The amount of sexism on the Internet fucking baffles me. I love the lord of the rings, but the community is 90% sexist, virgin fanboys who only enjoy the battle sequences and/or have never read the books.
..........I always wondered, did the tip of her sword bend on the back of his helmet when she rammed it in like that? you can keep all your PC bullshit...these are the real mysteries.
funny..all the people who say they are dinging this kill cause she is a woman...where are you when aragorn kills someone...I don't see this dialogue when any of the other characters off someone. Half of the comments are comments on her looks, some on how she is out of the kitchen and some on how she couldn't have done it without merry. Funny how she whacked the head off the Nazgull before merry made an appearance. Maybe it was the presence of the men that gave her courage. snort.
Funniest thing that could have happened (also the biggest fail ever) is that she stabs him before saying she was no man and taking the helmet away and the Witch King just stood there, laughed and said ''You fool, no man can kill me'' and then she takes her helmet away and says shes not a man and stabs him and all of a sudden he dies.
This badass warrior of destruction and decimation is brought down by some chick? Come on son, that's worse than teddy bears beating the most advanced military force in the galaxy.
I love this scene. I was actually expecting it to be the ghost army who slays him, but then I saw this scene and I thought "Holy crap! Eowyn killed him?! That's freaking awesome!"
This scene was just weak for me. Its such a technicality Yes she is not a MAN but she is of the race of man. I just don't know what Tolkin was thinking with this.
@jjester2345 Nah...Tolkien was a christian. A catholic even. And a fan of symbolism. A world of high fantasy can contain technicalities. Symbols and magic can actually matter in such a world. Who you are born as,under which star and what gender and race all matter.
Stop bitching about the gender issues, lol. This was a great scene.
Evening it out, I think more strong female characters like this in action/adventure movies need to initially be shown as skilled rather than have some dramatic moment that shocks everyone. Their abilities should be as equally received as a male's-- not made a big deal out of IF they've been experienced for years.
I'm a girl, and I can't take most female action heroes seriously just because of how overly dramatized they are.
@Naytile . Strong female characters are being made a big deal out of because, like it or not, the majority of us movie/tv viewers are still quite sexist. The first comment I saw here was a fucking kitchen "joke". Nearly all of us believe in some sort of unproven gender difference or stereotype (women are better at raising children, men are better at fighting etc....) Women who are strong will always be made a big deal out of as long as women are not treated as equals in all media.
Hated this shit, Witchking being the biggest evil in the movie ( eye of Sauron never did anything for me, and the Balrog only played a small part) and for it to be killed by this peasant simpleton, a hoer of Rohan.
@reaper555ym um, the whole point of the film was a small band of peasant simpleton's can overcome the evil empire because they 'believed in themselves' and had all that 'never give up on hope' stuff in their hearts. Did you not notice?
He fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is never get involved in a land war in Asia - but only slightly less well-known is this-- Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!
Actually, when you think of it although people carry on about misogynist themes in the work of Tolkien and C.S Lewis, his friend and colleuge, their female characters are always strong, perceptive and reasonable, and usually a lot better at resisting the forces of evil than the male ones.
"The hearts of men are too easily corrupted" - Galadriel
As I recall, the idea that the Witch-King can't be killed by a man was a PROPHECY made by an Elven-King, which the Witch-King took to mean that he invincible. In the end, the prophecy came true when the WK was killed by the conjoined efforts of a woman and a hobbit. They had an equal hand in it. So will everyone stop arguing about who did what and just accept that yes, Eowyn stabbed the WK, and yes, Merry weakened him first. they both had a hand in it, without the other they would have failed.
@fightinside1 Me too, they make the Witch King out to be such a bad ass, and he ends up being killed by a woman, who I personally disliked from the start.
@iwanfon1 typical films of this era most badass guy who can`t be beat by any other bad ass guys or big amazing heros or super kickass men but can always be ttaken out by a skin women who can kill everything
yes Sondoflambda is right, LOTR is actually filled with hints and allusions of Christianity. And it was not merely for fictional inspiration, Tolkien himself was a deeply religious man. This is no "heathen" story ;). even though Tolkien was also heavely influenced by northern mythology, such as Valhalla and stuff, and the adventures in Midgård=Middle earth
most films and literature are obviously filled with Christian allusions as everyone used to follow the text exactly and got most of their ideas from the bible long ago... anyhow... why could men not kill the Witch-King? I never did find out lol
@McVitiesmuffinjohn my own belief that is no one found in the books what so ever is that some one put a spell on him thinking well ill only got to cover males fighting him sesne women dont really fight ... as long has your not paying any attention to the story as even sauron gets defeated by a woman at one point
She's the one who killed the Witch king since "no man kill him". Merry only stalled him to give eowyn the finishing blow. if not for eowyn that punk-ass witch king would have recovered.
The information in the description is wrong. In the introduction of the books (which everyone should read), Tolkien makes it very clear that he's completely against any kinds of allegory.
