Gimli is a 10/10 example of a comic relief character who is actually funny and isn't obnoxious and is actually useful and doesn't just sit around for no reason.
It works for Gimli because A.) He's useful and does far more than just make jokes B.) His humor is very character-specific. Every funny thing he says is funny because it's Gimli saying it, and the humorous ways he responds to various situations are very in-character
one big issue i have with the extended editions is there's even more gimli comic relief, when it would've been nice if he had been fleshed out at least a little more.
@@Definitely_Not_Sheev_Palpatine This is true. Merry and Pippin were able to deliver the slapstick or dimwitted styles of joke, Smeagol/Gollum the nonsensical and strange and Gimli the hyper masculine competitive humour. Spreading the humour across characters like this allows each character to breathe and have a rational reason for being included in the plot. Compare Jar Jar. Had he been clumsy under pressure but keen to consider options when given time to do so, he could've been a valuable foil to Anakin's rage. Were he a physical specimen with no mind for strategy or decision making, he would counter the Jedi teaching neatly yet remain a useful ally. Meanwhile, C3PO and R2D2 could've taken some comedic aspects from him - as could young Anakin and even Yoda.
"Dad, will you tell me about the battle of Helms Deep?" "It was a dark night, the smell of blood and the rotting meat filled the air around me as I drew my last Breath...then a mighty Dwarven warrior saved me...I'll never forget what he said" "What did he say dad?" "32"
this is the line that converted me into a Gimli fan. i love him so much and it took 20 years. it was when i put captions on the extended version for the first time and read every line. he said that and i immediately loved what a bad ass he was. never really realized it growing up.
i dig the german translation here more. "Hier ist noch ein Zwerg der nicht zu Staub zerfallen ist". which would translate to "there is still one more dwarf who hasn't crumbled to dust."
If you pay attention, you'll notice Gimli only had the single head axes till he got to the Mines of Moria. He aquired the Double Sided Axe used throughout the trilogy in the tomb and that axe belonged to his father's cousin Balin....known as the Lord of Moria.
@@aeroanosupremo No Idea, but in the book, the chamber they're in is called the "Chamber of Mazabel", or the Chamber of Records. Before the fight, they found a book in there, which chronicled the fortunes of Balin's expedition, and it explicitly mentions both "Durin's Axe" and "something Helm", probably relics that the dwarves retrieved from wherever the King of the Dwarves' regalia was stolen off to by the orcs. If I'm right, then the axe Gimli picked up to use in that fight, and which he kept for the rest of the adventure is that so-named Durin's Axe. The Axe of the Dwarven King. But that's just my wild speculation. ^^
Gimli is secretly the most intelligent Creature at his time. He knew about the nervous system at a time when people believed thoughts originated in the heart.
Well considering there are wizards that work magic. There might be more efficient studies on the human body. So people's knowing about the nervouss system isn't that surprising.
"We Dwarfs are natural sprinters, very dangerous on short distances!" No one believed that in 2002, but then 11 years later Bombur proved us all wrong!
melkor lapich That the opposite is true? That dwarves are better cross country than sprinting because of their short legs but great endurance? Yeah, it’s supposed to. That was the whole point of Gimli’s line, it’s the same way he said he has the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a fox but failed to notice the elves drawing their bowstrings in his face. It was meant to be completely contradictory to reality.
Omenakookos haha yes! Same with Richard Armitage (Thorin). I think Lee Pace was the tallest main actor at 6'4", but Richard and Graham McTavish were very close behind, both over 6'. Yet they have to appear to be about 5' tall. Movie magic is great.
The lord of the rings had such masculine male characters. But they were definitely not toxic because they fought for the ones they loved and cared about.
“Where is he?! I’m gonna kill him!!” *bursts into tears the minute he sees Aragorn* Also Gimli counting his kills in the voice of a bear is the coolest thing I’ve heard today.
*You missed the most heartwarming one of them all:* "Never thought I'd die fighting side-by-side with an Elf." "What about fighting side-by-side with a friend?" "Aye, I could do that."
@@SubduedRadical Right! Its surely a huge Moral boost to the troops. "That Dwarf is killing them all by himself! His at Twenty already!" And how quickly he counted when smacking down the orc's on the ladders. "His really getting em!" And his rather "calm" counting might even have had a slight calming effect among all that chaos.
He works as a comic relief, because as someone said in this comment section, they split the comic relief between him, Merry and Pippin and, oddly enough, Gollum; all with their own way of being funny.
I really love how you can hear Giml I counting as he kills orcs even when the camera zooms out. It's like the whole battle is made up of men and elves and a ton of orcs and then there's this one noisy dwarf who can be heard the whole time screaming while he's wracking up kills.
@@lisahenry20 did he really? That would be funny af but i can't imagine Aragorn being so humorous during battle when his men are dying and fighting for their lives..
John Rhys Davies who played Gimli was the tallest member of the fellowship, 20 years later I still love that fact. He also decided to portray Gimli with predominantly a Scottish accent, with a smattering of others, yet as Treebeard he stuck with Welsh, which he his.
Not a lot of people know why gimli being given 3 of galadriels hairs is so important. It's a long story. But to sum it up quick. She deemed him to be completely pure of heart.
I add more. Centuries before Faenor, perhaps the greatest elven smith in the Middle Earth and grandfather of Celebrimbor, asked for a single strand of her hair. Yet Galadriel refused. She felt the darkness on his heart, the greed and envy running inside him. And he requested it in 3 ocasions. Granting three to Gimli is, as result, a proof that she trusts and believes on the pure hearted dwarf more than one of her folk.
@@fabiocosta3830, I'll add more. Feanor created the Silmarills because he was inspired by the concept that Galadriel's hair captured the merged light of the Two Trees of Valinor, which were the source of light before the sun. Once Melkor and Ungoliant had poisoned the two trees, and Feanor was denied strands of Galadriel's hair, the Silmarills were the only way of retaining the light of the trees. Feanor hoarded the gems and would not allow the Gods (the Valar) to restore the two trees with their light. This allowed Melkor to steal them and retreat to Middle Earth. Feanor then swore an oath to pursue Melkor and regain the Silmarils. It was this oath that first led the Elves to return to Middle Earth from Valar since creation, and though the elves were never strong enough to directly oppose Melkor...it would be this conflict over the Silmarils that would lead to much death and sadness among the elves in Middle Earth. This is essentially the beginning of recorded history in Middle Earth. Eventually, one would be recovered by Beren...and eventually through a long story set in the heavens as the brightest evening star. The other two would not be recovered for a long time...and their recovery would be resisted by the jewels themselves. The two elves that recovered them from Melkor's defeat would throw themselves into a volcano and the sea respectively. Meaning that the three jewels would reside in the sky, sea, and land. It is said that when the end of time comes, the Valar (the Gods) will reunite the gems, and Feanor will open them and restore the two trees and the world will again be restored to perfection. So...Galadriel's hair is as desired as the three most powerful peaces of jewelry EVER KNOWN in all the history of Middle Earth. They are even more desired than Sauron's ring of power. Feanor, one of the most accomplished and powerful Elves EVER asked for them even to restore the world...and Galadriel said no. So, when Gimli asks and she gives him three...its a HUGELY significant symbolic gesture.
