I CAN'T HANDLE *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* | PART 2 | (reaction/review)
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The second half of the Fellowship of the Ring is an absolute rollercoaster! I love the amount of heartfelt moments scattered throughout all the action as well as the creepiness of Moria. Enjoy :)
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I CAN'T HANDLE The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | PART 2 | (reaction/review)
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one of my favorite little details in this movie is how isildur died to 3 arrows to the back after succumbing to the ring, and boromir died with 3 arrows to the chest after *nearly* succumbing to the ring but resisting so he could protect his friends. one does not simply watch boromir's death scene without getting choked up lmao
Boromir was a hero. He was an absolute POS, but he definitely redeemed himself when he overcame the ring, deciding his friends were more important than his father's goal for him.
Its honestly symbolic if you look at it.
Isildur took arrows to the back, Leaving his allies behind to save himself, he was running, and got shot in the back.
Boromir took arrows to the chest, Standing his ground to save his friends, a symbol of his bravery for he would not run.
And Faramir survived because he only had two arrows stuck in him.
I am so happy to hear you praise Boromir as he is very underrated in my opinion. I know he is weak to the ring but humans are less resistant to it's power and Boromir is in a state of desperation to save his people and give them hope and peace. His kindness and understanding to the hobbits, particularly Merry and Pippin, his plea for them to have a moment to grieve after losing Gandalf is very touching to me. When he leaps into battle to protect Merry and Pippin and keeps fighting even as each arrow strikes him is straight up heroic. He's a man with flaws, as all of us are, but he loves his Brother, his people and gives his all wholeheartedly. Love his character completely and I bawl my eyes out every time I watch those last scenes. I love your channel, thank you for being such an open and beautiful person. 💜
My mom loves this movie and the whole series, honestly. Every time I watch that scene, I realize that I literally can’t without crying. With every arrow, my heart hurts for him. I have a special place in my heart for those, in movies or real life, who are willing to sacrifice everything in order to right a wrong, or for the greater good.❤
Also the pressure from Denethor contributed in no small part to his weakness.
Gandalf fell in moria for two reasons: One, there were a bunch of orcish archers across that gap shooting at them the whole time, and pulling gandalf up is a situation with ZERO cover.
Two: Gandalf wasnt finished with that beef.
i also thought why they couldnt pull him up cause the bridge might break over the extra weight
I always assumed, it was because no one else could pick up the ring and they couldn't allow Frodo to be killed. The distance was actually farther than what it looks like in the movie, with all the arrows flying, nobody was going to be able to reach him and survive.
But even as it fell it swung its whip, and the thongs lashed and curled about the wizard's knees, dragging him to the brink. He staggered and fell, grasped vainly at the stone, and slid into the abyss. 'Fly, you fools!' he cried, and was gone
Him falling of the bridge took much less time in the book. You could interpret that last part as he said the “fly you fools” even as he was already falling.
I believe the Balrog and Gandalf were both the same rank of Maiar before they came to middle earth. One followed Sauron and took an evil form (Balrog) and the other went good and became a wizard (Gandalf). So yeah, that's some REALLY old beef between them.
They’re both brothers. Both Maiar spirits. ;)
When a nearly 3 hours movie is so good that you don't want it to end
And then we had to wait a whole year for part two. Ughhh....But it was worth the wait for sure! Haha
Almost 4 hours for the extended version.
When a nearly 3 hours _Part 1_ is so good you don't want it to emd
@@ITSAHARDNUGLIFEand now the super extended version from PJs finding old mountain warehouse is showing in theatres. Mythwest had whole video explaining it.
3hrs?
Please tell me you've seen the Extended Editions
Regarding the rope, in the book it was a gift to the company at large. Galadriel's gift to Sam is so much more tender and hopeful: she gave him a box of earth from her garden, along with a seed for a mallorn tree. It was meant to help him repair whatever harm may have come to the Shire during their absence, to make the land more glorious than ever (which it did).
Also, Gandalf had to fall that way for Peter Jackson drama: originally, that whip yanked him straight into the abyss, no chance of getting out of it at all. He yelled "fly, you fools" as he was falling.
Also--Boromir was wise enough to grab the Ring-bearer from running back over a damaged, unsupported stone bridge. In the book, the rest of it collapsed moments after Gandalf fell, so Frodo would have fallen, too.
Funny story: The scene in Moria where Aragon and Frodo balance on the broken stairs saved the lives of my mother and I, in a solo car accident.
We slipped on a patch of ice, into a large boulder. I sat in the passenger side, and it was this side that hit the stone. The car hit so hard that we tipped over so that both tires were lifted off the ground and my mother leaned over me to protect me. My thoughts raced away at 100 miles an hour, and loaded on the Lord of the Rings that I had seen (I think it was the same year, or the year after - but I was a teenager) And I reached across the steering wheel, to shift the center of gravity, which Aragon did with Frodo. And the car fell back on the ground.
The car was totally damaged, but we left without any damage. (However, I had to climb out of the other door ;-) )
I have many more story's, although the others are not so dramatic. There are simply so many of Tolkien's lines, and lines from the films of Peter Jackson that I keep coming back to.🥰
Love The Lord of the Rings 🥰
Aragorn has actually seen the White City - he fought under an alias (Thorongil) for Boromirs grandfather. He spent about 20 years serving both Rohan and Gondor, he won renown in both (to the point that Denthor was jealous of him because of how much his father favoured Aragorn)
I’ll explain that further when his old two towers upload gets put into the channel.❤
"I do not ask for such a gift. But you commanded me to name my desire'. Galadriel's response surprised all of the Elves: she granted Gimli's wish and gave him three golden strands of her hair, which Gimli promised to set in crystal as a "pledge of goodwill between the Mountain and the Wood until the end of days."
Your one of the first people who react to this film and seem to understand a bit more about Legolas and Gimli story.
And the blessing that went with the gift: your hands will overflow with gold, but over your heart gold will have no dominion.
I wish they could have included the beef between Eomer and Gimli over whether or not Galadriel or Arwen is prettier.
And in the end, when Legolas builds a ship to journey into the West, Gimli is the only dwarf to make the journey with him, in part, to be able to see Galadriel again.
There is another layer to this too. In the Silmarilion, Feanor asked for the same favor from Galadriel and was denied. Galadriel wanted nothing to do with the kinslayers and the curse on the line of Feanor and the Silmarils. Yet she granted Gimly's wish seeing his pure heart untainted by the lust for gold.
One moment I just realized, when Sam gets ready to drown himself to follow Frodo. Frodo's parents died drowning on a river before Bilbo took him in. So literally he lots his parents and almost lost Sam the same way
The scene at the end between Boromir and Aragorn gets me every time.
To answer some of your questions: They couldn't go through the Gap of Rohan because Isengard sits at the north end of it, so that entire gap would be under Saruman's control. And it's unknown exactly what the Watcher in the Water is, but it's believed to be one of the Nameless Things that carved the tunnels which the Balrog and Gandalf ran through after they fell into the pit beneath Khazad-dum. And the Ring is believed to be able to call to the evil in the hearts of things aligned with the dark powers. In the books, it's implied that the Watcher was called by the Ring to attack the Fellowship. And Frodo was actually injured by the spear. It actually broke one of his ribs, but he didn't realize because of the panic of trying to flee Moria. And Gandalf fell because the Balrog was a mortal threat to their quest, beyond what was initially asked of him when he first came to Middle Earth. To put it in perspective: The Balrogs were the commanders of the armies of Morgoth, who Sauron was second in command to. The fact that it exists and would have actively hunted for the Ring meant there would have been a Sauron-level threat on their very heels. Because it was a threat outside his duty, Gandalf was allowed to use a fuller extent of his powers, which is why it's the only time he truly used magic.
So wait- Gandalf wasn’t using his full power before? I thought wizards barely had anything
Scene after fellowship escapes is one of my favorites cause it shows so well emotions of each character. Gimli is angry and just want to go fight, Boromir show compassion and tries helping everyone around first holding back Gimli and then wanting hobbits to have time to mourn, Legolas as immortal being has hard time comprehending death and especially of someone like Gandalf, Sam is broken by death of a good friend, Pippin is the most destroyed cause he also feels guilty since he activated chain reaction that lead to Barlog while Merry holds his best friend to support him, Frodo is also broken to the point he can't even cry like Sam and finally we have Aragorn who despite all the sadness knows he has to be the leader now and do what has to be done
Excellent synopsis.
I would add that Frodo is also feeling guilt because when asked which way to go, “Let the Ringbearer decide,” he chose Moria. And for the Hobbits in general, Gandalf has been around their entire lives. He’s a figure they’ve never been without, who has always cared for them, always appeared invincible, featured in Bilbo’s stories, and never aged. Losing him would be a horrible shock.
An elven King (I think) asked for a hair from Galadriel as a gift and she refused so her giving Gimli three is a lot more significant than it seems
Also in the Lórien scene when aragorn and boromir talk he already said that when they one day go to Minas Tirith the tower guards will call out "the lords of Gondor have returned!" Hinting he already accepted his Heir.
