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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely outstanding meme captain - must have been made by boromir himself, no way that idiot faramir could have made such a glorious meme isn’t that right captain

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Peter, can you explain this to me, please?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 61 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's an uncomfortable scene where Denethor is eating that gets memed about a lot.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've always been curious to know what direction that actor was given for that scene. "Don't just eat that tomato. Eat it in such a nasty, graphic way that it'll make people uncomfortable for decades to come."

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Peter Jackson didn’t even ask him to eat like that, he just started doing it and they were too scared to stop filming.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dude was just destroying his lunch and Peter Jackson whispered, "shhh... get the camera."

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, that's my head-canon now

[–] spamfajitas@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oddly enough, it's not even that far off from what really happened:

What happened was that director Peter Jackson was watching Noble munch on these delicacies as part of his rehearsals, and for the sake of continuity, Noble had to make sure that there’s a sort of rhythm to the way he ate the food. Jackson got notably excited with the cherry tomato bit, and that was how the scene made its appearance.

“So I’m sitting there thinking, ‘ok…with this food I’m going to go 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…1, 2, 3, 4, 5…’, so I could repeat it, the timing would be perfect. Jackson must’ve been watching through the monitors and he saw me squirt something out of the side of my mouth. He got terribly excited! He ran on to the set and said, ‘mate, what you just did there?” ” What was that, mate?” “When you squirted…can you do that?’ I said ‘yes’. ‘Can you go like hmff?’ I go, ‘yes’. He got terribly excited and waddled away again. That’s how that actually came about, because he was watching me rehearse to try and get my continuity right,” said Noble.

https://www.thegamer.com/lets-talk-about-that-infamous-lord-of-the-ring-cherry-tomato-scene-with-denethor/

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Acting seems kinda hard sometimes. Like it can be hard I guess. Like rehearsing eating in the right rhythm to not fuck-up continuity in shots.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, God, I think I'd blocked that out. Lmao

... I also definitely didn't think this was Vigo from Ghostbusters when I first saw the OP

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Nope. I can't even see a resemblance.

[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I need some bathrobes and a wig.

[–] delgato@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don’t forget wood and oil

[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't want to take it that far for a costume.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boromir would do it. Why can't you be more like Boromir?

[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Because I'm a Petty-dwarf from the first age?

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] copymyjalopy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Then get a little person and now you're getting kinky.

[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just watched this last night, and it remains so creepy. I don't care for it one bit.

My roommate remarked: "ew, what do you call bestiality, but like for fruit". I had no witty response

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How could you, that's one of the most confounding statements ever made in the human language.

Vegephilia? Does it need to be fruit specific?

[–] Soup@lemmy.cafe 8 points 2 months ago

Showed this to my girlfriend and she’s laughing and wrenching simultaneously! Too funny!

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seriously... I just come from a lotr marathon in the cinema and now you meme this... 12h including the two breaks, I'm already paranoid enough...

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

12 hrs in the cinema? What a weekend!

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I have fond memories of doing that when ROTK first released and my local cinema ran the full trilogy as LOTR marathon.

I would love to relive that memory.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Or if Denethor isn't appearing, just go as Dr. Best couple.