I feel bad for Gimli when they're running across the plains. Legolas and Aragorn are all lightly armored and Gimli is wearing all plate and chainmail and carrying 4-5 iron axes.
Dwarves have shit tons of stamina, he might not have been the fastest sprinter but in terms of continued pursuit over hundreds of miles he was a monster
Nope, chapter: The riders of rohan p 25 'They were going slowly now, and Gimli's back was bent. Stonehard are the dwarves in labour or journey, but this endless chase began to tell on him, as all hope failed in his heart. Aragorn walked behind him, grim and silent, stooping now and again to scan some print or mark upon the ground. Only Legolas stepped as lightly as ever, his feet hardly seeming to press the grass, leaving no footprints as he passed,...'
They missed my favorite. When they're getting off the boat with the army of the dead in Osgiliath, Gimli says, "There's plenty for the both of us, may the best dwarf win!"
I just love that Gimli got three hairs from Galadriel and Legolas understands the weight of that development to such an extent that he respects Gimli considerably more for the rest of the story. His genuine kind demeanor erased an era’s worth of animosity and racial hatred
It's a credit to the LOTR that it still feels like believeable fiction without taking you out of the adventure despite them being able to rack up all those kills. Meanwhile the Studio made Hobbit movies have scenes where the characters talk about being ready to take on 100s (1000s?) of Orcs on their way in open ground with no cover as just the two of them and it seems so silly and like you're watching a dumb video game instead lol.
I know orcs don’t suffer from demoralisation, but having a 4”1 dwarf with an enormous axe counting his kills in front of the remaining orcs as he’s notching them up must have done something, surely.
I am very shocked to find out everyone missed his actual greatest line. during the fight with the warg scouts, just after he falls off the horse and gets up, the man himself lays out the challenge with "Bring your pretty face to my AXE"
@@kyoswkyosw1216 Pretty sure it was the CGI making it look like that. You'd have to be pretty stacked to be able to physically throw all 6'1" of John Rhys-Davies across a film set.
Can we talk about how strong Aragorn is for being able to toss a dwarf in the first place they're dense little muscle machines that are way heavier than any man or elf, Aragorn's a freaking strong dude
Legolas' interaction @4:20 is really underrated. It's the first time he really lets down his guard with Gimli and isn't competing with him as a dwarf with all that history and animosity; he is more annoyed he lost the competition with his friend. Typically Legolas would have said Gimli was lying about the amount of kills, but he 100% trusts his word and has to make a white lie of his own to be even with his friend.
"Give me your name, Horsemaster, and I shall give ye mine." The mix of courtesy and "fuck around and find out" energy of it should have put this line on the list.
They were the boys. All from different sides of life and backgrounds but they always had one another’s back. The back and forth between Legolas and Gimli is priceless. They never said they loved one another as a brother but they didn’t have to. You could see how much they cared for each other.
I just realised the context of that comment. All these years I assumed he meant a box to use as his coffin. I didn't realise he also meant to stand on.
@@WolfFireheart yes absolutely, they're stronger than both elves and men. Who are in turn slightly stronger than Orcs. However, take into consideration that Uruk Hai are superpowered Orcs, about as tall as men and stronger. And dwarves also lack a far reach which can be terrible for combat. But yes, Dwarves are stronger.
@@Killerwale-hk4wy I speculate, that a well trained Dwarf like Gimli is stronger then the Uruk Hai. As we see Gimli slam his axe through Uruk plate armor. Granted Uruk armor isn't thaat great. But its still plate. So with this in mind, I think, or believe that as long as Gimli isn't caught off guard, he can easily stop/parry most attacks aimed at him. And when he counter attacks with his axe, he wouldn't need as much space to get the axe up to deadly force. Or at least enough force to knock someone down to then deliver a finishing blow. And that is how I see him doing these impressive feats. His just, raw strength helps him bulldoze through most disadvantages. Also just as a side note. We don't see, or at least I don't remember seeing Uruk's with great swords. Mostly one handed swords and shield. Gimli's axe that he picks up in Moria is a great axe. So despite the size differences. Gimli's axe gives he more reach, so the reach difference miiiight not be as big as it seems?
What I'm more concerned about is that apparently their DM let them have two rangers and a fighter. Couldn't he at least convince one of them to play a cleric or something?
3:14 is one of my favorite moments. Imagine walking hundreds of miles to war to climb a ladder, only to reach the top and have a dwarf get a crotch shot on you.
"I asked her for one hair from her golden head. She gave me three..." The amount of history behind that small action speaks a lot to Gimli's character and his respect for Galadriel and her beauty. Him asking was actually a giant faux pas among the elves, as one of Galadriel's relatives constantly asked for strands of her hair to create something, rather than out of respect for her, so she always denied him. And here walks up this little dwarf, child of a race unbegotten by god, who when offered a gift by Galadriel said he needed nothing. But when she said she'd give anything in her power, all he asked was a hair from her head, not for anything but to admire her beauty from afar. And she gave him three.
What is always found amusing is that at 4:42 Gimili says "he was twitching becaus he got my axe imbedded in his nervous system" this implies that the dwarfs of middle earth have some sense of anatomy pretty interesting.
2 more 1. "Soon master elf, you'll be enjoying the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves. Roaring fires, Malt beer, Ripe meat off the bone. 2. "Certainty of Death, small chance of success, what are we waiting for?"
You also forgot: Gimli to Aragorn: Well Lad, if its luck you live by, lets hope it last's the night. Legolas: Your friends are with you Aragorn. Gimli: Lets hope, they last the night................ AND Gimli: This new Gandalf's more grumpier than the old one....
After years of watching and reading, Gimli has become one of my absolute favorite characters. Terribly underrated. He was like the hearth of The Fellowship and could always be counted on to punch way over his level. *"TIE ME TO AN ARROW AND LAUNCH ME INTO MORDOR, I AM READY TO DIE!"* 😂
My favorite fact about Gimli is that he got three strands of hair from Galadriel, where other, more prominent characters failed to get even one. He's the G!
I don't know why, but seeing Gimli's solution to ward off the spirits of the damned being frantically blowing at them until they go away just cracks me everytime 😂.
While he is very poetic in the books, most of his lines are ironically funny in a badass sort of way, his exchange with Theoden about the shield always makes me chuckle a little.
Piotr Dubrawski it is a possibility people knew about the nervous system for a very long time. Records dating all the way back to ancient Egypt when pharaohs would get mummified mentioned muscle movement after death due to specific muscles being touched. So it's very well possible for it to be known in medieval fantasy. A good example is looking at medieval autopsies. You'd be very surprised, doctors back then knew a good amount about the human body, they just didn't know until after the fact and how to experiment.
