The Fellowship of the Ring 20th Anniversary WATCH PARTY!

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  • Join me and some special guests as we watch The Fellowship of the Ring to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its theatrical release!
    HOW IT WORKS:
    1) Pull up your DVD, Bluray, or Digital Copy of The Fellowship of the Ring (EXTENDED EDITION)
    2) Use a second screen, phone, tablet, or whatever to pull up this stream.
    3) We all start playing the film at the same time, watching together. I'll have special guests like Cliff from @TheOneRing and Yoystan from ​ @Men of the West and we will read your comments, answer questions, and share thoughts of our own in kind of a running "Fan Commentary" with the film.
    *If you are unaware, I cannot legally stream the actual film, which is why we will merely be syncing together in this watch party format. I will have a running timer throughout, so if you come late or get interrupted, you can easily locate our position in the film!
    To learn more about our holiday initiative to donate copies of The Hobbit to kids in need, check out this video: • Let's Donate copies of...
    #lotr20 #fellowshipofthering #lordoftherings

КОМЕНТАРІ • 178

  • @NickNapoli
    @NickNapoli 2 роки тому +233

    Happy 20th Anniversary to the greatest trilogy to have ever been made.

    • @evanhimes3545
      @evanhimes3545 2 роки тому +3

      THATS WHAT IM SAYEN!!!!!!

    • @michaelmeis366
      @michaelmeis366 2 роки тому +3

      Lord of the Rings is the number 1 trilly

    • @hellosurge4622
      @hellosurge4622 2 роки тому +5

      Trilogy?! More like greatest MOVIES ever made!!

    • @samjames1642
      @samjames1642 2 роки тому +1

      @@evanhimes3545 hhgmlj

    • @samjames1642
      @samjames1642 2 роки тому

      @@evanhimes3545
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  • @TheCinderestBlockAround
    @TheCinderestBlockAround 2 роки тому +51

    Only the most wonderful movies the world ever produced, and will produce. Happy Anniversary LOTR

  • @kylestever
    @kylestever 2 роки тому +36

    I was in the theater 20 years ago today watching this with my family when I was 9. I fell in love with the movies and the story and ritually watch them every X-mas. Here's to the start of the next rewatch. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. Cheers!

  • @Coach_Buj
    @Coach_Buj 2 роки тому +8

    Matt thank you so much for your channel. Following along with this was such a treat that I would never have been able to appreciate if not for all your Tolkien explained videos during this pandemic! I have such a fascination with the history of this world that I had no idea about before hand. I've seen all the movies and played LOTRO but now my love for the movies and the game is an obsession thanks to your videos. All the references in this watch-party are little nuggets that would have gone right over my head just a few months ago!

  • @luthientinuviel1049
    @luthientinuviel1049 2 роки тому +6

    Happy 20th anniversary Fellowship of the Ring!!! Thank you Nerd of the Rings!!! I hope you will do this next year with the Two Towers!!!

  • @el_tabarnako9224
    @el_tabarnako9224 2 роки тому +10

    I love how I can listen to you guys without actually watching the movie, yet, I 100% see every scene as you describe these extra things. What a nice idea it was to do that. The only bad thing is I put that video to fall asleep and here I am at 2 am, fully awake and just wanting to hear you commenting Two Towers next!

  • @MultiEvil85
    @MultiEvil85 2 роки тому +7

    I was 16 when lotr came out! What an cinematic experience! Happy Anniversary!

  • @vixendoe2545
    @vixendoe2545 2 роки тому +8

    It is amazing that it has been 20 years. I discovered Tolkien and Middle Earth. While in college. Having them on screen was such a joy. Seeing people's reaction to them was so much fun.

  • @VoiceoftheRings
    @VoiceoftheRings 2 роки тому +8

    That was so fun @NerdoftheRings! Thanks for having us on and doing this awesome Watch Party!

  • @DudesfromMiddleEarth
    @DudesfromMiddleEarth 2 роки тому +6

    Best movie series of all time!!

  • @WhoIsCalli
    @WhoIsCalli 2 роки тому +5

    This watch along stream was such a delight, thanks to all. Plus the facts/titbits sprinkled in were ace!

  • @HizerFamily
    @HizerFamily Місяць тому

    Love this! I watch with you all every time now. Its Tradition, thanks for being a big fan like me Matt and chat!!

