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R.I.P. Bernard Hill A.K.A. Yosser Hughes and King Theoden who died earlier this month......
And Captain Smith (Titanic) and Dr. David Hawthorne (The Ghost and the Darkness) and and and....
And The Duke Of Norfolk, Thomas Howard in Wolf Hall !
Eomer's scream is so visceral.. you believe your sister far away to safety, but you come across what you think is her dead body..
chills, EVERY time
“My friends, you bow to no one.”
..but I can carry you!
2 of the most epic lines of the trilogy
That allways gets me...
Every time...
Personally I think Tolkien reading the Ride of the Rohirim was awe inspiring. The actual lines of the book even surpass the acting which would make me cry at times.
"Still only counts as one!"
“This is the pinnacle of movie making.”
You said it. Nothing will ever compare to this trilogy.
Lord of the Rings is on Mount Rushmore of Movie Trilogies but so is Back to the Future Trilogy The Orginal Indiana Jones Trilogy and Still All Time Greatest Trilogy of All Time the Orginal Star Wars Trilogy
@@ralphroshia9247 Nope. Lord of the Rings is Everest. Nothing comes close.
@@TJSaw Well, maybe others come somewhat close, maybe the others are the Denali or Kilimanjaro of trilogies...but LOTR is so far above the pack and, 20 years later, is _still there,_ that yeah, it was lightning in a bottle. You had a story written by one of the greatest sole myth-makers to have ever lived, adapted almost unbelievably well by people very passionate about the work...yeah, very, very hard for anything else to compare.
@@TJSaw Agree. As an ultra Star Wars nerd I can confirm. LOTR is monumental.
@@TJSaw as a huge STar Wars fan I agree Star Wars is goated when talking of the original trilogy, but Lord of the RIngs is simply another kind of levels, above the god tier. if we had to do a mountain analogy I'd believe Mount Olympus (on Mars which is the biggest Volcano/mountain of the solar system) is the LOTR trilogy
“ Arise, arise,
Riders of Théoden!
Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!
spear shall be shaken,
shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the Sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!
DEATH!
DEAAAAATTHH!!!
DEAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! “
R.I.P. 🪦 Bernard Hill 🙏🏼
That speech still gives me goosebumps
I could be wrong but aren't those lines attributed to Odin during ragnarok in one of the eddas?
I could be wrong but read the books when I was 10 or 11 and didn't get into norse mythology really deeply until years later, saw the movies and had all of that click in my head.
I could be totally wrong because I haven't come across and could just have transposed it all in my head.
It's actually "a rede day". Rede is a Middle English word that in this context means "decision", as in the fate of Middle Earth would be decided in the events of the day.
Eomer's scream and frustration at the thought of Eowyn being dead makes a lot of sense. His uncle died fighting the Witch-king, and then he finds his sister lying among the many bodies on the battlefield when she wasn't even supposed to be there.
Guys such an amazing detail.. Look at 25:31 "For Frodo" moment for Aragorn.. Listen that background music when Aragorn said that.. Do you know lyrics that background music? That music's lyric is what Aragorn's swear for Frodo at Rivendell... "If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. You have my sword..." .. Right there.. While Aragorn decided to die for Frodo.. That music and lyrics shows up... Amazing..That's how this film took 11 oscars..
Watching interviews with the cast is proof that anyone can be a nerd. Ask Liv Tyler what her favorite phrase in elvish is and she'll give you her top ten. Like, in order.
Tolkien was a WWI vet who fought at the Somme, probably one of the most horrific places a human being could have been through all history. Frodo's little monologue about returning to an old life but feeling like you can't be the same is just Tolkien talking about his own life.
Faramir and Eowyn love story, it´s quite deeper and incredibly romantic in the book. Here we only see a few nice moments.
My favorite couple in literature EVER!
It was the one thing I left the theatrical version in a rage over. You only get them looking at each other at Aragorn’s coronation in that cut. They don’t even get to talk. Thank god for the extended versions.
Perfect for each other. It's a very rare thing to find.
The little girl at the end (Samwise's daughter) was played by Sean Astin's daughter, Ali--and she just finished her master's degree at Harvard last year. I believe she is working on her Ph.D. now.
and the baby in Rosie's arms is the actresses baby.
Women - "I can't believe he didn't cry during titanic, do men even have emotions?"
Thoeden - "I go now to my fathers in whose mighty company I shall no longer feel ashamed".
Men - 😭
Girlfriend - "Didn't you think Titanic was romantic?" Bill Burr - "No, it was a horror film." Girlfriend - "Why?" Bill Burr - "Because all the guys die."
100%. Women cry over love. Men cry over legacy.
@@TJSaw ok, I am a man then😅
In other words, it depends on which movie with Bernard Shaw.
@@Billinois78*Bernard Hill*
A perspective- When Frodo woke in Gondor after the destruction of the ring... He didn't know Gandalf was alive. As far as he knew, Gandalf was still dead from Moria. The look of shock and joy in his eyes mean so much more once this is realized.
“Gandalf! Hey, you look a bit different. Did you change your hair or something?”
“Um, yes… ‘something’.”
I love Gandalfs speech, white shores and beyond a far green country under a swift sunrise
The Isle of Tol Eressea, guarding the entrance to Aman and the Kingdom of Valinor.
That always makes me feel better about “the end”. Religion does nothing for me, but that speech gives me comfort.
What's cool about it is this is where Frodo and the others go in the end so you know he is going to have his peace at last.
