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Gonna have to go with "I am no man," as well, though I liked the quote in the book a bit better.
quote: But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.
And my favorit line was probably "that still only counts as one" but since it has already been mentioned I feel I need to add another line. So a close second would be.... "You will suffer me"
Nor mally I would put:
"We suffer no one living to pass" -dead king dude
"You will suffer me" -rightful king dude
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Theoden: (not sure if this quote is exact. Some of us have not downloaded the script and keep it handy for such needs as this) "No, we cannot win. But we will fight."
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Ohh! Ohh! Can I be minion too? *jumps up and down excitedly*
I gotta throw in my vote for "I see in your eyes the fear that would take the heart of me!" It's just amazing how good that line is.
It's also amazing how divergent the quality of the dialogue gets in these movies. I mean, from the above line all the way down to "Fangorn Forest? What madness drove them in there?" - when it's perfectly obvious what drove them in there: an orc with a spear in his shoulder and a sharp sword in his hand!!
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Narnia: Yes, yes, you're right. But I have one to add.
"Don't go where I can't follow"
Clichedand sappy, true, but taht doesn't change the fact that I was crying like a baby when Samwise said it!
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Actually, it's an Attic Greek name, with the "e" pronounced as an "ay". That's how I pronounce it, anyway. Means "thoughtful"
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Well, I didn't quite explain it right. I pronounce the "e" as you would the letter "a", with the stress in the name falling on that syllable. I have no idea if that's actually how a speaker of Attic Greek would have pronounced it, though, so feel free to pronounce it however you'd like.
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It is so hard to pick one, and all the ones I remember from one intense viewing have been taken, but I'll second a couple anyway.
I definitely love "You bow to no one." However, I love when Sam says "Don't go where I can't follow." I actually didn't get to hear that in the theater because the sound cut out, and big thanks to whoever talked about that scene in another thread.
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Actually, nobody *really* knows how the ancient Greeks pronounced anything, at least not difinitively. For all we know they said everything in a sort of high pitched, keening whine, and every third word was bellowed at the top of their lungs.
Actually, Anne Kate, there's a minor character in The Odyssey named Noemon, so I suppose you could say it was a Homeric name too. I first came across it in something or other in Attic Greek, which is why I think of it as that.
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Yeah, I had some tapes once by someone who thought he knew how. Apparently very different from the received version taught in schools. He used lots of clues from the texts themselves, for instance the fact that sheep said "be be" (beta epsilon), in some place or other. He was fun, one of those very precise scholarly types who are in love with their extremely obscure fields. Sort of how I picture Professor Tolkien.
I like Homeric Greek cause I like Homer, I guess. It's so vivid and full of life. It make you feel that it's more full-blooded and alive than Attic Greek. (I'm sure that is probably blasphemy, and Dante might be apoplectic to hear me say it.) I tried to teach myself Homeric Greek once long ago but didn't get very far. I know that most Greek courses teach Attic.
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quote: I don't know if it counts as a single line, but I loved Pippin's singing. Probably my favorite part of the entire movie.
That voice is a voice I could drown in and one I would take over Alan Rickmans!
*nods vigorously*
But I can't choose one line. Some of the dialogue was fantastic. I loved Gimli's "That still counts as ONE!" as well as his "I can't believe I'm dying next to an elf!" (to which Legolas' response is "How about a friend?") So, for those of you who mentioned those, I agree.
But I really can't pick just one, so many of them were great!
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So after seeing it again today, I'm adding a line to my already long list above:
When Aragorn turns to the company at the end, smiles to himself and then says "For Frodo" before he charges the black gate.
Aaaah.
I also love Frodo's voice over speech to Sam at the end as Sam comes home and meets Rosie and the kids. Beautiful script writing.
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And in "Into the West" (song while credits are rolling).
"(something something) on the horizen Why do the white gulls call"
My friend and I ended up walking home from seeing RotK the 3rd time with that song in our heads. I live in Seattle. On the coast. We were walking on a sort of hill with mountains on either side and Lake Washington in all its glory before us, singing that song, and then a flock of seagulls rose up crying... I'm still not entirely returned to reality...
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The words fit so beautifully as what Sam might be saying to Frodo when they're back in the Shire. I have decided that that's what *I'm* going to think their purpose is. Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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"And then we will lead them up the stairs" "And then..." "Then they will go into the tunnel." "And after that" "She will eat them, she's always hungry."
Or something of the like, between Gollum and himself.
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I liked the silences. I also liked most of the lines. I can't chose, but the way the second Osgiliath battle (the one where they 'all' died) was done, with just the song, no dialog and silence, was fabulous.
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I can't even remember what he says it in response to, but when Merry says "Yes milady" he had the funniest expression. It's burned on my brain.
The end of Denethor and also Gandalf saying "So ends Denethor" or whatever it is he says. It was just kind of like :shrug: I tried :unshrug:
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Noeman- there is a line from "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" that's "I works for no man". Where is "moves" from?
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I have a friend who consistently calls me "milady" and has for ages. Merry saying it gave me a pang.
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I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart out of me. There may come a day when the courage of men fails, when the earth shakes as the world of men comes crashing down, But it is not this day, this day... We Fight!
I hope I quoted that right. Not a one liner, but the best part of the movie, and just so you all know, If I could be transported into any movie and have it be real, even though I speak elvish, it would be Last Samurai, their is no better way to die than the way they did.
quote:How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand there *is* no going back? There are some things time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep... and take hold.
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