@doobiesmoke15 You don't know that all of them are evil. They aren't Urukai or Orcs who were created for that purpose. For all anyone knows, they were threatened to either join or die just like the rest of Middle Earth.
I had kind of hoped that Legolas (being an elf) could have communicated with the oliphaunts and gotten them to change sides and fight against their evil masters.
Yeah, charging the mumakil head on was not Theoden's best decision, but he didn't have a lot of options. Notice how all the Orcs are retreating between and behind the Oliphaunts? If the Rohirrim didn't break through the Haradrim line and keep those Orcs running, the infantry would rally and renew the assault on the city (presumably while Rohan's cavalry is busy dismounting and trying to find a place for 5,000 horses). Theoden couldn't pull back without losing control of the battle's momentum.
I like the sound of the giant elephants walking at distance on earth. brrh...brrh...brrhh...at 0:18..then followed by the blown trumpett, which will shaken and demoralise a whole army. And at the end of this scene...The big giant oliphant succedded in kick my fellows soldiers.
First they charge into a formation of orc pikemen. Then they charge into a formation of animals larger than an elephant while even the latter would be devastating to cavalry. This is not the behavior you could expect from actual horse mounted cavalry and from a wise king. This is the behavior you can expect from MOVIE ACTORS. If this happened in real life, Rohirrim casualty percentage in Pelennor Fields would have been at least 80 if not even 95.
@Cybernaut76 Well, yes. In ancient times (real life) elephant charges were specifically used to break up or scatter cavalry units because of what the scent and sight of elephant does to horses.
And in the fantasy realm, mumakil are nowhere near as big as they are in the film. They still would have been bigger than elephants would have been though, especially as described by Tolkien himself and depicted as such by the art master Ted Nasmith.
0:45 The horses' breath condensates in the cold outdoors air the scene is filmed in. Looks cool. 0:50 The Oliphaunts' breath doesn't condensate, because the CGI wizards didn't notice this little detail. Doesn't ruin the great scene, but it would have been a nice finishing touch.
@Doudou6373 Closely followed by Star Wars's Return of the Jedi's scene when the Rebel's attach the Death Star and the Falcon goes past all those Super Star Destroyers
The Haradim warcry: inspires fear and awe in equal measures, and heralds the approach of a force that can literally crush its foes beneath its feet.
Loosely translated, it means "Bitches don't know 'bout my war elephants." Because let's face it, the guy with the horn looks like he's having the time of his life.
Look at the Mumkil, at how large and ferocious they are, then think what the Mahud, the Warrior Shamans who tame them must be like. The ones you see riding on their heads guiding them already look batshat insane, and thats from way up on top of their fifty+ foot tall Mobile Fortresses.
To domesticate animals that big it must have been a real challenge for the Haradrim, especially since they're technically not as advanced as the rest of Middle Earth.
Now imagine if the Indian armies had these beasts when Alexander the Great made it that far east. The Greek leader would have had a heart-attack on the spot.
I will never forget my reaction seeing this in the theater for the first time. Up to this point I had completely forgotten about the mumakils, and the victory music made me think "that was a short battle". But then the deep booms in the distance followed by Theoden's look of shock and finally those gigantic bodies emerging through the dust made my jaw drop. Already over 10 years old, there has yet to be a battle shown in film that tops this one. Epic in every sense of the word.
pfft...if legolas was there in the front lines and blowing that horn in 0:55, all the oliphaunts will turn back saying "fuck this! there's an elf in that army!"
@dinmamma3234 Listen closely at 1:09. The heroic orchestra swell was suddenly cut off as soon as the mumakil hit the front ranks. I propose one of two things:
A) The orchestra fled the battlefield when they realized what a horrible idea this charge was.
B) The orchestra was the first casualty of the mumakil's tusks. If I had the editing skills, I'd splice in the sound of a marching band running into a brick wall.
@dinmamma3234 You wouldn't have time to secure 6000 horsemen in a city, with your flanks exposed and you not taking actions.. the oliphaunts would fuck you up.
He had to attack them.. however he should have organized his troops into columns instead of a head on charge. Just like Scipio when he defeated Hannibal's elephants.
LOL those Oliphants look bigger than most dinosaurs! I mean damn, they've got to be at least 60 feet tall and a hundred tons, that's easily Argentinosaurus size. Tolkien had a great imagination and invented some amazing beasts, but I wonder if he actually wanted them to be that big. (The cartoon version from Rankin Bass made them smaller, more like wooly mammoths).
