THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING | FIRST TIME WATCHING (PART 1/3)
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- Enjoy my reaction as I watch Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition) for the first time! I meant to get this up this morning but UA-cam was giving me copyright issues. Sorry about that! There were so many good parts in this movie that we split it into 3 separate videos.
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In all 12hrs of LOTR the most horrifying thing is watching Denethor eat tomatoes.
Bilbo reaching for the ring in Rivendell is nightmare fuel.
Tied for shelob with me
@@andrew.lp.mcneill Lol, I jumped about a foot out of my theater seat when Bilbo changed. Denethor and the tomato is the grossest for sure
So Denethor eating tomatoes is the most gross (I would say the Uruk eating each other... no, actually the Uruk being "birthed". But the tomatoes thing is still gross)
Most scary is Bilbo in Rivendale
Most nightmare fueling is probably Shelob (at least if you are bad around spiders)
@@andrew.lp.mcneill Until recently I couldn't watch these scene, it haunted me for years 😆😆
That scene of Gandalf sitting in the courtyard, after Faramir's attack failed--you can see how much Gandalf did care for Faramir, like the father he'd deserved. So much emotion in that one quiet scene of the White Wizard just sitting, with the weight of the world on his shoulders, mourning one man.
In the books Gandalf knew Faramir as a boy, i believe Gandalf was sort of a mentor to him, which Denethor (his father) felt bitter about, that explains his hatred for Gandalf and his own son
That shot is always embedded in my mind whenever I think of this trilogy. I want it made into a painting if I had some cash to spare. That would be cool.
It also speaks to his love for the people's of Middle Earth. None are truly his kin yet he has adopted them all.
I love this woman, she's such a gentle soul.
Same 😆
I agree. There are too few genuine people out there nowadays, and you can tell she's one of them
@@Hiraghm yeah but not all women have qualities that represent the purity that she seems to naturally portray. Imo, very few do.
Good people with genuine golden hearts should be looked up to for aspiration.
@@MrOzak45 What I find funny is that men say they want that but they can’t help themselves if a good butt passes in front of them😂😏
@@di3486 lol, personally I've always been like this;
If I'm with my significant other I'm not going to check out another woman, it's just rude. Unless my g/f is the type of chick that's like "Damn, check out the butt on our waitress". Then I'll clearly oblige, and give my honest opinion on said butt (Ive had a couple g/f like that).
Now if I'm not with them I'm going to take a glance. And I'm absolutely cool with her taking a glance when a Chris Hemsworth lookalike walks by. Looking is absolutely fine, anything more than that is not ok. And being able to keep your dick/vagina in your pants is not hard in the least bit (no pun intended lol). It comes down to self controll and loyalty.
The reason you don’t see dwarfs in this series is because they are all busy fighting Sauron’s forces in the north
Sauron’s larger plan reminds me of the Schlieffen Plan the Germans had in WW1 which Tolkien probably borrowed from. Where the Germans had two main offensives one from the north and one from the south. The south would advance on Paris and the other would swing north and come south to also attack Paris. Except replace Paris with minas tirith.
the battle of dale was a hell of a fight for the kingdom of erebor and dale/lake town
@@MrDeep-wg1bl Oh damn... That's a really good observation!
Same with the Elves. 'they have no need to march to war, war already marches on their own lands.' so says Legolas.
Another addition of Jackson's.
and there are only a few of the dwarven kingdoms left. Like Moria most of the dwarven kingdoms are dead. At the time of the movie I believe 3 of the 5 ring lords are already dead. Maybe it's 2 I don't remember.
Emotional scene, wasn't it ? Pippin's Song while Faramir and his men charge Osgiliath. Genius writing...
Written by the actor himself
@@crazeered71 no? In the books it's part of a longer song written by bilbo and they sing it together while leaving the shire in fellowship of the rings
@@SeanPalcic I'm not sure but I've also read that pippins actor wrote it himself
@@StalwartShinobi the no wasnt me asking if that was the case. That is the case. The "no?" Was questioning the false information
@@SeanPalcic I wasn't questioning it, so you can stop being insecure, Billy boyd might not have written it but he 'sang' it, he created his own melody for the song as it was only ever written not heard
Saruman, played by Christopher Lee, was the only LOTR cast member to have actually met the author, J.R.R.Tolkien. Who himself was a WW1 combat veteran and participated in the battle of the Somme. One of the wars most bloody and horrific battles. It is said that his experience in this battle inspired his LOTR battle scenes.
And Christopher Lee fought in WWII. When they were filming Saruman getting stabbed, he corrected Peter Jackson in that a stabbed man doesn't scream, but instead all the air gets pressed out of the lungs, resulting in the gasp that you hear in the stabbing scene in the film.
And yesterday would have been Christopher Lee's 99th birthday. He acted in more movies than any other actor in history. And Kai is correct, that during WWII he served in military intelligence for the British, including hunting Nazis at the end of the war.
@@MrMasterKaio imagine having a dude change your movie direction because he knows how to realistically kill people better
Awesome info
@@MrMasterKaio yes sir. I thought about adding that as well. He also became the oldest front man of a metal band 🤘 an absolute legend!
There’s a LOT of fighting going on all over Middle-Earth while all of this is happening: the Dwarf enclaves in Erebor, the Iron Hills and the Grey Mountains are being besieged; Galadriel in Lorien and Legolas’s father King Thranduil in Mirkwood have to contend with orc legions; and the Men in the city of Dale and the country of Rhovanion in the north are being assailed also. What’s going on in this movie is only one of many theaters of battle, but the whole continent is essentially at war while all of this is going on.
Also Rohan is attacked from the east by Mordor's forces crossing Anduin but those were repelled by the Ents who came to face them in the Wold, but even other places were affected one way or another (even Bree-land to some extent), land of Beornings, and so on.
Yeah, the War of the Ring had a lot of theaters. Sauron did not want everyone to unit so he tried to defeat them in detail. When that failed he tried to just keep the Dwarves, Elves,and Northmen occupied so they couldn't march to aid Gondor where the main campaign was going to be. Gondor was the bulwark that protected Middle-Earth from Mordor. If Sauron could take Gondor, he had roads to take his armies to every land in Middle Earth. I really wish they could do a special edition for the trilogy to add some scenes of the fighting going on in Erebor, Dale, and Mirkwood. Especially with the Hobbit movies having come out, to show what all those characters and lands were dealing with and why they never showed up in this trilogy.
@@Fordo007 additionally Sauron already possessed a lot of territory, and through Dol Guldur stronghold controlled the southern Rhovanion and lands east of Anduin, a base from which he could access other places.
"Gondor calls for aid!"
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"AND ROHAN SHALL ANSWER!"
"That doesn't look very comfortable." Eowyn is performing the duty of Hearth Maiden. It's her job to make sure the fire doesn't go out during the night. She's lying there with her feet bare towards the fire so she can get some sleep and when the fire dies down her cold feet will wake her. It's an old camping trick that Aragorn should know as a Ranger, but maybe he covered her feet because the sun was coming up.
That's really interesting thanks!
I did not know that.
Is that a real thing? If so, that's so cool. Also, it's such a testament to her character. She's royalty and yet she's not above those sorts of tasks. Really cool insight.
