The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers REACTION PART 1|FIRST TIME WATCHING
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- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is the second installment in the Lord of the Rings franchise! Check out as I watch it for the first time!
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You are the first reactor to understand why Aragorn stopped Wormtongue from being killed - it was out of mercy and the ongoing theme of not taking a life unless absolutely necessary.
Yes you understood that Frodo had to believe the Gollum could come back - because if so then Frodo also could come back. In my experience an awful lot of people who have seen this film never grasp that point.
Chris Moule i about to coment this! This guy is awesome
I know I'm late to the party but yeah, that moment made me so happy. So many people judge Frodo for blindly trusting Gollum but don't understand how he just has to grasp onto that. So, so elated he got that!
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I love how you picked up on why Frodo cares about Gollum. Not many people seem to pick up on Gollum being related to Frodo being able to overcome the ring.
You’re right about Frodo’s somber mood being from the ring. The moment he put it on it began to change him. Hobbits are so isolated from the evils of the world and Frodo has to learn about them so quickly. He’s essentially suffering trauma every moment he has it on, yet sadly he’s the only one strong enough to carry it...
Andy Serkis deserved an Oscar for playing Gollum/Smeagol
Abso-flippin-lutely! He was THE star of this movie!
Viggo broke his toe while kicking the helmet... the scream was a scream of real pain... sorry, I had to and you guys know it.
Heh ;D
It’s a must
"smote his ruin on the mountainside homie...dang!" FIRE reaction, keep up the good work man.
“That ring done ruin his disposition!”
Many lines I never thought I would hear in Lotr reaction series. Awesomely entertaining haha
The creature Gandalf is fighting in the beginning is called a Balrog. Without getting to nerdy on you, the Balrog is basically Gandalfs equal, just evil (Both are somehting called Maiar, but the Balrog were corrupted by Melkor aka Morgoth who is basically the devil.) Melkor/Morgoth is also responsible for Saurons ( depicted by the flaming eye in these movies) turn to evil as well. Great reaction as always man!
One thing I was always fascinated with when talking about this series with others who aren't as familiar is people's response saying "if Gandalf is so powerful, why doesn't he just use magic and kick everyone's ass?" Whenever I see breakdowns of the Maia and their powers, I always think it important to mention that all the Istari or "wizards" were given instruction on the role they were to play in middle earth, with strict instruction from the Vala (gods or angels) to not try and fight the threat themselves, but to advise and lead the free peoples.
TLDR: Gandalf is an immortal being much like Sauron and Balrogs, but he has a handicap on his powers that were enforced on him.
If any other Tolkien experts want to clarify my characterization of this, that would be most welcome!
@@wonderboy13579 Exactly! If Gandalf suddenly started using his magic, the Valar would simply take it away, along with Gandalf. He is meant to be a supreme advisor and a temporary sinew to bind the world of men together. "I am Sauruman, or rather Sauruman as he should have been." The Valar were extremely upset with Saurmans choices (He was previously the most powerful of the Istari in Middle Earth) and therefore sent Gandalf back with much more power and wisdom to offset the damage of his betrayal.
If that's too deep a dive, it's probably best just to think of them as demons
@@wonderboy13579 Wasn't that their initial rule to only use your power against beings of equal power, but prioritize guiding the people to righteousness?
@@norXmal As I recall, they were forbidden to dominate others (as in, force people to do something, even if that would save them) and they were forbidden to use their powers against Sauron directly. I was never sure how that applied to using their powers against Orcs or other threats the find. Clearly Gandalf felt justified in letting loose against the Balrog, so that is an example I think of a time when the Istari could use their powers.
“That ring done ruined his disposition” 😂😂😂
You are about to see the greatest battle sequences in movie history in movie 2 and 3
Movie history? Debatable.
Possible Pilot Deviation Movie 2 and 3’s battle sequences are top 10, no debate
@@possiblepilotdeviation5791 No, it really isn't debatable. They definitely are among the the best, if not the best.
BlasterMaster And given the time these films were made compared to today’s films? It’s absolutely incredible. Before 2001, I highly doubt there were battle sequences that looked as great as LOTR.
