Notes on RoTK: The Battle of the Pelennor Fields

[eykar]

The Witch King can no longer daunt Theoden: 'Horses reared and screamed. Men cast from the saddle lay grovelling on the ground. "To me! To me!" cried Theoden. "Up Eorlingas! Fear no darkness

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[periantari]

"But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn am I, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you are not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.'
I was very disappointed at first at how the film simplified and totally modernized this bit... but i could understand the change in trying to make it more pithy and more for the 21st century movie audience. :p

"Eowyn! Eowyn!" he cried at last. "Eowyn, how came you here? What madness or devilry is this? death, death, death. Death take us all!. . . Ride, ride to ruin and the world's ending!"'

The Extended ROtK did well with Eomer's reaction to Eowyn's unconscious formk, i thought~ so powerfully done by Karl Urban.

A grim morn, a glad day, and a golden sunset.'
I love this quote~ <3

great observations and thoughts as usual~