THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING PART 3/3 (EXTENDED) - REACTION
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Today we are watching Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King! The extended editions are long, so this movie is split into three videos to show even more of the reaction. Enjoy!
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Impressed you managed to get this entire film out in a week, can't imagine how much editing that took. We all appreciate it!
I'm convinced they pay someone.
I tried doing a few movies on my channel and it's insane.
The restrictions and copywrite claims are so damn hard to navigate. It takes INCREDIBLY long for your average film, let alone the Extended Edition of LOTR.
@@TheRealMediaMan and then sometimes you’re able to post it but they take it down after a week or some BS 😒
Yeah, and I’ve seen many reactions for this movie, and she is my favorite because of how she responds to the films and her intelligence.
I would definitely tune in if she returned with a follow up respective on the lord of the rings once she’s done reading the book, or anything close that. Definitely subscribed now.
Boromir would be so proud to know that Merry and Pippin, who he'd spent all that time on their journey teaching how to fight with their swords, both ended up using those skills to save Gondor and his brother. What a great legacy for Boromir to have.
The most powerful yet simple lines in the entire trilogy are “I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you!” and “My friends! You bow to no one!”.
I have chills!
that line always gets me to tears
everybody needs a sam :)
Both of those lines get me every time.
for me there's almost too many to choose from. Obviously the 2 you mentioned but also Boromir telling Aragorn 'I would have followed you my brother, my captain, my King' get me every time, and then also Elrond's prophecy to Arwen: 'he will come to death, an image of the splendor of the kings of men, in glory, undimmed, before the breaking of the world'. Class.
"And far away, as Frodo put on the Ring and claimed it for his own, even in Sammath Naur the very heart of his realm, the Power in Barad-dûr was shaken, and the Tower trembled from its foundations to its proud and bitter crown. The Dark Lord was suddenly aware of him, and his Eye piercing all shadows looked across the plain to the door that he had made; and the magnitude of his own folly was revealed to him in a blinding flash, and all the devices of his enemies were at last laid bare. Then his wrath blazed in consuming flame, but his fear rose like a vast black smoke to choke him. For he knew his deadly peril and the thread upon which his doom now hung.
From all his policies and webs of fear and treachery, from all his stratagems and wars his mind shook free; and throughout his realm a tremor ran, his slaves quailed, and his armies halted, and his captains suddenly steerless, bereft of will, wavered and despaired. For they were forgotten. The whole mind and purpose of the Power that wielded them was now bent with overwhelming force upon the Mountain. At his summons, wheeling with a rending cry, in a last desperate race there flew, faster than the winds, the Nazgûl the Ringwraiths, and with a storm of wings they hurtled southwards to Mount Doom."
Return of the King Mount Doom
ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/tolkien__the_lord_of_the_rings_3__en.htm#6-03
My favorite part of the books.
To answer some questions:
- Aragorn rulled for about 120 years, with many successfull decisions and achievemtns. He had a son and few daughters. (For his familly name/bloodline he chose the word 'Telcontar', which meant 'Strider' in Elvish language.)
- Faramir, being last in the line of Gondor's stewards, returned his office to Aragorn for when king returned, steward was no longer needed. Nevertheless, Aragorn declined and kept Faramir as steward of Gondor and appointed him as lord of Ithilien (Area in front of the Mordor mountains, basically where Faramir met Frodo and Sam for the first time and yes, he married Eowyn).
- Gimli and Legolas went together to explore some parts of Middle Earth, Gimli showing Legolas undergrund halls of his kin, Legolas showing Gimli Fangorn Forest and places of his own kin. Eventually, they both sailed to the Undying Lands, Gimli being the first dwarf ever to be bestoved this honor.
-Merry and Pippin lived in the Shire for a long time, both of them having important roles in the Shire. Eventually they returned to Gondor to King Aragorn where they remained by his side until their death.They were burried in the Gondor king's tomb.
- Sam lived a long and succesfull life as Mayor. He had many kids and he eventually passed the Red Book to his daughter Elleanor and went to Grey Havens, never to return (sailing to the Undying Lands for he also carried the Ring for a brief period of time)
- Eomer became the king of Rohan and he and Aragorn became true allies, helping each other when they needed.
- After Aragorn's death, heartbroken Arwen left for Lorien where she died at the same place where she and Aragorn bethroed 😦
Sam had 13 children to be specific, one of which was named Frodo.
Why do people need closure for something fictional? 😂
@@kayra2444 Because you get attached to the characters of good fiction and it leaves you wanting more
@Shawn Nickolus and now the memory of this story will be runied by the "Rings of power" or some 💩
@@kayra2444 Yeah unfortunately we are all expecting the worst. If Amazon fucks this up they will never hear the end of it.
"What do I do with my life now?" Nothing. Lord of the Rings is now your life. You will learn Elvish, read all of Tolkien's works, debate people online, dress in LoTR cosplay, and attend nerd conventions from now until the end of your days.
Do Balrogs have wings will become the question which dominates your life
For Gamers, playing the Lord of the Rings online as authorized lore can give people a chance to explore so much of Middle Earth and feel a part of this epic tale. As is the game really only needs a graphics overhaul given it's age - keep everything else the same - it's amazing.
Ah god, THE ACCURACY. 😭
I play roleplaying games in Middle Earth. "Adventure of Middle Earth" which is a D&D 5th edition offshoot, and "The One Ring" which is its own game and fantastically done.
Don't forget the long descriptions of trees.
It actually took both Merry and Eowyn to kill the Witch King of Angmar. Merry's dagger broke the magic protecting him and Eowyn dealt the death blow. Neither is technically a man. Unfortunately both were affected by contact with such an evil entity but Aragorn as King of Gondor knew of a special plant that added to the healing powers of his bloodline healed those affected.
Too bad the hobbits weren't trained fighters at Amon Hen. Their barrow-blades could have ended the Nazgul then and there. But then we wouldn't have the bad ass enemies for the rest of the story.
Edit: Amon Sul, not Amon Hen
@@derrickowen8162 I think you meant Amon Sul (Wheathertop).
"The hands of the king are the hands of a healer."
@@PhilBagels You're right. My bad.
I think it is a bit of a mistake to suppose (as the Witch-king seemingly did) that Glorfindel's ancient prophecy that "not by the hand of man will he fall" conferred some kind of invulnerability. That's the thing about prophecies. They _might_ be wrong, otherwise they would impose some kind of bond on future events. This would be a metaphysical problem. Glorfindel, who was spiritually almost on a par with the maiar, was of course correct, in a technical sense, as it turned out.
@@majkus And even when the prophecies are right, they are still subject to misinterpretation. As in this case.
Karl Urban did such a good job as Eomer. When he walks the battlefield and sees his sister and uncle you can just feel it in your stomach the hurt.
Two great things about the ending I love to point out. Frodo's face is pale up to the point where he turns back on the ship because in The West, he'll be able to finally heal from the wounds and loss of The One. Also, the little girl that greets Sam at the end is the actor's actual daughter, who he hadn't seen in quite a long time cause of filming, and it was a surprise that she would be there. So that run and hug was as genuine as it gets.
minor correction: The undying lands won‘t heal frodo, they will just ease the pain the is suffering from
''My friends, you bow to no one '' always bring my tears.
Me too. Every damned time.
@@scottrabie it's so powerful.
Wow, you are a beautiful woman if that profile pic is really you. I see why "Sapphonymph" is your profile name lol.
@@thatperformer3879 Thank you.
It's me in the pic. You should find out who Sappho was.
I love the role reversal when Pippin finds Merry and says, "I'm going to look after you." Pip has certainly grown up.