@@jared1750 Thanks! It is a real thing from Anglo-Saxon and Germanic cultures, which both had the tradition of hearth maidens. These cultures were part of the inspiration for Rohan. I got the info from a LOTR message board which I tried to link it but it didn't post. Here are the relevant parts posted by Darkstone in The One Ring Forums.
"Nice to see a nod to the historical inspiration for Tolkien's shield-maiden, the Germanic heath-maiden. Other cultures had hearth-maidens too, the most famous of which were the Vestal Virgins. But unlike their more pacifistic Roman sisters, Anglo-Saxon hearth-maidens were trained in war."
"The Vestal Virgins tended the sacred hearth fire of Rome. Similar customs existed throughout Europe. In Germanic life the hearth fire is the center of the mead hall. It must be kept lit. Eowyn is tending the hearth fire. One would expect that this would be one of the duties of the ranking noblewoman in the Meduseld."
"Of course Eowyn cannot keep awake all night, especially after acting as meadhall hostess all day. So she’s resorting to an old camping trick. She’s sleeping with her bare feet next to the fire. When the fire dies down her feet will start freezing. Then she’ll wake up and put more wood on the fire. Note Aragorn will come along and short circuit the trick by covering up her feet. Luckily he also takes it upon himself to add wood to the fire."
@@janleonard3101 so after some quick research I can't find any specific mention of a "hearth maiden" anywhere. Even the articles I looked through about the Vestal Virgins don't describe any specific position like this. In fact google doesn't return any relevant results for "hearth maiden" or "hearth-maiden" at all. Additionally Aragorn as a ranger would understand how to properly bank a fire overnight, which is what primitive campers (and everybody in the world that used to or still does heat their dwelling with a wood fire) actually do because nobody is trying to double their fuel consumption for no benefit. Based on how unreasonable the idea is and the total lack of evidence for it after a few minutes of searching I'm incredulous this idea is anything but make-believe.
"Why does he trust Gollum?" Because giving up on Gollum is to give up any hope that, as ring bearer, he can possibly emerge uncorrupted.
If Gollum deserves death, so would Bilbo and Frodo.
If Frodo admits Gollum is a monster, he has to contend with the same thing within himself. That’s why he is the only one who calls Gollum by his human name.
gollum is too far gone, that's the whole thing the ring completely destroyed him.
Gollum don’t deserve to die because Frodo doesn’t help him more and I really really love Frodo save Smeagol/Gollum soul because Gollum is so good and cute but he dark side of the ring give to him fault so I really really loved see Smeagol true freedom and became good
gollum saved the world. frodo was gonna leave with the ring and sam was just gonna sit there and cry and let him. if i was sam i would have run up and pushed frodo over the edge with the ring the moment he refused to throw it before letting everything be destroyed. sam should have never given frodo back the ring after saving him from those orcs, it was obvious frodo was corrupted by the ring, sam wouldn't have hesitated to throw the ring in like frodo did, he was in close proximity to the ring all that time and never became corrupted by it.
and after all that Frodo actually failed
You have to admit, as loathsome as Denethor is as a character, Noble's performance is completely extraordinary. In the books, it is explained that Denethor also had a Palantir and Sauron had broken his will by showing him the strength of his armies. It's the only thing about these movies that I wish had been kept, but they are otherwise a complete, magnificent masterpiece.
I love that Peter Jackson and everyone else involved realised that some parts had to be removed like Tom Bombadil or the scouring of The Shire. Not to mention the small changes like Haldir and the elves of Rivendale fighting at Helms Deep
I think all the changes were entirely fair, honestly - even the Scouring, as that would have just been too much for a movie. The only little thing that I disliked was that they showed the Pelennor Fields to be uninhabited grassland, which made no sense. It's right outside this big walled, paved city, so it should be farmland and houses and stuff. Not just because "that's how it is in the book" (the books are just as much fiction as the films, after all) but because it would make sense, and Minas Tirith would have seemed more real, I think, with some evidence of life built up around it.
Denethor was noble and tragic, one of the most formidable men in Middle Earth. The movies turned him into a deranged clown.
Denethor was quite a man in the books. He mind-wrestled with Sauron through the Palantir everyday to gain intel and was never broken until his younger son came back as a half-corpse. Even Aragorn shied away from using the Palantir more than necessary.
@@Wombatzu Denethor was the absolute equal of Aragorn in nobility and power. Had he remained unmanipulated by Sauron, he would have been the greatest Steward of Gondor.
Mithrandir is a name in Sindarin meaning "the Grey Pilgrim" or "the Grey Wanderer". Gandalf is known under many names at many places of Middle earth
Olórin being his original name and Tharkûn the name given by the dwarves.
@@DuolosX nope, he did not. Tolkien hated allegory
@@DuolosX ok
"To the East I go not."
Everyone in the legendarium has so many names it's really hard to keep track of them at first... though you definitely get the hang of it eventually especially once you learn to tell the languages apart
This movie is known for its speeches. They still get me hyped up after countless watches. LOTR is truly the best trilogy of our time
Period
'Rome: total war' had the best speeches. My general: I want to see blood. I want to bathe in blood. I want to bathe in blood for a week!
I loved them at first now they look dated and they changed too much from the books. Still pretty good but not the best ever. I think seeing The Hobbit ruined them for me, somewhat.
You are correct. The purest movies to be made.
@@Jordan-Ramses To be honest that quote really is not great. Not nearly as inspiring as the speeches here.
What movies don't change things from the book? Only thing is there is so much of these books and not everything can make it in, and some things change to fit the movie better. Happens with a lot of books, TLOTR does a better job than most considering the shear amount of source material there is.
And I have never heard a fan of TLOTR say "The Hobbit ruined TLOTR for me." Most fans barely noticed that trilogy, and recognize its failure to live up to these masterpieces.
Can’t disagree. It’s a masterpiece
When Gandalf rides to save Faramir with the light blast from his staff. It's such an epic amazing tracking shot and the perfect timing of the music definitely put that scene over the top and one of my all time cinematic shots. What a triumph of film making. Peter Jackson is a beast.
Best back up ever!!! 🖕🖕
"Worst. Dad. Ever!" Even after all these years, it's still tough to get through that battle scene with Pippin's hauntingly beautiful song in the background.
I'm really glad you included the last scene you did in this part - Billy Boyd's singing, over those scenes, I think is one of the more underrated moving moments in this trilogy.
And Billy wrote that music himself
@@DuolosX Well it was the combo of the singing, and Faramir and his men riding headlong into a massacre they know is coming, that gets me.
Christopher Lee was a OSS agent during WW2,he has personal knowledge of how someone reacts when stabbed from behind,Peter Jackson listened to him making the unceremonious end for Saruman more authentic...true story.
SOE, the OSS was its American counterpart. But Gavin Mortimer says that's not true, he was an RAF liaison officer. Which is interesting, but it's unlikely an LNO was operating operationally. Maybe he went out to verify target locations for bombers or something like that.
Lee even said “do you know the sound someone makes when they are stabbed in the back? because I do.