You nay be happy to learn that Sam lived a long life with Rosie Cotton and they had many children. After Rosie died, Sam left the Red Book of Westmarch (the manuscript that Bilbo and Frodo are seen writing in) with his eldest daughter and he embarks to the undying lands to be reunited with Frodo. Being a Ring Bearer and having the distinction of being one of the only if not THE only person to willingly give up the Ring without coercion, he is afforded entry. As well, Legolas and Gimli sail also, Gimli being I think the only Dwarf ever afforded such an honor.
At 3:39, a little fun trivia: This shot of Sam's arm with Sting was the last scene ever filmed. The movie was complete when Peter Jackson decided he wanted this particular shot. All the actors had gone home, and Sean Astin was in California, so the arm holding the sword is Peter Jackson's own, filmed in his house!
Nice!
33:33 You just described PTSD and the trouble soldiers face trying to come home. Tolkien was a war veteran and a lot of the themes in this movie deal with PTSD.
Yes, the scene of the four hobbits sitting in silence at the Green Dragon was a masterwork of facial acting and framing by Andrew Lesnie and Peter Jackson. No words needed; you could feel how changed they were, sitting amidst the obliviousness of their countrymen.
At 18:25, the courtship of Faramir and Eowyn is a pretty little story. In the book, Faramir, Eowyn, and Merry all ended up in the Houses of Healing, where they were healed by Aragorn, using athelas or kingsfoil, as he treated Frodo on Amon Sul in FOTR. Merry helps Faramir understand Eowyn's sadness and disquiet, and the couple stand together on the walls of the City, looking East. Eowyn is wearing the robe we see in this scene. "They were clad in warm raiment and heavy cloaks, and over all the Lady Eowyn wore a great blue mantle of the color of deep summer night, and it was set with silver stars about hem and throat. Faramir had sent for this robe and had wrapped it about her, and he thought that she looked fair and queenly indeed as she stood there at his side. The mantle was wrought for his mother, Finduilas of Amroth, who died untimely, and was to him but a memory of loveliness in far days and of his first grief, and her robe seemed to him raiment fitting for the beauty and sadness of Eowyn." It's a nice touch that the producers remembered here.
They do leave out my favorite chapter, which is at the very end of the book. The Shire wasn't happy and peaceful when they got back to it. It had been conquered! But the hobbits didn't have to go running back to anyone for help. They had all grown, and Merry and Pippin were courageous fighters now. So they kicked ass themselves and took back their homeland. It was really inspiring.
This👆 And nobody ever talks about it in the comments.
The movies leave the Shire as an intact idyllic place. The purpose of the Scouring of the Shire in the books is to see the end of this type of existence for the Hobbits. Sadly, this presages the end of the Hobbits themselves as they fade from history. The 4th Age is the Age of Men as they become the dominant force in all places on the earth. Tolkien doesn't give us the specific reasons why the Hobbits faded but the best guess from the Scouring of the Shire tells us that since the Shire is no longer safeguarded from outside forces that eventually the rising of mankind will one day push them out.
It was the final step in Merry and Pippin's arc.
I will say that they did a great job in the movie adaptation seamlessly pasting together the two Saruman scenes, where he gets confronted and banished and then later killed by Wormtongue. It flows perfectly.
Y0u left out the most important element, that Saruman and Wormtongue hadn't died like in the movie, but had come and taken over the Shire. The Hobbits were battling Saruman, no small endeavor.
Even after 20 years, these movies still make me emotional. Best. Movies. Ever.
Although The Hobbit films aren’t as extravagant as The Lord of the Rings films PLEASE watch them. They’re still very good and fun movies to watch. Plus they help bring more story and world-building to the world of Middle Earth. Don’t let the negative reviews keep you from watching more awesome movies. Definitely watch them.
Credit needs to be given to Liv Tyler who played Arwen, she sang for the scene where Aragorn heals Eowen, only for the studio to cut that scene on theatrical release
I played that song at my wedding. I absolutely love it.
Pippen actually helped by sneaking a peek at the Eye: he hastened Gandalf's departure for Gondor, which gave the Men extra time to prepare for battle.
There's a nice little touch at the end when Gandalf says goodbye to the hobbits, you can see a ring on his finger. That's Narya, one of the three Elven Rings. Galadriel has Nenya, and Elrond has Vilya. Narya previously belonged to an Elf named Cirdan, and Cirdan gave it to Gandalf when the five Wizards(Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast and the two Blue Wizards no one really knows anything about) came to Middle Earth. No one knew Gandalf had it except Cirdan, Galadriel and Elrond.
I guess it came back with him when he became Gandalf the White lol.
@@tigqc If it's Eru Illuvatar himself sending you back, you respawn with full gear!
@@tigqc Gandalf's body didn't leave the mountaintop after he defeated the Balrog, it was his spirit that left and was sent back to his same body. Eventually Gwaihir, the same Eagle that rescued him from Isengard found him and brought him to Lothlorien where Galadriel tended to him, clothed him in white and gave him a new staff.
In the books you learn Denethor also had a palantir (orb thingy) and it drove him mad
That is part of Tolkien's magic. One can watch these films and afterwards read the books and won't be taken aback by the differences but more intrigued by the author's own words as those differences as experienced. Tom Bomba-who? Amazing!
@@terrylandess6072 I was really happy having read the books after more or less memorizing the movies, to see how they gave quite a few of Tom's lines to Treebeard... but yeah... wonderful adaptation...
Or rather that Sauron controlled what Denethor saw thru the Palantir and thus got into Denethor's head and filled him with despair and hopelessness.
