Why the fuck did Rohirrim charge the Mumakil's head on?

>>81367301
why didnt frodo fly an eagle to mordor?

Because it looked cool

For some reason, Jackson gave Theoden a suicide complex in the movies.

>>81367301
>Why the fuck did Rohirrim charge the Mumakil's head on? Why not just use skirmisher tactics and slowly bring them down by arrows/javelins?

It was a red day.

>>81367413
Jackson absolutely cannot into subtlety

>>81367301
>Why not just use skirmisher tactics and slowly bring them down by arrows/javelins?
That's what actually happened in the book and Olyphants were no threat. But then again, book olyphants were the size of regular elephants.

>>81367626
They were described as being way bigger than our shitty manlet elephants of our days.

Probably because they were being charged head on by creatures they've never seen before. Not a lot of time for rational strategizing.

>>81367626
>100ft tall
>regular elephant

nigger are you retarded?

>>81367626
>were no threat
>oliphaunts literally stop the rohirrim charge and let the forces of mordor regroup by standing.

>>81367301
>see Legolas oliphant scene
>feels silly and out of place
>but whatever back to the movie

If only someone had told me in 2012 that particular scene would be the template for the 3 Hobbit movies I would never fucking believe them.

>>81369356

It's just like how you can see hints of the prequels in Jedi.

>>81369450
true. God DAMN IT