Lord of the Rings: War of The Rohirrim Review

 

My Lord of the Rings War of The Rohirrim Review.

So, I saw War of the Rohirrim tonight, and here's my review of it. I liked it. This film is better than Rings of Power; I prefer watching this again and again than Rings of Power. The animation was good, and the designs were really good, faithful to Jackson's films. There are some changes from the story of Helm Hammerhead that some fans won't like, and I get that. I wish there were faithful adaptions, but studios will continually make changes that will either work or won't. The film is about Rohan, the founding of Helms Deep, and the war between Rohan and The Dunlendings. 

Helm Hammerhand was one of the best characters voiced by Brian Cox. He nailed it, and there's one scene with him where I am blown away by his voice acting. Helm was one of the best characters in the film, and even though in the book lore, he is the main character, he is switched for his daughter Hera. 

Hera is the main character of the film. In the books, Helm does have a daughter, but she's never named and doesn't do much in the book. She was to marry Wulf, but that didn't happen because Helm wouldn't see his daughter marry Wulf. Now, Hera is described as headstrong, the fastest rider, and she doesn't want to get married. Hera is an interesting character, and you feel for her. She comes across as a typical character who wants to be free and not get married to any man, like Merida from Brave. Still, I like the character. 

Wulf was the bad guy in the film; honestly, you do feel for him and understand his motivation. Also, you feel bad for him when Hera rejects his marriage because he did love her, and I feel like they should have her love him in return, but she wanted a real marriage that wasn't forced. They should have done that like they were in love, but she wanted to be real and not forced, and he supported that. Until his father is killed by Helm, which makes a tragic love story between them. Wulf was a good villain in this film, driven by hate and revenge.

As I wrote, the voice cast all did a great job. Brian Cox was fantastic as Helm Hammerhand, Gaia Wise was Hera, Luke Pasqualino was Wulf, Lorraine Ashbourne was Eowyn, and Miranda Otto narrated the story.

Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan make cameos as orcs.

I might have known these two show up but as orcs. 

Overall, this film was good; I had a good time with it although the runtime was too long. Again, I would rather watch this again than Rings of Power. I give it a 7 out of 10. The film had a good ending. 

Although there are some changes from the book, I don't think they need to be changed. 

Here are some spoilers at the bottom.

The Watcher in this water scene it didn't need to be there like I'm really. It felt forced and didn't need to be there.

Now, in the book Helm's Nephew Frealaf Hilderson, he's the one who kills Wulf, not Hera.

As you can see here, that was a change to Hera killing Wulf instead, but at the same time, it's implied in the books that Hera did die like her father and siblings, although Tolkien never stated if she was dead because the histories never mention what happened to her. However, I think they should have had Frealf kill Wulf and have Hera save the day, but she dies a hero. Frealaf honors his cousin by having the banner of the Shield Maids as a house to honor his cousin for her saving Rohan and the symbol looks like her. They should have done that, but if you liked what they did instead, that's fine. Also, I would have her friend Olwyn release Hera's horse into the fields after her rider's death, symbolizing that she is free like Hera and that her spirit lives as her horse runs for freedom.

Also, I didn't like that we didn't see Helm kill the Dunlendings with his bare fists as if they had cut before we could see the action. The fight at the gate was good, and Helm died like a badass as he did in the books. Many fans would have preferred Helm as the main character, and I get that. I heard at one point he was going to be the protagonist, but they changed that to his daughter. Still it didn't ruin the movie for me I still like the film. I mean they could have had him as the main character and still give his daughter a big role in the film.