Helm's Deep Is the Template for Every Siege Since

Ten thousand strong at least. Helm's Deep is not just the best siege ever filmed. It is the shape every siege since has copied, and you can watch the shape being invented. A craft essay on the Battle of Helm's Deep in The Two Towers (2002, dir. Peter Jackson): the 120 day shoot and three months of nights at Dry Creek Quarry, Alan Lee's fortress and the miniature Miramax wanted chainsawed, Massive's simulated army, and the nine part grammar (the number, the map, the wait, the count, the breach, the despair, the ride out, the dawn, the line that says it was only the beginning) that Game of Thrones and everything after it copied. Crew quotes from the oral history; every film line is from the extended cut. Chapters 0:00 Ten Thousand 0:53 What It Cost 2:54 One. the Number 3:31 Two. the Map 4:20 Three. the Wait 4:52 Four. the Count 5:29 Five. the Breach 6:20 Seven. the Ride Out 7:33 The Machine 9:04 A Template