There were three main ways they played with height. For long shots, they used small people in masks next to the real cast, for close shots, they used a guy called "Tall Paul" who was 7'' 1' next to the real cast. They also double- built sets and every weapon and tool to different sizes, and finally, forced perspective, basically using Escher-like camera tricks to make the hobbits seem smaller.
As stated by Tolkien himself, Gandalf would be the only one able to utterly destroy Sauron if he used the ring. However, he would become an even worse tyrant by the ring's influence. So, yep, he's actually super powerful
@@MrNoirocla was his form as a Maiar stronger than that of Saruman or was it just that only he could resist the pull of the ring long enough that he could defeat Sauron with it
@@caedes4367 It's more that Gandalf is the same race as Sauron who was also a Maia. Thus, they were very close in power. With the ring giving him an edge above Sauron, he would be able to destroy him definitively. Also, it's not that the ring would be able to corrupt Gandalf. He would not turn evil. He would be the perfect embodiment of good. But such good would become tyrannical and cruel. There would've been no space for grey in Gandalf's world.
@@MrNoirocla I was more comparing Gandalf to Saruman, since I thought that Saruman was, at that point, stronger than Gandalf. That’s why he was chosen by the Valar to lead the Istari. But thx for the answer any way lol
@@felphero get your informations straight, Tolkien got Gandalfs image from finnish folklore and created him as a kind of angelic guide. And since Rowland surely read LotR you can absolutely be certain she took one or two aspectes from that into her writing...as did everybody since LotR was the defining work for fantasy literature.
I believe Ian McKellen said during the actor’s reaction reel that he played that moment like he was a father hearing his son declare that he has volunteered to go to war. He tried to show the emotions of being proud, but resigned to all the tragedy that would entail. I love that moment!
I always thought that it was relief. In the books, Elrond says something about "If I have understood all that I have heard aright, I think that this task was appointed to you, Frodo." But he doesn't say it until AFTER Frodo has volunteered, because he and Gandalf both know that they don't really feel like they have a right to ask that of him.
You hit the nail on the head when it comes to the ring btw. The reason why are Hobbits are somewaht resistant to the influence of the ring is precisely because they are generally kind and devoid of a lust for power. This actually makes them well equipped to possess the ring.
@@cirdantheshipwright8172 Seriously, I never would have put it together of the books hadn't flat out statedb it. I can't remember the last time someone picked up on that just off the movies.
@@thomast8539 She'd fail about 3 minutes after anyone else would fail. Man, or woman, is not innocent enough to resist such power/evil. Even Gandalf wouldn't take the ring.
Hobbits don't innately desire power over others which is what the ring uses to tempt, hobbits just have too much good ole' hobbit sense about them. A full belly and good earth to farm is all they really seek in life. Its still a powerful pull on them though, it was considered quite remarkable that Bilbo was able to willfully let go of the ring.
JRR Tolkien is almost single-handedly responsible for the modern fantasy genre. And the Lord of the Rings is the archetypal modern fantasy story. This is where it all started.
He wrote the silmarillion during world war 1 in the trenches. At that time, it was just scribblings on paper until eventually after the war and in time was able to bring it all to the books. The orcs were essentially the germans and the french and british were gondor and the elves.
@@kickassandchewbubblegum639 Makes me wonder how different the world would have been if he had died in the war and his "scribblings" been lost forever.
@Orlok TheEternal Mythological monsters with names similar to "orc" can be found in the Old English poem Beowulf, in Early Modern poetry, and in Northern European folk tales and fairy tales. Tolkien stated that he took the name from Beowulf.
It's not _that_ hard to hate the movie trilogy... I may not actually hate it, but I despise it for some of the changes they made in comparison to the books. I don't even mean little things, but huge, critical things - like Frodo's motivation to spare Gollum and take him along. In the books, it's made _very_ clear that his first and foremost reason was pity, and _that_ goodness is what kept the Ring from 'taking over'. Gollum being able to show them the way into Mordor was just a 'bonus', arguably even more of a justification for Sam. But what do we get in the movie? The exact opposite. Cold calculus, with a bit of pity thrown in. With that attitude, Frodo wouldn't even have made it past the swamps without losing to the Ring. Basically, it was both a character assassination as well as a corruption of the message of the whole story. So yeah, I _really_ don't find it all that hard to hate them...
@@A-small-amount-of-peas controversial opinion, the theatrical cut is better. extended has so much content that adds nothing to the story adn drags the movie
@@JoeyBilbo with theatrical cuts they're tailored toward comfort for the theatre goer and in yesteryear to fit more screenings in at cinemas. It's why Directors cuts tend to be longer
@@A-small-amount-of-peas i know what a theatrical cut is. im saying its better. its just a better movie. peter jackson even said so himself that the theatrical cut makes for a better movie
Yes, and that is also why the literary Frodo is 50 years old -- but he doesn't show it. He received the Ring when he was 33, and from that point he was physically changeless, being subject to its preserving power. Moreover, since Hobbits are said to be long-lived by our standards (often living to be a 100), a 33-year-old Hobbit would look twenty-something to us. Thus the casting of young Elijah Wood is not so far off after all, even though the movies seem to skip this 17-year time gap altogether. The exact age of the characters is unimportant in the film.
The shot of the Ring hitting the floor and not bouncing was masterful(9:31). Just how it breaks normal everyday physics that our minds subconsciously expect is a great piece of visual storytelling. Paired with the accompanying sound effect, the result is very unnerving.
"Two young boys, it's too much to ask of them." This hit hard, because now that you phrase it that way I'm 100% certain that's part of the World War 1 allegory.
@Takeda Shingen depends on the species and how they develop. Some giant tortoises take 30+ years to mature, for example - to grow their reproductive organs to full size and develop their brains fully. Same with hobbits; it's why Pippin's kind of immature despite being over 40. As a Hobbit, he's the kind of dingbat you'd expect an unwise 18-20 year old equivalent would be.
Tolkein absolutely loathed and despised allegory. Any passages, themes or ideas in his great novels that appear to be allegorical weren't made that way intentionally, no allegory was intended at all.
Can we all acknowledge that Howard Shore, former SNL music director, made one of the most stunning and beautiful scores ever composed for this trilogy!
The creepiest thing about the One Ring, in my opinion, is that it's technically ALIVE and INTELLIGENT. It uses people as puppets to do its bidding. Even in the books it's made clear that it has a will of its own.
A semi-sentient circle of gold, always manipulating others, but what it really wants is to be reunited with Sauron. If that means filling people's heads with delusions of grandeur so that they think they can actually challenge Sauron himself, so be it.
@Raylan Givens Yes, like how J.K. Rowling copied the concept of the soul object with horcruxes--the One Ring is a portion of Sauron's soul, and has it's own malevolent will.
@@mrdropkicker1 not Sauron, he may lost his ring of power and doesn't have physical body. But he still can challenge powerful being like Galadriel,Saruman and Elrond at Dol Guldur. While Voldemort couldn't win against bunch of children, Sauron would eat Voldemort raw for breakfast. 😁
What bilbo did when he dropped the ring on the floor was amazing. He and Sam are the only ones ever able to willingly give up the ring. Bilbo feat was an order of magnitude harder then Sam’s ,as bilbo had carried the ring for over 60 years. Sam had it for less then a day and was still very temped by the ring.That one scene shows the true nature of bilbo. His relative innocence and sheer will.its a testament to his character and resilience to the rings evil.
That's one thing that always stuck out to me too, was that they were the only two to willingly give up the ring. I wish there was some parallel I could draw between them that didn't apply to Frodo, but I don't think there is. Maybe something about the situation, how Hobbits are less power hungry generally, but the Ring resisted harder with Frodo because the ring's very survival was at stake? I don't know. It's just interesting is all.
Well, the ring gets stronger as closer it gets to the place it was made. So its no wonder Sam struggled already after a single day so near to mount doom where its nearly at the peak of its power.
I remember hearing that was a really large replica of the ring, that's how they were able to achieve filming it dropping on the floor without bouncing.
Watching that scene again after having seen the whole trilogy, you are spot on. You really get to appreciate just how ridiculously difficult that was for him to do
@@adamplace1414 gotta remember, it wasn't just the ring that was "working" on Fordo, it was Gollum too. Also, Sam never put the ring on, and Bilbo only did so in a few instances spread out over a long time period. Frodo put the ring on multiple times close together. And had the wraiths chasing him, which seem to turn up the ring's power (and therefore corrupting influence) when they're nearby.
"Is that how orcs are born, or is that a super orc?" Yes, actually. That is an Uruk-hai, a superior breed of orc. Orcs usually reproduce the same way we do. You don't really see many, if any, of them in these movies, but there are female orcs. As for Uruk-hai, Saruman was tasked by Sauron to create a new breed of orc that was bigger, stronger and could move fast over long distances. Uruk-hai also don't mind sunlight, something the regular orcs hate. As for how Gandalf summoned the eagle, when he caught the moth earlier he sent it to get help. The eagle who came to Gandalf's aid wasn't just any eagle either, it was Gwaihir, the king of the eagles. He and Gandalf have crossed paths before and consider each other friends.
Orcs do have sex, and after RotK, many, many orc babies were slaughtered (basically a full-on genocide). Gandalf contacted Radagast, IIRC, who then got the eagles to help (eagles are supposed to only be there to watch the world, scout and report).
Just to be clear, this is an invention of the movies, In the books, it is strongly implied that the Uruk-hai were a result of breeding Orcs with Men; and Saruman did so to rival Sauron, due to his command.
21:52 "Can we please go back to the Shire and stay there?" That thought is exactly the reason why Tolkien first shows us the Shire, before plunging us on this Dark Journey. He gave us a place to return to.
To reference the “young boys”, Frodo is in his 50s, and Sam is in his 30s. Hobbits age differently. Sam is considered young for a hobbit, but still has three decades of life experience. Gandalf is also thousands of years old.
@@charlesduus2584 I'm just referring to her comments about how young Frodo and Sam were, and that Gandalf couldn't handle the beating because of his "old body."
In the first novel, didnt like ten or twenty years pass between the time when Gandalf left the Shire to research the ring and when Frodo and Sam left the Shire..
Thats always been a strong aspect of the movies. Peter Jackson is a horror movie director at his core, and utilizing horror elements and tropes he was able to inject a lot of tension into the films, especially when involving some unknown threat or danger.
