Omg i love you guys so much right know :D there is this hughe arguing about rings of power and colored elbs and i saw your video at 21:07 and there is a colored kid when the elb people leaving :D
These reaction videos were great…. Although I sympathize will Gollum/Sméagol, I thought it was funny how much she rooted for him. Are your book reactions forthcoming on this channel? I’m really interested to find out what you think.
His final scene with Miranda is exquisite and always blows me away. I'm so glad they swapped Merry for Eowyn in the movies, because since Theoden and Eowyn's introduction in The Two Towers movie, they wove a really wonderful relationship between them. It was so heartfelt what was lacking in the original book, for me personally.
Don't forget Ian Holm... I miss them both. Tho I'm thankful they didn't get to live long enough to see the best of their lives work get destroyed by murican colonialism, like the rest of that poor cast.
Sam literally hears Gollum plan while laughing the death of the hobbits, and he attacks. And her response is, "I'm gonna lose so much respect for Sam if he hurts him..." Literally the first time I've heard that take...lol
Smeagol murdered his best friend in cold blood then said out loud that he would take the ring after murdering Frodo and Sam, and when Sam calls him a villain you say, "No, he's not!"? LOL
I like to point out - Denethor may be jealous of his power but he still observes the nicety of sitting on the humble Steward’s chair at the foot of the empty throne. Also may as well point out what’s not shown in the movie but is a key point in the book: Denethor is well informed because he has a Palantir stone of his own.
@@JamailvanWestering It's pretty jarring, to be a Steward to a line of great Kings of a mighty kingdom as Gondor, to try to maintain it and lose bit by bit against the onslaught of Sauron's forces without much aid and to have people question your authority. It could break any great man into despair and hate eventually even without corruption, or start despising the kingly line that left his own. You can understand from his perspective when he denies Aragorn, cause to be fair Aragorn left Gondor and Denethor to simply try to maintain a kingdom that was his, with little merit.
@@prinstyrio0 Yeah, the movies did him dirty. He protected Gondor for a long time and the Palantir he had allowed Sauron to poison his mind over time. He lasted a LOT longer than most men would have.
@@Mubiki Agreed. Every character in this book series is great even down to Gollum. I wish Peter Jackson put in that one scene where Gollum looks over Frodo as he sleeps, and he looks like a genuinely sad old hobbit instead of his twisted self for a moment.
her love of Gollum even after watching him murder his brother before he even possessed the ring and saying she would hate Sam if he hurt him even after he was just plotting to murder Sam and Frodo makes me think less of her judgement.
HOW does she get THIS played by Gollum?!😅 One thing is understanding his struggle, but he obviously wants to kill the hobbits and take the ring! And Sam is always just looking out for Frodo, he's been his best friend and helper from the start! Keeping him going, giving up eating, etc. But no, Sam's the bad guy🤣 I'll give you this Debi, your take is an original one🙃
I have never seen someone admonish SAM for attacking Gollum, AFTER Sam overheard Smeagol/Gollum conspiring to lead the hobbits to their death! Like, what movie you watchin?
@@nickreacts6394 That's one of the greatest things about this: Tolkien never revealed in any of his writings what became of the entwives. I love the unanswered mystery XD
@@VadulTharys Please... I am ready to beg you xD I've been looking for any kind of reference that could suggest that they are not dead. Where did you read that?
@@ferrisulf I can live with "Who is Tom Bombadil?" "He is!" that is totally fine. But I have been trying to find the ent wives since I was about 6 years old :D I still hope that a letter or a note by Tolkien gets discovered where it says "Ent wives are hidden in Tom Bombadils part of Middle earth" One can only hope...
Fun fact: Eowyn's dream she tells Aragorn about was actually recurring dream Tolkien would have that partially inspired him to write the Fall of Numenor
Funny things about Saruman's death. While going through the scene, Jackson told Christopher Lee to scream when he was stabbed, to which he asked if he'd ever seen a man being stabbed in the back. He then revealed that he had and created the correct sound. Lee was in special forces in WW2 by the way. Second, the falling and impaling was a reference to all the times Christopher Lee played Dracula over the years, with Jackson wanting a chance to run Lee through the heart as well.
On a different side of the coin, that death scene wasn't in the original movie, which if I recall Christopher Lee wasn't happy about being taken out and wasn't even told either until the cinema came, being a very significant scene for him, and something that if I recall got him annoyed with Jackson. I do believe however they mended the relationship by the time of the Hobbits movies and before Christopher Lee passed away, which gives it a happy ending, and the fact that extended edition is highly recommended over the original it'll be a scene most people are familiar with nowadays.
The man was an absolute badass. Almost died 3 times, was in Finland (although not allowed to do anything), took part in the Africa campaign as a recon officer for the RAF, then moved on to the liberation of Italy, where he climbed the Vesuvius three days before an eruption and finally part of the War Criminal hunting because he spoke French, Italian and German fluently. Came down with Malaria about six times somewhere in between as well. Afterwards a long af acting career, opera and two metal albums. He is directly related to Charlemangne, his mother being a Countess and also related to King Edward the 7th. He met the assassins of Grigori Rasputin, witnessed the last public execution by Guillotine in France, lived with exiled Russian Nobles and was Knighted by prince Charles. The man has one of the most interesting biographies I've ever read about.
@@prinstyrio0 it didn't happen that way in the book at all, it was a lot better in the book. When saruman dies his Spirit goes up in like a smoke like thing and forms a hand that reaches out towards the west and then a wind comes along and blows it away and dissipates it.
I'll never forget Pippin's song in the theater. I was a kid, but it was such an incredible scene and soundtrack. To answer her question, the throwing heads at the enemy causes many things. It causes fear, panic, trauma, and diseases from blood and festering wounds.
21:41 Storytime. I can't fault anyone for missing it, but this elf was in Fellowship as well. For all of 2 seconds he was visible in the background during the Council of Elrond in Rivendell. Fans, however, noticed him, at first for his looks. They dubbed him 'Figwit' - acronym of 'Frodo is grea-... Who is that?!' - and made up whole stories about him. Who the elf was, what he was thinking, why he didn't say anything (he was an extra). They created a fansite called figwitlives (it's still up!). It became a long-standing joke in certain parts of the fandom. At some point the same fans figured out who the actor was: he was a musician and part of a comedy duo who played small venues. And, of course, they went to watch his show! He was a great sport about it: among other things he gave a - very funny - in-character interview. That was about the time when the media got wind of the story. First in NZ, and then USA Today, then it took off like wildfire. Eventually the story reached Peter Jackson. He enjoyed it so much that he called him up for a speaking part in The Return of the King. For the Hobbit he gave him a name, too: Lindir. Lindir is played by Bret McKenzie. Sounds familiar? It's because he is half of Flight of the Conchords, who went on to make an HBO series and various records. Much later, McKenzie also won an Oscar for his original song in the Muppet movie. Somewhere on UA-cam there's a documentary about all of this, made around 2004. I love this story so much because it was an early (and funny) example of how the dynamic of fandom and the internet can play out. Also, McKenzie's an incredibly funny and extremely talented guy who managed to have an incredible career simply on those merits. The other half of Flight of the Conchords, by the way, is Jemaine Clement who created What we do in the Shadows with Taika Waititi. And, to prove that 'everyone in NZ was in the Tolkien movies': Bret McKenzie's dad played Aragorn's ancestor Isildur.
fun fact: the giant battering ram at Minas Tirith is named after the mace of Sauron's former Master Morgoth. Grond was a huge warhammer Morgoth wielded in battle against the elves. Grond is the Quenya (the language of the Noldor, a kind of elves) word for club. Its also called "hammer of the underworld"
On the first watch I thought the ram at Helms Deep was Grond, and told my friends. They laughed at me forever (lovingly though) for knowing that. But when we came to RotK, I went: oh no, of course THAT monstrosity is Grond, because ... Jeeez
And of course for the related fact, an Elf (Finrod, I think? it's been a long while since I read it) actually fought Grond-weilding Morgoth one on one, despite a massive size difference, and wounded him to the point Morgoth was left permanently lame. Died, but still, those old school elves were something else.
Sindarin, not Quenya, and it means “dome, cave”. Hence “hammer of the underworld”. It’s actually the same word that forms the second half of Elrond’s name. It’s interesting that Sauron names this battering ram after his enemy’s name for Morgoth’s mace. Clearly the reason for naming it that way was to inspire terror in the defenders of Gondor whom he knows are well-versed in history.
10:23 When Christopher Lee (Saruman) is stabbed in the back, Peter Jackson asked Lee to Violently blow out his breath as the blade went in. Lee said "Peter, dear boy. When a man is stabbed in the back he sucks his breath IN not out". During the war Lee was attached to a number of undercover units (SOE, SAS) in Axis territories. Peter Jackson didn't argue the point with him.....
33:50 I don't know if she was genuinely confused or just pretending for a laugh, but just in case: To hold a line in battle is to stop the enemy's advance.
Something that is not mentionned in the films but that makes you look at Saruman in a new light: his voice is extremely potent, "charming" and "convincing". It's part of his magic, his words have a lot of weight on anyone who hears them. That's why right before his death, other characters (mainly Theoden) kinda struggle to find their words as they try to resist Saruman's spell. It's a very dangerous asset he as that is emphasized in the books, because it makes it easier for him to sway , manipulate and rally people to his cause. In this scene he doesn't die in the books, but his words are filling everyone with doubts, lowering even Aragorn's self esteem. Even Rohan's soldiers, who are totally devoted to their king, feel like Sarman's peace proposal is wise and fair, and Theoden voice sounds like a real mess compared to the more melodic, light and captivating voice of Saruman. When he speak to Gandalf about Frodon, how he will die and fail, and it's all Gandalf fault. He's actually not just a salty bitch for losing the war. He tries to undermine Gandalf authority/charism and seed discord and doubt in the heart of everyone, to make Gandalf look like some selfish, power hungry old man. Something that could have worked if Theoden's and Aragorn's will were lesser.
also saruman isnt weakened the slightest as they made it look like. as i remembered gandalf even said in the books, that he could only break sarumans staff that easy because he caught him by suprise with his new powers. The situation looked so easy in the movie, but it wasnt at all in the books.
