The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Movie Reaction PART 1/2
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- We're watching "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" the Extended Edition! This is part one of a two part reaction to this awesome movie. I'm so ready to go on this journey! I hope you guys enjoy this reaction to The Fellowship of the Ring.
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I would suggest The Hobbit (1977). It takes place before the LOTR Trilogy.
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The version is extended. My subscription is expected.
@@MrGaleanon I understand. I do plan on making everything on my Patreon free and keeping it that way. So, hopefully there will be something else you enjoy that you can watch-along with in the future that doesn’t require a subscription.
Sauron put most of his own spirit and power into the ruling ring.
You are never late to watch this trilogy. Nor are you early. You’re watching it as precisely when you means to.
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You said it right Gandalf!
Can you blow me a smoke ship next?
@@marquisdesade3025 You can get a smoke kiss.
@@joakimberg7897 😉
"He created his own languages for this didn't he."
Its crazier than that. Language was his passion growing up. He was a professor of philology and he crafted his own languages for their own sake. For the joy of making them. He created this world to ground his languages in, to try to give them some of the cultural idiosyncracies and irregularities that natural real world languages have.,
He wrote The Hobbiit and that was successful and then publishers started pushing him for a sequel and he ended up creating an epic and tying that back into The Hobbit. Basically the opposite of how I imagine most writers do things.
The way he talks about writing the story is as if he was discovering a history that was already there. He would literally use the word discover when talking about new plot points.
That was part of why he didn't continue after the lord of the rings storyline, because he didn't like where the plot would inevitably lead, which was a human centric story where we create our own problems once the big evils of the world are gone. He found it too dark and depressing.
Such a cool author
I think That’s what I admire the most. He created the languages and then the stories/world
I'm actually impressed that you noticed the ring did not bounce when Bilbo let go of it as if it was a heavy weight that just dropped, most people (myself included) didn't catch that the first time. They actually used a magnet that was built under the wooden floors to make that effect.
Did you notice that Bilbo came up with 'He lived happily for the rest of his days' ending as soon as he let go of the Ring?
@@robmartin525 I always liked that detail. I also feel like there is a change in body language from Bilbo when he let's go of the ring. He finally felt free almost.
Yes, I noticed it. I thought it was very sweet. Although I cut it, I said "after carrying the ring for so long, he deserves a rest."
I also heard they used a replica ring which was about 10 to 1 scale which had been made by mistake , could have been both.
They used the large ring for when Boromir picks it up in perspective on the mountain, that might be what you're remembering.
fun fact! Tolkien didn't exactly create Elvish speak "for the Lord of the Rings". He made a whole language, and then thought "This should have a story to go with it" and THEN wrote Lord of the Rings. I love that fact about him
My favorite little touch during the council meeting is that NO ONE NOTICED THREE EXTRA HOBBITS LISTENING IN. You can see that Elrond's completely startled at their appearance. Elves are able to see and hear extremely well, and none of them picked up on the Hobbits.
The hobbits are like mice, I have the same problem and I also have the ears of an elf..🐰
I’ve seen quite a few reactions to this, but nobody has shown the plot awareness you have… great to see such clarity and intelligence in a reactor. I think Pippin would say “ you need someone of intelligence on this sort of mission…quest…thing !” Can’t wait for Part 2 !!!
Thanks so much!
@@kahlareactsI totally agree with the above statement. Your reaction is one of the absolute best LOTR reactions I’ve seen 🌟 and I’ve watched (too?) many of them. Thank you for your most intelligent and pleasant commentary. 👏👏 And you have so much to look forward to with the next two films!
In the opening sequence, when Isildur puts on the ring, people usually say: "Oh wow, he's gone invisible!"
But you said: "Wait, so did he abandon his men?"
Hats off to you M'Lady!
Great reaction. Lots of Love from the UK 💜 -x-
Thank you and thanks for watching!
He was already running off to the mountains to be gollum 1, didn't last long though. 🎯
This is one example of why the theatrical cut is superior for a first time watcher. Showing the invisibility power of the Ring this early in the story kinda ruined the surprise of Bilbo’s disappearing act in his birthday party. You are not as surprised as the hobbit partygoers because you knew exactly what will happen when Bilbo puts on the ring. IMHO, theatrical version should be watched first by first time watchers then they can watch the extended version when they liked it a lot. (And that was how the OG viewers viewed it back then) 😊
@@tiamzy nah, a lot of the OG viewers weren't surprised either because we had read the books, it wasn't meant to be a surprise, they just cut it for time, director's cut and extended version was what it was meant to be if they didn't have to cut out stuff to make it shorter for theaters.