First time I've seen your channel. I have to say, this is one of the best LoTR reactions I've seen in a long time. A lot of modern viewers enjoy it, but watch with a jaded "been there, done that" approach even on the first viewing. It's tough to impress them. But you watch with sensitivity and curiosity. The way you're reacting to a lot of the more horrific elements of the story highlights the intensity many of us have lost to prior viewings, and watching you slowly tumble into the lore of Middle Earth and its characters is enchanting. It's brave to start with the extended editions when you don't know if you'll like the movie, but in the long run, you'll feel a deeper connection to the world, and you'll understand why the books and movies mean so much to so many people. From your reaction, I think you'll REALLY like the next two films. Subscribed, by the way.
Hey Seth, I have both versions, regular and extended. Of all six movies, including the Hobbit ones that were... OK. If I get snowed in, by the time the wife and I are done, everything is melted. :-)
It's nice seeing someone react to these movies and actually pays attention. I've seen so many first time watchers tune out certain parts and they're confused for the rest of the trilogy. complete respect for you to actually take your time and listen:)
Love how you noted that elijah wood is basically born for this role, and it's true, the casting was perfect. Later i found out he's a huge horror/slasher geek and has played some gnarly, and i mean GNARLY, charcters. The cannibal from Sin City is on the tamer end of the scale. It's crazy
I've never had to leave a movie for my kids, but I did have to take one to the bathroom when he had a nose bleed. But it was Cars, a movie that was for him.
13:06 I, as a nerd, was raised in this mythology. I love the fact that through out the film she Popcorn in Bed asks the right questions, comes up with the right answers, makes all the right observations, and understands the stakes.
She's great! I agree completely, her over-reactions are awesome! It makes you watch a movie you've already seen a million times and still gasp out loud. Brilliant!
Shes one of the only reactors who has came to that conclusion so early, i'm enjoying this channel a lot. She catches on to characters so fast. You can tell she has heaps of empathy for others.
Watching the entire series has to be part of everyone's life. They are a masterpiece, and have won the most In total, the series received 475 awards out of 800 nominations, thus making the films the most awarded film series in cinematic history.
@@crabsy3 reading the books gives you a little more insider knowledge about what is going on. But if you want the story in order in what's going on, the hobbit's then the fellowships. If you are looking for what has been given the most everything, read the book the hobbit then watch the fellowships
@@crabsy3 hobbit movie is not good and does not follow the book at all. read the hobbit its short then watch LOTR. then read lotr if you are interested
One of the many amazing things I love about the LOTR movies is how they were able to make the Black Riders/Nazgul absolutely terrifying. I also recommend reading the book series.
"These two young boys, it seems like too much to ask of them." There are many parallels between Lord of the Rings and Tolkien's experience in World War I. War is too much to ask of anyone really... but we place this burden on the youth.
A specific inspiration we see in LOTR are the dead marshes, which Tolkien derived from the massive shell craters filled with water and mud where a soldier in WWI might find dozens of dead soldiers who had drowned or died from combat. Perhaps taken from his experience at the Somme, or from what he had read/heard about Passchendaele
Bilbo says one of the best lines in the whole trilogy: "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." No reaction 😭😭😭
About Liv Tyler, her character was expanded a lot from the books, she features way more prominently in the movies and a lot of her scenes were done by other people in the books, yet I never really saw any complaints from fans about this because she plays the role really well and Peter Jackson was very skilled in knowing what to cut out and what to leave in. and yeah, of course every boy between the ages of 10-30 who saw these movies in theaters had a crush on her lol. who wouldn't love an absolutely beautiful, brave and fierce elf like her.
Cassie you are correct. They do look like Dementors, because this is where J.K. Rowling got her idea for them, from the horse riding Nasgoul. Many of the ideas found in modern fantasy and story telling come from LOTR.
@@michaelschaaf5302 I don't know about pointy hats, but the wise mentor began long before Gandalf. It's an archetype--sort of the good version of a meme. Think of how many adventure stories have the guy who teaches the hero--Obi-Wan, Merlin, Gandalf, Morpheus, Ned Stark, Atticus Finch. Everything that came after the Lord of the Rings, though, seems to borrow heavily from it, as far as scots-accent dwarves, bow-armed, agile blonde elves, undead servitors of a dark lord, life-extending jewelry like rings and horcruxes, and uncounted hordes or orc-like monsters.
30 was the equivalent to 18 for a hobbit and once Frodo had the ring he stopped aging so an 18 yr old looking Frodo is accurate regardless of the change in time from when he actually left the Shire. This doesn't mean I disagree with your comment at all :)
10:20 Bilbo and Gollum met in The Hobbit, the previous book, when Gollum lost the ring and Bilbo found it. That is why Gollum knows where the ring is. That story is also the one Bilbo is writing here 4:49, and the one he shows to Frodo here 26:05. I love The Hobbit.
I've been told it should have been one film, as the book itself is smaller than the lord of the rings. I wouldn't know myself though, as I haven't read the book.
@@frankyhorn2475 That is correct. It was a bad idea, just one film would have been much better. The decision to make three films and the decisions that resulted from that is one of the main reasons I don't like the film adaptations even though I really love the book.
@@oslafoirausuebutuoy5457 if Peter Jackson had the pre production time necessary it was originally planned to be two films, but unfortunately he was rushed and three movies gave him an extra year to work on the film
@13:18 "Maybe they're the best, because they don't seek power". You've perfectly summed-up and understood the whole premise of the books/movies in less than 15 mins. :)
Admittedly, they balance this out by having him also be the voice of Treebeard, one of the tallest characters. :-D John Rhys-Davies is a great actor, in person or in voice alone.
Gandalf isn’t an old man, all the wizards are the same race as sauron. A maiar, is like an angelic being servant to the gods of their world, the Valar. This stuff is never really explained in the movies
I watched this in in theaters a few days before Christmas at the same age! I remember the scene where Frodo puts on the ring for the first time on accident my little sister and a whole bunch of other kids started crying like crazy 😂😂
To give you the quick Cliff Notes on some stuff that's difficult to understand and the movies don't really explain: Sauron created the 19 Rings Of Power 3 for the Elven Lords 7 for the Dwarven Lords 9 for the Kings of Men And finally he created the One Ring, the ultimate ring that could control the other 19 and their bearers. The One Ring also houses some part of Sauron's soul, power, and will. He cannot be truly destroyed while the One Ring survives. The One Ring can ONLY be destroyed in the fires of Mt. Doom, where it was forged. Sauron is a corrupted Maia - basically an angel or a lesser god, fallen to become a demon or dark god. There are many Maiar. The Balrog of Moria is a Maia - similar to Sauron himself, the Balrogs are corrupted Maiar. The Istari order, also known as wizards, are also Maiar. So Gandalf is a Maia - basically an angel taken human form, sent by Eru Ilúvatar, the creator god, to watch over Middle Earth. More or less. That's why, when Gandalf comes near the One Ring, he sees flashes of the Eye Of Sauron, sensing Sauron's power, will, and awareness within The Ring. That's why, when Frodo asks Gandalf to take it, Gandalf says that through him The Ring would wield catastrophic power - because Gandalf, like Sauron, is a Maia. Gandalf had the potential to become a new Sauron. That's also why Durin's Bane (the Balrog of Moria) was able to take down Gandalf when Gandalf is essentially an angel - they are the same race. Beings of almost identical power. And you were dead-on with your assumption that The Ring was given to the Hobbits precisely BECAUSE they're so innocent, have no desire for power, and are nearly incorruptible. The Elves aren't so far removed from the Maia, and seem capable of terrible power through the One Ring. The Dwarves are already vulnerable to hazardous levels of greed that get them into real trouble. And the race of Men are weak and corruptible, and due to their short lives are petty, greedy, and power hungry. The nine Kings Of Men became the Nazgûl, the nine Ring Wraiths. Sauron's most powerful warriors. Through their nine rings they are enslaved to Sauron's will through the One Ring. The One Ring calls to the Ring Wraiths. They hunt it. They sense it. Using the One Ring brings the Ring Bearer(Frodo) into the spirit world where the Ring Wraiths can see him clearly, and he in return can see their true forms as ghostly wraith kings. The proximity of the Ring Wraiths makes the One Ring compel the Ring Bearer to put it on. The power and will of the One Ring influencing the Ring Bearer is a constant battle of wills, and immensely taxing. Bearing the One Ring is like being borderline possessed. Hobbits are more resistant to the lure of the The Ring than the other races. You are correct. Saruman was breeding Orcs and Goblins to create the Uruk-Hai - the "super orcs" as you also correctly guessed.
Sauron didn't create the three elven rings. He only gave the elven smith King Celebrimbor the knowledge of how to do so--thus they weren't corrupted when Sauron forged the One Ring later. Saruman was not breeding orcs with goblins--Tolkien said orcs and goblins are different names for the same species--like cougars are also called mountain lions or pumas. Saruman was breeding orcs with humans and creating half-orcs...some of whom could pass as ugly humans and spy for him in Breeland and the Shire. The name "uruk-hai" just means "orc folk" in the Black Speech of Mordor, and represented the biggest and strongest of orc-kind...sort of the special forces of Mordor and Isengard.
@@rikk319 True about the elven rings. Though Sauron is the one who had them made. I think the specific little details of characters not present in The Lord Of The Rings isn't particularly helpful in helping someone totally new to understand the general story. We could sit here trying to explain the Silmarillion for ages, and it would only confuse people more. Orcs and Goblins are treated as separate in the movies, as they frankly should be, and the movie explicitly says Saruman is breeding Orcs and Goblin men to create Uruk-Hai.
@@rikk319 I love the subject of Death in Lord of the Rings, specifically because of The Gift of Man. Morgoth turned it against the race of Men, but originally, they were intended to do work in Arda for their brief lives, but then their spirits could go on, as they were not tied to the world. Morgoth and Sauron using Eru's Gift against mankind is one of the reasons they were so powerful, sewing seeds of corruption, madness, and fear. It's also why the courage shown in this trilogy, such as the Rohirrim's cries of "DEATH," before their charge, and Aragorn standing before the Black Gate are so powerful... and why we see Orcs cut and run so often, when the humans face insurmountable odds, demonstrating Valor, the greatest trait of their race and the inverse of the vices of fear and powerlust that the enemy used.