@@FreedomFighter08 nice refference made to the other battles that place at the same time as the siege of Minas Tirith: the three sieges of Lorien, the battles in Mirkwood (the Battle Under the Trees) and the battle of Dale and Erebor (battle which cost the life of King Dain Ironfoot for Erebor and King Brand for Dale).
@@FreedomFighter08 nice refference made to the other battles that place at the same time as the siege of Minas Tirith: the three sieges of Lorien, the battles in Mirkwood (the Battle Under the Trees) and the battle of Dale and Erebor (battle which cost the life of King Dain Ironfoot for Erebor and King Brand for Dale).
@dianna k Thranduil's kingdom was attacked by an orc host from Dol Guldur and possibly Easterlings of Rhûn, under the supposed leadership of Khamul the Easterling (second Nazgul in command). It was part of a larger invasion force which was also involved in the three sieges of Lorien. Both the sieges and the Battle Under the Trees took place around the same time, the plan being to attack the north from multiple directions and not allowing the dwarves, men and elves gather together their forces.
0:58 That line becomes even more meaningfull when you know a bit about Galadriels history. A long time before the story of the lord of the rings, during the first Age, Fëanor, considered to be the greatest Elf to exist (seriously it took multiple Balrogs to kill him) asked, almost demanded, from Galadriel a single strand of her hair. She denied him three times because of his arrogance (though back then she herself was quite pridefull). Here she freely gives Gimli, a dwarf who wasnt even part of royal line, not one but three.
+PuellaRogue Its common knowledge that the constitution of a dwarf is far far greater then the one of an elf. Their only strength against them really. I would say intoxication is a fortitude save so unless Legolas rolled stupid good, Gimli should have won easily. The dwarf body is much better in handling poisons, alcohol, stress and pain. The scene where Gimli explains that dwarfs are short sprinters is also not logical. A dwarf has superior stamina and can run for days. Elfs on the other hand can run really fast, light and stealthily but not for a great amount of time.
I love Gimli because he’s the essence of all Dwarfs. Stubborn, quick to anger, loyal to a fault, resourceful, and wears his heart on his sleeve. His admiration for Arogorn is only surpassed by his mutual friendship earned with Legolas
Every time I hear what gift he got from Galadriel it still gives me goosebumps. He doesnt even understand the implications of his gift. Its possibly what made Legolas actually begin to respect him.
In the book he understood -- he said he would encase the hair in crystal to stand as a token of newfound goodwill between his household and the Elves. And it's possible that because of that goodwill that he was allowed to enter the Undying Lands with Legolas after the death of Aragorn.
@@robertak2659 He did not actually know, if you had read the context of the scene, you would have realized he did that as a form of honor to Galadriel, he gave his own importance to the hair, he did not know the true value of it.
During the wargs attack in the Two Towers, there was a wag attacking Gimli. He was bracing himself for the fight and siad "Bring your pretty face to my axe". Legolas killed the wag with an arrow and Gimli said: "And that one counts as mine". It is just so funny how can you miss it. Also, when Éowyn asked Gimli if he wanted her stew, he literally smelled it and said "No, I couldn't". 4:51 should also add: "Salted pork👁👄👁". After the black ship was taken and the trio landed: Gimli said "There is plenty for the both of us, may the best dwarf win".
EVERY gimli quote is great. John Rhys-Davies was a God among men in this role. His acting is so good, Jackson had no choice but to give him TWO roles, his talent being too great to be contained in one.
How Gimli changes throughout the Peter Jackson’s movies, lends to the fact that the most stubborn of people can change and that the most unlikeliest of bonds and friendships can come about from anywhere.
Best Gimli quotation, from the book - "Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would have never come, had I known the danger of light and joy."
Legolas is a wood elf, which means he has partied alot since wood elves love to party. The fact that he's a prince means he had acces to the best elvish wine for millenia (which is stronger then regular beer) And not to forget that elves have a natural immunity to poison. So the fact that Gimli managed to get legolas to drink so much beer that he started to feel a slight tingling in his fingers is extremely impressive.
Gimli is written so God damn perfectly perfect stubbornness...over talkative and competivness against elves it was God tier writing. And over the rain and sound of metal I could hear a deep voice just counting.
Two of my faves not in this video: “Release us. You gave us your word” Gimli: “Bad idea. Very handy in a tight spot these lads, despite the fact they’re dead.” *Aragorn beheads mouth of Sauron Gimli: “I guess that concludes negotiations.”
@@bayramg668 No, Thorin told Thranduil "Die a fiery death!" to which Thranduil replied "Don't talk to me of dragon fire!" Very impressive that an elf understands Dwarfish. Few elves have managed that.
Legolas: “He was twitching.” Gimli: “He was twitching... because I have my axe embedded in his nervous system! If only that quote made it to the final cut.
@@qr-code6334 it’s only in the extended version. The final cut version does not have it. I grew up watching that version and I never saw this scene in it.
It's weird but I never thought about how strong Aragorn must be to be able to toss Gimli over that distance. Just tossing Gimli's armor and weapons by themselves should be pretty damn hard, tossing Gimli himself also is just insane.
I love the two warriors keeping count. Tolkien I believe was taking reference to Julius Caesar's Chronicles of the Gallic war where he talks about Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus competing in this way. These characters of course later featured on HBO'S "ROME"
Gimli is a 10/10 example of a comic relief character who is actually funny and isn't obnoxious and is actually useful and doesn't just sit around for no reason.
It works for Gimli because
A.) He's useful and does far more than just make jokes
B.) His humor is very character-specific. Every funny thing he says is funny because it's Gimli saying it, and the humorous ways he responds to various situations are very in-character
one big issue i have with the extended editions is there's even more gimli comic relief, when it would've been nice if he had been fleshed out at least a little more.
@@Definitely_Not_Sheev_Palpatine This is true. Merry and Pippin were able to deliver the slapstick or dimwitted styles of joke, Smeagol/Gollum the nonsensical and strange and Gimli the hyper masculine competitive humour.
Spreading the humour across characters like this allows each character to breathe and have a rational reason for being included in the plot.
Compare Jar Jar. Had he been clumsy under pressure but keen to consider options when given time to do so, he could've been a valuable foil to Anakin's rage. Were he a physical specimen with no mind for strategy or decision making, he would counter the Jedi teaching neatly yet remain a useful ally. Meanwhile, C3PO and R2D2 could've taken some comedic aspects from him - as could young Anakin and even Yoda.
@@adamrobinson6951 Well said.
"NOT THE BEARD!!"
"Dad, will you tell me about the battle of Helms Deep?"
"It was a dark night, the smell of blood and the rotting meat filled the air around me as I drew my last Breath...then a mighty Dwarven warrior saved me...I'll never forget what he said"
"What did he say dad?"
"32"
Underrated.
Lmao
Counting with Gimli son of Gloin
Lmao
What a legend
“Let them come… there is one dwarf yet in Moria that still draws breath.”
God tier line
this is the line that converted me into a Gimli fan. i love him so much and it took 20 years. it was when i put captions on the extended version for the first time and read every line. he said that and i immediately loved what a bad ass he was. never really realized it growing up.