  • @staychill6864
    @staychill6864 2 роки тому +2

    i was 10 years old !! Happy 20th anniversary to the best trilogy ever made.

  • @jaygbardo8781
    @jaygbardo8781 Рік тому +3

    I was 50 years old when I saw Fellowship in the movie theater....I saw each one when it came out in the theaters. I went to Return of the King twice in 3 days

  • @deniibook1007
    @deniibook1007 2 роки тому +4

    You guys put a big smile on my face. Eveybody was talking about the movie at work this mornin.

  • @sherman3567
    @sherman3567 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks so much for leaving this up as a video. I was so excited to watch with you live, but I had to work that night.

  • @juusovuolle8251
    @juusovuolle8251 2 роки тому +1

    I was 12 when the fellowship came to the theaters. Saw it 5 times. My parents were furious and it changed my life.

  • @FletcherReedsRandomness
    @FletcherReedsRandomness 2 роки тому +7

    I started about ten minutes after you, so I couldn’t watch it with you guys. Even then, I would’ve been desynced (or however you spell it) because I had to switch discs after Pippin says “So where are we going?” But I still had a great time. These movies have barely aged in the last twenty years.

  • @sakrowley
    @sakrowley 2 роки тому +1

    I just rewatched the whole extended trilogy. I cry multiple times every time. Such great movies!

  • @paninerfan8797
    @paninerfan8797 2 роки тому +5

    The sound effect of that ring hitting the floor was absolutely amazing it sounded like it weighed like 1000 lbs Bilbo sounded like a different person immediately after just the way this movie tries to let you know the actual weight of htis ring is amazing with the score. Keep up the good work guys.

  • @MegInWhispers
    @MegInWhispers 2 роки тому +18

    wish i could've joined this but excited to see the replay! i was at a screening of The Shop Around The Corner. Maybe there'll be more screenings of LOTR?? 🥰

    • @silvia-90_
      @silvia-90_ 2 роки тому

      I wish I had known about it too. I wonder the same, hopefully there'll be other in the future.

  • @pj3679
    @pj3679 2 роки тому +3

    When I was in fifth grade, our reading textbook had the first chapter of the hobbit in it. When I read it, I had to have more, so i went to the neighborhood bookstore, and bought the hobbit in paperback , I read it several times before finding the Lord of the Rings trilogy in the same store. I read them so many times. That was all before the cartoon of the Hobbit came out. I loved that movie. My father bought the vinyl album of the Hobbit soundtrack with the movie and music just like watching the movie. This was before VCR tapes. When I was able I bought the VCR tape of the hobbit, and then the Lord of the Rings cartoon. I have always loved these books and movies.

  • @kirandeepchakraborty7921
    @kirandeepchakraborty7921 2 роки тому +2

    Happy 20th anniversary. It was overwhelming to watch the movie with you guys. Always get these goosebumps every time I watch them. Peter Jackson's Direction and Howard Shore Score is evergreen.

  • @AnthonyBerkshire
    @AnthonyBerkshire 2 роки тому +2

    I am from Germany and I am always recommending the „prancing pony Podcast“ to my friends.

  • @andrewburgemeister6684
    @andrewburgemeister6684 2 роки тому +3

    Happy 20th to The Lord of The Rings Trilogy!!

  • @oskytel3780
    @oskytel3780 9 місяців тому

    I had never been so amazed and floored by a movie in a theater. I must have gone back and watched it a half dozen more times. They really, really did do such an amazing job.

  • @megamoviez
    @megamoviez 2 роки тому +3

    This masterpiece turned 20 on my birthday!

  • @elizasavage9740
    @elizasavage9740 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for answering my question during the stream :-) loved watching along with it

  • @kaptcha
    @kaptcha Рік тому +7

    As a sound engineer, it is nearly insufferable every time Clifford starts speaking on this stream. I am perfectly fine with his commentary and presence, it's just that his mic is literally peaking out, distorted and much louder than Matt and Yoystan. I'm binging through NOTR's complete video library so hopefully this has been addressed in more recent uploads. I love you guys so fkn much, thank you for providing me with such great Tolkien content, your uploads always make my day.

    • @TeKillaShot
      @TeKillaShot Рік тому

      I know it's so hard to listen because of that.