@@JayTor2112 Yeah, many characters that seems to be unreasonable or less preferred, are more taken out of context for their whole story and reason. I remember disliking Boromir in the original movies for lack of certain scenes, but also cause I was too young to understand his strife. In the books however it just makes his character even more tragic along with his family. They're noble people who just got the shit end of the stick, doing their best but ultimately just being human with all the flaws.
Denethor also knows Aragorn bc aragorn worked with Denethors father and was a counselor to him and regarded Aragorn far more worthy than Denethor. Much like how Denethor ended up treating his sons.
I’ve never seen someone fall for Gollum’s BS as much as Domi. He’s lying and manipulating, he’s barely ever genuine in this whole movie and Domi’s just buying it hook line and sinker, Gollum is actively manipulating Frodo to mistrust Sam and Domi’s like “aw, he’s helping”
ikr he literally tried to kill them in the two towers, but somehow after an hour he was cute. kills deagol, also cute. tries to kill them again, but cute? ehhhhhh
Could never understand the sympathy for Gollum from the same people who have zero patience with Pippin, a teenager thrown into things he doesn’t quite understand, but never intentionally hurting anyone.
Eomir is right, though. For one thing, Merry *isn't* a man, he's a hobbit. That's why him stabbing the witch-king broke the protective spell. Also, Eomir is trying to warn Eowyn that war isn't like the tales of glory. It's messy and traumatizing and she should *not* seek it out. He doesn't have much family left. He doesn't want her to *die.*
It was his sword that broke the spell - in the book at least. And the prophecy wasn’t that a man couldn’t kill him but that someone who wasn’t a man would kill him.
@@brigidtheirish it could be as they are rather pure and connected to Yavannah in a sense. But the blades came from the Barrow Downs and boy oh boy were there many relics there. Many powerful artifacts. This blade anchored Angmar to his mortal coils and there I'd huge passage about Eowyn during this and boy oh boy was she epic. Check out Men Of The West and the other big channels who did recent big epic history of her recently! ❤️❤️❤️
I absolutely love the brother-sister relationship between Eowyn and Eomer in the books. I feel like it wasn't properly portrayed in the movies; but then there's only so much they could do without a ton of narration.
55:35 I love how Gimli hesitates to go inside. As a dwarf, he is feeling that that underground is cursed. I think he is way more aware of the danger inside. Yet he still follows his friends.
Aragorn was fully aware. He had such strength of character that he still went in {As did the whole host of Dunedain in the books}. Legolas had no fear of the dead, because they could not hurt him since he was an immortal elf.
When Aragorn was a child his mom took him to Rivendell after Aragorns farther was killed to be raised by Elrond until he was 20 Aragorn was called "Estel" which means "Hope" in elvish. Before Aragorns mom died she said "I gave Hope to the dúnedain i have kept no hope for myself" She gave Hope to the dúnedain get it hope/Estel In this scene in the movie 52:32 Elrond said Elrond: I give hope to men Aragorn: I keep none for myself A really nice detail put into the movie
28:20 - Its moments like this when you get an appreciation to the fact Tolkien was not just a author writing about what he war "would be like"; he had experience of it being an officer at the Somme in World War 1.
The deaths of Saruman and Wormtongue are consistent in nature with the book, but totally different in circumstance. Gríma _did_ kill Saruman with a knife, and was then shot dead by arrows, but the whole thing happened very, _very_ differently. And that's _all_ I'm going to say on that regard, because it's worth reading the books for that one!
35:20 "say yes already" - Theoden knows that going to war will kill many of the Rohirrim. He is not eager for that to happen. Because he is a good leader. Be wary of any leader who is too ready to go to war.
the great thing with Pippin and Faramir is that they do strike up a friendship with each other in the books. Pippin actually names his son after Faramir.
I still think the most disturbing scene in the whole movie trilogy, despite many dark and dreadful perils, is the absolutely gruesome way that Denethor eats tomatoes...
3:04 The "worm" in "Wormtongue" doesn't have the modern sense of (earth)worm, but uses the Old English sense of a serpent or snake. Hence Gandalf telling Grima to "keep your forked tongue behind your teeth" in _The Two Towers._
Also, that was not his name. That is what he is called by the people who see through him. Grima is his name, worm tongue is what many have come to call him.
I love the use of Master as a title for a young man, which makes Treebeard calling Gandalf "master Gandalf" so hilarious. My English aunt sent me letters addressed to Master Travis. It seemed so formal and respectful.
Well, Fangorn, which is his name, yes, the forest was named after him, and knew Yavanna as well as he did LUTHIEN TINNUVIEL. yes, he used to live in Doriath, his name means Treebeard to some, so it's the forest of Treebeard essentially.
@@Makkaru112 But Treebeard calling Gandalf "young" implies he doesn't know who and what Gandalf really is, which seems strange considering Treebeard is so old
@@jimmyabort8763 Older, actually, I meant it was strange that Treebeard didn't know Gandalf was immortal considering how long he's been alive and especially considering how he implied he knew Saruman before he went bad.
Unless I'm misremembering, the bit where the ghosts send all those skulls crashing down was added into the extended edition. I always thought it was dumb and anti climactic. It makes no sense when he just comes out and says "ha, just kidding dude, we're going to fight!" Plus it's a lot cooler to me when they show up later with Aragorn when you didn't know what their answer was. Some of the added material in the extended editions was great. This part was best left out, in my opinion.
Totally agree. I hate the millions of skulls scene. It's more like Raiders of the Lost Ark than Tolkien. I love Peter J, but he's very self-indulgent at times.
@@MLPDethDealr32 I've got the book right in front of me. The Passing of the Grey Company. Aragorn and the company find the skeleton of a fallen soldier. There is NO avalanche of skulls. The film didn't need one.
"Grond" is also the name of morgoths war hammer, called the hammer of the underworld. Morgoth was the first dark lord, of whom Sauron is but a servant to. He was imprisoned by the gods at the end of the first age, this is currently the end of the third age
"I love how they named it too". And what a name! Grond was the name of Morgoth's weapon. Most gondorians, and all elves, would know that name and fear it.
The city of Minas Tirith is based off of Mont Saint-Michel . I'd love to visit it. And the whole question of Gondor/Rohan coming to each other's aid was never in question in the books/lore. It was an ancient pact, that a single rider with an arrow would ride either way to request aid. The Oath of Eorl, also called the Oath of Cirion, was the alliance sworn between the nations of Rohan and Gondor. Also agreed was whenever help was needed, the two kingdoms would aid each other. The signal that help was needed was the Red Arrow, a symbol of danger. Also, my vote for the competetion is for Gothmog aka Head bitch in charge. He's deformed, even by orc standards. EDIT: The catapaulting of heads was something we as humans have actually done to one another.
It's painful watching you side with Gollum over Sam [edit. at the start. She later started to realise]. Especially after his scheming at the end of Two Towers. We know Gollum intends to kill them, we know he is corrupted by the ring, we know his split personality makes him dangerous and you still side with him over Sam, the most pure and good character who is brave, loyal and only ever thinks of others. I'm seeing a lot of reactions with younger people siding with Gollum as though they think they can change him. You can't. As Sam says, "There is nothing in him but lies and deceit." "He's a Villain."
i've seen reactors have empathy for gollum ("it was pity that stayed bilbo's hand" after all), but this is the first time i've seen someone treat him like a member of the fellowship with some bad habits.
@@jessharvell1022 its always interesting how they react to gollum vs boromir. so many people trashtalk boromir and want him dead before even leaving rivendell, but show none of that towards gollum/smeagol.
@@unkosherfood because mental illness is now fashionable/provides social credit. They have grown up in an environment believing that no one is responsible for their own actions... they are all just victims of circumstance.
What is far more painful is that this whole scene is a betrayal of Book Frodo - and Book Sam, too. Book Frodo would never have believed Gollum over Sam and would never have sent Sam away. Book Frodo - who is as pure and good as Sam, but also far more wise and mature than he is portrayed in the film - knows exactly what Gollum is and is still prepared to show him mercy. But he is never manipulated by Gollum and in fact always keeps the upper hand. Nobody blames Sam for wanting to kill Gollum. But in the end he realises Frodo was right and refuses to kill Gollum on the slopes of Mount Doom. So it is Frodo's mercy towards Gollum - and, finally, Sam's mercy too - that saves the Quest.
It is fascinating seeing people be entirely too forgiving towards some characters but completely uncaring towards others. Gollum is an irredeemable character who was rotten from the moment he set eyes on the ring (and the fact he instantly turned to murder implies deep down he may not have ever been a good person) yet most people I watch react to LotR first time viewing are overly sympathetic towards him even after seeing him murder presumably his best friend and then proceed to be corrupted bodily (not just mentally). Meanwhile you get characters like Saruman, who we know Gandalf trusted completely and even after it was clear he was betraying him wasn't completely sure until he confirmed it with word and action, people pretty much universally are shocked to see him die but at no point do they seem to show him any sympathy.
That’s because Gollum never wanted to take over the world……he was taken by the ring and used and abused….yes he murdered for it, and that sealed his fate. Saruman tho was a maiar, charged to protect middlearth. He was wise and powerful. He KNEW that Sauron was evil and he made the CHOICE to turn to evil. Gollum never really had a choice….he was overwhelmed from the start. It is not being “entirely too forgiving” to understand that there’s a difference between someone being overcome, and one who has made the choice to be evil. It is being clear sighted.
