He looks so damn good. The Hobbit films and every video game have redesigned his armor again and again but nothing comes close to how badass he looks in Return of the King.
The Nazgul-Lord's design at Pellenor Fields is kind of 'meh'. In the books, he's wearing a crown and is wearing black robes and armor; the only visible part of him being his fiery eyes. Also, that flail is goofy as hell. Compare his several swings at Eowyn in the movie, while in the book he carries a mace and breaks her shield and arm on the first blow.
“Go back to the abyss. Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your master” “Do you not know death when you see it, old man? THIS IS MY HOUR” Honestly this exchange was fantastically written.
Will never understand why Jackson changed the location of this encounter. In the novel Gandalf bars entry to the city after the gates are broken and the Witch King arrives, challenges him and things go roughly as shown except Pippin arrives immediately after the encounter to inform Gandalf of Denethor trying to kill himself and Faramir instead of being present for it.
@@scrubvision5652 I thought the films copyright has been sold to some production company named Hollywoke. I had to read twice to understand you meant Hollywood 😂
LOTR was a genius piece of film making but the ending of the witch king was probably the most stupid thing about this whole series. The small girl chopped off a nazghuls head? And then the only weakness the king had was women? Isnt that just daft?
Ryan Magills Witch King of Angmar it was symbolic and it made a lot of sense. And the scene was really epic and emotional. But Arya killing the Night King it was a waste and garbage. For 5-6 seasons we are hyped about JON killing the Night King in a beautiful fight, but no... The only reason why it was Arya is for fan service and for feminism.
Finally someone makes a tribute to the best and most underrated villain from Lotr universe... Wish he would have much more screentime and his story would be more developed like in the books.
@@khalidrajabov7998 You are talking about The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle Earth 2 - The Rise of the Witch-King, Expansion Pack; I play it everyday my friend
I agree with you. I like Game of Thrones and the Night King. It is blatantly obvious that the Night King is a revamped version of the Witch King. Only Darth Vader has more presence than the Witch King. The scene after the Fell Beasts head is cut off, and we see the Witch King rise with mace and sword. . . wow that is/was impressive.
There’s also a moment where the Witch King is instructing orcs and a troll to break down a door, and flying all over the place strategically to assist everyone. It’s a glimpse of what a great tactician he is.
I always thought the Witch-King was killed on a technicality, that no MAN could kill him, based on Glorfindels prophecy over 1000 years earlier, but what was left out of the movie was that Merry was carrying a magical blade, sort of an anti-morgul blade, the kind that Frodo was stabbed with causing him to be pulled into the wraith realm. The Nazgul exist in the wraith realm, so when Merry stabbed him in the back of the knee, the Witch-King was instantly made mortal and no longer a wraith, making him vulnerable to being stabbed in the face by Eowyn.
Watching it, I was thinking, 'that line was pretty cheesy and that's how their going to kill off such a cool character?' But the way he went out collapsing in on himself made it cool, and I have little to no quarrels with his death. Only critique is that she is not tanking a hit from a mace that size and weight. Also her sword had to be enchanted inorder to cut through a dragon neck like that. Human heads don't even get cut off that neatly.
I mean, Glorfindel's prophecy should have been made explicit in the films, because in the film we're lead to believe that the Witch King is immortal, or rather unkillable.
@@abrahamedelstein4806 yeah because not only are we not made aware of the prophecy (especially since they basically removed Glorfindel from the film) but we don't even know that Merry has an enchanted blade in the film either.
To me, "breaking him" means corrupting him, not only robbing the Good Guys of Gandalf's power, but also using him against them, which is probably infinitely more terrifying than just killing him.
It wasn't shown in the movie but his defeat had nothing to do with merry and eowyn not being male humans. The hobbits had been given numenorian daggers by tom bombadil, they were enchanted with a power to harm the witch-king, that's why merry was able to stab him, and by doing that that he broke the spell binding his undead flesh to his will, that's why eowyn was able to kill him.
+Arnold Pramudita ""- Sauron deadliest servant walk straight into the only 2 people in the entire rohan army who is not men, Definitely not the luckiest or the brightest"" that "iam not a man" scene and that whole bit before it where she chops off that dragons head in 2 strikes was absoluuuut bullshit, added to please the SJW. PC and feminist viewers!, it was so unrealistic it almost ruined the movie!.cant remember this from any other lotr movie/cartoon or book!.
Why does it have to always be about politics? I doubt Peter Jackson's intention is to please the SJW. You people are all the same, shoving in your own agendas where it's not needed. Whether or not you're a left winger or a right winger.
@@SDeww lol the entire movie is about magics and demons and you call that unrealistic? and the movie was from 2003 there's no pc bullshit back then here's actually the quote from the book: _No living man am I! You look upon a woman! Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter._
Fun facts: the same actor who played Lurtz, the leader of the Uruk-Hai in “The Fellowship of the Ring”, also played Gothmog (the leader of the orcs), and the Witch King. Andy Serkis, who voiced and portrayed Sméagol/Gollum, was also the voice of the Witch King.
@@lukec2004 Well that scene was supposed to show how Sauron grew in strength and so did the Nine. And Gandalf wasnt prepared for the suprise attack by a creature that grew in strength the last 3000 years.
@@Codexter1 very unlikely Gandalf isnt an idiot, he wouldn't have left his guard down. But even if he had, after his staff is shattered he just sort of lies there and waits for the Witch King to kill him If Gandalf was really surprised by the Witch Kings power, he would put his whole guard on after his staff was shattered and defeat him He is more than capable of beating him without his staff, since he defeated the Balrog (much more powerful than the Witch King) without it
@Antun Šturlić how did he have power level of a Maia I mean the ring was close to Mordor but Sauron didn't have it so it didn't increase his power. Sauron was in a very weakened form and could only indirectly influence the fight so he wouldn't be of very much aid to the Witch-king. And even if he was on the level of a Maia Gandalf is a very powerful Maia and he had the elven Ring of Fire which is much more powerful than the witch-king's Ring of Power And even if the witch-king was much more powerful than Gandalf he still wouldn't be able to defeat him in one hit
@Antun Šturlić The movie version of Sauron found out the One Ring was in mount Doom, yet he wasn't capable of doing anything about it so I'm going to guess and say he couldn't do much on a distance and Minas Tirith is pretty far from Barad Dur The book version DID have a weak physical form so it doesn't exactly explain how the Witch-king defeat Gandalf
Interesting fact about the Nazgul, they don't have physical bodies. If you took the robes off, you wouldn't see anything. The whole reason they wear them is to give themselves form. At least that's what I gathered from what I read in the books.
He's all looks and no substance. Literally, the witch King was a void. His physical body had basically ceased to exist by this point. It was a ghost with a form bound to the armour by dark magic. I love the movies but the Witch King is absurdly overpowered here. Undead human sorcerer vs Reincarnated Maiar sent back to earth by Illuvitar. Nope... not a chance.
@@englishlady9797 in the books the witchkings power kinda rises and falls with saurons power because they are slaves to his will, at the moment he fought gandalf, or almost in the books i think the witchking was at the same level of power as gandalf but only because saurons strength was growing, i doubt if sauron was at his weakest that the witchking would even be able to do much to gandalf in his returned form
@@MorgothBauglire Bruh, there's not a single occasion where Witch-King can/could be equal to Mithrandir, he's Maiar and Tolkien himself said he's only Maiar that could fight Sauron. The guy above is right, Witch-King is buffed here, but canonically Gandalf would easily cast him back to his master.
