, but if I could change something, it would be that: Gondor was pretty weak, but not that weak.
I realise that it's old and all, there weren't the technologies that we have today, but I'm sure that they could at least make the fields green and not yellow, at least.
2:02 that part made me tear up when i watched this... i was like, they got it better than my imagination!!! except the first wall was black not gray. but i prefer gray. i always thought the black would look weird. tolkien if i could see what you saw....
No. Gondor and Minas Tirith are greater than this. The Minas Tirth of the movies han't the real size to receive 30000 people living inside normaly, the lands are awful and yellow, empty, without any farmer or farmlands, the city is not full of coulours and personally it doesn't give me any hope and don't represents for me the real power of the men nor the ancient numenorean legacy, nor anything.
Yes, it was in decay, but it the movies it's to much for the city. The soldiers were dumb, Denethor was an asshole who didn't think about the people...
One of the bests representations of Minas Tirith ever made is this one: th-cam.com/video/iiLGVVBS3UQ/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Keralis Even when I saw the movies 1st, I believed that Rohan was greater than Gondor and I couldn't imagine that Gondor was one of the greatest Kingdoms in Middle Earth at the war of the ring when is probably the greatest (you know, Khagnates (if they had really existed in ME), Empires and Tribes aren't the same as a Kingdom).
But this server changed my mind about Gondor and made me fall in love again of Middle-Earth, showed me that Gondor wasn't like a desolated, grey and yellow place: it was green and full of coulours, give at least a little bit of hope like Tolkien wrote.
@Wher3Wuzi well, it is, but 001Cloud001 probably did not bother to ask youtube to add the sound again because this is video is within Fair Use policy. but youtube does not standard do that for you, u have to do it urself, because youtube has and does not want anything have to do with it
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lotr on prime should have taken some lesson to show how new realm is introduced to audience. the new numenor trailer of lotr on prime is so rubbish comparing to this masterpiece scene.
Minas tiristh supposed to be simple keep that kepr mordor away from rest of mens domain. And even all great things that were built in those times just imitated ancient numenor (if i remember the name correctly). Fall of humanity isnt touched that much in the movies but yeah for the good people of middle earth times were tough enough to turn a simple keep to a capital.
@@hypermelon_8654 good answer. If we want to entertain ideas on how to distribute water, food etc we can see how real life civilizations in our world did. For instance the Incas had a system of collecting water from the mountains and growing food in different altitudes. Maybe Gondorian people still had the knowledge on how to control water from the mountain it was built on, knowledge they still have from the times when the Numenorean kingdoms in exile were still young, before centuries of war against Sauron and civil strife
Argghhh... damn copyright shit! I bet the vast majority of people that watch this already own the dvd's and probably the soundtrack as well.. and the ones that don't.. well, they soon will after seeing this one, so it's just plain stupidity to disable the sound !!!
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How is it even possible to make a scene of a guy arriving in a city on a horse so epic?
It's automatically epic if Gandalf's in it.
Totally not biased at all.
Because the guy is Gandalf, the city is Minas Tirith and the horse is bloody Shadowfax
@hasan veysel erol lmao yeah nah
Apart from the fact that Minas Tirith is flipping amazing, its also the music. I play it on it harp and its so exciting I can't sit still lol
Music
When I first saw this scene in the theater back in 2003, I was so overwhelmed by its epicness I literally dropped my jaw, standing half up from the seat in awe.
Tha is actually called a NERDGASM.... I also had it XD.
I have never been, and will not likely ever be as again, so excited for any film's release. On opening night, when I watched it with 10 others, the film up until this point had been a little...hmm. Then this scene happened. Seeing Minas Tirith in all its splendour - finally! - and Gandalf, Shadowfax and Pippin charging up, to what is one of Howard Shore's most distinguished cues, didn't just knock it out the park; it sent things into orbit. I had to resist the urge of standing up and cheering.
Me too. Me too.....
I remember my grandparents got me two tickets for me and my neighbour (best friend) to see and we lost the tickets or left them in the vehicle so we couldn’t watch it but our third grade teacher seen us standing there and paid for us two to go in and watch it
I was sitting behind you jackass. Blocked my view.
What a perfectly orchestrated masterpiece of a scene! Almost 20 years now… goosebumps everytime!!
There's something lowkey epic about the scene where Narsil is reforged. Two elven master blacksmiths in a quiet and dark corner of Middle Earth (it's literally in the corner of the screen) in silent determination, putting back together the only single weapon that is able to make Sauron tremble.