Or Denethor. That poor man fought against Sauron for decades, mind to mind, man against angel; and only in the final years of his life did he begin to despair. The man was a _rock._
I think it's because we see redemptive moments of gollum and what he's going through having been poisoned for countless time by the ring, with his split personality, and saruman doesn't get a single scene of redemption, even in defeat he just gloats and rebukes the heroes Seeing a murderer break down and cry for what they've done is still heart wrenching, even if they decide to keep murdering, because it gives a glimpse of humanity and the potential nugget of good in them
We never actually see that "choice" from Saruman, to this day nobody knows exactly when he was corrupted. Smeagol though? We see him _instantly_ turn to murder; there was something bad about him before he ever got the ring. Bilbo, Frodo, Sam. even _Boromir_ do not immediately turn to violence, Aragorn and Faramir don't take the ring even when they have the option to. (You will recall that Boromir does pick up the ring at one point but, when prompted, willingly returns it and Faramir takes Frodo _and_ the ring to Gondor instead of just taking the ring which he could have) We see him _constantly_ plotting to take the ring and kill Frodo and Sam yet people are willing to look past that because they are fooled by his sociopathic mind games. This is why I say people are entirely too forgiving, they constantly see him plotting to do bad things, he eventually does in the form of framing Sam and sending Frodo to his doom yet he cries a little (when is plan horribly fails after Frodo is not immediately killed by Shelob and overpowers Gollum) and people once again forgive him he then _immediately_ tries again. Remember this always: at the end when Frodo prompts him that he promised he would not try to take the ring and that he would be good he replies "Smeagol lied," not "Gollum Lied." For the briefest of moments Smeagol was able to shake of the ring's influence and wrest control from Gollum but really he was only fooling himself. For the entire time after Bilbo "took" the ring he still behaved like Gollum. Make no mistake the "Smeagol" we see glimpses of is nothing but a trauma/loneliness induced split personality and not the original Smeagol, the original _became_ Gollum.
I know you are correct but maybe someone believes that it wasn’t Smeigel that planned this but Gollum. He so easily succumbed to the ring and was cursed when he killed Deigel. There was this sympathy some reactors have for him. Seriously if the ring didn’t come into his life Smeigel would probably have had a peaceful life. Sam only had the ring in his pocket for a short while and it was pulling him in. Boramir also easily corrupted. Frodo was the best choice to have it. The closer to Mt. Doom he got the more powerful the pull.
@@thereisnopandemicThat's really not a good attitude. Im happy that Frodo was willing to see some good in him. And Sam was pretty abusive from the get go. It obviously didn't turn out well in the end. But I think most viewers was hoping for Smeagol to redeem himself in some way. Nothing wrong with that.
@@thereisnopandemic As Gandalf said: "Can you give life? Then do not be so eager to take it. Gollum still has some part to play in this." If Gollum hadn't followed Frodo to Mount Doom, there would have been no one to take the the ring from him when he finally succumbed. Sam wouldn't have been able to see him (Gollum could 'feel' the ring after all those years). So Frodo would have been found and killed by the Nazgul and Sauron would have won. Everything worked out the way it had to,and compassion played its part.
Saruman didn't know about their plan to send Frodo into Mordor.... if he did, he would have revealed it to Sauron in the Palantir (whether he wanted to or not) and the whole effort would have failed. This was a big mistake by Jackson to imply Saruman knew this. The plan was entirely secret, and relied on the fact that power-hungry tyrants like Saruman and Sauron would never even *think* of destroying the Ring. Remember... Saruman never got hold of any halflings, so he didn't know that Frodo left the company. He assumed one of the hobbits he saw at Isengard was the ringbearer, and thus Gandalf or perhaps Aragorn had the Ring. Sauron *also* assumed someone would seize the Ring, declare himself Lord, and try to unseat him. When Pippin looked in the Palantir and was seen by Sauron, Sauron then assumed *Saruman* had captured the ringbearer and was tormenting him, and now possessed the Ring; then when Aragorn then looked in the Palantir, Sauron assumed Isildur's heir had defeated Saruman before he mastered the Ring, and now *he* was the potential Ringlord. In the end, evil is blinded to the motivations of good and defeats itself.
I really enjoy seeing people fall in love with these movies as I did when I was a kid. I was obsessed before I even read the books or the Silmarillion, but after that I fell in love completely. Such a truly beautiful story and the Lord of the Rings is only 18 months out of a 40,000+ years story.
Yes, and Galadriel is bordering 9000+ years too adding the valian years which lasted so much longer so all in all she's super duper ancient. seen the first kin slayings, seen the war of wrath and even the Arnoeidiad etc etc.
@@Makkaru112 Yes and she is also the only exiled Noldor to return to Valinor where she gets to see her father again. I believe her brother Finrod Felagund was also brought back to life after he died and is there too, so I'm sure she was happy to see him again as well 🥰🥰
56:00 Not his decision? It literally is, do you not remember when Merry swore his service to Theoden? Those weren't just meaningless words. Also, there is a logistical side to this, like he said, in a situation such as the one they were going into, Merry would basically be, frankly, an all but useless burden (especially considering the way in which Rohan fights its wars) that would just slow them down. Granted, Merry ended up being supremely useful, but not in a way that anyone could have foreseen.
It’s funny because merry and eowyn are exceptions, not the rule. If women and hobbits were sent into battle, the results would be devastating. Even Gandalf himself said war is no place for a hobbit. It took so much for pippin to just roll an unconscious faramir over
50:11 It's kinda funny to see how Eowyn was first talking indirectly to Aragorn, mentioning 'soldiers' not wanting to be parted from him. Now, we get to see her brother Eomer doing the same, caring for her indirectly through their discussion of Merry. They're both a couple of tsunderes lol.
The reason Pippin is with Gandalf horseback as they rode out to repel the Nazgul on the plains is because in the original edit, Gandalf and Pippin are just arriving at Minis Tirith as the Nazgul are attacking. They just reorganized the shots.
I love how Domi tends to have the exact opposite reactions to things in the movie I do. Oh, evil lair? It's kinda pretty! Gollum making evil machinations? He's cute/sweet~
DEEP trivia: In the book, Saruman does indeed survive to the end of the story and does indeed die in the last battle (although it's not the one in the movie). And Wormtongue does kill him.
Saruman doesn't die in the last battle, it is afterwards when the Hobbits return to the Shire to find he has started calling himself Sharkey and taken over.
@@Rodshark75 By "last battle" I was referring to the Battle of Bywater in The Scouring Of The Shire, which is why I wrote "although it's not the one in the movie," And while I know he didn't actually die in the battle, I was using that association to link to what Domi said.
Sauron didn't exactly give his plan away when he "facetimed" with Pippin. An attack on Gondor/Minas Tirith was inevitable no matter what considering its strategic positioning. Him showing Pippin the destruction of Minas Tirith and burning of the White tree points more to Sauron's cruelty than anything else.
"His dreams in the last movie were much better" I feel like the vast majority of people don't realize that in The Two Towers, that wasn't a dream, it was a flashback.
It also seems like most havent bothered with reading the books at all. Someone was bitching about the "millions of Skulls scene". That scene was taken from the books and should have been left in the film.
Yes, but in the body of Gandalf, he is only a few thousands, around 1800, Fangorn himself, treebeard used to live in DORIATH and knew Luthien, Gandalf was not around at this time.
Regarding Denethor's sources, in the book, he had a Palantir (crystal ball thing) of his own. He used it to spy on others, but Sauron twisted his visions from it to make him lose hope.
And it took MANY years as Denethor was of mighty kin and he himself was mighty and the slow defeat was imminent in his later life and so this is where Mairon/Annatar/Sauron sunk his hooks into Denethor when the door opened to do so.
When the orcs attacked Faramir's position, Faramir and the other soldiers let as many through as possible in order to separate the forces. There are more people further in to take care of those they let through. It was a common tactic to break up the opposing forces so you don't end up fighting everybody at once. They don't have many men, nor do they have the room for formations to take the orcs on 1-to-1. The reason that Theoden hesitated is because he said earlier that they would not come to the aid of those who did not come to the aid of Rohan. The ironic thing is that it was actually Theoden who didn't call for help in "The Two Towers". He insisted that they were alone. Not sure if anything happened in the background there, because there was no indication that they even tried to call for aid.
I wound up binge watching the whole series today. Thank you for posting the last one! :) I've loved watching reactions of people who haven't seen these yet, but having a newbie and a vet watch has been even more entertaining. Thanks to you both!
People do tend to forget that. The people in camp with Theoden at top aren’t just soliders those are his generals and top commanders. Love the “We will meet them in battle nonetheless.”
Galadriel before leaving back to Eldamar in Valinor, she spoke to Fangorn himself, Treebeard about she would return and it'd be when as she saw in a vision that Belerian would rise again and upon her return she vowed to help him find Fimbrethil his wife. and elven vows especially noldorin ones are too be taken seriously as they predict fate and the setting in motion of events.
Interestingly, the prediction at the beginning that Sauron would appear in physical form was supposed to happen at the climax at the movie. Aragorn was supposed to battle with Sauron, however, this was decided against and they went with a script closer to the source material. There is one significant battle at the end that's in the books that also isn't in the movie, presumably because it didn't fit the pacing. I won't spoil anything about that though.
Also, they actually did film that battle between Aragorn and Sauron in physical form, and used the footage in the film, but digitally replaced Sauron with the troll
In a way we do get a battle between Sauron and Aragorn - right before he charges Sauron concentrates all his might on him in order to break his spirit. And Aragorn being the greatest of kings just shrugs it off. Sauron never understood that Aragorn never wanted power - because that was always how Sauron managed to corrupt men. Even as king, Aragorn saw himself as a servant of his people (illustrated for instance after the great battle, where he goes around healing the wounded rather than leaving that to his "subjects").
I absolutely loved watching along with this series. I was looking forward to each time a new part was posted on either of your channels. I never cried while watching the Lord of the Rings for the first time, but during this watch through, I was crying during so many of the scenes 😆. I forgot how amazing these films are, and I have a greater appreciation for the acting. Thanks for bringing us along on this journey! Can’t wait to see what other films you watch on your channel. I loved your closing remarks in the final part as well!
As for how someone could sleep through something as rough as a horse: You don't know what it means to be truly exhausted until you've fallen asleep while marching in formation. And yes, I am talking from my experience in US Navy RDC where I literally fell asleep for about 10 seconds while marching. Waking up mid-march and having a fellow recruit explain how you had momentarily passed out while your body continued subconsciously moving in sync with the formation as if on auto-pilot is a surreal experience lol So yeah, when you've gone through something like that, it ain't hard to imagine falling asleep on a horse lmao
I love the fact that the shoot for the Battle of Helm's Deep took 4 months, which is longer than most movies' principle photography. 4 months of night shoots. Lawrence Makore played the Witch King of Angmar AND the orc leader. He was literally talking to himself in that scene. Talk about confusing! Also, listen to Billy Boyd sing! He's so frigging talented.