  • @loganrichards9172
    @loganrichards9172 Рік тому +1

    I had my mom paint my walls and ceiling Lord of the Rings themes when I was a kid.
    She even did 2 little double wooden drawers/boxes for me! Painted a whole Eye of Sauron on my wall, my dad got me a life size version of Narsil for my 14th(still have it, 8 years later).
    I am in love with this series, it is absolutely breathtaking that a single man could encapsulate so much lore, story and depth with his literature.

    • @loganrichards9172
      @loganrichards9172 Рік тому

      By the way, Clifford I believe Bilbo and Frodo are cousins! Not Uncle/Nephew! Correct me if I’m wrong but I think I read it in the first book.

  • @rnanni1048
    @rnanni1048 2 роки тому +3

    You guys should watch the Sovjet LOTR together!!! And upload it for us on YT

  • @phillippasillas2337
    @phillippasillas2337 10 місяців тому

    love what your doing brothers!

  • @charlie_23Laaaa
    @charlie_23Laaaa 2 роки тому +2

    Brings me back to simpler times good memories

  • @taylorhirthmusic
    @taylorhirthmusic 2 роки тому +1

    This brought me so much joy. Thank you for everything that you do Matt! Aloha, from Big Island of Hawaii 😀

    • @taylorhirthmusic
      @taylorhirthmusic Рік тому

      I actually just watched this again ..love all the insight and bits of knowledge! Never gets old.

  • @davidstewart5905
    @davidstewart5905 Рік тому +1

    Lots of young people I was 18 make me feel old

  • @bonnafide2606
    @bonnafide2606 2 роки тому +4

    I had a baby on December 19th, 2002. My sister and her boyfriend stopped to visit at the hospital after they went to the premiere of the Two Towers. 🤣

  • @AndrewCarlisle11B
    @AndrewCarlisle11B 2 роки тому +3

    This was such a great time! UA-cam pulled up this video just as I happen to be watching FOTR lol

  • @koheletcalaforexclan6508
    @koheletcalaforexclan6508 2 роки тому +4

    Would you believe I was scared of these movies as a kid? 10 years later I started reading and watching again and now I’m a lore nut! Best movies ever made!

  • @davidstewart5905
    @davidstewart5905 Рік тому +1

    The movie's I do wish to see in theaters original star wars and Indiana Jones trilogies

  • @hater623
    @hater623 2 роки тому +1

    Man of the west is young thunder cat lol I remember watching Fellowship in theaters. Epic

  • @rooteddwellings
    @rooteddwellings Рік тому +1

    I watched each one in the theaters. Am I old...

  • @rsstenger5113
    @rsstenger5113 2 роки тому +1

    20th Anniversary!!!! OMG! I feel OLD!

  • @gandalf4751
    @gandalf4751 Рік тому +1

    The lord of the rings 😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @megadawg342
    @megadawg342 2 роки тому +3

    i wore my Gandalf Wizard hat. Smoked a lot of the finest bud in the shire. Too much fun. Thanx guys.

    • @megadawg342
      @megadawg342 2 роки тому

      TY. I luv u gy's

    • @megadawg342
      @megadawg342 2 роки тому

      I am listening to the 2nd half tonight Dec 26, 2021 and loving it!!!!

  • @jackofalltradesprepping9611
    @jackofalltradesprepping9611 2 роки тому +1

    Bummer I got myself all excited thinking I was gonna be able to watch the movies 😂

  • @micipalacinci
    @micipalacinci Рік тому

    This is great ,i went on all 6 movies PREMIERE ofc )))

  • @shareetz3154
    @shareetz3154 2 роки тому +30

    i can’t believe i was 12 when this came out. sometimes it still feels like yesterday… just goes to show timeless this trilogy is…

    • @Cian._.
      @Cian._. 2 роки тому

      If that's you in your pfp you still look like a young teen! Pretty crazy

    • @shareetz3154
      @shareetz3154 2 роки тому +1

      @@Cian._. haha yes that’s me! taken 3 years ago though, and i’m 32 now 😂

    • @Cian._.
      @Cian._. 2 роки тому +2

      @@shareetz3154 still crazy! I think you look younger than me and I'm 20!