@@silvsevie yeah right. Because EVERYONE has read the books.
Peter Jackson knew how important this story was and took great care to ensure that it was told properly. There were many years the family did not want the story to be tainted by lousy filmwork, so he took extra precautions to make it as believable as possible. One of the ways was that all of the Orcs, Goblins, and any other evil creature had its own look. Very detailed. These films won 17 Academy Awards for its excellence
You're such an intelligent and perceptive reactor. Many others are so busy loudly asking questions, they miss many of the most beautifully written descriptions in the film. You notice small important details. Thank you!! Well done!
The soundtrack for lotr is stunning in every way. Also fun fact, a lot of those sets (like Rivendell) aren’t all CGI! They’re huge miniature sets and that’s part of why they’re so beautiful and detailed and real
Oh, that’s so cool!
@@kahlareactsThey called them bigatures behind the scenes. 😀
Created by the Alan Lee and John Howe, with the help of weta workshop
I wanted to comment this as well :)
The people working in the weta workshop were (still are) my biggest heroes and idols growing up!
@@saddlerrye6725 they also did the adventures of young Hercules with a very young Ryan Gosling as Hercules, they did xena Warrior Princess, Hercules with Kevin sorbo, the legend of William tell from 1998
"I want to understand the lore of this seemingly beautiful world" Instant sub barely a minute in
At 25:00 Strider says, "He's been stabbed by a Morgul blade." In the book, It is described as being notched, with the point broken off. Gandalf later explains, "They tried to pierce your heart with a Morgul-knife which remains in the wound. If they had succeeded, you would have become like they are, only weaker and under their command.You would have become a wraith under the dominion of the Dark Lord; and he would have tormented you for trying to keep the Ring, if any greater torment were possible than being robbed of it and seeing it on his hand."
Oh, wow! So, it would've been even worse than I imagined.
They don’t speak of it in the movie, but Gandalf was marveling in the books at Hobbits natural resilience to evil because Frodo carried the poison for almost two weeks, whereas a strong man would have succumbed within an hour.
After all these years, this is still one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. A lot of the sets were actually practical effects, like miniature models and clever character angles to force perspective instead of just using green screen! The DVD extras were always so fun to watch, because you could really see the insane amount of love and craftsmanship put into these films. 🧡
They accomplished the difference in height between hobbits and men completely with practical effects, forced perspective, no CGI was used. It looks so much better than modern CGI. When Gandalf and Frodo are sitting facing each other in Bag End talking, Frodo is actually several feet further from the camera than Gandalf. Each of the hobbits had a body double that was a person of short stature. They built two copies at different scale of Bilbo's house, Bag End, and all the hundreds of props inside.
And anybody who’s seen Indiana Jones knows how tall John Rhyse Davies really is.
I actually really love that. As a theatre nerd, I'm a sucker for good practical effects.
The Lord of the Rings is easily one of the best movie trilogies and one of the best fantasy series. It's so good. I'm glad you did the extended editions. I can't wait for the rest.
I LOVE the hobbits busting in and Sam ready to throw hands on Strider! 😂😂😂
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The life expectancy of hobbits is around 90-100 years old. But Bilbo, looks quite younger (around 70, having 111). And of course, as you realized, because of the ring. I´ve seen many reactions but I´m impressed with you. So clever, perceptive and intuitive. I will follow you in all this journey!
Always fun watching the greatest movies of all time with an intelligent, observant and nice person ✌️
It was an extremely decent, warm and sincere reaction. I've watched hundreds of reactions to this trilogy so far, and this one is undoubtedly in the top three. I'm looking forward to your reaction to the next movie in the series. I would also like to thank you for your free full reaction courtesy.
Wow, thank you!
Hi. I would really appreciate you naming the two others!
“You gotta be evil to think up something like that.”