5:01 Interesting fact: The reason why the wizards may seem like they are singing may take a ton of inspiration from Finnish folklore, where the old folk hero and wizard Väinämöinen casts spells by singing. Tolkien took a lot of interest in Finnish language and folklore and his worldbuilding and characters like Gandalf and the rest of Tolkien's wizards may also take a lot of inspiration from Finnish myth. Tolkien also wrote a book about one of the Finnish folklore characters called Kullervo (book is called The Story of Kullervo).
A whole wikipedia page is dedicated to Finnish influences in Tolkien's works.
Not to mention the whole of Arda and Middle Earth was brought into being with the Music of the Ainur. Music was very prevalent and powerful in Tolkien's world.
One of Tolkien's elvish languages is based on Finnish, too.
Saruman was chanting in Sindarin, (High-elf language) telling the mountain to block the party's passage. Gandalf was in turn chanting in Quenya (normal elvish language trying to tell the mountain to go back to sleep
2:28 it makes sense that Frodo wouldn't know the first right or left because not only does he not "know the way" he was unconscious/dying when he arrived to the place of the elves. He wouldn't remember the way that he came.
Also, he never left the Shire in his life, of course, he wouldn't know where exactly Mordor is. It goes without saying that Hobbits are pacifists of simple life. They are thrust into life-or-death situations because they have a lower chance of being influenced by the ring during the long journey. At the same time, the rest of the group acts as bodyguards (protect the hobbits from threats) and guides (each of them is representative of their respected Kingdoms and can give proper accommodations when they encounter their own race). Correct me if I'm wrong on something
(Important) - Galadriel's gift to Gimli has deeper meaning behind it, like most things in this movie & reflects the expanded lore of the middle earth universe. Galadriel is one of the 2-3 most powerful & wise elves remaining in Middle Earth since the time the land was young. She was born in a place called Valinor, or the Undying land... which is basically the place of residence of the Valar, the local pantheon, the local "gods" as you may call them.
(Essentially the land that be untouched by Morgoth and where the holy ones still yet reside.)
Back then, the world was not illuminated by the sun&moon, (only the stars, but rather by 2 trees of gold and silver, Telperion and Laurëlin that lit the world before the sun & moon were born from their last flower & fruit as they were basically killed by Melkor when he struck them with his Lance and Ungoliant the primordial Eldrich Terror vampirized the life force of the two trees. Ungoliant she was named by the Eldar/Elves).
It is said that Galadriel's hair had enmeshed some of the shine and power of those two trees within her tresses. Her uncle Fëanor, who was a great king of the Elven people after his father Finwë was slain by Morgoth(Formally known as Melkor).
Fëanor arguably was their greatest craftsman and warrior to ever live, asked if she could give him a lock of hair, so that he could use it to fashion 3 gems that would shine of the same light as the trees. Sensing his pride & a shadow that wasn’t exactly belonging to him brewing from within, she refused his request 3 times. He stopped asking and made the gems anyway, managing to complete the task he had set for himself even without her hair.
Around these 3 gems, the possession of which became the driving force for many of the great events in the world, entire wars that lasted for centuries exploded, and other events. The gems actively shaped the fate of the races of middle earth to the point that the aforementioned Valar got involved directly. During these times, events surrounding the gems brought about the traditional enmity between Dwarves and Elves... the same enmity that Gimli still feels towards them.
That enmity however does not survive his encounter with the wise Galadriel, whom Gimli basically falls platonically in love with. By giving him 3 of her hair, Galadriel is opening a door, offering an olive branch that might one day close the gap that divides these two races. Legolas, himself being an Elven prince and centuries old, knows of the story through his father Thranduil & grandfather Oropher, as it shaped the lives of all Elves, and his subtle smile is possibly the first act of acknowledgment and reconciliation.
it is also a way for Peter Jackson, the director of the film, to give a nod to all of the fans who know these facts and backstories... a way to make us feel seen, and to make us appreciate just how deeply the makers of the film respect the books and larger universe created by Tolkien.
The thing with the hair may seem weird, but there is a significance to it in real life as well as in the lore of the story. In real life, it was not uncommon for wives, fiancés, or even girlfriends to give their men (who were going off to war), a lock of their hair as a keepsake, particularly in WWI, which Tolkien fought in.
The lore part of it comes into play in The Silmarillion, Tolkien's tales of the creation of Arda, the Undying Lands of Valinor, and Middle Earth. Galadriel is many, many thousands of years old, & was born in Valinor before the sun & moon were even created.
At the time, the world was lit by two trees, one gold and one silver which would shine at different times from each other, but would shine together once a day when one would fade and the other brighten. Galadriel's hair was said to look like the light of the mingled light from the two trees, which may have inspired Feanor, a master craftsman and heir to the high king of the Ñoldor, to craft the Silmaril's which were three jewels that captured the light of the two trees, one golden light, one silver light, & one co-mingled light.
Fëanor had a bit of a thing for Galadriel and begged her for her hair three different times, which she rejected because she could perceive the inner darkness of his heart and rejected him, which made them "un-friends" after that. There is a lot more to the lore than that, so this is the super crib-notes version. But the point is, it was VERY significant that she granted Gimli three of her hairs to a dwarf, when she would not to the son of her king many 10s of thousands of years ago of which she is related to all three kings who were brothers and Elu Thingol of Doriath was one of the brothers that didn’t stay in Valinor even though he was one of the elven ambassadors along with his three brothers and that king I mentioned was VERY close friends with Thingol)
Couple of things, when Gandalf falls he doesn't cling to the bridge like he does in the movie that was done for dramatic effect. He gets pulled in before anyone can react and yells "fly you fools" as he is falling. Also in the book Frodo isn't stabbed by a troll even with mithril armor that would have killed him. He was actually stabbed by and an orc chieftain and was injured enough that he had trouble breathing and keeping up with the rest of the company. When Aragorn examines Frodo's injuries he finds that the mithril hadn't been pierced but had been hit with such force that the a small part of the it had been driven into the flesh. Sam was also injured during the fight with the goblins. Aragorn and Boromir had to carry them to safety after they escaped from the mines. One thing about the movies is that a lot of times the heroes shrug off injuries that should have killed them.
Notes on differences from the book:
When Frodo is stabbed, the blade pushes the mail rings through his leather jerkin and bruises him badly.
Galadriel gives Sam a box of soil with a Mallorn seed. He just takes the rope from the boat.
The Argonath (giant statues) marked the historical northern border of Gondor, which has shrunk a lot through the centuries.
Yes, Aragorn has been to Minas Tirith, after his time with the Rohirrim. He knew Denethor when they were both much younger, though Aragorn went by a different name.
It's funny you should mention Saruman kind of singing while doing a spell, cause in Tolkien's universe Eru Ilúvatar conceived the Ainur from his thought and taught each of them how to make music.
Yep, the world of Middle Earth is literally created by music.
I think many havn't read the scene of Boromir passing in the book with Aragorn and Legolas singing a song for him. So here you go, something to sobb:
Through Rohan over fen and field where the long grass grows
The West Wind comes walking, and about the wall it goes.
"What news from the West, O wandering wind, do you bring me tonight?
Have you seen Boromir the Tall by moon or by starlight?"
"I saw him ride over seven streams, over waters wide and grey, I saw him walk in empty lands, until he passed away
Into the shadows of the North. I saw him then no more.
The North Wind may have heard the horn of the son of Denethor"
"O Boromir! From the high walls westward I looked afar,
But you came not from the empty lands where no men are"
Legolas sings:
From the mouths of the Sea the South Wind flies, from the sandhills and the stones,
The wailing of the gulls it bears, and at the gate it moans.
"What news from the South, O sighing wind, do you bring to me at eve? Where now is Boromir the Fair? He tarries and I grieve."
"Ask not of me where he doth dwell - so many bones there lie
On the white shores and the dark shores under the stormy sky,
So many have passed down Anduin to find the flowing Sea.
Ask of the North Wind news of them the North Wind sends to me!"
"O Boromir! Beyond the gate the seaward road runs south,
But you came not with the wailing gulls from the grey sea's mouth."
Aragorn sings:
From the Gate of Kings the North Wind rides, and past the roaring falls,
And clear and cold about the tower its loud horn calls.
"What news from the North, O mighty wind, do you bring to me today?
What news of Boromir the Bold? For he is long away."
"Beneath Amon Hen I heard his cry. There many foes he fought. His cloven shield, his broken sword, they to the water brought.
His head so proud, his face so fair, his limbs they laid to rest,
And Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, bore him upon its breast."
"O Boromir! The Tower of Guard shall ever northward gaze
To Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, until the end of days.
This song gives so much detail especially that they risked the time to mourn Boromir properly and didn't chaced after Merry and Pippin right away... I absolutely love it...❤
At 11:58 you ask, "Now is this verbatim? Like is this in the actual book what he's reading?" In the book, Gandalf reads a much longer series of excerpts from the Book of Mazarbul; the words he reads in the movie are all part of these excerpts.
At 18:28 you ask, "I wonder how much CGI they actually used for the Balrog?" The Balrog was 100% CGI. Back in 2000 when this movie was being made, CGI was still in its infancy, and they made a plaster or clay model which they then scanned into a computer file. They used a scanner which the New Zealand Department of Agriculture (or whatever the Kiwi equivalent is) used for grading meat carcasses! I'm sure the technology has advanced considerably since then, but it sure worked.