    • @willandersen3695
      @willandersen3695 2 роки тому

      I was 9, and I am still always amazed at how long ago it was.

    • @daalfonso
      @daalfonso 2 роки тому +1

      I was 12 too. I'm from Argentina. Here we don't have (culturally) this level of bound to a history even if it is fictional, not to mention that we don't celebrate what comes around consequently of that richness that a written play brings: music, events like this one, theatre versions with live music, and so on. But I guess when it went globally through movies it gathered us fans from every corner on the planet and create our own Comunity. 20 years later we keep sharing our love for JRRT

  • @matthewricketts5330
    @matthewricketts5330 Рік тому

    This is awesome! Can't wait for the two towers and return of the king watch party!

  • @justanothershirerat7584
    @justanothershirerat7584 2 роки тому +4

    Clifford going on long (and borderline unrelated to the movie at some points) monologues throughout this whole thing while also having by far the loudest mic volume gets tedious after a while :D Other than that this was amazing. Balancing out the mic volumes before starting would be the easiest and biggest improvement for this concept. Thanks for putting it together! Much love to all involved.

  • @thinkfirstt
    @thinkfirstt 2 роки тому +2

    Don't do the next watch party early, I agree. What fun this was. Learned many new things. I usually triple time thru the slash/war scenes, so this is the first time letting them run normally. Not my favorite scenes. I'll take more Lorien.

  • @nybsfp7486
    @nybsfp7486 2 роки тому +2

    Definitely remember my eyes going wide in the dark the the first seconds that prologue started and instantly realizing I was about to have an amazing next 3 hours…. But the worst part about seeing this in the theater was when the 3 hours were up and the 24 month clock started for the full set…

  • @josephgregory308
    @josephgregory308 2 роки тому +2

    I'm sorry. It needs to be said of Cliff's cat... Meow-thrandir

  • @J.Hermansson
    @J.Hermansson 2 роки тому +1

    I started my Tolkien journey by reading Silmarillion in 1983.

  • @ladyfantastic765
    @ladyfantastic765 Рік тому +1

    just putting this out in the aether: if i win the lotto (something i basically never play), i WILL be building my own hobbit home. but no well wishers or distant relations!

  • @hater623
    @hater623 2 роки тому +1

    My fourth grade teacher Mr. Gonzalez read the class the Hobbit and it’s been history since 😂

  • @jaygbardo8781
    @jaygbardo8781 Рік тому +1

    Howard Shore uses leitmotif, a musical theme related to Gondor in this instance when Boromir speaks. The Leitmotif was developed in the Wagnerian Ring Cycle...and Wagner's last opera Parsifal.

  • @TheWolfeDen_
    @TheWolfeDen_ 2 роки тому +2

    I found this channel by voice of the rings. :)

  • @rdotmitchell
    @rdotmitchell 10 місяців тому

    He said he was two years old when the fellowship came out. Damn that makes me feel old I was in high school.

  • @Murczz
    @Murczz 2 роки тому

    Just finished the trilogy for the 15th time yesterday, love em. Just started reading the silmarillion.

  • @belaraven
    @belaraven 2 роки тому +1

    I was brought here by Voice of the Rings!

  • @worldlylexicon671
    @worldlylexicon671 2 роки тому +1

    Woh Voice of the Rings is on! 3hours 6 minutes!

  • @BushiiidoBrown-i2d
    @BushiiidoBrown-i2d 2 роки тому

    i need the next two and then the hobbit series from you guys!! loved this

  • @DudesfromMiddleEarth
    @DudesfromMiddleEarth 2 роки тому +2

    I wish the ring had never come to me. So do all who live to see such time. But that is not for them to decide.

  • @jannavarik9447
    @jannavarik9447 2 роки тому

    i wish i had noticed this, definitely gonna watch this next time watching

  • @GraveDank
    @GraveDank 2 роки тому +2

    Was hoping to see In Deep Geek in your fellowship. Between this channel and his i get tons of great LOTR lore and what if’s.

    • @NerdoftheRings
      @NerdoftheRings  2 роки тому +3

      I’ll definitely invite him next time! I was focused on my US friends this go-round because I knew it would be really late for my Europe friends!

