#viggo mortenson

[french-onion-firbolg]

break has officially started. my dad is geeking out about viggo mortenson in Lord of the Rings, as he does every year

#mine #holiday #lotr #viggo mortenson

[triplethreattheater]

Triple Threat Theater Episode 87:

The Young West

Films discussed on this episode:

Open Range (2003)

3:10 To Yuma (2007)

Appaloosa (2008)

Runtime: 1 hours, 39 minutes

Hosted By: Joe Daxberger & Rian Miller

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#Triple Threat Theater #podcast #The Young West #westerns #western #3:10 To Yuma #Appaloosa #Open Range #Russell Crowe #Christian Bale #Ed Harris #Renee Zellweger #Viggo Mortenson #Kevin Costner #Robert Duvall

[ulrichgebert]

Wir wissen nicht genau, warum der Januar in Patricia Highsmiths nicht ganz so elegantem Verhängniskrimi mit nicht ansatzweise so talentierten Tunichtguten wie Mr. Ripley, zwei Gesichter hat, sind aber sicher, daß beide ganz fabelhafte Sonnenbrillen tragen.

#The Two Faces of January #Viggo Mortenson #Oscar Isaac #Kirsten Dunst #Film gesehen #Hossein Amini #Patricia Highsmith

[catawampuscorner]

Not even incomprehensible pseudo-Swedish gibberish could stop me from sobbing my way through Boromir's death scene 😭😭😭

(And yes, the Swedish Chef is clutching a rolling pin. Frankly I wouldn't trust him with a sword.)

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#the muppets #lotr #muppets lotr #boromir #aragorn #the swedish chef #cat art #for the record i've chosed aragorn to be played by the token human actor #aragorn is viggo mortenson is aragorn i can't imagine him any other way

[glorious-destruction]

I finally met a man that said he thinks it’s adorable when I ramble about “nerdy shit” like lord of the rings

#my respect has been earned #if you can yap about viggo mortenson’s broken toe then you’re already my best friend

[defendglobe]

Is there a lord of the rings thing you really wanna talk about but haven’t had the chance to?

LMAO nothing in particular! i just have a ton of LOTR trivia facts rattling about in my head from watching the movies/reading the books eight thousand times. also the characters/story makes me feel shrimp emotions.

#lotr tag #i am that mother fucker who cant resist pointing out that viggo mortenson breaks his toes when he kicks the helmet and that kinda thing

[stormkobra-5]

Me, watching The Two Faces of January: I don’t care if Rydal’s a scammer, he’s played by Oscar Isaac and so therefore he’s hot and you can ever go wrong with Kirsten Dunst as the female lead for anything

Also me, watching The Two Faces of January: Aragorn what the fuck are you doing--

#seriously tho #the first movie i seen with viggo mortenson #was lord of the rings when i was a kid #otherwise #i can't really remember any movies with him in it #and i grew up watching lotr #like once a year #it's a tradition around thanksgiving #family thing y'know #i love those movies and know them by heart #so therefore seeing viggo mortenson anywhere else #this is no mere rAnGER #he is aragorn son of arathorn #and you owe him your allegiance #oscar isaac #the two faces of january #kirsten dunst

[mycannibalromance]

shut the fuck up howard shore did the score for crimes of the future?

#frantically googling to see if it's still in my local theatre i'm SORRY i hate spending MONEY so i havent seen it yet #lotr cronenberg venn diagram. howard shore. viggo mortenson. #probably also other things cmon guys help me out #⚰️

[fiyr-cap]

3~4 hour study of Aragorn son of Arathorn

#a bit different from my usual fare #apologies to Viggo Mortenson for what is potentially the least flattering portrait of him #I really ought to do more studies #fiyrarts #lotr #art study #I gave him anime pancake cheeks #oof

[sourkitsch]

Crimes of the future……………

#i have. thoughts #I cried SEVERAL times #also. viggo mortenson in all bulky black with sweater paws……. he’s just like me fr

[abhorrentabby]

Viggo Mortenson does not get enough credit for delivering lines like "not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall" with a complete sincerity and gravitas

#lotr

[plebeiangoth]

Dave Foley looks like a Cronenberg lead

#don't tell me I'm the only one who noticed that Cronenberg leads look the same #James Spader Christopher Walken Jude Law #who was the lead in Videodrome again? #Jeremy Irons and Viggo Mortenson to lesser extents #but they all look like that

[infernal-house-demon]

Tbh Aragorn in the books I don’t have strong feelings about. He’s a good character but not nearly as compelling to me as some of the others.

