In the scene where Elrond gives Aragorn Anduril, Elrond tells Aragorn, “Take the road to the Dimholt!” then continues in elvish without subtitles. Aragorn responds in elvish, again no subtitles; the only word I caught was Aragorn saying “estel” (hope). What the heck are they saying?
During the coronation, when Aragorn stands on the stairs, he sings something in elvish. I assume this is this the coronation speech as in the book – “Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta!” (Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world), right?
#2 is correct, as far as the ROTK soundtrack insert tells me. Instinct is making me guess that in #!, they are making references to hope for man. They seem to talk about that a lot…not sure why no subtitles. Then again, Estel is Aragorn’s elvish name, so he could be referring to himself in the third person.
The Dunedain (“Men of the West,” singular Dunadan) were originally the three “Peoples” (sc. tribes) who allied with-and-under the Elf-kings of Beleriand in the Wars against Morgoth. They were rewarded with the Land of Numenor, a roughly-star-shaped large island in the midst of the ocean where they would be safe from the assaults of Middle-Earth. However, rebelliousness against the Laws of Eru (and/or of Manwë) led them to invade the Undying Lands, and Numenor was sunk.
Elendil, son of the last Lord of Andunie and leader of the Faithful, brought seven shiploads of refugees to Middle-Earth, where he established the Kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor. (There were Numenoreans of both factions at bases in Middle-Earth already.)
The survivors of Gondor and Arnor, and particularly the Royal House of Arnor, refer to themselves and their people as Dunedain in token of this heritage.
That’s what I think. This is a direct quote of Elendil’s declaration on landing in Middle-Earth slightly over 3000 years before, and thus singularly appropriate for Aragorn, having brought the Corsairs of Umbar’s ships up the Anduin loaded with the Dead, to have used in re-establishing the kingdom.
Hmm, I hadn’t thought of it that way – I’d assumed Aragorn was honoring the heritage of his forebears, and re-asserting his claim to kingship with this quote: Aragorn is the heir of Elendil, and therefore, by Elendil’s own words (and here they are, lest you forget! ) he is the rightful king.
“Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinomë maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta!”
“Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world”
I lived to hear that line in ROTK!!
My kids got tired of hearing me say it, though. Especially after I had been swimming in Lake Michigan, then coming on shore back to our house, and proclaiming it loudly.
Wait, something’s odd. I remember those lines from the film, or something like them. “I give hope to Men.” “I keep none for myself.” But I don’t know any Elvish. Is it possible that I saw subtitles that squeegee did not?
I’m glad that they worked in Gilraen’s lovely line, but I think it was a mistake to make Aragorn the one to say this. In the book, Aragorn is “Estel”, the symbol of Hope. Hope is a fairly important theme in the book, and apparently PJ just doesn’t get it.
All the prints I’ve seen have had the subtitles (Elrond: “I give hope to Men.” Aragorn: “I keep none for myself.”), but I’ve heard enough stories relating confusion in this part, on this board and others, that I suspect that there are two separate prints of ROTK. One set of prints (I suspect that the majority of prints falls under this group, based on my personal experience) has the subtitles, and the other does not. Probably just a mistake, not too surprising considering the super-last-minute nature of the final cut- Peter Jackson himself only saw the final cut for the first time at the film’s premiere!
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