With that Welsh accent makes it 10x better as well
i dig the german translation here more.
"Hier ist noch ein Zwerg der nicht zu Staub zerfallen ist".
which would translate to "there is still one more dwarf who hasn't crumbled to dust."
If you pay attention, you'll notice Gimli only had the single head axes till he got to the Mines of Moria. He aquired the Double Sided Axe used throughout the trilogy in the tomb and that axe belonged to his father's cousin Balin....known as the Lord of Moria.
And in the BOOK, that thing had a NAME.
"Durin's Axe."
This movie just got more epic.
@@Vyrexuviel was the axe actually used by Durin?
@@aeroanosupremo No Idea, but in the book, the chamber they're in is called the "Chamber of Mazabel", or the Chamber of Records. Before the fight, they found a book in there, which chronicled the fortunes of Balin's expedition, and it explicitly mentions both "Durin's Axe" and "something Helm", probably relics that the dwarves retrieved from wherever the King of the Dwarves' regalia was stolen off to by the orcs. If I'm right, then the axe Gimli picked up to use in that fight, and which he kept for the rest of the adventure is that so-named Durin's Axe. The Axe of the Dwarven King. But that's just my wild speculation. ^^
Wow. will check that in next lort marathon
Wow. will check that in next lort marathon
helms deep was a fight for survival for men , but for gimli and legolas just another ranked co-op multiplayer
hahahaha truee :'')
kissos man lol so true
kissos man so true
kissos man i think every battle is just another ranked co-op multiplayer for both of them. lol.
you are very right
"He was twitching because He's Got MY AXE EMBEDDED IN HIS NERVOUS SYSTEM!!!!!"
I lost it.
had to check my heart was still beating XD
***** that might be why i died laughing XD
I lost it as well, fell of my chair.
Yeah, but were people aware of a nervous system since Middle-earth is kind of in old days?
Superfirefox1996 of course, they also used nukes when t'was required
Gimli is secretly the most intelligent Creature at his time. He knew about the nervous system at a time when people believed thoughts originated in the heart.
No he didn't. LOTR isn't an historical work.
gimli the witcher dwarf
@@aidanmagill6769 fucking obviously
@@aidanmagill6769 are you sure? We weren't there.
Well considering there are wizards that work magic. There might be more efficient studies on the human body. So people's knowing about the nervouss system isn't that surprising.
Aragorn: Sword that can fight the dead.
Legolas: Tries to shot them with a bow.
Gimli: *Blows agressivly*
Only 2 of the three were able to achieve success so
Hey it worked.
He did beat the Elf though!
That's the most intelligent thing. You can't cut or shoot green farts, come on
"We Dwarfs are natural sprinters, very dangerous on short distances!"
No one believed that in 2002, but then 11 years later Bombur proved us all wrong!
I think Beorn played a huge factor.
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The dumb thing is that this line contradicts the book directly
@Leonardo Cesana it never fails to make me laugh! 😂
melkor lapich That the opposite is true? That dwarves are better cross country than sprinting because of their short legs but great endurance? Yeah, it’s supposed to. That was the whole point of Gimli’s line, it’s the same way he said he has the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a fox but failed to notice the elves drawing their bowstrings in his face. It was meant to be completely contradictory to reality.
You missed the best quote:
"Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?"
You rite
@@carsonofson2347 you mean "right", right?
Dude how do they skip that one?
Ikr
Exactly. How could they leave that one out? SMH.
"This is unheard of; an elf will go underground when a dwarf dare not? Oh... I'd never hear the end of it" 😂
im glad barely anyone liked your failed attempt at promoting your terrible channel, good try tho
"The dwarf breathes so loud we could have shot him in the dark."
Lol Haldir is savage
Haldir AND Darken Rahl.
i'm convinced the weapons drawn on them was merely to scare gimili, they knew who they were the entire time XD
Meme lol
The dwarf breathes so strongly he can blow away the dead.
@@lordfury18 So the elves fail basic weapon safety. Knife eared wankers.
"nobody tosses a dwarf"
*a film later*
"I cant make the jump, toss me, dont tell the elf"
stole ma comment.
how rude
didnt see it, sorry
Not gonna lie, "Toss me" wasn't the best way to say it.
ANGL KING DHIA would you prefer toss me off lol
To be fair, the King of Gondor isn't exactly a "nobody." It can still be argued that nobody can toss a dwarf.
It was fun when I realized the man who plays Gimli is taller than anyone else in the fellowship of the ring.
Omenakookos haha yes! Same with Richard Armitage (Thorin). I think Lee Pace was the tallest main actor at 6'4", but Richard and Graham McTavish were very close behind, both over 6'. Yet they have to appear to be about 5' tall. Movie magic is great.
Omenakookos it made it easier for them to show that the hobbits are smaller then the dwarves
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I believe Sir Christopher Lee was taller?
@@basicpigeonbee yes, he was 6'6"
"He's twitching because he's got my AXE EMBEDDED IN HIS NERVOUS SYSTEM!" By far my line line from Gimli.
line line
The thing that really sold it was his yanking on the axe and the orc randomly spasming.
@@Elthenar The actors who play the orcs and Uruk-Hai in the films really don’t get enough credit 🤣
The lord of the rings had such masculine male characters. But they were definitely not toxic because they fought for the ones they loved and cared about.
“Where is he?! I’m gonna kill him!!”
*bursts into tears the minute he sees Aragorn*
Also Gimli counting his kills in the voice of a bear is the coolest thing I’ve heard today.
That’s me when my best friend comes back to school after being sick 😭
*You missed the most heartwarming one of them all:*
"Never thought I'd die fighting side-by-side with an Elf."
"What about fighting side-by-side with a friend?"
"Aye, I could do that."
AaAaAaAaAah
Stop...what am i feeling 😭😭😭😭
Instead you get a burp and some moaning.
agreed
Awww :')! Don't make me hold tears back!
Men of Helm’s Deep: *laying down their lives for their freedom and people*
Gimli: *seventeen! Eighteen! Nineteen! Twenty!*
*TWENTY-OOOOOOONE!*
@@ianbruce1745 TWENTY-TTTWWWOOOO!
Honestly, I'd probably find that at least a bit inspiring. Him being on their side and all.
@@SubduedRadical Right! Its surely a huge Moral boost to the troops.
"That Dwarf is killing them all by himself! His at Twenty already!"
And how quickly he counted when smacking down the orc's on the ladders. "His really getting em!"
And his rather "calm" counting might even have had a slight calming effect among all that chaos.
TWENNYONE
I very genuinely love how they portrayed Gimli. He is the comic relief, yes, but he is also an absolute badass.
Yeah
He works as a comic relief, because as someone said in this comment section, they split the comic relief between him, Merry and Pippin and, oddly enough, Gollum; all with their own way of being funny.
@@varric Indeed. Though with Gollum/Sméagol in particular, he is both funny and tragic.
Aragorn's disbelieving "What?" in response to Gimli's "Toss me!" is PRICELESS!