3 people pressed the thumbs down button by mistake! this is epic i've watched this over and over and i can't get enough! movies should have more epic scenes like this!
Grau wie die Maus, Groß wie ein Haus, Schnauze wie Schlange; Erde bebt bange, Zieh ich durchs Gras, Baum bricht wie Glas. Hörner im Maul Schüttle ich faul Mein Ohrenpaar; Jahr um Jahr Zieh ich dahin, Leg mich nie hin. Olifant bin ich benannt, Größter im Land, Riesig und alt. Meine Gestalt, Sahst du mich hie, Vergißt du nie, Sahst du mich nicht Glaubst du auch nicht, Daß es mich gibt. Doch als ehrlicher Olifant Bleib ich bekannt.
in a real case battle, theres no way 1000 horses could win a battle against two dozen, 50 ton elephants that could waste 10 horses with one swipe of their tusks
@letterman6546 oh totally add to that about 25-30 archers on the backs of the mumaks and if the mumak misses you with his tusks, you may get stomped, kicked or even just run into his leg!
i think theodens downfall stemed from reforming the line ,he should have got the trumpet guy to sound the call to form colums then they could have probarly saved more horse than in a head on smash with them.but i supose the head on charge has its advantages aswell
This is such a reference to the crusades. I mean seriously, from a historic perspective they might as well be vikings facing arab fighters with scimitars and elephants.
@SirSanje Right, I know. What I'm getting at is the whole scene is crusade-esque. The armies are obviously modeled with scandinavian/middle eastern motifs.
Tolkein was a devout catholic, I believe he wasn't a racist but e considered poeple of non cristian faith to be outside of the rightous grace of God...aka anyone good in Lord of the Rings. He once refered to Lord of the Rings as fundamentally as a fundamentally religious and catholic work.
i don't care if its for honour or not. Theoden shouldn't have charged the oliphaunt's head on. Bad tactics LOL and they faced so many losses after that sigh*
@GeGeMus12 actually charging head at elephants on is a very ancient tecnique used by crusaders against middle eastern warriors that rode elephants. it allowed them to shoot arrows at the soldiers while passing by.
@GeGeMus12 You're so right. I was kind of the dumbest decisions made by Rohan to take the risk to charge the huge oliphants. Besides, shouldn't the horses been afraid facing an animal that big?
The best thing about this scene is that the Harradrim don't give a damn for the orcs :D They might have said "Yeeh just go on there are still about 30.000 orcs left...no great loss if we smash thousand of them." :D
I've yet to meet one fanboy who considers how useless thore oliph are in a sige, and how mad you have to be to charge those frontally instead of skirmishing from afar with ranged weapons.
@Scarletraven87 you would'nt useranged weapons because the more far away you are the harder it is to score a fatal wound on one of the things. And plus by the time you have taken down a few of them the rest are t your front gatesrecking havoc. And ifyour closer up then you can pick off the mumaki easily and them down like dominos
I just think that the Haradrim are one of the best races if men.
Other thing: Only the Muhad could control the mumakil (The guys on the top) They were said to be even able to speak to them. Tribe leaders in Harad went to great expense to even gain them.
sure lets all run into a army of 50 foot elephants we can take them. its not like theres a giant city we can hide in and throw spears at them or shoot them with arrows or hit them with giant pieces of our city thrown by huge catapults. your just guys on horses not superman... but still yall did good and it was epic
Wait a minute...Sauron didn't lose because he was outnumbered, or even outmatched. All of his allies and half of his actual armies just showed up late. Helm's Deep? The Nazgul tear the Riders a new one, but not before they've already routed the Uruk Hai and broken the siege. The Haradim? Show up just as the orcs scatter.
...then again, it seems like if I were in an army of darkness, I would be pretty damn inspired to turn and fight if my giant elephant reinforcements showed up.
And yes, I do. Sauron was more powerful than literally any individual enemy he had, and that was without the power of the ring. He wasn't a flaming eye on an obelisk: he was the same armored dude from the intro of the first film, chilling in Mordor. The eye of Sauron was supposed to be a reference to his influence/knowledge, but apparently nothing could ever be figurative in film.
@electricbayonet2 Oh come on you dick! There are actually cut scenes of Aragorn fighting the armored Sauron from the battle at the black gate.
Anyway, I think they decided to go with the eye since Sauron never makes any direct appearances in the book- and you need to have a villain that's there, you know? Not just references or pictures of his fortress. The idea, altough literal, was a pretty scary thing! Seeing everything and whatnot.