@@Monsposse RAF Intelligence officer was his _official_ job -- he served in North Africa and Italy -- : but in his own words "I was attached to the SAS from time to time but we are forbidden - former, present, or future - to discuss any specific operations. Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read in to that what they like".
@@stormwreath I know what he said, and I addressed it in my comment. He was not in the SAS, which is an Army unit, or any other UKSF unit. He was an LNO from the RAF. It was a valuable job, and it's very exciting to pal around with SOF guys, but it doesn't make you a SOF guy. I don't begrudge him a little embellishment on the set of LOTR though, sometimes an actor needs to get creative when an uppity director thinks he's in control.
@@stormwreath He also once said he worked for the "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare".
“Can Saruman die?”
Thwonk!
“Oooh yep”
"and Rohan will answer!" .. best reaction i've ever seen
the Beacons of Amon Dîn... chills. King Theoden "And Rohan will answer." chills! chills, chills, chills throughout this film.
The beacons lighting scene is an all-timer for me. That music is just incredible and the visuals of what it represents = goosebumps every time.
I personally can't wait for the reaction to one of the best scenes ever in film history, coming up a bit later. We all know what scene.
I just can't get over the fact that you have these guys just standing next to a pile of wood on the top of mountains.
It was a great tourism video of New Zealand
Agreed. Epic in every way.
Leave it to Peter Jackson to leave something as simple as lighting beacons and make it one of the best scenes in the film.
I saw Billy Boyd sing "The Edge of Night" a couple of years ago in sweden at a Sci-fi convention. The entire place was dead silent during the song, and it was so beautiful. He also sang the themesong for The Hobbit: The Battle of the five armies that same night, same thing..dead silence from the crowd.
Billy Boyd (Pippin) really does have a lovely singing voice... he also wrote the song he sang in that scene. He sings and plays different instruments in a band called Beecake.
He wrote the music; the words actually come from a walking song in the first book, The Fellowship of the Ring. Tolkien's words and Billy Boyd's music and voice! Perfection!
"Fool of a took" sounds extra good for Swedes since Took looks and sounds quite like "tok" the Swedish word for fool. Tolkien being clever with his knowledge of Germanic languages. :)
@@nettleleaves8224 Correction: Pippins family name (Peregrin Took). Merry's family name is Brandybuck.
@@nirfz Were they not cousins though? Like, if my mother was called a "fool of a Smith," assuming her maiden name was Smith and not her married name "Green," it would be correct to insult her as a "fool of a Smith." Right?
I could have sworn they were cousins, brother.
@@mss11235 Yes, that would work. Still, nobody called Merry a "Fool of a Took" but Pippin of course was called that way.
And yes, they werecousins, but my comment was a response to a comment i can no longer see. Seems the commenter deleted it in the meantime? (In the comment i responded to, the lastnames of Merry and Pippin got confused.)
wow :)
Interesting comment. Thanks.
3 parts is a good call!
Just like The Hobbit! 😆
@@StarkRG Exactly my first thought when I saw it was a 3-parter, hahaha
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Your reaction to Denethor eating while his son is going to his death was perfect. That scene has always been the most despicable thing in all the movies. Who could have an appetite while their child is headed to certain death? And after you told them you wished they were dead?!
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Fighting a nazgul is quite worse than an orc, because nazgul emit an aura of terror, and striking them is extremely painful to the attacker as it burns them. That is of course if you manage to kill their Fellbeast first, which are living fighter jets (on the bright side, they don't breathe fire like dragons)
Dragons would have been the end of men. Good that sauron didn't manage to find a living one for the battle of gondor.
If a fell beast is a fighter jet, a dragon would be a fortress, teeth and claws like steel, armored in the toughest scales and breathing most likely fire. And flying to boot...
Really good that most were killed off in the second age.
@@thedragon133 Yeah, good thing Mithrandir sent Bilbo off on that adventure to slay Smaug and reclaim Erebor for Durin’s folk
I vaguely recall in "The Hobbit" a passage about how much the wood elves can drink relative to other races. Needless to say...there was no way Gimli was winning that game.
One of most beautiful things in being in a fandom is when you can see someone new who is entering your world and who is feeling the enthusiasm which maches your own. Thats unbelivable good feeling :) So, as Tolkienian for 28 years I m happy to say - welcome to the family Cassie :)
That last charge by Faramir leading the cavalry is always so heartwrenching. I feel like Tolkien was inspired by his time in WWI trenches. Being sent out of the safety of the city walls, to charge across no-man's land against a bigger force. And if you succeed against all odds, you've just won back a worthless ruin.
The Frodo - Gollum - Smeagol relationship is critical. Frodo maintains his trust in Gollum for so long because of his fear of what the One Ring is doing to him, Frodo constantly feels its corrupting influence, changing him, warping him, as it did Gollum. His faith in Smeagol is based in the hope that the corrupting influence of the Ring can be broken and defeated, that what the Ring is doing to his soul can be healed. If Smeagol can turn from the influence of the Ring then Frodo believes there is likewise hope for him.
Plus it should be noted that there is some difference between the movie and book, as in the book Frodo was less blindly 'trusting' he actually knew full well that Gollum is unstrustworthy but still hopes for his repentance, there is a beautiful line:
"Sam looked at his master with approval, but also with surprise: there was a look in his face and a tone in his voice that he had not known before. It had always been a notion of his that the kindness of dear Mr. Frodo was of such a high degree that it must imply a fair measure of blindness. Of course, he also firmly held the incompatible belief that Mr. Frodo was the wisest person in the world (with the possible exception of Old Mr. Bilbo and of Gandalf) Gollum in his own way, and with much more excuse as his acquaintance was much briefer, may have made a similar mistake, confusing kindness and blindness."
Frodo doesn't trust Gollum. He's afraid he'll turn into Gollum. Frodo keeps Gollum with them on the journey because he has to believe that he, Frodo, won't be forever lost and changed by the huge weight of the Ring on his body, mind, and soul if Gollum can also be redeemed.
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That, and they don't know the way into mordor. So they needed Gollum to show them the way.
"Can Saruman die? Oooh yep, he can" - brilliant, love it!
Tbh, he can't; he's immortal. Only the body he had put on when he came to Middle Earth died in this scene. But when his spirit tried to return to Valinor where he and Gandalf came from, he was barred from returning because of what he had done.
@@catwoman1263 tbh he’s fictional so anything can happen cause it’s fake.
Saruman, like Gandalf, Radagast, and the Blue Wizards, and Sauron, had all incarnated themselves. If their physical body was destroyed, they wouldn’t be able to make another without help. Sauron could because he had the Ring.
Saruman’s body disintegrated when he departed in spirit, turning into dust almost immediately. Kind of like what happened to Sauron when Isildur cut the Ring from his hand, only not as dramatic or dangerous.
"For with the consent of Eru they sent members of their own high order, but clad in bodies as of Men, real and not feigned, but subject to the fears and pains and weariness of earth, able to hunger and thirst and be slain..." - Unfinished Tales.
It's also the case that Gandalf died after his fight with the Balrog, using the Tolkien definition of "death" that's explored further in the Silmarillion - his spirit left Ea.
But none of this takes away from the good humour in Cassie's statement, which was kind of the point. Yayy Internet.