Denethor gave in to despair as he saw Orc raiding parties ravaging his land with abandon, and he powerless to stop them all. He saw what was in Sauron's mind when he accidentally aligned his palantir with the one in Barad-dur, and he gave in to hopelessness. He was already melancholy after his wife Finduilas of Dol Amroth died a few years after giving birth to Faramir (which is why he's so bitter towards his son, he blames him for her death), and the growing isolation of Gondor due to the movements of the Enemy and his allies having their own issues to deal with. Having no one else to really turn to as he was the top man in the Kingdom (and you don't confide in your subordinates), he himself also grew isolated and his thoughts eventually turned to a sort of manic depression.
Haven't read the books in years but wasn't Denothor pretty much Boromir when he was young?
Both of them leaders of Gondor that were driven mad by Suarons magic trying to find ways to save their people.
Difference is that Boromir got to redeem himself.
Denethor was not a king. He is a Steward of the throne. Which is why his chair sits on the dias of the throne. Six feet above him, is the King's throne, which has set empty for centuries.
"No man can kill me"
"I am no man"
And it was truth: a hobbit stabbed the Witch King and a woman finished him.
The Witch King thought that he had immunity from harm based on those words: "No man can kill me." No. They were just prophetic. The person who spoke them to the Witch King saw his fate and the person who would end it.
Yep, during the skipped section with Tom Bombadil the hobbits get ancient enchanted blades used to fight the Witch King in the past and it was Merry's blade which made the Witch King vulnerable to the normal weapon of Eowyn.
A couple more details: The reason the WK says, "no man can kill me," was because Glorfindel (a very powerful elf not featured in the films) upon defeating the WK and his army at the Battle of Fornost, told Eanur (a man) not to pursue the WK when he fled. Glofindel said, "Do not pursue him, he will not return to this land. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall." The prophecy eventually reached the WK's ears and so he began to believe he was unkillable by men, when that was not at all the point of the prophecy.
Also, as mentioned below, the dagger Merry had was ancient. He got it from another part of the story not told in the movies. The Hobbits end up in the Barrow Downs on their way to Bree. There were burial ground for ancient men that were killed fighting the WK back when he ruled of the evil kingdom of Angmar. The blades were specifically designed to be able to harm the WK. When Merry stabbed him, it severed his tie to Sauron (who was the one preventing him from dying), allowing him to then be killed by Eowyn's sword. Super fun to delve into this stuff.
@@alexgrimes4478 For all practical purposes he was killed then and there, but in principle his spirit was only broken into pieces and given enough time he could re-emerge. Similar to Sauron himself: it was only when the one ring was destroyed that he was truly dead.
@@Albahtra I don't think there is any evidence for that. Men die and leave the world to a place prepared for them by Eru. What you described is only true for immortal beings like the ainur and elves.
the confrontation between Gandalf and the WK was SSSOOOO much better in the book: Pippin ran on..., down towards the outer city. Men flying back from the burning passed him, and some seeing his livery turned and shouted, but he paid no heed. At last he was through the Second Gate, beyond which great fires leaped up between the walls. Yet it seemed strangely silent. No noise or shouts of battle or din of arms could be heard. Then suddenly there was a dreadful cry and a great shock, and a deep echoing boom. Forcing himself on against a gust of fear and horror that shook him almost to his knees, Pippin turned a corner opening on the wide place behind the City Gate. He stopped dead. He had found Gandalf; but he shrank back, cowering into a shadow. ...
In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face.
All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax: Shadowfax who alone among the free horses of the earth endured the terror, unmoving, steadfast as a graven image in Rath Dínen.
'You cannot enter here,' said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. 'Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!'
The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark. From a mouth unseen there came a deadly laughter.
'Old fool!' he said. 'Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!' And with that he lifted high his sword and flames ran down the blade.
Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn.
And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns. In dark Mindolluin's sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.
The Return of the King, LoTR Book 5, Ch 4, The Siege of Gondor
But it was no orc-chieftain or brigand that led the assault upon Gondor. The darkness was breaking too soon, before the date that his Master had set for it: fortune had betrayed him for the moment, and the world had turned against him; victory was slipping from his grasp even as he stretched out his hand to seize it. But his arm was long. He was still in command, wielding great powers. King, Ringwraith, Lord of the Nazgûl, he had many weapons. He left the Gate and vanished.
The line in Les Zeppelins Stairway to Heaven, "Our shadows taller than our souls" is inspired by Sam's trek up the stairs to rescue Frodo. The orcs sensed the rings power and had heard a great elf warrior had beaten Shelob.
In the book, it was not that hard for Sam to give up the ring. In fact one can argue Sam is the only person who possessed the ring and gave it up freely. Gandalf, Galadriel and Aragorn resisted it's temptation but never possessed it.
Best Trilogy Ever.
So the bit where Gollum falls into the lava... that marks the 3rd time that Eru Iluvatar (God) has intervened on Middle-Earth, as He wanted to make sure the Ring would be destroyed this time, so he gave Gollum a bit of a _push_
The 1st time He influenced events was after the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, when the Dark Vala Melkor, aka Morgoth (Sauron's boss) had been defeated by the combined armies of Men, Elves, Dwarves, and the Host of the Valar, and had him chained, but didn't quite know what to do next. Eru opened a doorway to the Void beyond the world and pushed Morgoth through it, sealing him away from Ea (the world) forever.
The 2nd time was that time Gandalf died fighting the Balrog in Moria. Eru resurrected Gandalf, who had indeed died, so that he could finish the task set to him: to aid the peoples of Middle-Earth against Sauron.
As for Gandalf and Frodo leaving on the ship... Gandalf is a Maia, so his true home in Arda is in Aman, with the rest of his kind in Valinor. Frodo, as a Ringbearer, was afforded special dispensation by Manwe, King of the Valar, to travel there where no mortals have been allowed before, to live out his days in the truest peace one can experience on this earth. His wounds, both physical and mental, tortured him while he stayed in the Shire, and so he left so they could be tended.
