She got her ass kicked. Then someone Backstabbed the Witchking. Seems all the most powerful (and coolest) warriors go down that way. Nobody can really beat them head on, they get cowardly and strike when they're aren't looking...
"The Barrow-blades are daggers or short swords forged in Arnor in the early Third Age. They are found by the Hobbits in the barrow of a Barrow-wight and given to them by Tom Bombadil.
(Merry's barrow-blade) being of Númenórean make, breaks the spell protecting (the witch king's) undead flesh and pierces his knee. He falls to the ground, and this gives Eowyn the chance to kill him.
(The blades) are "wrought with spells for the doom of Mordor"."
The dagger was destroyed but it was the weapon that penetrated all of the protective spells that the witchking had surrounding himself. Otherwise she never could have penetrated his defense.
@johnniiee146 These served as short-swords for the Hobbits, and Merry used his to stab the Witch-king in the back of the knee at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Upon doing so, the dagger was destroyed. The blade had been enchanted in such a way as to be quite deadly to the Witch-king, specifically, by the unnamed weaponsmith of Arnor who forged it.[citation needed] This power was said to be what destroyed the head Nazgûl.
They found the swords in the wight's treasure. (in the book)
@blackhawk438 Well he was overconfident that no man could kill him. He just did not realize he was fighting a woman, thus that blessing he had did not work
Thought Arwen and Faramir were miscast. Faramir should have been taller, more noble yet more humble, less self-assuming, one who neither desires nor abuses power. Maybe a young Richard Gere. And Arwen should have been... thin and beautiful, more royal, more confident and more wise. Perhaps only Meryl Streep could pull that off. And I missed Frodo's interrogation by Faramir in the semicircle and later the hidden outpost under the falls, where Faramir discovers Frodo has the one ring.
@357MagnumBob Peter Jackson said in an interview he purposefully modified Faramir's character for the film, as, in the movie, it undercut the corrupting power of the ring to have a character completely immune.
I can just imagine the Witch King calmly pulling out the sword, stating that the rules weren't literal, maybe a couple drops of Visine, and then curbstomping everyone.
If I hadn't already known how the story ended when I saw RotK, I would have been hoping that Aragorn ended up with Eowyn (rarrrr). Arwyn was kind of annoying.
1:14 - my God, I wondered how Eowyn survived that swing. That morning star weighs at least 180 lbs. Being hit by that, would probably cause so much internal bleeding, she wouldn't even be able to stand up.
So a little hobbit, a little dagger and a little girl some how destroyed the Witch King. Whats next? Shining a flashlight into Saurons eye destoys him?
What a fucking gay death. So he does a "I'm gon kill you now" line, gets fucked over. Then she says a "I'm gon kill you now line" and he just dumbly sits there and watches himself get kill? Come the FUCK on. How gay.
So passed the sword of the Barrow-downs, work of Westernesse. But glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago in the North-kingdom when the Dúnedain were young, and chief among their foes was the dread realm of Angmar and its sorcerer king. 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
@MutantSecret Actually no, because if Merry hadn't stabbed in with that special dagger he still would have been imbibed with Sauron's power, and thus unbeatable.
I can't imagine how difficult shooting this scene must have been, swinging around that huge motherfucking flail while also lugging the armor, sword and cloak about. Damn nice end result, all the same.
@kaptkarl While there is a bit of inconsistency in that line and I see your point, he didn't mean it so literally; he meant Theoden was his kill or victim, not his meal. :P
He also dies in part due to the hobbit using a dagger of westernesse on him (from Aragorns forbears I think) that they obtained from the barrow mound in the first movie/book. In the book it was enchanted to kill wights and undead and surely weaken the Witch King of Angmar (that leader nazgul). After hitting him it disintegrated but it also seemed to stagger him and lessen his powers greatly. Eowyn then finished him off while he was staggered. It took both hits to really kill him.
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Do you see this internets? Bitches are rising up out of their kitchens and slaying that which men cannot. AS MEN WE MUST FIX THIS!!! Double shifts in the kitchen! Take away their knives, their swords, their shields, anything that they can use to rise up against us. Replace them with Mountain dew and Sammiches. All who are with me say, FOR SAMMICHES!!!
Damn it people, not any women can kill him. That only comes from a prophecy by Glorfindel that no man would kill him... because and get this shocker, Eowyn was destined to kill him. If he was destined to fucking get lost in a forest and get raped to death by magical woodland critters the prophecy would still be that no man could kill him.