“Oh Sam, I just want to hug him.” SAME 😭
Can we just appreciate how great of an actor John Noble is? I don't think I've ever seen someone who can portray emotion like him, between this role and Walter in Fringe.
"I wanna see more of Gimlis people" - The Hobbit extended version has Dwarf action :)
But it's not good.
@@engteach1680 To you perhaps.
@Elijah C Lochner That doesn't change the fact that some people can enjoy it. There's no point in trying to act superior just cause you you're not into it, it's cringe
The hobbit is a weak milking of the LoTR franchise.
How can you make 9,5 hours of trillogy with 304 pages of book? A lot of useless filler.
12 hours of LoTR trillogy with 1241 pages of book, still a lot of material missing
When are people going to learn that nothing artistic is ever objective? I am a huge fan of The Hobbit book. I guess people think that I must hate the movies because they stray from the book so much. I don't, though. I love them.
"Go home" gets me every time. For Sam, he left home behind to go with Frodo and his mission was to make sure Frodo got back home, so when his mission tells him "go home," it's essentially total defeat for Sam. He failed Gandalf, Frodo, and himself. SO SAD T_T
Its also my least favourite of the Jackson/Boyens additions to the book. It was bad enough that he had Faramir drag Frodo all the way to Osgiliath before letting him go on his way, without making Frodo fall for that Gollum shite as well.
I woulda been like "HELLLLL NAH. Go home? I just walked my ass all the way across middle earth. Tf you mean 'go home'?"
It’s so much easier to understand a lot of the plot and the different locations if you look at a map of Middle Earth.
Fun fact, a lot of the riders in the movie are women dressed as men. Shooting in NZ, they had a tough time finding large numbers of skilled riders, and most of the skilled riders they did find were women.
You know what they are saying about Women and Horses ? :)
Interesting fact, and thank you. But I don't understand why it's "Fun".
@@waynemarvin5661 A fun fact is an interesting fact.
Anyway, the fact that they had to dress a bunch of women as men and give them false beards for the movie reminds me of what Gimli says about dwarf-women
I dont know why, but it always hits hard when Pippin starts singing when everyone is going to battle. It's the same emotional feeling when he sings the ending credits song in the Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies.
Cassie: "Can Saruman die?"
Saruman, literally a second later: *thud*
Cassie: "Oooh, yup, he can"
That has to be my favourite LotR reaction moment ever XD
Strictly speaking, Saruman can not die; his body can be destroyed, but his spirit can not. And his "death" in the books was MUCH different, and not in Isengard.
@@servantofmelian9966 In film it probably would've made a lame ending if the hobbits had to deal with Saruman, Grima and all that bullshit upon returning to the Shire. They completed the quest that the whole trilogy is about, so it would've been out of place.
It's alright imo that they killed Saruman off early and at the end simply jumped to show Frodo's health issues and emotional distancing from his friends before leaving for Valinor.
@@VPortho Agree. In the book, I liked the way The Professor did it, but in the movies, I like the way Jackson the Pink did it.
@@servantofmelian9966 I think Jackson wanted to keep Shire as a symbol of purity and that the quest indeed managed to prevent what happened in the books as "The Scouring of the Shire". It also might've been confusing for the audience to have this anticlimatic, relatively small conflict in the end.
Ps. I like to discuss stuff relevant to Tolkien's lore so I bang on haha
@@VPortho Saruman's fate in book is quite interesting:
"‘Then I will,’ said Saruman. ‘Worm killed your Chief, poor little fellow, your nice little Boss. Didn’t you, Worm? Stabbed him in his sleep, I believe. Buried him, I hope; though Worm has been very hungry lately. No, Worm is not really nice. You had better leave him to me.’
A look of wild hatred came into Wormtongue’s red eyes. ‘You told me to; you made me do it,’ he hissed.
Saruman laughed. ‘You do what Sharkey says, always, don’t you, Worm? Well, now he says: follow!’ He kicked Wormtongue in the face as he grovelled, and turned and made off. But at that something snapped: suddenly Wormtongue rose up, drawing a hidden knife, and then with a snarl like a dog he sprang on Saruman’s back, jerked his head back, cut his throat, and with a yell ran off down the lane. Before Frodo could recover or speak a word, three hobbit-bows twanged and Wormtongue fell dead.
To the dismay of those that stood by, about the body of Saruman a grey mist gathered, and rising slowly to a great height like smoke from a fire, as a pale shrouded figure it loomed over the Hill. For a moment it wavered, looking to the West; but out of the West came a cold wind, and it bent away, and with a sigh dissolved into nothing.
Frodo looked down at the body with pity and horror, for as he looked it seemed that long years of death were suddenly revealed in it, and it shrank, and the shrivelled face became rags of skin upon a hideous skull. Lifting up the skirt of the dirty cloak that sprawled beside it, he covered it over, and turned away.
‘And that’s the end of that,’ said Sam. ‘A nasty end, and I wish I needn’t have seen it; but it’s a good riddance.’
‘And the very last end of the War, I hope,’ said Merry.
‘I hope so,’ said Frodo and sighed. ‘The very last stroke. But to think that it should fall here, at the very door of Bag End! Among all my hopes and fears at least I never expected that.’
‘I shan’t call it the end, till we’ve cleared up the mess,’ said Sam gloomily. ‘And that’ll take a lot of time and work.’"
The lord of the rings has always been near and dear to my heart. I have read the books dozens of times and seen the movies more than a few. Watching the movies again via your reactions gives them a new life. Thank you for your perception, sensitivity and time.
30:00 The song that Pippin sings would, after this movie, years later be used in one of the trailers for the third film in The Hobbit Trilogy. When it dropped, we were all super hyped for yet another conclusion to another Middle-Earth trilogy. Billy Boyd even returned to sing a different song they wrote for the end credits.
The "lighting of the beacons" music is one of my absolute favorite pieces in the entire franchise. It's unfortunate that part is so short. Love the reactions!
13:20 Liv Tyler is so beautiful.
Denethor is a rubbish father, but what is not made clear is that he has one of the palantir (seeing stones) and Sauron is driving him mad with visions of despair and defeat, so he has no hope left.
Just remember that peter jackson made denethor much worse than in the book
@@infernalone666 Yeah he kinda made the people of Gondor look a lot worse too; one of the gripes I have with the otherwise terrific movies. In the movies he portrays the people of Gondor as weak and scared and running around like headless chickens. But in the books they are strong and tough, but tired and weary. They have been beaten down by relentless attacks from the enemy.
@@infernalone666 I know, but I was talking about the movie version because that's the only on Cassie is seeing.
@@blacktronlego ......something about that seems so wrong :/
And he has been matching wills with Sauron for years, something that almost no one else besides elf lords and wizards could do. He was a strong, willful, brilliant man... but flawed and prideful.
Some recommendations: The Last Samurai & Master and Commander. I think you’ll enjoy both a lot.
Good shout 👏 both epic movies 👍✌️
Definitely "Master & Commander".
Omg yes! The Last Samurai is amazing
Up!