Sam eventually went too, as he too was a Ringbearer, if for a short while, but not after serving as Mayor of Hobbiton for seven consecutive seven year terms and having several children with Rosie. Gimli was also invited to Valinor after he had built the new Dwarf kingdom of the Glittering Caves, the caverns beneath Helm's Deep, as he wished to be reunited with his great friend Legolas, the first and only Dwarf to be known as "Elf-Friend".
You missed when Manwe lays down his stewardship at the end of the 2nd Age after the Numenorians land in Valinor. Iru Eruvatar takes over and destroys not only the Numernorians but also Numenor itself. He then changes the world, sinking vast continents beneath the oceans while raising up others.
The charge of the Rohirrim can hardly be surpassed for its epicness Sam carrying Frodo always, always gets me.
Listen to Tolkien read his work on the. Charge and Theodens speech
Years ago I was talking to my kid about points from history, somehow related to their school work, and tried to describe the seige of Vienna when the Poles and other forces came to relieve the siege.
Trying to illustrate the Pont I brought up the charge of the rohirriam as a good example.
Then thought about it for a minute.
Then out loud said, "Tolkien you sneaky son of a bitch." In a tone filled with admiration.
One of the many things I love in this movie is when the oliphants arrive at the battle. After a moment of shock Theoden orders the Rohirrim to "Re-form the line!", and the Riders immediately follow their king's order and marshall their horses into a new line to face them. Awe-inspiring!
I've seen folks ask why they charge straight into them and I counter that Theoden had to keep the momentum of their charge going before they started to doubt themselves.
Plus it was costly but getting behind the Oliphants was the best way to take them on instead of going around and letting the Oliphant riders redirect the animals
Wondering what happened to the rest of the Fellowship after the War? Well, the movie is incorrect. The ship that sailed from the Grey Havens was NOT the last ship to leave Middle-earth. After fathering numerous children with Rosie, and being elected mayor 7 times, Samwise leaves Middle-earth after Rosie dies. He sails from the Grey Havens as the last of the Ring-bearers. Merry rode out to stay with King Eomer of Rohan until Eomer passed, then Merry and Pippin rode to Minas Tirith and remained in Gondor until they passed, and were buried amongst the great of Gondor. When at last Aragorn died, the remains of Merry and Pippin were moved and laid beside his. Thereafter, Legolas built a grey ship and sailed over the sea and into the Undying Lands. Gimli, who was granted approval after a word of support from Galadriel, sailed with Legolas. Their passing over the sea brought an end to the Fellowship of Middle-earth.
The writing is beautiful. So glad the screenwriters showed so much deference to Tolkien's original work. I cannot count how many times characters in the movies spoke lines directly from the novels.
I noticed that last time I reread the books. Lines that I thought were maybe clever creations by Jackson’s crew (I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you!) - nope, straight out of the book. Though often in the mouth of a different character.
Everytime Sam picks up Frodo, in my head I am always chanting "Rudy, Rudy, Rudy".
Next stop... "THE HOBBIT". Every moment spent in Middle-Earth is a moment to treasure. See you there.
"For Frodo."
Best Line of the Film, maybe even the entire Trilogy.
For me its is:
"I cant carry it for you, but I can carry you" or "My friends, you bow to no one"
@@jaroslavoswald7566 ... Fans can choose from a plethora of epic lines. Everyone is satisfied!
@@Stogie2112 and none of them are wrong
@@calebk8202 .... Truth!
@@jaroslavoswald7566 Aragorn's line "For Frodo" is the last of many suggestions to the audience that Frodo should be viewed as the main hero, whereas Tolkien considered Sam to be the main hero of the trilogy. What's very well done though is that right after Aragorn's line we immediately cut to Sam literally carrying Frodo up the mountain. I think it speaks to how well these films were done that both the above comments were the ones that resonated. Something I didn't notice until rewatching all three films recently is the moment where Sam grabs Frodo's hand to save him from falling into the volcano is the same as Frodo grabbing Sam's hand to save him from drowning in the first film.
I don't anyone who doesn't get emotional when Sam carries Frodo, and when Aragorn says You bow to no one.
I didn’t on my first watch. I was encouraged by Sams actions, but I didn’t cry. It was a natural response from Sam at that point. And the bow scene was more joyful for me than heartbreaking. I do get the emotional connection now. I’ve cried more from reaction videos than I did on my first watch. Everyone evolves each time they watch this trilogy. I bawled my eyes out at the Gray Havens scene in the theater, but not many reactors do. That’s just the difference in how people respond to what is going on.
I am hyper-familiar with the books and so "You bow to no one" sent me too quickly into trying to remember if that was ever said, by whom, and where, rather than making me emotional. It's one of those changes I'm not sure Tolkien would have liked, though it's no "Go home, Sam."
I agree, the two most moving scenes in the trilogy. I watched the movie in the cinema, and when Sam said he could carry Frodo, I just started bawling. Not only in response to the movie itself, or what was happening to the characters, but also because I realized I don't have a friend of the caliber of Sam, or good friends in general. But my reaction was also for other reasons, a response to having a tough life all my adult years, being poor, and loss, which started with losing my father before I was 10 years old. And all the other traumas a human carry with them. And seeing that scene, brought all those emotions out, and I just cried. Because I honestly think, if everyone had a friend like Sam, life would be easier to deal with, and the world would be a better place to live in, as a nice side effect of that, having more people like Sam in this world. And I also have to credit Sean Astin for his performance, and not just Tolkien for his writing. Sam is simply one of the best characters created in a work of fiction, whether it's in the book or the movie. But I'll leave it at that, as I've rambled on long enough. But I thank you for reading all of this, and all of my best wishes goes out to anyone reading this post, and may life be more kind to you, than it has been to me. Peace.
