#Gates of Argonath

[sine-cinematography]

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) - Extreme wide shots

DIRECTOR: Peter Jackson CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Lesnie

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

The Gates of Argonath by Ted Nasmith

[theworldsoftolkein]

[nycotheartist]

gates of argonath... Another piece from my Lord of the Rings collection. This piece actually took less than others. I loved the outcome! Can't wait to share other ones.

[nvd94]

Middle earth washi tape has been done ✅

[3bagshotrow]

middle-earth dashboard simulator

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pippin was 29 years old???

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he should've been at the green dragon

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#gates of argonath #argonath #amon hen #middle earth landscapes #photographers of middle earth #travel #dark academia #lmao pls reblog this i almost fell out of my boat taking this photo

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my hungry ass could never travel with lembas

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#the entitlement i see on this site sometimes is disgusting #y'all will just post about having easy access to lembas when we can't eats hobbit food??? #we must starve??? #vent #do not rb

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CALLOUT FOR GRIMA WORMTONGUE

I've talked a lot about this already on this blog, but I want to have everything collected in one post so next time some dipshit with a white hand icon slides into my inbox to call me a liar I can just link to this post. tl;dr grima wormtongue has been poisoning my uncle and the land of rohan for the past few years, and here are the receipts:

Keep reading

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i stg if one more of you tells me I should've sent frodo on the eagles I'm asking iluvatar to take me back

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recent read: there and back again: a hobbit's tale by bilbo baggins

I thought this was SOOO fun and cute! I'm usually not into rpf but did anyone else think there was something between bilbo and thorin? 👀 I can't be the only one who saw it. but the ending made me cry my eyes out.

4.5/5 stars

#booklr #there and back again #bilbo baggins #recent read #dark academia #light academia #book review

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who up mirking they wood

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wtf the new king of gondor just bowed to these four random short guys?? everyone else bowed too and I just went along with it lmao 😅 am I missing something????

#this is right after he sang a song and made out with some hot elf chick #truly the wildest coronation i've ever been to

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here y'all go again pitting two bad bitches against each other

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everyone who voted galadriel is a kinslayer apologist #luthiensweep

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fuck my job so much. everyone manifest an attack on gondor so I can finally warm my fingers on this beacon fire.

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by eru this can't be happening

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[sillylotrpolls]

As you may know, many of the effects in Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies were practical, not CGI. That included physical models of most of the locations, called "big-atures" (because they were much bigger than the word "miniature" would imply). Which brings us to today's poll:

[babybat98]

What some people don't realise about Legolas, is that his trip in lotr is just the worst case of side questing of any elf ever. Like his quest journal looks like this:

Main quests:

- Go to Rivendell

- Deliver message that Gandalf's high security prisoner escaped

- Go back home

Side quests:

- Join a Council and learn that Sauron's equivalent of a nuke has been found

- Join a bunch of strangers on a trip to Evil Land to destroy Sauron

- Visit Moria

- Meet a balrog

- Survive meeting a balrog

- Visit Lothlórien

- Meet Galadriel

- Become absolute best friends with a dwarf

- Visit the Gates of Argonath

- Fight new special hybrid orcs

- Lose most of your new friends

- Search quest: find the hobbits you just lost

- 3 day cross country sprint

- Almost fight half of Rohan's army because someone insulted your dwarf bff

- Visit Fangorn

- Recieve omnious message from Galadriel

- Visit Rohan

- Visit Helms Deep

- Fight an army

- Kill count competition with dwarf bestie(lost)

- Visit Isengard

- Search quest completed: found the hobbits

- Meet Treebeard the Ent

- Sweet talk said Ent into letting you bring a dwarf, axe and all, into Fangorn

- Walk through the path of the dead

- Fight a pirate fleet

- Hear sea gulls for the first time and aquire am inescapable longing to sail West

- Sail a pirate ship to Gondor

- Visit Gondor

- Fight another army

- Visit Minas Tirith

- March to the Black Gate on a suicide mission

- Visit Mordor

- Fight a 3rd army

- Survive the suicide mission

- Attend the coronation of your other friend Aragorn

- Visit the Glittering Caves

- Visit Fangorn(properly this time)