Last Samurai is WAY underrated
As backstory for stewards of Gondor, they assumed rulership over Gondor ~900 years before events of the film, after the last king of Gondor was challenged to a duel by the Witch-King. He went to Minas Morgul and never returned, and didn't have a heir to assume of the throne. Aragorn's claim on it is a bit complicated, he descends from kings of northern kingdom Arnor (which the same Witch-King destroyed to the ground along most of it's people long ago) and is directly linked to Gondor only through Isildur.
When asked by his son Boromir how long a time must pass before a Steward could become a King, if the King did not return, Denethor II replied, "Few years, maybe, in other places of less royalty … In Gondor ten thousand years would not suffice" 😮
Pretty sure Aragorn does have a descendent of Isildur’s brother, Anarion, as an ancestor in there somewhere so he does properly reconnect the two kingdoms.
Isildur was the last High King of men, ruling both Gondor and Arnor. He had two sons, one ruled Gondor while the other Arnor. Aragorn descends from the latter. But what matters is that he is a direct descendant of the last high king and thus carry king's blood.
I also think Aragorn and Armen are some very distant cousins, since the line of Kings of Men began with Elrond's twin brother who chose to become a mortal.
@@thecinemaniacs6197 So Elrond is like Aragorn's great great great great great great great great great great great great uncle? Cool.
Yes, and he was a descendant of Anarion as well. The two lines joined in the north kingdom through intermarriage about 1000 years before this. But the council of Gondor rejected the northern king’s claim of the high kingship and that of Gondor. They selected another member of the royal family, a cousin, as the next king. Making the same mistake the Numenoreans did thousands of years later when Silmarien, Aragorn’s ancient foremother, was passed over for her younger brother.
The last king of Gondor before the Ruling Stewards helped to defeat the Witch-king’s army as Crown Prince of Gondor, after the Nazgûl had destroyed the last northern city, but Glorfindel stopped him from pursuing the Witch-king from the field of battle, warning him that he would not fall by the hand of man and his doom was yet far off. By the time he succeeded his father the Witch-king had occupied the city of Minas Ithil, and it was renamed Minas Morgul. He sent the king of Gondor a challenge to face him in single combat. The Steward, Mardil, convinced the king not to go. Seven years later to the day the exact same challenge was issued again and the Steward was unable to stop the king. As you said, he rode out to Minas Morgul and was never seen again.
From them on, Mardil Voronwë’s house reigned over Gondor as the Ruling Stewards, until the return of the king. By the time of the War of the Ring, it had become almost mythological, the idea that a king would ever return.
I will never ever forgive Peter Jackson for that shot of Denethor eating the tomato. He didn’t have to make us watch that, and he did anyway. I demand compensation.
VALID!
I'd take it over the kissing of the ring... Who's he think he is? The bleedin' Pope?
i'm sure he'll get right on that
The OG Mukbang video
Unpleasant as it is to watch, the symbolism of the blood being spilt on his foolish orders is actually quite a clever touch.
Fun fact: Andy Serkis was originally casted to be only the voice of Gollum. It was planned that this character should be CGI as he was shown in the first part. But when Serkis was so into the role moving according to the script Gollum was "recasted" with him. Here a video how Gollum became alive on screen: ua-cam.com/video/mbW-Zv_kR5Q/v-deo.html
Faramirs attack on Osgilieth is probably the most WW1ey part of the trilogy, I'm not sure if it's in the books as this but the way the soldiers leave like they have orders and they know it's suicide but they do it anyway.
Edit: just to clarify the reason I pointed this out at all was that Tolkien fought in WW1 and this scene always kinda reminded me of the mood before then the effect of going over the top.
True, also the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Yes, Faramir is sent to Osgiliath in the book, but I don't believe it was a suicide charge as in the movie.
@@gregall2178 yeah Faramir is send to Osgiliath in book too though the situation was a bit different:
"The next day came with a morning like a brown dusk, and the hearts of men, lifted for a while by the return of Faramir, sank low again. The winged Shadows were not seen again that day, yet ever and anon, high above the city, a faint cry would come, and many who heard it would stand stricken with a passing dread, while the less stout-hearted quailed and wept.
And now Faramir was gone again. ‘They give him no rest,’ some murmured. ‘The Lord drives his son too hard, and now he must do the duty of two, for himself and for the one that will not return.’ And ever men looked northward, asking: ‘Where are the Riders of Rohan?’
In truth Faramir did not go by his own choosing. But the Lord of the City was master of his Council, and he was in no mood that day to bow to others. Early in the morning the Council had been summoned. There all the captains judged that because of the threat in the South their force was too weak to make any stroke of war on their own part, unless perchance the Riders of Rohan yet should come. Meanwhile they must man the walls and wait.
‘Yet,’ said Denethor, ‘we should not lightly abandon the outer defences, the Rammas made with so great a labour. And the Enemy must pay dearly for the crossing of the River. That he cannot do, in force to assail the City, either north of Cair Andros because of the marshes, or southwards towards Lebennin because of the breadth of the River, that needs many boats. It is at Osgiliath that he will put his weight, as before when Boromir denied him the passage.’
‘That was but a trial,’ said Faramir. ‘Today we may make the Enemy pay ten times our loss at the passage and yet rue the exchange. For he can afford to lose a host better than we to lose a company. And the retreat of those that we put out far afield will be perilous, if he wins across in force.’
‘And what of Cair Andros?’ said the Prince. ‘That, too, must be held, if Osgiliath is defended. Let us not forget the danger on our left. The Rohirrim may come, and they may not. But Faramir has told us of great strength drawing ever to the Black Gate. More than one host may issue from it, and strike for more than one passage.’
‘Much must be risked in war,’ said Denethor. ‘Cair Andros is manned and no more can be sent so far. But I will not yield the River and the Pelennor unfought - not if there is a captain here who has still the courage to do his lord’s will.’
Then all were silent, but at length Faramir said: ‘I do not oppose your will, sire. Since you are robbed of Boromir, I will go and do what I can in his stead - if you command it.’
‘I do so,’ said Denethor.
‘Then farewell!’ said Faramir. ‘But if I should return, think better of me!’
‘That depends on the manner of your return,’ said Denethor.
Gandalf it was that last spoke to Faramir ere he rode east. ‘Do not throw your live away rashly or in bitterness,’ he said. ‘You will be needed here, for other things than war. Your father loves you, Faramir, and will remember it ere the end. Farewell!’
So now the Lord Faramir had gone forth again, and had taken with him such strength of men as were willing to go or could be spared. On the walls some gazed through the gloom towards the ruined city, and they wondered what chanced there, for nothing could be seen. And others, as ever, looked north and counted the leagues to Théoden in Rohan. ‘Will he come? Will he remember our old alliance?’ they said.
‘Yes, he will come,’ said Gandalf, ‘even if he comes too late. But think! At best the Red Arrow cannot have reached him more than two days ago, and the miles are long from Edoras.’
It was night again ere news came. A man rode in haste from the fords, saying that a host had issued from Minas Morgul and was already drawing nigh to Osgiliath; and it had been joined by regiments from the South, Haradrim, cruel and tall. ‘And we have learned ‘ said the messenger, ‘that the Black Captain leads them once again, and the fear of him has passed before him over the River.’