Arguably, yes, since Sauron prefers to stay in the shadow (and lacks the strength to come out into the opening without the One Ring), it is only natural for him to make the Witch King his proxy, his "hand" in directing his army. The Witch King is like the Vader to Sauron's Palpatine.
No justice is made for Sauron in the Movies, he is a lot more terrifying than the Witch King, Tolkien said that not even Aragorn could stand the presence of Sauron, the WK is a child near Sauron.
@TheKowHunter he was a fuckin wraith .a bodyless wraith nothing harms him.the blade merry stabbed him was a powerful blade forged by Tom bombadil specifically to destroy dark power hence making thw witch king vulnerable
@@lolibudang5085 It was a knife from the Burrow Downs (the tomb of the last Prince of Cardolain IIRC) which Tom Bombadil took and gave it to him. Since it was of Arnor making, it was thus of Numenor. I suppose why it had the ability to wound him.
When he lands in front of Gandalf and Pippin, that is such an epic scene. The moment he starts talking with that hideous voice, Pippin screams from terror and hides behind Gandalf as much as he can. You can tell this guy is super powerful and evil just from that alone!
and yet get killed by a girl that pretty much was an average warrior with no power whatsoever. I like her character but the way they did it in the movie was lame. I mean that same guy put down fucking Gandalf the white into the ground in few steps and can barely avoid a dagger in the back + a normal sword into the face like this? lol
@@elianos1 it was all because of Merry's enchanted weapon made to harm the king If he had a regular weapon, they would have been dead So not Witch King's fault
In the book he doesn’t throw Gandalf from his horse. They face off and he’s forced to leave and take on Rohan. Just another example of Peter Jackson nurfing Gandalf.
Sauron himself suffers from overconfidence. And why would he warn the Nazguls to avert danger, since they cannot die at all if Sauron himself is not destroyed?
@@derbis0n959 Tolkien confirmed in one of his letters that Sauron could have restored the Witch-King were the One Ring not destroyed, since the Nazguls were (a) already not quite living (b) having their life forces and souls bound to Sauron, making them essentially a part of him (that can be regrown).
@@HeavyMetalGamingHD True, but that does not change the fact that Shadowfax and only Shadowfax of all the horses of the world could stand steady in the face of the Witch King of Angmar.
Approve of your defeat? by a halfing and a women? You put the most dangerous opponent, Gandalf, on his ass. Almost killed a king with ease just to get manhandled by the least seasoned fighters on the battlefield. It’s embarrassing man, but Atleast your humbled to approve it
Lord of the Rings is too epic that even the 3rd villain (Sauron>Saruman>Witch King) is much better than most of the primary villains in other fantasies.
@@thewitchkingofangmar6495Because the main reason is that you are forced to get defeated by script writers and director Fact: If this happened Irl even the most strongest and bravest warrior can not even come close to scratch you.There is no way a woman could actually kill the Undead and lord of demons who’s growing strength and power for 3000years and ruling the power of darkness for many years
3:05 They did such an amazing job with the voice etc. really feels so unnatural. Almost like a voice across the ethereal plain. A physical manifestation of something barely a part of this world trying to claim dominion of a place it doesn’t belong. A truly terrifying embodiment of the Angelic forces unfairly seeking to dominate a world meant for men. A beautiful heavenly force reduced to a terrifying darkness in the eyes of those blinded by its light. Something which is unable to portray itself properly due to the severe language barrier across the dimensions.
Not really. Could be a good movie but only if you add more story. The story of the 9 isnt all that long or interesting. Especially since we dont know much about them before becoming Wraiths.
@@voidiarc1587 That could be intresting. Especially with Cârn-Dûm and Glorfindel. Tho, i still think that there are far more interesting parts of the Legendarium that would work amazingly well in movie form.
Kind of wish they had gone with book version of the confrontation between Gandalf and the Witch King. In the book the orcs aren't able to break the gates of the city so when the bring out the big ram, the Witch King magically enhances it to shatter the gate. Gandalf has his, 'no matter what comes through that gate.' moment, and its the Witch King that rides through on just a horse and that alone has everyone scared to death. He breaks Gandalf staff but then is called away because the Rohiram have arrived. He also uses his powers to break the border walls and fortress's Gondor had built to the North to let the Orcs from Mordor unite with his army from Minas Morgal.
He never breaks Gandalf's staff in the books. He does his 'this is my hour' shtick to a calm, steady Gandalf's face, then leaves when he hears Rohan coming.
Casuals thinking she only killed him bc she was a woman, and it’s not like Merry didn’t stab him with a cursed blade that made him vulnerable to be banished back to Mordor (not killed)
@@ulissesbueno the Nazguls were taking power from their master. He lives, so do they He dies for once and for all, so do they Otherwise, they would have died in the first movie
Hands down, I can watch a legit movie just on the rise and fall of the witch king of Angwar. That costume, the vibes he gives, his dreadful screams is unmatchable. Based on his looks, he looks even more intimidating than the Sauron who fought isildur
“Do you not know DEATH when you see it old man?” In theaters man was this chilling with the audio boosted, the Witch King for me easily the most intimidating presence in LOTR.
Many people are triggered by the fact that the Witch King beat Gandalf. But I believe, because of Sauron's strongly increased strength, the Witch Kings strength grew along. That is why he is so much stronger in RotK than FotR.
even tho Gandalf and Sauron were Maiar, this doesnt mean they had the same level of power or else Gandalf would have just fight Sauron alone in the second era Sauron is way more powerful, not surprisingly Morgoth choose him as his lieuternant
What's more Gandalf is unable to harness his full maiar power in his wizard form. The Valar sent the wizards to fight Sauron with counsels and by stirring up the people of Middle earth to withstand him, not fight Sauron by brute force.
I mean, ring or no ring, he was able to win. His greatest strength with the ring is the fact that his mind will always be able to micromanage his empire as long as it exists. Given, having it again would be a nice bonus. But a neglect-able one.
I really like this interpretation of the Witch King. Character design and sound design are superb. He really seems to suck all strength and hope out of his enemies.
At 3:58 is the best scene in the whole entire movie. It literally shows you the orcs army sieging MT then the Nazgûl coming above then that music coming in. Makes you feel powerful
I love that they displayed the Witch Kings power in some way when he confronted Gandalf. However if anyone hasn't read the books and knows the lore, Gandalf in the books would absolutely DESTROY the Witch king without even breaking a sweat. Gandalf is a top 4 most powerful being in all of the lore, (behind Sauron, Galadriel, and Tom Bombadil of course), and many of the most powerful beings aren't displayed at all in the movies for a few good reasons rightfully. Anyway, even though the Witch King is one of my favorite villains of all time in every way, I wish they would've shown Gandalfs true power in return towards the Witch King when confronted instead of making him seem like the weaker of the two.
@@jesselawrence7343 galadriel was practically trained by the maia Melian while she lived in doriath, who was a direct servant of the Valar its probably fair to say galadriel had greater skill than gandalf who is also only a fraction as old as galadriel is
@@jacobnisley6581 yes , but he is limited by been an Istari. Gandalf is powerful, but that limitation is ever present for a reason: the Istari will aid in defeating Sauron , not by power , but by giving wisdom. It is Men , Elves and Dwarves that will be the powers that defeats Sauron.
The Witch King posed a legit threat to Gandalf that day. Don't forget that while Sauron may top your list, at one point he does get totally owned by a dog. Glorfindel did not want to go up against the Witch King on the WK's worst day, and Glorfindel had previously taken down a maia (balrog). Tom Bombadil is probably best left off any list of most powerful beings, he doesn't exactly play by the same rules.