To all who think Merry killed the Witchking: READ up before you speak. In _The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien_ the man himself is asked how Merry affected the Nazgul lord and if he helped kill him. Tolkien clearly states that Merry stabbing the WK _in the leg_ (not a lethal blow-- Eowyn stabs him in the face) hurt him and made him stumble, but Merry could NOT have killed him. J.R.R.T. also says the prophecy from _The Silmarillion_ about "No living man" killing the WK meant males (hobbits too).
@AlbertoDeSagitario In which planet does "i am no man" mean "i did all the job"? And if it weren't for her, Merry wouldn't even be there, she had the courage to disobey her king and ride to battle to fight for those she loves and she took Merry with her cause she believed in him. She knew what it was like to be considered useless. She cut off the flying beast's head and killed the nazgul, yes Merry helped her but how many times would Aragorn have died if the others weren't there to help him too?
@AronofskysKumo Thats why I said "she deserve credit too", check the other comments before replying....what im saying is that most people just give credit to Eowyn and ignore Merry, thats all...both deserve credit thats my point...
About the "I am no man" cheesy quote, I said that because in the books she used different words.
@AlbertoDeSagitario She used different words and ended it with that "I am no man" quote. Putting that whole speech in a movie would be cheesy. That sort of dialogue is beautiful when you read it in a book, for a film it turns out more epic if you keep it more simple. I read the comment where you said that she deserved credit too, but I also read the other ones where you said that didn't do anything. You should make up your mind before commenting several times with different opinions.
Merry did all the work actually, read the books, she managed to kill the WK because Merry had an enchanted blade...anyways Eowyn gets credit for slaying the fellbeast.
@AlbertoDeSagitario Read _The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien_ and the _Silmarillion_. In the former, Tolkien answers why Eowyn, not Merry, gets all the credit. He assisted her with a distraction--the stab in the back of the knee. However, Tolkien says Merry only hurt him and made him stumble but could NOT have killed him. The _Silmarillion_ contains the prophecy about "no living man" being able to kill the WK. Tolkien says in _Letters_ that "man" in this sense means male.
@AlbertoDeSagitario Hum, yeah I read the books and actually Merry's sword could only make him weaker and wounded. Éowyn was the only one who could kill him because she was a female. Merry deserves credits of course, he helped her and actually saved her. But the thing is Éowyn killed the nazgul, Merry helped her. This wouldn't even be up to discussion if she wasn't a woman.
@AlbertoDeSagitario I actually agree with you when you say most people just ignore Merry. But I didn't and I still think Éowyn did the bigger part of the job. Just because you feel that a character has been injusticied doesn't mean you should attack the one who took the bigger credits. That whole Éowyn/Merry friendship and companionship is beautiful and people shouldn't be spoiling it by creating hatred towards one of them. They made a team, they were underrated and turned out to be heroes.
To bad they left out the fact that merry had a magic sword with spells on it for slaying servants of sauron. When he stabbed him he lost his power and was then able to be killed by eowyn. Otherwise he would've mopped the floor with her. So when he says no man can kill him hes right a hobbit did. Its cool that she did but the point is anyone could've done it after he was stabbed by merry.
@litematter Read _The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien_ and the _Silmarillion_. In the former, Tolkien answers why Eowyn, not Merry, gets all the credit. He assisted her with a distraction--the stab in the back of the knee. However, Tolkien says Merry only hurt him and made him stumble but could NOT have killed him. The _Silmarillion_ contains the prophecy about "no living man" being able to kill the WK. Tolkien says in _Letters_ that "man" in this sense means male. So, only a woman could do it.
@Flossran Yeah I know but to me it was more merry. The book described his sword afterwards "No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will" Id hardly call that a simple distraction. Ah well the true answer I guess is merry made him killable but Eowyn was there to do the killing though anyone could have done it at that point.
@litematter And who the f*** do you think you are to say that you disagree with Tolkien himself and twist his own fiction? He gave the credits to Éowyn and since it's his book, his narrative, his creation, he is absolutely right and you are completely wrong.
@AronofskysKumo I don't give a fuck how Tolkien wanted it. If he wanted Eowyn to have full credit he should have had her fight him on her own then and win. Also if anyone thinks I'm saying that merry deserves more credit because eowyn is female is wrong, If an of the male characters had been in her place id still give merry credit.
@litematter You don't give a fuck about how Tolkien wanted it? Why do you even watch/read LOTR then? Tolkien wanted to created two characters who had been underestimated by the others and that wanted to fight nevertheless what they were told. They made a team. They both deserve the credits. But it's just stupid to attack one of those characters who are bond by the same meaning just because the other one didn't turn out to be so popular in that scene.
@MonocleStoat On second thought, I really have no idea what you're trying to argue. There's generic rampant complaining about feminism and also "straight men" supporting it... people just really can't get what they're trying to argue out clearly these days.
@MonocleStoat As long as people think women are less than men, this kind of stuff will still be very exciting to people. Being a "dude" has nothing to do with it; if it's about freedom, gender shouldn't play any part in it. I doubt you really have an idea what you meant by "not caring if you were a "dude". People don't seem to notice that these issues have just been constrained by "political correctness", they haven't gone away. Conclusion: it is what it is.. for what it is. Get over it.