With those ill-boding words the third day closed since Pippin came to Minas Tirith. Few went to rest, for small hope had any now that even Faramir could hold the fords for long.
The next day, though the darkness had reached its full and grew no deeper, it weighed heavier on men’s hearts, and a great dread was on them. Ill news came soon again. The passage of Anduin was won by the Enemy. Faramir was retreating to the wall of the Pelennor, rallying his men to the Causeway Forts; but he was ten times outnumbered.
‘If he wins back at all across the Pelennor, his enemies will be on his heels,’ said the messenger. ‘They have paid dear for the crossing but less dearly than we hoped. The plan has been well laid. It is now seen that in secret they have long been building floats and barges in great numbers in East Osgiliath. They swarmed across like beetles. But it is the Black Captain that defeats us. Few will stand and abide even the rumour of his coming. His own folk quail at him, and they would slay themselves at his bidding.’
"It was just a way to ask for help" : Beacons, sources of light were probably the only form of 'instant or near instant ' (you saw how fast the message could spread from mountain to mountain, covering hundreds of miles in minutes at most ..it does take some time to light the fires) communication the ancients had. You'd need to set the system up ahead of time, and often you needed to rotate out the men on these lonely outposts (often not lit for years or even decades)every few months or so, so the system itself could be rather expensive depending on how many beacons and how far apart they were. There were ways invented of 'blinking' the fires so sometimes simple messages (not just danger when lit , n ot danger when not lit)but they weren't always known or used.
I was just waiting to see if she was going to ask the big question: "Wait, so are there just people hanging out on these snowy mountain tops 24/7 in case the fire needs to be lit?" Some reactors ask, some don't. haha :)
@@marcw6875 well :) ask and ye shalle be answered ;) in any case some funfacts: they are soldiers working in shifts of duty, some of the beacon-hills were actual outposts and fortified some were small posts:
"'The beacons of Gondor are alight, calling for aid. War is kindled. See, there is the fire on Amon Dîn, and flame on Eilenach; and there they go speeding west: Nardol, Erelas, Min-Rimmon, Calenhad, and the Halifirien on the borders of Rohan.'....
'It is long since the beacons of the North were lit,' [Gandalf] said; 'and in the ancient days of Gondor they were not needed, for they had the Seven Stones.'"
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"Pippin... paid little attention to Gandalf telling him of... how the Lord of the City had beacons built on the tops of outlying hills along both borders of the great range, and maintained posts at these points where fresh horses were always in readiness to bear his errand-riders to Rohan in the North, or to Belfalas in the South."
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"[No] tree was ever felled in the Firien Wood, except only by the Beacon-wardens whose task it was to keep open the great road and the path towards the summit of the hill. This path... wound its way up to the end of the trees, beyond which there was an ancient stairway of stone leading to the Beacon-site, a wide circle levelled by those who had made the stair. The Beacon-wardens were the only inhabitants of the Wood, save wild beasts; they housed in lodges in the trees near the summit, but they did not stay long, unless held there by foul weather, and they came and went in turns of duty.
Unfinished Tales, Part 3, Ch 2, Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan: Cirion and Eorl
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"Amon Dîn 'the silent hill' was perhaps the oldest, with the original function of a fortified outpost of Minas Tirith, from which its beacon could be seen, to keep watch over the passage into North Ithilien from Dagorlad and any attempt by enemies to cross the Anduin at or near Cair Andros. Why it was given this name is not recorded. Probably because it was distinctive, a rocky and barren hill standing out and isolated from the heavily wooded hills of the Drúadan Forest (Tawar-in-Drúedain)...."
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"Eilenach was the highest point of the Drúadan Forest. It could be seen far to the West, and its function in the days of the beacons was to transmit the warning of Amon Dîn; but it was not suitable for a large beacon-fire, there being little space on its sharp summit. Hence the name Nardol "Fire-hilltop" of the next beacon westward; it was on the end of a high ridge, originally part of the Drúadan Forest, but long deprived of trees by masons and quarriers who came up the Stonewain Valley. Nardol was manned by a guard, who also protected the quarries; it was well-stored with fuel and at need a great blaze could be lit, visible on a clear night even as far as the last beacon (Halifirien) some hundred and twenty miles to the westward."
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"In the great days of Gondor no beacon was built on the Hill [Halifirien] while the palantíri still maintained communication between Osgiliath and the three towers of the realm 1 without need of messages or signals. In later days little aid could be expected from the North as the people of Calenardhon declined, nor was armed force sent thither as Minas Tirith became more and more hard put to it to hold the line of the Anduin and guard its southern coast. In Anórien many people still dwelt and had the task of guarding the northern approaches, either out of Calenardhon or across the Anduin at Cair Andros. For communication with them the three oldest beacons (Amon Dîn, Eilenach, and Min-Rimmon) were built and maintained, but though the line of the Mering Stream was fortified (between the impassable marshes of its confluence with the Entwash and the bridge where the Road passed westward out of the Firien Wood) it was not permitted that any fort or beacon should be set upon Amon Anwar."
Unfinished Tales, Part 3, Ch 2, Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan: Cirion and Eorl
Gondor would naturally have many strongholds, and even some secret hidden 'bases', "hidden fastnesses in the mountains"
"There are still other fastnesses, and secret ways of escape into the mountains. Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green.'."
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"..... and perhaps 'buried deep' in some secret treasure-chamber, even one in some last hidden refuge in the mountains, comparable to Dunharrow."
@@elessartelcontar9415 Chinese used it along the Great Wall. The ancient Greeks used precisely placed torches in a series of beacon-hills to transmit more detailed messages. They alerted Mycenae the night after the city of Troy fell. Source: Aeschyles, "Agamemnon"
dont be so mad at Denethor. He had to use a Palantir for DECADES to keep Sauron in check. That he still has a LITTLE sanity after battling Saurons mind for so long actually shows how strong his Numenorian blood line is.
You saw how Aragorn felt when HE touched the Palantir
The single greatest show of character in Sams's entire journey is when he doesn't beat the shit outta Frodo for telling him to go home!
22:05-22:26 so glad you added this little part ,many other reactions don’t have it but it’s such a little goosebump moment among the many in this trilogy. You have the best Videos can’t wait for the rest !
I heard you mention Enya in one of your other reactions. Did you know she had some tracks on the Fellowship soundtrack ? She also wrote the love theme for Arwen & Aragorn! Also if your a Cocteau Twins fan...Liz Frazier’s voice is used in several scenes through out the films!
The idea of getting your name in the end credits of the extended DVR credits if you were a Charter Member of the LOTR Fan Club was so popular that they asked Enya to write another bit of music to accommodate the length of showing all the names! (Yes, I'm there! LOL)
@@seannovack3834 wow that’s awesome! Always thought that was another great example of Jackson’s Indy film making. It just felt genuine and heartfelt to include that in the credits. This is off topic but I just saw this a few minutes ago in a bio I’m reading and I’ll share. Well apparently ..The Beatles tried to get TLOR made!!! They tried to get Stanley Kubrick to direct it..?! Just let that sink in for a second. Paul was going to be Frodo,Ringo Would be Sam, Gandalf played by George and John wanted to be Gollum. They were huge fans but it’s hard to imagine Kubrick at the helm of this.An animated Beatle version of this would have been great though!