*kingdoms of Arnor By the time Angmar attacks, Arnor had managed to split into the kingdoms of Arthedain, Cardolan and Rhudaur due to internecine squabbing. Arthedain was ruled by the rightful line of heirs of Isildur and it fell the last.
@@elonwhatever Arwen, Galadriel, Eowyn..., The thing is that those People are only satisfied If The female lead is bashing men and acting like a bitch all The time.
@@DonMikami No it does matter because it's inconsistent with the rest of the movies, Gandalf the Grey defeated a balrog who is in canon stronger than the witch king. And Gandalf the white is much stronger than Gandalf the white, and again in cannon Gandalf the grey has held his own against all 10 of the Nazgûl, and again Gandalf the white is much much stronger than Gandalf the white, this is a complete and utter insult to the character.
@@danielhughes6896 you're complaining about a movie that's been out for over 10 years and has found massive success even if it is inaccurate. Get over it.
If this is a videogame moment then: Gandalf- veteran player Pipin- newbie Witch king- HARDASS BOSS Rohirrim- other players guilds joining in King of rohan- guild leader Eowyn- player who watched the playthroughs
2:29 if you listen, you can just barely hear the sounds of the marching/drums of the orc army. Weather it was a mistake or intentional, imagine being one of the soldiers of Gondor, or being a simple citizen, and in the middle of the night, you can just faintly hear the sounds of several thousands of feet marching, all headed for you.
I always loved how movie portrayed how powerful his voice is when speaking to gandalf. That comparison when his voice completely silences pippin scream is god tier.
Can we appreciate the fact that Eowyn was able to stand before the Witch King without running for her life? That creature he was riding scared Pippin so much to make him stop in his tracks and made many men flee around the battlefield as the fear took over them. But Eowyn stood her ground and didn't let the fear take her. Also she didn't waste time and went directly for a face stab once the opportunity presented itself.
The "black riders" were supposed to be an incognito form and the shire mission was a secret one, Rivendell got wind of them only after Gildor sent word after Frodo described his encounter. The nazgul had appeared as black riders before to the Gondorians, but more as observers in the background, and probably not the witch king himself. Their true nature was not revealed to them.
@@itnotmeitu3896 Given that the Lord of the Nazgul destroyed their sister kingdom, took over Minas Ithil and killed the last king of Gondor, it's a bit odd to claim that the Gondorians didn''t know about him.
Once a Great King, Then the Power of a Ring, Like Death on a Wing, That only Evil would Sing, Like a fouled Spring, Of a joy, That only Darkness Brings… For greed, Suppressed my need, Consumed me with speed, I paid no heed, To once great deeds, For Evil feeds, My very greed, The Dark Lord decreed, We would lead, Mordor’s armies in his steed… The Black Speech, We would preach, Alas we would reach, Our evil screech, For mere mortals beseech, We cease the Black Speech, But no avail, Only Fear prevails!
Fun fact: in the book Merry's blade came from the barrow downs... the resting place of the princes of the northern kingdoms who fought against the kingdom of Angmar in ages past. That simple knife was made by the men of westernesse... and was designed to break the enchantments protecting with Witch King. Merry's attack made him vulnerable to Eowyn's attack.
I love all the multiple layers that went into killing the Witch King. He cannot be killed by any living man, so he is first stabbed by a hobbit (not a man) with a weapon forged by a dead (not living) man and then was finished by Eowyn (a woman)
when the witch king is looking out after hearing the horn of rohan and the mens choir is playing along with that, its not in the actual movie but i wish it was it makes that part 1000x more epic...great touch!
Just wait until one day you need to go visit the DHM (department of horse mounts) at the very top level and you're on the bottom. You obviously can't ride your horse, that's why you're going there in the first place, so you get to walk. All the way up. Gondor cared nothing for those with a walking handicap.
"The Nazgûl were they, the Ringwraiths, the Enemy's most terrible servants; darkness went with them, and they cried with the voices of death." 01:05- they cried with the voices of death.
"Do you not know *death* when you see it... *OLD MAN?"* Behold, how in one statement the Witch King not only says he can kill Gandalf, but that he is useless and weak. Nothing but an old man, not even referring to him once as a wizard, he hates them because Gandalf will always have better affluence in magic. Naturally speaking, but then you see... we are not dealing with natural business here, this is the Witch King at his fullest power. "THIS IS *MY HOUR"* He raises forth an ancient blade so foul and tainted with corruption that it itself is probably a morgul blade. The sword swelters and begins to magnify his power which he drew in from the ambient energies. He drew upon death and the Void itself, the screaming high-pitched souls of the people he has sacrificed to enhance his powers. The sword burns aflame with an actual fire, the congregated flames in the light of men he has stolen. Gathering for an intense psionic attack even Gandalf wasn't ready for The Witch King shatters his staff, he breaks his rod in a physical display which simply meant in fullness and truth. 'Look; I did not even have to wave my hand and I knocked you off of your feet.' Gandalf certainly could have taken the Witch King in his fetal-form at his beginnings. Long before this encounter, but the Witch King has perverted himself and done such. Heinous unspeakable evils that even a wizard is now in peril against that which was once a mere sorcerer. A sorcerer who serves a very willing and capable master which fueled all of his endeavors and made new dark spells. Beyond any human or even Maiar comprehension, Gandalf is shocked but I'm sure none of this happened in the books.
@@pantelisliakos2481 Yeah it's just dope to cross some of the cool lore into these awesome scenes. The Witch King was definitely the stuff of nightmares both in the book and in the movies
That Eowyn kills the Witch King is fantastic. Considering the actress playing Eowyn had to play the sceme with extreme fear in character as Eowyn was really unskilled in warfare. Basicaliy she was lucky to destroy the beast
@@Specoups She, um, actually does nearly die. In the novel, the wraith-king breaks her arm and shield the instant he fights her; she only wins because Merry stabs him with a sword designed to slay creatures like him. "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."
@@LordMortanius Alright. I'll take the part of your comment addressing my point, the one saying that the Witch King almost killed her in the first few seconds of the fight. I can say that sadly while this would be contradicting what I said before *if* I was talking about the books. But I am talking about the movies. I have nothing to back up my arguments but personal feeling. I just say that the Witch King would probably have killed a warrior not as skilled as Eowin was in duel in the movies, in the first few seconds of the fight.
5:43 that one scene almost ruined the whole movie for me, either that dragon is really stupid and has no idea how to catch hes food, how old are these dragons, wyverns?? 500 years old, look at the battle scars on that beast, and this 1 weak woman kills it??, she can hardly hold up that sword!. this whole scene was just a way to make a (feminist) woman look good in a fighting scene!.. cant remember this from any other lotr movie/cartoon or book!. 6:58 "iam not a man" yes only the all powerful feminist woman can destroy evil man!. and they had to add SJW bullshit into the movie.. so sad! again cant remember this from any other lotr movie/cartoon or book!.
Making the nazguls and espically witch king of angmar so mysterious was a really great decision makes them more terryfying and making the witch king more awesome. Hope the amazon series doesn’t go full on to explain their background and how everything works, only little but still keep the mystery.
Around 0:07 you can see that before the Witch King puts his gauntlets on all there is is an arm bone. And that means he uses his dark magic to move his armor while being rooted in an undead corpse. That's kind of metal.
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Love how they didnt use any CGi for him - they hired an actual witch king to play there! Amazing
Haha, you made my laugh, thank you :P
You mean an actual Nazgul to play the Witch King?