Re: They look like Dementors You've got that backwards, the Dementors look like the Ringwraiths, which in turn look a little like Death/The Grim Reaper... As a side note, it will be interesting to see how the new Wheel of Time series (to be release soon I hope) handles their own version of them (Myrddraal/Fades), which were directly inspired by LoTR.
@@lenflakisinski6260 Absolutely, it's just going to be interesting to see how ppl react to the Fades when they make an appearance; I think it's going to get a little spicy as some ppl misunderstand Robert Jordan's intent in writing the series & that he paid homage to Tolkien a number of times.
Yes, Liv Tyler was absolutely beautiful in this but it’s Cate Blanchett that captivated me. She’s mysterious, ethereal and also a bit scary. I’d have been just as awestruck as Gimli.
I was a tad disappointed because I had read the books and if I remember correctly (I read the books in high school) she was described as the most beautiful woman in the world and Cate is a bit homely in this imo. I dunno she was just more impressive in the books IMO
This channel is so well done. Thumbnails, movie choices, the scenes you choose to show and react to, seriously well done. I'm currently binging everything you have✌
The Fellowship of the Ring is possibly my most vivid theatrical experience as a kid (pretty sure I was 11 when this came out). My dad made me read the book before I was allowed to see the movie (smart man) and so the anticipation was through the roof. I remember it being the most intense movie I'd ever seen, and being completely floored by it. It's a masterpiece of storytelling, sound design, special effects etc. Pretty sure this was the movie that sealed my fate to pursue filmmaking as a career. Even 20+ years later, it still holds up nearly flawlessly.
This is going to be amazing. You've shown you can handle some dark and depressing stuff and some heavy action, but you live for those sweet touching moments. this trilogy has plenty of both and everything in between. youre going to feel every twist and turn so much, i think you're going to love this trilogy
This was one of the greatest moments of my life as a 10 year old in December 2001, 2 weeks after the World Premiere, we were in downtown West Hollywood with my Mom and older brother, lines around the block at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre. We were there 2 weeks after the cast and crew were in the same seats, seeing The Fellowship of the Ring for the very first time. It was out of this world unbelievable, people were giving standing ovations, roaring during certain scenes, *SPOILER ALERT* (Like the one where the Uri-Kai is shooting Boromir with the arrows, Aragorn runs into to save him and has that powerful fight scene beheading the Uri-Kai. People were clapping and shouting and whistling at that one. From our seats up to the balconies, thank you so much Mom, and thank you for being born and raised in Woodland Hills, LA. I am so lucky and blessed with such a cool family. My Grandpa was a hand-drawn animator when Walt Disney was still alive, he worked on Sleeping Beauty and 101 Dalmatians (1958-1961), after he said he was tired of drawing spots on the dogs, and that Walt was a jerk, so he started his own animation/film studio in Manhattan Beach.
Wasn't that the whole reason he wrote them - to create a world and a culture for his languages? I remember hearing somewhere that Tolkien was a linguist first and a novelist second.
@@janleonard3101 yeah my memory of it is very foggy but what I read was similar or at least among the lines of that. I may have to refresh, its been years since diving into Tolkien and his books
So glad you are watching this! Since you already made some connection to Harry Potter I just wanted to point out the the Lord of the Rings has inspired much of all fantasy that came after it. I am a bigger Harry Potter fan too but she borrowed a lot directly from this story. Gandalf-->Dumbledore. Ringwraiths/Nazgul-->Dementors. The One Ring-->Horcrux. That's not to say Harry Potter is bad but just that what Tolkien created was a masterpiece. Can't wait for you to see the rest. Enjoy it!
George R.R. Martin said Tolkien is the father of modern fantasy. With LOTR, The Hobbit, and The Samarillion. Tolkien created the biggest deepest Iceberg out there. The rest of us are just pretenders placing cubes of ice on a floating barge. GRRM is trying to build a Tolkien level Iceberg with GOT. J.K. Rowling has also built a massive Iceberg with the Harry Potter series.
22:17 yes it’s a super orc… lol called an Uruk Hai. They can travel fast and are more powerful orcs. Orcs can only stick to traveling during the night as they are negatively affected by the sun while Uruks can travel during the daytime.
I realized I was an old man when I went to see it in the theatre... I had to "shush" the kids behind me when they wouldn't stop talking and goofing around during the opening scenes. Man, I waited my entire life to see those movies, no snot nosed kid was gonna mess it up !!
If you have not read the books, welcome to Tolkiens huge new world. I read the danish translation aloud to my sister when she was something like 7 years old (in the mid 70´es). We still share a special bond around that.
My older sister told us the stories of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings when we were very little. It does create a special bond. And when I read the books I still picture in my mind the images I had when I was young and hearing these stories told.
@@kenfreeman8888 Very impressed. I only managed to read them aloud, and then rehearsing my sister (I recalculated, I now think she must have been around 9 years old) in the extensive array of caracters, much to the frustration of our mother, who felt pushed outside at dinner-time etc.. She should have read the books herself.
You can't live in the Shire, but you can visit it! After filming this trilogy and "The Hobit" movies, the town, known as "Hobiton," is now a tourist attraction in New Zealand. At the local pub, they have their own "shire brew" that can only be purchased there. My cousin visited a few years ago, and she was amazed at how beautiful it was.
In fact, the first village was dismantled after the filming of the LOTR trilogy. But they remade it (perfect match to the very last nail) for the Hobbit trilogy and decided to make it permanent as a open museum
I visited it a few years ago and it is beautiful, all of New Zealand is. I remember driving past a series of hills and thinking I recognized them from a sequence but nope, the whole country just looks like that. A tour also took me to Mount Victoria where they filmed the shortcut to mushrooms scene. The big tree the hobbits hid under was planted for the shoot and is now long gone. So that site's less impressive but Hobbiton is totally worth it if you visit the country.
@@cameroncimmerius1203 It's always funny to know some of the scenes which seems lost in the middle of nowhere were shot in the middle of a park few minutes from the studios
My absolute favorite movies of all time. I'm old, so I've seen a lot of movies. I'm so glad that you're watching the extended versions, which is really the only way to experience the LotR films.
Fun fact, JRR Tolkien formulated this epic tale while fighting in the trenches of WW2. This was one of the ways he coped and transmuted the experience. It starts to actually make a lot of sense. Incredible... sometimes I see the Fellowship as a kind of Band of Brothers
@@SWOLEX_1 Tolkein developed the 'world' and its languages and history and stories about it when he was young, The Fall of Gondolin (in the first age) was one of the earliest stories. When he began writing The Hobbit he decided to set it in this world he had already created. Due to the success of the Hobbit book he was asked to write a sequel. As he set out to do this the story transformed into The Lord of the Rings. Still set in the world he created long before, its part of why it is all so vivid and feels so real; the world has a long and detailed history. But the narrative for the Lord of the Rings was written during the 1940s.
"Did they make him big, or did they make everything small?" The correct answer is......yes Also fun fact. After all these years liv tyler still remembers elvish
To be precise: Liv remembers her lines. She never learned the elvish. Sir Christopher Lee (played Saruman) was a real Tolkein scholar who did know elvish. He wanted to play Gandalf. But Jackson wanted him as the villain.
I forgot how great the first movie was in its atmosphere. Music, scenery, casting of the roles, sound design, special effects...so good. I find myself rewatching Fellowship the most.
20:27 I relate to those emotions so much. Saw this at the cinemas when I was 12 and I was terrified of them slowly walking towards the Hobbits and the haunting music adding to the tension. Still terrifies me today. But I appreciate the craft of that moment now as well as the amazingly terrifying imagery.
You can thank Fran Walsh, screenwriter and wife of Peter Jackson for the Nazgul screech, it was mixed but the base sound is her screeching. Safe to say that when she gets mad at Peter, the Nazgul are near.
I am always so jealous of people watching this for the first time, Lord of the rings is my favorite thing in life, in general. Sometimes, when I'm down, I just remind myself "I was born in a time where I can read Lord of the rings, and where I was 13 when those movies came out, I am part of the luckiest generation of all time". I seriously cannot overstate how impactful this story has been in my life. I remember when I first watched it, my brother downloaded a cam version, and I watching it until midnight, then I watched it again and again throughout the night. Went to the cinema the very next week. I marathoned them in cinema when the third one came out, I've marathoned them every year since. The swords and maps are on my walls, the books, signed, are in my display cases. The fact that some people simply haven't watched them just blows my mind XD
13:06 - you hit the nail right on the head, you'd be surprised with how many people miss the POINT as to why hobbits make the perfect ring-bearers. they dont desire power or riches or any of the things the ring might offer them. all they want is a peaceful, simple life and that is the one thing sauron cannot fathom. love, humility and peace are what defeat sauron in the end. im so glad i found your channel, your reactions put me in the mood to watch more movies
I love this "Let's watch" series where you dive into these movies and you share your wide-eyed reactions and comments. Where was this during the height of the quarantine, when it would've been nice to spend an evening with a friend watching favorite movies. There's nothing like watching a movie for the first time.. but a close second would be showing a movie you love to someone who hasn't seen it before and seeing their first time reactions. At the end of a long day, I can relax and watch your reaction vids, congratulations on putting together a first rate series for us movie aficionados :)
Been looking forward to this. Glad you chose the extended ones, they are the closest to the book experience, even if they still miss a lot (due to the necessities of cinema). These have a pretty special place for me, grew up with an abusive step-father and used to run off into the woods next to my house when I was 7-10 with my well-thumbed vintage lotr bookset and read them cover to cover for hours before returning home. I got a lot of comfort from those books, the wisdom of Gandalf, the bravery of Sam, the humanity of Boromir. The movies mean just as much to me. Strangely, I have found that my path in life has mirrored aspects of Tolkien's own. I am now a successful academic who specializes in a field very similar to that of Tolkien, I study medieval literature. I also do a lot of writing in my spare time. Tolkien has had a very large impact on my life.
25:37 "Welcome to RIvendell, Mr. Anderson". 27:09 It's a little complicated, but basically, yes. Elves live forever, although they can die. Technically, they can even choose to age and die, if they want to. 30:18 In a way. The Ring (which has Sauron's power) is sowing discord among the council. This is one of the main dangers of the One Ring: it finds weakness among people and uses it against them (to control them or to destroy them).