I Just finished watching part2 of the Two Towers and already was sad to wait for return of the king Upload. And Just 5 minutes later i saw they just got uploaded. What a Timing 🥳
And a thank you (to you both) for the editing of the language. One wouldn't think it would make such a difference, but it did and I appreciate the extra effort you took.
So you mentioned you'd love to hang out with Merry and Pippin, so I can't help but mention Dominic (Merry) and Billy's (Pippin) podcast, the Friendship Onion. They're best friends in real life and are well aware that their connection and general joy in life are infectious, so they started a podcast together sharing their life and experiences together. It's not exclusively LOTR content, they frequently discuss any topic and invite fans to write in letters, share riddles, and make suggestions for snacks and favorite local foods for them to try on air. They have both the podcast and a UA-cam channel showing the entire recordings, since not everything translates well to audio only. It's a darn good time and it really does feel like meeting up with them in a pub and catching up on what they've been up to lately. Just a thought for you or any other fans to consider. They love engaging with their audience and it's a real treat to share an hour or so a week with them. 👍🏻
What I thought was amazing about this finale to the trilogy is that every main character is being pushed to the limit and must find the willpower and courage to go beyond it. Aragon is finally needing to embrace his heritage and take his place as the rightful king of Gondor. Gimli’s and Legalos relationship has been proven that despite the feud between their races in the past, elves and dwarves can still be friends and brothers in arms. Elrond is finally able to see the hope that he needed did lie within man; he just had to learn to trust him for it. Also that he had to accept Arwen’s decision to be mortal and follow her heart. Pippin and Merry are having to learn how to handle being away from each other, but also realize that they each can hold their own and still have courage and hope. Theoden, and Eomer are having to literally confront the final comings of the war and how it’s imperative that they give help to even those who didn’t and still have hope. Eowyn is finally coming to terms to take her place to fight in the war, and find her true happiness. Faramir is finally having to face what love his father had for him no longer exist and that Boromir would want him to do what is right and not what was expected by his father. Unfortunately, Denethor fails to accept his son Faramir as Boromir’s brother and his son until his dying breath. Gandalf is being tested on his doubts and the guilt he feels for sending Frodo on the dangerous journey. And how he’s having to learn to find faith and know that he did not make a mistake, but he made the choice that was necessary. Finally Frodo,Sam, and Sméagol; they’re finally being pushed to completing their mission and as well as the effects it has on them. The Ring is now desperate to get back to its master and is willing to corrupt all three of them just to obtain it. Frodo is finally realizing that by being a ring bearer, he has to come face-to-face with his most dangerous enemy, himself. Sam is having to come to face that must not lose hope and hang on to the loyalty to his best friend. Especially if his best friend doesn’t trust him. As for Sméagol, I do pity what led him to being corrupted. However, the goodness of Sméagol that once lived is truly gone and only the evil of Gollum resides and will get his comeuppance. 💚🤎💛💍👑🌋🔥
lmfao the movie OPENS with smeagol being corrupted by the evil of the ring and instantly murdering his closest friend and she still roots for this guy the whole time.
Treebeard is incorrect in his assumption that he is older than Gandalf. He may be older than the human form Gandalf poses, and Treebeard is unaware of Gandalf's true nature and thus can be forgiven for his error. Gandalf, of course, is an Ainur (Holy spirits) in his origin, and a Maia (A spiritual being that aided the Valar, the Powers, which were more powerful Ainur.) within the universe, Ea, which Arda, the "Earth" exists within. He has existed since the beginning of the time along with all others of his race. The only older being is Eru Iluvata, who created the Ainur. Basically, God, and his orders of Angels with a slight pagan god pantheon twist to them.
Granted, it has been a while since I read the Silmarillion. But I think, the true origin of the Ents was never really discussed. Only that they were on Arda pretty much from the beginning. Means, they could be Maya aswell. If so, Treebeard could infact be older than Gandalf, if his spirit was created before Olorin.
Treebeard is older in the sense he's been in Middle-Earth far longer than Gandalf ever has been. Gandalf has only been there a few hundred years at most.
@@Eruthian the Ents were created because it was feared that dwarves would de-forest and destroy, and so they were placed there to defend against that possibility.
In the scene where Aragorn takes Anduril, he and Elrond quote a couplet that Aragorn's mother wrote about herself and Aragorn. "I give Hope to Men. I keep none for myself"
28:38 "That's your bedside manner, Gandalf?" I think Gandalf is actually being more comforting than you realize. Remember that he has repeatedly called Pippin a fool. By saying there's "a fool's hope," he's telling Pippin that, even though a positive outcome seems unlikely, he should still hold out hope for his friends.
This was great to come home to thanks to you both. Hi from Ireland. I feel a connection to these films, Enya 'May it Be' plays in my head when I think of LOTR. My favourite trilogy of all time
Domi saying the skulls are her worst nightmare… and I’m remembering her reaction to spiders in the past… and thinking about the “Her” Gollum is leading the hobbits to. Not sure the skull scene will remain her idea of “worst nightmare.”
Watch Part 2 of this Reaction HERE: ua-cam.com/video/7C0Ow8VjhAA/v-deo.html
Thanks for this!!
@@edualym Of course! :)
Omg i love you guys so much right know :D there is this hughe arguing about rings of power and colored elbs and i saw your video at 21:07 and there is a colored kid when the elb people leaving :D
These reaction videos were great….
Although I sympathize will Gollum/Sméagol, I thought it was funny how much she rooted for him.
Are your book reactions forthcoming on this channel? I’m really interested to find out what you think.
I SAW that tear in the eye during the faramir scene. So sad..
The more I rewatch LOTR the more I realize how brilliant Bernard Hill's (King Theoden) performance is.
His final scene with Miranda is exquisite and always blows me away. I'm so glad they swapped Merry for Eowyn in the movies, because since Theoden and Eowyn's introduction in The Two Towers movie, they wove a really wonderful relationship between them. It was so heartfelt what was lacking in the original book, for me personally.
This is how can you see the smaller details. To watch the LotR again and again like the rest of us. 😅
I think Theoden has some of the best lines, monologues and speeches in the entire story.
Bernard Hill brought his absolute A-Game, and I love him for it.
Don't forget Ian Holm... I miss them both. Tho I'm thankful they didn't get to live long enough to see the best of their lives work get destroyed by murican colonialism, like the rest of that poor cast.
_"omg, i'll lose SO much respect for Sam if he [hurts Gollum]"_
Sam overheard Gollum literally plotting to kill them, though! wtf xD
I'm like is she even watching the movie? Lol
She's a Red Flag denialist 🤣
What movie is she watching?
@@jud555 why on earth does he have her in the reaction? Such an unintelligent person who doesn't seem to understand what is in front of her eyes. 👎👎👎
No idea why women like that character
Such an unhinged reaction to that scene lol I couldn’t believe my ears
Sam literally hears Gollum plan while laughing the death of the hobbits, and he attacks. And her response is, "I'm gonna lose so much respect for Sam if he hurts him..." Literally the first time I've heard that take...lol
i was so confused about that haha
Either she has a really short attention span or she just loves Gollum.
That chick is a liability. Do not take her along when real shit needs to go down.
@@wzx6x6z6w You know the answer.
I was like bro did she just hear his plans for murdering them??? lol
One of my favourite little bits of trivia is that Pippin actually named his son after Faramir
I never knew that, and that is honestly now one of my favorites, thank you :)
IIRC Faramir Took even leads a hobbit resettlement of abandoned lands in the north that used to belong to Aragorn's people
@@nickreacts6394 It's all in the books my friend
@@nickreacts6394 people who read Tolkien know that. Mere movie goers won't!
@@mikelarsen5836 i've read the books and i didn't remember that
Smeagol murdered his best friend in cold blood then said out loud that he would take the ring after murdering Frodo and Sam, and when Sam calls him a villain you say, "No, he's not!"? LOL
Not only friend, they were kin!
Yeah she isn't very intelligent
@@skychieftain Even Gandalf held out hope for Sméagol though.
@@elizabethanne8729 no he didn't.
@@elizabethanne8729 For playing a part in the mission, not necessarily to be a better person.
Sam: "He's a villain!"
"NO HE'S NOT!"
Fandom: "No,no. He has a point..."
In Sam's defense, he did just hear Gollum Plotting to MURDER THEM BOTH. I think he's justified to be angry.
I like to point out - Denethor may be jealous of his power but he still observes the nicety of sitting on the humble Steward’s chair at the foot of the empty throne. Also may as well point out what’s not shown in the movie but is a key point in the book: Denethor is well informed because he has a Palantir stone of his own.
He probably already knows everything, it’s just he’s more than broken than anything and already gave in to despair
Yeah if you didn't have that palantir here you probably wouldn't have been so f***** up. I actually kind of feel bad for him.
@@JamailvanWestering It's pretty jarring, to be a Steward to a line of great Kings of a mighty kingdom as Gondor, to try to maintain it and lose bit by bit against the onslaught of Sauron's forces without much aid and to have people question your authority.
It could break any great man into despair and hate eventually even without corruption, or start despising the kingly line that left his own. You can understand from his perspective when he denies Aragorn, cause to be fair Aragorn left Gondor and Denethor to simply try to maintain a kingdom that was his, with little merit.
@@prinstyrio0 Yeah, the movies did him dirty. He protected Gondor for a long time and the Palantir he had allowed Sauron to poison his mind over time. He lasted a LOT longer than most men would have.
@@Mubiki Agreed. Every character in this book series is great even down to Gollum. I wish Peter Jackson put in that one scene where Gollum looks over Frodo as he sleeps, and he looks like a genuinely sad old hobbit instead of his twisted self for a moment.
her love of Gollum even after watching him murder his brother before he even possessed the ring and saying she would hate Sam if he hurt him even after he was just plotting to murder Sam and Frodo makes me think less of her judgement.
Gollum: literally plotting to have Frodo and Sam get eaten by a giant spider.
Domi: gets mad at Sam.
Me: WTF?