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It’s actually the same actor that plays lurtz in the fellowship of the ring.
@@ByzantineCapitalManagement Yup, they hired the real Witch King of Angmar to play himself
Character design is 11/10 if you ask me. One of the most epic villains of all time is the Witch King.
He looks so damn good. The Hobbit films and every video game have redesigned his armor again and again but nothing comes close to how badass he looks in Return of the King.
I am in love with the menace of his presence...
0:07 One of my all time favourite villains shot
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The Nazgul-Lord's design at Pellenor Fields is kind of 'meh'. In the books, he's wearing a crown and is wearing black robes and armor; the only visible part of him being his fiery eyes.
Also, that flail is goofy as hell. Compare his several swings at Eowyn in the movie, while in the book he carries a mace and breaks her shield and arm on the first blow.
“Go back to the abyss. Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your master”
“Do you not know death when you see it, old man? THIS IS MY HOUR”
Honestly this exchange was fantastically written.
@@Izat605 it's actually nothingness
Will never understand why Jackson changed the location of this encounter. In the novel Gandalf bars entry to the city after the gates are broken and the Witch King arrives, challenges him and things go roughly as shown except Pippin arrives immediately after the encounter to inform Gandalf of Denethor trying to kill himself and Faramir instead of being present for it.
@@Izat605 Nothingness.
@@Izat605 Cringe, correcting people wrongly just to be corrected by those who actually understood that is nothingness not darkness.
Doesn’t he say this is “My power” as opposed to hour?
It’s truly amazing how well this has aged. What a genius piece of film making
hollywoke wont be able to produce some thing like this ever again
@@scrubvision5652 I thought the films copyright has been sold to some production company named Hollywoke. I had to read twice to understand you meant Hollywood 😂
LOTR was a genius piece of film making but the ending of the witch king was probably the most stupid thing about this whole series. The small girl chopped off a nazghuls head? And then the only weakness the king had was women? Isnt that just daft?
The only difference between the Witch King and the Night King is that the Witch King actually did something.
And yet, they both got killed by women :)
Ryan Magills Witch King of Angmar it was symbolic and it made a lot of sense. And the scene was really epic and emotional. But Arya killing the Night King it was a waste and garbage. For 5-6 seasons we are hyped about JON killing the Night King in a beautiful fight, but no... The only reason why it was Arya is for fan service and for feminism.
I disagree. Even though both didn't do a lot, I think the Night King was less useless than the Witch King.
@@alexwittig2760 Ummm, the witch-king destroyed the entire northern kingdom of Arnor, the kingdom of Aragorns ancestors.
Slayer Of Light I am talking about what they did on screen
Finally someone makes a tribute to the best and most underrated villain from Lotr universe... Wish he would have much more screentime and his story would be more developed like in the books.
There is a game of LOTR about him, but old
@@khalidrajabov7998 You are talking about The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle Earth 2 - The Rise of the Witch-King, Expansion Pack; I play it everyday my friend
Probably :) Good for you :)
what about sauron?
I agree with you.
I like Game of Thrones and the Night King. It is blatantly obvious that the Night King is a revamped version of the Witch King.
Only Darth Vader has more presence than the Witch King. The scene after the Fell Beasts head is cut off, and we see the Witch King rise with mace and sword. .
. wow that is/was impressive.
There’s also a moment where the Witch King is instructing orcs and a troll to break down a door, and flying all over the place strategically to assist everyone. It’s a glimpse of what a great tactician he is.
Must've played a shit load of YuGiOh back in the day huh?....
Not much of a warrior though. Very easily killed.
@@nikkynaemates Only because Merry stabs him with a dagger which held enchantments specifically designed to damage and weaken the Witch King.
@@nikkynaemates Read the history of the weapon Merry used to stab him. It was not a conventional blade.
It always annoyed me that this wasn't explained in the movie. It made the which king look quite weak :/
I always thought the Witch-King was killed on a technicality, that no MAN could kill him, based on Glorfindels prophecy over 1000 years earlier, but what was left out of the movie was that Merry was carrying a magical blade, sort of an anti-morgul blade, the kind that Frodo was stabbed with causing him to be pulled into the wraith realm. The Nazgul exist in the wraith realm, so when Merry stabbed him in the back of the knee, the Witch-King was instantly made mortal and no longer a wraith, making him vulnerable to being stabbed in the face by Eowyn.
@GreenWithers Hubris comes before nemesis, as they say.
@@johns1625 Fun Fact: The Witch King is actually the Darth Vader of The Lord of The Rings.
Watching it, I was thinking, 'that line was pretty cheesy and that's how their going to kill off such a cool character?' But the way he went out collapsing in on himself made it cool, and I have little to no quarrels with his death. Only critique is that she is not tanking a hit from a mace that size and weight. Also her sword had to be enchanted inorder to cut through a dragon neck like that. Human heads don't even get cut off that neatly.
I mean, Glorfindel's prophecy should have been made explicit in the films, because in the film we're lead to believe that the Witch King is immortal, or rather unkillable.
@@abrahamedelstein4806 yeah because not only are we not made aware of the prophecy (especially since they basically removed Glorfindel from the film) but we don't even know that Merry has an enchanted blade in the film either.
"I will break him" sounds a lot more menacing than "I will kill him" for some reason.
In German he says I will crush him sound even more amazing
Gandalf is maiar meaning he is immortal… But when you break his body he cant return with a shape anymore..
To me, "breaking him" means corrupting him, not only robbing the Good Guys of Gandalf's power, but also using him against them, which is probably infinitely more terrifying than just killing him.
@@evrensel.duyuru Gandalf can return in any form that the Valar grant him, his appearance is that of this man, but he can come back again and again.
Sounds kinda hot tbh
- Sauron deadliest servant
*walk straight into the only 2 people in the entire rohan army who is not men*
Definitely not the luckiest or the brightest
It wasn't shown in the movie but his defeat had nothing to do with merry and eowyn not being male humans. The hobbits had been given numenorian daggers by tom bombadil, they were enchanted with a power to harm the witch-king, that's why merry was able to stab him, and by doing that that he broke the spell binding his undead flesh to his will, that's why eowyn was able to kill him.
+Arnold Pramudita ""- Sauron deadliest servant walk straight into the only 2 people in the entire rohan army who is not men, Definitely not the luckiest or the brightest""
that "iam not a man" scene and that whole bit before it where she chops off that dragons head in 2 strikes was absoluuuut bullshit, added to please the SJW. PC and feminist viewers!,
it was so unrealistic it almost ruined the movie!.cant remember this from any other lotr movie/cartoon or book!.
Why does it have to always be about politics? I doubt Peter Jackson's intention is to please the SJW. You people are all the same, shoving in your own agendas where it's not needed. Whether or not you're a left winger or a right winger.
@@SDeww lol the entire movie is about magics and demons and you call that unrealistic? and the movie was from 2003 there's no pc bullshit back then
here's actually the quote from the book:
_No living man am I! You look upon a woman! Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter._
Arnold Pramudita for some reason I would really like to see him and the master chief have a fist fight
Witch-king: “This is my hour!”
*hears horn of rohan*
Witch-king: “WTF”
Witch-king: “This is my hour!”
*hears horn of rohan*
Witch-king: “Wait, what was I doing?”
Your comment made me laugh
Must have held quite the grudge against Rohan to act so quickly
Fun facts: the same actor who played Lurtz, the leader of the Uruk-Hai in “The Fellowship of the Ring”, also played Gothmog (the leader of the orcs), and the Witch King. Andy Serkis, who voiced and portrayed Sméagol/Gollum, was also the voice of the Witch King.
wow thats amazing
Those men really get around
Yes, Lawrence Makoare
No he wasn't
Witch King: Fool, no man can kill me.