The whole self-trained warrior princess is just a lazy way of portraying gender equality. The scene looks cool and all but 3 minutes of 'kapow female power' just feels like a lame way of portraying feminist themes. If you want to portray gender equality make strong female lead characters (just look at any studio Ghibli film) instead of making of making a contrived moment of someone taking out an oliphant, a narzgul and a witch king without any training just because the prophecy said 'no man.'
@Umishiru Yes i am aware how old it is, but the age of the of piece of work doesn't stop people from discussing about it. By that the vast majority of literature you critique at school (or university) for your English Literature lessons was completely pointless because most of them tend to be more than 50 years old.
Here's the skinny people. The blade Merry uses was found by Tom Bombadil. It was informally called the "Barrow-blade" because of where Tom found it. It was enchanted by the Westernesse to have powers specific against Mordor. When Merry stabs him (in the knee) it weakens him enough for Eowyn to strike the killing blow. His blade was not enough to kill him, but make him vulnerable.
Though it doesn't show it in the movie, Eowyn's sword DOES shatter along with Merry's.
@Silentkill367 i have no idea wat you just said...but that sounds so cool. i never read the books or anything i just watched the movies and i been fascinated by the series. but idk wat these...angmars or ringraiths...or fricken lord of nazgul mean but you dont gotta explain it yo
Why does the witch king say 'don't get in-between the nazgûl and it's prey..?' Isn't it a fell beast or hell-hawk..? A Nazgûl is the ring-wraiths or dark riders yeah..?
he killed a bunch of elite soldiers and a battle hardened king...but was killed by a hobbit and a woman....but hey..the prophecy isnt gonna fufil itself :D
It's not as if just any female could just stroll up to the Witch King and say 'I have boobs, I kill you now.' He happens to have magic powers, a massive freaking mace and the strength to wave it around easily, not to mention a massive flying killing machine as a pet/ride. Eowyn's had training from some of the best warriors in Rohan and even so if Merry hadn't been there she'd have died.
I find it idiotic that the all powerful Witch King can be instantly killed by roughly 50% of the the population of Middle Earth. Did he not think that might be a bit of a problem? Shouldn't he have been terrified in the Fellowship of the Ring when that elf chick pulled out her sword by the river? And don't give me any of that rubbish about Merry's magical sword because as far as the film is concerned he was never given it.
@KrazyKommieKiller Witch-King can't be "instantly killed" by anone who isn't human male. The prophecy doesn't mean that he's somehow vulnerable to females or non-humans, or that Men couldn't technically kill him. It doesn't say "this is his achilles heel". It simply states the person who will one day kill him won't happen to be a male human. Witch-King himself misinterprented it, believing it ment he couldn't be killed by Men; that he was invincible. This made him overconfident.
@Feanorielle So it's actually a self-fullfilling prophecy. Because he was so overconfident by the propehcy, he 1) was shocked to realize Éowyn was a female. This made him doubt his invincibilty for the first time. Therefore he didn't just smash the mortal in front of him as he could have, and didn't react or act soon enough, as he was trying to figure out this new turn. 2.) didn't pay attention to Merry, considering him insignificant, while in fact he was in possession of a dangerous weapon.
You guys are all retarded. She didn't kill him because she was a woman. She killed him because some deity (whichever was speaking through Glorfindel when he made the prophecy) chose her to do it. And technically, the prophecy was fulfilled since the Witch-king wasn't slain by a "man". Everyone assumed the prophecy meant he wouldn't be killed by a member of the Race of Man because the whole of Middle-Earth is a sexist society; they didn't bother to account for women. It's a riddle really.
Guys, you seem to be forgetting that there was a prophecy that the Witchking would NOT be killed by a man. And since he was fighting what he thought was a man, he had every reason to think himself invincible.
truth is eowyn didn't exactly kill the witch king...it was a back stab...why do bad guys always have to get killed so easily ? the balrog : easy,saruman : easy,sauron : easy, ( and in other movies for example darth vader and many others...) i wish there was also an evil ending in all those movies! then both sides would be pleased !
@tsiapas1423 You think the Balrog's death was easy? According to the timeline, there were ten days between when the Fellowship first encountered the Balrog and when Gandalf "smote his ruin upon the mountainside". When was the last time you did something for ten days straight?
This is the one moment they had a chance to make one of the only necessary changes to the book.. and they fuck it up even further, I mean they way they portray him is terrible. (Yes, I still came at the scenes.) Why couldn't he have killed that bitch. ;-;
@StormTrooper921 In the books, if I remember...Mt doom goes "boom" while the Nazgul were on their way to Mt Doom (to get the ring)...so, they got killed...