@@mrsleep0000 Nah Peter Jackson had to add the full love story into the film because you couldn't bring the Eowyn x Aragorn tease into the mix and trick people into thinking they would be together. Viewers of the films would have been pissed off if Arwen showed up in ROTK out of nowhere to be with Aragorn. Tolkien's writing style brings a lot of red herrings into the mix and tricks. Eowyn as a potential love interest, Pippin being crushed by a troll at the black gate, etc. Tolkien loved to pull a fast one on readers.
I saw this with my dad and his girlfriend at the time. He told me initially that we were going to see Vanilla Sky, which I wasn’t excited about, but I wanted to hang out with my dad, so I agreed to come along. As the trailers played out, stuff like Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Minority Report, I thought that maybe the movie wouldn’t be so bad. Then, the New Line Cinema logo popped up (Vanilla Sky is from Paramount), and I knew it was really Lord of the Rings, which I actually did want to see. My dad then said, “Oh, we’re in the wrong theater”. I said “What?” and he said “Just kidding!”. One of my favorite memories both in the theater and with my dad.
Oh, cool! You’re watching the extended version of the movie. All I watched was the regular theatrical version, not to complain or anything. Either way, glad you’re keeping up with this. They’re really great movies!
Loved this reaction, as always from you. Youre so _child-like_ in your wonder and amazement, in your fears and terror, and in your passion and enthusiasm (thats a wonderful quality and meant as a compiment please dont be offended), and at the same time you have the sophistication and intellect to appreciate every aspect and nuance. Thats the best of both worlds. In addition your face i so expressive as the emotions pass across it. "You wear your heart on your sleeve" as my mother always used to say of me. Its always, always, always a joy to share these experiences with you. Thankyou.
@@Stuffthatsfunny1 well MARVEL Movies are not Boring, and somewhat predictable i would say but rarely! And ofcourse they are CASH COWS, no denying that! But overall the MCU is SOOOO GOOOD! Especially the new MARVEL TV series, Wandavision & Falcon - Winter Soldier.
I love how attentive you are, it shows how much you enjoy and care more than the typical reaction vids. Catching details and subtext, but also like remembering names that were unfamiliar to you via the comments section from The Matrix and relating them back to this down the road.
I'm so impressed you recognized Sean Astin as Rudy. I enjoy watching these girls indulge in geek culture and watch them fall in love with the story and characters.
It is absolutely such a joy seeing you react to these. I am a huge Tolkien nerd and have read the books many times. I love watching you ask often just the right questions that will be explained later on. I love how invested you are in the story. This is a joy to watch your reaction and flashes me back to when I first saw these when I was in middle school myself. You got yourself a subscriber. 😁
Lowkey this is way better than I was hoping for lol too cute I love this. Also you hit the nail one the head when you wondered that maybe Gandalf was delegating the ring to Frodo since Frodo would be less tempted than someone you'd normally deem more "capable" of the task. So, well done!
13:15 you pretty much got it as to why hobbits are uniquely set to be less corruptible ring bearers, that and their size. The more powerful or ambitious you are the easier the ring can tempt you hence why Gandalf looked away and shouted “Don’t tempt me Frodo,” when offered the ring.
I'm so glad you're watching the extended cut. But it definitely was more meaningful to see the theatrical, and then the extended version. It made me appreciate it more.
I really love your reactions. You're such a sweetheart when watching movies. You feel them, you immerse yourself into them. That's the biggest compliment to everyone who makes movies!
As a complete Lord of the Rings turbo-nerd i gotta say it was fascinating to see how right you were with some of the interpretations. Watching your reaction really brings me back to when i first watched the movies
It was great to watch you begin this movie franchise and you picked up on so much!! Thank you for sharing this, it was like watching the movie for the first time all over again.
"So did they make him very big, or the house very small?" Yes.
I watched the behind the scenes and they actually did have two versions of the house, one big and one small.
@@LWT1331 That's true, they did indeed have a few tricks to creating the small size of the Hobbits.
There were three main ways they played with height. For long shots, they used small people in masks next to the real cast, for close shots, they used a guy called "Tall Paul" who was 7'' 1' next to the real cast. They also double- built sets and every weapon and tool to different sizes, and finally, forced perspective, basically using Escher-like camera tricks to make the hobbits seem smaller.
@@LWT1331 that’s what the original comment meant
Holy shit I was gonna say the EXACT same thing😂
Twenty Years later and the Nazgul are still bloody terrifying. The design team for these movies did an amazing job bringing them to life.
I can't believe it's been 20 years already. I was 12 or 13 when the first movie came out. Time flies.
Yep, 20 years this December.
The sound of the flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz still gives me chills.
If you've seen The Frighteners, which he did before LOTR, you can kind of see the proto-Nazgul
Which is why I always wear the nightingale armor in Skyrim
"Maybe they're best because they don't seek power like others do..." Nailed it. :) Gandalf wasn't the most powerful, but he was the wisest!
When their greatest ambitions is to have bigger potatoes and better ale, the Ring knows that it's gonna stay here for a long time ...
As stated by Tolkien himself, Gandalf would be the only one able to utterly destroy Sauron if he used the ring.
However, he would become an even worse tyrant by the ring's influence.
So, yep, he's actually super powerful
@@MrNoirocla was his form as a Maiar stronger than that of Saruman or was it just that only he could resist the pull of the ring long enough that he could defeat Sauron with it
@@caedes4367 It's more that Gandalf is the same race as Sauron who was also a Maia.
Thus, they were very close in power. With the ring giving him an edge above Sauron, he would be able to destroy him definitively.
Also, it's not that the ring would be able to corrupt Gandalf. He would not turn evil. He would be the perfect embodiment of good. But such good would become tyrannical and cruel. There would've been no space for grey in Gandalf's world.
@@MrNoirocla I was more comparing Gandalf to Saruman, since I thought that Saruman was, at that point, stronger than Gandalf. That’s why he was chosen by the Valar to lead the Istari. But thx for the answer any way lol
another reactor whispering "Dumbledore" as Gandalf shows up
another knife in my heart
Hey, not everyone knows Star Wars lore
In fact, Ian McKellen was going to play Dumbledore, but he said he couldn't play it wile playing Gandalf.
thats because Dumbledore is a cheap Gandalf rip-off
@@nomoretelekom Gandalf and Dumbledore are all inspired by Merlin's depictions of wizards anyway, get off your high horse
@@felphero get your informations straight, Tolkien got Gandalfs image from finnish folklore and created him as a kind of angelic guide. And since Rowland surely read LotR you can absolutely be certain she took one or two aspectes from that into her writing...as did everybody since LotR was the defining work for fantasy literature.
Ian McKellen's expression of sheer pain when Gandalf hears Frodo say he'll take the ring to Mordor is a perfect gem of acting.
I believe Ian McKellen said during the actor’s reaction reel that he played that moment like he was a father hearing his son declare that he has volunteered to go to war. He tried to show the emotions of being proud, but resigned to all the tragedy that would entail. I love that moment!
I always thought that it was relief. In the books, Elrond says something about "If I have understood all that I have heard aright, I think that this task was appointed to you, Frodo." But he doesn't say it until AFTER Frodo has volunteered, because he and Gandalf both know that they don't really feel like they have a right to ask that of him.
He knows he will never come back
But then he does 😩
You hit the nail on the head when it comes to the ring btw. The reason why are Hobbits are somewaht resistant to the influence of the ring is precisely because they are generally kind and devoid of a lust for power. This actually makes them well equipped to possess the ring.
Yes, really impressive to pick that up on the first watching
@@cirdantheshipwright8172 Seriously, I never would have put it together of the books hadn't flat out statedb it. I can't remember the last time someone picked up on that just off the movies.
Yep, Hobbits are kind like Cassie. She would make a great ring bearer.
@@thomast8539 She'd fail about 3 minutes after anyone else would fail. Man, or woman, is not innocent enough to resist such power/evil. Even Gandalf wouldn't take the ring.
Hobbits don't innately desire power over others which is what the ring uses to tempt, hobbits just have too much good ole' hobbit sense about them. A full belly and good earth to farm is all they really seek in life. Its still a powerful pull on them though, it was considered quite remarkable that Bilbo was able to willfully let go of the ring.
JRR Tolkien is almost single-handedly responsible for the modern fantasy genre. And the Lord of the Rings is the archetypal modern fantasy story. This is where it all started.
He wrote the silmarillion during world war 1 in the trenches. At that time, it was just scribblings on paper until eventually after the war and in time was able to bring it all to the books. The orcs were essentially the germans and the french and british were gondor and the elves.
Not true, your missing a ton of other Authors. He is just the one who became very popular among Students in the 60's.
and now Amazon is gonna ruin his life's work with a single series.
@@kickassandchewbubblegum639 Makes me wonder how different the world would have been if he had died in the war and his "scribblings" been lost forever.
@Orlok TheEternal Mythological monsters with names similar to "orc" can be found in the Old English poem Beowulf, in Early Modern poetry, and in Northern European folk tales and fairy tales. Tolkien stated that he took the name from Beowulf.
frodo: i don’t understand
gandalf: neither do i
cassy: neither do i
me reading the silmarillion: neither do i
Criminally underrated comment.
@@WolfHreda thank you 😭😭
geniuenly made me laugh, thank you
@@daviddavidson6515 hahaha you’re welcome
@@WolfHreda yep
It's impossible to hate this trilogy. Watching the Lord of the Rings is like catching up with an old friend.
“There is no bad thing about a simple life!”
"You haven't aged a day."
It's not _that_ hard to hate the movie trilogy... I may not actually hate it, but I despise it for some of the changes they made in comparison to the books. I don't even mean little things, but huge, critical things - like Frodo's motivation to spare Gollum and take him along. In the books, it's made _very_ clear that his first and foremost reason was pity, and _that_ goodness is what kept the Ring from 'taking over'. Gollum being able to show them the way into Mordor was just a 'bonus', arguably even more of a justification for Sam. But what do we get in the movie? The exact opposite. Cold calculus, with a bit of pity thrown in. With that attitude, Frodo wouldn't even have made it past the swamps without losing to the Ring.
Basically, it was both a character assassination as well as a corruption of the message of the whole story. So yeah, I _really_ don't find it all that hard to hate them...
I am disappointed by it. That sometimes comes across as hating it.