@atnasomfg I know that. And you said it yourself: they cut it. Thus, it is disregarded.
Okay...so you're saying that they added something that wasn't in the book at all...because they didn't want to show something that *was* in the book, but never shown directly? Why not just show him in his throne room at some point? No dialogue needed, it'd just establish that he's there.
Instead, they made him into a giant flaming eyeball. Ooh, scary. He can observe you to death. I'm quaking in my boots.
It looked awesome, yes, but what Theoden did was the exact opposite of what he did in the book, as well as what usually happened in real life when war elephants were employed, and being extremely stupid.
If his plan was to make the Mumakil slip and kill themselves on the splattered blood and organs of Rohirram warriors and horses, it almost worked.
@The95thRifles I see. Considering it was no different than any of your other posts, I assume that grappling with burly men is part of your daily internet rituals?
Or, more likely, you're trying to justify a poor grasp of the English language with an equally poor grasp of what is "manly" versus what is "flamboyantly gay."
@electricbayonet2 bayonet,it is clear to me that when you have been defeated by logic you resort to this kind of rubbish.you havent discussed anything like a grown up,all youve done is make statements and assertions that need an intelligent discourse,and when i respond you take comments i make and use them out of context.if you look carefully at what ive said,and actually read the posts,youll realise it was you that took this whole thing off course,and when you didnt like my answers,u got silly.
@The95thRifles What logic? Please, lay out your bottom line. I'd be glad to address it.
Riiiiight. Taking remarks out of context, resorting to "rubbish," not choosing to follow an "intelligent discourse," and being childish. Hang on, let's quote you for a sec, shall we?
"soz for spelling, i was fighting three roid raging bodybuilders at the time."
"i choose to believe he is fat and stupid rather thatn uninformed and a tactical amatuer."
that sound off the horn is.......EPIC
DutchGatovLOL 2 days ago
This is my favorite scene lol
LPanimal6 3 days ago
What it tells that coolest fight of the movie was when men fought against men?
apative188 6 days ago
The Horn of the Haradrim and the Voices of theyre Fighters.... Goosebumps!
Infiltrator50x 1 week ago
@doobiesmoke15 You don't know that all of them are evil. They aren't Urukai or Orcs who were created for that purpose. For all anyone knows, they were threatened to either join or die just like the rest of Middle Earth.
yummyelves777 2 weeks ago
horn was awesome, but this battle was shit
101101101777 2 weeks ago
oh my godness the Horn at 0:17 is so fucking epic .... one word Goosebumps <3
RaveTonic 3 weeks ago
@RaveTonic
I agree with You, i love it!
Bizonses 2 weeks ago
0:24 that guy makes epic Trollface... he has a reason
AndyCAgi 3 weeks ago
this remind me when my 4000 thousands infantry faced Timurid cannon elephant :|.
ckd5098 1 month ago
00:18 ... madness.
Repeated it at least 60 times by now
omfgcrazyomg 1 month ago
I had kind of hoped that Legolas (being an elf) could have communicated with the oliphaunts and gotten them to change sides and fight against their evil masters.
doobiesmoke15 1 month ago
That horn makes me orgasm.
SupersonicBacon 1 month ago
me encantaria que existieran olifantes en la vida real!!! ESTARIA GENIAL!!!
CTOozarussj 1 month ago
Yeah, charging the mumakil head on was not Theoden's best decision, but he didn't have a lot of options. Notice how all the Orcs are retreating between and behind the Oliphaunts? If the Rohirrim didn't break through the Haradrim line and keep those Orcs running, the infantry would rally and renew the assault on the city (presumably while Rohan's cavalry is busy dismounting and trying to find a place for 5,000 horses). Theoden couldn't pull back without losing control of the battle's momentum.
BadSkeelz 2 months ago
That horn gives me chills every time I hear it...
KrazyKommieKiller 2 months ago
Volkswagen Oliphaunts.Your argument is invalid.
CaptainValorum 2 months ago
when they first see he oliphaunts, i can almost hear one of the rohhirim say "we've spotted mumakil walkers".
burtonrules123 2 months ago
I like the sound of the giant elephants walking at distance on earth. brrh...brrh...brrhh...at 0:18..then followed by the blown trumpett, which will shaken and demoralise a whole army. And at the end of this scene...The big giant oliphant succedded in kick my fellows soldiers.
deniahmad9 3 months ago
I want this Horn when I'm woking up
BERWARTG1989 3 months ago
Best part of the trilogy. The horn is just chilling and excellent sound editing by producers
ttawk97 3 months ago 2
i love the horn it gives me chills so cool
Fatboylt2 4 months ago 2
First they charge into a formation of orc pikemen. Then they charge into a formation of animals larger than an elephant while even the latter would be devastating to cavalry. This is not the behavior you could expect from actual horse mounted cavalry and from a wise king. This is the behavior you can expect from MOVIE ACTORS. If this happened in real life, Rohirrim casualty percentage in Pelennor Fields would have been at least 80 if not even 95.