The teamwork of Merry and Pippin always made me smile. It was portrayed well in Fangorn in Two Towers. Merry remarks something needs to be done because there won’t be a Shire anymore, but Pippin is the one who persuades Treebeard to make way to Isengard to see it himself. Pippin needed Merry to realize his next action. They always needed each other to better themselves… but what is even greater is the further development these two have as individuals when they are forced away from each other.
Cheers again Bob :)
You should watch the credits too... Annie Lennox's "Into the West" is beautiful, as are the pencil drawings...
And if you are a true junkie, watch the DVD extras including the making of. They're fantastic. They show just how much love and care and craftsmanship were put into these movies. I worry we will never see that level of dedication again. The people that made these movies truly loved what they were making, and it shows.
Honestly, the 'Making Of...' segments are like a whole other movie series in and of themselves. The journey is a bit less epic than Frodo and the Ring, but the cast of characters is, if anything, more diverse and colorful, and filled with heart and hope.
@@fallingstar9643 the prank Merry's actor played on Frodo's actor that's the secret easter egg is hilarious
YES. The credits are a must.
Into the West is beautiful. The art work is amazing.
I love the Signatures.
They weren't thr first to do it.
Star Trek 6 had the original enterprise crew signatures at the end credits.
Fun fact that doesn’t make it into any of the adaptations of this excellent story, many years after Frodo leaves, Sam has lived a long, full life. He has been mayor of Hobbiton several times, he is surrounded by children and grandchildren galore. Rosie finally passes away, And another white ship is sent back from Valinor to reunite Sam with Frodo.
He was a ringbearer, however briefly, so it was important that Sam eventually left Middle Earth and took the last vestige of the rings of power with him.
@@dachannien And, even better, years in the future another ship returned to take the last of the Fellowship to the Undying Lands: Legolas and his best friend Gimli. Unusual to accord a hobbit, much less three of them, a place in the Undying Lands. Almost incomprehensible to imagine a dwarf being accepted there. 🙂
Sam and Rosie had 13 children! They were damn busy!
@@thatpatrickguy3446 120 years after Frodo, Bilbo, Gandalf, etc. sailed into the West:
"In this year on March 1st came at last the Passing of King Elessar [Aragorn]. It is said that the beds of Meriadoc and Peregrin were set beside the bed of the great king. Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Anduin and so over Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf. And when that ship passed an end was come in Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring."
The Return of the King, Appendix B, "The Tale of Years", by JRRT
@@thatpatrickguy3446 actually gimli and Legolas did it themselves if I’m not mistaken.
"I wonder if I'll experience the same emotions when watching them again." I watched this in theaters twenty years ago, and got teary eyes to this day. :)
Yeah I watch the trilogy 2-3 a year for the past 20 years so I've watched it roughly about 50 times, if count videos with people reactions like this it would be close 70. Never ever was a time where it didn't get me or didn't have the same emotions so it will definetly persist.
Same, my friend
“Not all tears are an evil.” -Gandalf
Frodo never fully healed from his wounds, which means he could never stay happy in Middle-Earth. He, Gandalf, Bilbo, and the rest are going to the undying lands (Elf heaven essentially), where mortal beings usually aren't allowed. An exception is made for Frodo and Bilbo because they were ring bearers. In the appendices we learn that Sam becomes mayor of the Shire and lives a long and happy life. After his wife dies, he also sails west to the undying lands because he was briefly a ring bearer. So Frodo and Sam do meet again.
Merry and Pippin spend their days with Aragorn in Gondor, and when they die they are buried next to Aragorn's grave. Legolas and Gimli remain friends, and their friendship heals the rift between Dwarf and Elf. When they reach their end, they also sail to the undying lands together. It's a massive honor for Gimli, being a dwarf, and never a ring bearer. Once they leave, the fellowship is gone from Middle Earth forever.
Frodo's struggles after the end of the ring should be seen as one of the best representations of what WW1 soldiers went through after the war.
@@Calintares It's a pretty clear representation of a soldier who returns home and tries to live a "normal" life again. Tolkien saw a lot of horrific things in both world wars and that had an influence on his writing.
It's a pretty dark idea but I wonder if eventually Frodo might have even turned into a wraith himself had he stayed
Another fun fact regarding Legolas and Gimli: their friendship was such that it pretty much single-handedly healed the rift between the dwarves and what was left of the elves in Middle Earth. In honor of that, when Legolas finally left middle earth to sail west, Gimli became the only dwarf to travel west as well. Just like Frodo and Sam, their friendship and fellowship could not be separated.
Well, Gimli being so taken with Galadriel also helped some. 😉
And it all started with 3 strands of hair.
@@eduardopatraca3272 which is harking back to what shaped the entire 1-2nd ages through Feanor and the Silmarils, he als asked her three times and she saw his heart and rebuffed him three times. And he didn't ask for aanything and only asked for he was pressed by her he was welcome to ask... and the heart was pure and he ended up creating the Galadramir with the hairs and basically forming a more pure version of the Nauglamir to also fix a wound that was caused long ago between the many wars of elves vs dwarves.
And Gimli was allowed to the grey havens
"Can a Hobbit?"
First reactor I've seen to pick on the fact that Merry also played a part in slaying the Witch King because he also is not a Man.
If not for his stabbing the Black Rider in the calf, Eowyn would not have had the opening to deal her fatal blow.
Precisely. That's not explained in the movies, but in the books the Hobbits ends up acquiring ancient weapons from the northern kingdom after an incident (also not shown in the movies), created by a people who had family blood relations with the people of Gondor, with spells on them to specifically harm the Witch King of Angmar, their worst enemy. And the leader of the Nazgûl is exactly him.
The hit Merry gave, with one of the few weapons that could do it, broke the spell that binded the Nazgûl's undead flesh to his will, thus allowing Éowyn to kill him. And since he's a Hobbit, and she's a woman, the prophecy was fulfilled.
@@vinnycordeiro I have been waiting for someone to say this.
"I didn't expect to cry that much" - none of us did. I still do, even when watching reactions. Excellent stuff, thanks for doing this.
That part with Aragorn "you bow to no one" turns me into a sobbing mess. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
As someone who read the books long before the movies existed, I hope that after you read the books (and you definitely should read the books) you will do a follow up video talking about that experience. Like, what did you like better about the books, what did you not like as well, how did the experience of having watched the movies affect your experience/understanding of the books?
I agree that the movies are an amazing achievement. I have lots of quibbles. Not so much about the things left out (Sure, I would have preferred six 3 hour movies instead of three 4 hour movies, but no one was going to finance that and anyway that still probably wouldn't have been enough time to cover everything). It's more about the things added in to provide dramatic tension at various points but which I've noticed are usually just confusing to those who don't already know the story. (For those of us who already knew the story they don't add any dramatic tension because we know how they have to resolve.) I'm also not sure I like some of the character changes. For instance, book Faramir understands the need for the ring to go to Mordor from the first and doesn't try to take it to Gondor. But in the end, these movies are possibly the greatest ever made and do an excellent job of telling a story that many thought could never be filmed.
I like both versions od the story. Some people hate the movies for the changes they did, but these people have to understand that you cannot tell a story in a movie the same way you tell it in a book.
Faramir might be my favorite character as he is described in the books to be immensly powerful, more powerful than boromir because he is as wise and noble as a king of old, only rivaled by Aragorn himself.
But I understand that in a movie trilogy you need this moment where everything seems to go to ruins just for the heroes to obercome evil eventually.