@@existenceisrelative How are you disappointed by it?
The fact that you reacted to the extended edition just added 10 points to my respect bar
I've always thought theatrical versions should be a thing of the past now
@@A-small-amount-of-peas controversial opinion, the theatrical cut is better. extended has so much content that adds nothing to the story adn drags the movie
@@JoeyBilbo with theatrical cuts they're tailored toward comfort for the theatre goer and in yesteryear to fit more screenings in at cinemas.
It's why Directors cuts tend to be longer
@@A-small-amount-of-peas i know what a theatrical cut is. im saying its better. its just a better movie. peter jackson even said so himself that the theatrical cut makes for a better movie
@@JoeyBilbo doesn't make it right. Every reactor I've seen uses the extended version as its the more popular choice with the majority of fans
"Maybe they're best because they don't seek power"... ohmigod, you are so wonderfully intuitive!
Please post your intro music!😢
In the books, the time between 10:08 (in this video) and Gandalf's return (11:00)..."is it secret, is it safe?" is 17 years!
Yes, and that is also why the literary Frodo is 50 years old -- but he doesn't show it. He received the Ring when he was 33, and from that point he was physically changeless, being subject to its preserving power. Moreover, since Hobbits are said to be long-lived by our standards (often living to be a 100), a 33-year-old Hobbit would look twenty-something to us. Thus the casting of young Elijah Wood is not so far off after all, even though the movies seem to skip this 17-year time gap altogether. The exact age of the characters is unimportant in the film.
@@Cenindo 33 is coming of age to a hobbit--the equivalent of turning 18 to humans.
@@Cenindo Pippin was 29--still in his "tweens"--considered an irresponsible age.
Good thing this is a movie, then.
Blimey, is that how much time Gandalf spends in that mountain-top library?! Talk about a slow reader!
The shot of the Ring hitting the floor and not bouncing was masterful(9:31). Just how it breaks normal everyday physics that our minds subconsciously expect is a great piece of visual storytelling. Paired with the accompanying sound effect, the result is very unnerving.
I wish people appreciated this more. The symbolism of how “heavy” the ring/burden actually is. Such an incredible shot.
That is how you tell it is pure gold.
Sheer magnetism !!!
"Two young boys, it's too much to ask of them."
This hit hard, because now that you phrase it that way I'm 100% certain that's part of the World War 1 allegory.
@Takeda Shingen he's only in his 50s in the books; a young man at the very most. It's the Hobbit equivalent of early 20s.
@Takeda Shingen depends on the species and how they develop. Some giant tortoises take 30+ years to mature, for example - to grow their reproductive organs to full size and develop their brains fully. Same with hobbits; it's why Pippin's kind of immature despite being over 40. As a Hobbit, he's the kind of dingbat you'd expect an unwise 18-20 year old equivalent would be.
Tolkein absolutely loathed and despised allegory. Any passages, themes or ideas in his great novels that appear to be allegorical weren't made that way intentionally, no allegory was intended at all.
Tolkien explicitly said there's no allegory, he hated it.
@Takeda Shingen There's a difference between inspiration, reference, and allegory. Not all metaphors are allegories.
Can we all acknowledge that Howard Shore, former SNL music director, made one of the most stunning and beautiful scores ever composed for this trilogy!
Didn’t he get Oscars for all three scores? I know he got them for Fellowship and Return, but not sure about Towers.
"So did they make him look very big, or the house very small?"
LotR fans: yes.
Literally what I said out loud.
The creepiest thing about the One Ring, in my opinion, is that it's technically ALIVE and INTELLIGENT. It uses people as puppets to do its bidding. Even in the books it's made clear that it has a will of its own.
A semi-sentient circle of gold, always manipulating others, but what it really wants is to be reunited with Sauron. If that means filling people's heads with delusions of grandeur so that they think they can actually challenge Sauron himself, so be it.
@Raylan Givens Yes, like how J.K. Rowling copied the concept of the soul object with horcruxes--the One Ring is a portion of Sauron's soul, and has it's own malevolent will.
@@rikk319 technically speaking, both Sauron and Voldemort are Liches.
@@mrdropkicker1 this is how we make the leap to the WoW universe.
@@mrdropkicker1 not Sauron, he may lost his ring of power and doesn't have physical body. But he still can challenge powerful being like Galadriel,Saruman and Elrond at Dol Guldur. While Voldemort couldn't win against bunch of children, Sauron would eat Voldemort raw for breakfast. 😁
What bilbo did when he dropped the ring on the floor was amazing. He and Sam are the only ones ever able to willingly give up the ring. Bilbo feat was an order of magnitude harder then Sam’s ,as bilbo had carried the ring for over 60 years. Sam had it for less then a day and was still very temped by the ring.That one scene shows the true nature of bilbo. His relative innocence and sheer will.its a testament to his character and resilience to the rings evil.
That's one thing that always stuck out to me too, was that they were the only two to willingly give up the ring. I wish there was some parallel I could draw between them that didn't apply to Frodo, but I don't think there is. Maybe something about the situation, how Hobbits are less power hungry generally, but the Ring resisted harder with Frodo because the ring's very survival was at stake? I don't know. It's just interesting is all.
Well, the ring gets stronger as closer it gets to the place it was made. So its no wonder Sam struggled already after a single day so near to mount doom where its nearly at the peak of its power.
I remember hearing that was a really large replica of the ring, that's how they were able to achieve filming it dropping on the floor without bouncing.
Watching that scene again after having seen the whole trilogy, you are spot on. You really get to appreciate just how ridiculously difficult that was for him to do
@@adamplace1414 gotta remember, it wasn't just the ring that was "working" on Fordo, it was Gollum too.
Also, Sam never put the ring on, and Bilbo only did so in a few instances spread out over a long time period. Frodo put the ring on multiple times close together. And had the wraiths chasing him, which seem to turn up the ring's power (and therefore corrupting influence) when they're nearby.
"Is that how orcs are born, or is that a super orc?"
Yes, actually. That is an Uruk-hai, a superior breed of orc. Orcs usually reproduce the same way we do. You don't really see many, if any, of them in these movies, but there are female orcs. As for Uruk-hai, Saruman was tasked by Sauron to create a new breed of orc that was bigger, stronger and could move fast over long distances. Uruk-hai also don't mind sunlight, something the regular orcs hate.
As for how Gandalf summoned the eagle, when he caught the moth earlier he sent it to get help. The eagle who came to Gandalf's aid wasn't just any eagle either, it was Gwaihir, the king of the eagles. He and Gandalf have crossed paths before and consider each other friends.
Did you just imply that Orcs have sex?!
@@colleenross8752 They do indeed.
@@colleenross8752 its in the books.
Orcs do have sex, and after RotK, many, many orc babies were slaughtered (basically a full-on genocide).
Gandalf contacted Radagast, IIRC, who then got the eagles to help (eagles are supposed to only be there to watch the world, scout and report).
Just to be clear, this is an invention of the movies, In the books, it is strongly implied that the Uruk-hai were a result of breeding Orcs with Men; and Saruman did so to rival Sauron, due to his command.
21:52 "Can we please go back to the Shire and stay there?"
That thought is exactly the reason why Tolkien first shows us the Shire, before plunging us on this Dark Journey. He gave us a place to return to.
To reference the “young boys”, Frodo is in his 50s, and Sam is in his 30s. Hobbits age differently. Sam is considered young for a hobbit, but still has three decades of life experience. Gandalf is also thousands of years old.
How deep into the lore are we diving? Because we can talk all about how old Gandalf *really* is hahaha
@@charlesduus2584 I'm just referring to her comments about how young Frodo and Sam were, and that Gandalf couldn't handle the beating because of his "old body."
And Aragorn is 87.
Gandalf is technically a demi-god, as are all the Istari :)
In the first novel, didnt like ten or twenty years pass between the time when Gandalf left the Shire to research the ring and when Frodo and Sam left the Shire..
It's really cool how watching through your eyes makes the first half practically into a horror movie.
Thats always been a strong aspect of the movies. Peter Jackson is a horror movie director at his core, and utilizing horror elements and tropes he was able to inject a lot of tension into the films, especially when involving some unknown threat or danger.
First time I've seen your channel. I have to say, this is one of the best LoTR reactions I've seen in a long time. A lot of modern viewers enjoy it, but watch with a jaded "been there, done that" approach even on the first viewing. It's tough to impress them. But you watch with sensitivity and curiosity. The way you're reacting to a lot of the more horrific elements of the story highlights the intensity many of us have lost to prior viewings, and watching you slowly tumble into the lore of Middle Earth and its characters is enchanting. It's brave to start with the extended editions when you don't know if you'll like the movie, but in the long run, you'll feel a deeper connection to the world, and you'll understand why the books and movies mean so much to so many people. From your reaction, I think you'll REALLY like the next two films.
Subscribed, by the way.
Hey Seth, I have both versions, regular and extended. Of all six movies, including the Hobbit ones that were... OK. If I get snowed in, by the time the wife and I are done, everything is melted. :-)
I wholeheartedly agree with Seth18.
I wish she would post the name of her intro music. I want to know it.
It's nice seeing someone react to these movies and actually pays attention. I've seen so many first time watchers tune out certain parts and they're confused for the rest of the trilogy. complete respect for you to actually take your time and listen:)
Love how you noted that elijah wood is basically born for this role, and it's true, the casting was perfect. Later i found out he's a huge horror/slasher geek and has played some gnarly, and i mean GNARLY, charcters. The cannibal from Sin City is on the tamer end of the scale. It's crazy
You've got a really cool Dad for taking you out of the theatre to walk around, even though I'm sure he really wanted to see it.
I'll bet you a silmaril he already saw it opening night...
It’s things like this that convince me I never want children.
@@Myke_thehuman You sound very selfish.
I've never had to leave a movie for my kids, but I did have to take one to the bathroom when he had a nose bleed. But it was Cars, a movie that was for him.
@@ColtonWalker073 This guy trying to force people to have kids 😂 There's too many of us bro, we could use some selfishnesa
13:06 I, as a nerd, was raised in this mythology. I love the fact that through out the film she Popcorn in Bed asks the right questions, comes up with the right answers, makes all the right observations, and understands the stakes.
She's great! I agree completely, her over-reactions are awesome! It makes you watch a movie you've already seen a million times and still gasp out loud. Brilliant!