@sackitt16 The turth that you're a whore and so is your mother is useless cunt of cunts. We all know you were stabbed in the face with a coathanger by whorish mother you poster child for abortion
''As the Witch-king prepared to finish her off, Merry stabbed the back of the Witch-king's knee. Éowyn thrust her sword into the void between the Witch-king's crown and body. Her sword shattered, but the Witch-king's clothing fell to the ground, and he vanished with a wailing cry.''
This is information according to the book, so stop fucking crying.
@EnigmaDrath In the book, Eowyn reveals who she is at the start of the fight. It removes a whole lot of the cheesy I AM A WOMAN moment that PJ went for. Not to mention that the whole idea of the horror that the Witch King emanates is lacking here, and so you don't see the way Merry, who is blind with fear, watches Eowyn face the WK alone and he suddenly flames up with courage. It's an awesome moment, as is when Merry stabs the WK with the Numenorean blade.
@dragon2712 Actually the line is I AM NO MAN and Dernhelm never existed in PJ's movies so in the context of the movie it makes sense. Things have to be done differently in movies than in books, words convey things differently than images and sounds. Get off your high horse and enjoy a well made LOTR adaptation.
are we all watching the same video, when he hit the shield it shattered and fractured her hand, then knocked her back. Only reason she survived was because little dude and i always get them confused so fuck off. Shanked the witch king
THis was one of the most disappointing fight scenes ever. Throughout the trilogy, they build up how bad ass the Witch King is. Then he gets killed by a midget and a woman who participates in her first battle. Its like star wars episode six when the mighty galactic empire is slaughtered by teddy bears who throw rocks.
@mangler117 yeah. also note how in the "previews" and all his mace hit with the force of a thousand suns and everyone was knocked back 20 meters, yet eowen takes one hit easily like a superman, not even her wooden shield broke.
@ShakeITyEA what "previews" are you talking about? if you're referring to the prologue, that's sauron in battle. if you have not caught this you should probably rewatch the whole thing
@sixpointneuf actually yes, my error, its been a long time. however there is another scene which completely negates this one: it shows the witch king on his nazgul in mordor or whatever? facing gandalf, and there he is able to set his sword in fire and knock gandalf back and destroy his staff with sheer "psychic power", and here he hits eowyn with the real thing and doesnt do nearly as much damage. its just a disappointing last fight.
Nazgûl isn't the name of the beast, it's just Black Speech for "Ringwraith". One of those typical mistakes caused by the movies...
The scene of the Witch King facing Gandalf in Minas Tirith is a really terrible adaption of a similar scene in the books (which ended before a direct duel could take place).
His defeat against Merry and Éowyn was a mixture of underestimation and superstition (and maybe a little bit help from Ilúvatar).
0:42 Somebody is not amused.
Feanorielle 11 hours ago
She got her ass kicked. Then someone Backstabbed the Witchking. Seems all the most powerful (and coolest) warriors go down that way. Nobody can really beat them head on, they get cowardly and strike when they're aren't looking...
Xterminate13 2 days ago
Merry did all the work, she only got a hit in when he was crippled. Btw @blackhawk438 The creature is a Fellbeast
DalleDayul 2 days ago
It should be titled:
Witch King vs Eowyn and Merry.
napalmcannon 3 days ago
@boringsermonify
NEEEERRRRRDDDD!
takethecashbeeatch98 6 days ago
@takethecashbeeatch98 Jeeeeerrrrrrrrkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BlackSpittingCobra 4 days ago
"The Barrow-blades are daggers or short swords forged in Arnor in the early Third Age. They are found by the Hobbits in the barrow of a Barrow-wight and given to them by Tom Bombadil.
(Merry's barrow-blade) being of Númenórean make, breaks the spell protecting (the witch king's) undead flesh and pierces his knee. He falls to the ground, and this gives Eowyn the chance to kill him.
(The blades) are "wrought with spells for the doom of Mordor"."
Found on the lotr wiki on wikia dot com.
boringsermonify 1 week ago
Well, who said that girls aren't tough?
Safrina001 1 week ago
The moment when the Witch King rise under the wing of the fell beast is to me one of the best moments in the films.
Doomblade89 1 week ago
this is bullshit no man can kill him he reffers to a race the human race
SOVIET2683 2 weeks ago
@SOVIET2683 And in deed he was not killed, for as long as sauron is alive, he can reform his nazgul servants at will, and, as such, they cannot die.
MrAngryCucaracha 2 weeks ago
The dagger was destroyed but it was the weapon that penetrated all of the protective spells that the witchking had surrounding himself. Otherwise she never could have penetrated his defense.