@Kidzilla99 If women had had that same position a few years ago we wouldn't be able to vote nowadays. Getting over with it didn't lead Frodo to destroy the ring.
@AronofskysKumo No it doesn't, once again you need to find the original comment to realize that you aren't actually arguing against my views. Someone was saying to "grow a dick" if you care about this moment in a movie and not to think of it as being feminist. I responded gender had nothing to do with inspiration about the CARE for freedom of women; men and women both can care about it. I then concluded anti-women issues are still prevalent and that the scene was indeed a "pro-women" moment.
@AronofskysKumo That the guy was in denial for trying to say the scene wasnt about feminism... I said it is what it was... and that he needed to get over it.
@txmoney though i'm no fan of religion in the least, it's really not completely beyond the realm of imagination to believe tolkien, a devout roman catholic, was trying to emulate that particular biblical passage. there are similarities.
@fribido626 Don't forget Frodo didn't even get to drop it. Smeagol did, unpurposely. I think the character who deserves more respect is Sam. If it wasn't for Sam the Ring wouldn't have been destroyed and everyone would have died or slaved. And yes, all true fans of LOTR give Merry his proper credits, just don't forget Éowyn did most of the job.
@MonocleStoat I dont have a problem with a strong girl character in fantasy movies. What irks me though is when they have to make a big deal of it. In every movie I've seen that has a female warrior/soldier/etc - they have to display some sort of 'Girl power moment' to prove to the men how good they are. It would be so much better if they were already 'part of the team' without having to stun the men first by showing off their skills.
@ErikaCn100 It's a big deal because the Witch-King was prophecied to be unkillable by man. Not because Tolkien was making a big deal about GIRL POWER. Lrn2lore.
@aire349 I wasn't talking about this movie in particular....read the comment above me and reread my reply. I was replying to his comment, not the videos. Lrn2Read you braindead fuck.
I love how sure of himself the witch king sounds. He thinks he's so cool.
Witch King: "No man can Kill me" B-)
Anything2bCool 1 day ago
@DCdabest The RACE men, not the GENDER.
Daioblis 2 days ago
@SuzeiGuru Bored that men always get the gloatin' and the hero role?
Daioblis 2 days ago
All the women in my theater - myself included - CHEERED at this part.
SuzieGuru 4 days ago
0:04 COME AT ME BRO!!
0:21 I aint no bro!
KyleRuelling1 1 week ago
Apperently...Being A Specific Smart Ass Counts in Lord of the Rings....
Riley4312 1 week ago
Technically the Which king was killed by a women AND a Hobbit.
Samaru163 1 week ago
This was really corny and gay.
me700gnomes 1 week ago
@me700gnomes This is a movie and it does not have a subconscious which means it cannot have a sexual orientation.
XxXgoodnightmaresXxX in reply to me700gnomes (Show the comment) 1 week ago
@XxXgoodnightmaresXxX Its corny...and gay.
me700gnomes in reply to XxXgoodnightmaresXxX (Show the comment) 1 week ago
15 men didnt like this..sorry boys woman rule this scene
sesshyforever21 2 weeks ago
The amount of sexism on the Internet fucking baffles me. I love the lord of the rings, but the community is 90% sexist, virgin fanboys who only enjoy the battle sequences and/or have never read the books.
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this video clip tell us women are root of all evil deeds
right2left2 3 weeks ago
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right2left2 3 weeks ago
You probably thought this guy was a guy
NOPE!!! CHUCK TESTA!!!!
Armstrang22 3 weeks ago
BRILLIANT :3
Juliaaa1108 3 weeks ago
W-king:You fool,no man can kill me!
Eowyn:I am no man!*takes off helmet*
W-king:Wtf????I fought with a girl?This is madness!
Eowyn:Madness?This is SUPER GIRL POWER!
*stabs the w-king in face*
SailorVenus223 4 weeks ago
THEN GET BACK IN THE BLOODY KITCHEN!!!!!!!!!!!
CrEEpR69 1 month ago
I use to lead the wraiths...but then I took a hobbit to the knee
RankoTheDark 1 month ago
Eowyn is hot
superFrontrunner 1 month ago
"YOU MAD, BRO?"
"I AM NO MAD"
Dudeinator6599 1 month ago 3
eowen: I am no man
witch king: crap...
WeaslysWizardWeezes 1 month ago
That's all it took. They popped him like a balloon. Literally...
1991Hatcher 1 month ago
9gag here
SleepingSky 1 month ago
..........I always wondered, did the tip of her sword bend on the back of his helmet when she rammed it in like that? you can keep all your PC bullshit...these are the real mysteries.
Agundis1825 1 month ago
"I AM NO MAN!"
"Then get back in the kitchen bitch."