*It's ma'am.*
Witch King: Ohh sorry ma'am.
that's when the feminism began
Merry: Did you just assume my species? Cankle stab!
Spieler01 he does a little victory dance like usher in the end 7:13 here
what a polite he is....
suprised pikachu face
>"Do you not know death when you see it old man "
>fire sword
Ok, this is gonna be a hard boss fight
Not really, since Gandalf is supposed to be MUCH more powerful
@@lukec2004 Well that scene was supposed to show how Sauron grew in strength and so did the Nine. And Gandalf wasnt prepared for the suprise attack by a creature that grew in strength the last 3000 years.
@@Codexter1 very unlikely Gandalf isnt an idiot, he wouldn't have left his guard down.
But even if he had, after his staff is shattered he just sort of lies there and waits for the Witch King to kill him
If Gandalf was really surprised by the Witch Kings power, he would put his whole guard on after his staff was shattered and defeat him
He is more than capable of beating him without his staff, since he defeated the Balrog (much more powerful than the Witch King) without it
@Antun Šturlić how did he have power level of a Maia
I mean the ring was close to Mordor but Sauron didn't have it so it didn't increase his power.
Sauron was in a very weakened form and could only indirectly influence the fight so he wouldn't be of very much aid to the Witch-king.
And even if he was on the level of a Maia Gandalf is a very powerful Maia and he had the elven Ring of Fire which is much more powerful than the witch-king's Ring of Power
And even if the witch-king was much more powerful than Gandalf he still wouldn't be able to defeat him in one hit
@Antun Šturlić
The movie version of Sauron found out the One Ring was in mount Doom, yet he wasn't capable of doing anything about it so I'm going to guess and say he couldn't do much on a distance and Minas Tirith is pretty far from Barad Dur
The book version DID have a weak physical form so it doesn't exactly explain how the Witch-king defeat Gandalf
Possibly one of the coolest villains ever.
Interesting fact about the Nazgul, they don't have physical bodies. If you took the robes off, you wouldn't see anything. The whole reason they wear them is to give themselves form. At least that's what I gathered from what I read in the books.
So they basically throw away their invisibility power by giving their enemy the ability to see them? Sounds right.
@@wxyzmarkus6834 And the ability to hold a weapon.
You'd have thought, being ghost sorcerers, the nazgul would have been able to fight the army of the dead.
@@shafismaili1347 The army of the dead was never in minas tirith in the books. They helped to attack the haradrim ships and then they were freed.
@@HeavyMetalGamingHD damn, then in the book how they did manage to win without the ghost army
I got to stop picking bad guys as my favorite characters. They always die. ;(
Joker doesn’t die in tdk. The actor does
These 2 comments are the best.
same
Same here 😢
The Night King :(
God the witch king looks so badass
I agree
He's all looks and no substance. Literally, the witch King was a void. His physical body had basically ceased to exist by this point. It was a ghost with a form bound to the armour by dark magic.
I love the movies but the Witch King is absurdly overpowered here. Undead human sorcerer vs Reincarnated Maiar sent back to earth by Illuvitar. Nope... not a chance.
@@englishlady9797 in the books the witchkings power kinda rises and falls with saurons power because they are slaves to his will, at the moment he fought gandalf, or almost in the books i think the witchking was at the same level of power as gandalf but only because saurons strength was growing, i doubt if sauron was at his weakest that the witchking would even be able to do much to gandalf in his returned form
@@englishlady9797 Why are so many people in these comments trying to attack this guy. The Witch King is cool. Deal with it.
@@MorgothBauglire Bruh, there's not a single occasion where Witch-King can/could be equal to Mithrandir, he's Maiar and Tolkien himself said he's only Maiar that could fight Sauron. The guy above is right, Witch-King is buffed here, but canonically Gandalf would easily cast him back to his master.
Bad ass scene of the witch king
"Do you not know death when you see it, old man! This is my power" *pulls out flaming sword*
"This is my hour"
True power of fire aspect enchantment
yoda would have shitted his pants!
@@fitnessfinance8294 *
@@stonkers7703 LMAO u made my day xd, when I saw that scene I immediately thought about fire aspect too, nice!
Witch King: "Do you not know DEATH when you see it OLD MAN?"
Gandalf: "Ummm...."
Witch King: "I'm going to go find Theoden. He knows"
IMO The Witch King looks more of a boss than Sauron in the movie
Agreed
He's more like the second boss Imo lol you see how big the main villain was in the 1st movie sauron was like 10ft tall
Arguably, yes, since Sauron prefers to stay in the shadow (and lacks the strength to come out into the opening without the One Ring), it is only natural for him to make the Witch King his proxy, his "hand" in directing his army. The Witch King is like the Vader to Sauron's Palpatine.
No justice is made for Sauron in the Movies, he is a lot more terrifying than the Witch King, Tolkien said that not even Aragorn could stand the presence of Sauron, the WK is a child near Sauron.
No,when sauron showed up in battle of elves ,men vs orks everyone just stop and terrified by seening sauron himself
I really want his helmet
@TheKowHunter I don't think a mouth piece is necessary when you're flying on a fell beast most of the time.
@TheKowHunter he was a fuckin wraith .a bodyless wraith nothing harms him.the blade merry stabbed him was a powerful blade forged by Tom bombadil specifically to destroy dark power hence making thw witch king vulnerable
@@lolibudang5085 It was a knife from the Burrow Downs (the tomb of the last Prince of Cardolain IIRC) which Tom Bombadil took and gave it to him. Since it was of Arnor making, it was thus of Numenor. I suppose why it had the ability to wound him.
Good drops
@@ate7714 Definitely a set worth grinding for
Shadowfax is the most badass horse ever. Looked like he was about to try and kick the Fell beast a 3:32.
Nah
When he lands in front of Gandalf and Pippin, that is such an epic scene. The moment he starts talking with that hideous voice, Pippin screams from terror and hides behind Gandalf as much as he can. You can tell this guy is super powerful and evil just from that alone!
and yet get killed by a girl that pretty much was an average warrior with no power whatsoever. I like her character but the way they did it in the movie was lame. I mean that same guy put down fucking Gandalf the white into the ground in few steps and can barely avoid a dagger in the back + a normal sword into the face like this? lol
@@elianos1 it was all because of Merry's enchanted weapon made to harm the king
If he had a regular weapon, they would have been dead
So not Witch King's fault
@@elianos1 found the person who didn't read the books
@@SonOfSalop he didn't even pay attention to the movie. Galadriel gifted merry and pippin daggers. That's how they got those weapons into the movie.
In the book he doesn’t throw Gandalf from his horse. They face off and he’s forced to leave and take on Rohan. Just another example of Peter Jackson nurfing Gandalf.
The CGI for this movie is much better then new films even though its a old movie
Emad Khalifa no
@@tinaromer3018 it is, looks much more real than actual movies.
100%
Looks better than DC films, that’s for sure
Did you not know? They used real dragons in this film
You think Sauron from experience would have told his servant in advance not to get overconfident and not to even attempt to lift/choke enemies :)
Sauron himself suffers from overconfidence. And why would he warn the Nazguls to avert danger, since they cannot die at all if Sauron himself is not destroyed?
@@user-gb7ji6xy5d the witch king did die!!