And Faramir does so by rejecting the ring in the movies too. They should‘ve given him a better realization that the ring tries to tempt him and actually is the one ring though
I actually prefer the movie ending to the book; I prefer the Shire remaining untouched by the war.
If I could include one thing from the book that was not in the films, it would be Tom Bombadil as he made clear that there were things in Middle Earth more powerful than even the One Ring.
I'm a cinephile, first and foremost, and have read all Tolkien. And as a Cinephile, the Lord of the Rings is quite easily the greatest adaptation from page to screen in cinema history. And although the big screen will always fall short in retelling what books tell.. Peter Jackson has stayed respectful and faithful to Tolkien than any director has done before and since.
@@stevearno9726 Fully ageed. There are many things not in the movies that I love but also agree should not be in the movies. The Scouring of the Shire is the big one; a hugely important event at the end to drive home some of the book's most important themes, but also a wild and unexpected tonal shift in what is essentially the denouement that would feel jarring in a four hour film. Most of the changes are justified in my opinion (though I wish they had given Denethor more depth).
Once every few years - when I feel like it needs to be done - I set aside a full day, go out and buy a bunch of snacks, roll myself into a duvet burrito and watch all three extended editions back-to-back and get lost in everything all over again. It's extremely effective medication for life.
I do this every year over the Thanksgiving holiday (minus the duvet burrito part).
@@Frostrazor I cannot highly recommend the duvet burrito enough.
For me it's at least once a year, usually this is may "Christmas movie" and then during the year I may watch it one or few more times 😅
I gotta do this & get stoned the whole time, haven’t smoked in months but I’d certainly make an exception for the LOTR trilogy
im mexican and want to know what is that duvet burrito.
And I agree, this movies are medicine for the soul..im having a tough month cause some really damages and losts caused by a hurricane her ein my hometown Acapulco.. i finally have electricity after a month and i watched the trilogy , it helped me once again in my life to escape from not nice reality and come back stronger
Excuse my poor english
The hardest part for me was when they returned to the pub in the shire but things aren't how they use to be. Before, they would be singing and dancing but now, they sit silently as everyone around them isfilled with joy. Its as if a part of them died during their hardship, their innocence is gone
And that's why we say this is the greatest story ever told.
And don't worry about the emotions of subsequent viewings, even now, 20 years later, after reading the books dozens of times in 3 languages, after having watched these movies more often than I can count, I am still crying even now. The more you love these characters, the more you know about the lore, the backstories, and the meanings of everything that happens the more you weep until this story becomes more than just a book or a movie, but a part of yourself, a history that feels more personal and real than anything you read in a history book, and with lessons just as pertinent.
When I leave middle earth, I feel like the hobbits, coming back from adventure to a place that doesn't feel real, with people who have no idea what we just went through. I am so thankful I got to live to read these books and see these movies, it's the thing in life that I am most grateful for.
Haha! I know a few Bible thumpers that would disagree.😂😂
“I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you” gets me every single time. Sean Astin’s portrayal of Samwise was perfection.
Thank you for bringing us on this journey with you. Your reactions were some of the best I’ve seen for this beautiful trilogy.
Sam is the MVP of this story imo. One of the best depictions of Friendship on screen to this day!
Its the perfect culmination of epic film making.
And the score is amazing
@@TheRealMediaMan you said it. that scene is literally perfect cinema. it does not get better than that scene in my opinion. Sean Astin was robbed of an Academy Award.
Poor guy went through it, too. Vigo wasn’t the only one. Sean got a big shard of glass right through his foot during a take of the FotR scene of Sam running into the water to catch up with Frodo. OUCH!
I've commented this on other reactions before but fun fact: when Aragorn says "For Frodo." and charges and the fellowship theme plays the elven choir that sings is saying "If by my life or death I can protect you I will, you have my sword." Which is what he said to Frodo at the council of Elrond. I love this trilogy so much. We'll never see anything else like it.
Also the two hobbits don't hesitate for an instant to charge right after him. That was a great touch. In the films, it seems like they're just accidentally along for the journey, but in the book the three hobbits besides Frodo are conspirators who know all about Frodo's journey to Rivendell, and plan to go with him from the start. Sam is not a very deceitful person, but he believes Frodo will need more help, and secretly enlists their two closest friends to aid in the journey and they are fully on board with the plan. As far as Frodo knows, Merry and Pippin are helping him set up a cover story that he's going to be moving out of Hobbiton and he's going to live in a small isolated part of eastern Shire, and that's why the others won't see him for a while. They know that Sauron will have spies out looking for him, and they don't want any rumors starting about Frodo actually leaving the Shire and what other land he might have gone to. Merry and Pippin are just as loyal to Frodo as Sam is, and they're willing to risk it all to help him.
"You bow to know one." is still one of the most powerful lines in all film and you cannot convince me otherwise
If people don't cry watching the return of the king I don't believe they're actually human.
Yeah, Gothmog's death is very traumatic.
They are probably stinking morgul rats
Of course you had to distort the audio: Howard Shore really outdid himself. Remember in the first movie Gandalf and Frodo's discussion on Gollum: "It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many." Frodo and Sam discuss this very thing in the books. Frodo does not wish to judge Gollum too badly because, without his presence, Frodo would have taken the ring, he would have been caught by the wraiths, and Sauron would have returned. So Gollum did have a major part to play, regardless of his intentions. Did you also see that Gandalf brought 3 eagles when he went to see if they were alive on the mountain? Frodo's leaving, I think, was inspired by what Tolkien saw following WWI--how many soldiers could not recover with what they had seen and experienced. Tolkien didn't like when people compared his life experiences to his work, but as a writer myself, I know it is impossible to separate ourselves from what we create. I'm so glad to have gone on this journey with you. Have fun with the books!
I've probably seen the trilogy about 15 times by now. Watching reactors see it for the first time is as close as I can get to seeing it for the first time again myself.
And it makes me genuinely happy to see you love it as much as I do. I vividly remember seeing Fellowship in the cinema back in 2001. I was blown away. I did not know something like that could even be created.
For how long we had to live with the Ralph Bakshi animated films... none of us knew something like this could be created. Lord of the Rings was up with with Dune on the list of things that were just not possible to successfully put to film. Peter Jackson and Denis Villeneuve proved everyone wrong. You just have to care enough to REALLY do it without compromise.
"We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved...but not for me." 😢
The ending always makes me cry with the music and the amazing acting😭... A perfect ending to the trilogy. Your reactions have been some of the best I've seen❤!
I'm a 29 year old man, don't cry at much and have seen these films many times.
They still bring tears to my eyes. My 3 favourite movies ever made.
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And that's how it should be. After all, The Lord of the Ring was written to heal the spirit.
Greatest film trilogy of all time.
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
"I wonder if I'll experience the same emotions when watching them again." *me crying at every scene on the 1000th rewatch*
some scenes will have less emotion due to you knowing what is next, some will have more because you have more time to feel it, rather than watching to not miss anything. I know in my case, the first time I saw the charge of the Rohirrim, i was impressed and I thought how horrifying facing cavalry must have been. Everytime since the first viewing , I'm more saddened by them coming over the hill and the despair of realizing what they face.
Same. The "I can carry you" scene makes me cry rivers every time.
It hurts more as I get older the more friends and family I lose I understand their pain
I never cried during the Titanic, Marley and Me, or even Saving Private Ryan. But when Gimli says he never thought he'd die with and Elf, and Legolas asks if dying with a friend is preferable, Aragorn saying "For Frodo" and telling the Hobbits that they bow to no one always makes my eyes water. Every. Single. Time. I see those 3 scenes.