BladesNstuffs 1 month ago
funny..all the people who say they are dinging this kill cause she is a woman...where are you when aragorn kills someone...I don't see this dialogue when any of the other characters off someone. Half of the comments are comments on her looks, some on how she is out of the kitchen and some on how she couldn't have done it without merry. Funny how she whacked the head off the Nazgull before merry made an appearance. Maybe it was the presence of the men that gave her courage. snort.
cmoursler3 1 month ago
Funniest thing that could have happened (also the biggest fail ever) is that she stabs him before saying she was no man and taking the helmet away and the Witch King just stood there, laughed and said ''You fool, no man can kill me'' and then she takes her helmet away and says shes not a man and stabs him and all of a sudden he dies.
ps3Nerak1001 1 month ago
talk about a total bi--- slap!
themettaloid1 1 month ago
You can tell that he was regretting being so damn specific when he acquired that immortality.
Eowyn:"I am no man" Witch King "well thats just a technicality it shouldnt matter-OUWW. Ah Goddamnit Sauron!!!!"
PennyDreadful1 1 month ago
This badass warrior of destruction and decimation is brought down by some chick? Come on son, that's worse than teddy bears beating the most advanced military force in the galaxy.
AlexEwing 1 month ago
@AlexEwing Since he cant be killed by men It would not just work for him to be killed by a man. That man would...die.
PennyDreadful1 in reply to AlexEwing (Show the comment) 1 month ago
I love this scene. I was actually expecting it to be the ghost army who slays him, but then I saw this scene and I thought "Holy crap! Eowyn killed him?! That's freaking awesome!"
fantasygurl101 1 month ago
All the women in the theater cheered at this part
holycowrap 1 month ago
This scene was just weak for me. Its such a technicality Yes she is not a MAN but she is of the race of man. I just don't know what Tolkin was thinking with this.
jjester2345 1 month ago
@jjester2345 Technicalites are a big part of literature, though. Think of Macbeth.
Keysora in reply to jjester2345 (Show the comment) 1 month ago
@jjester2345 Nah...Tolkien was a christian. A catholic even. And a fan of symbolism. A world of high fantasy can contain technicalities. Symbols and magic can actually matter in such a world. Who you are born as,under which star and what gender and race all matter.
PennyDreadful1 in reply to jjester2345 (Show the comment) 1 month ago
the witch king only died because he was so suprised to see her outside of kitchen!
Eddtastic100 1 month ago
@Eddtastic100 weak
PennyDreadful1 in reply to Eddtastic100 (Show the comment) 1 month ago
ohh I wanted to see the shockwave he gave off when he died LOL
PaladinswordSaurfang 1 month ago
god i hate this part. That stupid little women killing that super cool badass guy :(
xxan84 1 month ago
@xxan84 What do you go around stepping on baby birds for fun or something?
PennyDreadful1 in reply to xxan84 (Show the comment) 1 month ago
@PennyDreadful1
And this has what to do with what i said?
xxan84 in reply to PennyDreadful1 (Show the comment) 1 month ago
witch king: GODDAM POLITICAL CORRECTNESS...
OsamaBinLooney 1 month ago
oh. sorry. in the book he calls her sister-daughter so that makes sense
TheSaerwen 1 month ago
Stop bitching about the gender issues, lol. This was a great scene.
Evening it out, I think more strong female characters like this in action/adventure movies need to initially be shown as skilled rather than have some dramatic moment that shocks everyone. Their abilities should be as equally received as a male's-- not made a big deal out of IF they've been experienced for years.
I'm a girl, and I can't take most female action heroes seriously just because of how overly dramatized they are.
Naytile 1 month ago
@Naytile . Strong female characters are being made a big deal out of because, like it or not, the majority of us movie/tv viewers are still quite sexist. The first comment I saw here was a fucking kitchen "joke". Nearly all of us believe in some sort of unproven gender difference or stereotype (women are better at raising children, men are better at fighting etc....) Women who are strong will always be made a big deal out of as long as women are not treated as equals in all media.
widdlepuddyfat in reply to Naytile (Show the comment) 1 month ago
@Naytile Some female action heroes will just be fetishized male fantasies =(
Neeeeeeed moar female writers / producers of culture, more more moooooore =)
Archiveofobscurity in reply to Naytile (Show the comment) 1 month ago
@reaper555ym
She's not a peasant. She's the daughter of Theoden King. And she marries Faramir.
TheSaerwen 1 month ago
@TheSaerwen actually, she's the niece of King Théoden, not daughter.
cass1skins in reply to TheSaerwen (Show the comment) 1 month ago
@TheSaerwen she is not the daughter of Theoden King, Theoden is her uncle... fail
reaper555ym in reply to TheSaerwen (Show the comment) 1 month ago
Wait, is that Bob?
DrD0000M 1 month ago
I loved this part! Haha.
LadyXenoAcid 2 months ago
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Bitch please, just another bitch taking credit over Pippin's work!
xBangittyBang 2 months ago
Hated this shit, Witchking being the biggest evil in the movie ( eye of Sauron never did anything for me, and the Balrog only played a small part) and for it to be killed by this peasant simpleton, a hoer of Rohan.
reaper555ym 2 months ago
@reaper555ym Haha, dude, what? She's royalty.