@@derbis0n959 Tolkien confirmed in one of his letters that Sauron could have restored the Witch-King were the One Ring not destroyed, since the Nazguls were (a) already not quite living (b) having their life forces and souls bound to Sauron, making them essentially a part of him (that can be regrown).
@@user-gb7ji6xy5d interesting. Thanks
Great comment ! 😊
I love how Gandalf's horse never ran away when facing the Witch King who was capable of scaring even the Oliphaunts
Gandalf was wearing Narya. One of the three elven rings. This ring had the power to inspire people and the resist tyranny, domination and dispari
Shadowfax be like: "I aint no bitch. Square up."
@@HeavyMetalGamingHD True, but that does not change the fact that Shadowfax and only Shadowfax of all the horses of the world could stand steady in the face of the Witch King of Angmar.
Shadowfax proved he really is the lord of all horses
Well, he's Shadowfax.
The most badass character in the series. Very limited screen time but great and lasting impact.
I, The Witch-King of Angmar, Black Captain, Chief of the Nine and Lord of Minas Morgul approve of this
They killed your pet lizard tho
Hi I'm Princess Leia and I have the one ring
1v1 me then "chief"
Can I have your fire sword? You won’t be needing it now.
Approve of your defeat? by a halfing and a women? You put the most dangerous opponent, Gandalf, on his ass. Almost killed a king with ease just to get manhandled by the least seasoned fighters on the battlefield. It’s embarrassing man, but Atleast your humbled to approve it
Still the best movies who else is with me
çhøù Hp Ok
LOTR, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars all the all time best movies.
Of course!
ZeeBoss Lotr and Star Wars
And harry potter
@@westernstudios2484 Good one!
His voice... is honestly GOAT STATUS
Lord of the Rings is too epic that even the 3rd villain (Sauron>Saruman>Witch King) is much better than most of the primary villains in other fantasies.
the ending was so sad. poor Witch King. There wasn't a dry eye in this house let me tell you.
I don’t know how I let her kill me, she was not hard to kill, I would’ve killed her if that stupid kid didn’t stab me in the back, it was my HOUR.
Can we have one minute of silence for the witchking, so tragic he didn't deserve to die. God blesss him.
@Look behind You Respect to you Vader, if heard about you, you live in a very far galaxy away from our world, would be a pleasure to meet you someday.
@@thewitchkingofangmar6495Because the main reason is that you are forced to get defeated by script writers and director
Fact: If this happened Irl even the most strongest and bravest warrior can not even come close to scratch you.There is no way a woman could actually kill the Undead and lord of demons who’s growing strength and power for 3000years and ruling the power of darkness for many years
@@thewitchkingofangmar6495 shouldn't gave talked so damn much
That dragon must of had like 2 HP left...
Eli Garcia fell beast
It's more or less like a big bat lol
Nah, Eowyn rolled a straight 20 on that strike, makes me sad tho, miss my fell beast, poor guy...
Eli Garcia pretty sure that’s a Drake
@@jojoh.4059 it ain't a drake. That's a Fell beast
3:05 They did such an amazing job with the voice etc. really feels so unnatural. Almost like a voice across the ethereal plain. A physical manifestation of something barely a part of this world trying to claim dominion of a place it doesn’t belong. A truly terrifying embodiment of the Angelic forces unfairly seeking to dominate a world meant for men. A beautiful heavenly force reduced to a terrifying darkness in the eyes of those blinded by its light. Something which is unable to portray itself properly due to the severe language barrier across the dimensions.
Damn , are you ok?
very good!
Well said
Yah, but they fucked up Smaug's voice!
3:03 Masterful acting by Ian Mckellen. You can see the fear and despair in his eyes, even though his voice claims otherwise.
Go read the books..do yourself a favor..and stop embarrassing yourself.."fear and despair in the eyes of the White Wizard"..fool!
“I will break him” never knew the witch king had seen Rocky IV.
We need a movie about the Nazgul backstory
Not really. Could be a good movie but only if you add more story. The story of the 9 isnt all that long or interesting. Especially since we dont know much about them before becoming Wraiths.
Maybe not before the nazgul becoming wraiths, but during the Witch Kings war campaign on Arnor, and how he became to be known as the witch king
@@voidiarc1587 That could be intresting. Especially with Cârn-Dûm and Glorfindel. Tho, i still think that there are far more interesting parts of the Legendarium that would work amazingly well in movie form.
Dantelor agreed
There are backstories given for nazguls in "Shadow of War"
0:39
I love how Gandalf looks at Pippin (who's obviously terrified) and puts a hand on his shoulder as a way of protecting/comforting him.
Gandalf is like the grumpy dad who didn't want a pet cat but now he cares for it the most
Kind of wish they had gone with book version of the confrontation between Gandalf and the Witch King. In the book the orcs aren't able to break the gates of the city so when the bring out the big ram, the Witch King magically enhances it to shatter the gate. Gandalf has his, 'no matter what comes through that gate.' moment, and its the Witch King that rides through on just a horse and that alone has everyone scared to death. He breaks Gandalf staff but then is called away because the Rohiram have arrived.
He also uses his powers to break the border walls and fortress's Gondor had built to the North to let the Orcs from Mordor unite with his army from Minas Morgal.
He never breaks Gandalf's staff in the books. He does his 'this is my hour' shtick to a calm, steady Gandalf's face, then leaves when he hears Rohan coming.
Where the f@#k did you see him breaking Gandalf's staff?! Please, enlighten me. Post exact page from the book or GTFO IMMEDIATELLY!!
That Nazgul Scream is unnerving!!!! I love it
It is the call of DEATH.
I think it was actually Jackson's wife Fran or Phillippa Boyens' scream pitched down a tad.
Casuals thinking she only killed him bc she was a woman, and it’s not like Merry didn’t stab him with a cursed blade that made him vulnerable to be banished back to Mordor (not killed)
Frank Migliore he died from the ring being destroyed
@@ihatemylife6126 Lmao, the ring was destroyed a lot of time after he was killed by her, that don't make any sense.
Ulisses Bueno I forgot this comment even existed
@@ulissesbueno the Nazguls were taking power from their master.
He lives, so do they
He dies for once and for all, so do they
Otherwise, they would have died in the first movie
Already knew this. I watch CZcams videos.
Hands down, I can watch a legit movie just on the rise and fall of the witch king of Angwar. That costume, the vibes he gives, his dreadful screams is unmatchable. Based on his looks, he looks even more intimidating than the Sauron who fought isildur
“Do you not know DEATH when you see it old man?”
In theaters man was this chilling with the audio boosted, the Witch King for me easily the most intimidating presence in LOTR.
7:10 “I’m melting! Melting! What a world what a world!”
6:24 that hissing and snarling is so unholy sounding, its great
There's no greater danger than underestimating your opponent,a great lesson for all even for Sauron and his subordinate
Many people are triggered by the fact that the Witch King beat Gandalf. But I believe, because of Sauron's strongly increased strength, the Witch Kings strength grew along. That is why he is so much stronger in RotK than FotR.
What lord of the rings part is this?
even tho Gandalf and Sauron were Maiar, this doesnt mean they had the same level of power or else Gandalf would have just fight Sauron alone in the second era
Sauron is way more powerful, not surprisingly Morgoth choose him as his lieuternant
What's more Gandalf is unable to harness his full maiar power in his wizard form. The Valar sent the wizards to fight Sauron with counsels and by stirring up the people of Middle earth to withstand him, not fight Sauron by brute force.