And it still looks and sounds better than the one in RoP.
Gandalf fell because he defeated an ancient foe when he was already tired. In the book, "A Balrog,' muttered Gandalf. 'Now I understand.' He faltered and leaned heavily on his staff. 'What an evil fortune! And I am already weary." And when he defeated the Balrog "The staff broke asunder and fell from his hand. A blinding sheet of white flame sprang up." Gandalf expended a lot of energy to defeat the Balrog.
One of my favorite editing details is in this part of the film: the cut from Gandalf to Legolas after the mention of the Balrog. Legolas is the only other person who knows what it means. Such a small, beautiful detail of nonverbal storytelling.
It doesn't go into it in the films, but Gandalf and Aragorn were very close friends, for decades...so the expression Viggo Mortensen makes at the sight of Gandalf falling into the chasm over the Bridge of Khazad-dum is very appropriate. Likewise, Viggo does a great job of utter astonishment, almost afraid to accept the return of his friend, when Gandalf the White appears before them in the next film. Just great acting--and great scriptwriting.
At 4:40 you ask, "What was the risk in having Saruman know where they were?" In the book, the party was attacked by a pack of Wargs--things would only get worse the farther south they went.
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The elvish songs of lamentation were for Gandalf when they arrived in Lothlórien. So the song you hear is literally for him whilst being a theme for the movie itself. The only excerpt from these songs is "Mithrandir, Mithrandir, O Pilgrim Grey!"
This was expanded & set to music by Philippa Boyens & Howard Shore, respectively, for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
It was sung in the said film by Elizabeth Fraser in the track Lothlórien. Notable about this song is that it assumes that the elves of Lothlórien were aware that Gandalf was an incarnate Maia. This is debatable. As well, the lyrics ask "What drove you to leave/That which you loved?". This suggests that Gandalf was well aware that he would fall in Moria.
Other debatable verses include the claims that Gandalf was the wisest of the Maiar, and that with him the Flame of Anor would leave the world (assuming that it and he were one, or he was the only wielder of the Flame).
(English comes after the Quenya)
* The first part is in Quenya:
A Olórin i yáresse
Mentaner i Númenherui
Tírien i Rómenóri
Maiaron i Oiosaila
Manan elye etevanne
Nórie i melanelye?
- The Second part is in Sindarin:
Mithrandir, Mithrandir, A Randir Vithren
ú-reniathach i amar galen
I reniad lín ne mór, nuithannen
In gwidh ristennin, i fae narchannen
I lach Anor ed ardhon gwannen
Caled veleg, ethuiannen.
* Olórin, who once was...
Sent by the Lords of the West
To guard the lands of the East
Wisest of all Maiar
What drove you to leave
That which you loved?
Mithrandir, Mithrandir O Pilgrim Grey
No more will you wander the green fields of this earth
Your journey has ended in darkness.
The bonds cut, the spirit broken
The Flame of Anor has left this World
A great light, extinguished.
And Since Gandalf is tied to the story and fate of the elves as he is one of the Maiar spirits is that when one perishes it tends to be a big deal when something like one “dies” if you will. Spending thousands of years together even in his current embodiment is still greatly impactful upon his death.
Yeah, the birds saw them... probably before they even noticed they were there. They passed the message back to Sauramon so they definitely saw them.
Amon Hen were shot at Paradise, Glenorchy, South Island, New Zealand. The forest is part of a National Park and the goverment aren't too keen on having film crews there but this part happens to be on private land so that loophole helped Wingnut Films to get permisson to film there.
Sorry. Gonna be a long comment again, but trying to give some more background for this half of the film.
When the Fellowship departs Rivendell on December 25th, they are met with three options - the Redhorn Pass (Caradhras) over the Misty Mountains, the lost kingdom of Moria beneath the mountains, or the Gap of Rohan - which would take them past the southern tip of the mountains. However, because Isengard is also in that direction and with Saruman's betrayal, the group decides the Gap of Rohan is too dangerous.
In the book, Aragorn is the one who encourages the group to take the Redhorn Pass. As we see in the movie, the Fellowship is forced to turn back due to heavy blizzards on January 12th.
When the option of Moria comes up, Aragorn mentions that he'd been there before, saying, "I too once passed the Dimrill Gate. But though I came out again, the memory is very evil. I do not with to enter Moria a second time." Later, he would try to dissuade Gandalf from choosing Moria one last time: "You followed my lead almost to disaster in the snow, and have said no word of blame. I will follow your lead now - if this last warning does not move you. It is not of the Ring, nor of us others that I am thinking now, but of you Gandalf. And I say to you: if you pass the doors of Moria, beware!"
Aragorn and the rest of the Fellowship would eventually relent to Gandalf's will to pass through the lost realm of the Dwarves, after they are attacked by Wolves on January 13th. After two days of travelling through Khazad-dûm, the Wizard falls in his faceoff with the Balrog.
Also, a little fun fact of Aragorn's mother. We are told she didn't approve of Aragorn and Arwen's relationship. She believed Arwen's lineage to be more noble than her son's, and that Elves and Men should not intermarry. Ironically, both Aragorn and Arwen are descended from two such marriages from over 6000 years ago.
Remember, Pippin is 28 here. He basically has the maturity of a child by Hobbit standards. All the dumb shit he keeps doing, and Gandalf getting mad at him for it, makes perfect sense.
Regarding Frodo's mithril shirt, remember that Bilbo says it's "light as a feather and as hard as dragon scales." You could liken it to a bulletproof vest. You won't die if you get hit (or stabbed in Frodo's case), but you'd definitely still feel intense pain upon impact.
Gandalf pushes them to leave because, though it's not shown clearly, the Goblins are still firing arrows at them. It's too dangerous for any of the rest of the Fellowship to run out to try to rescue Gandalf. It's also possible that the Goblins could have shot the Wizard as he tries to pull himself up. He lets himself fall knowing this.
Aragorn has seen the White City. In fact, decades ago, he served there under a different name, and achieved many great deeds and renown.
Movie Aragorn is bit different from his book counterpart. In the book, from the beginning, he's very much willing to take his rightful kingship. However, after Gandalf falls, he starts doubting himself. Elrond's original intent is to have Aragorn join the Fellowship with Boromir while their paths are the same. At some point, Aragorn is supposed to go to Gondor with Boromir to take his rightful place as King. With Gandalf lost, though Aragorn still wants to go to Gondor, he feels he should follow the Ring-bearer.
When Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli place Boromir's body in the boat, they place his broken horn and sword across his lap. They also place the weapons of all the Uruks he killed at his feet. In the book, we are told he singlehandedly slayed at least 20 Orcs:
"Aragorn knelt beside him. Boromir opened his eyes and strove to speak. At last slow words came. 'I tried to take the Ring from Frodo,' he said. 'I am sorry. I have paid.' His glance strayed to his fallen enemies; twenty at least lay there. 'They have gone: the Halflings: the Orcs have taken them. I think they are not dead. Orcs bound them.' He paused and his eyes closed wearily. After a moment he spoke again.
'Farewell, Aragorn! Go to Minas Tirith and save my people! I have failed.'
'No!' said Aragorn, taking his hand and kissing his brow. 'You have conquered. Few have gained such a victory. Be at peace! Minas Tirith shall not fall!'
Boromir smiled.
'Which way did they go? Was Frodo there?' said Aragorn.
But Boromir did not speak again.
‘Alas!’ said Aragorn. ‘Thus passes the heir of Denethor, Lord of the Tower of Guard! This is a bitter end. Now the Company is all in ruin. It is I that have failed. Vain was Gandalf’s trust in me. What shall I do now? Boromir has laid it on me to go to Minas Tirith, and my heart desires it; but where are the Ring and the Bearer? How shall I find them and save the Quest from disaster?’” - _The Two Towers_ Book 3, Chapter 1: “The Departure of Boromir”
Well that answers the question I had in my comment 😂
The Balrog is 100 % CG driven by key frame animation. Though they tried to make digital flames, they didn't look correct so they shot different elements of fire like burning gas, propane, explosions and so forth which they used in a digital program to go around the digital Balrog and moves as it moves.
The balrog is so beautifully done!
Caras Galadhon. Galadhon is Celeborn’s father or grandfather. He’s closely related to Elu Thingol (Elwë). Greatest Indigenous Elven Kings of all middle earth. Thingol is Galadriel’s great uncle. He’s a few generations away from the first elves to awaken beneath the stars by the Cuivienen River/lake. ❤️ Thingol was basically around since the dawn of all life before the sun and moon ever existed. Galadriel is older than the sun and moon but Thingol is much older than her even! This means Celeborn is equally as old as Thingol as he made the great journey along with Thingol who was the great patriarch aside from Thingol’s other brothers etc. ❤
“I shall NOT be dark, all EVIL will despair” part 2 - All creatures whose flesh are nourished by the matter of Arda have a tendency towards Melkor AKA Morgoth, for greater or lesser. Since Melkor poured his evil power into the very existence and essence of the world(Morgoth’s Ring” book explains a lot including how and when he put a portion of his remaining power into the earth itself.