Bropann 2 weeks ago
bad ass bitch
karlyheartsBLG 2 weeks ago
I used to kill nazgul, but then I took an arrow to the knee
nachocheese154 3 weeks ago
that looks like an orgasm to me. though i hate him, because he killed my #1 character in the series, rest in peace théoden king.
7errafirma 3 weeks ago
did anyone else nearly shat themselves when they saw the witch king's flail?
DoctorSmurfo 3 weeks ago
He completely stopped fighting after a dagger to the knee.. More like the Bitch King of Angmar..
johnniiee146 3 weeks ago
@johnniiee146 These served as short-swords for the Hobbits, and Merry used his to stab the Witch-king in the back of the knee at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Upon doing so, the dagger was destroyed. The blade had been enchanted in such a way as to be quite deadly to the Witch-king, specifically, by the unnamed weaponsmith of Arnor who forged it.[citation needed] This power was said to be what destroyed the head Nazgûl.
They found the swords in the wight's treasure. (in the book)
meesromijn 2 weeks ago 2
God, I hate the elves, Gandalf, Aragorn and all of his Nazi ilk.
Maafa1619 3 weeks ago
The dude should've backed off when Xena cut the head off of his giant flying lizard..
johnniiee146 4 weeks ago
Do not come between a Nazgul and Its prey...
couple seconds silence.
It does a small lunge and fails miserably.. it then sits while she cuts its head off.
A most unimpressive Nazgul
blackhawk438 4 weeks ago 6
@blackhawk438 ...I like you. Gold. Absolute gold.
DrPeppersaids 3 weeks ago
@blackhawk438 Well he was overconfident that no man could kill him. He just did not realize he was fighting a woman, thus that blessing he had did not work
Superdeath25 1 day ago
ne cesareti lan arkadan bıçaklıyolar adamı :D
vakamijin 1 month ago
Witch king: Come at me bro!
Eowyn: Iam no bro!
Dreadboy76 1 month ago 22
1:46 The war scream is unnecessary and annoying.
rrwryan 1 month ago
Someone missed a giant loophole...
chocolateluvergirl15 1 month ago
@chocolateluvergirl15 whats the loophole?
Herimia 1 month ago
The Witchking broke Gandalfs staff easily, and falls on his knees, because a hobbit stabbed him in the knee ?
Motorkopf1975 1 month ago
She gave the nazgul an orgasm
dentaljeremie 1 month ago
Thought Arwen and Faramir were miscast. Faramir should have been taller, more noble yet more humble, less self-assuming, one who neither desires nor abuses power. Maybe a young Richard Gere. And Arwen should have been... thin and beautiful, more royal, more confident and more wise. Perhaps only Meryl Streep could pull that off. And I missed Frodo's interrogation by Faramir in the semicircle and later the hidden outpost under the falls, where Faramir discovers Frodo has the one ring.
357MagnumBob 1 month ago
@357MagnumBob Peter Jackson said in an interview he purposefully modified Faramir's character for the film, as, in the movie, it undercut the corrupting power of the ring to have a character completely immune.
Fleetingimage514 1 month ago
I can just imagine the Witch King calmly pulling out the sword, stating that the rules weren't literal, maybe a couple drops of Visine, and then curbstomping everyone.
politcalgamer 1 month ago
If I hadn't already known how the story ended when I saw RotK, I would have been hoping that Aragorn ended up with Eowyn (rarrrr). Arwyn was kind of annoying.
nonamesleftdammit 1 month ago
Y does every leader of the dark army implode in these movies?
blackprofetjr 1 month ago
- Come at me bro
- I am no bro
SapoLeiteiro1 1 month ago
1:14 - my God, I wondered how Eowyn survived that swing. That morning star weighs at least 180 lbs. Being hit by that, would probably cause so much internal bleeding, she wouldn't even be able to stand up.
juresaiyan 1 month ago
@juresaiyan : The Witch King has a whimpy swing?
Nagneto 1 month ago
@Nagneto so it would seem. :D
juresaiyan 1 month ago
Did you see the guy with the machine gun? ;D
Mixer3011 1 month ago
I dont know if anyone knows but when The Witch King says 'No man can kill me' is it Man as in the race of Man or in man as in male ?
mitchwok 1 month ago
@mitchwok
race
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Now theres a woman that doesnt belong in the kitchen, until a man is brave enough to demand a sandwich...
smiley118118 1 month ago
So a little hobbit, a little dagger and a little girl some how destroyed the Witch King. Whats next? Shining a flashlight into Saurons eye destoys him?
WEAHTV 1 month ago
What a fucking gay death. So he does a "I'm gon kill you now" line, gets fucked over. Then she says a "I'm gon kill you now line" and he just dumbly sits there and watches himself get kill? Come the FUCK on. How gay.