And the "don't tell the elf" lmao
I really love how you can hear Giml I counting as he kills orcs even when the camera zooms out. It's like the whole battle is made up of men and elves and a ton of orcs and then there's this one noisy dwarf who can be heard the whole time screaming while he's wracking up kills.
Man it’s just like Vermintide
Haha that’s the signal for the Uruk-Hai to steer clear of those two particular ladders!
@@thelordchancellor3454 I love that game
no stouter companion in battle than a dwarf. There like wombats, you can literally throw them at the enemy and get impressive results.
I still think that the final kill count was a bit off, even after all this time. I'm pretty sure both Legolas and Gimli got AT LEAST 100+ each!
Gimli: not a word to the elf
Aragorn: K
*five days later*
Aragorn: So then he says ‘toss me’
Ten days?!
Aragorn told Legolas about it the following morning.
@@tiaaaron3278 Aragorn told Legolas as soon as he and Gimli had been pulled up the wall. In fact he was shouting it while being pulled up.
Aragon is Toss boi confirmed
@@lisahenry20 and that is why they are best friedns
@@lisahenry20 did he really? That would be funny af but i can't imagine Aragorn being so humorous during battle when his men are dying and fighting for their lives..
John Rhys Davies who played Gimli was the tallest member of the fellowship, 20 years later I still love that fact. He also decided to portray Gimli with predominantly a Scottish accent, with a smattering of others, yet as Treebeard he stuck with Welsh, which he his.
He's a girthy fellow for one so tall
@@alext2566 we are bred big in height (if we are lucky) but definitely wide in Wales.
I've always seen the dwarves as Scots, and the Rohirrim as Irish.
@@retriever19golden55 makes the elves welsh then? Baring in mind the language is very similar 😜
@@retriever19golden55 nah, Rohirrim is Northumbrians
Not a lot of people know why gimli being given 3 of galadriels hairs is so important.
It's a long story. But to sum it up quick. She deemed him to be completely pure of heart.
Thanks for sharing. I'm not into the books, but it definately adds a nice layer of context to the movies.
I add more.
Centuries before Faenor, perhaps the greatest elven smith in the Middle Earth and grandfather of Celebrimbor, asked for a single strand of her hair. Yet Galadriel refused. She felt the darkness on his heart, the greed and envy running inside him. And he requested it in 3 ocasions.
Granting three to Gimli is, as result, a proof that she trusts and believes on the pure hearted dwarf more than one of her folk.
@@fabiocosta3830, I'll add more. Feanor created the Silmarills because he was inspired by the concept that Galadriel's hair captured the merged light of the Two Trees of Valinor, which were the source of light before the sun. Once Melkor and Ungoliant had poisoned the two trees, and Feanor was denied strands of Galadriel's hair, the Silmarills were the only way of retaining the light of the trees. Feanor hoarded the gems and would not allow the Gods (the Valar) to restore the two trees with their light. This allowed Melkor to steal them and retreat to Middle Earth.
Feanor then swore an oath to pursue Melkor and regain the Silmarils. It was this oath that first led the Elves to return to Middle Earth from Valar since creation, and though the elves were never strong enough to directly oppose Melkor...it would be this conflict over the Silmarils that would lead to much death and sadness among the elves in Middle Earth. This is essentially the beginning of recorded history in Middle Earth.
Eventually, one would be recovered by Beren...and eventually through a long story set in the heavens as the brightest evening star.
The other two would not be recovered for a long time...and their recovery would be resisted by the jewels themselves. The two elves that recovered them from Melkor's defeat would throw themselves into a volcano and the sea respectively. Meaning that the three jewels would reside in the sky, sea, and land.
It is said that when the end of time comes, the Valar (the Gods) will reunite the gems, and Feanor will open them and restore the two trees and the world will again be restored to perfection.
So...Galadriel's hair is as desired as the three most powerful peaces of jewelry EVER KNOWN in all the history of Middle Earth. They are even more desired than Sauron's ring of power.
Feanor, one of the most accomplished and powerful Elves EVER asked for them even to restore the world...and Galadriel said no.
So, when Gimli asks and she gives him three...its a HUGELY significant symbolic gesture.
@dclark142002 also Feanor caused a metric ton of problems because of those gems as well
I feel bad for Gimli when they're running across the plains. Legolas and Aragorn are all lightly armored and Gimli is wearing all plate and chainmail and carrying 4-5 iron axes.
not to mention his shorter steps
really?
Dwarves have shit tons of stamina, he might not have been the fastest sprinter but in terms of continued pursuit over hundreds of miles he was a monster
Nope, chapter: The riders of rohan p 25 'They were going slowly now, and Gimli's back was bent. Stonehard are the dwarves in labour or journey, but this endless chase began to tell on him, as all hope failed in his heart. Aragorn walked behind him, grim and silent, stooping now and again to scan some print or mark upon the ground. Only Legolas stepped as lightly as ever, his feet hardly seeming to press the grass, leaving no footprints as he passed,...'
Kitti Koen I love it when people quote the book
we dwarves are natural sprinters. very dangerous over short distances
@P Dwarves were made to be tireless. Their muscles don't ache.
They may be slower, but they keep on going
dwarves are always at short distances :D
@@R.E.D.A.C.T.E.D. GET THE FUCK OUT.
Good pun, btw. But seriously, get out.
wake up dwarves, the human is taking our lady folks
@@averinus7706 Of course they're tireless. Imagine a dwarf with tires...
They missed my favorite. When they're getting off the boat with the army of the dead in Osgiliath, Gimli says, "There's plenty for the both of us, may the best dwarf win!"
I just love that Gimli got three hairs from Galadriel and Legolas understands the weight of that development to such an extent that he respects Gimli considerably more for the rest of the story. His genuine kind demeanor erased an era’s worth of animosity and racial hatred
This is why I love LOTR's. Everyone is a main character in their own way.
I sometimes forget Eomer is a side character
I think it is because of this movie, is legendary, everything in this movie is just perfect, without this movie i may never know LOTR and Tolkien
You couldn't have said it better mate 👌🏻
Every character of the fellowship in the films and books are important to the story.
@@franbow984 lol gotta be careful of overgeneralization: Tom Bombadil. Great character but of no consequence to the plot.
Gimli: *sees 5000 heavily armed Urukhi*
Gimli: “AAHH cmon we can take them”
@Rauno-Rainis Pähkel i mean im not gonna call ya a smartass
@Rauno-Rainis Pähkel Smartass!
Didn't want you going through life disappointed. ;-)
"It's a long way"
In the Scottish accent always kills me.
It's a credit to the LOTR that it still feels like believeable fiction without taking you out of the adventure despite them being able to rack up all those kills.
Meanwhile the Studio made Hobbit movies have scenes where the characters talk about being ready to take on 100s (1000s?) of Orcs on their way in open ground with no cover as just the two of them and it seems so silly and like you're watching a dumb video game instead lol.
I know orcs don’t suffer from demoralisation, but having a 4”1 dwarf with an enormous axe counting his kills in front of the remaining orcs as he’s notching them up must have done something, surely.