Cybernaut76 4 months ago
@Cybernaut76 Well, yes. In ancient times (real life) elephant charges were specifically used to break up or scatter cavalry units because of what the scent and sight of elephant does to horses.
And in the fantasy realm, mumakil are nowhere near as big as they are in the film. They still would have been bigger than elephants would have been though, especially as described by Tolkien himself and depicted as such by the art master Ted Nasmith.
But that's Peter Jackson for ya. ;)
BigBrotherMateyka 3 months ago
I wonder what a mountain of shit they ...
newFranzFerencLiszt 4 months ago
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I love Theoden's face about 40 seconds in: "Aw, *&^k it, we're hitting them head on."
mco119 4 months ago
I love Theoden's face about 40 seconds in: "Aw, *&^k it, we're hitting them head on."
mco119 4 months ago
I love how you only get an idea of how fast those huge animals are going in each shot until the camera pans down a little.
VicenzoV 4 months ago
Favorite scene of lord of the rings... Ever!!
Cyberscribe100 4 months ago
0:45 The horses' breath condensates in the cold outdoors air the scene is filmed in. Looks cool. 0:50 The Oliphaunts' breath doesn't condensate, because the CGI wizards didn't notice this little detail. Doesn't ruin the great scene, but it would have been a nice finishing touch.
Feanorielle 4 months ago
greatest Wall of death of the movie history
Doudou6373 4 months ago
@Doudou6373 Closely followed by Star Wars's Return of the Jedi's scene when the Rebel's attach the Death Star and the Falcon goes past all those Super Star Destroyers
iamSnip3rOne 4 months ago
The Haradim warcry: inspires fear and awe in equal measures, and heralds the approach of a force that can literally crush its foes beneath its feet.
Loosely translated, it means "Bitches don't know 'bout my war elephants." Because let's face it, the guy with the horn looks like he's having the time of his life.
electricbayonet2 4 months ago
0:17 may god have mercy on your soul
ZosoPlayer 5 months ago
I love this scene!Oliphaunts are my favorite Middle Earth creature.
AlexTriceratops123 5 months ago
Look at the Mumkil, at how large and ferocious they are, then think what the Mahud, the Warrior Shamans who tame them must be like. The ones you see riding on their heads guiding them already look batshat insane, and thats from way up on top of their fifty+ foot tall Mobile Fortresses.
TortugaBreen 5 months ago
The Voices are so scarrie...
TheSpeci4lfxX 5 months ago
0:39
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUU
mercwithamouth100 5 months ago
To domesticate animals that big it must have been a real challenge for the Haradrim, especially since they're technically not as advanced as the rest of Middle Earth.
Now imagine if the Indian armies had these beasts when Alexander the Great made it that far east. The Greek leader would have had a heart-attack on the spot.
cadman2300 5 months ago
@cadman2300 Vietnamese used to have that elephant units.. For that, they beat the Mongols who always used horses for attacking.
huyentran1811 5 months ago
brave rohirrims, charging those giants ....
Oesterreich1156 5 months ago
how do they mount the towers on these beasts ^^
Oesterreich1156 5 months ago
@Oesterreich1156 May be they use The Eye tower... :D
huyentran1811 5 months ago
EPIC MUSIC STARTUP AGAIN YEAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! *tusk smackathon* silence............
ILikeToShootZombies 5 months ago
im pretty sure that if real-life elephants looked like that, green peace would be trying to kill them all instead
cinnabon99 5 months ago
I will never forget my reaction seeing this in the theater for the first time. Up to this point I had completely forgotten about the mumakils, and the victory music made me think "that was a short battle". But then the deep booms in the distance followed by Theoden's look of shock and finally those gigantic bodies emerging through the dust made my jaw drop. Already over 10 years old, there has yet to be a battle shown in film that tops this one. Epic in every sense of the word.