ArcVaranus in reply to reaper555ym (Show the comment) 1 month ago
@reaper555ym
She did not really killed him. The nazgul are immortal as the ring exist, if the ring hasn't been destroyed he would have come back.
bragdale in reply to reaper555ym (Show the comment) 1 month ago
@reaper555ym um, the whole point of the film was a small band of peasant simpleton's can overcome the evil empire because they 'believed in themselves' and had all that 'never give up on hope' stuff in their hearts. Did you not notice?
Archiveofobscurity in reply to reaper555ym (Show the comment) 1 month ago
GIRL POWER!
algerian1000 2 months ago
And of course she had to be saved by the dude
MrKakashidude101 2 months ago
Lord of the Kitchen.
tkotomy 2 months ago
COME AT ME BRO, I AM NO BRO
PrinceOfThehippies 2 months ago
He fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is never get involved in a land war in Asia - but only slightly less well-known is this-- Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
HA HA HA...
gourdbox 2 months ago
can anyone upload the full scene
kanerocks1998 2 months ago
i c'ant avoid being sory for the witch king LOL
carvereliot 2 months ago
witch king= FUCKIN LOOPHOLES1!!!1
admiralflynn895 2 months ago
His only weakness: A woman.
SternMann93 2 months ago 19
@SternMann93 How ironic
KimsCS124 in reply to SternMann93 (Show the comment) 3 weeks ago
Witch-king: Come at me bro!
Eowyn: I`m no bro!
Witch-king: Oh...Shit!
Dreadboy76 2 months ago 4
Well, she swings the sword like a girl.
schallrd1 2 months ago
@schallrd1 yeah..that mattered. lololol...she shot that gun like a .......splat.
cmoursler3 in reply to schallrd1 (Show the comment) 1 month ago
I would like to see definitive proof that she is no man.
schallrd1 2 months ago
Actually, when you think of it although people carry on about misogynist themes in the work of Tolkien and C.S Lewis, his friend and colleuge, their female characters are always strong, perceptive and reasonable, and usually a lot better at resisting the forces of evil than the male ones.
"The hearts of men are too easily corrupted" - Galadriel
DCdabest 2 months ago 19
@DCdabest corrupted...by women.
Sorcus93 in reply to DCdabest (Show the comment) 1 week ago
One of the great Nine Black Riders got killed by a chick and a midget.
ram0000100 2 months ago 2
If it wasn't for Pippin, she would've died lol.
Greatbonzz 2 months ago
@Greatbonzz due it was merry not pippin and yes i agree with you
Smileyface64kl in reply to Greatbonzz (Show the comment) 2 months ago
But in LotR, the race of Men doesn't denote gender so... this whole scene is bullshit. hahaha.
kman618 2 months ago
@kman618 That, or no other person had gotten close enough stab him in the face.
FearsAdamBlack in reply to kman618 (Show the comment) 2 months ago
I used to be able to kill him, but then I took an arrow to the knee.
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Witch king: You fool! No man can stop me!
Justin Bieber: 0:22
TheVoice0fFate 2 months ago
Witch king: You fool! No man can kill me!
Justin Bieber: 022
TheVoice0fFate 2 months ago
@AliTubelog Nope, pretty sure that was a sword...in the face.
exactomacto in reply to AliTubelog (Show the comment) 2 months ago
So Justin Bieber could also kill the Witchking.
cheeezy92 2 months ago
@cheeezy92 is justin bieber all you think about...... please leave that kid out of Lord of the Rings.
tonybarrueta in reply to cheeezy92 (Show the comment) 2 months ago 2
"COME AT ME BRO"
"I AM NO BRO"
DarkWarlock86 2 months ago 64
lich king?
spasmer1337 2 months ago
so his weakspot is located in a gaping hole in his head
cool
TheKanonHara 2 months ago
"I am no man. I am acting. Aaaaaah!"
HRVDNT 3 months ago
woman! stop playing with my swords and get back in the kitchen... enough of this LARPing
systema101 3 months ago
@systema101 She is one woman who cannot be placed in a kitchen! Even Aragorn failed.... D:
runeguy221akaredguy2 in reply to systema101 (Show the comment) 2 months ago
As I recall, the idea that the Witch-King can't be killed by a man was a PROPHECY made by an Elven-King, which the Witch-King took to mean that he invincible. In the end, the prophecy came true when the WK was killed by the conjoined efforts of a woman and a hobbit. They had an equal hand in it. So will everyone stop arguing about who did what and just accept that yes, Eowyn stabbed the WK, and yes, Merry weakened him first. they both had a hand in it, without the other they would have failed.
pokexplosion21 3 months ago 17
i am no man, I AM AN UGLY WOMAN.
whorebucks 3 months ago
0:26 is funnier than womens rights
pspvampire 3 months ago
Why doesn't anyone acknowledge Merry, she would've been dead if Merry hadn't stabbed him.
iwanfon1 3 months ago
And thus the dawn of feminism began.