I am a 40 year old masculine man and yet there are few parts in the movie that to this day makes water swell up to my eyes (I refuse to call it crying, to save what last fragments of dignity I have 😅). One is definetly when Theoden breaks down at his sons grave and the other is this "but I can carry you!". There are few other parts too that has some effect on me but those two simply cut too deep, no amount of self control helps me in those scenes. Well done! 👌
Genuinely enjoyed that reaction.
"Why do watch strangers watching a movie or series you've seen a hundred times?"
They will never understand.
I mean...to each their own, but it "feels" clear to me that _Sam_ should be everyone's favorite character. If you enjoy reading, the books are, to me, even better than the films, but I grew up reading them. Not everyone has the patience to read them, as there is a lot of detail (even major scenes) left out of the films to condense the story. (Oddly there were also scenes added though, so Jackson definitely had his own version of the story that he told.)
I have to compliment you on your editing, it is seamless and sounds to one who is NOT a hard-core LOTR fan, knows which words were actually cut out. Great job!
Great job you guys! I've had the pleasure of following your entire journey through the three movies. I'll add one more fact to the great comments made here: The person with the large pumpkin in the pub at the end is none other than Andy Serkis, the voice of Gollum/Smeagol, in a well deserved "cameo". It's him at the beginning scene of this movie as well. He does the choking of the other fisherman. TC
Heartbreak when you realize that the 3rd eagle was meant for Smeagol
Best Trilogy Ever. Thanks for your very heartfelt reactions to this epic cinematic world.
I knew she wasn’t going to cry but bro was fighting it!
“You bow to no one!”
"No man can kill me"
"I am no man!"
Merry is not a man either, he's a Hobbit. That's why his ancient dagger was able to pierce the Nazgul's calf giving Eowyn the opening she needed to deal the death blow.
There's a whole chapter in the book where Merry and Pippin find their swords. They are both very ancient and imbued with many spells and magic that make them especially deadly against the Nazgul. Tolkien does this throughout the novel. He makes it a point to show where each character has a vital role to play and if they werent where they needed to be, when they needed to be there, then the whole war would have been lost or some other great tragedy. Merry and Eowyn HAD to be there to both save Theoden from being eaten by the fellbeast and to kill the Witch King/Lord of the Nazgul, which was also instrumental in turning the tide of the battle as he was the field commander of the assault.
Gollum HAD to survive all the way to the end because it is his treachery that makes it possible for the Ring to be destroyed.
If you like reading long, meaty novels, then I highly recommend it.
Remember Sting's name on the blade. "Sting is my name, I am the Spider's Bane."
Tolkien fought at the Somme in World War I, and he really infused his experiences into the feeling of leaving the Shire and returning, but not really being the same person, trying to rebuild a life around people who really have no idea what Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin went through. Peter Jackson and the actors captured that very well in the movies.
My biggest gripe, one of the very few I have, with the movies is that they did Denethor dirty. He wasn't a horrible father or a bad ruler. He was a man who'd spent his entire life fighting a losing war that started generations ago, because he truly loved Gondor. Through great force of will he was able to use the Palantir to survey Sauron's forces and did everything in his power to do right by his people. No one could bear that forever. He lost hope, and in his heart believed that Gondor's loss was inevitable. Then one of his sons died, then his other son nearly died because of a mission he ordered him to undertake. He was already crushed beneath the weight of the world, and then he thought both of his sons were dead. He wasn't evil, he was just broken.
To a lesser extent they did this with Boromir, but they did a good job of showing that he wasn't an evil man. He was a great man, but even the greatest of men is vulnerable to the Ring.
"You fool. No man can kill me. Die now."
"I am no man!"
Fun Fact: To get enough extras for the Battle at the Black Gate, a few hundred members of the New Zealand Army were brought in. They apparently were so enthusiastic during the battle scenes that they kept breaking the wooden swords and spears they were given.
Pyromantic Ring Fact: In the scene when Denethor (John Noble) attempts to burn Faramir (David Wenham) on the pyre, the pyre could not truly be on fire, because Gandalf's (Sir Ian McKellen) horse would not go near it. To solve this, the crew reflected a real fire onto a pane of glass in front of the camera, so that it looks as though the pyre is burning.
Real Arachnophobia Fact: For the scene when Frodo gets pierced by Shelob, Elijah Wood had two Alka-Seltzers hidden under his tongue, which he chewed up to create white foam, which he then leaked out of the corner of his mouth. Elijah Wood was wrapped in a latex-like material that represented Shelob's webbing. On the DVD, he jokes that it is like being encased in the world's largest condom.
cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool buddy
Éomer's screaming cry gets me everytime. Well done Karl Urban.
The little girl that Samwise was holding at the end was Sean Astin's actual daughter.
and the baby boy was the son of the actress of Rosie.
The part of the story the movies left out that I think is confusing to a lot of people, is that when Gandalf first gave the ring to Frodo about 30 years passed before he returned and threw the ring in the fire. During this time Gandalf travelled the world researching the ring and learned it was the ring he suspected it was he also learned all about Golem. Aragorn had been working on this quest with Gandalf and watching over Frodo for many years. Frodo did not age during this time because he possessed the ring. Frodo was roughly a generation older than the other three hobbits which is why Sam calls him Mr. Frodo. The ring took such a toll on Frodo and he in the end could not give it up because of how long it had been affecting him.
That little girl who ran to Sam in the end was actually Sean Astin, Sam's actor's, daughter, and the little boy Rosie was hold was her actor's real life son.