Hey, are you saying J R R Tolkien was evil? 😄
To be fair, while I do believe he landed very much on the side of good himself, he was perhaps eyebrow-raisingly good at bringing voice to evil. He lived through both World Wars, and had even been in combat during his service in WW1 (and lost many great friends in the war); and though he wasn’t active in WW2, it was always looming at England’s doorstep, so he was quite up close and personally familiar with what horror and evil sounds like.
@@Makkaru112 Right, and I didn't intend that to mean anything about it was allegorical. Rather I was just pointing out that he had such experience to draw from in his life. Such experiences can certainly inspire, and be applied to shape settings, characters, or stories while not being allegorical.
I really appreciate how engaged you are. I can tell you have practice with active listening, but you also seem to have a very fast "processing speed" when it comes to making connections and forming theories. Great video!
Thank you! I appreciate that.
The conflict at the ford is definitely a bit different in the movie than it was in the book, but this was mostly because Jackson and company wanted to bump up Arewen's role in things so that you felt the romance between her and Aragorn more. She's essentially a background character in the books without any lines. In the book, the one who comes across them in the woods is an elf named Glorfindel, who has a really fascinating history and is one of the most powerful elves in all of Middle Earth. However, he is NOT the one who causes the ford to rise up against the Ring Wraiths. That is done by Elrond himself, who possesses one of the three elven rings (Vilya, the ring of Air, and the strongest of the three rings), which appears to be at least partially how he was able to accomplish such a great feat of magic. Glorfindel, however, is the one who keeps the Wraiths from leaving the ford and escaping the water. He did not carry Frodo across the ford, though. That was done by Frodo alone, and he has a great moment when, despite his injury and exhaustion, he manages to muster up enough strength to defy the Wraiths from the Rivendell side of the ford, telling them they shall have neither the ring nor him. So, lots of changes here, but they are understandable. Given what a great, strong, frankly incredible character Strider is, they wanted to give him a love interest who seemed truly suited to him, I think.
Saruman, by the way, is an absolutely awful creature in the movies, and yet somehow, someway, he's actually even WORSE in the books. His pettiness and selfishness are more evident. Here he's mostly driven by fear, and casts his lot with what he thinks is the winning side, becoming a puppet in the process. In the books he's more interested in power of his own, and is playing both sides in an effort to come out on top. A lot of his motivation is jealousy and pride, though fear does play into it as well.
10:20 - THANK YOU! For noticing the weight given the Ring when it hit the ground with a thud and did not bounce.That was a relatively small but still very important indicator of the Ring's power and potency and I don't recall any other UA-camrs catching that (or, at least, pointing it out in their edited videos).
They actually used far less CGI in this trilogy than would be used just a decade-ish later in the Hobbit trilogy. They used a lot of matte paintings for backgrounds beyond what they built for sets, and made a lot of scale models of stuff like stone buildings and statues out of very well lit and painted styrofoam.
I dunno if this has been mentioned, but the adaptation kinda did Isildur dirty. In Tolkien's writings he had a much more complicated relationship with the ring, eventually realizing that he could never command it and that it would eventually gain control over him. It was on a journey to undo his mistake and destroy it that he was ambushed on the road.
"I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened."
"So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Fun Fact: Despite playing a dwarf, John Rhys-Davies is the tallest of the actors who play members of the Fellowship. He is 6' 1" in height.
Thud Landing Fact: According to Sean Astin in the Extended DVD commentary, when Bilbo (Ian Holm) drops the Ring before leaving Hobbiton, the floor was magnetic to prevent the Ring from bouncing. This was done to demonstrate the importance and weight of the Ring.
Stay In Character Fact: Gandalf's painful encounter with a ceiling beam in Bilbo's (Ian Holm) hobbit-hole was not in the script. Sir Ian McKellen banged his forehead against the beam accidentally. Sir Peter Jackson thought McKellen did a great job "acting through" the mistake, and kept it in.
Makkaru112 ...Much appreciated for your reply. Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Easter!
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The way you said This ring is its own being. Thats spot on!
I will never tire of watching people react to this movie. Your attention to detail is sharp! Great reaction, I love how emotionally engaged you became with this story almost immediately!
And I'm glad to hear your appreciation for the soundtrack! Howard Shore created an absolute ✨masterpiece✨ with the music for this trilogy. To this day I will often play this music in the morning while I drink my coffee.