Sure, Galadriel was born in the Undying Lands where there was supposed to be no evil (souls of the Elves are greatly less subject to making faulty decisions), but Galadriel & the rest of her father's kin were directly targeted by the Evil Lord himself. Melkor corrupted a decent portion of the Noldor, basically telling them things along the lines of “My Valarin kin are cooping you all up in Valinor.”, which wasn’t their ancestral homeland to begin with, like Middle Earth was, Some were affected little, most were affected to greater degrees, and Galadriel was the least affected woman by the lies of Melkor, which were “sweet but poisoned honey" as she’d call his words.
Her natural pious tendency towards goodness & kindness as shown by her ability to read the hearts of everyone and all living beings around her which aids her to provide what anyone truly needs. Due to the magic bleeding from the world as the ages went on; thanks to Morgoth’s Ring poisoning the earth long ago; lead to a what if scenario in her mind as she’d be the only living creature left with the skills & power to even use the ring.
She didn’t need her ring at all to block him out of her realm telepathically as well as read his mind from afar without him knowing. But there is a difference between good people who are a bit morally challenged and the evil people.
The evil folk act upon their impulses and unlawful desires, while the good folk overcome such flaws within themselves (and for some not always they can masterfully do this). Galadriel WOULD NEVER listen to Melkor and tread the path of toxic pride and ambition.
Galadriel has a Fëa spirit that’s only grown larger as the ages passed on and on. Enough to channel into an effect that threw down fortress walls, without tiring her at all. And with that much Fëa, she is capable of holding her own against Maiar for a good long while, much like her brother Finrod did against Sauron, or her uncle Fëanor did against Balrogs.
Fëanor effectively lost all claim to the crown when he rebelled and dragged his entire house to Middle Earth. Where he promptly died a heroic death after slaying several Balrogs at the Dagor-nuin-Giliath; The Elves first encountered Lord Of Balrogs named Gothmog in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath; (meaning “the battle fought under stars”) before the first rising of the Moon.
In that battle, Fëanor's fury had caused him to draw forward of the main force of the Noldor, and so he came upon Gothmog with only a small guard left around him that rushed so deep into enemy territory.
Fëanor slayed 2 or 3 balrogs at once & Gothmog slayed him after one bound him suddenly with its primordial flame whip when he was supposed to have an uninterrupted “one on one” duel with Gothmog but one wasn’t wanting to play fair. But he was fatally wounded and so his sons and host moved him away to a safe place where his body burned up from the fires of his own spirit.
Even with a lesser ring like Nenya, Galadriel had enough of a boost in her Fëa(spirit) , that she could sustain an unassailable magical realm against Maiar and virtually anything on Middle-Earth. Only problem was when Sauron wore the one ring, she had to take off Nenya, and had to lose that Maia level Fëa spirit from the modernly termed “boosted power up”
With the one ring, Galadriel would have such a boost in her Fëa spirit, that she’d literally become stronger than the foundations of the Earth.
Due to Galadriel’s immense native Fëa, she was prone to a super healthy pride and a small lust for dominion/ but not domination, her goodness kept this pride from going over to the dark side. Galadriel at heart was extremely good so she’s definitely not evil. She never once is called queen or desires to be called such a thing, she and her husband Celeborn became the wiseman and wisewoman of that realm; after the previous elven lord Amroth died and his wife Nimrodel disappeared ontop of the fact Amroth’s Successor later died as well in the “Last Alliance”, (same battle shown in the prologue to Fellowship Of The Ring), All Evil Despairs at her presence let alone hearing her name on the wind.
The Nazgûl themselves avoid her realm every chance they get to the point of choosing to go the long way around for over 100 miles just to avoid her. (So she’s definitely scary to foul entities that have turned away from Eru Îlluvatar the one AllFather.)
She’s a totally good character. Aragorn even says to the Fellowship as they enter Lothlórien, “There is in her and this land no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware!” If you’re going by her portrayal in the movies, you might think she has an evil element to her character, but that came from Peter Jackson’s portrayal of the addictive, coercive power of the Ring. When Frodo offered her the Ring, it presented her with visions of herself as the all-powerful Goddess of Middle-Earth.
Luckily, she was smart & intuitive enough to realize that the Ring was totally evil, and despite the best of intentions, it would have turned her evil in the end-but she still would have appeared to be beautiful and good. I don’t agree with Jackson’s “drowned Galadriel” portrayal of her being tempted by the Ring-I think she’d have appeared as a supernatural being of divine beauty, and her regular appearance was close to that already, but how do you show that in a movie? Apparently, in her youth in Valinor, she was somewhat of a rebel, but that’s not necessarily evil.
She certainly could have fallen into the same trap as her uncle Fëanor did, of thinking that everyone was entitled to her opinion-but she kept her ego in check. (If you’re not sure what I’m referring to there; please read The Silmarillion and “Unfinished Tales”.)
No matter how noble her reason was to use the ring as a last resort, especially if said fellowship fell off the “edge of the knife” as she called it. she had a change of heart which happened in the middle of talking to Frodo.
Galadriel left Valinor(The Undying Lands) for a reason - and it was different from most of the other elves.
She wasn’t with her uncle Fëanor, who wished to make war against Morgoth and retrieve the Silmarils - she was not wishing to go to war, and had no interest in the Silmarils in which Melkor stole from Fëanor which was the surviving light of the two trees of Valinor within them that the only Fëanor; the master of all elven smiths could have accomplished but it could not be done a second time as is any pure creation of one’s heart, especially in regards to the elves and Valar alike.
Though she traveled with her other uncle, Fingolfin, her goals were not aligned completely with his either despite her full support of her noble and regal uncle Fingolfin in general.
- They both wished to keep an eye on Fëanor and make sure the Noldor were in good hands -
Galadriel wasn’t interested in Fëanor and wanted her own realm. After spending some time in Doriath, Galadriel and her husband Celeborn passed to the east out of Beleriand and passed eastward through Eriador and over the Misty Mountains; to where she founded her own realm in what became renamed as Lothlórien. Her motivation and goal was to preserve her realm, possibly at any means necessary.
With Sauron’s return in the Third Age, Galadriel was forced to ask herself how far she would go to preserve her realm. If Frodo failed, she must forsake her own ring & her realm. If he succeeds, her ring will lose power and her realm will fade. Would she seize the ring, taking Sauron’s power for her own, to save her realm? She decided she would not. She had decided to “test” the Fellowship, to find some flaw that would allow her to justify seizing the ring, and she did find a flaw - in herself. She stated to Frodo, that by telling her that he would offer her the ring if she asked, that she had come to test his heart, but found that he was testing hers.
She had a change of heart, she would pass into the West, and remain Galadriel.
Which one is better? Being born completely good and living your whole life without any evil inside, or having a character growth ?
There are multiple reasons as to why Gandalf told them to fly you fools and why he fell. The first is that in order to actually save him your putting you or anyone who try’s in grave danger. You would be an open target on a narrow bridge without the ability to defend yourself as you try and pull Gandalf up. You’d be a sitting duck. And secondly the way peter Jackson shows Gandalfs fall into the crevasse isn’t how it is in the books. Gandalf doesn’t manage to grab the ledge of the broken bridge. When the balrogs whip catches his legs it knocks him immediately off and he yells “fly you fools” as he falls
Cant remember how it went in the books exactly, but Sam was actually gifted soil and a Mallorn tree seed from Galadriel, and the rope was just within the boats that he took cause he had forgotten his own rope when he left the Shire
28:00 there's actually a story behind why she gave him 3 pieces of her hair,
First of all hair as mementos use to actually be a thing so it wouldn't have seemed quite so weird back when Tolkien wrote it.
But in summary, the story goes something like this. When she was young, an elf demanded that she give him a lock of her hair, and she denied him, I think 3 times.
The music after Gandalf falls is the sound a heart makes when it’s breaking.
The lyrics actually are in full elvish. From the books. And the song in lothlorien is actually the elves singing lamentation for the slain Maiar spirit they became close to over a thousand plus years.
The fellowship enter the Mines of Moria after the entrance collapses.
Oscar: "I'd tell everybody to be as quiet as humanly possible"
Meanwhile there is only one human (Boromir) and all the other members save Gimli are more stealthy than him.
Aragon was Dunadan so not strictly a human, but has elven heritage as well.
It always makes me sad to think that Frodo last saw Gandolf when he fell to the Balrog in Moria. Not knowing he survived, Frodo struggled with the tragedy of Gandolf's fall until seeing him riding one of the eagles on the slopes of Mount Doom. He probably thought he was halucinating.
In the book, Frodo and Sam were both unconscious, overwhelmed by fumes from Mount Doom, when Gandalf and the eagles picked them up.
Galadriel's life was marked by much loss & tragedy part 1. She lost many family members, including her brothers Aegnor & Angrod, who died in the War of Wrath, a great conflict between the forces of the Valar and Morgoth.
She also lost her grandfather, Finwë, who was slain by Morgoth by a terrible & unholy lighting strike that left his body broken but one can imagine he was just as mighty as Fëanor by being the FATHER, Morgoth himself being responsible for the deaths of her uncles Fëanor (& Fingolfin quite a bit later on when he faced off one on one with Morgoth/Melkor and left the fallen Valar 7 permanent wounds which left him eternally limp to the point of being mocked by his generals and the like indefinitely which left Morgoth in intense pain forever!)