It's almost a humbling metaphor for hard work and its pay-off in life. Epicness and personal success are built in the bleakest, most uncomfortable and unassuming of places.
I agree. It really is one of the best moments in the movie.
The greatest thing? The Elven smiths were the actual WETA workshop blacksmiths who really made the sword.
The music is the most important factor IMO.
@@Lerppunen I agree. But there's something about the stance of these Elves that absolutely captivates me. There they are, stoic and precise, doing their part in the larger scheme of the War of the Ring, but with an admirable focus on the task itself.
I know I'm reading too much into this scene, but I really like how Sauron's Defeat was achieved by the small actions of lots of different individuals, each with their varying degree of contribution to the final outcome.
That was in fact Tolkien's purpose with this story all along (individual feats of the smallest person can turn the tide of events), and I'm glad it wasn't ignored by the movie adaptation.
Soundtrack+last stand from Elves
Hear how Howard Shore's incredible theme invokes the architecture of the city, rising in steps, layer to layer.
When I first read the book I struggled to picture the shape of Minas Tirith, so when I saw this scene in the cinema in 2003, my brain just went, 'Aaah! THAT's it.'
isnt this Bear Mccreary tho I heard Howard Shore made only main theme.
@@rogerpiotr6977 wtf are you on about? This isn't Amazons Rings of Shit.
I think this scene is just a great example of what someone aspires to do in film. They way was filmed, all the visual narrative, music, extras, art direction, VFX. It's just a perfect and epic combination!
The most amazing thing that i just realized is that Shadowfax do not need any rope or horse equipement, making the relation between Gandalf and him lot more amazing and magical.
Adri I know. In the book, it’s explained that Shadowfax won’t just bare any rider, one needs to earns his trust, and that’s putting it mildly. Shadowfax has to ‘want’ to bare you as a rider. Gandalf was one of the very few who could accomplish this to the point where he could be anywhere in Middle Earth and successfully summon Shadowfax.
@@Balmung115 And in the novel, Gandalf says to Shadowfax "May we never be parted in Middle Earth ever again." Special relationship, than one.
Two amazing scenes (Narsil reforged, and Gandalf arriving in Minas Tirith) edited against one another. This movie is freakin overwhelming, it is too awesome for its own good.
Gandalf to Pippin : Minas Tirith, City of Kings.
Pippin:
Why do i hear Boss music??
I get goosebumps everytime gandalf speaks
Those wide shots of Gandalf and Pippin scaling Minas Tirith were literally jaw dropping on the big screen. It shows how confident Jackson was in showcasing the fantastic miniature work in such a detailed manner. Between the re-forging of Narsil and the arrival at Minas Tirith, it's a masterclass example of, and my go to reference, for "Epic" movie making.
IMO, one of the greatest scenes of the trilogy, feels so epic to watch it. Goosebumps
Whenever I’m out driving with my gf I’ll yell loudly into her ear “we just passed into the realm of [city name].”
:D
You so lucky!
LMAO
I'm gonna do that now
0:35 one of the most beautiful scenes in cinema history.
Horse riding never been so glorious
Narsil being reforged and Gandalf’s ride represents hope and the return of strength to the race of men. They were two of the most epic scenes in the trilogy to me along with the beacon scene.
You simply cannot exclude the Ride of the Rohirrim
I have a specific memory of the very first time I saw this exact scene in the theater. The music blew me away.
People gave a standing ovation in the cinema for some reason when Minas Tirith first came to scene. I was too little to understand why back then, but I do now, it's an awesome scene.
Max-leveled steed with stamina-supercharger perk and plus 25 courage when ridden by Gandalf himself.
That is the prettiest,awesome,spectactular castle/kingdom I've ever seen.I woul have Mega house parties there :)
1:30 the music completely matches the grandioseness of the city is epic.
Gandalf: Denethor, why do you not go out and be among the people of Gondor?
Denethor: I've seen the number of stairs in the visions from the White Tower.
When I was young I thought Minas Tirith was a real place. That’s how fucking good this movie is. I thought “oh they for sure mounted cameras on a helicopter and filmed on this city made of marble...”
