Movie Moments VI: One Man And Two Hobbits...

This moment is brought to you by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. It happens near the end, when everyone is standing before the Black Gates of Mordor. After Aragorn finishes giving his speech about how someday the world may indeed end, but today they’re going to fight, one of my favorite scenes occurs, and it is during this scene that I hear a narrator in my head. It happens right when Aragorn dashes forward to take on the enemy, and the only ones who go with him are Merry and Pippen. It is at this point that I always hear in my head, “One man and two Hobbits against the might of Mordor.” And I love it because it seems like everyone else just kind of freezes for a moment and has this, I’m sure unintentional, moment of “Well, I guess we better go too. I mean, if he survives and we don’t fight, we’re all going to be in a lot of trouble.” Then they too dash forward to start the battle, quickly overtaking the Hobbits who probably ended up at the back of the pack when all was said and done. I know it’s not supposed to make me laugh, but it always does.