Fëanor was Galadriel's half-uncle, as he was the son of Finwë by his first wife Míriel. Fëanor's sons were therefore Galadriel's first cousins. Most of Fëanor's sons died in the wars that followed the theft of the Silmarils, including the tragic deaths of Celegorm & Curufin, who were slain by their own cousin, Lúthien's son Dior.
Galadriel also lost her relative Aredhel, who was her cousin, & Aredhel’s brother; king Turgon of the hidden kingdom of Gondolin. These losses weighed heavily on Galadriel, but she remained strong and resolute in the face of adversity.
Fëanor's death was a tragic event that marked the beginning of the First Age of Middle-earth. After Morgoth stole the three Silmarils, Fëanor swore an oath to retrieve them, even if it meant going to war with the Valar themselves. Fëanor led the Ñoldor in their rebellion against the Valar, & he and his sons played a significant role in the events that followed.
Fëanor was eventually slain by Balrogs, demonic creatures who served Morgoth, during the flight of the Ñoldor from Middle-earth. His death marked the end of an era, & his legacy continued to be felt in Middle-earth for many ages to come.
Fingolfin's death was no less tragic. He challenged Morgoth to single combat & fought valiantly against him, but he was ultimately slain by the Dark Lord. His death inspired many to rise up against Morgoth, & his legacy continued to inspire the people of Middle-earth for many ages to come.
Despite the many losses she suffered, Galadriel remained a powerful and influential figure in Middle-earth, & her wisdom & knowledge continued to be sought after by many.
Galadriel's history is rich & complex, & she played a significant role in the events of Middle-earth. She was born in the Undying Lands before the creation of the sun and moon, and she was a member of the Noldor, one of the three Elven races.
Galadriel's family, the House of Finarfin, was closely connected to the Vanyar, the first of the three Elven races to journey to the Undying Lands. Galadriel's grandmother, Indis, was a Vanya, and her mother, Eärwen, was a Teleri princess who married Finarfin.
Galadriel's father & brothers participated in the rebellion of the Noldor against the Valar, which resulted in the exile of the Noldor from the Undying Lands. Galadriel, however, did not participate in the horrifying kinslaying, protecting her mothers people from Fëanor’s onslaught at Alqualondë instead, - returning in the Undying Lands for a while longer before reuniting with her people still travelling the Helcaraxë.
As I recall her father was with the others that returned to Valinor at the Doom Of Mandos which in basic terms set a warning prophesy sort of thing where if they left Valinor it’d cause a domino effect throughout time etc. but Fëanor’s fire burned inside and he had a HUGE bone to pick with Morgoth.
So that’s what was mainly leading him there but it was several years long of travel on what was called the Helcaraxë (grinding ice wastes) Galadriel did end up there but through other means as her way to middle earth let’s just say lead her to there where she sort of rendezvoused with her family and helped lead her people to middle earth. Many died on this trip of HARSH conditions.).
During the Third Age, Galadriel played a key role in the events leading up to the War of the Ring. She helped the Fellowship of the Ring by giving them gifts, advice, and guidance, and she played a significant role in the defeat of Sauron. (She played a bigger role than shown in the movies)
Galadriel possessed many magical abilities, including the power to read minds, the ability to communicate telepathically, & the power to cast spells but above all was her ability to project herself across large distances(not teleporting, think more like a sort of mental and spiritual projection similar to astral travel) She was also renowned for her beauty & grace, and her wisdom and knowledge were highly respected by the Free Peoples of Middle-earth.
Overall, Galadriel's long life and rich history make her one of the most intriguing and powerful characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.
Galadriel is one of the oldest and most powerful beings of the Elven race left in middle earth. According to Tolkien's writings, Galadriel was born in Tirion in the Undying Lands(which means untouched By Morgoth’s Ring where he poured his essence and malice into the earth itself. Middle Earth. Not all of Eä(the world), also known as Aman, which existed before the creation of the sun and moon.
And this landmass used to be closer to middle earth and existed long before Middle Earth became what it was as a landmass in itself due to the reshaping of the world a few times due to Valar’s battles with Melkor along with natural shifts over the millions of years etc.
The creation of the sun and moon occurred after the Two Trees of Valinor, which provided light to the world, were destroyed. This event, known as the Darkening of Valinor, marked the end of the First Age of Middle-earth.
Based on Tolkien's timeline, the events of the First Age occurred approximately 5,000 years before the start of the Second Age. The Second Age lasted for approximately 3,441 years, and the Third Age lasted for approximately 3,019 years.
Therefore, if Galadriel was born in the Undying Lands before the creation of the sun & moon, it is estimated that she would be at least 25,000 years old by the end of the Third Age, which is when the events of The Lord of the Rings take place. This calculation is based on the assumption that Galadriel was born before the start of the First Age and that she has lived through all three ages, which is supported by Tolkien's writings.
Most important thing here is about Galadriel’s eldest brother Finrod: Finrod Felagund, also known as Findaráto, was a noble elf of rarer mixed heritage just like his younger sister & brothers, the Noldor/Vanyar/Teleri renowned for his wisdom and fairness but also his valiance. He was the eldest son of Finarfin, one of the three sons of Finwë who was the High King of the Noldor.
Finrod played a crucial role in the events that led to the creation of Númenor. When the Valar summoned the Noldor to return to Valinor, Finrod and his companions chose to stay in Middle-earth and establish their own kingdoms. During their travels, they encountered the Edain, a group of mortal Men who were the mightiest of them all and the elves considered them equals!!!
They became friendly and open to the elves. Finrod was particularly impressed by their courage and loyalty, and he became the first elf to befriend them.
As time passed, Finrod & the 3 main Houses Of The Edain formed a close bond. Teaching them many things about the world and the lore of the elves. He also helped them in their struggles against the dark forces of Morgoth since even before meeting the elves. The Edain pledged their allegiance to the elves and fought alongside them in many battles. He even learned their language due to his way of reading hearts and minds which essentially aided hugely in his learning how their language worked etcetera.
Eventually, the deeds of Finrod and the Edain were recounted in the halls of the Valar, and the Valar took pity on the mortal Men. They decided to give them a gift, and thus Númenor was created, a great island kingdom in the middle of the sea, where Men could live in peace and prosperity.
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As for Finrod Felagund, [Galadriel’s Eldest Brother], he did not live to see the rise of Númenor, for he perished in a battle against a werewolf in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth, also known as Sauron's Isle. Protecting Beren, saving his life by breaking free from his own chains to kill that same werewolf with his bare hands and teeth. Facing off with Sauron before that. He and Beren were forced to watch the elvish companions who were most loyal to Finrod get ripped apart by said werewolves
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He was a true friend to the first of mankind to show up in middle earth, the Edain, and played a key role in the creation of Númenor. He was also close to his sister Galadriel, and together they shared many adventures and battles. (I’ll share the significance of Elrond’s father which is the main character in how his deeds lead to the assistance from Valinor to help insurmountable odds and circumstances regarding Morgoth to take his physical form out of the picture for good in what’s called the War Of Wrath which was 80 years long nonstop. But I’ll go into it more when I share about Elrond in a different comment which I may save for the second movie or if you want I can post it below this video!)
In the end, Finrod's legacy lived on through his deeds and his influence on the fate of Middle-earth. His noble example inspired many, including Aragorn, who was born centuries later & gave him the chance to claim the throne of Gondor & Arnor/Anor as a descendant of the line of Elronds Twin brother who was first king Of Númenor and started the line of the Faithful Númenoreans.
I think I heard that in the book, Sam spent a lot of time saying "man it would be so useful if we had some ROPE right now"
Lol yes, he's constantly berating himself for forgetting rope, showing his practical nature. His actual gift in the books is a box with soil Galadriel collected from all over her kingdom and blessed, and a mallorn seed. After the hobbits return to the Shire at the end, and it's been destroyed by Saruman's "industry", Sam later spinkles the earth all over the kingdom, and plants the mallorn seed where the old party tree used to be (the party tree being the oak grown from the acorn seed Bilbo brought back from Beorns garden after his own adventure with the dwarves). Sam as a gardener got the perfect gift from Galadriel, and the Shire grew green after it's destruction thanks to it
@@Roxyopal77Although Sam does get elven role from Lothlorien, it just isn’t his special gift from Galadriel.
Gimli is like "Yessss!" until he found out that the Uruk-hai are marathon runners lol
"Far, far below the deepest delving of the Dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things. Even Sauron knows them not. They are older than he."
The creature in the water outside Moria is most likely one of the Nameless Things. Basically, Eldritch monsters.
“I shall NOT be Dark. (All evil) will despair”, The elves (Galadriel especially is one of the few remaining that existed before the sun & moon. They pre-existed day & night.) How utterly, completely terrifying do you think it would be for your whole world to irrevocably change in a matter of an hour? For the thousands of years of (what you would come to know as twilight to be abruptly ended in a profundity of genuinely painful light and an infinity of colour? Of the joy, wonder and terror of distinguishing the difference between green and blue for the very first time in your whole life?)
She is talking about the immediate, majestic sublimity of reality that one experiences in it's totality for the very first time. How on earth could that not be so terrifying as to threaten one's sanity?