- Main quests achieved: went back home

- Move to Ithilien

- Become Lord of Ithilien

- Prepare to sail to Valinor

- Convince your dwarf bestie to come with you to Valinor

- Sail West to Valinor

- Convince the litteral Gods to let you bring your dwarf bestie to Valinor

[talonabraxas]

The Gates of Argonath "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy" Matt Ferguson 

[ebaeschnbliah]

Before the travellers lay a wide ravine, with great rocky sides to which clung, upon shelves and in narrow crevices, a few thrawn trees. The channel grew narrower and the River swifter. Now they were speeding along with little hope of stopping or turning, whatever they might meet ahead. Over them was a lane of pale-blue sky, around them the dark overshadowed River, and before them black, shutting out the sun, the hills of Emyn Muil, in which no opening could be seen.

Frodo peering forward saw in the distance two great rocks approaching: like great pinnacles or pillars of stone they seemed. Tall and sheer and ominous they stood upon either side of the stream. A narrow gap appeared between them, and the River swept the boats towards it.

`Behold the Argonath, the Pillars of the Kings!' ...

... cried Aragorn. `We shall pass them soon. Keep the boats in line, and as far apart as you can! Hold the middle of the stream! '

As Frodo was borne towards them the great pillars rose like towers to meet him. Giants they seemed to him, vast grey figures silent but threatening. Then he saw that they were indeed shaped and fashioned: the craft and power of old had wrought upon them, and still they preserved through the suns and rains of forgotten years the mighty likenesses in which they had been hewn. Upon great pedestals founded in the deep waters stood two great kings of stone: still with blurred eyes and crannied brows they frowned upon the North. 

The left hand of each was raised palm outwards in gesture of warning; in each right hand there was an axe; upon each head there was a crumbling helm and crown. Great power and majesty they still wore, the silent wardens of a long-vanished kingdom. Awe and fear fell upon Frodo, and he cowered down, shutting his eyes and not daring to look up as the boat drew near. Even Boromir bowed his head as the boats whirled by. frail and fleeting as little leaves, under the enduring shadow of the sentinels of Númenor. So they passed into the dark chasm of the Gates.

Sheer rose the dreadful cliffs to unguessed heights on either side. Far off was the dim sky. The black waters roared and echoed, and a wind screamed over them. Frodo crouching over his knees heard Sam in front muttering and groaning: `What a place! What a horrible place! Just let me get out of this boat, and I'll never wet my toes in a puddle again, let alone a river! '

`Fear not! ' said a strange voice behind him. Frodo turned and saw Strider, and yet not Strider; for the weatherworn Ranger was no longer there. In the stern sat Aragorn son of Arathorn, proud and erect, guiding the boat with skilful strokes; his hood was cast back, and his dark hair was blowing in the wind, a light was in his eyes: a king returning from exile to his own land.

'Fear not! ' he said. `Long have I desired to look upon the likenesses of Isildur and Anárion, my sires of old. Under their shadow Elessar, the Elfstone son of Arathorn of the House of Valandil Isildur's son heir of Elendil, has nought to dread! '

Then the light of his eyes faded, and he spoke to himself: `Would that Gandalf were here! How my heart yearns for Minas Anor and the walls of my own city! But whither now shall I go?'

The chasm was long and dark, and filled with the noise of wind and rushing water and echoing stone. It bent somewhat towards the west so that at first all was dark ahead; but soon Frodo saw a tall gap of light before him, ever growing. Swiftly it drew near, and suddenly the boats shot through, out into a wide clear light.

The sun, already long fallen from the noon, was shining in a windy sky. The pent waters spread out into a long oval lake, pale Nen Hithoel, fenced by steep grey hills whose sides were clad with trees, but their heads were bare, cold-gleaming in the sunlight. At the far southern end rose three peaks. The midmost stood somewhat forward from the others and sundered from them, an island in the waters, about which the flowing River flung pale shimmering arms. Distant but deep there came up on the wind a roaring sound like the roll of thunder heard far away.