DennistheGreat483 6 months ago 48
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@DennistheGreat483 do you play battle for middle earth 2? awsome game. everyone in the world should be gamers.
cjjtheone 4 months ago
@DennistheGreat483 same here ! remember at as it was yesterday
napleee 3 months ago
@DennistheGreat483 It's 10 years old? Are you kidding me? Was it really such a long time ago...? I swear it felt like last year or something.
atnasomfg 1 month ago
@atnasomfg 8 years
floopsie666 4 weeks ago
I can haz trumpetz?
lukeanatr 6 months ago
pfft...if legolas was there in the front lines and blowing that horn in 0:55, all the oliphaunts will turn back saying "fuck this! there's an elf in that army!"
mewantcool 6 months ago
0:19 Let's fuck some shit up!
PatronSaint210 6 months ago
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PatronSaint210 6 months ago
You can see the guy who blew the horn smiling, Badd ass like hell!
quinie0404 6 months ago
OMG its a Mûmakil!
Excaliborn 6 months ago
Oh, the look on Theoden's face at:05.
KiteFlyingVespa 6 months ago
Sir! Should we secure the city and then kill these gigantic mumakils with the Trebuchet?
No! I have a better idea! Men, charge the mumakils!
dinmamma3234 6 months ago 30
@dinmamma3234 Well, it worked
MrNomSauce 3 weeks ago
@dinmamma3234 Listen closely at 1:09. The heroic orchestra swell was suddenly cut off as soon as the mumakil hit the front ranks. I propose one of two things:
A) The orchestra fled the battlefield when they realized what a horrible idea this charge was.
B) The orchestra was the first casualty of the mumakil's tusks. If I had the editing skills, I'd splice in the sound of a marching band running into a brick wall.
Either result? Complete hilarity.
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@dinmamma3234 You wouldn't have time to secure 6000 horsemen in a city, with your flanks exposed and you not taking actions.. the oliphaunts would fuck you up.
He had to attack them.. however he should have organized his troops into columns instead of a head on charge. Just like Scipio when he defeated Hannibal's elephants.
tkotomy 1 week ago
When there armed like that there called moomikill
ShezieTheWolf 7 months ago
LOL those Oliphants look bigger than most dinosaurs! I mean damn, they've got to be at least 60 feet tall and a hundred tons, that's easily Argentinosaurus size. Tolkien had a great imagination and invented some amazing beasts, but I wonder if he actually wanted them to be that big. (The cartoon version from Rankin Bass made them smaller, more like wooly mammoths).
susumu07 7 months ago
3 people pressed the thumbs down button by mistake! this is epic i've watched this over and over and i can't get enough! movies should have more epic scenes like this!
justlyapanda 7 months ago
poor Haradrim it must of taked forever to catch all those oliphaunts.
justlyapanda 7 months ago
Oesterreich1156 7 months ago
Well at least it's not Timothy Oliphant
HelloFade2 7 months ago
HORN! @____@
gabijkk 7 months ago
I always feel sorry for those first riders and horses that got swept like that, lol.
You have to be brave and mental in equal meassure to charge against that!
TheMajin7 7 months ago
0:28 shit?
xXXrayzerXXx 7 months ago
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i wonder if this warsong their singing actually is like a language....BECAUSE IT SOUNDS SO FUCKING EPIC!!!11
macron755 8 months ago
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macron755 8 months ago
hahaha love this, i hate Rohan
TalonMercenary 8 months ago
0:06 - 0:10 ohhh...ffffuck!
Roadwarior2 8 months ago
i thought elephants were afraid of small creatures
nicklordx 8 months ago
lol at 0:26 it sounds more like a fart than a horse rofl
razvantnc 8 months ago
in a real case battle, theres no way 1000 horses could win a battle against two dozen, 50 ton elephants that could waste 10 horses with one swipe of their tusks
elesean100 9 months ago
@elesean100 Your right, But i have to note you that if it wouldnt have been for the army of the green ghosts, they would have been slaugthered.
letterman6546 9 months ago
@letterman6546 oh totally add to that about 25-30 archers on the backs of the mumaks and if the mumak misses you with his tusks, you may get stomped, kicked or even just run into his leg!
elesean100 5 months ago
I wish this would come to IMAX
lxsosna 9 months ago
Does anyone else get the chills when the man at 0:25 smiles sheepily, happily ready to crush people?
DarthBotto 9 months ago
@DarthBotto hahaha! Every time i see that guy i think "damn, he really likes his job!" :D
frsboy 8 months ago
i think theodens downfall stemed from reforming the line ,he should have got the trumpet guy to sound the call to form colums then they could have probarly saved more horse than in a head on smash with them.but i supose the head on charge has its advantages aswell
reksub10 9 months ago
epic horn sound!!!!!