HOW does she get THIS played by Gollum?!😅 One thing is understanding his struggle, but he obviously wants to kill the hobbits and take the ring! And Sam is always just looking out for Frodo, he's been his best friend and helper from the start! Keeping him going, giving up eating, etc. But no, Sam's the bad guy🤣
I'll give you this Debi, your take is an original one🙃
I have never seen someone admonish SAM for attacking Gollum, AFTER Sam overheard Smeagol/Gollum conspiring to lead the hobbits to their death! Like, what movie you watchin?
51:45 The fact that she's still waiting to find the entwives has me dead.
RIP Entiwives...
@@nickreacts6394 They are not dead just hidden, Tom Bombadil knows where they are and is protecting them.
@@nickreacts6394 That's one of the greatest things about this: Tolkien never revealed in any of his writings what became of the entwives. I love the unanswered mystery XD
@@VadulTharys Please... I am ready to beg you xD I've been looking for any kind of reference that could suggest that they are not dead. Where did you read that?
@@ferrisulf I can live with "Who is Tom Bombadil?" "He is!" that is totally fine.
But I have been trying to find the ent wives since I was about 6 years old :D I still hope that a letter or a note by Tolkien gets discovered where it says "Ent wives are hidden in Tom Bombadils part of Middle earth" One can only hope...
The Eowyn/Aragorn look compilation with Arwen getting jealous was absolutely hilarious
Fun fact: Eowyn's dream she tells Aragorn about was actually recurring dream Tolkien would have that partially inspired him to write the Fall of Numenor
I think he described it as a terrible recurring dream :/
I've had this dream. Tsunamis are terrifying.
Funny things about Saruman's death. While going through the scene, Jackson told Christopher Lee to scream when he was stabbed, to which he asked if he'd ever seen a man being stabbed in the back. He then revealed that he had and created the correct sound. Lee was in special forces in WW2 by the way.
Second, the falling and impaling was a reference to all the times Christopher Lee played Dracula over the years, with Jackson wanting a chance to run Lee through the heart as well.
On a different side of the coin, that death scene wasn't in the original movie, which if I recall Christopher Lee wasn't happy about being taken out and wasn't even told either until the cinema came, being a very significant scene for him, and something that if I recall got him annoyed with Jackson.
I do believe however they mended the relationship by the time of the Hobbits movies and before Christopher Lee passed away, which gives it a happy ending, and the fact that extended edition is highly recommended over the original it'll be a scene most people are familiar with nowadays.
The man was an absolute badass. Almost died 3 times, was in Finland (although not allowed to do anything), took part in the Africa campaign as a recon officer for the RAF, then moved on to the liberation of Italy, where he climbed the Vesuvius three days before an eruption and finally part of the War Criminal hunting because he spoke French, Italian and German fluently. Came down with Malaria about six times somewhere in between as well.
Afterwards a long af acting career, opera and two metal albums.
He is directly related to Charlemangne, his mother being a Countess and also related to King Edward the 7th. He met the assassins of Grigori Rasputin, witnessed the last public execution by Guillotine in France, lived with exiled Russian Nobles and was Knighted by prince Charles. The man has one of the most interesting biographies I've ever read about.
@@modtec1209 What a man.
i believe the james bond character was also taken from hes life stories as a spy
@@prinstyrio0 it didn't happen that way in the book at all, it was a lot better in the book. When saruman dies his Spirit goes up in like a smoke like thing and forms a hand that reaches out towards the west and then a wind comes along and blows it away and dissipates it.
I'll never forget Pippin's song in the theater. I was a kid, but it was such an incredible scene and soundtrack.
To answer her question, the throwing heads at the enemy causes many things. It causes fear, panic, trauma, and diseases from blood and festering wounds.
21:41 Storytime. I can't fault anyone for missing it, but this elf was in Fellowship as well. For all of 2 seconds he was visible in the background during the Council of Elrond in Rivendell. Fans, however, noticed him, at first for his looks. They dubbed him 'Figwit' - acronym of 'Frodo is grea-... Who is that?!' - and made up whole stories about him. Who the elf was, what he was thinking, why he didn't say anything (he was an extra). They created a fansite called figwitlives (it's still up!). It became a long-standing joke in certain parts of the fandom. At some point the same fans figured out who the actor was: he was a musician and part of a comedy duo who played small venues. And, of course, they went to watch his show! He was a great sport about it: among other things he gave a - very funny - in-character interview. That was about the time when the media got wind of the story. First in NZ, and then USA Today, then it took off like wildfire. Eventually the story reached Peter Jackson. He enjoyed it so much that he called him up for a speaking part in The Return of the King. For the Hobbit he gave him a name, too: Lindir. Lindir is played by Bret McKenzie. Sounds familiar? It's because he is half of Flight of the Conchords, who went on to make an HBO series and various records. Much later, McKenzie also won an Oscar for his original song in the Muppet movie.
Somewhere on UA-cam there's a documentary about all of this, made around 2004. I love this story so much because it was an early (and funny) example of how the dynamic of fandom and the internet can play out. Also, McKenzie's an incredibly funny and extremely talented guy who managed to have an incredible career simply on those merits. The other half of Flight of the Conchords, by the way, is Jemaine Clement who created What we do in the Shadows with Taika Waititi. And, to prove that 'everyone in NZ was in the Tolkien movies': Bret McKenzie's dad played Aragorn's ancestor Isildur.
fun fact: the giant battering ram at Minas Tirith is named after the mace of Sauron's former Master Morgoth. Grond was a huge warhammer Morgoth wielded in battle against the elves. Grond is the Quenya (the language of the Noldor, a kind of elves) word for club. Its also called "hammer of the underworld"
On the first watch I thought the ram at Helms Deep was Grond, and told my friends. They laughed at me forever (lovingly though) for knowing that. But when we came to RotK, I went: oh no, of course THAT monstrosity is Grond, because ... Jeeez
And of course for the related fact, an Elf (Finrod, I think? it's been a long while since I read it) actually fought Grond-weilding Morgoth one on one, despite a massive size difference, and wounded him to the point Morgoth was left permanently lame. Died, but still, those old school elves were something else.
Sindarin, not Quenya, and it means “dome, cave”. Hence “hammer of the underworld”. It’s actually the same word that forms the second half of Elrond’s name. It’s interesting that Sauron names this battering ram after his enemy’s name for Morgoth’s mace. Clearly the reason for naming it that way was to inspire terror in the defenders of Gondor whom he knows are well-versed in history.
@@RatelRegalement One of my favourite passages in the Silmarillion. The level of detail in Tolkiens description of this scene is unreal.
@@RatelRegalement Fingolfin, actually. Finrod was the one who killed Sauron’s werewolf with his teeth while tied up.
10:23 When Christopher Lee (Saruman) is stabbed in the back, Peter Jackson asked Lee to Violently blow out his breath as the blade went in. Lee said "Peter, dear boy. When a man is stabbed in the back he sucks his breath IN not out". During the war Lee was attached to a number of undercover units (SOE, SAS) in Axis territories.
Peter Jackson didn't argue the point with him.....
I love that for her the lord of the rings was frodo, but the return of the king is sauron lol
Gotta love the theories
So bad...
The return of the king is Aragorn as per Tolkien. That part is non controversial. The Lord of the rings is up for debate for it is certainly Sauron.
@@sanchayansarkar2953 Thanks Sherlock
@@nickreacts6394 pity she has no understanding at all. Just a total waste of space. The reaction would have be far superior if she wasn't in it!
33:50 I don't know if she was genuinely confused or just pretending for a laugh, but just in case: To hold a line in battle is to stop the enemy's advance.
Thor smiling at Eomers speech before leaving Edoras is me everytime I hear it.
"When you hang from a gibbet, for the sport of your own crows...we shall have peace!!" Best line for me.
I’ve always been so glad they left that line in & in its original form. I was afraid they would think “nobody knows what a gibbet is” & rewrite it.
Something that is not mentionned in the films but that makes you look at Saruman in a new light: his voice is extremely potent, "charming" and "convincing". It's part of his magic, his words have a lot of weight on anyone who hears them. That's why right before his death, other characters (mainly Theoden) kinda struggle to find their words as they try to resist Saruman's spell. It's a very dangerous asset he as that is emphasized in the books, because it makes it easier for him to sway , manipulate and rally people to his cause.
In this scene he doesn't die in the books, but his words are filling everyone with doubts, lowering even Aragorn's self esteem. Even Rohan's soldiers, who are totally devoted to their king, feel like Sarman's peace proposal is wise and fair, and Theoden voice sounds like a real mess compared to the more melodic, light and captivating voice of Saruman.
When he speak to Gandalf about Frodon, how he will die and fail, and it's all Gandalf fault. He's actually not just a salty bitch for losing the war. He tries to undermine Gandalf authority/charism and seed discord and doubt in the heart of everyone, to make Gandalf look like some selfish, power hungry old man. Something that could have worked if Theoden's and Aragorn's will were lesser.
"The words of this wizard stand on their heads". Gimli Gloinson.
They don't need to mention his magical voice, they just casted Christopher Lee :D
also saruman isnt weakened the slightest as they made it look like. as i remembered gandalf even said in the books, that he could only break sarumans staff that easy because he caught him by suprise with his new powers. The situation looked so easy in the movie, but it wasnt at all in the books.
Little known aside - Denethor's beef with Faramir is the death of his wife giving birth to Faramir
Oh dang, I did not know this... that's totally unfair to Faramir but I can see where that resentment in Denethor's heart first began...
There are other things that explain Denethor's personality that aren't mentioned in the movie, but it would spoil things in the book to say more.
@@JayTor2112 Yeah, many characters that seems to be unreasonable or less preferred, are more taken out of context for their whole story and reason. I remember disliking Boromir in the original movies for lack of certain scenes, but also cause I was too young to understand his strife.
In the books however it just makes his character even more tragic along with his family. They're noble people who just got the shit end of the stick, doing their best but ultimately just being human with all the flaws.
How very Tywin of him.
Denethor also knows Aragorn bc aragorn worked with Denethors father and was a counselor to him and regarded Aragorn far more worthy than Denethor. Much like how Denethor ended up treating his sons.