Galadriel with the ring would be exactly as beautiful and horrifying. I personally would not know whether to weep bitterly and perfectly, or claw my eyes out through the sheer, unutterable terror of her being in such a circumstance.
But know this: she was showing Frodo what would happen if someone else got the ring. She wasn’t tempted at all. Gandalf tells. Galadriel shows. See the difference now. Two sides of the same coin. Both were needed.
(But yes there was a more fluid beauty full of colour before the rise of the sun. Her uncle, Fingolfin, whilst in middle earth beheld the first rising of the sun and to see this wide field before him in even more definition than before while he was in Middle Earth. This was also the beginning of the dominion of men.)
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“Beautiful & Terrible as the dawn” Galadriel was quite correct to call the morning and night both “beautiful and terrible…”. In truth the physical and metaphysical natures of morning and night were both by turns beautiful and terrible.
First the morning. Physically the morning is the result of the golden fruit of Laurëlin, transformed into a vessel by Aulë’s craftsmen, hallowed by Varda and piloted by the fiery Maiarin spirit Arien. The sun was so terrifyingly powerful that its radiance instilled fear even into Melkor’s heart and defied the assault of his minions. She literally gave up her physical form to take her original form and enveloped the sun; becoming its flames we see today.
Physically the sun is a beautiful golden orb yet it is simultaneously terrifying in its intensity and cannot be observed directly for more than an instant without pain. Metaphysically the morning is beautiful because it diminishes the evil power of those creatures who haunt the night, gives strength to the righteous and because it illuminates the serene loveliness of Valinor and Middle-earth. Metaphysically the morning is terrible because it obscures the light of the stars and sheds light on the ugly reality of Arda Marred, whose very substance is corrupted by the power of Melkor.
Last the night. The night is the Void surrounding the globe of Arda, which existed even before the creation of the Ainur at the beginning of time itself. Physically the beauty of the night lies in the fact . Physically the terror of the night is that it conceals the beauty of Arda and limits the senses of the elves and gives strength to the creatures of evil such as orcs, trolls and the Ringwraiths.
Metaphysically the night is beautiful because it is during the hours of darkness that the stars of Varda, the most beloved creations for the elves, shine most brightly. Metaphysically the terror of the night for elves, who are irretrievably bound to the world of Arda, is that the Void represents the interstellar coldness which is the prison of Morgoth.
Terrible in its more original archaic form didn’t always mean “bad”
(the sun stuff was to move it into a place where Melkor couldn’t go by virtue of how the Valar and Maiar are bound to the world until it’s ending; (which isn’t the true end either. It’s deep stuff. There ends up another song of creation which all kindreds take part in and working with the powers of that long ago past of our world to rebuild everything. Even the Mountains too, healing it after Dagor Dagorath, Also known as the final battle, the worlds ending.
Becoming the greater version of the original form before Melkor’s discord into the first music and so forth which dictated eventually what all ended up ensuing when they entered the world the first time which also was interesting because when they entered it after seeing the complete version it hadn’t been done yet so that was millions of years of work which lead to Middle Earth and the other lands being the remnants of it. Including Valinor being the only remnant of an even older world. At that time of building and tending to the world when the world was young.)
Ahh, I just love how nearly everybody seems to be as touched through these movies as I am.
Galadriel intentionally matched Arwen & Aragorn together while they were both visiting in Lothlorien!
Arwen & Aragorn met in Rivendell, & that is where Aragorn fell in love with her, although it doesn’t sound like she felt the same at the time. Aragorn’s mother Gilraen warned him that he was aiming too high, and Elrond was not happy about it either, and Aragorn took heed of this and left Rivendell, to learn how to be a Ranger and to oppose Sauron’s forces.
Many years later, he came to Lothlorien, seeking rest and shelter, and Galadriel allowed him to enter. We have this line in the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen:
‘But Aragorn was grown to full stature of body and mind, and Galadriel bade him cast aside his wayworn raiment, and she clothed him in silver and white, with a cloak of elven-grey and a bright gem on his brow. Then more than any kind of Men he appeared, and seemed rather an Elf-lord from the Isles of the West. And thus it was that Arwen first beheld him again after their long parting; and as he came walking towards her under the trees of Caras Galadhon laden with flowers of gold, her choice was made and her doom appointed.’ LOTR Appendices.
To me, that makes it rather explicit that Galadriel wanted Aragorn to appear at his best. Why? Who could he possibly impress in Lothlorien, except for Galadriel’s grand-daughter? I think it is quite clear that she wanted them matched, and perhaps her foresight told her that they needed to be matched, as it was part of destiny, to begin the Dominion of Men (something Elrond probably also realised, but couldn’t willingly promote, since it would mean Arwen and Elrond would be parted forever).
Plus there is the scene in Lorien, where Galadriel gives Aragorn the Elessar, which went from Galadriel to Celebrian to Arwen and then back to Galadriel in order that she give it as a gift to Aragorn. Again it speaks to me as a collaborative act, and part of Galadriel helping bring the two together:
And Aragorn answered: “Lady, you know all my desire, and long held in keeping the only treasure that I seek. Yet it is not yours to give me, even if you would; and only through darkness shall I come to it.”
“Yet maybe this will lighten your heart,' said Galadriel; for it was left in my care to be given to you, should you pass through this land.” Then she lifted from her lap a great stone of a clear green, set in a silver brooch that was wrought in the likeness of an eagle with outspread wings; and as she held it up the gem flashed like the sun shining through the leaves of spring.
“This stone I gave to Celebrían my daughter, and she to hers; and now it comes to you as a token of hope. In this hour take the name that was foretold for you, Elessar, the Elfstone of the house of Elendil!” From LOTR FOTR BOOK
In the book, Gandalf doesn't "hang around" after the balrog pulls him off the bridge with his whip. The balrog snags him as he's falling, and immediately pulls Gandalf down with him. Gandalf cries "Fly, you fools!" as he's falling into the abyss.
Gandalf is considered to be an equivalent of an angel in LOTR universe, kind of sent to the land to help and protect good living beings from Evil.
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I grew up watching lord of the rings it’s so spiritual and the journey is epic and pipe weed is amazing
The moment about the hair from Galadriel... The reason that Legolas smiled the way he did when Gimli told him that she gave him three is most likely that he knew of the story about Feanor. Feanor was the greatest of elven craftsmen and a kinsman of Galadriel. He was the one who crafted t5he Simarils. He asked he for a lock of her hair for the crafting as she was one of the elves who lived in the light of the trees of light in Valinor. She refused him as she noticed the evils within his heart. She ended up refusing someone as great as Feanor, but gave Gimli, a dwarven warrior, three times what he asked for. It implies that she saw the greatness within his heart and decided that it was worthy of much more than he asked for.
15:48 If I remember correctly, in the book, even though he didn't get impaled he DID get incredibly bruised by the sheer force of the blow and it hurt to breathe for a while afterwards. Oh and it was just an orc, not a cave troll in the book.
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I'd say Lothlorien is essentially the capital. Galadriel is kin to the royal bloodline of the high noldor elves in the Years of the Trees and the First Age, so it makes her one of the oldest and most powerful elves left in Middle Earth. Imladris/RIvendell is actually probably a little different in the book version. It was supposed to just essentially be a villa-sized stronghold/retreat, meant as a sort of base in the Second Age when there were much more battles with Sauron and his armies. Over time I believe it became a safe haven for elves and free peoples, as well as a little refuge for the true line of Numenorian kingship (the ones who were descendants of Elendil's line at least). After the Northern Kingdom of the Dunedain fell apart, the descendants of that line sent their young "chieftans"--over hundreds of years--to Rivendell to be raised for a time. Aragorn was the last of those in that line to be raised there thank goodness.
She’s more Vanyar/Teleri than Noldor. But she’s very very special. Learned from all the Valar ALL that was left to teach. And she mastered it all. Vanyar we’re super close to the Valar and were the only elves that were able to venture to the top of Ezelohar and Taniquetil etc. all her brothers and their uncles were all super epic. Sauron has always feared Artanis (Father given name for Galadriel which is the name her husband essentially gave her in a sense and she took to it as the commonplace name. Everyone else took to it quite nicely.) ❤
Imladris was perfectly self sufficient too. This is also due to the elves extremely sharp skills with agriculture and giving back to nature of which they are inseparable from. As they are otherworldly beings that walk in the seen and unseen world simultaneously.
@@Makkaru112 Isn't Galadriel basically everything lol? I just associate her with Noldor bc her dad is straight up Finarfin and she made the journey to middle earth with them.
Pippin might be the one getting blamed for alot of stuff but, you might notice, Merry is very much an instigator. He talked Pippin into grabbing the biggest firework, he was the first to grab a full pint at the Prancing Pony, and he threw the first stone that got the attention of the Watcher at Moria. Pippin gets the blame for things Merry usually starts.
19:22 thats why always have guard up juyin case like i would not easily turn away that easily i would quickly walk back while keeping an eye on where the demon fell
At 28:18 you wonder whether Galadriel knew that Sam would need to use a rope. In the book, the Elves put three coils of rope in each boat. Sam had been fretting about not having any rope; rope-making was in his family. Galadriel's gift to Sam was quite different, in a way that doesn't figure in the movie's plot. Read the book and find out--it was quite special.