@@TCT24 Have you seen Last of the Mohicans? No CGI at all.
Once you’ve seen this you can never just eat a potato again 🤣 you have to go through the whole PO-TAY-TOES routine first
Me and my buddy at work did that today haha!
16:47 "he's got to wish that smeagol can come back, because that means he can come back" Best lotr reactions I've seen out of a dozen. You're insights and foreshadowing are top notch!
Thanks!
It seems Theoden's line after burying his son hit home. It touches many, many people.
Yeah dude. My heart goes out to any parent who's lost a child, that shit is devastating.
Losing family is always devastating. But I still think Troy (2004) did it better. Peter O'Toole as Priam was fantastic.
@@appleciderhorror12 O'Toole is a really fantastic actor, I'm not surprised to hear he crushed a role.
@@appleciderhorror12 both scenes are fantastic, but for me the scene in Troy always felt more focused on the theme of “having respect for the enemy” than Theodens scene which is just pure mourning which personally hits me a little harder
Continue to be impressed by what you're catching. I don't think I've ever seen a reactor that caught that frodo needed to believe smeagol could come back, because it was the only way he had any hope for himself. Well done
That’s the human condition man. That’s what’s so good about these movies!
the dead marshes have those bodies in the water because thats where the great battle for middle earth took place at the start of fellowship
not that battle, but the same war
@@simonbarabash2151 Not even that same war. More bodies were added in the various wars of Gondor and Easterlings
"aragon... king of... something."
hahahaha,
bless you dude.
I gotta say man, your reviews are SO GREAT!!! I've seen a lot of other reviews/reactions for LOTR and yours is most enjoyable
Yes they are.
agreed 100%
Agreed....100%genuine....him and India have some of the PUREST reactions...quarantine has brought the heart back to youtube
I agree wholeheartedly!
The creature the Nazgul was riding isn't a dragon but a fellbeast
Well fellbeasts are really Tolkiens version of Wyverns. The key difference between them and dragons is that they only have 2 legs, while the dragons got 4. In most historical discriptions although varied, dragons are much more intelligent creatures than wyverns. Not all dragons are big however and spit fire like Smaug for instance. In the lord of the ring saga however dragons were created by the first dark lord, Saurons master Melkor "Morgoth". Their origin are not fully established but most experts think they were either Maia spirits like the balrogs that with the help of Morgoth could take that shape. Or they were simply Maia spirits breeded with reptile like creature, probably something similar to a fellbeast , also by the hand of Morgoth. .
I also thought they were straight dragons until I saw smaug haha then I’m like nooooope
Max Johansson Pretty sweet that morgoth made the dragons.
wasn’t he sleeping around with the first dragons and giant spiders? Guy really got around
@@Haxmaxxen actually the fell beasts are a hybrid creature that Sauron bred with black magic. Dragons and wyverns were created by morgoth along time ago
Fell beasts are not dragons or wyverns.
Man, just love seeing people react to my fav franchise of all time. For some reason, Harry Potter became so popular people didn't love LotR as much as it should have been loved. Helm's Deep is considered one, if not the best, battle sequences ever filmed!
what is the author of your avatar picture? Its amazing illustration of Steward Denethor :)
Youve got some really cool insights! Watching this trilogy for the first time can be a lot to take in for anyone but its always fun to see someone get really into it.
"Give it to us RAW... and wwrwrwrwrwrwriggling!"
That's what she said!
I top you “wraiths, wraiths on wings!”
3:53. I got you with that fellowship reference
Exactly so.
Please correct me if I’m wrong. I don’t know if this has been explained or if you knew anyway but I like talking about it so here you go 😂 Gandalf was sent back as a replacement for Saruman because Saruman had failed where Gandalf still had a chance to succeed. The wizards, or the Istari Order, were not to seek power but to assist against the rise of Sauron who was disgraced by darkness and could not be redeemed. They also only look like old men because it makes them seem approachable and friendly. Their power was restricted in this form, though. Sauron is a member of the same species, the Maiar, and started off much more pure. His power was not restricted in the same way as Gandalf and the other wizards and, after learning how to work metal from his first master, which lead to the creation of the rings, he was corrupted by Morgoth, the first dark lord, and grew famous and revered as his apprentice. When Morgoth fell, Sauron tricked the other races into making the rings, posing as a respectable figure before he lost his ability to shape shift, and then made the One ring to control the minds of those who wore the others, men most easily.