At 6:27 you ask, "Who is she? What does she want?" She is Lobelia Sackville-Baggins--she and her husband Otho were Bilbo's closest living relatives, and since Bilbo was a bachelor, they would have inherited Bag End, Bilbo's Hobbit-hole, until Bilbo adopted Frodo as his legitimate heir 12 years previously. When Bilbo says of Frodo, "He's a Baggins, not some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle," Bilbo was presumably thinking of Lobelia, nee Bracegirdle, of Hardbottle.
@@Makkaru112the book said that Bungo Baggins had refurbished and remodeled Bag End, mostly using his wife (Belladonna Took)’s money. It does not say that it was an original dig by Bungo personally.
@@Makkaru112 the point is that saying this Bilbo expreses his hope that with the adoption of Frodo there will be multiple generations of Baggins family under Bag end hill :)
Is that the Hobbit woman who was caught trying to steal his silver knives and forks? She never be able to forgive him for that.
@@stevetheduck1425 spoons
@@stevetheduck1425 yes, autie Lobelia she was very nasty toward Frodo when Bilbo left. And her son Lotho was even more abhorrent toward all of the Shire at the end of the book.
I didn't read the books until after I found out about the movies. I was at a summer camp the year that the first movie came out. One of the counselors there was really cool and I kind of hit it off and we were talking about the movies and about a month after I got back from camp I got a package in the mail from him and he sent me the whole set of novels. I never spoke to him again I don't even remember his name. But he defined so many years of my life When he gave me the books to read right before the movies came out. I was absolutely obsessed with them. I thought it was amazing. And part of the reason why...just like you... is I thought the fact that he made up this entire universe including different languages was the coolest thing EVER.
You asked how long hobbits live. Bilbo is 111 at his birthday party, very respectable. The Old Took, an ancestor of his on his mother’s side, held the record at 130. Hobbits aren’t considered adults until the age of 33.
So, he’s considered old, but not insanely old by hobbit standards.
@@kahlareactsHe is old but what is strange is that he looks much younger than his years. He has hardly aged at all since he got the ring.
Why do u so lie with such confidence? I assume you know why Bilbo is old?
@@spoonzor1 I didn’t say I didn’t know why Bilbo was old. I was wondering if the ring made him live to a point that was considered exceptionally old for hobbits. I mean 111 would be considered very old for humans so I didn’t know if hobbits were the same.
@@kahlareacts yeah, my bad I actually figured that out when i watched your reaction. cant wait for the rest!
Have I mentioned that I love your extremely perceptive commentary? There are times I've had to stop watching some reactions because the reactors were missing incredibly obvious stuff, but you pick up even the little details!
The best part of reaction videos is reliving our own experience of that first time. and you gave us an excellent reaction!
I'm sure some people have said it already, but Tolkien didn't create his own languages for the books... he created the books for his languages! He was a lifelong linguist and philologist, and had been writing and creating his own languages for what he called his Secondary World since arguably his time in the trenches of WW1, though he'd absolutely been crafting languages since he was a child.
His creative process would often revolve around a word, or a name that he would invent and then imagine how the history of that name either came to be, or would change over time. For example, the great city of Minas Tirith which you saw briefly where Gandalf read about Isildur finding the Ring of Power, is an Elven name. It means Tower of the Guard, and it was actually renamed from Minas Anor, which meant Tower of the Sun, when it became the seat of power in Gondor.
It was called that because it quite literally became a Guard post against the threat of its twin tower Minas Morgul after it was captured by Mordor. Minas Morgul means Tower of Sorcery, and it was originally called Minas Ithil. Minas Ithil means Tower of the Moon. All of these name changes are the result of the historicity of names and words in Tolkien's mind.
The Tower of the Moon became the Tower of Sorcery after it was taken by Mordor and given to the Nazgul, and the Tower of the Sun became the Tower of the Guard to defend against that threat. Both are then translated into Elven names because of Gondor's long history and kinship with the Elves which is its *own* long story.
its awesome seeing new people watch this MAGNIFICENT piece of art
Thank you so much for commenting on the details the creators put in to show the weight of the ring, you are one of only two people I’ve ever seen comment that it doesn’t even bounce. One of the best details in the first movie
"They're gonna eat good" For now.
Hobbits have seven meals a day when they can get them. Pippin and Merry come from rich families, and have likely never missed a meal in their lives.