Sir Christopher Lee was an SAS operative during World War II. Legend has it that he was the inspiration for Ian Fleming's spy character James Bond.
During filming of Saruman's death, Peter Jackson asked Lee to try and imagine what a man being stabbed in the back sounds like. He replied, "I don't have to imagine."
"Why does he hates poor Sméagol?"
Literally the first time they met: Sméagol bits Sam
This was so powerful to see in theater's...I'm sure you can imagine if you haven't. I instantly recognized Gollum from his eyes alone...
I want to see it in theaters. Was too little when it came out. Wonder how much it would be to rent a theater and play extended edition...
@@huntclanhunt9697 i would just wait 2 years for the 20th anniversary. i’m sure you could find a theatre near you showing it.
I took some friends just so I could watch it a second time. Nothing like seeing it on the big screen with a great sound system.
"I want to see more of Gimli's people."
Time to watch The Hobbit.
Yessssss
The ring takes a heavier and heavier toll on Frodo the closer he gets to Mordor. He was the only one who could carry it without falling to it with Bilbo being so old. You see how quickly it corrupts everyone who touches it. Frodo is making the journey carrying a millstone around his neck, but one that also assaults his mind and sense of decency.
I love your reactions and this one is the best yet. You are so good at expressing emotion. I almost wish I'd waited to watch this so I could watch all 3 parts at once. This is almost as good to me as watching it in the theater for the first time. You're that good at this.
J.R.R. Tolkein built such a wonderful world with Middle Earth. I remember as a kid reading the books and being in love with the maps. Now, decades later, I have a split canvas of the map of Middle Earth on my living room wall. I also have a painting of Rivendell on my dining room wall.
Faromir’s ride to Osgillieth is the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Faramir*
6:04
Saruman was actually supposed to let out a loud yell of pain, but Sir Christopher Lee corrected Peter Jackson on it, as he had personally heard the sound of men being stabbed(from his days as a nazi-hunter)
5:05 fun fact; Treebeard refers to Gandalf as "young", even though Gandalf in physical wizard form is around 2000 years old, because Treebeard is probably the oldest living thing in Middle earth at 17,051 years old, not including Tom Bombadil.
Denether II (Boromir's dad) was slowly being corrupted by Sauron by way of the Palantir (the black seeing stone) of Minas Tirith. Denethor believed his mind was strong enough to guide the Palantir, but Sauron only allowed Denethor to see the worst things and planted false images to make him lose hope. That's why Denethor is so bitter and angry by the time Gandalf arrives. Sauron has planted the seed that both Gandalf and Aragorn or only interested in taking power away from Denethor.
The same thing happened to Saruman. Saruman believed he was using the Palantir of Isengard on equal footing with Sauron, but Sauron was only manipulating him and allowing him to see them as partners. Saruman didn't realize Sauron was controlling his stone. That's why whenever anyone else touched the stone, it was on speed dial to Mordor. Saruman was so manipulated at that point, he didn't realize it himself.
Cassie has that knowing, "everything ends, everyone dies" expression. T__T
Shadowfax: a Wizard Horse is never late, he arrives precisely when he means to! (At the man-city of Minas Tirith) yes, where Faramir’s bro, Bro-mir is from. Yes, Aragorn is the rightful heir to the throne of Gondor, descended from Isildur who cut the ring from Sauron’s hand. Wow, what a three-part arrangement! Wow, are we spoiled! I had thought I wouldn’t be able sit through a split-into-three-parts reaction. It makes so much sense now! Kudos on editing and wonderful reaction watch along!
"Can Saruman die? Oh yep, he can."
Comedy gold.
He called Gandalf "Mithrandir" because that is one of the names he is known by. It means "Grey Pilgrim". One of the things they don't explain is that Gandalf is not human...not even close. He is Maiar, and the closest description one can give, as to what a Maia is, would be an angel. He is somewhere near 24,000 years old, though he only spent a bit over 2,000 years in middle-earth. Saruman was also Maiar, as was Sauron.
This has to be one of the best UA-cam videos I have seen. Can’t wait for the rest of the series.
Love these reactions. Lord of the rings is masterwork of cinema, especially return of the king, it deserved all the Oscar's it won. Gonna watch them all again myself after I've watched the rest of your reactions
The beacon lighting scene is one of my all time favorite. It is beautiful, breathtaking, and the outcome gives hope. "And Rohan will answer" is one of my favorite quotes.
I'm so glad you love it. It literally brings me joy to see you loving it so much! I watched these movies, read the books, and played the video games as a kid till my family was tired of LOTR lol but I can still watch the movies today and get chills during all of these incredible scenes. I still cry everytime I watch like it's the first time, they're just truly special.
You just made my week! Can't wait...hurry clock!
in grade 5 or 6 my teacher Mr Baudisch read us the Hobitt now that im 46 i still remember his name and still read the whole series every few years
My first grade teacher read the Hobbit to his class every year and at the end we'd watch the 1978 movie on the VCR. We even drew a map on a side board as the story progressed. As I got a littler older, he'd ask me to come back and draw the dragon for him.
I must have seen 10 of these LOTR reaction movies and you're the only one who put in my fav few seconds of the movie in their reaction. The view from behind Shadowfax when Gandalf rides out to meet the retreating soldiers of Gondor, and it pans to show Minas Tirith.
this movie won 11 Oscars, won every category that they were nominated for
Thank you so much, Cassie! Watching you react to first-time movies really brings back good memories for me. 1980's memories of my friends and I enjoying movies at the theater, vhs parties at each other's houses, sleepovers in middle and high school with my old gaming group. Some of those guys and gals are gone now, but you have helped me remember some really great times I had with them that I had forgotten over the years. Bless you and keep up the wonderful work you put into your videos!!!
Faramir's character is one of the best changes Peter Jackson made to the novel. In the book, Faramir is almost contemptuous of the ring, claiming he wouldn't bother to pick it up if he saw it laying on the ground. In the film, the ring tempts him with the thing he wants most in the world: his father's approval. A chance for Faramir, captain of Gondor, to show his quality.
Agreed. Faramir is indeed better in the movies.
hmm I think Aragorn's change is the most interesting in the movies, but I think book Faramir is my favourite character in the whole series.
Peter Jackson's the man.
Wow. I guess some people just think that 'nobility' and 'honor' aren't sexy enough for 21st century audiences. I personally thought PJ ruined Faramir's character, and nearly ruined Aragorn as well. It's sad that people now equate 'being a good character' with 'having a shitty character'.
@@davidkulmaczewski4911 nobility and honor have nothing to do with it, though. Gandalf, Galadriel and Sam all have those qualities, but they are still tempted by the ring. For Faramir alone to be immune to its influence just doesn't make sense. The fact that he is tempted, but resists and does the right thing by letting Frodo and Sam go makes him nobler and more honorable in my opinion.
I'm very happy that you broke these up into multiple parts. I wish more streamers did this, it'll be a three hour movie and a twenty minute reaction and so much is missed a long the way.
The cut at 20:13 of your reaction to Theoden saying "and Rohan will answer" is perfect haha!