I saw the Return of the Kings in theatres when it came out. Its one of the best movies experience in my lifetime. I'll never forget it!
Merry and Pippin become the leaders of their respective clans (the Brandybucks and the Tooks.) When they are aged, they return to Gondor and are eventually entombed on either side of King Ellessar (Aragorn.)
Sam and Rosie have 13 children, and Sam is elected mayor several times. When Rosie died on a Midsummer's Eve, Sam gave to Red Book to his oldest daughter, and was never seen again. The story is told in his family that he went to the Grey Havens and took a ship, the last of the Ring-Bearers to pass over the sea.
Of all the reactions that I have watched, there is something that no one mentions; Isildor was killed by three arrows in his back, Boromir got three arrows to his front, and Frodo was also stabbed three times...by the witch king on Weathertop, by the cave troll in the mines, and by Shelob the spider.
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Aragorn: There's definitely a very slim chance we'll survive.
Gimli: I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it. Let's do it!
The greatest film trilogy ever made.
Peter Jackson did a phenomenal job. You can tell he poured his heart into this trilogy. The story is so amazing. It took JRR Toilkien years to write this epic story and it was worth it.
Great reaction, guys. So glad you enjoyed it Chandra - now you know why devotees of the trilogy love it so much! Absolute classic, unmatched in my opinion, thank you for watching it and giving us the chance to 're-live' that first time thrill! 🥰🤩😍
So glad you enjoyed it... A masterpiece of movie making... I really enjoyed your reaction... SOOOO many "that's what she said" jokes in this episode
Always love Gandalf's face when the main gate falls, and the armored trolls come through. Even he wasn't expecting that.
It was good for the movie. I wish they could have shown it as it was in the book--everyone went still after Grond broke the gates, even the orcs and trolls. All the Gondorian defenders fled. The Witch-King rode through under the wall, the only enemy to ever set foot in Minas Tirith. But Gandalf and Shadowfax waited there inside the gate. Then a rooster crowed, and the horns of Rohan sounded, and the Witch-King backed off to deal with them.
If he hadn't, Gandalf would have wiped the floor with him. In the book Gandalf says (during the meeting after the battle is won) that he is more powerful than anyone in Middle-Earth, except for Sauron himself. The movie added necessary tension and drama with the Witch-King breaking his staff, but really...the ghost of a human would never defeat an angel in human form.
@@rikk319 That is the only part of the trilogy I had no use for, which Jackson hadn't done that.
If you ever get the opportunity, go see it in the theater! The BIG SCREEN!
It's painful to see others watch such great films on a small TV screen. 😭😭😭
The cinematic experience generally suffers as conceits to TV and eventually - mobile devices are made. No such exceptions here.
They are releasing all the films in 4K in June. Check your local listings. I’ve seen all three in one day in Austin. Alamo Drafthouse does this once a year. It’s awesome. And there’s beers!
@@cindycrewsbeach72 I would watch that, but only if it's the Extended Versions. I don't consider the Theatrical Release versions the Canonical version now after owning the former.
There is no greater trilogy than LOTR.
Technically Eowyn was only able to kill the Witch King after Merry stabbed him with an enchanted elvish blade. Still no “man” can kill him, it was a woman and a hobbit 👍
In how hopeless Gondor would have felt during the battle before the arrival of the Rohirrim.
The movie had 4000 Gondorians defending Minas Tirith against a force of 200,000 Orcs, 2,000 Corsairs, 20 Oliphants, 2000 Haradrim (100 on each Oliphant), 4 Ringwraiths, and 20+ Trolls.
The Army of the Dead which actually didn't fight at Minas Tirith numbered 50,000.
In the book there were thousands of Gondorian soldiers, a few hundred Guards of the Citidel including Pippin, less than 3,000 men from the Outlands of Gondor including 700 from Dol Amroth, 6,000 Rohirrim, 30 Northern Dunedain, and a small force of Dunlendings. Against the Witch King, 60,000-100,000 Orcs, a few thousand Easterlings, Variags and Haradrim along with a few Oliphants and Trolls. Aragorn arrived with men from Southern Gondor not the Army of the Dead. The Army of the Dead were released after they scared the Corsairs so badly they jumped overboard and drowned. The Army of the Dead actually never fought anyone, just killed people by scaring them to death. All Easterlings were slaughtered, a few orcs and Haradrim managed to flee into Mordor but very few. The battle wasn't nearly as lop sided in the book as the movies had it be.
At 15:47 you say, "Whoa, those are so freaky!" You are one of the very few reactors I've watched who spotted the Two Watchers. We only get a glimpse of them in the movie; Peter Jackson decided not to spend more time with them, as he already had too much on his plate, not to mention the folks at Weta Digital. Tolkien writes: "They were like great figures seated upon thrones. Each had three joined bodies, and three heads facing outward, and inward, and across the gateway. The heads had vulture-faces, and on their great knees were laid clawlike hands. They seemed to be carved out of huge blocks of stone, immovable, and yet they were aware: some dreadful spirit of evil vigilance abode in them. They knew an enemy. Visible or invisible, none could pass unheeded. They would forbid his escape." Sam is unable to pass them, until he pulls out the Phial of Galadriel and shines it on them. I wish we had gotten more than a fraction of a second's worth.
Every book reader has a special part of the book they wish was in the films. There was no way to put all of them in. Peter Jackson even left out ones he himself loved, like Tom Bombadil.
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The Mouth of Sauron's design makes the mouth look like The Eye. I can't un-see it once I noticed. The actor used shouldn't be a surprise.
Bruce Spence, an Aussie--the Conductor from the Matrix, the gyro captain from Mad Max...he was in Revenge of the Sith, Pirates of the Caribbean, and many more films.