"Orcs don't suffer from demoralization."
Tell that to the Orcs getting run over by the Rohirrim.
Me personally i would surrender
@@PeachDragon_ Fine. You surrender. Make sure they tie you up good. Gives me more time to run away.
“Orcs don’t suffer from demoralization.”
Then why did they shit themselves during the Battle of the Five Armies when 13 extra dwarves popped up
tell that to the orcs i torture on a regular basis in shadow of war.
I am very shocked to find out everyone missed his actual greatest line. during the fight with the warg scouts, just after he falls off the horse and gets up, the man himself lays out the challenge with "Bring your pretty face to my AXE"
“Nobody tosses a dwarf”
“Toss me, I can’t make the jump”
The character development 😩😩
Only a toss from a friend will be accepted !
Holy crap never connected that
I enjoy how Aragorn made the toss so it looked like Gimli jumped that far anyway
As long as elves don't know about it...
@@kyoswkyosw1216 Pretty sure it was the CGI making it look like that. You'd have to be pretty stacked to be able to physically throw all 6'1" of John Rhys-Davies across a film set.
Can we talk about how strong Aragorn is for being able to toss a dwarf in the first place they're dense little muscle machines that are way heavier than any man or elf, Aragorn's a freaking strong dude
Yeah, not bad for an 80 year old right?
@@kebsis almost 90 which makes even freaking better
Plus he is wearing more armor than anyone else. Impressive
Aragorn is not human.
@@shinjiprofile Aragorn is mostly human, but the type of human that's better than all the rest in middle earth
Legolas' interaction @4:20 is really underrated. It's the first time he really lets down his guard with Gimli and isn't competing with him as a dwarf with all that history and animosity; he is more annoyed he lost the competition with his friend. Typically Legolas would have said Gimli was lying about the amount of kills, but he 100% trusts his word and has to make a white lie of his own to be even with his friend.
Actually, he lied to win. If he killed the Uruk instead of Gimli, he wins by one.
Gimli angry puffing at the air to get rid of the ghost hands always had me wheezing uncontrollably when I first saw the movie as a little kid. 😂😂😂😂
I put a carburetor fire out like that once on a 68 Cougar
"Is this your brother?" "Thats me wife!" "And some horrible goblin mutant?" "THATS MY SON!!"
Actually he said "that is my wife!"
And "that's me we lad gimli"
Lol
What's this from ?
@@Jake-rj6ql ua-cam.com/video/UC6sKTqfgg8/v-deo.html
@@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal Love Your Name
"He is twitching because MY AXE IS IMBEDDED INTO HIS NERVOUS SYSTEM!"
They would .
*Mah axe
Well, it was discovered in Ancient Greece, I believe.
i thought he said 'ass'
Im sure elves can figure out the nervous system within their lifespan
"Give me your name, Horsemaster, and I shall give ye mine." The mix of courtesy and "fuck around and find out" energy of it should have put this line on the list.
They were the boys. All from different sides of life and backgrounds but they always had one another’s back. The back and forth between Legolas and Gimli is priceless. They never said they loved one another as a brother but they didn’t have to. You could see how much they cared for each other.
“What’s going on down there??”
“Shall I describe it to you? Or would you like me to find you a box?”
“Hahahahahahahahahaha!”
This whole video was a big dry hump because they didn't include that one.
I just realised the context of that comment. All these years I assumed he meant a box to use as his coffin. I didn't realise he also meant to stand on.
"I asked for a single stand of hair from her golden head. She gave me three." If you look up the lore, this has more meaning than you know.
Feanor, right?
Nope. Harry Potter.
Rougarou uh
@@Rougarou99 no
@@imme246 Yes.
My favorite thing about Gimli is that he is genuinely a terrifying killing machine on the battlefield.
"It still only counts as one!" Is probably the best line of the entire trilogy.
*tries to blow away the ghosts*
gotta use the b to blow skills X3
You know what with you and your old Mark references? XD
X3 idk :p
i couldn't stop laughing even when i tried
*DOES* BLOW AWAY THE GHOSTS
I love that a majority of gimli's decision making is based on dwarves hate of elves rather than you know...
Self preservation
Well elves are generally condescending bastards, to give them the satisfaction of losing to them is worse than death
Because f*ck elves. Knife eared d*ouches
The definition of "I exist in spite of you."
@@Deadlock239 dwarf spotted
Elves don't deserve rights
The kill count of Gimli is actually insane once you think about it, he defeats way taller oponents in hand to hand combat.
Don't quote me on this.
But I'm preeettyyy sure its mentioned that Dwarfs are noticeably stronger then men, in general.
@@WolfFireheart yes absolutely, they're stronger than both elves and men. Who are in turn slightly stronger than Orcs. However, take into consideration that Uruk Hai are superpowered Orcs, about as tall as men and stronger. And dwarves also lack a far reach which can be terrible for combat. But yes, Dwarves are stronger.
@@Killerwale-hk4wy
I speculate, that a well trained Dwarf like Gimli is stronger then the Uruk Hai. As we see Gimli slam his axe through Uruk plate armor. Granted Uruk armor isn't thaat great. But its still plate.
So with this in mind, I think, or believe that as long as Gimli isn't caught off guard, he can easily stop/parry most attacks aimed at him. And when he counter attacks with his axe, he wouldn't need as much space to get the axe up to deadly force. Or at least enough force to knock someone down to then deliver a finishing blow.
And that is how I see him doing these impressive feats. His just, raw strength helps him bulldoze through most disadvantages.
Also just as a side note. We don't see, or at least I don't remember seeing Uruk's with great swords. Mostly one handed swords and shield. Gimli's axe that he picks up in Moria is a great axe. So despite the size differences. Gimli's axe gives he more reach, so the reach difference miiiight not be as big as it seems?
Gimli is a great character. He's like a miniature battle tank.
Who knew an elf, a man and a dwarf could be such a well balanced trio
Aragon is a super human, numenorean, that's what balances the trio.
+Georgie Pineda numenorians aren't super humans, they are just gifted with long life
He's a descendant of the Numenoreans, he is a Dunedain
who knew? Tolkien apparently.
What I'm more concerned about is that apparently their DM let them have two rangers and a fighter. Couldn't he at least convince one of them to play a cleric or something?
3:14 is one of my favorite moments. Imagine walking hundreds of miles to war to climb a ladder, only to reach the top and have a dwarf get a crotch shot on you.
😂😂😂😂
Dwarves will beat you from the waist down 😂😂
dont remind me, i had tear in my eyes after seeing that for the first time
Urk Hai: I must fulfill my destiny! I will be known as a hero back in Isengard.
@@Darksaviour balls got chopped
I absolutely adore that scene at 2:02 . Eowyn, gimli and Aragorn just being lovable
"I asked her for one hair from her golden head. She gave me three..."
The amount of history behind that small action speaks a lot to Gimli's character and his respect for Galadriel and her beauty. Him asking was actually a giant faux pas among the elves, as one of Galadriel's relatives constantly asked for strands of her hair to create something, rather than out of respect for her, so she always denied him.