McSqueaky 2 months ago
@McSqueaky it was so bad, the film tied ben-hur and titanic for most oscars of all time
SuperTunadude 1 month ago
@McSqueaky oh an also, he's also technically already dead.
SuperTunadude 1 month ago
@McSqueaky the enchanted dagger paralysed him; it was made to counter wraiths
maenadvibration 1 month ago
@maenadvibration It actually broke the magic of Sauron that kept the Witch-king anchored to this world which allowed Eowyn to kill him
philsearle123 1 month ago
Read the books for Eru's sake! Merry did a crucial job out there...Eowyn too, pure teamwork...but dont give the credit just to one of them.
AlbertoDeSagitario 2 months ago
So passed the sword of the Barrow-downs, work of Westernesse. But glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago in the North-kingdom when the Dúnedain were young, and chief among their foes was the dread realm of Angmar and its sorcerer king. 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
AlbertoDeSagitario 2 months ago 2
i love how he deflates
aHighschoolloser 2 months ago
I didn't know that brontosauruses had wings and could fly.
nahndeskript 2 months ago
@nahndeskript um, no. because then the Apatosaurus would be something more like a Pterosaur, or something.
bluchismoon 2 months ago
I can't be the only one who is disappointed at how the Witch King didn't deliver.
Supermario678 2 months ago
and so the Witch-King dies and respawns to World of Warcraft.
0019930418 2 months ago 2
1:46 LOL
4ustincoop 2 months ago
The line where she mutters "I am no man" in the movie theater everyone started cheering
TrueToCause 2 months ago
@MutantSecret Actually no, because if Merry hadn't stabbed in with that special dagger he still would have been imbibed with Sauron's power, and thus unbeatable.
ScribbleDreams 2 months ago
1:55 - sour patch kids. sour. sweet. gone.
pieguyfry22 2 months ago
I can't imagine how difficult shooting this scene must have been, swinging around that huge motherfucking flail while also lugging the armor, sword and cloak about. Damn nice end result, all the same.
MattyJPGreg 2 months ago
those two comments above prove they spend too much time defeding their fantasys,
COOLtoFOOL 2 months ago
I like how he collapses into himself like a neutron star.
DrDrake93 2 months ago
Eowyn is dragonborn
imjowsef 2 months ago
Shouldn't the line be.."Do not come between a Fell Beast and its prey"? I don't think the Witch King is going to be feasting on the Kings flesh..
kaptkarl 2 months ago
@kaptkarl While there is a bit of inconsistency in that line and I see your point, he didn't mean it so literally; he meant Theoden was his kill or victim, not his meal. :P
MattyJPGreg 2 months ago
what a death -.- for a WITCH KING ...
Thebzzzzb 2 months ago
that's a really big kitchen
yourworstfear39 2 months ago
He also dies in part due to the hobbit using a dagger of westernesse on him (from Aragorns forbears I think) that they obtained from the barrow mound in the first movie/book. In the book it was enchanted to kill wights and undead and surely weaken the Witch King of Angmar (that leader nazgul). After hitting him it disintegrated but it also seemed to stagger him and lessen his powers greatly. Eowyn then finished him off while he was staggered. It took both hits to really kill him.
IntheeyesofMorbo 3 months ago 2
He used to be Lord of the Nazgul, then he took a dagger to the knee
saidakhu 3 months ago 69
@saidakhu Most epic comment I've ever seen.
MrJoedf 1 month ago 2
@saidakhu That and a sword to the face!
GuardianDragon777 1 month ago
he can't stand the sour...
llieske 3 months ago
Hes like "THAT HURT MORE THAN THE TIME I LAST FELT PAIN!!! THAT WAS TEH SECOND AGE!!!
TheFlood911 3 months ago
notice how the witch kings so calm and he's like :3 Dont interupt my pets feeding :3
TheFlood911 3 months ago
most bad ass evil looking motherfucker of all time and this is how he dies. fuck.
squirrelcheese 3 months ago
I know it's good found '''m no man'' But still makes it a weak battle in my opinion.
gearhar1 3 months ago
lol clearly the witch king came with an app that allowed him to instantly recycle himself in the evnt of his death.
zippoguy123 3 months ago
The witch king must have crapped his pants when she said;
I AM NO MAN!
thijs674 3 months ago
1:48
"OOHHHH SNAAAPPPPPPP, SON."