OlracNamlah 9 months ago
epic horn sound
ershel 9 months ago 17
And you think Alexander the Great had his hands full...
danleclerc57 9 months ago
This scene scares the crap out of me when I listen to it with Dolby sound quality
BigBitchesCarHouse 10 months ago
This is such a reference to the crusades. I mean seriously, from a historic perspective they might as well be vikings facing arab fighters with scimitars and elephants.
Food for thought...
StanleySweet14 10 months ago
@StanleySweet14 Vikings didn't fight in the crusades, bra.
SirSanje 10 months ago
@SirSanje Right, I know. What I'm getting at is the whole scene is crusade-esque. The armies are obviously modeled with scandinavian/middle eastern motifs.
Again, something to chew on.
StanleySweet14 10 months ago
Tolkein was a devout catholic, I believe he wasn't a racist but e considered poeple of non cristian faith to be outside of the rightous grace of God...aka anyone good in Lord of the Rings. He once refered to Lord of the Rings as fundamentally as a fundamentally religious and catholic work.
crazyjakeism 9 months ago
@crazyjakeism its still awesome for anyone who is smart enough to admit talent and amazing feats of imagination.
dominusetdeus060644 9 months ago
00:18 - 00:24 :D
Rudinho102 10 months ago
0:01 "WE'VE SHAVED THE SHITTY!"
ILiveForCommenting 10 months ago 3
the sound is very coool
wolkzz 10 months ago
look these are the pets of chuck norris
tyrannoboy123 10 months ago
Think how Alexander the Great must've felt O_o
Cocarat206 10 months ago
aquiles quote: when will kings fight their own battles
certanly it doesnt apply to LOTR ;)
Sacroxx 10 months ago
@Sacroxx yep and thats why lotr is called fantasy lol
reksub10 9 months ago
Theoden, brave man and all but piss poor commander.
latinoheat300 11 months ago
@latinoheat300 Peter jackson is a poor commander ;)
Stratigoz 11 months ago
"reform the line!" WTF?! are you crazy, charge them on the sides or on the back, but not front. epic charge by the way
benylemoni 11 months ago
best horn ever!
LeonhartSquall89 11 months ago
And right now would be the perfect time to play "Backbone" by Gojira. Theoden's face at 0:05 = Oh....THAT'S some bullshit....
piercethenight 11 months ago
i don't care if its for honour or not. Theoden shouldn't have charged the oliphaunt's head on. Bad tactics LOL and they faced so many losses after that sigh*
GeGeMus12 11 months ago
@GeGeMus12 actually charging head at elephants on is a very ancient tecnique used by crusaders against middle eastern warriors that rode elephants. it allowed them to shoot arrows at the soldiers while passing by.
Brutusness 11 months ago
@GeGeMus12 You're so right. I was kind of the dumbest decisions made by Rohan to take the risk to charge the huge oliphants. Besides, shouldn't the horses been afraid facing an animal that big?
movienaut 10 months ago
The best thing about this scene is that the Harradrim don't give a damn for the orcs :D They might have said "Yeeh just go on there are still about 30.000 orcs left...no great loss if we smash thousand of them." :D
SuperDuperMart1 1 year ago
why would you charge something like that, its like running into moving tank, suicide.
hazardous1990 1 year ago
i bet the guy who blew the horn was like... im a badd asss
SonofSox 1 year ago 63
@SonofSox ahhaha true !
MrAlexandreJuby 10 months ago
@SonofSox That's what his face said.
BlackIce3190 5 months ago
Great scene....But I bet most of you where like.."WHY!! JUST WHY!!!" lmao
Huymsn 1 year ago
I've yet to meet one fanboy who considers how useless thore oliph are in a sige, and how mad you have to be to charge those frontally instead of skirmishing from afar with ranged weapons.