Sam1994M 3 months ago 82
@Sam1994M LOL
SergioSource in reply to Sam1994M (Show the comment) 3 months ago
no insult to the trilogy or anything, but i personally hate this scene.
fightinside1 3 months ago
@fightinside1 Me too, they make the Witch King out to be such a bad ass, and he ends up being killed by a woman, who I personally disliked from the start.
iwanfon1 in reply to fightinside1 (Show the comment) 3 months ago
@iwanfon1 typical films of this era most badass guy who can`t be beat by any other bad ass guys or big amazing heros or super kickass men but can always be ttaken out by a skin women who can kill everything
systema101 in reply to iwanfon1 (Show the comment) 3 months ago
yes Sondoflambda is right, LOTR is actually filled with hints and allusions of Christianity. And it was not merely for fictional inspiration, Tolkien himself was a deeply religious man. This is no "heathen" story ;). even though Tolkien was also heavely influenced by northern mythology, such as Valhalla and stuff, and the adventures in Midgård=Middle earth
Maxweckl 3 months ago
Witchking killed by a woman xxxxxxxxD
poor guy
SeptimeRecords 3 months ago
most films and literature are obviously filled with Christian allusions as everyone used to follow the text exactly and got most of their ideas from the bible long ago... anyhow... why could men not kill the Witch-King? I never did find out lol
McVitiesmuffinjohn 3 months ago
@McVitiesmuffinjohn my own belief that is no one found in the books what so ever is that some one put a spell on him thinking well ill only got to cover males fighting him sesne women dont really fight ... as long has your not paying any attention to the story as even sauron gets defeated by a woman at one point
TheeCheeseBurgerBob in reply to McVitiesmuffinjohn (Show the comment) 3 months ago
@TheeCheeseBurgerBob awww right fair enough... yeah well Frodo is a woman! :P haha
McVitiesmuffinjohn in reply to TheeCheeseBurgerBob (Show the comment) 3 months ago
YIEH GIRL POWER!
BlaancheBellee 3 months ago
She's the one who killed the Witch king since "no man kill him". Merry only stalled him to give eowyn the finishing blow. if not for eowyn that punk-ass witch king would have recovered.
mrdaguio 3 months ago 2
@mrdaguio Stalled? The Witch king had Eowyn in his hand, and was about to kill her, Merry is the real hero.
iwanfon1 in reply to mrdaguio (Show the comment) 3 months ago
@iwanfon1 whatever you say. even gandalf could not kill the witch king. In the battlefield only eowyn can.
mrdaguio in reply to iwanfon1 (Show the comment) 3 months ago
@mrdaguio well technically in the book it was merry who laid the fatal blow, Eowyn finished him off. I like this better though
dinosteve in reply to mrdaguio (Show the comment) 2 months ago
@dinosteve I agree, coz we're talking about the movie, and that there is a sense of women empowerment they're trying to emphasize here.
mrdaguio in reply to dinosteve (Show the comment) 2 months ago
a lady killed the witch king sexist men and boys, dont like it, dont watch it its as simple as that
Mg95a 3 months ago 4
@AliTubelog no your just a blind fool
Mg95a in reply to AliTubelog (Show the comment) 3 months ago
you just got M. Night Shyamalaned
jayha242 3 months ago
She's too butch for Aragorn
MegaPoone 3 months ago
The top comments are so original.
fergusmo88 3 months ago
iam no man i'm a gay man
FailPWNers 4 months ago
Score one for loopholes.
RobertMitchellX 4 months ago
THIS WOMAN IS MY SPIRIT ANIMAL I DONT EVEN
Shaestel 4 months ago
The power of PMS!
Azicoco 4 months ago
damn, i wanted graham norton to kill the witch king.
DrumCoversFromHell 4 months ago
"No dude can kill me, bro."
"Yeah, well, i'm a chick so..."
"SHIT"
FailHazard 4 months ago 51
@FailHazard
Come at me Bro!
I am no bro!
zues998 in reply to FailHazard (Show the comment) 2 months ago 5
HEADSHOT
Umbator 4 months ago
The information in the description is wrong. In the introduction of the books (which everyone should read), Tolkien makes it very clear that he's completely against any kinds of allegory.
AronofskysKumo 4 months ago
this is the reason all armies should have at least 1 woman!
lovealldogs88 4 months ago
To all who think Merry killed the Witchking: READ up before you speak. In _The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien_ the man himself is asked how Merry affected the Nazgul lord and if he helped kill him. Tolkien clearly states that Merry stabbing the WK _in the leg_ (not a lethal blow-- Eowyn stabs him in the face) hurt him and made him stumble, but Merry could NOT have killed him. J.R.R.T. also says the prophecy from _The Silmarillion_ about "No living man" killing the WK meant males (hobbits too).
Flossran 5 months ago
So with that cheesy quote "im no man" its like saying "I did all the job"...which she didnt...