TallmanMike 3 months ago
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TallmanMike 3 months ago
ooo that burns
packaderm135 3 months ago
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Do you see this internets? Bitches are rising up out of their kitchens and slaying that which men cannot. AS MEN WE MUST FIX THIS!!! Double shifts in the kitchen! Take away their knives, their swords, their shields, anything that they can use to rise up against us. Replace them with Mountain dew and Sammiches. All who are with me say, FOR SAMMICHES!!!
FalseProphet501 3 months ago
@FalseProphet501 Not even close to being funny, die
SillySillyBellBell 3 months ago 3
@SillySillyBellBell I know its not =).
FalseProphet501 3 months ago
@FalseProphet501 then why the hell did you say it
SillySillyBellBell 3 months ago
@FalseProphet501 Really original joke you got there... well, i say "joke", but it really wasn't funny.
madiiify 2 months ago
She's probably the inspiration for Hermione. She's as brave as her.
jean6826 3 months ago
Damn it people, not any women can kill him. That only comes from a prophecy by Glorfindel that no man would kill him... because and get this shocker, Eowyn was destined to kill him. If he was destined to fucking get lost in a forest and get raped to death by magical woodland critters the prophecy would still be that no man could kill him.
JORDANYATES 3 months ago
ps mute this video though
Toro953 3 months ago
play this /watch?v=Uhov0y61tq0&feature=channel_video_title 4 realistic seconds before starting this video.
Toro953 3 months ago
The whole self-trained warrior princess is just a lazy way of portraying gender equality. The scene looks cool and all but 3 minutes of 'kapow female power' just feels like a lame way of portraying feminist themes. If you want to portray gender equality make strong female lead characters (just look at any studio Ghibli film) instead of making of making a contrived moment of someone taking out an oliphant, a narzgul and a witch king without any training just because the prophecy said 'no man.'
roshanabey2 3 months ago
@roshanabey2 Your over a half century late to bitch to make any difference. You do realize how old this series is right?
Umishiru 3 months ago
@Umishiru Yes i am aware how old it is, but the age of the of piece of work doesn't stop people from discussing about it. By that the vast majority of literature you critique at school (or university) for your English Literature lessons was completely pointless because most of them tend to be more than 50 years old.
roshanabey2 3 months ago
Here's the skinny people. The blade Merry uses was found by Tom Bombadil. It was informally called the "Barrow-blade" because of where Tom found it. It was enchanted by the Westernesse to have powers specific against Mordor. When Merry stabs him (in the knee) it weakens him enough for Eowyn to strike the killing blow. His blade was not enough to kill him, but make him vulnerable.
Though it doesn't show it in the movie, Eowyn's sword DOES shatter along with Merry's.
MrDreamdweller 3 months ago 2
at first i thought this guy was sauron lol who is the witch king exactly can someone explain to me
tkballer216 3 months ago
@tkballer216 The witch king of angmar whas once a king of men corrupted by the rings of power he became a ringwraith and the lord of the nazgûl
Silentkill367 3 months ago
@Silentkill367 i have no idea wat you just said...but that sounds so cool. i never read the books or anything i just watched the movies and i been fascinated by the series. but idk wat these...angmars or ringraiths...or fricken lord of nazgul mean but you dont gotta explain it yo
tkballer216 3 months ago
@tkballer216 :P it`s easy a man got evil and got king of undead beings :P
Silentkill367 3 months ago
@tkballer216 and angmar is an region in middle-earth
Silentkill367 3 months ago
@tkballer216 hope that helped XD
Silentkill367 3 months ago
I still think this was the best villain in any movie. Some scary ass motherfucker who would stop at nothing to reach his goal.
Amtrak1194 3 months ago
The minute she cut the Fell Beast's head off, that thing thought "Damn, bitch! Wtf?!" XDD lol Eowyn is awesome. Full on Girl Power!! >:D
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Witchking: COME AT ME BRO!
Eowyn : I AM NO BRO!!
Yumsie117 3 months ago
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Yumsie117 3 months ago
It's a shame how much they simplified the dialogue from the books.
TheAldeward 3 months ago
I felt so emasculated when I saw this scene
xxcdemon08 3 months ago
love watching the horses run around randomly behind her.
butterball97 4 months ago
Why does the witch king say 'don't get in-between the nazgûl and it's prey..?' Isn't it a fell beast or hell-hawk..? A Nazgûl is the ring-wraiths or dark riders yeah..?
zim9792 4 months ago
@zim9792 I think he means that the Theoden is his prey, as human beings are predators :#
or its another movie mistake.