I love the visual symbolism in them all bowing at the end. It’s the only time in the entire series that the hobbits stand taller than everyone. Even the camera is looking up at them.
As someone that has seen the movies A LOT of times, the emotions never really stop for me. I think it makes me way more emotional now than it did when I saw it as a kid
The "My friends... you bow to no one." is one of the few scenes from a movie that makes me cry every. single. time.
I've watched a LOT of LOTR reactions, and I think you have taken the top spot as my favorite reaction! I was crying along with you, and I myself have watched the trilogy more times that I can keep track of. Thanks so much! I hope you plan to dive in the The Hobbit trilogy after this too.
Never get tired of seeing how utterly satisfied first time watchers are when "The End" fades up. Truly one of the greatest adventures put to page and onto film. One change I'm always glad for is Frodo and Gollum both going over the edge, and Sam getting one more hero moment. In the book Gollum just falls off the ledge celebrating getting the ring back and that's that
Gollum falls off the cliff and says "...Ohhh poopie", and lands in the lava.
@Marcus On the page those events can feel a lot more dramatic, agreed. But if the animated movie is any indication, actually watching that happen is more humorous than anything
The Ring would not have been destroyed if it weren't for Gollum. "My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end"
@Marcus I'm pretty sure Eru intervened and caused Gollum to fall of the ledge, to ensure the ring was destroyed
After the movie ended I understand how you feel. It was the same for me. I was like, “Wow! Ok… What do I do now?”
Watch the Hobbit. It’s not as good but still gives more of middle earth
@@annatar6453 I have. Didn't like it.
The Hobbit movies are an example of letting success go to one's head. In trying to outdo The Lord of the Rings films, the result wasn't as satisfying.
Kind of like The Truman Show where it ends and the whole world is like, "okay... so what now?"
There was absolute silence as the audience left the cinema at all the showings I went to.
One of the most emotional endings to a film in motion picture history. Cannot get to the end without shedding a few tears.
A few?
The closing credits are worth a watch too; Nice pencil art of the characters with a beautiful song.
I agree completely - the best 20 minutes of credits. The theatrical cut probably had shorter credits at the behest of the theater management when they need to maximize shows per day. I haven't watched those since I got the extended version(s).
@@terrylandess6072 I love that they actually put the names of everyone in the Lord of the Rings fan club into the credits. Including all the actual cast members who became fan club members lol. Fun for fans who had been waiting decades for these movies to happen to see their names up on screen too. Where are my TORN folks at?! Anyone here?
And so another person experiences what is peak fantasy on the big screen. This really is the peak of what the genre has to offer, and rewatching the movies doesn't get any easier on the emotions, so you'll always experience that roller-coaster ride all throughout the trilogy! This was really great to watch, one of my favourite reactions, to be sure, can't wait to see where you go from here!
I would suggest watching the Hobbit trilogy. As much as the haters are gonna hate, it's still a really fun series of movies to watch, with a lighter tone, but also has some strong emotional highs. A step down from LOTR, for sure, but when you think of where LOTR is, it kinda puts things into perspective, the Hobbit trilogy just had too big shoes to fill. And you get more of Gandalf and Bilbo, which is great!
On a side note in terms of suggestions, would be interesting to see what you'd think of Pulp Fiction. A movie which really throws a wrench every time you think you're on track, it's an absolute masterpiece.
I would absolutely agree, watch the Hobbit Trilogy. They took a lot more liberties, mainly because they took a much lighter fare single book and stretched it out to 3 films... but they are still a lot of fun and have some absolutely incredible moments. And coming form the same teams, that same level of care and passion is still there. They were very well cast and the cast absolutely got very much into them again.
I would agree with Pulp Fiction. I think I would also add Mad Max Fury Road. For perfection in directing and editing as well as an unrelenting plot driven almost entirely visually. From the guy that freaking directed Babe and Happy Feet. :D
"This really is the peak of what the genre has to offer" - I would dare say I will not see a work of its equal in my lifetime.
@@JustLiesNOR I think Avengers: Endgame stands a tier below LOTR in terms of epicness.
Well done Addie, just like all the other reactors to this epic emotional journey of a movie, the apprehension at the beginning because of the length of each movie, quickly changes to absolute appreciation. Hei konei ra (farewell) from Aotearoa New Zealand (aka Middle Earth)
The witch king can't be killed so easily because he has many strong and dark spells on his body that protect him.
But when Merry attacked him from behind, he used a little sword from the north that was specificially made to fight this dark power. Merrys power was not great enough to seriously hurt him, but the blade broke through the protection magic and only for a few seconds, the dark spells were lifted.
And this was enough for Eowyn. She took the chance, the one short moment when her enemy was vulnerable and stabbed him in the head to kill him.
However, this doesn't saved her and Merry from the witch kings other powers. His spells are not only for protection, they also work as a counter-curse. Blades that hit his body getting destroyed and the people who hit him getting infected with a darkness that slowly drains their life force. You can see Merrys sword steaming and him screaming in pain after he hit the witch king. Eowyns sword gets blasted away and she imediately holds her arm that is starting to get cold and numb. Only Aragorns healing powers could save them both, otherwise they would've died both even after the witch kings death.
When Frodo and Sam stand inside Mt Doom... the shots and character motions largely mirror the memory Elrond has of him telling Isildur to cast the ring into the fire. It's a fun call back. Inside Mt Doom, in the heart of the realm it was forged in, the ring is at its absolute most powerful. It's small wonder Frodo couldn't resist. Only the greed of Gollum allowed it to be destroyed. Gandalf said that his heart told him Gollum had a part to play in this. Even so, Gandalf brought 3 eagles. 1 for Smeagol, hoping he could be saved as well.
Nice observation about the 3 Eagles. One of the main points that is made in the story is that redemption, however unlikely, was always a path to be left open, if at all possible. Some complain about Aragorn sparing Grima's life, but like Sméagol, he still had a role to play. Giving Saruman all of that information seemed like a very bad thing, but instead of leading to defeat for Rohan and the world of Men, it ultimately led Saruman's army right into a trap from which none escaped alive. Both Grima and Saruman refused to redeem themselves despite being given another chance afterward, but the point is that they had it. This was very important to Tolkien, especially given his background as a devout Catholic.
Many have argued that Gollum's fall into the fires of Mount Doom with the One Ring was additionally due in part to Eru giving him just a little push. Whether that happened or not, divine help like that of the Eagles only comes when people have done their utmost to help themselves as much as possible, and would have failed but for some timely intervention (usually more subtle than the giant Eagles).
By the way, your user name seems familiar. You wouldn't happen to be on MiceChat, would you? Just thought I'd ask.
@@rbrtck Very well said. Hope and redemption were very central to the stories.
And yes, I used to be on MiceChat. It's been probably 8 years now since I posted there though.
@@mycroft16 It has probably been even longer for me. I think I posted there under Robert Cook, which is my rather generic real name. I remember you as being one of the most interesting, intelligent posters. Well anyway, hi again. It's a small world, and all that. 😉
@@rbrtck I do remember you. :D Small world indeed. Site got ridiculous and I couldn't take it any more. Good to see you around.
Frodo really needed to leave to the undying lands because he was still suffering even after the rings destruction. He was suffering PTSD, was still addicted to the ring and yearned for it, his wound from the witch king would never heal and would make him very sick at every anniversary of taking the wound. Only by “going to heaven” (essentially) would he be free of all of that.
Valinor is not heaven. It is closer to the earthly paradise (Eden). Heaven is the abode of Eru, the One. (Maleldil the Old in C, S, Lewis's space trilogy which connects with THE LORD OF THE RINGS ib its third volume "That Hideous Strength.")
