Adapted from the works of JRR Tolkien, the Lord of the Rings trilogy produced by Peter Jackson in the early 2000s features mythical characters, stunning battle scenes, legendary scenes, but also… lines that are among the most famous in pop culture today.
Sometimes inspiring and whispered in the soothing voice of Gandalf, sometimes galvanizing and announced by Aragorn as a giant battle approaches, they are countless and awesome enough to regularly appear in fan conversations.
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“Run, you poor fools!”, “I would follow you my brother, my captain, I the king”, We just have to decide what to do with the time we have.or simply “You will not pass!”
The list is long! But today, let’s focus on a rather special little proposal. Spoken by Legolas in the first few minutes of The Two Towers, the second part of the saga, it should not have been among the essential quotes of the trilogy at all, but nevertheless met with an unexpected fate.
As the elf scans the horizon and the green plains of Rohan, hoping to find some trace of the Uruk-Hai who have kidnapped Mary and Pippin, he speaks these few words distinctly:
“Hobbits being taken to Isengard!”
Literally impossible in conversation and seemingly innocuous enough, this line has inexplicably transformed even if The Internet quickly spawned a famous remix of the saga’s theme song, punctuated by a quote from Legolas.
Since then, this little phrase has been one of the favorite references of Middle-earth fans. Orlando Bloom himselfOn the set of The Hobbit trilogy, he had fun covering the tune, bringing it expertly full circle.
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