12:28 This montage has me *IN TEARS!!!*
“She’s got the look!” 😭😂🤣
I’ve never seen someone fall for Gollum’s BS as much as Domi. He’s lying and manipulating, he’s barely ever genuine in this whole movie and Domi’s just buying it hook line and sinker, Gollum is actively manipulating Frodo to mistrust Sam and Domi’s like “aw, he’s helping”
Gollum I'm gonna kill them domi: awe hes so cute
ikr he literally tried to kill them in the two towers, but somehow after an hour he was cute. kills deagol, also cute. tries to kill them again, but cute? ehhhhhh
@@miausface He may have a fetish 😂
Could never understand the sympathy for Gollum from the same people who have zero patience with Pippin, a teenager thrown into things he doesn’t quite understand, but never intentionally hurting anyone.
@@miausface my sister did this so I put on the return of the king
Eomir is right, though. For one thing, Merry *isn't* a man, he's a hobbit. That's why him stabbing the witch-king broke the protective spell. Also, Eomir is trying to warn Eowyn that war isn't like the tales of glory. It's messy and traumatizing and she should *not* seek it out. He doesn't have much family left. He doesn't want her to *die.*
It was his sword that broke the spell - in the book at least.
And the prophecy wasn’t that a man couldn’t kill him but that someone who wasn’t a man would kill him.
@@jspettifer I knew the sword was part of it, I recalled him being a hobbit also being a contributing factor, but I could be mistaken.
@@brigidtheirish it could be as they are rather pure and connected to Yavannah in a sense. But the blades came from the Barrow Downs and boy oh boy were there many relics there. Many powerful artifacts. This blade anchored Angmar to his mortal coils and there I'd huge passage about Eowyn during this and boy oh boy was she epic. Check out Men Of The West and the other big channels who did recent big epic history of her recently! ❤️❤️❤️
@@Makkaru112 I've seen Men of the West's work! He did Eowyn recently? Sweet!
I absolutely love the brother-sister relationship between Eowyn and Eomer in the books. I feel like it wasn't properly portrayed in the movies; but then there's only so much they could do without a ton of narration.
55:35 I love how Gimli hesitates to go inside. As a dwarf, he is feeling that that underground is cursed. I think he is way more aware of the danger inside. Yet he still follows his friends.
Aragorn was fully aware. He had such strength of character that he still went in {As did the whole host of Dunedain in the books}. Legolas had no fear of the dead, because they could not hurt him since he was an immortal elf.
When Aragorn was a child his mom took him to Rivendell after Aragorns farther was killed to be raised by Elrond
until he was 20 Aragorn was called "Estel" which means "Hope" in elvish.
Before Aragorns mom died she said "I gave Hope to the dúnedain i have kept no hope for myself"
She gave Hope to the dúnedain get it hope/Estel
In this scene in the movie 52:32 Elrond said
Elrond: I give hope to men
Aragorn: I keep none for myself
A really nice detail put into the movie
If you did not see the beacons being lit or the Rohirrim charge in theaters, you did not fully experience this. Chills Forever
I was 6. Talk about a peak childhood moment
I walked into the appliance store once, and saw them playing the beacons scene on repeat, to sell their TVs.
I thought "Good choice!"
Also Minus Morgul. That screech was absolutely piercing.
Some of us needed a piss.
@@stevemoppett2759 That would be my 10 year old self. But I stuck it through till the end. If Frodo carried it to the end, my bladder could as well.
28:20 - Its moments like this when you get an appreciation to the fact Tolkien was not just a author writing about what he war "would be like"; he had experience of it being an officer at the Somme in World War 1.
Yeah, his friend C.S. Lewis was in the war too and it affected his writing when he did the Chronicles of Narnia.
Gollum: plans to murder them
Sam: tries to defend the mission
Also Sam: looses respect for defending his and Frodo's life 🥲
The deaths of Saruman and Wormtongue are consistent in nature with the book, but totally different in circumstance. Gríma _did_ kill Saruman with a knife, and was then shot dead by arrows, but the whole thing happened very, _very_ differently. And that's _all_ I'm going to say on that regard, because it's worth reading the books for that one!
Sam seen the shire in a futuristic event In the books they should have done that.
Yes, no spoilers please as Thor is reading the books. Even in defeat, Saruman is dangerous.
The dream of the great wave was a recurring dream Tolkien himself had, incidentally. Also, Deagol wasn't just Smeagol's friend, but his cousin.
35:20 "say yes already" - Theoden knows that going to war will kill many of the Rohirrim. He is not eager for that to happen. Because he is a good leader. Be wary of any leader who is too ready to go to war.
How is she so distrusting of Sam? He never steps wrong,
the great thing with Pippin and Faramir is that they do strike up a friendship with each other in the books. Pippin actually names his son after Faramir.
I still think the most disturbing scene in the whole movie trilogy, despite many dark and dreadful perils, is the absolutely gruesome way that Denethor eats tomatoes...
3:04 The "worm" in "Wormtongue" doesn't have the modern sense of (earth)worm, but uses the Old English sense of a serpent or snake. Hence Gandalf telling Grima to "keep your forked tongue behind your teeth" in _The Two Towers._
Which is why in the Finnish version his name is Kärmekieli, meaning snake
Also, that was not his name. That is what he is called by the people who see through him. Grima is his name, worm tongue is what many have come to call him.
I love the use of Master as a title for a young man, which makes Treebeard calling Gandalf "master Gandalf" so hilarious. My English aunt sent me letters addressed to Master Travis. It seemed so formal and respectful.
Well, Fangorn, which is his name, yes, the forest was named after him, and knew Yavanna as well as he did LUTHIEN TINNUVIEL. yes, he used to live in Doriath, his name means Treebeard to some, so it's the forest of Treebeard essentially.
My uncle did the same for me. (But Master Curtis instead, obvs...)
@@Makkaru112 But Treebeard calling Gandalf "young" implies he doesn't know who and what Gandalf really is, which seems strange considering Treebeard is so old
@@mattnar3865 well Gandalf is as old as Earth..
@@jimmyabort8763 Older, actually, I meant it was strange that Treebeard didn't know Gandalf was immortal considering how long he's been alive and especially considering how he implied he knew Saruman before he went bad.
Unless I'm misremembering, the bit where the ghosts send all those skulls crashing down was added into the extended edition. I always thought it was dumb and anti climactic. It makes no sense when he just comes out and says "ha, just kidding dude, we're going to fight!" Plus it's a lot cooler to me when they show up later with Aragorn when you didn't know what their answer was. Some of the added material in the extended editions was great. This part was best left out, in my opinion.
Totally agree. I hate the millions of skulls scene. It's more like Raiders of the Lost Ark than Tolkien. I love Peter J, but he's very self-indulgent at times.
Read the books, that scene is from there.
@@philippalinton5850 Its from the books. it pisses me off when people post comments and dont even know what the source material really is.
@@MLPDethDealr32 I've got the book right in front of me. The Passing of the Grey Company. Aragorn and the company find the skeleton of a fallen soldier. There is NO avalanche of skulls. The film didn't need one.
The doubt she has had for our boy Sam hurts me.
After watching a scene where Gollum is being blatantly villainous…
Sam: He’s a villain.
Domi: No he’s not!
How is it even possible that there are people out there, still not knowing what pure masterpiece looks like
"Grond" is also the name of morgoths war hammer, called the hammer of the underworld. Morgoth was the first dark lord, of whom Sauron is but a servant to. He was imprisoned by the gods at the end of the first age, this is currently the end of the third age
"I love how they named it too". And what a name! Grond was the name of Morgoth's weapon. Most gondorians, and all elves, would know that name and fear it.
The city of Minas Tirith is based off of Mont Saint-Michel . I'd love to visit it. And the whole question of Gondor/Rohan coming to each other's aid was never in question in the books/lore. It was an ancient pact, that a single rider with an arrow would ride either way to request aid. The Oath of Eorl, also called the Oath of Cirion, was the alliance sworn between the nations of Rohan and Gondor. Also agreed was whenever help was needed, the two kingdoms would aid each other. The signal that help was needed was the Red Arrow, a symbol of danger. Also, my vote for the competetion is for Gothmog aka Head bitch in charge. He's deformed, even by orc standards. EDIT: The catapaulting of heads was something we as humans have actually done to one another.
I've been there. It's magnificent. Closest thing to being in Middle-Earth.
Great work with the poker face this whole trilogy, Thor!
First she thinks Frodo is the Lord of the Rings then she thinks Sauron is a King who is returning 😂
Lmao the edit on 12:25
Didn't expect it at first, and didn't expect the length of it
It had me rolling
“She’s got the look” got me good 😂
It's painful watching you side with Gollum over Sam [edit. at the start. She later started to realise]. Especially after his scheming at the end of Two Towers. We know Gollum intends to kill them, we know he is corrupted by the ring, we know his split personality makes him dangerous and you still side with him over Sam, the most pure and good character who is brave, loyal and only ever thinks of others. I'm seeing a lot of reactions with younger people siding with Gollum as though they think they can change him. You can't. As Sam says, "There is nothing in him but lies and deceit." "He's a Villain."
i've seen reactors have empathy for gollum ("it was pity that stayed bilbo's hand" after all), but this is the first time i've seen someone treat him like a member of the fellowship with some bad habits.
@@jessharvell1022 its always interesting how they react to gollum vs boromir. so many people trashtalk boromir and want him dead before even leaving rivendell, but show none of that towards gollum/smeagol.
@@unkosherfood because mental illness is now fashionable/provides social credit.
They have grown up in an environment believing that no one is responsible for their own actions... they are all just victims of circumstance.
What is far more painful is that this whole scene is a betrayal of Book Frodo - and Book Sam, too. Book Frodo would never have believed Gollum over Sam and would never have sent Sam away. Book Frodo - who is as pure and good as Sam, but also far more wise and mature than he is portrayed in the film - knows exactly what Gollum is and is still prepared to show him mercy. But he is never manipulated by Gollum and in fact always keeps the upper hand. Nobody blames Sam for wanting to kill Gollum. But in the end he realises Frodo was right and refuses to kill Gollum on the slopes of Mount Doom. So it is Frodo's mercy towards Gollum - and, finally, Sam's mercy too - that saves the Quest.