Not really heaven per se. It's not an 'afterlife' not trying to nerdsplain - but just to quell the common misnomer. Valinor was more like a paradise on Earth - perhaps Garden of Eden-esque.
I wish this was portrayed better. The only hint we got was Frodo briefly grabbing his chest when he's finishing the book.
Amazing job getting this done so quickly. This movie won all 13 Oscars that year. As for closue: Sam got to go to undying lands because technically he was a ring bearer too. Merry and Pippin were buried along side Aragon. Legolas went yto undying lands with Gimli
Yes it won a lot of Oscars 11 actually but not all. Not one of the actors won in any category nor were they even nominated!
@@kona883 Thanks for posting that. Baffles me to see people saying "The ROTK won every Oscar that year!" Like "Umm, there are 24 categories in the Academy Awards, plus whichever special categories . . ."
Oh yea, you are correct, it was 11 I ment to say all the Oscar's they were nominated for, but I think they didn't win one
@@bishop420able RotK was nominated for 11. They won 11. They should have been nominated for 12. Sean Astin deserved an academy award for acting.
Fun trivia about the final scenes, the children that Sam and Rosie are holding are actually their own children. The lady who played Rosie was pregnant when they first started filming then they included her child in the scene. Sam (Sean Astin) was holding his own child. The children in the movie were all either cast members, or crew's children including Peter Jackson's own children.
If you were wondering why Ewoyn needed healing it's because the witch King curses them when they stab him. That's why merry writhed in pain after
In the books Merry doesn't go to the Black Gate with the rest of them because like Faramir and Eowyn he was too ill to go and needed rest and healing after stabbing the Witch King.
It was essentially what Frodo went through when he was stabbed by a Morgul blade; your spirit was infected
by a weapon or essence of the dark spirit realm; you would become a wraith.
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This trilogy manages to do one thing that no other films have ever managed to do, it becomes more effective in every single time I watch it. Maybe it's age helping me to really understand what this story is all about, but whatever it is, this trilogy is the best thing cinema has ever produced and most likely the best thing it ever will.
Yes you will feel all the emotions everytime. And I was introduced to Middleearth at the age of...5?6?
I still cry and laugh and be afraid even I know what's going to happen :')
Oh about Sam:
Dear Sam enjoyed his life to the maximum and never ever was bored and his journey to Mordor and back again was just a preparation for the true challenge xD He had 13 (yes you read that right!) kids! 6 daughters and 7 sons
4 of his sons were named: Bilbo, Merry, Pippin and Frodo :)
And it is said that after all the other members of the fellowship had died or sailed into the West only Legolas and Gimli were left in Middleearth. Legolas built a boat and sailed into the West like all the other elves... but he took Gimli with him. The first and only dwarf who was allowed to do so.
Glad you want to read the books. My favorite part is in fact the love story of Eowyn and Faramir. Their first kiss ist just written so beautiful
Fun Fact - the little girl that Sean Astin (Sam) picks up in the final scene is his actual daughter. And she just graduated from college!
I love how you were so suspicious & leery of birds throughout these movies, but at the end you acknowledge "those are good birds."
I've said this a few times in reactions: the films capture ideal, perhaps romanticized, male qualities: strength, duty, sacrifice but with empathy, tenderness and love. Aragorn kissing the head of Boramir, Frodo kissing Sam's head. Yet, Aragorn fights bravely and shows steel resolve in his commitments.
Tales of friendship, devotion and sacrifice.
I think the Cinema Therapy channel even did an episode on Aragorn being the opposite of toxic masculinity. For such a traditionalist, Tolkien kinda was ahead of his time in some ways!
Will you have the same emotions every time? Maybe not, but countless times later I've never not cried at "My friends, you bow to no one."
Thank you for sharing your first viewing with us so beautifully so we can relive it again.
Hope you react to the 'The Hobbit' trilogy of movies sometime in the future (the extended editions, of course).
The story is set 60 years before Frodo's adventure and it follows Bilbo when he was younger (the story that Gandalf mentions to Frodo in the first LOTR movie about "that business with the dragon").
They're also directed by Peter Jackson, and, while not as great/epic as the LOTR movies, they're still pretty good movies, imo (plus, you get to spend more time in 'Middle-Earth', which is always cool).
Hobbit is very skippable imho..
I say read The Hobbit, read LOTR and skip the Hobbit movies, at least for a few years.
The Hobbit movies are already extended editions of the book! The only way to enjoy them half as much as the original trilogy is by watching a fan-edit that trims all the fat, because good grief are they full of unnecessary nonsense...
You'll find the books to be very, very different. And you will also appreciate how wonderfully Peter Jackson and team adapted the movies from the books. Both are wonderful.
That was a beautiful set of videos it was amazing to see, so there's two takeaway lines from this.
Even the smallest person can make the biggest difference.
Don't be sad the story has come to a end, be happy you were part of the journey...
This Journey was fun. Coud you do the Hobbit and/or Star Wars next ? :)
Now you just need to react to the hobbit movies
The reason I like to watch reaction videos on UA-cam is because, in a way, I get to experience some of my favorite movies again for the first time.
Your reaction definitely brought me back to those emotions! Thanks so much.
it is so heart warming to see such beautiful emotions tears and smiles on somone really appreciating and enjoying this work of art. thank you so much for share this❤ welcome to the family of the fans... ps. tell me truth: the song of end credits made you cry even more, didn't it? the marvellous into the west ❤
No Oliphaunts were harmed during the making of this movie.
I’ve been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien since the early 70’s. No higher praise could you have offered than those of your tears. Through them you show your true emotions, and thus give honor to this wonderful story. Such emotion is, “…a magic, that a name would stain.” Thank you for sharing your journey with us, Addie.
"My friends, you bow to no one..." Gets me every time.
Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction.
favorite movie bit: Theoden's last conversation starts the same way when we first see him freed of Saruman's influence
the other thing that prevented Frodo from casting the ring initially is the same that stopped it over 3000 years ago: the ring reaches pinnacle mind control within the mountain, preventing its destruction. the only way it could be was an accidental drop, which again, it's mind control is at its maximum there. meaning Gollum was the only way it could be destroyed because he wrestled with Frodo for it, and so it fell
"These poor horses!"
"I guess the elephants are bad"
Hmmmmm
No matter how many times you watch this trilogy it always hits you in the feels like a truck.
I've been reading these books for nearly 40 years now, and watching these movies for 20+. It never gets easier. Knowing what's coming almost makes it harder. They are so well written/acted that it is a completely believable sucker punch to the gut every single time. One in particular that destroys me is Eomer screaming in agony throwing his armor and weapons down when he finds his sister seemingly dead on the battlefield, not knowing she had ridden with the company in secret. That one is hard. And in the books, it's even harder because of the stuff about her and Faramir recovering afterward.
Every time I watch these, there's a lot of tears. Boromir's death. Sam's "there's still good in the world" speech. Eomer's scream when he sees his sister on the battlefield. "don't go where I can't follow." You'd think I'd be over it after the many times I've seen them, but nope. Never.
A university near me has a collection of original pages of writing and drawings done by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, and I had the incredible experience of seeing some of it at an exhibit a few weeks ago. As soon as I walked into the room, I got emotional. One thing that really stuck with me, though, was an early draft of the "my friends, you bow to no one" scene. Some of the ink was smudged because he cried while writing it.
So yeah, it's just one of those great stories that'll get the waterworks going every single time.