@@rikk319 Character actors carry the films the stars ride in.
This movie is so nostalgic. It takes me all the way back to 20 years ago
The Haradrim horn is absolutely one of the coolest sound effects ever. I'm glad you loved it!
Beautiful reaction 😘, thank you both, keep e'm coming, RIP Bernard Hill 😥
One thing from the books... Theoden never knew Eowyn was in the battle. He died before she got to him... and sadly, the actor who played Theoden, Bernard Hill died at 79yo just days ago.
Chandra would make a fine shieldmaiden from Rohan 🙂
"They need those dead guys still". Gimli approves this message.
Thank you for a great reaction
The last scene with Frodo leaving was shot first, the actors had to hang out together for a few weeks to gain a bond
Sometime in June or July, one of the three extended edition films will be shown in theaters.
All three of them will be shown on subsequent days.
Éowyn’s full dialogue with the WitchKing was monumental in the books and was from Glorfindel; the elvish prince’s prophesy/Curse/Oath upon the WitchKing one of the time he and one of the Numenorean kings(Eärnur or Arvedui) was chasing away said WitchKing back towards Angmar(Yes. He was afraid of Glorfindel Of The Golden Flower very much. Same with Galadriel too I might add. He wouldn’t even approach lothlorien. He & his armies would always avoid her lands to the point of risking taking longer roads around her lands) Éowyn: “Be gone, foul Dwimmerlaik, Lord of carrion. Leave the dead in peace!”
Lord of the Nazgûl: “Come not between the Nazgûl and his prey or he will slay thee in turn!”
Éowyn: “Do what you will. I will hinder it, if I may!”
Lord of the Nazgûl: “Hinder me? Thou fool. Dost thou not know the prophecy? ‘No living man may hinder me.’ “
Éowyn: “But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn am I. You stand between me and my Lord and kin. Be gone for living or dark undead, I will smite you if you touch him!”
Being severely injured by The Black Breath(plague type poison had taken over Eowyn & her Hobbit friend, Éowyn was immediately healed by Aragorn, who saved her just in time before she certainly would have died of her wounds. She remained behind to heal, while also meeting and falling in love with Faramir. At Éowyn's behest, Merry was made a knight by her brother, the newly-named king of Rohan. After the War of the Ring, Éowyn married Faramir just outside of Ithilien and became its lady while Faramir became its king. Together, they had one child together named Elboron and a grandson named Barahir.
And the dramatic silence from the WitchKing is palpable in the books.
You two have rapidly become one of my favorite reactor couples. I have thoroughly enjoyed going through this journey of the best movie trilogy ever with you! You both have great insights and observations, you don't talk too much, and you show genuine emotions. Keep up the great work! 😊
This Trilogy, in the theater, was one of the Peak moments in my Fifty Years of watching movies. Not since watching Star Wars in ‘77 have I been so Captivated. So, to say that this is dear to me is to diminish My Love for Cinema in General.
Thank You for these Reactions. May they be a light in any darkness.
I think that the Lord of the Ring Trilogy was a Concorde moment for film Trilogies. The way movie entertainment is on the decline and crumbling into irrelivance losing billions of dollars, i don't think this will ever be bested.
The mix of pratical effects and CGI holds up 20+ years later, the passion for film making and the love for Tolkien's lore, makes this series of movies just perfection.
I feel like people sleep in the moment where same gives Frodo the ring back, nobody is ever physically shown passing the ring back, the closest thing we have is bilbo just barely dropping the ring in bag end, the true mvp
35:17 In the apendices, after a long, and happy life in the Shire, Sam was also afforded the trip to Valinor because he briefly carried the ring
These incredible scenes hit even harder with the late Bernard Hill 🙏
Always remember that LOTR invented epicness in the sense that we know today.
"Tell me which LOTR scene touched you the most and I will tell you who you are" - me
I don't disagree, but I have a soft spot for the epic films of the '60s, like Ben-Hur, Spartacus, and Lawrence of Arabia, where everything was done with people and practical effects. I think LOTR is the perfect marriage of practical and visual effects, while the overly-used cgi in most movies doesn't feel grounded in reality at all.
@@melanie62954 I grew up watching movies with practical effects, and there were more than enough ones with absolutely awful practical effects. There's nothing special about practical or CGI effects. As long as they're done well they work. Too many people single out CGI as somehow all bad. The best CGI is never even noticed, so it doesn't get praised. Watch Dune 2 for some of the best blended CGI/practical effects where you can't tell where one begins and one ends.
Today’s trivia - in the book it’s not Theoden that gives that rousing “Death! Ride for ruin!” speech. It’s actually Eomer - reacting to Theoden getting killed. (In the book the battle was only half over at that point.)
Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤
Well, there you have it! The epic story of how Sméagol saved the world from a tricksy hobbit. 😄
Thank you again, for bringing us on your journey, too.
Couldn't find it in the comments so I wanted to make sure you knew that Tolkien said that the strength of the ring was at it's strongest inside Mt Doom and that no being could willingly destroy it because of this. In the books Gollum actually falls in himself after he gets the ring from Frodo dancing in his joy of havign the precious back. This is why Gandalf's words in Moria are so true about the Pity of Biblo ruling the fate of many and Gollum having his part to play.
A lot of good notes on different things in the comments here, I'll just add - at Cirith Ungol (where Frodo was taken after he was stung) there were two groups of Orcs, one that was typically garrisoned there, and the other was one from Minas Morgul (the Dead City, from where the Witch King lead out the second army). Orcs tend to fight amongst themselves without a strong leader, and in this case, with two different groups, they didn't need much encouragement to start chopping each other up. Also, that was indeed a great dropkick. :D
Random movie factoid: Throughout the entire trilogy, Frodo never calls Legolas by name, he is simply the Elf...
