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My Favorite Scene: Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King (2003)

I wasn’t planning on doing Lord of the Rings yet, but I’ve been thinking of a scene from the third film most of the week and couldn’t go with anything else.  I’ll talk about the trilogy perhaps next week, but suffice it to say that Tolkien‘s Lord of the Rings is both my favorite book and movie.  To pick favorite scenes is going to be much tougher in the other films, but there is a scene in ROTK that is my favorite of the trilogy and one of my favorite in film.  It’s a scene about death.


There’s a time when we’re not aware of death; when it’s not a part of our thought process.  At what age that changes for you depends entirely on your circumstances and your luck.  After that, it’s always there to some degree; hovering at the edges of thought.  I probably think about it more than is healthy. This week, a friend of mine lost her mother so that’s likely what triggered it.  When I do think of it; I find immense comfort in this tiny scene buried in the Seige of Minas Tirith.  Gandalf and Pippin lay in wait with soldiers, about to be overwhelmed by the enemy and slain.  Pippin says that he didn’t expect it to end like this, and Gandalf (who has by this point journeyed through death and back) describes what happens next in a way that’s resonated with me more than any other description.  It’s powerful and simple; elegant and profound; and it’s my favorite scene from my favorite movie.

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