This was practically a perfect trilogy. There are so many things you can say about it - the acting, music, cinematography... AMAZING. This movie won 11(!) oscars. Many fun facts i could mention, but I'll only mention one here - When Eowyn was fighting the witch king, the witch king's weapon was originally much smaller but Director Peter Jackson kept telling the props people to keep making it bigger and bigger. The actor that played the witch king (who is huge) could barely hold onto the final product! Also, I can't tell you enough - this was such an amazing reaction! I haven't seen many that have great editing in addition to such an awesome personality you have and being so into the films!
I teared up big time watching you to tear up, but I tear up at this anyway. Your reactions and emotions make it all the more poignant. 🙂
And don't worry, some more of the Fellowship make it to join Frodo and Gandalf. But you can learn more about that in the appendices of the books. 🙂
I saw the first two in the theaters and own all three extended editions. I've seen them I don't know how many times, and I still tear up for Boromir, and Theoden, and others too as they hurt, and suffer, and struggle, and, ultimately, triumph. Different kinds of tears at different times, but they're still there. 🙂
Such a joy to see this through your eyes. And I'll probably watch you watch these movies again. And tear up, again. 🙂
I watched it all with you again for the third . . . fourth? . . . whateverth time. I still tear up watching you tear up. And I still absolutely understand how you feel when you add the footnote that your brain is broken. That no, no, nonononononononononononono resonates.
Wonderful movies. Wonderful reaction. 🙂
Gimli and Legolas traveled the world together and showed each other their favorite spots! So that's wholesome. Its sad about Frodo but he's been on borrowed time since he had the ring and especially after he was stabbed. He had to leave, his vocal performance is so good at the end. You can tell the life was drained from him.
Addie in two LotR movies "DON'T TRUST THE BIRDS"
Addie in RotK "good good birds....
Now you'll have to relive the story through other reactors eyes (like the rest of us) Once you have read the books (they are a bit different from the movie) I would suggest looking at some of the "Tolkien Lore" channels to get a greater understanding of just how complex the Legendarium actually is. One of my favorite lore channels is "Tolkien Untangled".
Very few fictional worlds have the insane depth that Tolkien created for Middle Earth. To the point where he left so many notes and half written stories and legends laying around that his son has released like 20 more books containing them all now. Not to mention multiple complete speakable languages (Tolkien being a professor of languages at Oxford).
Addie, how long did it take you to calm down after this movie? I felt the same way after seeing this move in the theatre. you need to see all the extra's from these movies.
And if you like to read there is a 3 book series that i think you would LOVE!. the author is "ELLE KATHARINE WHITE" and the 3 books are titled (1) Heart Stone (2) Dragon Shadow (3) Flame Bringer.
Read The Hobbit, then Lord of the Rings. I would advise not watching The Hobbit movies until after you read the book (or skipping them altogether). Though it's a bit different kind of reaction, I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on the books vs the movies when you're done - what do you think the movies did well, what do you wish they did better, was there anything you think the movies did better than the books, and did the books give you insight to understand things in the movies better. Enjoy the journey!
Well said, my friend.
Return of the King, more than any movie, changed massively for me over the years.
I watched the trilogy many time before, then after I came home from a deployment to Afghanistan where I had some experiences of my own and... the moments at the end hit me with such a new and profound understanding.
Everyone in the pub carrying on and laughing, like nothing happened - but the four of them looking around, feeling like strangers in their own home because of what they went through together, sharing that look before a drink, the unsaid words.
When Frodo talked about some hurts running too deep, time not able to heal all wounds... I understood what he was saying in a completely different way - I felt it in my soul. And I cried like a baby. I saw a lot of myself that I'd buried in the words Frodo said.
It put veteran suicide in a new light for me - before, you think that nothing could be so bad as to want to take your own life. But Frodo is right. Some hurts run too deep. Some wounds take hold and no amount of medicine, support, or therapy can change that for some people. So, Frodo went to the Undying Lands like so many of my fellow veterans have because the things they fought for hurt them beyond any amount of healing and the only way out was to leave.
It's actually hard for me to watch now, but I'm glad I followed along with you and your reactions Addie. It was a great time and I look forward to seeing more from you.
Thank you for giving me an avenue to get this off my chest.
God Bless Brother. An Old Vet.
And your words have my crying reading them. Not all tears are evil. Tolkien served in the British Army during WW1. He fought in one of the bloodiest battles in that war, the Battle of the Somme. Much of what he experienced during war made its way into his writing. Often in ways that only others who have experienced it or known someone close who did would understand it. The bond that transcends even the need to talk that the four hobbits share, and knowing that they saved their home, but not really for themselves... you can't really come home from that. It's really heavy stuff. Again, thanks for your insight on that from your own experiences.
Thank you for your service.
Did you know that Tolkien wrote the love and companionship between the hobbits via inspiration from his own days in the service and at war - from the love he shared with HIS brothers at arms.
Subscribed. Great reaction! :)
Also, when you read the books, don't skip the appendices. They give a much fuller history of Middle Earth.
This trilogy has everything. Friendship, courage, wisdom, betrayal, insecurity, truth, lies, sadness, laughter, happiness etc…The storyline is just epic. Thank you for sharing your journey, loved it!
You should watch the Hobbit movies if you want more Bilbo/Gandalf goodness (the extended editions).
Another franchise that you should watch (if you haven't already, that is) is 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.
I've watched these movies a couple hundred times, but watching you cry your way through it almost broke my heart. Thanks for reacting to these masterpieces.
I recommend the Hobbit next, the movies explain how we got to the Lord of the Rings. Telling the story of Bilbo Baggins, and his adventure with Gandalf, and many others. You'll love it I guarantee it.
This trillogy is soo good, my emotions are refreshing every time but only now when i see someone else reaction, someone who watching this for the first time and had no idea how good this is.
Ive watched about 10+ full reactions from youtubers and all of them was awsome, same as yours :)
Your reaction to possibly the greatest film trilogy of all time has been incredible to witness.
The world & stories of Middle Earth are such an amazing, mindblowing gift from Prof Tolkien. Seeing the trilogy in the cinema was a truly awesome experience & seeing someone who’s never witnessed this cinematic masterpiece become so invested in the story & characters never gets old.
Below is detailed what happened to the Fellowship, following Frodo’s departure to the Undying Lands. Get more tissues at the ready!!!
Sam:
Samwise following his return to the Shire and the departure of his beloved Frodo, had an important role in Shire politics in the years to come. Sam married Rose after the War of the Ring and they had a daughter named Elanor. In the year 1427, Samwise Gamgee is elected mayor of the shire for the first time and in the year 1431 has another daughter named Goldilocks. In the year 1442 Samwise and his family travel to Gondor, where they stay for a year in the fair city of Minas Tirith. Following his first election, Samwise is elected mayor of the Shire almost continuously until the year 1469 where he is elected for the seventh and final time at the age of ninety-six. In the year 1482, Sam’s beloved wife Rose dies on the 22nd of September. Following this, Sam rides out from Bag End, passing down the red book given to him by Frodo to his first daughter Elanor. According to his daughter, Sam travelled to the Grey Havens, whereupon he crossed the sea into Valinor, the last of the ring bearers to leave Middle Earth, reunited once more with Frodo in the Undying Lands.