I don't care how many times I've watched the trilogy, I'm going to copiously cry every single time I rewatch it in the future
While the endings of TTT and ROTK are freaking great, the ending of FOTR is on another level for me ! It delivers on so many levels:
- Epic battle? CHECK
- dramatic death of an epic character? CHECK
- emotional character moments? CHECK
- building up excitement for the next movie? CHECK
It gives us closure and also leaves things open to make us wanna watch the next movie. And Howard Shore went all in with the music.
Side note to Gandalf's fall in Moria:
In the books Gandalf gets drawn into the abyss without any chance of holding on the ledge. The book version has the clearer cut with no time really for the Fellowship to even process what has happened. The movie version gives us this one last moment where Gandalf looks at the Fellowship and saying "Farewell". Maybe giving us the illusion of hope that Gandalf could have made it.
But either way: Gandalf was lost. The orcs where already on the other side shooting arrows at the Fellowship. It would have been suicide to step onto the bridge again to help him.
Off topic- Day 2 of asking you to watch "Shera" (if you have time) it has kinda a similar vibe to Avatar but his very different it's also set in a magic non- fiction type word and has amazing character arcs
The reason these fights only get better with each film is because they literally begin getting comfortable with sword play and literally begin beating the hell out of one another. The fight with Lurtz and Aragorn is a perfect example of this. So too is the final battle of the trilogy
The riddle on the door to Moria always seemed too simple and obvious to me, just because it’s written in elvish so you have to think what are the dwarves doing writing in elvish when they hate the elves
Your question about elvish cities. Elves live in various locations throughout J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, as depicted in "The Lord of the Rings". Some of the most notable places where elves reside include:
-Lothlórien, a forest realm ruled by Galadriel and Celeborn, located in the Golden Wood on the eastern banks of the Anduin river.
-Rivendell, an Elven refuge hidden in the Misty Mountains, ruled by Elrond Half-elven.
-The Grey Havens, a port city on the western coast of Middle-earth, where many elves embark on the journey across the Sea to the
-And ofc Undying Lands.
It's worth noting that the elves in "The Lord of the Rings" are divided into different groups, each with distinct cultures and customs.
The elves of Lothlórien, for example, are Galadrim, while the elves of Rivendell are Noldor. The elves of the Grey Havens are Teleri.
Oh, Legolas though comes from the Mirkwood realm it is a vast forest in the Middle-earth region of Rhovanion (Wilderland), east of the great river Anduin. Before it was darkened by the evil Sauron, it used to be called Greenwood the Great.
Aragon has a huge difference from the book. While it works well in the movie one big difference for Aragon's character is that in the book he planned to go with the fellowship until Boromir split off to go to Minas Tirith then he was planned from the beginning to go with him to help the city. He was already planning on taking his place as king and already had the repaired Narsil with him. He wasn't questioning it like in the book.
The other is that Galadriel gift to him is the necklace. A
At the time of its construction, the Argonath was on the northeastern border of Gondor. The statues of Isildur and his brother Anarion (in the book) have their hands raised as a warning against enemies 😊 Love your channel!!
All of Middle Earth was created by a song (sort of) so I find it fitting that magic has a somewhat musical quality.
9:38 🤔 Frodo is shielded by the value of the shire.
Well, isn’t that a pregnant metaphor? … his mission and the salvation of the world. A shirt of rings. 👏
Kinda funny actually. Legolas, the only one who has trouble to comprehend death, is the only one of the group to have clear idea about the ramifications of losing Gandalf.
Aragorn might be the second, but I don't remember if he actually knew of Gandalfs true identity as a Maia.
when the orcs run for their lives, the Elf looks scared beyond the power of rational thought an d the Wizard looks like he's going to cry
you might be screwed
In the book Pippin drops just a pebble into the well,not a body. The noise of the stone was enough to awaken the goblins.
"The coming of Merry and Pippin is like the falling of small stones that starts an avalanche " 😅
(Important ❤) - Galadriel’s Gift To Gimli part 2 - ever wondered how old Galadriel is during the War of the Ring? I have looked in many different sources and depending on where you look, she’s anywhere from 17,000-20,000 elf-years old. 6,000 seems too young as it would make her close in age to Elrond, who I know is much younger than her even though he’s 6000-8000 by the third age, which wouldn’t make sense for her at all even if she was (“690 elf-years older” as some kept repeating on the internet making 6960!)As she was around long before Elrond was even born and time was experience differently to say the LEAST as there is a lot to go into on that subject lol.)
She was born during the Years of the Trees & back then the years were something like 9X longer than a solar year so I understand the math is hard, especially since she isn’t given an exact birth year. But it is said that Finarfin, her father, was born in Y.T. 1230, so I would assume she was born sometime within 1000 years of then (being generous).
Basically, I’m wondering what the most accurate range is for her age during the events of Lord of the Rings.
I’ll also add that Galadriel is was around before the ents even existed (of which Treebeard is 15,000 years old so she’s OLDER than Treebeard/Fangorn) or very close to when they were “created” by Yavannah and probably had much knowledge to do with such things and or direct knowledge of what happened. Probably through an early prototype of her mirror or simply another dream that made her long for middle earth all over again ontop of the yearning she already had to go there and explore. Nothing to do with Fëanor’s oath and all that jazz.
(So by this current era in HUMAN solar years she’s like. 150,000 to 180,000 years old. Now that makes more sense if she’s going to be older than the sun and moon. Tolkien was always reiterating his manuscripts with the growing scientific discoveries.)
though Treebeard/Fangorn in the deeper writings is older than Galadriel as he was one of first brought into life by Yavanna to help protect nature while it was put into enhanced hibernation by Yavanna to protect them from Morgoth’s Ring (the poisoning of the world itself which caused it to bleed its magic away over the ages called The Long Defeat by the elves.)
Just going from the Appendices (and maybe Silmarillion) she would have to be at least 9000+ years older than Elrond, Elrond was born near the end of the First Age, Galadriel was adult before the destruction of the Trees.
Actually, more than that: I just checked, and the Second Age ended in SA 3441. So an elf born literally at the end of the First Age (FA 590) is 3441+3018 = 6459 years old when Frodo leaves for Rivendell. Elrond was born in FA 532, so adds 58 years to get 6517. Elves are mature at 100, so Galadriel adds at leas 632 to Elrond's age, to be at least 7149, and possibly quite a bit more (as attested by other comments.)
One fic had Maglor(Elrond’s Adoptive Father, Maedhros was also adoptive father alongside Maglor, they were the eldest sons of Fëanor) - One fic had as much older than Galadriel; I wondered how we knew, and it was pointed out to me that Maglor was the second oldest son of the first son of Finwë, while Galadriel is the youngest child of the third son of Finwë. So, yeah.
Note that the second age was the LONGEST and again time was experienced very differently back then too aside from the internal clock of elves working very differently, she’s definitely older as far as the world and the other beings that age far faster around her.
I also remind you all that she’s older than the sun and the moon and witnessed & most likely even helped in the Valar’s crafting what would be the vessels of the last fruit & flower of the two trees of Valinor. She was the most involved with learning everything possible from them and it was stated that she learned all there was to learn from ALL of the Valar that they could teach and she mastered all at a deep level. (Wow hey?)
She’s 25th generation from Tata one of the elven forefathers to wake to the stars. Their birth was rather shrouded in mist. Only those of her grandfathers ilk have a chance of knowing the origins a bit better as they are closer to that culture that stemmed from the beginning.
The Years of the Trees were the second of the three great time periods in Arda that followed the Years of the Lamps and preceded the Years of the Sun&Moon. They were known to be comprised of several Ages and lasted in total around 1500 Valian Years or 14,373 solar years.
Time flowed differently back then and time flowed differently within them too for the elves live as long as the world does. Epic hey?❤❤
The Dúnedain said that Galadriel’s height was two rangar, or "man-high" - some 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm). However, Galadriel's most striking feature was her beautiful long silver-golden hair. The Elves of Tirion said it captured the radiance of the Two Trees Laurelin and Telperion themselves. Galadriel was said to be the tallest female in Middle Earth, at 6'4”. But then Thingol was the tallest elf ever to live, and he's estimated to be almost 9' (274 cm)
Thingol was also a very very prominent figure within the Silmarillion and other books. He’s the great ancestor of Elrond+Arwen and through Aragorn being directly but distantly related to Elronds Twin Brother Elros it makes him loosely connected to Thingol as well. Let’s just say he died a tragic death long long ago. I’m a continent that doesn’t exist anymore. The events I spoke of in my earlier story of Elrond about his fathers deeds, which lead to the Valar helping with putting a Stop to Morgoth for good so to say and that War Of Wrath lasted 80 years straight and it left the landmass torn asunder from the clash of gods and the holy host of Vanyar elves that were closest to the Valar than all other elves so you can imagine what a bunch of mighty elves men and Maiar fighting a bunch of fowl creatures and beings for 80 years would do to a continent. It all fell into the sea. Galadriel barely made it over the mountain before that part of the story officially broke out.
12:49 basically again a hobbit causing them to face danger
I still remember seeing back in the theatres...... December 2001......when I was 7
At 9:33, Tolkien writes, "[Frodo] felt staggered to think that he had been walking about with the price of the Shire under his jacket. Had Bilbo known? He felt no doubt that Bilbo knew well. It was indeed a kingly gift."