Dude, I've given up on her tbh. I'm just here for the great editing and try to ignore her input as much as possible.
It is fascinating seeing people be entirely too forgiving towards some characters but completely uncaring towards others. Gollum is an irredeemable character who was rotten from the moment he set eyes on the ring (and the fact he instantly turned to murder implies deep down he may not have ever been a good person) yet most people I watch react to LotR first time viewing are overly sympathetic towards him even after seeing him murder presumably his best friend and then proceed to be corrupted bodily (not just mentally).
Meanwhile you get characters like Saruman, who we know Gandalf trusted completely and even after it was clear he was betraying him wasn't completely sure until he confirmed it with word and action, people pretty much universally are shocked to see him die but at no point do they seem to show him any sympathy.
That’s because Gollum never wanted to take over the world……he was taken by the ring and used and abused….yes he murdered for it, and that sealed his fate. Saruman tho was a maiar, charged to protect middlearth. He was wise and powerful. He KNEW that Sauron was evil and he made the CHOICE to turn to evil. Gollum never really had a choice….he was overwhelmed from the start. It is not being “entirely too forgiving” to understand that there’s a difference between someone being overcome, and one who has made the choice to be evil. It is being clear sighted.
Tf are you talking, Saruman Is as irredeemable as Gollum
Or Denethor. That poor man fought against Sauron for decades, mind to mind, man against angel; and only in the final years of his life did he begin to despair. The man was a _rock._
I think it's because we see redemptive moments of gollum and what he's going through having been poisoned for countless time by the ring, with his split personality, and saruman doesn't get a single scene of redemption, even in defeat he just gloats and rebukes the heroes
Seeing a murderer break down and cry for what they've done is still heart wrenching, even if they decide to keep murdering, because it gives a glimpse of humanity and the potential nugget of good in them
We never actually see that "choice" from Saruman, to this day nobody knows exactly when he was corrupted. Smeagol though? We see him _instantly_ turn to murder; there was something bad about him before he ever got the ring. Bilbo, Frodo, Sam. even _Boromir_ do not immediately turn to violence, Aragorn and Faramir don't take the ring even when they have the option to. (You will recall that Boromir does pick up the ring at one point but, when prompted, willingly returns it and Faramir takes Frodo _and_ the ring to Gondor instead of just taking the ring which he could have)
We see him _constantly_ plotting to take the ring and kill Frodo and Sam yet people are willing to look past that because they are fooled by his sociopathic mind games. This is why I say people are entirely too forgiving, they constantly see him plotting to do bad things, he eventually does in the form of framing Sam and sending Frodo to his doom yet he cries a little (when is plan horribly fails after Frodo is not immediately killed by Shelob and overpowers Gollum) and people once again forgive him he then _immediately_ tries again.
Remember this always: at the end when Frodo prompts him that he promised he would not try to take the ring and that he would be good he replies "Smeagol lied," not "Gollum Lied." For the briefest of moments Smeagol was able to shake of the ring's influence and wrest control from Gollum but really he was only fooling himself. For the entire time after Bilbo "took" the ring he still behaved like Gollum. Make no mistake the "Smeagol" we see glimpses of is nothing but a trauma/loneliness induced split personality and not the original Smeagol, the original _became_ Gollum.
Dude. Sam literally walked up on Gollum plotting to kill them both openly and her response is "Sam better not hurt him." Good lord.
I know you are correct but maybe someone believes that it wasn’t Smeigel that planned this but Gollum. He so easily succumbed to the ring and was cursed when he killed Deigel. There was this sympathy some reactors have for him. Seriously if the ring didn’t come into his life Smeigel would probably have had a peaceful life. Sam only had the ring in his pocket for a short while and it was pulling him in. Boramir also easily corrupted. Frodo was the best choice to have it. The closer to Mt. Doom he got the more powerful the pull.
@@peterramsay4674 Sméagol o Gollum same person duel personality is a cop out, if I were Sam I would of taken both out with one stone.
@@thereisnopandemicThat's really not a good attitude. Im happy that Frodo was willing to see some good in him. And Sam was pretty abusive from the get go. It obviously didn't turn out well in the end. But I think most viewers was hoping for Smeagol to redeem himself in some way. Nothing wrong with that.
@@thereisnopandemic
As Gandalf said:
"Can you give life? Then do not be so eager to take it.
Gollum still has some part to play in this."
If Gollum hadn't followed Frodo to Mount Doom, there would have been no one to take the the ring from him when he finally succumbed. Sam wouldn't have been able to see him (Gollum could 'feel' the ring after all those years). So Frodo would have been found and killed by the Nazgul and Sauron would have won.
Everything worked out the way it had to,and compassion played its part.
Saruman didn't know about their plan to send Frodo into Mordor.... if he did, he would have revealed it to Sauron in the Palantir (whether he wanted to or not) and the whole effort would have failed. This was a big mistake by Jackson to imply Saruman knew this. The plan was entirely secret, and relied on the fact that power-hungry tyrants like Saruman and Sauron would never even *think* of destroying the Ring. Remember... Saruman never got hold of any halflings, so he didn't know that Frodo left the company. He assumed one of the hobbits he saw at Isengard was the ringbearer, and thus Gandalf or perhaps Aragorn had the Ring. Sauron *also* assumed someone would seize the Ring, declare himself Lord, and try to unseat him. When Pippin looked in the Palantir and was seen by Sauron, Sauron then assumed *Saruman* had captured the ringbearer and was tormenting him, and now possessed the Ring; then when Aragorn then looked in the Palantir, Sauron assumed Isildur's heir had defeated Saruman before he mastered the Ring, and now *he* was the potential Ringlord. In the end, evil is blinded to the motivations of good and defeats itself.
I really enjoy seeing people fall in love with these movies as I did when I was a kid. I was obsessed before I even read the books or the Silmarillion, but after that I fell in love completely. Such a truly beautiful story and the Lord of the Rings is only 18 months out of a 40,000+ years story.
Yes, and Galadriel is bordering 9000+ years too adding the valian years which lasted so much longer so all in all she's super duper ancient. seen the first kin slayings, seen the war of wrath and even the Arnoeidiad etc etc.
@@Makkaru112 Yes and she is also the only exiled Noldor to return to Valinor where she gets to see her father again. I believe her brother Finrod Felagund was also brought back to life after he died and is there too, so I'm sure she was happy to see him again as well 🥰🥰
56:00 Not his decision? It literally is, do you not remember when Merry swore his service to Theoden? Those weren't just meaningless words. Also, there is a logistical side to this, like he said, in a situation such as the one they were going into, Merry would basically be, frankly, an all but useless burden (especially considering the way in which Rohan fights its wars) that would just slow them down. Granted, Merry ended up being supremely useful, but not in a way that anyone could have foreseen.
It’s funny because merry and eowyn are exceptions, not the rule. If women and hobbits were sent into battle, the results would be devastating. Even Gandalf himself said war is no place for a hobbit. It took so much for pippin to just roll an unconscious faramir over
50:11 It's kinda funny to see how Eowyn was first talking indirectly to Aragorn, mentioning 'soldiers' not wanting to be parted from him. Now, we get to see her brother Eomer doing the same, caring for her indirectly through their discussion of Merry. They're both a couple of tsunderes lol.
The reason Pippin is with Gandalf horseback as they rode out to repel the Nazgul on the plains is because in the original edit, Gandalf and Pippin are just arriving at Minis Tirith as the Nazgul are attacking. They just reorganized the shots.
I love how Domi tends to have the exact opposite reactions to things in the movie I do. Oh, evil lair? It's kinda pretty! Gollum making evil machinations? He's cute/sweet~
Yeah a unique reaction without doubt.
DEEP trivia: In the book, Saruman does indeed survive to the end of the story and does indeed die in the last battle (although it's not the one in the movie). And Wormtongue does kill him.
Saruman doesn't die in the last battle, it is afterwards when the Hobbits return to the Shire to find he has started calling himself Sharkey and taken over.
@@Rodshark75 By "last battle" I was referring to the Battle of Bywater in The Scouring Of The Shire, which is why I wrote "although it's not the one in the movie,"
And while I know he didn't actually die in the battle, I was using that association to link to what Domi said.
Sauron didn't exactly give his plan away when he "facetimed" with Pippin. An attack on Gondor/Minas Tirith was inevitable no matter what considering its strategic positioning. Him showing Pippin the destruction of Minas Tirith and burning of the White tree points more to Sauron's cruelty than anything else.
Smeagol wasn't a good person before he got the ring. If he was, he wouldn't have immediately murdered his friend for it.
"His dreams in the last movie were much better"
I feel like the vast majority of people don't realize that in The Two Towers, that wasn't a dream, it was a flashback.
It also seems like most havent bothered with reading the books at all. Someone was bitching about the "millions of Skulls scene". That scene was taken from the books and should have been left in the film.
"Young Master Gandalf." Actually, Gandalf is far older. He is a maia, an angel who has existed since the creation of the universe.
Yes, but in the body of Gandalf, he is only a few thousands, around 1800, Fangorn himself, treebeard used to live in DORIATH and knew Luthien, Gandalf was not around at this time.
Regarding Denethor's sources, in the book, he had a Palantir (crystal ball thing) of his own. He used it to spy on others, but Sauron twisted his visions from it to make him lose hope.
And it took MANY years as Denethor was of mighty kin and he himself was mighty and the slow defeat was imminent in his later life and so this is where Mairon/Annatar/Sauron sunk his hooks into Denethor when the door opened to do so.
When the orcs attacked Faramir's position, Faramir and the other soldiers let as many through as possible in order to separate the forces. There are more people further in to take care of those they let through. It was a common tactic to break up the opposing forces so you don't end up fighting everybody at once. They don't have many men, nor do they have the room for formations to take the orcs on 1-to-1.
The reason that Theoden hesitated is because he said earlier that they would not come to the aid of those who did not come to the aid of Rohan. The ironic thing is that it was actually Theoden who didn't call for help in "The Two Towers". He insisted that they were alone. Not sure if anything happened in the background there, because there was no indication that they even tried to call for aid.