This is the tier movie we are dealing with. I’m so happy I grew up in the golden age of movies
I never saw these in theater but I’m so glad I own all 3 extended versions. This is absolutely my favorite trilogy ever
Gandalf was like my dad on road trips as a kid "We just passed into the relm of Oklahoma"
kino. America is the spiritual successor to middle earth. a gigantic country with many powerful realms. feel lucky to have been born here. Oklahoma indeed
@@SneedEmFeedEm292 Pretty sure Middle Earth is modelled after Europe
OMFG! This is like the best soundtrack of all lotr.. Way too to go WMG
My mouth fell out of my face when I saw this in the cinema in 2003.
This scene was 10x better than ROP galadriel slow mo horse shot
I came here to clense my eyes
isnt every scene in lotr better than rop
@@hamsnub "YES!"
0:54 you just know where the stage is going to be set by the music
0:54 when you find the shinny city in a MMORPG.
It's just a horse riding scene but why it so fu..king EPIC!!
0:05 that where real men cried.
*0:15* the music reminds me of Benhur 1959 during the Cleaning rain scene. So epic
Gondor's theme is my favourite in the entire trilogy, loved its triumphant, regal tone as a kid and I still love it now, its so human... powerful, hopeful but is also versatile. Especially in the moments where its heard weakly in the background of some scenes.
Minas Tirith is fucking epic, its to the paragon of what a city in fantasy would be, impossibly massive in size yet epic in scale.
I watched countless videos in regards to the work and effort that went into the trilogy and I don’t want to sound like those cliche things was better in the old days but when I watch stuff that Disney spews out like the latest Star Wars trilogy etc it seem like no thought and effort has gone through. Don’t get me started on the rings of power Amazon series. What makes this Peter Jackson trilogy so great it the time and effort went in and understanding and respecting the work of Tolkien. He created a world even had maps and languages and history etc Jackson understood this and respected this and gave the epic everything it deserve from the way it was shot to the music
The forest scene is so pretty tbh
The high fantasy equivalent of Kirk and Scotty slowly circling the Enterprise for 6 minutes - in both cases, entirely worth it.
Aside from the beautiful visuals and music, this scene also has a practical use inside the movie. A huge part of Return of the King is the battle of Minas Tirith, so you need the audience to understand the city. By doing such a large establishing shot of Minas Tirith, Peter Jackson can do smaller, more chaotic shots during the battle without it being confusing, because the viewer already knows how the city is. Or when that troll is battering the gate to the second layer of the city, you know that it isn't just a random gate and you know that means the entire first layer is already gone.
To those that commented 8 years ago: The Sound is back :)))
>gallop toward a city
>bring horse to a halt
>scream the name of the city at the top of your lungs
>continue galloping
They have a helipad
Kinda have to to film at a place that far from civilization.
Well. The Witch King was way ahead of you.
The city of kings!
Simply Beautiful! How do I get Gondorian citizenship?
Send me 5 000 euros and in ten years I will make you the citizenship)))
Just move to Athens
@@vladimirisakov784 , ах ты хитрец
The music is just epic!
Awe Pippin was sleeping! 😴
Amazing
Frodo and Pippin both got amazing ride. Frodo with Arwen and Pippin with Gandalf.
one trilogy to rule them all.
City of Kings.
Hope is kindled! ...(From this incredible introduction to us all of Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard)
Gondorians must have stamina of a mountain goat. All certified Everest climbers by birth :p
thanks for including the reforging of narsil
I became a nerd because of this film!
great video,even without music to it.
Does Shadowfax not get tired??? Seems to be running non-stop practically!!
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It's funny when the people of Minas Tirith scurry out of the way, flattening themselves against the walls to avoid being run over by Shadowfax :)
I’ve always seen Minas Tirith as Constantinople
where can i find the full music for this video? (including the sword reforging part)
Search for Grace of Undomiel
@@fictionfix6508 I knew it was in the soundtrack somewhere but I couldn't pinpoint it. Thanks!
Minas Tirith was the Jewel of the men. I love the movies, but if I could change something, it would be that: Gondor was pretty weak, but not that weak.
The Gondor that we saw in the movies is weaker.
I realise that it's old and all, there weren't the technologies that we have today, but I'm sure that they could at least make the fields green and not yellow, at least.
Tolkien built Gondor as a dream Kingdom, not as a forgettable one.
Damn epic
What do they eat?
if you want to get to the best part of the music, click seven on your keyboard
2:02 that part made me tear up when i watched this... i was like, they got it better than my imagination!!! except the first wall was black not gray. but i prefer gray. i always thought the black would look weird. tolkien if i could see what you saw....