Scarletraven87 1 year ago
@Scarletraven87 you would'nt useranged weapons because the more far away you are the harder it is to score a fatal wound on one of the things. And plus by the time you have taken down a few of them the rest are t your front gatesrecking havoc. And ifyour closer up then you can pick off the mumaki easily and them down like dominos
superwillsman 1 year ago
haha i searched for this video just for the Cool Horn sound XD
12345678909269 1 year ago 97
@12345678909269
same here :D
i dont know but i am impressed by the run of the oliphants, the rider and his epic horn
JFCH93 11 months ago
@12345678909269 l0o0l me too ahhah
MrAlexandreJuby 10 months ago
@12345678909269 same! :P sickest horn sound EVER
jaffabomb69 10 months ago
@12345678909269
Haradrim or Rohirrim horn?
th3warr1or 6 months ago
@th3warr1or Haradrim :)
12345678909269 6 months ago
@12345678909269 cool as a fart LOL
newFranzFerencLiszt 4 months ago
*while charging* "Who's crazy idea was this"
HollowIchigo136 1 year ago 2
you know..i thought to myself.. why am i watching this..WHEN I HAVE THE MOVIE IN THE LIVING ROOM.
lol later guys :D
Phown1337 1 year ago
omg!! they are so coool! :)
maroshino 1 year ago
ELEPHANTS ARE BETTER
SnappyPenguin566 1 year ago
face @ 0:05= oh what the fresh hell
Faralakaboom 1 year ago
How come the elliphant has like 10000 arrows in it but when legolas shoots 3 arrows in it, it dies??
kaptinfancy 1 year ago
@kaptinfancy Well ''10000'' arrows in the though legs or 3 in the soft(er) skull from 1 meter with a longbow
with elven arrows? >.>
cliffhanger11414 1 year ago
haha oliphaunt xD
(i bet i was the first one to troll about this)
tazelator 1 year ago
The horn..
If only someone could make some.
The Haradrim have to be one of the best races of men in Middle Earth.
kornrabbit 1 year ago
@kornrabbit no they just have the ability to control the minds of animals including giant creatures like oliphaunts
superwillsman 1 year ago
@superwillsman
I just think that the Haradrim are one of the best races if men.
Other thing: Only the Muhad could control the mumakil (The guys on the top) They were said to be even able to speak to them. Tribe leaders in Harad went to great expense to even gain them.
kornrabbit 1 year ago
sure lets all run into a army of 50 foot elephants we can take them. its not like theres a giant city we can hide in and throw spears at them or shoot them with arrows or hit them with giant pieces of our city thrown by huge catapults. your just guys on horses not superman... but still yall did good and it was epic
jimbobbynobby 1 year ago
@jimbobbynobby i guess a long range barrage of arrows was out of the question...
blufiji 1 year ago
without the army of the death the haradrim would have won!
lushikichiariCHAN 1 year ago
this when shit got real. lol
royroy3 1 year ago
epic horn sound
zekrom3000 1 year ago
0:09 = O_o
it does actually kinda, which makes it even more funny :D
Da1337Man 1 year ago
0:18 That horn deserves an Oscar Award
heyhvadfanden 1 year ago 2
Everytime I hear that horn it gives me the chills, its so errie
HEAVENsentCASTIEL 1 year ago
Wait a minute...Sauron didn't lose because he was outnumbered, or even outmatched. All of his allies and half of his actual armies just showed up late. Helm's Deep? The Nazgul tear the Riders a new one, but not before they've already routed the Uruk Hai and broken the siege. The Haradim? Show up just as the orcs scatter.
...then again, it seems like if I were in an army of darkness, I would be pretty damn inspired to turn and fight if my giant elephant reinforcements showed up.
electricbayonet2 1 year ago
@electricbayonet2 do you think without throwing the Ring into Mount Doom the bady had won?
ac3b1s 11 months ago
@ac3b1s Late reply, but eh.
And yes, I do. Sauron was more powerful than literally any individual enemy he had, and that was without the power of the ring. He wasn't a flaming eye on an obelisk: he was the same armored dude from the intro of the first film, chilling in Mordor. The eye of Sauron was supposed to be a reference to his influence/knowledge, but apparently nothing could ever be figurative in film.
electricbayonet2 9 months ago
@electricbayonet2 Oh come on you dick! There are actually cut scenes of Aragorn fighting the armored Sauron from the battle at the black gate.
Anyway, I think they decided to go with the eye since Sauron never makes any direct appearances in the book- and you need to have a villain that's there, you know? Not just references or pictures of his fortress. The idea, altough literal, was a pretty scary thing! Seeing everything and whatnot.
atnasomfg 9 months ago
@atnasomfg I know that. And you said it yourself: they cut it. Thus, it is disregarded.
Okay...so you're saying that they added something that wasn't in the book at all...because they didn't want to show something that *was* in the book, but never shown directly? Why not just show him in his throne room at some point? No dialogue needed, it'd just establish that he's there.
Instead, they made him into a giant flaming eyeball. Ooh, scary. He can observe you to death. I'm quaking in my boots.
electricbayonet2 9 months ago
out of the many horns in these movies, the haradrim had the coolest one.
crazyhiho 1 year ago
The look on Theoden's face when he hears the drums and sees the oliphaunts coming is so priceless.