Aragorn prolly send messages calling for aid to pretty much every free kingdom around. But only the elves responded by sending a unit.
I wound up binge watching the whole series today. Thank you for posting the last one! :)
I've loved watching reactions of people who haven't seen these yet, but having a newbie and a vet watch has been even more entertaining. Thanks to you both!
People do tend to forget that. The people in camp with Theoden at top aren’t just soliders those are his generals and top commanders. Love the “We will meet them in battle nonetheless.”
When Billy Boyd wasn't on set playing Pippin, he was at the set of "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" with Russell Crowe.
Her enthusiasm with the ents and their lost wives...
Galadriel before leaving back to Eldamar in Valinor, she spoke to Fangorn himself, Treebeard about she would return and it'd be when as she saw in a vision that Belerian would rise again and upon her return she vowed to help him find Fimbrethil his wife. and elven vows especially noldorin ones are too be taken seriously as they predict fate and the setting in motion of events.
Interestingly, the prediction at the beginning that Sauron would appear in physical form was supposed to happen at the climax at the movie. Aragorn was supposed to battle with Sauron, however, this was decided against and they went with a script closer to the source material. There is one significant battle at the end that's in the books that also isn't in the movie, presumably because it didn't fit the pacing. I won't spoil anything about that though.
Probably not just the pacing but it would mean another lengthy after 2 lengthy ones
Also, they actually did film that battle between Aragorn and Sauron in physical form, and used the footage in the film, but digitally replaced Sauron with the troll
In a way we do get a battle between Sauron and Aragorn - right before he charges Sauron concentrates all his might on him in order to break his spirit. And Aragorn being the greatest of kings just shrugs it off.
Sauron never understood that Aragorn never wanted power - because that was always how Sauron managed to corrupt men. Even as king, Aragorn saw himself as a servant of his people (illustrated for instance after the great battle, where he goes around healing the wounded rather than leaving that to his "subjects").
I absolutely loved watching along with this series. I was looking forward to each time a new part was posted on either of your channels. I never cried while watching the Lord of the Rings for the first time, but during this watch through, I was crying during so many of the scenes 😆. I forgot how amazing these films are, and I have a greater appreciation for the acting. Thanks for bringing us along on this journey! Can’t wait to see what other films you watch on your channel. I loved your closing remarks in the final part as well!
Who defends Gollum after "lets take them to her to eat". wtf 😂
"He doesn't eat it. He can't have taken it." Frodo has terrible reasoning skills lol
Thank you! Finally someone else who points out that horrible "logic" 😄
Something to keep in mind is the actor that plays Gimli is also the voice of Treebeard…
As for how someone could sleep through something as rough as a horse: You don't know what it means to be truly exhausted until you've fallen asleep while marching in formation. And yes, I am talking from my experience in US Navy RDC where I literally fell asleep for about 10 seconds while marching. Waking up mid-march and having a fellow recruit explain how you had momentarily passed out while your body continued subconsciously moving in sync with the formation as if on auto-pilot is a surreal experience lol
So yeah, when you've gone through something like that, it ain't hard to imagine falling asleep on a horse lmao
Girl, Gollum literally said that he wants to kill them both and you say that Sam is wrong for hitting him?? Lol This is BS at it's finest!
I love the fact that the shoot for the Battle of Helm's Deep took 4 months, which is longer than most movies' principle photography. 4 months of night shoots.
Lawrence Makore played the Witch King of Angmar AND the orc leader. He was literally talking to himself in that scene. Talk about confusing!
Also, listen to Billy Boyd sing! He's so frigging talented.
I Just finished watching part2 of the Two Towers and already was sad to wait for return of the king Upload. And Just 5 minutes later i saw they just got uploaded. What a Timing 🥳
Excellent timing!!
And a thank you (to you both) for the editing of the language. One wouldn't think it would make such a difference, but it did and I appreciate the extra effort you took.
I can’t believe she trusted Gollum way more than Sam it seemed. I was yelling at my phone.
Because Sméagol is more likable most likely and not because he’s actually trustworthy
@@angelaroberts3563 yeah. I do see where she’s coming from. And I also pitied Sméagol. But at some point it’s like “ok there’s no saving him.”
@@CrownlessKing88 I agree with you. You are meant to *pity* smeagol, never side with him T_T
So you mentioned you'd love to hang out with Merry and Pippin, so I can't help but mention Dominic (Merry) and Billy's (Pippin) podcast, the Friendship Onion.
They're best friends in real life and are well aware that their connection and general joy in life are infectious, so they started a podcast together sharing their life and experiences together. It's not exclusively LOTR content, they frequently discuss any topic and invite fans to write in letters, share riddles, and make suggestions for snacks and favorite local foods for them to try on air.
They have both the podcast and a UA-cam channel showing the entire recordings, since not everything translates well to audio only. It's a darn good time and it really does feel like meeting up with them in a pub and catching up on what they've been up to lately.
Just a thought for you or any other fans to consider. They love engaging with their audience and it's a real treat to share an hour or so a week with them. 👍🏻
The name Grond has its origins in the First Age. It was the warhammer of Morgoth, the big evil which was the master of Sauron.
12:26 This sequence was brilliant, Hail to whoever edited it =)
Thank you!!
@@nickreacts6394 Thank you for these videos, and caring for LOTR and Tolkien.
And I finally realized who you resemble, Karl Urban aka Eomer =)
I was looking for this comment 🤣 I can’t stop laughing with that sequence!
What I thought was amazing about this finale to the trilogy is that every main character is being pushed to the limit and must find the willpower and courage to go beyond it. Aragon is finally needing to embrace his heritage and take his place as the rightful king of Gondor. Gimli’s and Legalos relationship has been proven that despite the feud between their races in the past, elves and dwarves can still be friends and brothers in arms. Elrond is finally able to see the hope that he needed did lie within man; he just had to learn to trust him for it. Also that he had to accept Arwen’s decision to be mortal and follow her heart. Pippin and Merry are having to learn how to handle being away from each other, but also realize that they each can hold their own and still have courage and hope. Theoden, and Eomer are having to literally confront the final comings of the war and how it’s imperative that they give help to even those who didn’t and still have hope. Eowyn is finally coming to terms to take her place to fight in the war, and find her true happiness. Faramir is finally having to face what love his father had for him no longer exist and that Boromir would want him to do what is right and not what was expected by his father. Unfortunately, Denethor fails to accept his son Faramir as Boromir’s brother and his son until his dying breath. Gandalf is being tested on his doubts and the guilt he feels for sending Frodo on the dangerous journey. And how he’s having to learn to find faith and know that he did not make a mistake, but he made the choice that was necessary. Finally Frodo,Sam, and Sméagol; they’re finally being pushed to completing their mission and as well as the effects it has on them. The Ring is now desperate to get back to its master and is willing to corrupt all three of them just to obtain it. Frodo is finally realizing that by being a ring bearer, he has to come face-to-face with his most dangerous enemy, himself. Sam is having to come to face that must not lose hope and hang on to the loyalty to his best friend. Especially if his best friend doesn’t trust him. As for Sméagol, I do pity what led him to being corrupted. However, the goodness of Sméagol that once lived is truly gone and only the evil of Gollum resides and will get his comeuppance. 💚🤎💛💍👑🌋🔥
lmfao the movie OPENS with smeagol being corrupted by the evil of the ring and instantly murdering his closest friend and she still roots for this guy the whole time.
Treebeard is incorrect in his assumption that he is older than Gandalf. He may be older than the human form Gandalf poses, and Treebeard is unaware of Gandalf's true nature and thus can be forgiven for his error. Gandalf, of course, is an Ainur (Holy spirits) in his origin, and a Maia (A spiritual being that aided the Valar, the Powers, which were more powerful Ainur.) within the universe, Ea, which Arda, the "Earth" exists within. He has existed since the beginning of the time along with all others of his race. The only older being is Eru Iluvata, who created the Ainur. Basically, God, and his orders of Angels with a slight pagan god pantheon twist to them.
@Edior Mrvn did my Sindarin name give it away :D
Granted, it has been a while since I read the Silmarillion. But I think, the true origin of the Ents was never really discussed. Only that they were on Arda pretty much from the beginning. Means, they could be Maya aswell. If so, Treebeard could infact be older than Gandalf, if his spirit was created before Olorin.
Treebeard is older in the sense he's been in Middle-Earth far longer than Gandalf ever has been. Gandalf has only been there a few hundred years at most.
@@Eruthian the Ents were created because it was feared that dwarves would de-forest and destroy, and so they were placed there to defend against that possibility.
Sorry, Treebeard is older than Galdalf. It was said in the books.
In the scene where Aragorn takes Anduril, he and Elrond quote a couplet that Aragorn's mother wrote about herself and Aragorn. "I give Hope to Men. I keep none for myself"
Which refers to Aragorn's nickname, of sorts: Estel, which means hope. IIRC these were her dying words.
I remember them being his mother’s dying words to him as well
OMG that Eowyn/Arwen bit was hilarious at around 12:50.
28:38 "That's your bedside manner, Gandalf?" I think Gandalf is actually being more comforting than you realize. Remember that he has repeatedly called Pippin a fool. By saying there's "a fool's hope," he's telling Pippin that, even though a positive outcome seems unlikely, he should still hold out hope for his friends.
This was great to come home to thanks to you both. Hi from Ireland. I feel a connection to these films, Enya 'May it Be' plays in my head when I think of LOTR. My favourite trilogy of all time
OMG EWOYN AND ARWEN'S CLIP, I'M DYING!!!! 😂😂😂😂
Gandalf showing us once again that Faith/Dexterity builds are the best 🤣
"I love him so much!" The rest of us- 😱. Thor, m'man, seriously, your poker face is EPIC.
Defending the toxic Sméagol boy is not goalssssssss 🤣
Pick a Sam, never the Gollum.
37:08 “You’re just Not as cool”, “just Nazgul” lmao, amazing accidental pun
Domi saying the skulls are her worst nightmare… and I’m remembering her reaction to spiders in the past… and thinking about the “Her” Gollum is leading the hobbits to. Not sure the skull scene will remain her idea of “worst nightmare.”