My favorite character, by far, is Sam. I see people all the time asking for a friend like Sam. Few people seek to be the Sam for someone else.
Then the Black Captain rose in his stirrups and cried aloud in a dreadful voice, speaking in some forgotten tongue words of power and terror to rend both heart and stone.
Thrice he cried. Thrice the great ram boomed. And suddenly upon the last stroke the Gate of Gondor broke. As if stricken by some blasting spell it burst asunder: there was a flash of searing lightning, and the doors tumbled in riven fragments to the ground.
In rode the Lord of the Nazgul. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. In rode the Lord of the Nazgul, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face.
All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax: Shadowfax who alone among the free horses of the earth endured the terror, unmoving, steadfast as a graven image in Rath Dinen.
"You cannot enter here," said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. "Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!"
The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark. From a mouth unseen there came a deadly laughter.
"Old fool!" he said. "Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!" And with that he lifted high his sword and flames ran down the blade.
Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn.
And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns. In dark Mindolluin's sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.
But it was no orc-chieftain or brigand that led the assault upon Gondor. The darkness was breaking too soon, before the date that his Master had set for it: fortune had betrayed him for the moment, and the world had turned against him; victory was slipping from his grasp even as he stretched out his hand to seize it. But his arm was long. He was still in command, wielding great powers. King, Righwraith, Lord of the Nazgul, he had many weapons. He left the Gate and vanished.
The fact that Sean Aston didn't win ALLLL the awards is a serious travesty. Great job, you two! 😀👍
"Lord of the Rings" was a perfect storm of elements that came together in a way that will never be duplicated again. From the trilogy of books to this trilogy of films, there's no possibility the phenomenon will ever be duplicated. "A Song of Ice and Fire"and "Game of Thrones" maybe could have come close, but both George R.R. Martin and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss completely dropped the ball. Martin will never finish the series, and the two D.'s are, well, we all know what nasty epithets those two deserve. Even so, as magnificent as "Game of Thrones" was (for a while), it could never have matched the heart and soul of Jackson's "Lord of the Rings."
Great reaction you guys. About Legolas especially for Chandra, since he is your favorite character! Firstly he may be way older than it seems although not as old as Galadriel. There was a hidden elven city long ago during the 1st age called Gondolin that was ultimately discovered and destroyed by Morgoth (Sauron was his lieutenant). The Fall of Gondolin is the third chapter of The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, which is the second volume of The History of Middle-earth. The tale laid out in this chapter, the first manuscript of which J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in 1917, is the longest and most detailed recounting of the defeat of the city of Gondolin by the army of Morgoth. In the Silmarillion in which the fall of Gondolin is also described, there is a Sindarin elf by the name of Legolas who was in that final battle. There is some controversy as to whether this is the same elf in LOTR's but ultimately it doesn't seem entirely certain. Either way since you are so fond of the character it might be fun for your further exploration. Also and as an aside, in the written version of FOTR, there is a brief mention of an elf from Rivendell named Glorfindel. He is actually the one who rescues Frodo from the Nazgul after he was stabbed on Weathertop. Since this is the only time he appears in LOTR, Peter Jackson understandably replaces him with Arwen, both to begin her character arc and emphasize her importance to Aragorn for the rest of the story. Glorfindel was at that time definitely a reincarnation of himself. He was one of the most powerful elves to have ever lived. He single-handedly fought and slew a Balrog during the Fall of Gondolin, but the Balrog grabbed him as he fell into a deep abyss (echoes of how Gandalf the Grey died fighting the Balrog in Moria), pulling him to his death. Glorfindel’s spirit went to the Halls of Mandos in Valinor, where he was reincarnated and sent back to Middle Earth in the Second Age as an emissary of the Valar, and given powers by Manwe that made him innately nearly as powerful as a Maia. Ultimately, and I'm not really suggesting that Legolas is a reincarnation of his earlier self, but in Tolkien's universe it is not beyond the realm of possibility either. Cheers to both! Enjoy.
Interesting, first time I've ever heard this about a prior Legolas
You caught that the Witch King of Angmar casts AoE Terror, causing hardened soldiers to drop their swords and freeze, or fall on their faces in abject fear. The power is even stronger when he isn’t wearing a physical form.
I highly recommend The Expanse tv show. It's not as famous as Game of Thrones because it has a slower start so it has gone under the radar, but it evolves into an amazing sci fi show. It's really incredible. I'd also recommend The Queen's Gambit. One season tv show only and it's perfect. I'm part way through Shogun and it's living up to the hype. In terms of movies (without checking whether you have seen any of these yet) : Goodwill Hunting, Apollo 13, Dune (2021 version), There's Something About Mary, Contact, Silence of the Lambs, The Sixth Sense, Minority Report, Pelican Brief, The Shawshank Redemption, Whiplash, The Fugitive, Unforgiven, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Daniel Craig version), Training Day, Gladiator, The Bourne Trilogy, Witness, Rocky, Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, Speed, The Equalizer
If you think that this movies were made in the late 90's and eary 2000... the quality is so good. Movie making doesn't got better from there to now, quite the opposite. The pinnacle of movie making you said, and you may be right. Beautiful reaction as all of yours. Thank you !!
There wasn't a dry eye in the cinema for the last hour and a half.
There was here and I'm disappointed
Yes this is the pinnacle. I would call Lord of the Rings the greatest story in all of fiction.
I'd recommend Neverending Story. If you pay attention to place's names and topics spoke of, it all about mental illness/depression/anxiety