I know what quote you are thinking of. In the Return of the King film, Gandalf and Pippin have this conversation:
Pippin: I didn't think it would end this way Gandalf: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it... Pippin: What Gandalf? See what? Gandalf: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise Pippin: Well, that isn't so bad... Gandalf: No. No, it isn't.
In the books, that quote is actually not spoken, but it is in reference to what Frodo sees as he sails west, at the very end of the last chapter:
And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed on into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise.
Beautiful, no matter which "version" you think of! I'm glad they were able to work that beautiful word picture into the films, it's no less inspirational and comforting because it is used in a somewhat different context -- it's the best picture ever of a happy ending, where it is revealed that the best is yet to come!
I used the book conversation in HL three so I am very glad to find the movie version and know nowit is the movie version! Thank you. That is a treat. And you are right - the point is that the best is yet to come.
My vision is so bad I might've spent another two hours looking for that, so I think you indeed!
I know what quote you are thinking of. In the Return of the King film, Gandalf and Pippin have this conversation:
Pippin: I didn't think it would end this way
Gandalf: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it...
Pippin: What Gandalf? See what?
Gandalf: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise
Pippin: Well, that isn't so bad...
Gandalf: No. No, it isn't.
In the books, that quote is actually not spoken, but it is in reference to what Frodo sees as he sails west, at the very end of the last chapter:
And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed on into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise.
Beautiful, no matter which "version" you think of! I'm glad they were able to work that beautiful word picture into the films, it's no less inspirational and comforting because it is used in a somewhat different context -- it's the best picture ever of a happy ending, where it is revealed that the best is yet to come!
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My vision is so bad I might've spent another two hours looking for that, so I think you indeed!
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