  • @jaygbardo8781
    @jaygbardo8781 Рік тому +1

    ARagorn puts on Boromir's gaunlets

  • @Schellnino1994
    @Schellnino1994 2 роки тому +1

    It would make sense that the scenes of Bilbo finding the ring would look different in the two films. One was told from the perspective of Frodo and the other from Bilbo. Frodo probably pictured his Uncle looking a little different than his uncle pictured himself :)

  • @RealLoki
    @RealLoki 2 роки тому

    My Dad use to read me the the Hobbit.
    Its pretty cool that later in life i helped build Park Road Post Production.

  • @HeavyCha
    @HeavyCha 2 роки тому +1

    Cool stuff love the cats in the background lol

  • @chinmayeelenka9589
    @chinmayeelenka9589 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for uploading the video. It seems that film franchise has forgotten to celebrate the anniversary

  • @raisinbran3736
    @raisinbran3736 2 роки тому +2

    i was a senior in HS and I took a girl.. we held hands a lot :)))))))

  • @mrdr1ggy
    @mrdr1ggy Рік тому

    50:00 the theory that suits me for how Gollum didn't age even tho he had it longer time than Bilbo but was also separated from it, was because Sauron personally tortured Gollum himself to get info and it says in the extra texts that Gollum saw the black hand of Sauron having a finger lost - and it is sugested that since Sauron let Gollum go, he might have made a bargain with Gollum to keep him still living long life even tho they both were now seperated from The Ring, for a future purpose only Sauron knew..

  • @raisinbran3736
    @raisinbran3736 2 роки тому +1

    I'm so sorry I missed it!!!!!!!

  • @tomharding1322
    @tomharding1322 Рік тому

    Hey mate, are you still in the UK? Fellowship being show in cinemas tonight in the UK!

  • @MrEscobar.
    @MrEscobar. 2 роки тому +1

    Nooooo, I can not believe I miss it.
    Are you gonna do that again?

  • @tammywoodworth3563
    @tammywoodworth3563 2 роки тому

    Love the movie

  • @Fuuntag
    @Fuuntag 2 роки тому +1

    Can we expect another Watch Party for the Two Towers Extended Edition?

  • @ladyfantastic765
    @ladyfantastic765 Рік тому

    the extended editions are far better than the theatric releases...

  • @jonathanm4738
    @jonathanm4738 2 роки тому +2

    Man I missed it. Well I guess there’s the Two Towers 20th anniversary

  • @Gamman612
    @Gamman612 9 місяців тому

    Ive been watching this video for about the 5th time. Are you planning a watch party for The Two Towers this December?

    • @NerdoftheRings
      @NerdoftheRings  9 місяців тому +1

      We actually did a Two Towers one last year: ua-cam.com/video/Jx2nQR8qXZ8/v-deo.html
      This year it will be ROTK, and we are hoping to make it a party of special magnificence!

  • @alphasierrazulu
    @alphasierrazulu 2 роки тому

    My 20th anniversary watch party didn't have this kind of commentary, but there's always next year!

  • @charliemahoney3932
    @charliemahoney3932 2 роки тому +1

    Could you make a video on the sun and moon of middle earth?

  • @jaygbardo8781
    @jaygbardo8781 Рік тому

    Nerd: I ask you to start a a dialog for a movie The Scouring of the Shire....I think it would be great. It would probably be an under 2 hour movie with nice beginning, middle and end. Wouldn't it be great if Peter Jackson would direct.

  • @Schellnino1994
    @Schellnino1994 2 роки тому

    In the Heights meets the Hobbit.... I DIG IT!

  • @nd9667
    @nd9667 2 роки тому +1

    Interested to hear thoughts on how Peter Jackson ruined certain key characters.
    Exhibit A: Faramir. In the book he is not a people pleaser. One of the absolute low lights of the films, IMO, is in Two Towers when he discovers the ring and decides to take Frodo to his father. This is a terrible slight on the character of Faramir from my perspective. Keen to hear other thoughts on this.
    Exhibit B: Gandalf is portrayed as a relative simpleton in comparison to Saruman. The whole meeting at Orthamc that is shown just before Gandalf is imprisoned is totally opposite to what is shown in both LOTR and other Tolkien literature.
    Exhibit C: Gandalf vs The Witch King.
    The book doesn't have a confrontational as such - the WK leaves upon hearing the horns of Rohan. The movie portrayal of Gandalf being blown off his horse and his staff disintegrated is rubbish.