@@lonnieeastin6401 Yes, really enjoying the channel after finding it about a week ago. She brings so much compassion.
Shes one of the only reactors who has came to that conclusion so early, i'm enjoying this channel a lot. She catches on to characters so fast. You can tell she has heaps of empathy for others.
This ive noticed of her as well...
Very bright
Watching the entire series has to be part of everyone's life. They are a masterpiece, and have won the most In total, the series received 475 awards out of 800 nominations, thus making the films the most awarded film series in cinematic history.
Which way do you say they should watch it? Hobbit trilogy first? Or the lord of the rings trilogy first?
@@crabsy3 Recently I decided to watch it again, started with LoTR, followed by Hobbit and Lord of the Rings once again ;)
Read The Hobbit. Watch these.
@@crabsy3 reading the books gives you a little more insider knowledge about what is going on. But if you want the story in order in what's going on, the hobbit's then the fellowships. If you are looking for what has been given the most everything, read the book the hobbit then watch the fellowships
@@crabsy3 hobbit movie is not good and does not follow the book at all. read the hobbit its short then watch LOTR. then read lotr if you are interested
One of the many amazing things I love about the LOTR movies is how they were able to make the Black Riders/Nazgul absolutely terrifying. I also recommend reading the book series.
You: "Sorry about having to mute!"
Me, who has seen the movie so many times that I could still hear the intro anyway: No problem here!
Cate blanchet lives in my head anyways
@@alex0589 THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
Oh please, I narrate alongside Galadriel for years now every time I see the opening!
@@alex0589 Preach!!!!
@@alex0589 RENT FREE!!
"These two young boys, it seems like too much to ask of them." There are many parallels between Lord of the Rings and Tolkien's experience in World War I. War is too much to ask of anyone really... but we place this burden on the youth.
I love this comment. It's understated, but it's bang on the mark.
Hells to the yes. The horrors of WWI shaped a lot of the horrors of this story.
A specific inspiration we see in LOTR are the dead marshes, which Tolkien derived from the massive shell craters filled with water and mud where a soldier in WWI might find dozens of dead soldiers who had drowned or died from combat. Perhaps taken from his experience at the Somme, or from what he had read/heard about Passchendaele
"Maybe they're best because they don't seek power like others might..." Very insightful :)
What is the intro music?
13:15 I have never seen someone understand the secret of Frodo and Sam so quickly. This is exactly why it must be them.
Yes!!! I was impressed as well
Was looking for this comment. Yep. She was paying attention.
This is my first time seeing her. I was impressed by how quickly she picks things up
Bilbo says one of the best lines in the whole trilogy:
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
No reaction 😭😭😭
I have to disagree. It's a convoluted line that's nearly impossible to understand when you first hear it.
I say that as often as i can when departing anywhere. 😂
@@bigdream_dreambig That is indeed the point of that line.
Translation: I wish I knew all of you as well as I'd like, and I like most of you very much, despite you all deserving to be liked just as well.
This line gives me nightmares, english being my second language
About Liv Tyler, her character was expanded a lot from the books, she features way more prominently in the movies and a lot of her scenes were done by other people in the books, yet I never really saw any complaints from fans about this because she plays the role really well and Peter Jackson was very skilled in knowing what to cut out and what to leave in.
and yeah, of course every boy between the ages of 10-30 who saw these movies in theaters had a crush on her lol. who wouldn't love an absolutely beautiful, brave and fierce elf like her.
Cassie you are correct. They do look like Dementors, because this is where J.K. Rowling got her idea for them, from the horse riding Nasgoul. Many of the ideas found in modern fantasy and story telling come from LOTR.
And to a lesser extent, Dumbledore resembles Gandalf, not the other way around.
@@joik3308 Der Ring des Nibelungen
Before Tolkien created Gandalf there were no wizards with pointy hats. He was the archetype for what we all think of wizards looking like
@@richardmaurer9174 The 'wise old man' archetype is many thousands of years old.
@@michaelschaaf5302 I don't know about pointy hats, but the wise mentor began long before Gandalf. It's an archetype--sort of the good version of a meme. Think of how many adventure stories have the guy who teaches the hero--Obi-Wan, Merlin, Gandalf, Morpheus, Ned Stark, Atticus Finch.
Everything that came after the Lord of the Rings, though, seems to borrow heavily from it, as far as scots-accent dwarves, bow-armed, agile blonde elves, undead servitors of a dark lord, life-extending jewelry like rings and horcruxes, and uncounted hordes or orc-like monsters.
"These two young boys..." Frodo was 51 years old when he left the shire and Samwise was 39.
Technically, it still works since Elijah Wood looks almost as young as when he shot this movie and goes on his 40s
That's still young for a hobbit actually 😉
30 was the equivalent to 18 for a hobbit and once Frodo had the ring he stopped aging so an 18 yr old looking Frodo is accurate regardless of the change in time from when he actually left the Shire. This doesn't mean I disagree with your comment at all :)
absolutely no relevance, why does one have to feel superior to another.
@@edwardfox2804 sounds like a question for you.
10:20 Bilbo and Gollum met in The Hobbit, the previous book, when Gollum lost the ring and Bilbo found it. That is why Gollum knows where the ring is. That story is also the one Bilbo is writing here 4:49, and the one he shows to Frodo here 26:05. I love The Hobbit.
I've been told it should have been one film, as the book itself is smaller than the lord of the rings. I wouldn't know myself though, as I haven't read the book.
@@frankyhorn2475 That is correct. It was a bad idea, just one film would have been much better. The decision to make three films and the decisions that resulted from that is one of the main reasons I don't like the film adaptations even though I really love the book.
@@oslafoirausuebutuoy5457 I think 2 movies would have been nice. 3 was excessive.
@@oslafoirausuebutuoy5457 if Peter Jackson had the pre production time necessary it was originally planned to be two films, but unfortunately he was rushed and three movies gave him an extra year to work on the film
I love that you had the same reaction as Gandalf did when Frodo said "I will take it" (the ring to Mordor) at the Council.
@13:18 "Maybe they're the best, because they don't seek power".
You've perfectly summed-up and understood the whole premise of the books/movies in less than 15 mins. :)
The more of your reactions I watch, the more I realize how good and pure your heart is. The world is better because of people like you.
I wish I knew what the song is in the beginning
I think it's funny how the guy that plays Gimli the dwarf is actually one of the tallest cast members, at 6' 1" tall!
Which is good since he is taller than the hobbit actors and can stand in the same shot with them.
Admittedly, they balance this out by having him also be the voice of Treebeard, one of the tallest characters. :-D John Rhys-Davies is a great actor, in person or in voice alone.
Gandalf isn’t an old man, all the wizards are the same race as sauron. A maiar, is like an angelic being servant to the gods of their world, the Valar. This stuff is never really explained in the movies
Holy smokes I never knew that. Big thanks for THAT INFO :D
They didn't have the rights to any words or concepts from any Tolkien books but the LOTR and the Hobbit. They can't talk about such things.
Or in most of the books, really. Nothing except the Silmarillion
there is only one God in Lotr universe;
Eru Iluvatar
Although in The Two Towers movie, Gandalf does mention off-handedly that he's lived hundreds of lives of men.
I like Strider's response in the original book: "So I look fouler and feel fairer, do I?"
all that glitters is not gold .............bilbos poem to aragorn
I watched this in in theaters a few days before Christmas at the same age! I remember the scene where Frodo puts on the ring for the first time on accident my little sister and a whole bunch of other kids started crying like crazy 😂😂
To give you the quick Cliff Notes on some stuff that's difficult to understand and the movies don't really explain:
Sauron created the 19 Rings Of Power
3 for the Elven Lords
7 for the Dwarven Lords
9 for the Kings of Men
And finally he created the One Ring, the ultimate ring that could control the other 19 and their bearers.
The One Ring also houses some part of Sauron's soul, power, and will. He cannot be truly destroyed while the One Ring survives.
The One Ring can ONLY be destroyed in the fires of Mt. Doom, where it was forged.
Sauron is a corrupted Maia - basically an angel or a lesser god, fallen to become a demon or dark god.
There are many Maiar.
The Balrog of Moria is a Maia - similar to Sauron himself, the Balrogs are corrupted Maiar.
The Istari order, also known as wizards, are also Maiar.
So Gandalf is a Maia - basically an angel taken human form, sent by Eru Ilúvatar, the creator god, to watch over Middle Earth.
More or less.
That's why, when Gandalf comes near the One Ring, he sees flashes of the Eye Of Sauron, sensing Sauron's power, will, and awareness within The Ring.
That's why, when Frodo asks Gandalf to take it, Gandalf says that through him The Ring would wield catastrophic power - because Gandalf, like Sauron, is a Maia.
Gandalf had the potential to become a new Sauron.
That's also why Durin's Bane (the Balrog of Moria) was able to take down Gandalf when Gandalf is essentially an angel - they are the same race. Beings of almost identical power.
And you were dead-on with your assumption that The Ring was given to the Hobbits precisely BECAUSE they're so innocent, have no desire for power, and are nearly incorruptible.
The Elves aren't so far removed from the Maia, and seem capable of terrible power through the One Ring.
The Dwarves are already vulnerable to hazardous levels of greed that get them into real trouble.
And the race of Men are weak and corruptible, and due to their short lives are petty, greedy, and power hungry.
The nine Kings Of Men became the Nazgûl, the nine Ring Wraiths. Sauron's most powerful warriors.
Through their nine rings they are enslaved to Sauron's will through the One Ring.
The One Ring calls to the Ring Wraiths. They hunt it. They sense it.
Using the One Ring brings the Ring Bearer(Frodo) into the spirit world where the Ring Wraiths can see him clearly, and he in return can see their true forms as ghostly wraith kings.
The proximity of the Ring Wraiths makes the One Ring compel the Ring Bearer to put it on.
The power and will of the One Ring influencing the Ring Bearer is a constant battle of wills, and immensely taxing.
Bearing the One Ring is like being borderline possessed.
Hobbits are more resistant to the lure of the The Ring than the other races.
You are correct. Saruman was breeding Orcs and Goblins to create the Uruk-Hai - the "super orcs" as you also correctly guessed.
Just like to add; Elves only die from violence or sadness. So when you see Elves in battle they are literally risking immortality for the cause.