Merry & Pippin:
In the year 1427, Pippin marries a hobbit named Diamond of Long Cleeve and in the year 1430, his son Faramir is born, named in respect of the great friendship Pippin and Faramir share. In 1434, Pippin becomes the Thain of the Shire, meaning he was in charge of the Shire militia in the event they went to war and becomes well-respected in the Shire. In 1463 Pippin’s son Faramir marries Goldilocks, daughter of Samwise, linking our hobbits together in the bonds of matrimony and family adding to their already deep bond of fellowship. Meanwhile Merry, in 1432, called Merry the Magnificent by Shirefolk, becomes the master of Buckland. For this appointment, he receives gifts from King Éomer of Rohan and from Lady Éowyn of Ithilien. It is said Merry marries a hobbit called Estella. In 1484, Merry receives a message from King Éomer who wishes to see him again before he dies, by this time Merry himself was 102. Merry and Pippin, handing their titles down to their sons, set off together to Rohan, Merry being present when Éomer dies. Following the death of Éomer Pippin and Merry Following the death of Éomer Pippin and Merry continue on to Gondor and live out the rest of their life in Minas Tirith. Following their deaths their bodies were entombed in Rath Dínen, the hall in which the great kings and stewards of Gondor were laid to rest.
Gimli & Legolas:
Gimli and Legolas also had quite the journey following the defeat of Sauron, travelling together and continuing their unbreakable bond of friendship. Gimli was named ‘elf friend’ one of the only dwarves to be named such, and brought a band of dwarves from Erebor to the caves behind Helms Deep. The caves in the books are known for being one of the wonders of the north, with jewels lining the walls and ceilings. Gimli becomes the Lord of the Glittering Caves and together with his people, he fashions new gates for Minas Tirith made of mithril and steel to replace the ones destroyed by the Witch King. Gimli took Legolas to the Glittering Caves whereupon he was said to be speechless at their beauty, the first time a Dwarf “claimed victory over an Elf in a contest of words.” IIn turn Legolas took Gimli to all the forests of Middle Earth, including Fangorn, educating Gimli on the beauty that dwelt there. Legolas also brought elves out from the Greenwood into Ithilen where they dwelt for a number of years, transforming Ithilien into the most beautiful land in the West. Legolas and the elves also aided Gimli in the rebuilding of Minas Tirith, making it once more the jewel in the crown of the men of the west.
Aragorn:
Aragorn, now King Elessar married Arwen, and it is detailed that he had a son, and numerous daughters and through him the royal House of Telcontar was founded. Elessar took many steps to fix the divided kingdom which he inherited. Though Sauron was defeated, there were many who still had evil in their minds and sought to disrupt Middle Earth thus Elessar defended Middle Earth, protecting the kingdom of men. He re-established the Great Council of Gondor, and rebuilt and repaired the tower of Orthanc, in which he placed the palantír taken from Saruman. In Orthanc Elessar discovers heirlooms belonging to the house of Eorl of Rohan. He further discovered, with the help of Gimli, treasures belonging to Isildur which were lost following his death. Elessar repatriates these, returning them back to their rightful place in Gondor. Elessar also leaves the valley of Orthanc under the control of the Ents, who rename the valley ‘Treegarth of Orthanc.’
Although pre-occupied with his kingdom, that didn’t stop Elessar from journeying to see his friends, bound together forever by a strength of friendship which surpasses our comprehension. In 1427 Elessar declared the Shire a free land, forbidding men from entering it. In 1436 Elessar came north to Brandybuck visiting Pippin, Merry and Sam, giving the Star of the Dúnedain to Master Samwise. Elessar also expanded the Shire, encompassing within its boundaries the lands up to the Emyn Beraid. Elessar died in the year 1541 after 122 years of kingship at the age of 210. Of his death, it is written “he fell into sleep. Then a great beauty was revealed in him…And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world.” Arwen died a year after Elessar and it is written that “the light of her eyes was quenched and it seemed to her people that she had become cold and grey as nightfall in winter that comes without a star.” She died in Lorien, where she lived alone in that silent land for the last year of her life. There in the halls of Rath Dínen beside the tomb of the Elessar, lay the tombs of Meriadoc and Peregrin Took buried by his side, as faithful in death as they were in life.
With the passing of Elessar, Legolas builds a ship in the Grey Havens and sails to the Undying Lands, accompanied by Gimli, the only dwarf to ever be given this honour. It is said that Galadriel, high among the Elves obtained this grace for Gimli, allowing him entry into Valinor with his beloved friend Legolas. And with the passing of Legolas and Gimli into the Undying Lands, so to did the fellowship pass forever out of Middle Earth and their like was never seen again.
What else to watch? The Hobbit trilogy. It's not the same, but it's still the familiar beautiful world and story. :)
I wish I could give this video 100 thumbs ups!!
The answer to "What do I do with my life?!" is read the books!! Please share your reading journey with us. I am actually doing a Lord of the Rings read through this summer. Let me know if you're interested.
This story shows that no matter the subject material or genre, a well written tale can provoke emotions that cannot be contained. This story and its movie adaptation are truly moving.
You could always watch The Hobbit trilogy!!! 3 more epic movies obviously set in the same world. Some people don't like The Hobbit movies that much and I agree that The Lord of the Rings is the better trilogy but The Hobbit is definitely not far off imo. I'm sure you'll love The Hobbit.
Thanks for the reaction! It was a pleasure to share moments of the film with you. If you want to plunge once again into the world of Middle-earth - the Hobbit trilogy is waiting for you.
I absolutely LOVE these movies. But of all the changes made between book and movie, I think this one irks me the most.
"Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed.... 'But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.' "
Eowyn was so unbothered by the fact that she was facing down the Witch King that she laughed in his face. She had already accepted death as a possible outcome for her in this battle, but she was not about to let anyone bring further harm upon her uncle.
Really enjoyed your reactions, the books bring a whole new level to it, and will make the movies even more enjoyable if you watch them again because of the extra depth to every character. Fair warning, The fellowship is a slog until you get to the Couuncil of Elrond, as a kid I stopped reading when the hobbits were lost somewhere on the way there before meeting Aragorn. But stick with it - years later I came back to the novels, and realised they're probably the best thing I've ever read. It's humbling to read something so intellectually amazing, but so kindhearted and humble at the same time. Some favourite quotes (trying to resist the temptation to just write everything Gandlaf says)
Sam talking to himself: “I’ll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind. And I’ll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart.”
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Frodo: “What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!”
Gandalf: “Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.”
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Galadriel and Gimli's conversation about what he would have as a gift (it wasnt uncommon in the time of Tolkien for locks of hair to be given as gifts) ‘....Nothing, unless it might be - unless it is permitted to ask, nay, to name a single strand of your hair, which surpasses the gold of the earth as the stars surpass the gems of the mine. I do not ask for such a gift. But you commanded me to name my desire.”
.....what would you do with such a gift?’
‘Treasure it, Lady,’ he answered, ‘in memory of your words to me at our first meeting. And if ever I return to the smithies of my home, it shall be set in imperishable crystal to be an heirloom of my house, and a pledge of good will between the Mountain and the Wood until the end of days.”
(he asked for one hair, she gave him three)
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Theoden: "I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed.”
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Faramir to Eowyn when she is sad in the houses of healing in Minas Tirith. 'What would you have me do, lady?' said Faramir. 'I also am a prisoner of the healers.' He looked at her, and being a man whom pity deeply stirred, it seemed to him that her loveliness amid her grief would pierce his heart. And she looked at him and saw the grave tenderness in his eyes, and yet knew, for she was bred among men of war, that here was one whom no Rider of the Mark would outmatch in battle.
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...... But in the morning, as Faramir came from the Houses, he saw her, as she stood upon the walls; and she was clad all in white, and gleamed in the sun. And he called to her, and she came down, and they walked on the grass or sat under a green tree together, now in silence, now in speech. And each day after they did likewise. And the Warden looking from his window was glad in heart, for he was a healer, and his care was lightened....
