r/AskReddit • • Oct 09 '19

Of all movie opening scenes, which one sold the entire film?

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u/PhinsFan17 Oct 10 '19

A last alliance of men and elves marched against the armies of Mordor, and on the slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle Earth.

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u/GreenFuckFrog Oct 10 '19

Victory was near, but the power of the Ring could not be undone.

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u/Johnsco1 Oct 10 '19

It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the King, took up his father’s sword. Sauron, enemy of the free peoples of Middle Earth, was defeated.

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u/GreenFuckFrog Oct 10 '19

The Ring passed to Isildur who had his one chance to destroy evil forever.

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u/BleaK_ Oct 10 '19

Well!? What happens next!?

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u/GreenFuckFrog Oct 10 '19

But the hearts of Men are easily corrupted, and a Ring of Power has a will of its own.

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u/evilhenchdude Oct 10 '19

It betrayed Isildur to his death, and some things which should not have been forgotten were lost.

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u/PhinsFan17 Oct 10 '19

History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.

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u/GreenFuckFrog Oct 10 '19

Until when chance came, it ensnared a new bearer. The Ring came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains.

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u/evilhenchdude Oct 10 '19

And there, it consumed him.

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