Hobbits have 7 official meals a day, breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner and supper. No respectable hobbit would skip those meals, and there is snacking in between the meals of course.
I love these movies, but there are two things I wished were closer to the books. The gap between Gandalf leaving the Shire and coming back was 17 years while he hunted for information about the ring. The farmer that told the wraith witch way to go in the books instead told him to get lost and chased him off with his dogs and then later helped Frodo on his journey out of the Shire.
Farmer Maggot raised the best mushrooms in the Shire, and a young Frodo had been wont to go scrumping (stealing food from fields as Merry and Pippin are shown doing in the movie) in Farmer Maggot’s mushroom patch. Mushrooms are basically catnip to hobbits, and scrumping is both legal and normalized in English tradition, so it was an obvious choice to set them scrumping in Farmer Maggot’s mushrooms. When they finally leave Farmer Maggot’s house, he gifts them a huge basket of mushrooms which Missus Maggot has put up for them.
Tolkien did create many languages, many used in middle earth, at least 3 distinct elven languages, dwarvish, a couple Human ones and some other.
I don't know the exact number, but I want to say 23. (that might be the real ones he knew though, so don't quote me on that.)
just do yourself a favour and add the entire album to your playlist, the music is a masterpiece.
Another fantastically entertaining reaction! I love seeing you be able to connect the dots from all the snippets you've seen before. Truly one of the great trilogies of all time (books and movies)! Can't wait to see the next one. A++++! Also, I see you created a patreon. I'm on the way!!
Thank you! And thanks for always being so active and commenting!
@@kahlareacts hey, I'm a fan! I look forward to seeing you every time.
The Ring drop was a clever trick.
They made a ring out of steel, and had a strong magnet under the tile.
One thing that is sort of implied in the books (or at least it felt like it was when I read them) Was that The White Wizard was not truely loyal to Sauron, but intended to Survive by siding with him and (presumably) betray him, which is... not a good idea, but more morally corrupt than Evil.
The ring falling onto the ground was actually done by putting magnets under the floor, giving it the unnatural lack of bouncing.
I just came across your reactions to this trilogy. It is obvious that you really connected with the emotional aspects of these films. I will have to check out your Patreon to look at your full reactions. I appreciate how fond you are of Gandalf. I’m sure people have already mentioned how wonderful the making of the movie videos are that were part of the extended version DVDs. In one of the videos commentaries the actor who plays Gandalf spoke about that moment when Frodo speaks up to say that he will take the ring to Mordor. Ian McKellan’s face is so expressive at that moment. And he talked about how what he was wanting to convey was the type of emotion that a father would feel for a son announcing he was going off to war. He wanted to express both how proud that would make him, but at the same time how much he wouldn’t want that to happen to his son. And I think he did a marvelous job. I’m going to post the link to a video that talks about how much Ian McKellan’s eyes are one of his best acting attributes. It is truly worth watching. ua-cam.com/video/TzLXHViyW7I/v-deo.htmlsi=VvftAsicLCJiSoQD
It's nice that you kept the movie on the large screen, and the scenes are well picked and edited together, instead of cut up and mashed.
"We're watching "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" the *EXTENDED EDITION!*"
Damn right!
Fantastic reaction Kahla; I just love listening to your melodious voice!
I think that it's good you'd already been haphazardly exposed to the trilogy... As a result, you are following the important threads of this complex&beautiful story really well!!! Thanx
Your one of first reactors to note that the ring didn't bounce. I've always loved that representation of the weight the Ring Bearer has to bear. Well done.
Loving your reaction! ❤ I never read the books but I loved the movies and I love when people come write little books facts in the comments. I also love watching this trilogy annually. It's more now, because of reactions. 😂
You definitely have to check out the Soundtracks to all three movies! It's some of the most beautiful and haunting music that's ever recorded. I especially love The House of Healing by Liv Tyler, only in the extended version of the 3rd movie. Smeagol's song, which is the one during the credits of the 2nd movie, and Into The West. Sung by Anne Lennox and also the Oscar winner that year. ❤❤❤ But seriously, all the music is a must listen.
Brilliant stuff! (was waiting for pt 2 to drop to watch both together)
Its crazy how fast you caught on to the ring. Subtle details. Mentioning it being its own being.
