One does not simply walk into Mordor without crying 39 times.
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Can you imagine Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, or Liv Tylers faces without tears on them?
Oh, theAvengersfilms snapped half of humanity out of existence?
In other words,everyonecries.
You shall not pass the Kleenex; youre going to need the whole box for yourself.
), andFellowshipgoes hard on his hatred of humans.
They just won a war, and this jerk is undoing all their work immediately?
No wonder Elrond spent the next few hundred years of his life loathing men.
Bilbo weeps over Frodos burden
Poor Bilbo.
Ian Holm, RIP.
Gandalf hears Frodo volunteering
Jackson loves Ian McKellens face, and why shouldnt he?
The actor can communicate so much with so little.
When Gimli rests his head on the marble top of Balins tomb?
The fellowship grieves Gandalf
Presented without comment.
A gut punch if there ever was one.
Fly, you fools yes, the tears are flying out of my face.
A wet-eyed Aragorn refusing the One Ring when Frodo offers it is visually moving his hand closing over Frodos!
and also tells us that Aragorn is good in a way almost no one else is.
Merry and Pip defend Boromir
On the one hand, Boromir betrays Frodo.
Its fruitless, and Merry and Pippin will stay missing throughoutThe Two Towers.
look on his face.
Frodo decides to leave for Mount Doom
How are Elijah Woods eyes real?
Honestly, theyre like a storm gathering over an ocean here.
I cannot look away.
Thats love, romantic or not.
One of many Andy Serkis performances that should have been nominated for an Oscar.
That injustice is going to make me cry, too.
Sadly, she does not kill Wormtongue and make her way into theGood for Her cinematic universe.
Its a lot to ask!
An elf showing extreme emotion is a rare thing, and Theoden basically shrugs off Legolass grief.
You look terrible, but for first-time watchers of the film, this scene is genuinely fraught.
Weve seen Boromir die, so Aragorn dying doesnt seem totally out of the question.
Hang it in the Louvre.
Youre a man, dude!
How much longer do you think theyre going to let you hang around?
Where is the horse and the rider?
Watch thewhole thingfor full wounding impact.
to Treebeard is a real slap-in-the-face moment for the Ents.
This is radicalization, and it works!
Dont you know your Sam?
Sam gives the speech
Its the speech.
You know the speech, and you cant not cry at the speech.
Frodo sides with Gollum
One of many moments inThe Return of the Kingwhen Sam deserves a hug.
There are many reasons to hate Denethor inThe Return of the King, but this is just distressing.
Aragorn is convinced that hes failed, and his doubt in himself is almost too much to bear.
Thank you to the Dead Men of Dunharrow for coming through!
Pippin fears the end is near
This is just distressing, part three.
Boyds tear-stained face really communicates the PTSD everyone in Middle-earth must be feeling at this point.
Theoden knowing her face one final time is a dramatic callback, too.
The wig looks great, though.
You get it, Im sure.
But when Frodo cant keep going, Sam steps up.
The eagles are coming!
Theyre triumphant yet forever changed, and they each definitely need a vacation.
(The eagles are still kind of a loophole, though.)
Aragorn and Arwen reunite
Hes crying, shes crying, Elronds crying.
Romance, baby, it lives in Middle-earth still.
It makes sense that Gandalf is leaving.
But Frodo is leaving too?
Annie Lennox, lead usinto the West and toward some tissues, just!
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