And here walks up this little dwarf, child of a race unbegotten by god, who when offered a gift by Galadriel said he needed nothing. But when she said she'd give anything in her power, all he asked was a hair from her head, not for anything but to admire her beauty from afar. And she gave him three.
4:26
"He was already dead!"
"He was twitching."
"He was twitching 'cause he's got my axe embedded in his nervous system!"
I want that on a t-shirt
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I used to think that axe was ass
I like how when the axe moves the orc flails.
That was gold! I just laughed at it and saw this
I love how this implies that science is advanced enough in Middle Earth that they know about nervous systems
3:25
Gimli is a spawncamper.
Yasss
comment of the day
Nikolas Arvonen It's not camping, it's called "Aggressively waiting"
Nikolas Arvonen Gimli is not a spawn camper, he is *THE INVENTOR* of spawn killing
It's a legitimate strategy.
I still find it hilarious that John Reese Davies, was actually one of the tallest members of the cast.
What is always found amusing is that at 4:42 Gimili says "he was twitching becaus he got my axe imbedded in his nervous system" this implies that the dwarfs of middle earth have some sense of anatomy pretty interesting.
Without their knowledge of anatomy bifur would've never survived the axe in his head
They missed the best one of them all...
"And they call it a mine.. A MINE!!"
Which movie?
@@commenent8313 First one? When they enter Moria.
@@jakomioftherose2434 Oh ok. I just didn’t remember that part. Thx tho!
I came here for this one! “A miiiiiine!”
This is no mine. It's a tomb
2 more
1. "Soon master elf, you'll be enjoying the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves. Roaring fires, Malt beer, Ripe meat off the bone.
2. "Certainty of Death, small chance of success, what are we waiting for?"
and lets not forget: "Theres plenty for the both of us, let the best dwarf win."
Also
Gimli: I never tought I would die side by side with an elf.
Legolas: How about side by side with a friend?
Gimli: I, I could do that.
233Deadman The best line in the world :D
the key is to keep breathing?
You also forgot:
Gimli to Aragorn: Well Lad, if its luck you live by, lets hope it last's the night.
Legolas: Your friends are with you Aragorn.
Gimli: Lets hope, they last the night................
AND
Gimli: This new Gandalf's more grumpier than the old one....
After years of watching and reading, Gimli has become one of my absolute favorite characters. Terribly underrated.
He was like the hearth of The Fellowship and could always be counted on to punch way over his level.
*"TIE ME TO AN ARROW AND LAUNCH ME INTO MORDOR, I AM READY TO DIE!"* 😂
Him vigorously blowing away the ghost hands always kills me. 🤣
His best quote was in the book. Willing to fight to the death when Eómer didn’t agree that Galadriel wasn’t the most beautiful
Aah the beauty of a well written character
“Riding is tiring work. Yet my axe is restless in my hand. Give me a row of orc-necks and room to swing and all weariness will fall from me!”
@@gawainethefirst I wonder if they kept breeding some orcs after the wars, just for Gimli and Legolas to have some fun 😁
To learn the praise of a fair lady under the loving strokes of a dwarf's axe will seem no great wonder
@@TrangDB9 they're hunting the rest which escaped at the gate of mordor haha
Gimli trying to blow the dead hands away is like me when I see a bee outside
Hahaha, this made me laugh, thanks
I was at that exact moment when i read your comment
Yeah, such a good quote
@@darthvader5263 in late October?? Where are bees at this season?
@@thejohnson2328 If you're in the Southern hemisphere, any place with flowers
He may be comic relief but he is a badass warrior and a loyal friend. The kind of man (well, dwarf) you’d want with you in the trenches.
My favorite fact about Gimli is that he got three strands of hair from Galadriel, where other, more prominent characters failed to get even one. He's the G!
"It's the Dwarves that go swimming with little hairy women!" 😂
I spat my drink when he said that.
I missed the line but was trying to chew when i read your comment and almost died haha
I got to use that line in D&D to great effect playing as a my dwarf Duranir when some human wench was hitting on me lmao
Gimli was definitely buzzing! 🤣
That doesn't even make sense and isn't funny. He's saying "Here's to dwarves that go swimming with little, hairy women." Use your brain.
One of my favourite bits:
Elrond: "The ring must be destroyed"
Gimli: "What are we waiting for?" tries to break the One ring with the axe.
A good answer for those in rush and who have not read the book to say "Aw, c'mon, gotta be simple to melt a simple ring in any good forge, right?"...
Lord Jeffries my fave too hahaha
I don't know why, but seeing Gimli's solution to ward off the spirits of the damned being frantically blowing at them until they go away just cracks me everytime 😂.
Reading the books you’d never think of Gimli as comic relief.
While he is very poetic in the books, most of his lines are ironically funny in a badass sort of way, his exchange with Theoden about the shield always makes me chuckle a little.
Imo in the books, Legolas is funnier than Gimli, because Legolas is so weird compared to everyone else in the fellowship. They make a good comic duo.
I love how some of these weren't even quotes, they were just situations, but they were still amazing
5:05
Lol right and him blowing the ghostly hands away
hahaha "he was twitching because he has my axe imbedded in his nervous system" lmfao
Aquarius 510 You know what would make that scene even better if Aragon walks past them and just says 74
Razay 95 lmao!!!! yesss!!!
If i remember it right (it was like 2 years ago)
He says "in his head" in the german version of the movie
Piotr Dubrawski it is a possibility people knew about the nervous system for a very long time. Records dating all the way back to ancient Egypt when pharaohs would get mummified mentioned muscle movement after death due to specific muscles being touched. So it's very well possible for it to be known in medieval fantasy. A good example is looking at medieval autopsies. You'd be very surprised, doctors back then knew a good amount about the human body, they just didn't know until after the fact and how to experiment.
He is royalty. So, theoretically he could actually be very book smart, for Middle Earth that is. So who knows.
I feel like the older I get, the more Gimli starts to become my favorite character
"We dwarves are natural sprinters, very dangerous at short distances"
"If only I could summon a legion of dwarves, fully armed and filthy!" One of my personal fav quote that failed to make the cut
Ty Robertson "I believe war is already marching on their doorstep."
@@FreedomFighter08 nice refference made to the other battles that place at the same time as the siege of Minas Tirith: the three sieges of Lorien, the battles in Mirkwood (the Battle Under the Trees) and the battle of Dale and Erebor (battle which cost the life of King Dain Ironfoot for Erebor and King Brand for Dale).
@@FreedomFighter08 nice refference made to the other battles that place at the same time as the siege of Minas Tirith: the three sieges of Lorien, the battles in Mirkwood (the Battle Under the Trees) and the battle of Dale and Erebor (battle which cost the life of King Dain Ironfoot for Erebor and King Brand for Dale).
@dianna k Thranduil's kingdom was attacked by an orc host from Dol Guldur and possibly Easterlings of Rhûn, under the supposed leadership of Khamul the Easterling (second Nazgul in command). It was part of a larger invasion force which was also involved in the three sieges of Lorien. Both the sieges and the Battle Under the Trees took place around the same time, the plan being to attack the north from multiple directions and not allowing the dwarves, men and elves gather together their forces.