Sauron didn't create the three elven rings. He only gave the elven smith King Celebrimbor the knowledge of how to do so--thus they weren't corrupted when Sauron forged the One Ring later.
Saruman was not breeding orcs with goblins--Tolkien said orcs and goblins are different names for the same species--like cougars are also called mountain lions or pumas. Saruman was breeding orcs with humans and creating half-orcs...some of whom could pass as ugly humans and spy for him in Breeland and the Shire. The name "uruk-hai" just means "orc folk" in the Black Speech of Mordor, and represented the biggest and strongest of orc-kind...sort of the special forces of Mordor and Isengard.
@@nimz8521 Eh...they can reincarnate back in Valinor, as long as the world exists. Makes death a little less scary.
@@rikk319 True about the elven rings. Though Sauron is the one who had them made.
I think the specific little details of characters not present in The Lord Of The Rings isn't particularly helpful in helping someone totally new to understand the general story.
We could sit here trying to explain the Silmarillion for ages, and it would only confuse people more.
Orcs and Goblins are treated as separate in the movies, as they frankly should be, and the movie explicitly says Saruman is breeding Orcs and Goblin men to create Uruk-Hai.
@@rikk319 I love the subject of Death in Lord of the Rings, specifically because of The Gift of Man. Morgoth turned it against the race of Men, but originally, they were intended to do work in Arda for their brief lives, but then their spirits could go on, as they were not tied to the world. Morgoth and Sauron using Eru's Gift against mankind is one of the reasons they were so powerful, sewing seeds of corruption, madness, and fear. It's also why the courage shown in this trilogy, such as the Rohirrim's cries of "DEATH," before their charge, and Aragorn standing before the Black Gate are so powerful... and why we see Orcs cut and run so often, when the humans face insurmountable odds, demonstrating Valor, the greatest trait of their race and the inverse of the vices of fear and powerlust that the enemy used.
Re: They look like Dementors
You've got that backwards, the Dementors look like the Ringwraiths, which in turn look a little like Death/The Grim Reaper... As a side note, it will be interesting to see how the new Wheel of Time series (to be release soon I hope) handles their own version of them (Myrddraal/Fades), which were directly inspired by LoTR.
Fades are way worse than ringwraiths, as they are more like super powered ninjas that can travel through shadows...
pretty much all of modern fantasy can be traced back to Lord of the RIngs. Some more directly than others
@@lenflakisinski6260 Absolutely, it's just going to be interesting to see how ppl react to the Fades when they make an appearance; I think it's going to get a little spicy as some ppl misunderstand Robert Jordan's intent in writing the series & that he paid homage to Tolkien a number of times.
"Dammit Umbridge, those textbooks are so old they still refer to dementors as ringwraiths!"
Yes, Liv Tyler was absolutely beautiful in this but it’s Cate Blanchett that captivated me. She’s mysterious, ethereal and also a bit scary. I’d have been just as awestruck as Gimli.
My kids loved Galadriel coming down those stairs as if she were floating
I was a tad disappointed because I had read the books and if I remember correctly (I read the books in high school) she was described as the most beautiful woman in the world and Cate is a bit homely in this imo. I dunno she was just more impressive in the books IMO
@@frightenedsoul I don't know who you're looking at, using the word "homely", but it can't be Cate Blanchett as Galadriel. Seriously, wtf?
@@jawbone78 I am. People can disagree but IMO, she isn’t very attractive
@@frightenedsoul I don't just disgree. I profoundly, vehemently disagree. And I question both your eyesight, your taste, and your sanity. 😆
This channel is so well done. Thumbnails, movie choices, the scenes you choose to show and react to, seriously well done. I'm currently binging everything you have✌
I binge all three of the director's cut atleast two to three times a year. One of my all time favourite. New subscriber, I enjoyed this.
"I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone. I choose a mortal life."
The Fellowship of the Ring is possibly my most vivid theatrical experience as a kid (pretty sure I was 11 when this came out). My dad made me read the book before I was allowed to see the movie (smart man) and so the anticipation was through the roof. I remember it being the most intense movie I'd ever seen, and being completely floored by it. It's a masterpiece of storytelling, sound design, special effects etc. Pretty sure this was the movie that sealed my fate to pursue filmmaking as a career. Even 20+ years later, it still holds up nearly flawlessly.
This is going to be amazing. You've shown you can handle some dark and depressing stuff and some heavy action, but you live for those sweet touching moments. this trilogy has plenty of both and everything in between. youre going to feel every twist and turn so much, i think you're going to love this trilogy
“Okay Riverdale looks amazing!” This made me chuckle! 😅
This is like how the Baranduin river became the Brandywine river lol
This was one of the greatest moments of my life as a 10 year old in December 2001, 2 weeks after the World Premiere, we were in downtown West Hollywood with my Mom and older brother, lines around the block at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre. We were there 2 weeks after the cast and crew were in the same seats, seeing The Fellowship of the Ring for the very first time. It was out of this world unbelievable, people were giving standing ovations, roaring during certain scenes, *SPOILER ALERT* (Like the one where the Uri-Kai is shooting Boromir with the arrows, Aragorn runs into to save him and has that powerful fight scene beheading the Uri-Kai. People were clapping and shouting and whistling at that one. From our seats up to the balconies, thank you so much Mom, and thank you for being born and raised in Woodland Hills, LA. I am so lucky and blessed with such a cool family. My Grandpa was a hand-drawn animator when Walt Disney was still alive, he worked on Sleeping Beauty and 101 Dalmatians (1958-1961), after he said he was tired of drawing spots on the dogs, and that Walt was a jerk, so he started his own animation/film studio in Manhattan Beach.
The elvish language was also created by the legendary Tolkien as well. A very amazing linguist.
Wasn't that the whole reason he wrote them - to create a world and a culture for his languages? I remember hearing somewhere that Tolkien was a linguist first and a novelist second.
@@janleonard3101 yeah my memory of it is very foggy but what I read was similar or at least among the lines of that. I may have to refresh, its been years since diving into Tolkien and his books
@@HonestOpinions4u It might come from "Tolkien: A Look Behind the Lord of the Rings" by Lin Carter.
@@janleonard3101 A linguist by trade, but there is no need to give one precedence.
What is she playing in the intro? What music track?
So glad you are watching this! Since you already made some connection to Harry Potter I just wanted to point out the the Lord of the Rings has inspired much of all fantasy that came after it. I am a bigger Harry Potter fan too but she borrowed a lot directly from this story. Gandalf-->Dumbledore. Ringwraiths/Nazgul-->Dementors. The One Ring-->Horcrux. That's not to say Harry Potter is bad but just that what Tolkien created was a masterpiece. Can't wait for you to see the rest. Enjoy it!
George R.R. Martin said Tolkien is the father of modern fantasy. With LOTR, The Hobbit, and The Samarillion. Tolkien created the biggest deepest Iceberg out there. The rest of us are just pretenders placing cubes of ice on a floating barge.
GRRM is trying to build a Tolkien level Iceberg with GOT. J.K. Rowling has also built a massive Iceberg with the Harry Potter series.
You're mistaken, all of the lord of the rings fan boys are in love with Sam
I mean, it's Sam...
*(Spoilers)*
Without him, the Ring would never have been destroyed. He saved Middle Earth.
@@MontgomeryWenis not to mentin, absolutely gorgeous
The man is the strongest "not-strong" character ever.
The story is actually about Sam oh, and why wouldn't it be.
lol
22:17 yes it’s a super orc… lol called an Uruk Hai. They can travel fast and are more powerful orcs. Orcs can only stick to traveling during the night as they are negatively affected by the sun while Uruks can travel during the daytime.
"This is probably who all of the lord of the rings fanboys are in love with" - As if the straightest of all male LOTR fans could resist Aragorn
It starts out with Legolas. Then Aragorn. And then finally Sam.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sam is best girl
My brother... my captain... my king.
Agreed, one of my favorite lines was, "he can't fight all nine of them…" Two seconds later, "okay, maybe he can."
LOVE!! They were great in the theaters and still great now! Extended versions are crazy long but add so much more from the books!
I realized I was an old man when I went to see it in the theatre... I had to "shush" the kids behind me when they wouldn't stop talking and goofing around during the opening scenes. Man, I waited my entire life to see those movies, no snot nosed kid was gonna mess it up !!
What tune is playing in the beginning??
If you have not read the books, welcome to Tolkiens huge new world. I read the danish translation aloud to my sister when she was something like 7 years old (in the mid 70´es). We still share a special bond around that.
That's so cool!
My older sister told us the stories of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings when we were very little. It does create a special bond. And when I read the books I still picture in my mind the images I had when I was young and hearing these stories told.
@@kenfreeman8888 Very impressed. I only managed to read them aloud, and then rehearsing my sister (I recalculated, I now think she must have been around 9 years old) in the extensive array of caracters, much to the frustration of our mother, who felt pushed outside at dinner-time etc.. She should have read the books herself.
What did you use for outro music?
You can't live in the Shire, but you can visit it! After filming this trilogy and "The Hobit" movies, the town, known as "Hobiton," is now a tourist attraction in New Zealand. At the local pub, they have their own "shire brew" that can only be purchased there. My cousin visited a few years ago, and she was amazed at how beautiful it was.
Hobbit has two “b”s
In fact, the first village was dismantled after the filming of the LOTR trilogy. But they remade it (perfect match to the very last nail) for the Hobbit trilogy and decided to make it permanent as a open museum
I visited it a few years ago and it is beautiful, all of New Zealand is. I remember driving past a series of hills and thinking I recognized them from a sequence but nope, the whole country just looks like that.
A tour also took me to Mount Victoria where they filmed the shortcut to mushrooms scene. The big tree the hobbits hid under was planted for the shoot and is now long gone. So that site's less impressive but Hobbiton is totally worth it if you visit the country.
@@cameroncimmerius1203 It's always funny to know some of the scenes which seems lost in the middle of nowhere were shot in the middle of a park few minutes from the studios
Rivendell is a real place.Tolkien create this from "Lauterbrunnental" - is a little valley (with 72 waterfalls), here in Switzerland :) , and amazing.
My absolute favorite movies of all time. I'm old, so I've seen a lot of movies. I'm so glad that you're watching the extended versions, which is really the only way to experience the LotR films.