One other fantasy movie I would recommend is the 1982 dark fantasy movie The Dark Crystal, if that's OKay? It's directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, who made Sesame Street and The Muppets. It's about a creature called a Gelfling named Jen who's on a quest to restore balance to his world and overthrow the evil Skeksis by restoring a powerful broken crystal they lord over. It's another of the best fantasy movies, and the cool thing about it is that all the creatures and characters are all puppets and practical effects. There are no humans at all. I think it's a good time and definitely worth watching.
@@Makkaru112 Honestly I haven't seen that one in a while
It's so exciting to see someone else experience this saga! Since your RotK video comes out today I thought I'd give these a watch. I love that you're appreciating the music already, all the recurring themes only get better from here :D Also shoutout to that 'oh nO' when the first wraith showed up because haaaard same
Great to see that it's the extended edition; then I'll probably give the reaction a watch. I would put it in the title and/or description too so that people who are interested know without checking the comment section or see if you say it in the video (which in this case luckily you did almost right away).
Love to see reactions where the reactor is so aware of everything that happens and make correct guesses! Looking forward to see the rest :)
The score to this film is just on another level. Every part of this Trilogy somehow hit the target perfectly... Casting, Writing, Direction, Sets, Costume, Acting, Score... it's a one-in-a-lifetime result.
the song "Concerning Hobbits" (aka Shire theme) always plays in my head when I come back home after a very long trip or vacation
Trilogy The Lord Of The Ring Extended Edition:
(1) The Felloship Of The Ring Extended Edition
(2) The Two Tower Extended Edition
(3) The Return Of The King Extended Edition
Trilogy The Hobbit Extended Edition Of The Adventures Of Bilbo Baggin:
(1) An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition
(2) The Desolation Of Smaug Extended Edition
(3) The Battle Five Armie Extended Edition
I like to imagine that your first language is in fact English and you've been trolling us with your slightly inaccurate titles, rather than being a fan with a copypasta of very specific use, constructed to the best of their ability in a language unlike their mother tongue.
I'm rewatching your reaction (because I can and I want to). Kudos to you Kahla. You picked up on all the small details (and mentioned the cake at Bilbo's party) SO quickly. It was nice to watch someone paying attention. You're in an elite group of a few who do. Your reactions to this epic overall were, shall we say, almost precious 😂 Looking forward to catching your Star Wars saga this weekend.
You’re such a kind soul. I loved your reaction oh and you’re really pretty. So please make more vids 😅
The actor who plays Saruman and Count Dooku was Christopher Lee, the only one of the cast to have met J.R.R. Tolkien, the writer of this whole thing when he was a young man
As the resident Old Man, I must insist you read the books. The Hobbit first, is easy, then read The Lord of the Rings. It's only half a million words. The story, as written in the texts, is even greater. No need to thank me
When adapting the Lord of the Rings to film, Peter Jackson obviously had to trim a lot of the original story away to make it digestible in a visual medium. Even with all of the extra bits cut down, it's still a gargantuan trilogy of films!
One of the notable divergences he made (which I bring up because of your interest in the story in particular) is on Isildur. In Tolkien's works, Isildur became king during the final battle with Sauron, where he sees his father Elendil and brother Anarion slain, and avenges them both by cutting the Ring from the Dark Lord's finger. The Ring was taken from the field specifically as a spoil of war for the loss of his family.
He would go on to be a good king for much of his life, making Gondor safe, and was actually able to resist the Ring for decades! He intended to bring it to Elrond in Rivendel towards the end of his life, as he knew he could never bring himself to destroy it, but was ambushed on the way. He only ever wore it a single time, which was after his son had died protecting him in that ambush and his last living advisor pleaded with him to escape and deliver it to the elves. He also didn't die under its thrall - he lost it in the river while fleeing, felt the terrible burden of it leave him, and then died in battle on the muddy shore when the orcs caught him.
It paints a very different, far more flattering image of Isildur than the movies, and has a bit of a knock-on effect - Aragorn in the books, for one, is proud to be of the line of Isildur rather than ashamed of it. Still, it's a very minor detail in the plot as a whole, and it's easy to see why it was simplified for pacing's sake.