AlbertoDeSagitario 5 months ago
@AlbertoDeSagitario In which planet does "i am no man" mean "i did all the job"? And if it weren't for her, Merry wouldn't even be there, she had the courage to disobey her king and ride to battle to fight for those she loves and she took Merry with her cause she believed in him. She knew what it was like to be considered useless. She cut off the flying beast's head and killed the nazgul, yes Merry helped her but how many times would Aragorn have died if the others weren't there to help him too?
AronofskysKumo in reply to AlbertoDeSagitario (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@AronofskysKumo Thats why I said "she deserve credit too", check the other comments before replying....what im saying is that most people just give credit to Eowyn and ignore Merry, thats all...both deserve credit thats my point...
About the "I am no man" cheesy quote, I said that because in the books she used different words.
AlbertoDeSagitario in reply to AronofskysKumo (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@AlbertoDeSagitario She used different words and ended it with that "I am no man" quote. Putting that whole speech in a movie would be cheesy. That sort of dialogue is beautiful when you read it in a book, for a film it turns out more epic if you keep it more simple. I read the comment where you said that she deserved credit too, but I also read the other ones where you said that didn't do anything. You should make up your mind before commenting several times with different opinions.
AronofskysKumo in reply to AlbertoDeSagitario (Show the comment) 4 months ago
Merry did all the work actually, read the books, she managed to kill the WK because Merry had an enchanted blade...anyways Eowyn gets credit for slaying the fellbeast.
AlbertoDeSagitario 5 months ago
@AlbertoDeSagitario Read _The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien_ and the _Silmarillion_. In the former, Tolkien answers why Eowyn, not Merry, gets all the credit. He assisted her with a distraction--the stab in the back of the knee. However, Tolkien says Merry only hurt him and made him stumble but could NOT have killed him. The _Silmarillion_ contains the prophecy about "no living man" being able to kill the WK. Tolkien says in _Letters_ that "man" in this sense means male.
Flossran in reply to AlbertoDeSagitario (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@Flossran Not just assisted her, he actually saved her...
My point is, both deserve credit, not just Eowyn.
AlbertoDeSagitario in reply to Flossran (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@AlbertoDeSagitario Hum, yeah I read the books and actually Merry's sword could only make him weaker and wounded. Éowyn was the only one who could kill him because she was a female. Merry deserves credits of course, he helped her and actually saved her. But the thing is Éowyn killed the nazgul, Merry helped her. This wouldn't even be up to discussion if she wasn't a woman.
AronofskysKumo in reply to AlbertoDeSagitario (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@AronofskysKumo Yes, my point is..both deserve credit, I said that because most people just ignore Merry in this part.
AlbertoDeSagitario in reply to AronofskysKumo (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@AlbertoDeSagitario I actually agree with you when you say most people just ignore Merry. But I didn't and I still think Éowyn did the bigger part of the job. Just because you feel that a character has been injusticied doesn't mean you should attack the one who took the bigger credits. That whole Éowyn/Merry friendship and companionship is beautiful and people shouldn't be spoiling it by creating hatred towards one of them. They made a team, they were underrated and turned out to be heroes.
AronofskysKumo in reply to AlbertoDeSagitario (Show the comment) 4 months ago
Mordekaiser !
xkullSoldx 5 months ago
To bad they left out the fact that merry had a magic sword with spells on it for slaying servants of sauron. When he stabbed him he lost his power and was then able to be killed by eowyn. Otherwise he would've mopped the floor with her. So when he says no man can kill him hes right a hobbit did. Its cool that she did but the point is anyone could've done it after he was stabbed by merry.
litematter 5 months ago
@litematter Read _The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien_ and the _Silmarillion_. In the former, Tolkien answers why Eowyn, not Merry, gets all the credit. He assisted her with a distraction--the stab in the back of the knee. However, Tolkien says Merry only hurt him and made him stumble but could NOT have killed him. The _Silmarillion_ contains the prophecy about "no living man" being able to kill the WK. Tolkien says in _Letters_ that "man" in this sense means male. So, only a woman could do it.
Flossran in reply to litematter (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@Flossran Yeah I know but to me it was more merry. The book described his sword afterwards "No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will" Id hardly call that a simple distraction. Ah well the true answer I guess is merry made him killable but Eowyn was there to do the killing though anyone could have done it at that point.
litematter in reply to Flossran (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@litematter And who the f*** do you think you are to say that you disagree with Tolkien himself and twist his own fiction? He gave the credits to Éowyn and since it's his book, his narrative, his creation, he is absolutely right and you are completely wrong.
AronofskysKumo in reply to litematter (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@AronofskysKumo I don't give a fuck how Tolkien wanted it. If he wanted Eowyn to have full credit he should have had her fight him on her own then and win. Also if anyone thinks I'm saying that merry deserves more credit because eowyn is female is wrong, If an of the male characters had been in her place id still give merry credit.
litematter in reply to AronofskysKumo (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@litematter You don't give a fuck about how Tolkien wanted it? Why do you even watch/read LOTR then? Tolkien wanted to created two characters who had been underestimated by the others and that wanted to fight nevertheless what they were told. They made a team. They both deserve the credits. But it's just stupid to attack one of those characters who are bond by the same meaning just because the other one didn't turn out to be so popular in that scene.