@@Xevos701 true
@@Jb-ky1ri third one, return of the king.
loved it when he said "I will break him" that was totally WWE pre match interview
It's ironic how the great army that Sauron sent led by his second in command to retrieve the One Ring passed it in their way out 😂😂
Sauron was trying to rule middle earth even without the ring.
I mean, ring or no ring, he was able to win. His greatest strength with the ring is the fact that his mind will always be able to micromanage his empire as long as it exists. Given, having it again would be a nice bonus. But a neglect-able one.
Love how Pippin screams when the Witch king talks. That’s how I imagine people would react to seeing an elder god from lovecraft
The Age of the Game of Throne's fans is over.
The Time of The Lord Of The Rings fans has arrived.🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤⚔⚔⚔
The time of LoTR fans has always been there.
Don't you mean come again?
Arrived? *It never ended.*
why do you guys hate us sm ..
dont forget lotr came out decades before Game of Thrones.
and yea game of thrones is over, even GOT fans agree that the ending sucked lol
He's a talker. Talkers make me hungry. I think I'll have two chickens.
Benedikt Schreyer don't forget the ranch
He talks way too much. Darth Maul is #1
GOT reference haha
@@Timeforcoffee25 Guess he'll have to eat every fucking chicken in this room.
@@skyguy871 He's half of #1
Witch king deserves a trilogy
@Levis. H
Yess i would love to pay to see that.
NO
Yes WK vs Arnor would be excellent
Yes I really do, they could truly see how much of an amazing villain I am.
@Levis. H
Play "Rise of the Witchking". Its much more faithfull to the lore thatn for example Shadow of Mordor.
I really like this interpretation of the Witch King. Character design and sound design are superb. He really seems to suck all strength and hope out of his enemies.
the director of that movie knew how to capture the audience in every single moment , sound effect was so great .
At 3:58 is the best scene in the whole entire movie. It literally shows you the orcs army sieging MT then the Nazgûl coming above then that music coming in. Makes you feel powerful
The Nazguls peaked here.
These movies are still great almost 20 years later.
I love that they displayed the Witch Kings power in some way when he confronted Gandalf. However if anyone hasn't read the books and knows the lore, Gandalf in the books would absolutely DESTROY the Witch king without even breaking a sweat. Gandalf is a top 4 most powerful being in all of the lore, (behind Sauron, Galadriel, and Tom Bombadil of course), and many of the most powerful beings aren't displayed at all in the movies for a few good reasons rightfully. Anyway, even though the Witch King is one of my favorite villains of all time in every way, I wish they would've shown Gandalfs true power in return towards the Witch King when confronted instead of making him seem like the weaker of the two.
Dude Galadriel is not more powerful than Gandalf
@@jesselawrence7343 galadriel was practically trained by the maia Melian while she lived in doriath, who was a direct servant of the Valar its probably fair to say galadriel had greater skill than gandalf who is also only a fraction as old as galadriel is
@@davidjimenez6260 Gandalf is a maia sent to Middle-earth. He's as old as Melian.
@@jacobnisley6581 yes , but he is limited by been an Istari.
Gandalf is powerful, but that limitation is ever present for a reason: the Istari will aid in defeating Sauron , not by power , but by giving wisdom. It is Men , Elves and Dwarves that will be the powers that defeats Sauron.
The Witch King posed a legit threat to Gandalf that day. Don't forget that while Sauron may top your list, at one point he does get totally owned by a dog. Glorfindel did not want to go up against the Witch King on the WK's worst day, and Glorfindel had previously taken down a maia (balrog).
Tom Bombadil is probably best left off any list of most powerful beings, he doesn't exactly play by the same rules.
It's always nice to see how Gandalf gets his bursted staff back to perfect structure 1:10 mins after
the witch king does a lot more damage offscreen, he basically destroys the kingdom of arnor single handedly
*kingdoms of Arnor
By the time Angmar attacks, Arnor had managed to split into the kingdoms of Arthedain, Cardolan and Rhudaur due to internecine squabbing.
Arthedain was ruled by the rightful line of heirs of Isildur and it fell the last.
@@tiffles3890 you are correct sir
And he also ended Gondor's Royal Line when he killed Earnür.
Modern feminism: “there isn’t enough strong female roles”
TLoTR:
Sadly it still doesn't pass the Bechdel.
But I like that it at least has one significant female lead.
@@elonwhatever Arwen, Galadriel, Eowyn..., The thing is that those People are only satisfied If The female lead is bashing men and acting like a bitch all The time.
elonwhatever Bechdel is bullshit. It literally does not matter in terms of characters.
elonwhatever Whaa? When do two girls talk to each other in these movies? I can’t think of any time...
@@queenvictoriannIndeed, doesn't, that's what a negative means.
Over twenty something years old and still amazing like the very first time I saw it. What a trilogy.
Angmar Wars movie or series would be amazing! It would finally give more depth to this amazing Villain!
3:22 Gandalf! Your staff is broken.
I love how that fire sword seems like its suck smoke In.
Didn't happen in the books.
@@danielhughes6896 That really doesn't matters, this is a movie not the original book
@@DonMikami No it does matter because it's inconsistent with the rest of the movies, Gandalf the Grey defeated a balrog who is in canon stronger than the witch king. And Gandalf the white is much stronger than Gandalf the white, and again in cannon Gandalf the grey has held his own against all 10 of the Nazgûl, and again Gandalf the white is much much stronger than Gandalf the white, this is a complete and utter insult to the character.
@@danielhughes6896 you're complaining about a movie that's been out for over 10 years and has found massive success even if it is inaccurate. Get over it.
If this is a videogame moment then:
Gandalf- veteran player
Pipin- newbie
Witch king- HARDASS BOSS
Rohirrim- other players guilds joining in
King of rohan- guild leader
Eowyn- player who watched the playthroughs
2:29 if you listen, you can just barely hear the sounds of the marching/drums of the orc army. Weather it was a mistake or intentional, imagine being one of the soldiers of Gondor, or being a simple citizen, and in the middle of the night, you can just faintly hear the sounds of several thousands of feet marching, all headed for you.
Must have been what it was like way back when when we had town walls and castles and people would put them under siege.
I like how the Lich King was inspired by the Witch King and Sauron. They truly had cool designs.
6:00 Oh no, the second phase of the Nameless king!
Wtf that joke is good
G I T G U D
Dude so tough, just hurting him damages you as well
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He Has Thorns 3
Auras are overpowered.
"I am no man." On of the best lines in a movie full of great lines.
I always loved how movie portrayed how powerful his voice is when speaking to gandalf. That comparison when his voice completely silences pippin scream is god tier.
Made 15 years ago..
Just wow
And nowadays most of the visual effects in films look like shit how is that possible ?
I remember watching the extended version for the first time and seeing the Witch King break Gandalf’s staff and saying “... oh shit!”
Oh man. There hasn't been a better fantasy movie since LOTR. Would love to see another awesome film like this again.
Can we appreciate the fact that Eowyn was able to stand before the Witch King without running for her life? That creature he was riding scared Pippin so much to make him stop in his tracks and made many men flee around the battlefield as the fear took over them. But Eowyn stood her ground and didn't let the fear take her. Also she didn't waste time and went directly for a face stab once the opportunity presented itself.
She was protecting her uncle... love give wings.
Gandalf: "Sauron is yet to reveal his deadliest servant". He was already revealed at Weathertop right?
Sollvi H
He was revealed like 2000 years before this.
The "black riders" were supposed to be an incognito form and the shire mission was a secret one, Rivendell got wind of them only after Gildor sent word after Frodo described his encounter. The nazgul had appeared as black riders before to the Gondorians, but more as observers in the background, and probably not the witch king himself. Their true nature was not revealed to them.