"That still only counts as one!"
My personal favourite Gimli quote.
0:58 That line becomes even more meaningfull when you know a bit about Galadriels history. A long time before the story of the lord of the rings, during the first Age, Fëanor, considered to be the greatest Elf to exist (seriously it took multiple Balrogs to kill him) asked, almost demanded, from Galadriel a single strand of her hair. She denied him three times because of his arrogance (though back then she herself was quite pridefull). Here she freely gives Gimli, a dwarf who wasnt even part of royal line, not one but three.
2:27 Gimli benches 405 as his warmup. Insane Power
Never enter a drinking game with Legolas.
That's shitty. Nobody beats dwarves to a drinking game.
Pierre Dudoret That's kinda funny, because Legolas did in this video
.... Which explains why I'm talking about it....
Never enter a drinking competition with Legolas...... Unless you are Thranduil
+PuellaRogue Its common knowledge that the constitution of a dwarf is far far greater then the one of an elf. Their only strength against them really. I would say intoxication is a fortitude save so unless Legolas rolled stupid good, Gimli should have won easily. The dwarf body is much better in handling poisons, alcohol, stress and pain.
The scene where Gimli explains that dwarfs are short sprinters is also not logical. A dwarf has superior stamina and can run for days. Elfs on the other hand can run really fast, light and stealthily but not for a great amount of time.
I love Gimli because he’s the essence of all Dwarfs. Stubborn, quick to anger, loyal to a fault, resourceful, and wears his heart on his sleeve. His admiration for Arogorn is only surpassed by his mutual friendship earned with Legolas
0:12, *”NOT THE BEARD!!!!!”*
Best line of Gimli, son of Gloin.
5:50 Legolas sound so genuinely worried😆
the return of the king: the mouth of sauron -
Aragorn - *chops off his head*
Gimli - "I guess that concludes negotiations"
XD
That's only in the director's cut, didn't make the film original release
Dave! Yognau(gh)t its treason then
@@goonxxi lots of the scenes in this video are from extended edition
@@hendrikkranen662 hello there
@@nucleargoat6007 General Kenobi
Every time I hear what gift he got from Galadriel it still gives me goosebumps. He doesnt even understand the implications of his gift. Its possibly what made Legolas actually begin to respect him.
In the book he understood -- he said he would encase the hair in crystal to stand as a token of newfound goodwill between his household and the Elves. And it's possible that because of that goodwill that he was allowed to enter the Undying Lands with Legolas after the death of Aragorn.
thraunduil...wel done son ...
@@robertak2659 Also, in the book, he and Legolas started being friends before the gift.
@@robertak2659
He did not actually know, if you had read the context of the scene, you would have realized he did that as a form of honor to Galadriel, he gave his own importance to the hair, he did not know the true value of it.
@@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 what was the true value/meaning?
During the wargs attack in the Two Towers, there was a wag attacking Gimli. He was bracing himself for the fight and siad "Bring your pretty face to my axe". Legolas killed the wag with an arrow and Gimli said: "And that one counts as mine". It is just so funny how can you miss it. Also, when Éowyn asked Gimli if he wanted her stew, he literally smelled it and said "No, I couldn't". 4:51 should also add: "Salted pork👁👄👁". After the black ship was taken and the trio landed: Gimli said "There is plenty for the both of us, may the best dwarf win".
warg*
EVERY gimli quote is great. John Rhys-Davies was a God among men in this role. His acting is so good, Jackson had no choice but to give him TWO roles, his talent being too great to be contained in one.
"The salted pork is particularly good"
Gimli: "salted pork.....?"
Gimli, the very definition of a friend you can trust as far as you can throw.
Saw what you did there. I'm sure you can trust him further than that.
@@vilstef6988 I would trust him a loth further then I can toss him.
John Rhys Davies was just one of the awesome casting choices that made this movie series so good.
How Gimli changes throughout the Peter Jackson’s movies, lends to the fact that the most stubborn of people can change and that the most unlikeliest of bonds and friendships can come about from anywhere.
Best Gimli quotation, from the book - "Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would have never come, had I known the danger of light and joy."
I died of laughter at the "slight tingle in my fingers" quote.
Legolas is a wood elf, which means he has partied alot since wood elves love to party.
The fact that he's a prince means he had acces to the best elvish wine for millenia (which is stronger then regular beer)
And not to forget that elves have a natural immunity to poison.
So the fact that Gimli managed to get legolas to drink so much beer that he started to feel a slight tingling in his fingers is extremely impressive.
5:53
Ok og comment
Gimli is written so God damn perfectly perfect stubbornness...over talkative and competivness against elves it was God tier writing.
And over the rain and sound of metal I could hear a deep voice just counting.
"we dwarfs are natural sprinters! Very dangerous at short distance."
Two of my faves not in this video:
“Release us. You gave us your word”
Gimli: “Bad idea. Very handy in a tight spot these lads, despite the fact they’re dead.”
*Aragorn beheads mouth of Sauron
Gimli: “I guess that concludes negotiations.”
I loved those moments XD
Did you say salted pork?
I think those negotiations were … short.
Obi Wan level of SAS here
"I'm going to kill him! Bless you, laddy!"
what a lovable cute dwarf
Red Judas ugh this! HAHAHAHA
Gimli is my favorite character out of this whole Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. And John Rhys-Davies nailed this role perfectly. 🤘🏻👍🏻
5:30 best quote! “It’s the dwarves that go swimmin, with little hairy women!”
What Gimli said to Haldir at Lorién:
"On your grave that I'll spit on!"
Thanks!! I've searched the comments for the meaning.
Thorin said that to thranduil too.
Strange, I thought it was "I spit on your mother's grave"
@@bayramg668 No, Thorin told Thranduil "Die a fiery death!" to which Thranduil replied "Don't talk to me of dragon fire!"
Very impressive that an elf understands Dwarfish. Few elves have managed that.
Holy shit no wonder aragorn was pissed
Legolas: “He was twitching.”
Gimli: “He was twitching... because I have my axe embedded in his nervous system!
If only that quote made it to the final cut.
It didn't make it? Or is it only in the extended edition, cause I remember seeing this scene multiple times.
@@qr-code6334 it’s only in the extended version. The final cut version does not have it. I grew up watching that version and I never saw this scene in it.
Mentioning the nervous system is kinda meta for the setting on my opinion. I think this is why it's not in the final cut.
It's weird but I never thought about how strong Aragorn must be to be able to toss Gimli over that distance. Just tossing Gimli's armor and weapons by themselves should be pretty damn hard, tossing Gimli himself also is just insane.
I love the two warriors keeping count. Tolkien I believe was taking reference to Julius Caesar's Chronicles of the Gallic war where he talks about Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus competing in this way. These characters of course later featured on HBO'S "ROME"
Irl those 2 always competed on who's the better soldier.
They were both centurions in Caesar's writings