AronofskysKumo in reply to litematter (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@MonocleStoat On second thought, I really have no idea what you're trying to argue. There's generic rampant complaining about feminism and also "straight men" supporting it... people just really can't get what they're trying to argue out clearly these days.
Kidzilla99 5 months ago
@MonocleStoat As long as people think women are less than men, this kind of stuff will still be very exciting to people. Being a "dude" has nothing to do with it; if it's about freedom, gender shouldn't play any part in it. I doubt you really have an idea what you meant by "not caring if you were a "dude". People don't seem to notice that these issues have just been constrained by "political correctness", they haven't gone away. Conclusion: it is what it is.. for what it is. Get over it.
Kidzilla99 5 months ago 3
@Kidzilla99 If women had had that same position a few years ago we wouldn't be able to vote nowadays. Getting over with it didn't lead Frodo to destroy the ring.
AronofskysKumo in reply to Kidzilla99 (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@AronofskysKumo Your response isn't to anything within my comment. Want to know more, read what I responded to.
Kidzilla99 in reply to AronofskysKumo (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@Kidzilla99 It has everything to do... Don't be ridiculous and use your brain for once.
AronofskysKumo in reply to Kidzilla99 (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@AronofskysKumo No it doesn't, once again you need to find the original comment to realize that you aren't actually arguing against my views. Someone was saying to "grow a dick" if you care about this moment in a movie and not to think of it as being feminist. I responded gender had nothing to do with inspiration about the CARE for freedom of women; men and women both can care about it. I then concluded anti-women issues are still prevalent and that the scene was indeed a "pro-women" moment.
Kidzilla99 in reply to AronofskysKumo (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@Kidzilla99 When you said: "Conclusion: it is what it is... for what it is. Get over it." what were you trying to say, exactly?
AronofskysKumo in reply to Kidzilla99 (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@AronofskysKumo That the guy was in denial for trying to say the scene wasnt about feminism... I said it is what it was... and that he needed to get over it.
Kidzilla99 in reply to AronofskysKumo (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@Kidzilla99 you can tell it was a pro-woman moment because it is 100% fiction.
bulkforce5 in reply to Kidzilla99 (Show the comment) 4 months ago
I'm going to stab you so hard your face collapses.
gizmofly870 5 months ago 6
viking randomly comes out of the sand: YOU ARE NO MAN!
FightAgainstGrenades 5 months ago
Aside from the religious nutbaggery of the video description, great scene.
txmoney 5 months ago 34
@txmoney though i'm no fan of religion in the least, it's really not completely beyond the realm of imagination to believe tolkien, a devout roman catholic, was trying to emulate that particular biblical passage. there are similarities.
orewagundam in reply to txmoney (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@txmoney Like it or not. Tolkien based many concepts from the lord of the rings on instances in the Bible
VaiTrooper in reply to txmoney (Show the comment) 3 months ago
@txmoney although it is actually an allegory, LOTR is filled with Christianity allusions.
SoundofLambda in reply to txmoney (Show the comment) 3 months ago
@EverythingsUpload Uhh... you know that insult is derived from a female's body parts, right?
indigodecay in reply to EverythingsUpload (Show the comment) 5 months ago
No props for Merry with the assist? What's a hobbit gotta do for some respect, drop a ring in a volcano?
fribido626 5 months ago 21
@fribido626 Don't forget Frodo didn't even get to drop it. Smeagol did, unpurposely. I think the character who deserves more respect is Sam. If it wasn't for Sam the Ring wouldn't have been destroyed and everyone would have died or slaved. And yes, all true fans of LOTR give Merry his proper credits, just don't forget Éowyn did most of the job.
AronofskysKumo in reply to fribido626 (Show the comment) 4 months ago
This seems like a technicality that he should have known about.
reapfreak 5 months ago 3
@MonocleStoat I dont have a problem with a strong girl character in fantasy movies. What irks me though is when they have to make a big deal of it. In every movie I've seen that has a female warrior/soldier/etc - they have to display some sort of 'Girl power moment' to prove to the men how good they are. It would be so much better if they were already 'part of the team' without having to stun the men first by showing off their skills.
ErikaCn100 5 months ago
@ErikaCn100 It's a big deal because the Witch-King was prophecied to be unkillable by man. Not because Tolkien was making a big deal about GIRL POWER. Lrn2lore.
aire349 in reply to ErikaCn100 (Show the comment) 5 months ago 2
@aire349 thumbs-up'd only for "lrn2lore"
sldkfj203948 in reply to aire349 (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@aire349 I wasn't talking about this movie in particular....read the comment above me and reread my reply. I was replying to his comment, not the videos. Lrn2Read you braindead fuck.
ErikaCn100 in reply to aire349 (Show the comment) 5 months ago