[The Saucepan Man]

OK, this is a trailer, so it edits together scenes from different parts of the film. Having studied the trailer again, it seems clear to me that the speech starts with an image of the Rohirrim immeditely prior to their charge onto the Pelennor, but that Aragorn's "This day we fight" is said at the Black Gate.<P>The sequence is as follows (I have given both the speech and the scene that each part accompanies):<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>"I see in your eyes ..." - Theoden rallies the Rohirrim prior to their charge.<LI>"... the same fear that would take the very heart of me ..." - Aragorn and Eowyn.<LI>THIS CHRISTMAS<LI>"... a day may come ..." - Gandalf riding up to the Citadel (with withered White Tree visible).<LI>"... when the courage of men fails." - Theoden in the Battle of Pelennor Fields.<LI>Eomer holding Eowyn.<LI>"When we forsake our friends ..." - THE JOURNEY ENDS<LI>"... and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day." - Galadriel and Frodo (Frodo dreaming).<LI>Eowyn and Merry - Eowyn: "Whatever happens, stay with me."<LI>Another shot of the massed ranks of the Rohirrim before their charge.<LI>Cut to Aragorn (I believe at the Black Gate): "This day we fight!"<LI>Eowyn charging onto the Pelennor.<LI>Yet another shot of the Rohirrim.</UL><P>Now, there has been speculation, based upon this sequence that Aragorn does not arrive from Pelargir part-way through the Battle of Pelennor Fields, but that he is there prior to the battle and makes this speech at that point to rally his Gondorian troops.<P>I do not hold with this. I believe that Jackson will stick to the book and have him arriving (presumably in the Corsair's boats, but not necessarily) part way through the battle. If Aragorn does make this entire speech, then I believe that he does so before the Black Gate. Certainly, it seems to me that this is when he says the line "This day we fight".<P>But, as will now be more than abundantly apparent, I believe that it is Theoden who makes this speech, up to "... but it is not his day", and that he does so to rally his Riders prior to their charge onto the Pelennor. The shots of the massed ranks with a figure on horseback parading in front of them are definately the Rohirrim and Theoden. Of course, it does not necessarily follow from the fact that the speech starts with this scene that it is made at this point. But I believe that it is quite a good indication that it is.<P>And I don't set any store by the fact that the speech ending "... but it is not this day" leads into Aragorn's "This day we fight" (with a brief interlude by Eowyn). That may just be the result of the main speech (Theoden to the Rohirrim before the Pelennor) having been edited together with Aragorn's cry of "This day we fight" before the Black Gate, simply because they make sense when edited together.<P>And if that doesn't convince anyone, I give up.