Musikkingofthecookie 4 months ago
I did not want Theodin to die :'(
Darklarik 4 months ago
ow mann he was my favorite character :(
AAAAAASHHH 4 months ago
he killed a bunch of elite soldiers and a battle hardened king...but was killed by a hobbit and a woman....but hey..the prophecy isnt gonna fufil itself :D
ScoTTishN1NJA 4 months ago
It's not as if just any female could just stroll up to the Witch King and say 'I have boobs, I kill you now.' He happens to have magic powers, a massive freaking mace and the strength to wave it around easily, not to mention a massive flying killing machine as a pet/ride. Eowyn's had training from some of the best warriors in Rohan and even so if Merry hadn't been there she'd have died.
jakobitis89 4 months ago
I find it idiotic that the all powerful Witch King can be instantly killed by roughly 50% of the the population of Middle Earth. Did he not think that might be a bit of a problem? Shouldn't he have been terrified in the Fellowship of the Ring when that elf chick pulled out her sword by the river? And don't give me any of that rubbish about Merry's magical sword because as far as the film is concerned he was never given it.
KrazyKommieKiller 4 months ago
@KrazyKommieKiller Witch-King can't be "instantly killed" by anone who isn't human male. The prophecy doesn't mean that he's somehow vulnerable to females or non-humans, or that Men couldn't technically kill him. It doesn't say "this is his achilles heel". It simply states the person who will one day kill him won't happen to be a male human. Witch-King himself misinterprented it, believing it ment he couldn't be killed by Men; that he was invincible. This made him overconfident.
Feanorielle 4 months ago
@Feanorielle So it's actually a self-fullfilling prophecy. Because he was so overconfident by the propehcy, he 1) was shocked to realize Éowyn was a female. This made him doubt his invincibilty for the first time. Therefore he didn't just smash the mortal in front of him as he could have, and didn't react or act soon enough, as he was trying to figure out this new turn. 2.) didn't pay attention to Merry, considering him insignificant, while in fact he was in possession of a dangerous weapon.
Feanorielle 4 months ago
@KrazyKommieKiller Eowyn is epic in the book though. So the scene FITS.
dragon2712 4 months ago
You guys are all retarded. She didn't kill him because she was a woman. She killed him because some deity (whichever was speaking through Glorfindel when he made the prophecy) chose her to do it. And technically, the prophecy was fulfilled since the Witch-king wasn't slain by a "man". Everyone assumed the prophecy meant he wouldn't be killed by a member of the Race of Man because the whole of Middle-Earth is a sexist society; they didn't bother to account for women. It's a riddle really.
chaynsaw21 4 months ago 42
@chaynsaw21 finally someone who understood that thx bro thx
Wenix100 3 months ago
@chaynsaw21 Nice answer. Shame you had to insult everyone on this board in the process.
orangesquidge 3 months ago
@chaynsaw21 Thanks for the explaination
Ross2505x 2 months ago
@chaynsaw21 Good for you, Fucking nerd. Let the people enjoy the movie
JimmyChiffels 2 months ago 2
@JimmyChiffels Lolz! Haters gonna hate.
chaynsaw21 2 months ago
Guys, you seem to be forgetting that there was a prophecy that the Witchking would NOT be killed by a man. And since he was fighting what he thought was a man, he had every reason to think himself invincible.
chaynsaw21 4 months ago
truth is eowyn didn't exactly kill the witch king...it was a back stab...why do bad guys always have to get killed so easily ? the balrog : easy,saruman : easy,sauron : easy, ( and in other movies for example darth vader and many others...) i wish there was also an evil ending in all those movies! then both sides would be pleased !
tsiapas1423 4 months ago
@tsiapas1423 You think the Balrog's death was easy? According to the timeline, there were ten days between when the Fellowship first encountered the Balrog and when Gandalf "smote his ruin upon the mountainside". When was the last time you did something for ten days straight?
chaynsaw21 4 months ago 3
sauron: no man can kill me
eowyn: hey! im no man
arb164 4 months ago
aragorn may have left arwen for eowyn if he had witnessed her badassery here.
chloekakariko 4 months ago
@chloekakariko
Not a chance - as a descendant of the Numenorean Kings - Aragorn simply has a "thing" for elf-chicks".....LOL
Stalicone 4 months ago
i swear in the cinema i could just feel the feminism in so many women striking out in this one scene!!!!!
mjtballs 4 months ago 3
This is the one moment they had a chance to make one of the only necessary changes to the book.. and they fuck it up even further, I mean they way they portray him is terrible. (Yes, I still came at the scenes.) Why couldn't he have killed that bitch. ;-;
TehSatanicPedophile 4 months ago
1:48 shut up bitch
ARavingLooony 4 months ago
So, this is why you shouldn't believe your own hype XD
EnigmaDrath 4 months ago
@StormTrooper921 In the books, if I remember...Mt doom goes "boom" while the Nazgul were on their way to Mt Doom (to get the ring)...so, they got killed...