But movie Aragorn???? Consider me compelled good sir. The way Viggo Mortenson plays him drives me insane. The scene where he refuses to take the ring from Frodo?? “I would have gone with you to the end. Into the very fires of Mordor” ??? I cannot be normal about him

#lotr #aragorn #lotr books #lotr movies #fellowship of the ring #lord of the rings

[swaps55]

Okay, but if I ask *nicely* will you yell about how Shadowfax can't do lead changes? :D

MY TIME HAS COME.

Ok. So. When horses are moving at a canter or a gallop, they have ‘leads.’ As in, one front foot and one hind foot is always ‘leading’ the opposite foot. Generally, when they are tracking to the right, they will lead with their right foot, and when tracking left, they’ll lead with their left foot. Turning is smoother when the lead foot matches the direction you’re turning.

Horses can change leads while moving at speed. It works a lot like a skip, only they have to skip the front and the hind end. Changing leads is something horses do naturally, but they can also learn to do it on cue. The trick is getting them to change both the front and the hind in the same stride. If they don’t – and what usually happens is they change the front end but take another step or two to change the hind – their movement gets really choppy because their front and hind ends are on different leads. This can cause you problems when jumping a course, for instance, when you sometimes have to change directions quickly.

Here's a video that demonstrates it:

SO. Imagine my horse-obsessed ass sitting the theater at the midnight showing of The Two Towers, eyes peeled for Shadowfax, because the Lord of Horses was going to be in front of my eyeballs AT LAST, and if Asfaloth in Fellowship of the Ring was not the Lord of Horses, then holy fuck I can’t wait to see who IS.

...

Before I continue, let’s talk about the Flight to the Ford.

This is one of my favorite sequences in film, and it’s largely because Asfaloth is such a badass. Watch this horse’s feet throughout this sequence. This horse is carrying two fully costumed riders (I can’t remember if they had Kiran – Elijah Wood’s stunt double – actually in the saddle for those scenes, but even if they didn’t, they had something bumping along up there) while moving at high speeds, turning, and jumping.

WATCH THIS HORSE’S FEET.

The way this horse moves, the way he changes leads is incredible to watch.

(Side note: the horse’s name is Florian, and his stunt rider, Jane Abbot, adored him and was devastated that she couldn’t afford to buy him when filming ended. Viggo Mortenson bought him for her, and when I looked, she still had him at age 29.)   

[gently takes your face in my hands] WATCH THAT VIDEO AGAIN.

I believe without question that Florian was indeed Asfaloth, Glorfindel/Arwen’s steed.

Hang on, I’m gonna go watch it again.

…

Ok. I’m better now. I’m fine. I’m not totally overwhelmed by how much I love Asfaloth and how quickly I would sell my soul to sit on that horse’s back.

Now let’s talk about Shadowfax.  

One of the Mearas. Lord of Horses. Who should definitely be able to do a really elegant lead change, because of the whole Lord of Horses thing.

As Shadowfax is running down the hill towards Gandalf, he’s on his left lead. Since he’s about to bend right towards Gandalf, he switches to his right.

In the front.

It takes him another step and a half or so to get the hind end to follow suit.

Is that totally normal for a horse, especially one with no rider? Sure.

BUT THIS IS SHADOWFAX, LORD OF FUCKING HORSES.

ASFALOTH IS OUT THERE DODGING RINGWRAITHS WITH TWO PEOPLE ON HIS BACK AND SWITCHING LEADS ON THE FLY LIKE IT AIN’T NO THANG AND THIS ‘LORD OF HORSES’ CAN’T EVEN HANDLE A HILL.

This was your BIG INTRO, man. There was inspirational music. The rapt attention of Aragorn, Legolas, and fucking Gandalf, and he flubbed the lead change.

SHADOWFAX: LORD OF LAZY LEAD CHANGES.

It’s been over 20 years and I am still not over it. Asfaloth was better, fight me.

#swaps replies #scribblesandknots #lotr #lord of the rings #shadowfax #the two towers #flight to the ford #asfaloth #urrone has had to listen to me go off about this in person several times for over 20 years now #she was the first to hear me yell about this ahahaha

[clonerightsagenda]

I'm like people going "Viggo Mortenson broke his toe kicking that helmet" except it's me telling everyone listening to Wolf 359 episode 4 that multiple irl people have almost drowned in space.

#ok. two that I know of #wolf 359

[defendglobe]

i love how there are two (2) different moments where you can say "did you know that scream was real?" in the LOTR movies

#viggo mortenson breaking his toe is pretty well known but i think billy boyd accidentally pissing himself is funnier #lotr tag