`Behold Tol Brandir!' said Aragorn, pointing south to the tall peak. 'Upon the left stands Amon Lhaw, and upon the right is Amon Hen the Hills of Hearing and of Sight. In the days of the great kings there were high seats upon them, and watch was kept there. But it is said that no foot of man or beast has ever been set upon Tol Brandir. Ere the shade of night falls we shall come to them. I hear the endless voice of Rauros calling.'

JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Great River

[casside-sionnach]

The Argonath, also known as the Gates of Argonath or Pillars of Kings, was a great monument of Gondor.

[stagbeetleboy]

Sometimes I think of the impressing craftsmanship and concept behind the lotr movie’s gates of argonath just for the ahsoka series to make a cheap reference by straight up copying it.

Like I’ve seen the behind the scenes of them talking about the brainstorming and crafting of model used in the movie. Like how there’s a visible quarry under the statues, bc while the bottom half was carved out of the cliffs the top half would have had to have been built. All of that information is conveyed by the inclusion if the quarry and the brick like patten visible on the upper portions.

Absolutely no respect for the craft. Just a cgi ripoff in a mid starwars tv series.

(Recreation of the original prop)

[theworldsoftolkein]

“The Argonath” - by Juan Carlos Barquet

[shell-senji]

So are we going to get out our walkers and hobble over to the VCR and watch our VHS copy of Return of the King? 😂

We absolutely should 😂

Although, full disclosure, I have my set of extended edition dvds that I bought way back when as a collector’s set with Gates of Argonath bookends like the LoTR nerd that I am 😅

[aspenrockymountainhigh]

Frodo peering forward saw in the distance two great rocks approaching: like great pinnacles or pillars of stone they seemed. Tall and sheer and ominous they stood upon either side of the stream. A narrow gap appeared between them....

'Behold the Argonath, the Pillars of the Kings!' cried Aragorn....

As Frodo was borne towards them the great pillars rose like towers to meet him. Giants they seemed to him, vast grey figures silent but threatening. Then he saw that they were indeed shaped and fashioned: the craft and power of old had wrought upon them, and still they preserved through the suns and rains of forgotten years the mighty likenesses in which they had been hewn. Upon great pedestals founded in the deep waters stood two great kings of stone: still with blurred eyes and crannied brows they frowned upon the North. The left hand of each was raised palm outwards in gesture of warning; in each right hand there was an axe; upon each head there was a crumbling helm and crown. Great power and majesty they still wore, the silent wardens of a long-vanished kingdom. Awe and fear fell upon Frodo.... Even Boromir bowed his head as the boats whirled by... under the enduring shadow of the sentinels of Númenor. So they passed into the dark chasm of the Gates....

Sheer rose the dreadful cliffs to unguessed heights on either side.... The black waters roared and echoed, and a wind screamed over them. Frodo... heard Sam in front muttering and groaning:... 'What a horrible place! Just let me get out of this boat...!'

'Fear not!' said a strange voice behind him. Frodo turned.... In the stern sat Aragorn son of Arathorn, proud and erect...: a king returning from exile to his own land....

'Long have I desired to look upon the likenesses of Isildur and Anárion, my sires of old.'

[k-she-rambles]

'But the Enemy holds the eastern bank,' objected Boromir. 'And even if you pass the Gates of Argonath and come unmolested to the Tindrock, what will you do then? Leap down the Falls and land in the marshes?'

'No!' answered Aragorn. 'Say rather that we will bear our boats by the ancient way to Rauros-foot, and there take to the water again. Do you not know, Boromir, or do you choose to forget the North Stair, and the high seat upon Amon Hen, that were made in the days of the great kings? I at least have a mind to stand in that high place again, before I decide my further course. There, maybe, we shall see some sign that will guide us.'

• you can almost hear the voices rising in volume

• listen to them being petty! "What's the plan, jump down the waterfall?" "I know EXACTLY where we are and what we're doing AND I know the ancient borders better than you!"