Fun fact, JRR Tolkien formulated this epic tale while fighting in the trenches of WW2. This was one of the ways he coped and transmuted the experience. It starts to actually make a lot of sense. Incredible... sometimes I see the Fellowship as a kind of Band of Brothers
The Silmarillion & the backstory/languages were formulated during WWI.
@Necramonium Thats when he wrote them, but his journals state he started the story/lore in his head during the war.. am I wrong here?
@@SWOLEX_1 Tolkein developed the 'world' and its languages and history and stories about it when he was young, The Fall of Gondolin (in the first age) was one of the earliest stories. When he began writing The Hobbit he decided to set it in this world he had already created. Due to the success of the Hobbit book he was asked to write a sequel. As he set out to do this the story transformed into The Lord of the Rings. Still set in the world he created long before, its part of why it is all so vivid and feels so real; the world has a long and detailed history. But the narrative for the Lord of the Rings was written during the 1940s.
@@wvman2374 thank you!!
I think you mean WW1, not WW2.
Fun fact about the actor who plays Bilbo (Sir Ian Holm, RIP). He also played Ash (the robot/synthetic) in Alien.
He was a much younger milkrobot back then.
He also played in Time Bandits, Brazil, Chariots of Fire, The Man In The Iron Mask, and The Madness of King George...among others.
"Did they make him big, or did they make everything small?"
The correct answer is......yes
Also fun fact. After all these years liv tyler still remembers elvish
That's crazy when you realise they did almost all the sets and props on 2 scales (one for human size characters, one for hobbits/dwarves)
To be precise: Liv remembers her lines. She never learned the elvish. Sir Christopher Lee (played Saruman) was a real Tolkein scholar who did know elvish. He wanted to play Gandalf. But Jackson wanted him as the villain.
I forgot how great the first movie was in its atmosphere. Music, scenery, casting of the roles, sound design, special effects...so good. I find myself rewatching Fellowship the most.
It’s so great to see this through the eyes of a new fan...... I have been watching this over and over for years!
My favorite movies of all time! Yay!
Intro song??
"This is probably who all the Lord of the rings fan boys are in love with"
Lotr fanboys "this is good but I like THIS"
*holds up samwise
🤣🤣🤣
Everyone needs a Sam
20:27 I relate to those emotions so much. Saw this at the cinemas when I was 12 and I was terrified of them slowly walking towards the Hobbits and the haunting music adding to the tension. Still terrifies me today. But I appreciate the craft of that moment now as well as the amazingly terrifying imagery.
You can thank Fran Walsh, screenwriter and wife of Peter Jackson for the Nazgul screech, it was mixed but the base sound is her screeching. Safe to say that when she gets mad at Peter, the Nazgul are near.
I am always so jealous of people watching this for the first time, Lord of the rings is my favorite thing in life, in general. Sometimes, when I'm down, I just remind myself "I was born in a time where I can read Lord of the rings, and where I was 13 when those movies came out, I am part of the luckiest generation of all time". I seriously cannot overstate how impactful this story has been in my life.
I remember when I first watched it, my brother downloaded a cam version, and I watching it until midnight, then I watched it again and again throughout the night. Went to the cinema the very next week. I marathoned them in cinema when the third one came out, I've marathoned them every year since. The swords and maps are on my walls, the books, signed, are in my display cases. The fact that some people simply haven't watched them just blows my mind XD
Gandalf's whisper to the white moth, asked it to send the Eagle, which took him away. Love that part so much.
It’s awesome you’re watching the extended versions
Yes!
"Dumbledore".. You just made nerds all over the world scream in agony lol
hahahaha whiopsadaisy
13:06 - you hit the nail right on the head, you'd be surprised with how many people miss the POINT as to why hobbits make the perfect ring-bearers. they dont desire power or riches or any of the things the ring might offer them. all they want is a peaceful, simple life and that is the one thing sauron cannot fathom. love, humility and peace are what defeat sauron in the end. im so glad i found your channel, your reactions put me in the mood to watch more movies
I love this "Let's watch" series where you dive into these movies and you share your wide-eyed reactions and comments. Where was this during the height of the quarantine, when it would've been nice to spend an evening with a friend watching favorite movies. There's nothing like watching a movie for the first time.. but a close second would be showing a movie you love to someone who hasn't seen it before and seeing their first time reactions. At the end of a long day, I can relax and watch your reaction vids, congratulations on putting together a first rate series for us movie aficionados :)
Been looking forward to this. Glad you chose the extended ones, they are the closest to the book experience, even if they still miss a lot (due to the necessities of cinema). These have a pretty special place for me, grew up with an abusive step-father and used to run off into the woods next to my house when I was 7-10 with my well-thumbed vintage lotr bookset and read them cover to cover for hours before returning home. I got a lot of comfort from those books, the wisdom of Gandalf, the bravery of Sam, the humanity of Boromir. The movies mean just as much to me.
Strangely, I have found that my path in life has mirrored aspects of Tolkien's own. I am now a successful academic who specializes in a field very similar to that of Tolkien, I study medieval literature. I also do a lot of writing in my spare time. Tolkien has had a very large impact on my life.
25:37 "Welcome to RIvendell, Mr. Anderson".
27:09 It's a little complicated, but basically, yes. Elves live forever, although they can die. Technically, they can even choose to age and die, if they want to.
30:18 In a way. The Ring (which has Sauron's power) is sowing discord among the council. This is one of the main dangers of the One Ring: it finds weakness among people and uses it against them (to control them or to destroy them).
Pretty sure that, technically, only those with some human ancestry can choose to grow old and die.
Great edit work, you showed all the good/importand parts
Sees Arwyn:
"This is probably who all the LOTR fanboys are _in love_ with"
_Eowyn has entered the chat_
I'm all about Galadriel
Any true fan boy doesn't like Arwyn anyways cause she was shoehorned in as a love interest for the film.
@@joshuaortiz2031 a fellow man of culture
Idk. I kinda have a soft spot for who Sam would end up marrying
@@mrsleep0000 Nah Peter Jackson had to add the full love story into the film because you couldn't bring the Eowyn x Aragorn tease into the mix and trick people into thinking they would be together. Viewers of the films would have been pissed off if Arwen showed up in ROTK out of nowhere to be with Aragorn. Tolkien's writing style brings a lot of red herrings into the mix and tricks. Eowyn as a potential love interest, Pippin being crushed by a troll at the black gate, etc. Tolkien loved to pull a fast one on readers.
I saw this with my dad and his girlfriend at the time.
He told me initially that we were going to see Vanilla Sky, which I wasn’t excited about, but I wanted to hang out with my dad, so I agreed to come along. As the trailers played out, stuff like Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Minority Report, I thought that maybe the movie wouldn’t be so bad. Then, the New Line Cinema logo popped up (Vanilla Sky is from Paramount), and I knew it was really Lord of the Rings, which I actually did want to see. My dad then said, “Oh, we’re in the wrong theater”. I said “What?” and he said “Just kidding!”. One of my favorite memories both in the theater and with my dad.
Oh, cool! You’re watching the extended version of the movie. All I watched was the regular theatrical version, not to complain or anything. Either way, glad you’re keeping up with this. They’re really great movies!
What’s the outro music?
Loved this reaction, as always from you. Youre so _child-like_ in your wonder and amazement, in your fears and terror, and in your passion and enthusiasm (thats a wonderful quality and meant as a compiment please dont be offended), and at the same time you have the sophistication and intellect to appreciate every aspect and nuance. Thats the best of both worlds. In addition your face i so expressive as the emotions pass across it. "You wear your heart on your sleeve" as my mother always used to say of me. Its always, always, always a joy to share these experiences with you. Thankyou.
You are so sweet, and fast becoming my favorite reactor:)
I don't care about lord of the rings!
Edit: Watch a MARVEL Movie and u will get more than 100k views👍👍👍
Start off with IRON MAN 2008
@@IronMan-jj2fd Why dont you join the patreon and vote instead of providing your vast knowledge unsolicited?
@@IronMan-jj2fd they are boring, predictable cash cows
@@Stuffthatsfunny1 well MARVEL Movies are not Boring, and somewhat predictable i would say but rarely!
And ofcourse they are CASH COWS, no denying that!
But overall the MCU is SOOOO GOOOD!
Especially the new MARVEL TV series, Wandavision & Falcon - Winter Soldier.
@@Tangowastaken I don't like to tangle with patreon and stuff!
I love how attentive you are, it shows how much you enjoy and care more than the typical reaction vids. Catching details and subtext, but also like remembering names that were unfamiliar to you via the comments section from The Matrix and relating them back to this down the road.
Fun fact the shire is actually a farmers land in new Zealand. I believe the buildings are still up and he uses them as a tour.
Sam is the true hero of the story, even tolkien said so
When you finish all 3 Lord of the Rings movies, it feels like it was such a long adventurous journey and an entire chapter of your life is over.
I'm so impressed you recognized Sean Astin as Rudy.
I enjoy watching these girls indulge in geek culture and watch them fall in love with the story and characters.
It is absolutely such a joy seeing you react to these. I am a huge Tolkien nerd and have read the books many times. I love watching you ask often just the right questions that will be explained later on. I love how invested you are in the story. This is a joy to watch your reaction and flashes me back to when I first saw these when I was in middle school myself. You got yourself a subscriber. 😁
Lowkey this is way better than I was hoping for lol too cute I love this.
Also you hit the nail one the head when you wondered that maybe Gandalf was delegating the ring to Frodo since Frodo would be less tempted than someone you'd normally deem more "capable" of the task. So, well done!
13:15 you pretty much got it as to why hobbits are uniquely set to be less corruptible ring bearers, that and their size. The more powerful or ambitious you are the easier the ring can tempt you hence why Gandalf looked away and shouted “Don’t tempt me Frodo,” when offered the ring.
I'm so glad you're watching the extended cut. But it definitely was more meaningful to see the theatrical, and then the extended version. It made me appreciate it more.
I really love your reactions. You're such a sweetheart when watching movies. You feel them, you immerse yourself into them. That's the biggest compliment to everyone who makes movies!
As a complete Lord of the Rings turbo-nerd i gotta say it was fascinating to see how right you were with some of the interpretations. Watching your reaction really brings me back to when i first watched the movies
It was great to watch you begin this movie franchise and you picked up on so much!! Thank you for sharing this, it was like watching the movie for the first time all over again.