Gandalf meant reveal the witch king to the public the gondorians didn’t know about him
@@itnotmeitu3896 Given that the Lord of the Nazgul destroyed their sister kingdom, took over Minas Ithil and killed the last king of Gondor, it's a bit odd to claim that the Gondorians didn''t know about him.
Once a Great King,
Then the Power of a Ring,
Like Death on a Wing,
That only Evil would Sing,
Like a fouled Spring,
Of a joy,
That only Darkness Brings…
For greed,
Suppressed my need,
Consumed me with speed,
I paid no heed,
To once great deeds,
For Evil feeds,
My very greed,
The Dark Lord decreed,
We would lead,
Mordor’s armies in his steed…
The Black Speech,
We would preach,
Alas we would reach,
Our evil screech,
For mere mortals beseech,
We cease the Black Speech,
But no avail,
Only Fear prevails!
Who wrote that??
@@LionsGate1997PT Go to boards.theforce.net/threads/witch-king-of-angmar-poem. You will find it there.
@@LionsGate1997PT Nobody overly talented, it seems.
Cringe af
Absolute crap.
Fun fact: in the book Merry's blade came from the barrow downs... the resting place of the princes of the northern kingdoms who fought against the kingdom of Angmar in ages past. That simple knife was made by the men of westernesse... and was designed to break the enchantments protecting with Witch King. Merry's attack made him vulnerable to Eowyn's attack.
I love all the multiple layers that went into killing the Witch King. He cannot be killed by any living man, so he is first stabbed by a hobbit (not a man) with a weapon forged by a dead (not living) man and then was finished by Eowyn (a woman)
when the witch king is looking out after hearing the horn of rohan and the mens choir is playing along with that, its not in the actual movie but i wish it was it makes that part 1000x more epic...great touch!
I like the shape of the Minis Tirith it seems more organized and beautiful than today’s cities .
Good luck getting around when you are stuck in a wheelchair, though.
Just wait until one day you need to go visit the DHM (department of horse mounts) at the very top level and you're on the bottom. You obviously can't ride your horse, that's why you're going there in the first place, so you get to walk. All the way up. Gondor cared nothing for those with a walking handicap.
Witch king "Do you not know death when u see it old man"
Gandalf "lul have u seen my true form little ghost boi"
3:04 This fear on his face. Great acting, sir Ian!
"The Nazgûl were they, the Ringwraiths, the Enemy's most terrible servants; darkness went with them, and they cried with the voices of death."
01:05- they cried with the voices of death.
Sincerely, even though he was utterly a pushover in the film, his design, his voice..and his pet were one of the coolest things I ever saw as a kid Xx
he is stabbed from the back. unfaithful hobbits.
Hobbits save the world this agent .
The witch king would never be damaged or well.. sort of petrified as he is in the movie by a simple stab to his leg
@@siddharthshivhare8090 it is not a simple stab tho.It's by a dagger specifically enchanted to harm witch-king
@@anubis9692 still, a being of his power brought down so easit
Bagginsses we hates you!
3:12 I will fight any person who tries to tell me that's not the coolest thing they have ever seen.
“DO YOU NOT KNOW DEATH WHEN YOU SEE IT, OLD MAN?”
One of the iconic villains ever
He is trash in fighting tho
Objectively the greatest costume in the trilogy, fantastic stuff
"Do you not know *death* when you see it... *OLD MAN?"* Behold, how in one statement the Witch King not only says he can kill Gandalf, but that he is useless and weak. Nothing but an old man, not even referring to him once as a wizard, he hates them because Gandalf will always have better affluence in magic. Naturally speaking, but then you see... we are not dealing with natural business here, this is the Witch King at his fullest power.
"THIS IS *MY HOUR"* He raises forth an ancient blade so foul and tainted with corruption that it itself is probably a morgul blade. The sword swelters and begins to magnify his power which he drew in from the ambient energies. He drew upon death and the Void itself, the screaming high-pitched souls of the people he has sacrificed to enhance his powers. The sword burns aflame with an actual fire, the congregated flames in the light of men he has stolen. Gathering for an intense psionic attack even Gandalf wasn't ready for
The Witch King shatters his staff, he breaks his rod in a physical display which simply meant in fullness and truth.
'Look; I did not even have to wave my hand and I knocked you off of your feet.' Gandalf certainly could have taken the Witch King in his fetal-form at his beginnings. Long before this encounter, but the Witch King has perverted himself and done such. Heinous unspeakable evils that even a wizard is now in peril against that which was once a mere sorcerer. A sorcerer who serves a very willing and capable master which fueled all of his endeavors and made new dark spells. Beyond any human or even Maiar comprehension, Gandalf is shocked but I'm sure none of this happened in the books.
Finally...someone said it.. indeed, never happened!
@@pantelisliakos2481 Yeah it's just dope to cross some of the cool lore into these awesome scenes. The Witch King was definitely the stuff of nightmares both in the book and in the movies
Probably one of, if not the best introduction of a villain in cinema
My favorite character. Always.
That Eowyn kills the Witch King is fantastic. Considering the actress playing Eowyn had to play the sceme with extreme fear in character as Eowyn was really unskilled in warfare. Basicaliy she was lucky to destroy the beast
She was unskilled in warfare, but very skilled in duel. Most persons facing the Witch King would have died in the first seconds of the fight.
@@Specoups She, um, actually does nearly die. In the novel, the wraith-king breaks her arm and shield the instant he fights her; she only wins because Merry stabs him with a sword designed to slay creatures like him.
"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."
@@LordMortanius Alright.
I'll take the part of your comment addressing my point, the one saying that the Witch King almost killed her in the first few seconds of the fight. I can say that sadly while this would be contradicting what I said before *if* I was talking about the books.
But I am talking about the movies. I have nothing to back up my arguments but personal feeling. I just say that the Witch King would probably have killed a warrior not as skilled as Eowin was in duel in the movies, in the first few seconds of the fight.
She wasn't completely unskilled, Aragorn himself compliments her swordsmanship in the second film.
5:43 that one scene almost ruined the whole movie for me, either that dragon is really stupid and has no idea how to catch hes food, how old are these dragons, wyverns?? 500 years old, look at the battle scars on that beast, and this 1 weak woman kills it??, she can hardly hold up that sword!. this whole scene was just a way to make a (feminist) woman look good in a fighting scene!.. cant remember this from any other lotr movie/cartoon or book!.
6:58 "iam not a man" yes only the all powerful feminist woman can destroy evil man!. and they had to add SJW bullshit into the movie.. so sad! again cant remember this from any other lotr movie/cartoon or book!.
Making the nazguls and espically witch king of angmar so mysterious was a really great decision makes them more terryfying and making the witch king more awesome.
Hope the amazon series doesn’t go full on to explain their background and how everything works, only little but still keep the mystery.
Just dont watch it, modern films are crap
@@The_Natalist yeah I sadly watched only 4 episodes of rings of power but I still regret it
So both the Witch king and Sauron made the same mistake by reaching out to their victims instead of just killing them with their weapons...
Around 0:07 you can see that before the Witch King puts his gauntlets on all there is is an arm bone. And that means he uses his dark magic to move his armor while being rooted in an undead corpse. That's kind of metal.
Nasty lady killed his puppy, make Witch King mad.
XD
I’m gonna get my revenge someday, just not now.
Finally got to see this movie in theaters 20y anniversary, His entrance was insane, scary even👌