  • @RedHuntsman
    @RedHuntsman 2 роки тому

    Great party. As a suggestion for next the next time, please equalize the volume of the participants sound if possible. May not be possible in real time, but for those of us watching later it would be helpful. I'd be willing to donate for the cost of the effort, yes I know that it would be more than nominal.

  • @metalmadsen
    @metalmadsen 2 роки тому +2

    Love that the cat wants attention 😻

  • @RainCloudat3am
    @RainCloudat3am 2 роки тому +2

    Will this stay up? I'm at work rn and I don't get home for another 30 min :(

    • @NerdoftheRings
      @NerdoftheRings  2 роки тому +4

      Certainly! It isn’t going anywhere. 😁

  • @jaygbardo8781
    @jaygbardo8781 Рік тому

    How about a new Movie "The Scouring of the Shire", directed by Peter Jackson?

  • @jaygbardo8781
    @jaygbardo8781 Рік тому

    Music ends with 2 D Major Chords...pastoral key

  • @crpggamer
    @crpggamer 2 роки тому +1

    Personally my first experience with Tolkien was the Hobbit cartoon. I loved the art and music. I also enjoyed the other two cartoons that were made for LOTR. The Peter Jackson movies were good, but I'll always prefer the cartoons. Gollum in the Hobbit movie was outstanding IMO. I grew up in the 80s and 90s which both had lots of fun fantasy cartoons and movies. I feel fortunate for that.

  • @olroyohboy1119
    @olroyohboy1119 2 роки тому +1

    Sauron may be a king of weather,, but he's nowhere as powerful as Overlord Meow at 3:36:00.

  • @Schellnino1994
    @Schellnino1994 2 роки тому

    David Bradley played Walder Frey; This is not him. However David Bradley did play Filch in Harry Potter

  • @davidstewart5905
    @davidstewart5905 Рік тому

    Because I was born in 83

  • @jaygbardo8781
    @jaygbardo8781 Рік тому +1

    Bill the pony goes back to Bree. Hobbits stop in bree and Bill goes with them to Hobbiton

  • @J.Hermansson
    @J.Hermansson 2 роки тому

    Whos the best dark lord? Melkor for sure, he sundered the world.

  • @JimakisP
    @JimakisP 2 роки тому

    Nice

  • @goodlife3199
    @goodlife3199 2 роки тому

    @yoko im in !!!

  • @gabewinter9406
    @gabewinter9406 2 роки тому +1

    You should interview Steven Colbert

    • @gabewinter9406
      @gabewinter9406 2 роки тому

      Awesome that you like the comment, you would have to make him a hard quize or have him bring you one as well and see who wins

  • @MouseInYourEye
    @MouseInYourEye 2 роки тому +1

    So, I have had a gripe with the extended edition of Fellowship for 19 years. I've never really expressed it anywhere, so if you will indulge me, I would say this:
    As someone who saw Fellowship with no knowledge of anything Middle Earth, I spent the first twenty minutes or so wondering what happens when you put the ring on. When Bilbo finally puts it on and vanishes, I was as surprised as his guests. It's a great reveal. Sadly, the extended edition shows Isildur put on the ring and disappear, and I think this is a mistake. There is a tension in the build up as Bilbo is taking the ring out of his pocket and holding it behind his back. The music becomes ominous, his body language changes, and so on. While I enjoy the extended cuts, and this only matters for the first time you see the film, I do think it's a shame that Jackson included that shot which really does nothing much to enhance the story.
    The theatrical cut of The Fellowship of the Ring is, in my opinion, a perfect movie. I love all three, but I think PJ, knowing that the franchise depended on this film, made his best film. An absolute masterpiece. Side note: the original prologue was also perfect. While I love all three movies as well as the books, if you look at what makes the best MOVIE (story, drama, exposition, tension, pacing, editing) I believe that the theatrical cut of Fellowship is far and away the best of all 6 films, as well as the best film Jackson ever made, and the best theater going experience of my life.
    Okay, that went on longer than expected. Let me finish by saying that your chanel is fantastic and I've learned a lot of things I didn't know about the previous ages that Tolkien created. Thanks for allowing a rapidly aging man to complain about a minor flaw in a 20 year old film.