Cassie: "...and, I'm expecting even more from this one!"
Me: So sweet! She thinks she's prepared!
Return of the King is genuinely one of my all-time favorite movies... it's just so hard to get through! It's an emotional roller coaster, but completely worth it!!! I'm glad to hear that you're liking this series! I'm so glad that there are people, now, experiencing the magic, beauty, and majesty of it!
My dad read the books to me and my brother when we were kids and then took us to see the movies when they were in theaters. 3 hours never went by so fast, I was totally engrossed by the action, drama, and humor. I'm loving the reactions of a new LOTR fan!
Girl I've watched these so many times in my life and never have I ever teared up like I did watching your reactions to them! So genuine! Great job im so glad you enjoyed them
Read the books (many times) as a kid; I think my reactions to the story then were very close to yours watching the films! Peter Jackson did an amazing job adapting the books for the big screen
Same here. I didn't think any movie could do the books justice but Peter Jackson made a worthy masterpiece.
Now, if Denis Villeneuve can just do the same with Dune...
@@kananiokala4423 I have hope for Dune. Let's see
Gandalf’s task as a wizard wasn’t confront sauron directly but to inspire and advise. It’s why he appears as an old man. He is a lesser divine being effective an angel.
It really is such a joy “watching” this alongside you. I’m very glad you’ve fallen in love with these characters. Can’t wait to see your next reaction!! You rock!
CONGRATS TO THE WINNER OF "BEST PICTURE" AT THE 2022 POPPYS (Popcorn in Bed Movie Reaction Awards)!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🥳😊😊
Yoiu said you wanted to see “more of Gimli’s people” precious Cassie. Might I suggest The Hobbit’ movies? All the dwarves you could ever hope for.
Including Gimli's own father.
NO!
NO, again! The hobbit movies are a disgrace to Tolkien and The LOTR. Stay away from them. They’re everything wrong with Hollywood. Appealing to the masses, horribly written, terrible characters and an overall big, blumbering mess of a trilogy.
@@hellosurge4622 you haven’t seen many bad movies have you
@@OdileOdile19 I’ve seen a bunch of bad movies. The hobbits are some of them.
My joy is immeasurable
And my day is saved
Nice twist on the classic meme.
This was the kind of reaction I needed to see, after seeing another reactor watch American History X. I feel your comment, @kai
It may not surprise you that Tolkien (the author) was a serious academic. From Wikipedia...
He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford from 1925 to 1945 and the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford from 1945 to 1959.
This accounts for the detail in the world he invented. He definitely knew his stuff when it came to history and languages.
Thanks for all your work, Cassie!
The speeches, the quotes ,the music,the locations , Tolkien's dream.
That's why Return of the king is the greatest movie ever made
good reactions : ) wierd times and wierd stuff. Who would think people would love reaction vids that much! Love Cassie, much fun, nice person. Keep up
@@cmcculloch1 yup, think thats the case. its an underlying thing. We all know the feeling when we were kids and couldnt wait to share an album of music you like, or show the cool new comic. Only in reaction vids you get the confirmation you didnt always get from friends : ) As logically it is (unerlying psychology), I did not see it coming, or that i would get hooked on these reaction vids. Also you get to experience it all over again through the person who reacts. Bet i wouldnt rewatch LoTR if it hadnt been for Cassie (at least for years)
one of the most inspirational scenes in the history of western literature was the Kings speech to Riders of Rohan.
My gosh, I love your reactions to these movies so much! It brings back so many good memories. I can’t wait to watch parts 2 and 3! Or I may as well become a patron on Patreon on watch the whole damn thing now haha.
Watching your honest, moving response to this trilogy was one small part of what moved me to finally do something that I wanted to do for a very long time.
For the last 20 years, I have written roughly 1 million words for friends and family, with the simple purpose of earning adequate skill at storytelling. I honed my writing, and even ultimately benefited from deep, painful personal struggles, so that I could finally tell a specific short story. It complements and builds up one of your favorite films.
Further, I feel it sets a very high bar for what respectful, quality “fanfiction” should strive to be. Upholding a beloved work. Understanding it, valuing it, and forgiving any supposed flaws. Contributing a modest addition to someone else’s great legacy. Underscoring and deepening the arc of an already beloved character. Teaching the same positive lessons with the same noble themes, in a slightly different way. Honoring the work, the creator of that work, and all those who have come to love it for what it is.
I strove to keep it focused, purposeful, limiting it to just 22,000 words. It may not be perfect, but it certainly tries to be. I hope you will consider giving it a read. Based on what you’ve shown everyone of your true self, I believe you will approve of these efforts. You may be uplifted and proud for having put forth the time to read it. And you will then enjoy going back to watch your favorite trilogy yet again, perhaps getting even more out of the experience.
The tale is humbly posted, amidst countless others, on fanfiction.net, under the title “The Children of Rohan,” by WillDreamer.
It's been a long time since a smile made me smile.
The music in the lighting of the beacons... Chills
Equal to only one other scene & we know which one that is
Your channel has quickly become one of my top favorite 3 or 4 reaction channels. It is so nice that you were willing to just give this series a "shot", even know your predisposition was that you most likely wouldn't like it, and you weren't interested in it. And looking back now, just from your facial expressions from this movie compared to the start of the first definitely indicate you likely have changed your mind. My dear, you have great respect from me for not being stubborn just for the sake of being stubborn and inadvertently closing your mind on what in all likelihood one of (if not THE) best trilogy shot stories ever made. I have several people in my family that I'll suggest they watch these movies and they just wave the idea off as stupid and not "gritty" enough for them, or not a "love story", or some other damned thing. It drives me crazy! I am so glad you were willing to give it a try just with the possibly of maybe liking it. By the way, just a fun fact..... this film specifically holds (or ties) the record for most oscars/academy awards. It won 11 Oscar's (it won every category for which it was nominated). Two other films also won 11 Oscar's, but they lost some of the categories they were nominated for. The other two films are: Titanic with 14 nominations and 3 losses, and finally, Ben-Bur - 12 orcar nominations and one loss. It seems you are enjoying the various experiences you are having on your channel, and it does seem to be opening up other ideas that movies at first you may have had no interest in seeing, just might be worth checking out. I'll keep working on the stubborn ass-hats in my family that bitch and gripe and think that fantasy, science fiction and action movies are dumb and a waste of time. I appreciate the hard work you must put into this, so thank you for that and thank you for the content you provide to the community. I hope you and your husband stay safe and healthy. (One more thing..... if you really want to see more of Gimli's people, then watch the e Hibbit movies next. Peter Jackson also directed them, and while not quite as good as this series, I'll admit..... that set of shows is also very good, and you'll bet to hear Gimli called by name. 😁👍👏
It’s not only that you have fallen in love with the world and the characters. Your first reactions to the creatures during the first movie was being almost overwhelmed. And now you are still reviled, but your tactical mind shows through. After almost every scene of the forces of darkness you either comment on the difficulty of facing a foe or the efficacy of the current defenses of the men. This is part exposure, but I believe it also speaks to an inner strength to be able to rise to meet challenges. I am so glad you have found this thing and that you have brought us along with you.