The Eagles are Coming

Almost everyone that we know has seen Return of the King, which is in my opinion the best out of the three Lord of the Rings movies. One thing that we don’t see much is what else goes into this world, is there some higher being out there? Of course, the answer is yes, the Valar. We all have realms, and one would be the realm of Manwë, the Lord of the Eagles. Because of his rule over the great eagles, the scene in Return of the King in which the eagles come and help save Middle Earth has great significance in our realm, so that is why I choose to do a scene analysis of it.

This scene is one of the shortest in all three of the movies, if not the shortest. In the beginning, you see some of our famous fellowship heroes fighting against the great evil of Mordor. All hope is beginning to be lost when Gandalf glances to the sky and sees one of the Nazgul prepared to attack him. A second later, we see the famous moth that appeared in the Fellowship of the Ring, and then the eagles have arrived. With a great amount of joy coming from Pippin’s mouth, we hear the phrase, “The Eagles are Coming!” and at last there seems to be hope for all of these fighters, and a hope for Middle Earth.

The more I have seen this scene from the movie, the more I realize how important it was. It was as if the storm was getting as large as it possibly could with the Nazgul appearing, and then suddenly it started to stop when the eagles appeared. This point is when the story hit one of its many climax points, it showed that the end was near, and there might yet be a happy ending, but much more was needed to succeed.

As well as the eagles helped, many other influences came together to help the Fellowship and their supporters. It took a lot of luck to get where this group did, from wizards, to tiny hobbits, to huge powerful eagles, they all wanted the same thing, and they all succeeded.

by Gimli_and_Gollum