I think Gandalf let go on purpose. The balrog suffered a setback but it wasn't vanquished. It would have pursued the fellowship with a vengeance.
Ah, yeah! Part 2!
Even the dwarf looks familiar
Carad Galadhon: the Capital of Elvendom on Earth
Rivendell: the dopest Elvish resort.
Caras Galadhon. Galadhon is Celeborn’s father or grandfather. He’s closely related to Elu Thingol (Elwë). Greatest Indigenous Elven Kings of all middle earth. Thingol is Galadriel’s great uncle. He’s a few generations away from the first elves to awaken beneath the stars by the Cuivienen River/lake. ❤️ Thingol was basically around since the dawn of all life before the sun and moon ever existed. Galadriel is older than the sun and moon but Thingol is much older than her even! This means Celeborn is equally as old as Thingol as he made the great journey along with Thingol who was the great patriarch aside from Thingol’s other brothers. ❤
Aragorn wearing Boromir's arm braces with the white tree is one of my favourite things
Boromir does see Aragorn as a true leader...he reaches out to him in desperation. It is WHY he opens up and confesses, but Aragorn ultimately pushes him away and it is THEN when Aragorn basically tells Boromir he doesn't trust him and the People of Gondor that Boromir goes after the Ring, after all if even your own king doesn't care for the fate of his people their fate really rests on your shoulders; or so Boromir would feel as a responsible leader.
I actually see it as Aragorn's greatest flaw. He as an elder should have seen the struggles of this 'young man' bearing the weight of the world and phrased his words more eloquently.
"Elvendom on earth" doesn't have a capital city as such - a center of government for all Elves - not currently anyway. That's not what Haldir's saying. I think he means something more like, Celeborn as a prince of Doriath before it was destroyed and therefore one of the most important Elves of Middle-earth still around, and Galadriel as a daughter of all three royal houses of Elves in Valinor and the only Exile still around (that we know of), and Nenya as one of the three Elven Rings, have between them managed to preserve a piece of ancient Elven culture, basically untainted - something that doesn't exist anywhere else, not on that level. Rivendell preserves the lore of the Elves (their history and scholarship), Mirkwood preserves a great many of their people (all Sindar and Silvans, none of the other houses), and the Grey Havens preserve their escape route across the Sea, but it is in Lothlorien, and Lothlorien alone, that it is possible for the Elves to pretend that the First Age never ended and nothing has changed. Since Elves tend to seriously dislike change, it's really important to them to have a place like this. So no, Lorien isn't the HEAD of Elvendom on earth - that's arguably Rivendell, despite the fact that it has no official authority over the other realms - Lorien is the HEART. It's the most beautiful, the most beloved, in a sense the most Elvish, of all Elven realms in Middle-earth.
Did you notice the statue of Saruman in the background during Boromir's fight. It's like he was overseeing the fight
I think the forest at the end of the movie is not far from wellington. When i was there i saw some set structure od rivindell. Or its in the fiordlands, where fanagorn set is
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2:46 you can't make 9 people walking past a rock epic
Peter Jackson and Howard Shore: "Hold my beer"
5:14 funny you mention that, in the lore the whole world was indeed brought into existence through song and music. The God of this world, Eru Ilúvatar, taught angelic beings music and through his and their songs and music they created Middle Earth (in a creation story fairly reminiscent of Christianity's creation story and the fall of Satan)
Gandalf actually slightly mistranslated the writing above the door to Moria, it said "Say friend and enter" literally saying say the word friend. Also kinda funny that if Gandalf hadn't translated the writing to common and just spoken the elvish it would've opened as he was speaking.
8:12 When Gandalf returns in Two Towers in the books he mentions that while fighting the Balrog in the depths of the world he encountered nameless things of horror. It is theorized that the "Watcher in the water" as Tolkien calls it is one of these nameless things.
The music after Gandalf falls...
20:10 Aragorn probably has a decent understanding as well, and Gimli might too. Aragorn has known Gandalf for a long time, and Gimli's father was part of Thorin's company in the Hobbit which Gandalf helped with so who knows how much he might've known.
37:59 what he dies aswell 38:04 oh thank god
I never understood why Gandalf couldn’t hold on long enough for a helping hand to get back up.
Not knowing what would happen at the end of the fall, Middle Earth would lose the last good wizard who was powerful enough to really help out those most in need.
I’ve heard Archers etc covering the bridge was the reason, but the whole journey from the Goblins flight to the bridge was covered by archers and they did nothing.
Gandalf wanting to stay and deal with Balrog makes sense, if the Balrog could leave the mines IF it survived the fall, but that is a lot of ifs.
In the book Gandalf is just pulled off, which makes a lot of sense based on the mass and speed of the falling Balrog. Barring any real explanation (that should have been given in the movie) I prefer the book version.
There are four elven realms, and three (still existing in Middle Earth) races of elves. Lothlórien is the largest, the Woodland realm, Legolas’ home and a focal point of the Hobbit story. Rivendell which is a haven for travelers of all races, and the Grey Havens from which the ships are launched that are headed for the Undying Lands.
The elves never truly had a capital in middle-earth due to them splitting up and developing differently in their lifestyles and languages very early in history and everyone making their own place.
When the Noldor returned to middle-earth in the silmarillion they started building their own places with their god-taught knowledge and founding places all over to challange morgoth the OG villain who basicly still is saurons boss.
So Haldir may speak with "heart of elvendom" of their Sindar understanding of what it means to be an Elf.
Also funny when Galadriel gave everyone gifts but aragorn. celeborn probably saw that aragorn got nothing and thought "can't let a bro down like that"
Jokes aside she is Arwens grandmother and elrond is her son in law.
even more confusing when I say that arwen and aragorn are related through elronds brother by like 50 generations...
25:21 she looks familiar,i mostly recognize her voice
I think every fan of the movies should read the books. As long as the movies are, they are still just a summary of the books.
2:04 After roughly 20yrs of rewatching LoTR multiple times a year... why is it only now that I noticed that on their farewell in Rivendell, Legolas and Aragorn does the elvish farewell to respond to Elrond? They and other elves do that multiple times throughout the Trilogy and the Hobbit Trilogy (between a certain elf and the Mirkwood King). Even when Haldir dies in 2 Towers, Aragorn does it by holding his hand to his own chest, then pressing on Haldir's heart. That's such a nice tiny, lore-rich detail.
I'm pretty sure Gandalf knows the custom, but doesn't do it because he's technically above Elrond's rank??? Idk hahaha He bows towards the elves throughout the PJ-Tolkien-verse, but never does the hand to chest farewell ritual.
I used to put these on for my insomnia, I never have watched the whole first film 😂
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Not sure if it’s ever explained better in the books but it always bothered me in the movie that Gandalf is having Frodo choose whether to go over the mountains or through the mines and yet doesn’t mention anything about the danger of the mines as far as I can tell. Frodo is in this horrible situation on the mountain probably thinking the mines must be better than this. But I’m assuming there must have been some conversations in between that we don’t see, then again Gimli seems just as shocked and unaware by the state of the mines so that whole bit always confused me a little.
Saw your reply to my comment so thought I'd explain. Spoilers for people who have seen/read the Hobbit, though.
In the books, it's explained that, after the Battle of the Five Armies, Balin takes a group of Dwarves to try to retake the lost realm of Moria. They are successful at first, but one night, while Balin is outside the walls gazing into a small lake reflecting the night sky (the Mirrormere), an Orc archer shoots and kills him. Even though the Dwarves are able to retrieve Balin's body and entomb him, they are eventually overrun, resulting in their inevitable demise, five years into their expedition.
Gimli only knows about Balin's initial success, so he feels that Moria should be safe. Part of the reason the Dwarves send Gimli to attend the Council of Elrond is to discover what happened in Moria, as they had lost contact with Balin and his company.
Gandalf's reason is that, years earlier, he also once entered Moria from the east entrance (the side that Aragorn and the others exit from) and encountered little to no Orcs or Goblins, leading him to assume the mines were largely deserted, which makes him believe Moria to be the safest route.
@@alextu_Musicwow, thanks for the info! I always meant to get around to reading the book but life has had me putting it off. Very cool to understand what was actually happening here.
19:30 Gandalf let go, cause he knew that the Balrog now was awake and was something on a level, that no mortal could handle, so he had to do something about the Balrog.
Technically there are only four beings, that could fight the Balrog at this point in time in middle earth: Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast and Sauron. Two of them are evil at this point, one does not care and would not fight it.
In theorie there are also the two "blue" wizards, but it's unknown where they are.
So the only one who could kill the Balrog at this point in Gandalf and he knows, that he needs to kill the Balrog at this point or the Balrog would most likely leave the mines, which is an outcome nobody wants.
So what about Glorfindel who had slain a Balrog before and was returned to physical form more powerful than before?
It's a real joy watching you watch this Oscar. I love your insight you always share!
Gandalf let go, I believe, to keep the others (mainly Frodo, since he’s the ringbearer) from coming out into the unstable bridge and falling with him. I’d be surprised if the bridge lasted the rest of the movie without collapsing.