You’re absolutely right, the one ring is in a way a being. It’s Sauron Fear (soul), meaning it’s sentient, and it’s ultimate goal is to get back to daddy Sauron. It’s also capable of slightly increasing its size or shrinking, that’s why it slipped off Isildurs finger in the Anduin river
25:59 “What is that?” That is an Uruk-hai, a hybrid of goblins (who dwell inside mountains), orcs (basically the same except they live on the surface), and humans (regular humans). Goblins and orcs are generally smaller than humans and are highly allergic to sunlight. By adding in the human DNA Saruman made a hybrid species (technically a genetic chimera) that could move in sunlight, cover great distance at speed, and obey him unthinkingly.
The book talked about orc fathers and human mothers, which implied struggle-snuggle. Peter Jackson didn’t want to depict this, so he had them be spawned out of pools of mud instead.
It may seem strange, but Tolkien wrote the stories to show the history of the languages. The languages came first.
Far out I'm 10 minutes in this reaction and you're already impressing me with how much of the subtle details you have picked up on. Brilliant reaction.
You are one of the few reactors that notices the peculiar way the ring hits the floor and its symbolism. Bravo!!
do you have any idea how many people i’ve seen watch this and pickup immediately that the way the Ring lands is significant? very few, its so refreshing to watch you and see how insightful you are with the story
oh funfact, the reason the spider and insects are in that scene and things get dead silent when the nazgul are on screen is trying to convey how the book describes how the nazgul have a supernatural aura of evil that instills terror in living things, the bugs are trying to *run*
Weta Workshop (I think started with LOTR, and based in New Zealand) created the miniatures and costumes and props. They have a website to buy some of these things along with other projects they’ve worked on, since LOTR! I’ve gotten maps and pipes and Bilbo’s contract (from The Hobbit), from Weta Workshop! They do excellent work!!
great to see your reaction, Kahla... you spotted and commented on quite a few subtle things... looking forward to your next reactions of the trilogy... PS. Rivendell was not CGI, and so are neither most of the other places... they spent 2 years of shooting it all, and before that a whole year to prepare... creating all the costumes, building places (sometimes several models in different sizes)... they wanted to make it an as real world, as it gets. There's quite some 'The making of...' videos for it on youtube - worthwhile!! 😎
Aragorn’s entrance is one of my favorite parts of this movie.
Fun fact: when Tolkien was writing the scene in the Prancing Pony, he would later say that when Strider showed up Tolkien had no more idea what he was doing there than Frodo had.
Make sure you watch the extended versions of the 2nd and 3rd movies, otherwise you miss a lot.
Just so you know, saruman is actually trying to doublecross sauron. He wants the ring for himself. He thinks he can control it. The little orcs around saruman are from mordor - sauron’s orcs sent to help saruman but also to spy on him. The big fighting orcs - the uruk hai - are loyal only to saruman. Orcs are like that. But its why saruman’s orders are a bit vague - to avoid sauron’s orcs knowing what saruman is doing. The movies dont make this bit of the story very clear. But notice that, while saruman knows where the fellowship is he never lets Sauron know.
34:24 Dwarves have reasons not to trust elves. At their first meeting the high elves thought that the dwarves were wild creatures and hunted them for sport.
But the dwarves are also partly to blame, once when they were already more diplomatic with the elves, they commissioned the dwarves to make a necklace with a legendary gem and they promised to pay any price, and upon seeing the beauty of their work the dwarves They asked for the necklace as payment, which led to a massacre of elves for the necklace XD
Hey Kahla!
Thank you so much for this amazing reaction. You are the first reactor I have seen that has done 2 very specific things:
1. Commented on the weight of the ring as it thuds to the ground. It always bothered me that nobody seemed to notice that lol
2. You have fully grasped the the concept of the rings sentience and being a living force of its own. So many reactors are like "oh Frodo why you doing that?" whenever he is compelled to put it on. But you understood that it is the ring itself forcing him to do it beyond his will to resist it.
I am really looking forward to your future vids.
PS: Hoping you will check out the original Star Trek movies sometime lol since you have checked out Star Wars,
All the best with your reaction journey.
I highly recommend The Outsiders . It is one of the best movies I’ve ever watched.
The Outsiders book/movie was one of my favorites growing up.
What the movie skips is that between the Bilbos party and Frodo's departure from the Shire, 17 years have passed. Thats why, bilbo looks so much older when we meet him in rivendell
Okay, I was wondering if he looked older or if I was just imagining things.