AlbertoDeSagitario 4 months ago
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jurassicturd3 4 months ago
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sackitt16 4 months ago
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jurassicturd3 4 months ago
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sackitt16 4 months ago
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jurassicturd3 4 months ago
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sackitt16 4 months ago
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sackitt16 4 months ago
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jurassicturd3 4 months ago
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sackitt16 4 months ago
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jurassicturd3 4 months ago
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sackitt16 4 months ago
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jurassicturd3 4 months ago
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sackitt16 4 months ago
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jurassicturd3 4 months ago
Miranda's scream before driving her sword in; worst moment in the trilogy -.-
dragon2712 4 months ago
''As the Witch-king prepared to finish her off, Merry stabbed the back of the Witch-king's knee. Éowyn thrust her sword into the void between the Witch-king's crown and body. Her sword shattered, but the Witch-king's clothing fell to the ground, and he vanished with a wailing cry.''
This is information according to the book, so stop fucking crying.
Hessianoct 4 months ago
this is one of the few scenes where the movie fails the book completely.
dragon2712 5 months ago
@dragon2712
He died pretty much the same way in the book.
EnigmaDrath 4 months ago
@EnigmaDrath In the book, Eowyn reveals who she is at the start of the fight. It removes a whole lot of the cheesy I AM A WOMAN moment that PJ went for. Not to mention that the whole idea of the horror that the Witch King emanates is lacking here, and so you don't see the way Merry, who is blind with fear, watches Eowyn face the WK alone and he suddenly flames up with courage. It's an awesome moment, as is when Merry stabs the WK with the Numenorean blade.
dragon2712 4 months ago 6
@dragon2712 Actually the line is I AM NO MAN and Dernhelm never existed in PJ's movies so in the context of the movie it makes sense. Things have to be done differently in movies than in books, words convey things differently than images and sounds. Get off your high horse and enjoy a well made LOTR adaptation.
rcameronswindsor 3 months ago 24
see how black and blotted that sword was? i think the king of the nazgul died from instantaneous Orc AIDS.
zdkezios 5 months ago
0 :54 this is where she is seriously regretting messing with the witch kings ride
andy4907 5 months ago
are we all watching the same video, when he hit the shield it shattered and fractured her hand, then knocked her back. Only reason she survived was because little dude and i always get them confused so fuck off. Shanked the witch king
Ersem 5 months ago
@Ersem MERRY you fool. MERRY.
applelemonhead3345 4 months ago
unworthy death of the mighty witch king
ShakeITyEA 5 months ago
Weak battle. I wanted to see more action.
yaquak 5 months ago
THis was one of the most disappointing fight scenes ever. Throughout the trilogy, they build up how bad ass the Witch King is. Then he gets killed by a midget and a woman who participates in her first battle. Its like star wars episode six when the mighty galactic empire is slaughtered by teddy bears who throw rocks.
mangler117 5 months ago 3
@mangler117 yeah. also note how in the "previews" and all his mace hit with the force of a thousand suns and everyone was knocked back 20 meters, yet eowen takes one hit easily like a superman, not even her wooden shield broke.
ShakeITyEA 5 months ago
@ShakeITyEA that was sauron not the witch king who was hitting people with his mace
mystique666 5 months ago
@ShakeITyEA what "previews" are you talking about? if you're referring to the prologue, that's sauron in battle. if you have not caught this you should probably rewatch the whole thing
sixpointneuf 5 months ago
@sixpointneuf actually yes, my error, its been a long time. however there is another scene which completely negates this one: it shows the witch king on his nazgul in mordor or whatever? facing gandalf, and there he is able to set his sword in fire and knock gandalf back and destroy his staff with sheer "psychic power", and here he hits eowyn with the real thing and doesnt do nearly as much damage. its just a disappointing last fight.
ShakeITyEA 5 months ago
@ShakeITyEA which is one of the reasons it was deleted
sixpointneuf 5 months ago
@ShakeITyEA
Nazgûl isn't the name of the beast, it's just Black Speech for "Ringwraith". One of those typical mistakes caused by the movies...
The scene of the Witch King facing Gandalf in Minas Tirith is a really terrible adaption of a similar scene in the books (which ended before a direct duel could take place).
His defeat against Merry and Éowyn was a mixture of underestimation and superstition (and maybe a little bit help from Ilúvatar).
Never believe in prophecies...
PiscatorLager 5 months ago 40
@PiscatorLager They are called "felbeasts" right?
godofimagination 4 months ago