No. Gondor and Minas Tirith are greater than this. The Minas Tirth of the movies han't the real size to receive 30000 people living inside normaly, the lands are awful and yellow, empty, without any farmer or farmlands, the city is not full of coulours and personally it doesn't give me any hope and don't represents for me the real power of the men nor the ancient numenorean legacy, nor anything.
Yes, it was in decay, but it the movies it's to much for the city. The soldiers were dumb, Denethor was an asshole who didn't think about the people...
One of the bests representations of Minas Tirith ever made is this one: th-cam.com/video/iiLGVVBS3UQ/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Keralis
Even when I saw the movies 1st, I believed that Rohan was greater than Gondor and I couldn't imagine that Gondor was one of the greatest Kingdoms in Middle Earth at the war of the ring when is probably the greatest (you know, Khagnates (if they had really existed in ME), Empires and Tribes aren't the same as a Kingdom).
But this server changed my mind about Gondor and made me fall in love again of Middle-Earth, showed me that Gondor wasn't like a desolated, grey and yellow place: it was green and full of coulours, give at least a little bit of hope like Tolkien wrote.
If Gandalf was just galloping across fields in a straight line, what are those roads for?
Gandalf was in an extremely hurry, so he probably took a lot of shortcuts. The roads were for carts and more everyday trips
@darkknight302 Uh, do you remember the name of the video?
@Wher3Wuzi well, it is, but 001Cloud001 probably did not bother to ask youtube to add the sound again because this is video is within Fair Use policy. but youtube does not standard do that for you, u have to do it urself, because youtube has and does not want anything have to do with it
We‘ve written an test about that scene today
0:58 why did I think the oblivion theme was about to play
At 0:43 you can tell Pippin is a dummy, and not actually the actor and this is hilarious to me every time I see it.
Whatever you do, don't audioswap for Dreamscape.
Septembre 🌞🌜
Epic. That is all.
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I wonder if the “make way” was scripted?
lotr on prime should have taken some lesson to show how new realm is introduced to audience. the new numenor trailer of lotr on prime is so rubbish comparing to this masterpiece scene.
Good god at 1:00
Can a functional city like this exist in real life? How did they distribute water to all city levels, and the sewage?
Minas tiristh supposed to be simple keep that kepr mordor away from rest of mens domain. And even all great things that were built in those times just imitated ancient numenor (if i remember the name correctly). Fall of humanity isnt touched that much in the movies but yeah for the good people of middle earth times were tough enough to turn a simple keep to a capital.
@@hypermelon_8654 good answer. If we want to entertain ideas on how to distribute water, food etc we can see how real life civilizations in our world did. For instance the Incas had a system of collecting water from the mountains and growing food in different altitudes. Maybe Gondorian people still had the knowledge on how to control water from the mountain it was built on, knowledge they still have from the times when the Numenorean kingdoms in exile were still young, before centuries of war against Sauron and civil strife
1:28
GUISE IT'S NOT TH-cam'S FAULT, THEY'LL GET SHUT DOWN IF THEY DON'T DO THIS. DUH.
@DarthZimmeris lolololol yes :| maybe your imagining it
in other words, 1:27
Fucking youtube! Where's the epic music?
T.T y youtube WHY! man I remember when this site allowed even movies to be played now its
just shit :(
awman damn copyrights...... I WANNA HEAR SOUND HERE
same here.
That really stinks. there's half a dozen other links with music from LOtR. Why just this one?
1:38 what does he say??
Make way
Do not expect anything as good as this in Amazons steaming pile of dog crap.
One does not simply walk into Minas Tirith
I HATE COPYRIGHT!
Argghhh... damn copyright shit! I bet the vast majority of people that watch this already own the dvd's and probably the soundtrack as well.. and the ones that don't.. well, they soon will after seeing this one, so it's just plain stupidity to disable the sound !!!
Screw this! Nobody is stealing anything. What about the "stolen video"?
wheres the rammas echor? where are the tilled fields ?
never liked that about the movie...
And the outer wall was black.
0.55 words are useless
!
oh fuck copyright
i've not bought anything from warner bros ever since they tried to ruin youtube.
I feel sorry for shadowfax all that climbing because gandalf can't get off his lazy ass and walk
because apparently watching this scene will stop you from going out to actually buy the soundtrack. Pathetic.
This shit is worse than metallica
You messed up twice.