Music11Listener 1 year ago
Shane Rengi (the one played the haradrim leader) ROCKS !!
ryviuz 1 year ago
#0:06- That's worth the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing right there!!!
lotrfan8 1 year ago
It looked awesome, yes, but what Theoden did was the exact opposite of what he did in the book, as well as what usually happened in real life when war elephants were employed, and being extremely stupid.
If his plan was to make the Mumakil slip and kill themselves on the splattered blood and organs of Rohirram warriors and horses, it almost worked.
GoGojiraGo 1 year ago
0:31-0:35 also very cool warsound
danieldavidbast 1 year ago
I Love Middle Earth!
All the horns are so EPIC!!!
KanecoPT 1 year ago
The idiots who reckoned they could run under them...
TheHongKongertv 1 year ago
Can anyone give me the time when this part is shown in the film please? I'm trying to find it for a Lord of The Rings recut/remake I'm making.
EllenRebecca3 1 year ago
0:10
pants= pooped
L3GION7 1 year ago
Its the thunderous footsteps combined with the echoing shouts of the haka-esque war chant that really sells this scene. Bloody epic sound work here.
madaxe606 1 year ago
O.o oh fuck i would run for the hills screw gondor
Dreamerx47 1 year ago
I would know what they sing. That's a war song of harad, but i do'nt understand what they say. Somebody know ?
HappyButcher78 1 year ago
Really good quality!
WizzkidJana 1 year ago
I bet those Mumaks were freezing. Haha.
Jenckles 1 year ago
soz for spelling, i was fighting three roid raging bodybuilders at the time.
The95thRifles 1 year ago
@The95thRifles I see. Considering it was no different than any of your other posts, I assume that grappling with burly men is part of your daily internet rituals?
Or, more likely, you're trying to justify a poor grasp of the English language with an equally poor grasp of what is "manly" versus what is "flamboyantly gay."
electricbayonet2 1 year ago
@electricbayonet2 bayonet,it is clear to me that when you have been defeated by logic you resort to this kind of rubbish.you havent discussed anything like a grown up,all youve done is make statements and assertions that need an intelligent discourse,and when i respond you take comments i make and use them out of context.if you look carefully at what ive said,and actually read the posts,youll realise it was you that took this whole thing off course,and when you didnt like my answers,u got silly.
The95thRifles 1 year ago
@The95thRifles What logic? Please, lay out your bottom line. I'd be glad to address it.
Riiiiight. Taking remarks out of context, resorting to "rubbish," not choosing to follow an "intelligent discourse," and being childish. Hang on, let's quote you for a sec, shall we?
"soz for spelling, i was fighting three roid raging bodybuilders at the time."
"i choose to believe he is fat and stupid rather thatn uninformed and a tactical amatuer."
Yep. Nothing wrong with that train of thought.
electricbayonet2 1 year ago
@electricbayonet2 youre doing it again.
The95thRifles 1 year ago
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@The95thRifles Asking you to lay down your bottom line? Exposing you for the blatant hypocrite that you are? Yes, indeed I am "doing it again."
electricbayonet2 1 year ago
To be honest: A line would be the last tactic i would choose against a line of enemies that are 5 times bigger then me...
DerTeke 1 year ago
Must have been a bit like this the first time the Romans fought the Carthaginians and they brought out their war elephants.
madaxe606 1 year ago
REFORM THE LINE! SOUND THE CHARGE! YYYYAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!
The95thRifles 1 year ago
If I was king theodin, I would of Monty python my ass out of here, "Run away, run away"
IndinceryWookie 1 year ago
Love how the orcs are still retreating even though they can clearly see the Massive backup.
TheTrojanfootballer 1 year ago
@TheTrojanfootballer: They don't want to get stepped on so they figure they can take a break while the Haradrim fight.
mrbignerd 1 year ago
@mrbignerd makes sense, thanks
TheTrojanfootballer 1 year ago
0:18-0:24 = Most. Fucking. Epic. Horn. Ever! Nothing can even hope to come close.
07Jackdaw 1 year ago 76
@07Jackdaw i love the timing and sound
uranduros 1 year ago
@07Jackdaw I actually like the sound of Rohans horn better, before they charge :)) but this is till awsome!
tenzy14nor14 1 year ago
@07Jackdaw I LOVE THAT HORN!!! :D
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speeddemon847 1 year ago