Just a few ones that jumped out to me.If you do read the novels then enjoy!!!!
Thank you.
It is a difficult read until that point, I agree. But once you've read the books once, it gets easier. And you begin to realize exactly what it is that Tolkien is doing - he's showing us the best and most magical parts of Middle Earth - from the humble, yet beautiful Shire, to the mysterious yet jovial Tom Bombadil, who is the single being in all of Middle Earth the Ring cannot effect at all. Yet it would still be unwise to leave it with, because he wouldn't see the importance of it, and would likely misplace it. He's showing us the beauty and mystery of the forests and the land. My first reading I didn't make it past about the part you did. I kept thinking he was spending an awful lot of time describing nature and magic that had nothing to do with the ring or the journey.
But what all of that DOES set up is - when you get to the battles and dangers of the rest of the story - you REMEMBER the Shire. It's easy to REMEMBER the picture that Tolkien painted for you in that first part of the first book. You remember that THAT is what the main characters are fighting to protect and preserve. I think the movies have an advantage in that regard - because they can simply SHOW it to you.
@@logandarklighter absolutely!! it took me a few reads to realise that, similar to how it took me a few reads to understand what Frodo does. The definition of courage and sacrifice.
Éowyn suffered from the Black Breath when she killed the Witch-king. She wasn't breathing and totally looked dead, which was why her brother Éomer believed she was. Aragorn doesn't have quite the healing skills of Elrond, but he is still a highly skilled healer who could bring people back from the Black Breath. He basically called Éowyn back, with his touch and his voice, and she started breathing again, and woke up. People occasionally survived this unnatural illness, but she was so far gone that she almost certainly would have died without Aragorn's help. It was prophesied that the Gondorians would recognize their new and rightful king as the one who saved Gondor from Sauron and was a strong healer.
A small but sad detail, the reason there was one additional eagle that saved Frodo and Sam from mount doom is that Gandalf fully expected Sméagol to be there with them and would have saved him too
Damn bro…that is sad :(
Untrue. That's made up by unchecked comments. That was the lead eagle that Gandalf rode on. It would make sense, while the other two carried Sam and Frodo. There were no expectations nor dawn for Gollum.
Well - there's the Hobbit trilogy. It's not as good as the Lord of the Rings - there's a lot about them to be criticised actually, the third one in particular - however they are still enjoyable and it is more Middle Earth.
And there's actually a lot of bonus material - making of, background about Tolkien and Middle Earth etc.
Yes, you will feel the same emotions when you watch it again. You will enjoy the books because it just gives more depth to all of the characters. Probably the best book to film adaptation ever as far as bringing the characters and world alive. Only real difference between the book and movies. Is Tom Bombadil was left out, some of it given to Treebeard. Strider set out from the council with the sword reforged to reclaim his kingdom. The ents went to war after their council. Denathor was more tragic and not as big of an idiot as in the movies. And last Faramir was even better in the books than in the movie and let Frodo and Sam go immediately once he found out what there errand was.
Don´t forget the Death of Saruman and Scouring of the Shire.
I will always maintain that Faramir was better in the movies, sure, he's a more morally upstanding person in the books, but a less well written character for it, his decision to let Frodo go carries less weight, and the effectiveness of the ring as a plotpoint is diminished by it.
The ending of the ring is also different in the books, and was also better in the movies in my opinion.
And ofcourse the scourging of the shire, which is neither better, nor worse, each being fitting for their respective media.
@@theAkildare That is just changing order of things around, it does not change any character motivations. The book are about the Hobbits, the movies are about the ring. Both are masterpieces though!
Addie, I envy you having the books now to read for the very first time. The movies are wonderful, and the books are even better. Tolkien left us a great treasure. Enjoy your time in Middle Earth. Namárië. 🥰
If you haven’t watched the hobbit you should they’re arguably not as good as these three but they’re still worth it in my opinion.
I think the extended editions, again, are definitely an improvement.
Oh, sure thing. You'll feel the same about the characters and feel attached to them, regardless how often you watch the movies or read the books. At least that is the case for me, though I also lerned to understand more things the characters experienced, as I grew older, in some cases relating also differntly to them then I used to. I will warn you, though, aswell. When I finished reading the books, I just sat there for like 5 Minutes, feeling empty (after also crying alot 😅) I then was very gutted to know: "that was it" No more Story to follow the Fellowship. I mean I was a small lad back then, maybe it won't feel so dramatic to you, as you are young adult. :D I wish you most pleasure with reading the books and may this Story be some Inspiration to you and give you strength and Optimism. Best regards
Next Trilogy The Hobbit Extended Edition Of The Adventures Of Bilbo Baggin:
(1) An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition
(2) The Desolation Of Smaug Extended Edition
(3) The Battle Five Armie Extended Edition
These next then the books 😀
Please dont watch the Hobbit movies before reading the book (Since you already have it). Its a short (light and fun) book and the movies really change, add a lot to (and, frankly, ruin) it. Experience the story as it was meant to be and then you can watch the 3 movies if you want to. Reading Hobbit will take less time than watching the Hobbit movies.
Although I love this movie, one of the things I hate is how the Army of the Dead ended the siege of Minas Tirith. In the book, they could only terrify people but not physically harm them. The way they are used in the movie begs the question why Aragorn didn't send them into Mordor and kill all the armies there.
Was there any reason why the Gray Company was omitted?
Just now realized that! Also the extended has always been excellent for Christopher Lee’s performance alone I the beginning! But I keep wishing that the appearance of the Dead Army remained hidden until their arrival at the port because then there was no suspense and it repeated. Although that extra scene was fun and funny.
Technically, they had fulfilled their oath, Aragorn relases them.
Gandalf The Grey pretty much answered it. But even if they had agree to fight at Mordor... they wouldn't have won. I read Sauron was there (unlike in the movie where he's only a eye) and at best could have given him a fight but would have been defeated just as any strength of arms would.
Except of course Aragorn kept his word that he would release the Dead Army, remember?
One update I read on it: "That depends on whether you look at the films or the books.
In the books, not a chance. The Men of the Mountains didn't have any corporeal presence; they were wraiths, powerless spirits, whose only real ability was to scare people shitless. Even then, that power is limited; Aragorn and the rest of the Dúnedain were undaunted. Legolas, an Elf who lives in both the corporeal and ethereal plane, had no fear of them at all. The Men of Gondor and Umbar were terrified, as was Gimli, but once the Corsairs had been routed, that's where the usefulness of the Dead ended. Orcs were driven by fear of Sauron, a Maïa and necromancer, and the Nazgûl, immensely powerful wraiths whose rings gave them a physical “presence”. They would likely have laughed at the ghosts of mere Men. And if the Dead can't intimidate their enemy, they're powerless to do anything. More than that, Sauron is, as I said, a necromancer, and a rather powerful one. It’s not far-fetched to suspect he’d turn the Dead against Aragorn, or simply obliterate them entirely.
In the films, that reasoning is nullified entirely. The Dead are being shown as capable of killing, and essentially invulnerable. They crushed the armies of Mordor and Harad in a matter of minutes, and the only reason they didn't end up going on to slaughter Mordor's last army at the Black Gate was because, on very flimsy reasoning, Aragorn released them. As Gimli said, “Very handy in a tight spot, these lads. Despite the fact they're dead.” Only Aragorn's honour stopped him from compelling them to join him at the Black Gate and effortlessly break Mordor's power.
So in the books, no. The Dead were essentially powerless against those who weren't daunted by them. In the films? Mordor was one man's nobility away from utter defeat."