Ahh here we go, the big one. I am very excited to see your reaction to this trilogy! 🤩
Hope you enjoy it!
The one thing wrong in the intro is that Sauron forged the 3 elven rings, the poem eludes to that but the Elves discovered Sauron's treachery in trying to corrupt the Dwarves and Men and Celebrimbor who helped Sauron forged the other 12 forged on his own the 3 Elven rings.
Two things lead to Sauruman changing sides. Gandalf had been given one of the Elven rings shortly after his arrival and Sauruman was furious that Gandalf the Grey his underling would be given this gift instead of him who is the head of the order. Sauruman was jealous of Gandalf for hundreds of years and wanted a Ring of Power for his own. His use of the Pilantir allowed Sauron to play on his jealousy of Gandalf to corrupt him against his mission.
The scream sqeal from settling off the dragon firework was a real reaction so they kept it in.
This story is for everyone. I hope you find your own meaning in your journey to Middle Earth :)
Your attention to detail and insight into the more subtle aspects were fantastic! I cant wait to see more!
These are probably the best fantasy trilogies ever made hands down. I saw them in the theater back then.... incredible.
The.music, I agree..it goes right into my heart... I start to feel again .... freaking gorgeous and magical.
@20:31 No one notices or mentions how the Ring was positioning and guiding itself to go onto Frodo’s finger as it fell. The Ring wants to be found and it knew the quickest way to get the attention of the Nazgûl.
Director Peter Jackson created a long list of appendices that show how the films were created. Hours of content. I also have the music score on my playlist.
In the book, Bilbo and Frodo share the same birthday - September 22. When Bilbo turns 111, Frodo turns 33, which is the age of adulthood for Hobbits.
Also, Bilbo is the first person to willingly give up the Ring (though he had help from Gandalf), which tells a lot about his character. It's probably why Gandalf felt safer about leaving it with Frodo.
Been waiting for these got to be one of the best trilogy’s ever 🎉
"Did he abandoned his men?" Actualy yes, Isildur and his army were caught in a trap on the banks of the Gladden river and so Isildur tried to escape by invisibility of the Ring. That battle - from year 2d of the 3d Age - was called catastrophy or Battle on the Gladden Fields, as most of Isildur's army perished there. Gladden Fields were big marshes between two rivers - Gladden river and Anduin river. Gladden is a tributary of bigger river Anduin. On the marshes there grow reeds, and huge yellow irises. Gladden fields means fields of irises. I think it should be water irises as most of kinds of irises prefer dry areas, not marshes. :) There are so called Germanic irises - prefering dry soil and lots of sun, and water irises prefering areas above rivers and lakes and marshes :) Or home ponds :)
Also grats on pushing 5k subs! What a milestone… I’m riding so let’s go 🎉
Before anyone calls Frodo weak look at it this way. Sauron is an angelic being and poured almost his all into the ring, Hence one could say carrying the ring is carrying the divine. So to destroy it is much more then smelting gold
I agree with you about the music.
I listened to this soundtrack all the time before and after the movie came out. XD Great reaction. 💙
Oh, I love your reaction to this movie! You're aware of what's going on. I can see you're really enjoying it. I can't wait to watch your reaction to the other two movies
32:34 I forgot this actually beautiful, epic shot of Gandalf.
it's impossible not to get emotional when watching these movies, if it's not the music it's the connection between the characters thanks to the actor's performances
24:13 I can hardly see their face until Frodo wears the ring at 24:28
the only movie I've ever seen a tent flying in the sky! and yes, the music is just wonderful!
The locations, like Rivendell were not CGI. If it was too grand to build a full sized set of, the would build a scale miniature of it (the miniatures were so large that they called them "bigatures") and drop it in the background of a bluescreen set. They would increase the realism of the models by digitally adding birds, leaves in the wind, extras walking, etc. Made everything seem more alive, and definitely beats CGI. They used as little CGI as possible for these movies. Obviously they used some, but only if they felt they couldn't achieve the shot otherwise.
"A Dragon covered by a tent..way to throw off the math, Merry. Do you have any idea how long it took with paper and pencil ,to get the altitude and speed settings to just the right balance for that ? That extra 30 pounds of canvas cloth was NOT in my calculations". Gandalf.