After al l these years, I never realized that was the reason Gollum called Frodo "Master." I love this series so much, and you're takes on it are phenomenal!
Watching your reaction to Gollum is a pure joy
Tolkien, the writer, fought in world war 1, and the dead marshes are based off time in the trenches. If you look for it a lot of other things are based off his time in WW1 as well.
Yeah a lot of landscapes were filmed in New Zealand, this Trilogy is what made me want to visit NZ
Tolkien faught in and survived a war himself, which inspired many details of his stories - it is said that the dead marches are inspired by the experience of hiding in the trenches the soldiers dug out, which filled with water when it rained and the bodies of their fallen men would float in it...
Looking at it that way makes the place a whole lot more terrible.
I guess having experienced war is also the main reason for the strong theme of mercy, of not killing or harming carelessly in the movies
war definitely would give a better perspective on life.
'maybe he should rest and regain his strength ;)' - that gave me a chuckle
They did Gimli wrong. Of all the races in Middle-Earth, the Dwarves were the hardiest
People on the internet trying to be clever: "you can't make a sentence without the letter A"
Gandalf: "Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth"
The voice of Treebeard the Ent is John Rhys Davis.
My man! I just finished your FOTR pt 2 reaction and now you droppin this! Keep these comin G.
Thanks for watching the reaction!
More Lord of the Rings below!
Fellowship of the Ring Part 1: th-cam.com/video/xtuV53Imgjs/w-d-xo.html Part 2:th-cam.com/video/nrpgBw7nPIQ/w-d-xo.html
The Two Towers Part 2 th-cam.com/video/a1bFEkATyas/w-d-xo.html:
My face lit up when I saw this video show up on my notification list man, keep up the good content! Really glad you’re enjoying this trilogy.
You catch so many things that other people miss. This is by far my favorite LOTR reaction video on youtube. You get it! And I love watching you watch it lol
18:21 When Gollum spits, that's mostly Andy Serkis' saliva flying in the shot. Probably saved the CG artists time.
The people that Saruman was talking to were the Dunlanders (and they were humans). It wasn't really clear in the films, but they were the original inhabitants of Rohan. The Rohirrim had cone from further east, taken their land, and driven them off. This was about 500 years before the events of the film, but there was still a lot of mistrust between the Two peoples (I think the Rohirrim were still mistreating them), and Saruman took advantage of this to get them to fight for him.
This was quite a common theme in Tolkien's works: ancient grudges (e.g dwarfs vs elves) or existing hostilities or mistreatment (various human nations) working to the advantage of Evil, and these problems having to be solved before Sauron can be defeated.
Even the human soldiers fighting for Sauron were portrayed as not necessarily bad people, but led astray by the lies of their rulers.
You were right with the first guess - they are mountain trolls! They are bigger and have brown skin while cave trolls have grey skin.
When they filmed the scene with Gollum pulling Sam and Frodo back, Andy Serkis accidentally ripped off the wig that was glued to Sean Astin's head. Maybe that's one reason Sam hates Gollum so much.
You watching and reacting to LOTR is exactly what I needed right now 😊...
Thanks!
OMG when you said "she could rule herself" about Eowin...that was prophetic!!!
My favourite scenes are always the shire scenes. So homely and the hobbits really know about the comforts of home and the countryside. Especially the long intro into the hobbit, more smoking pipeweed scenes! If you like the movies a lot I recommend watching the extended editions you get even more scenes which help add to the story
Knawing, biting, breaking, hacking, burning!
Holy shit the part about Frodo wanting Gollum to come back to his old self so that would mean Frodo could come back was a fucking revelation! I never connected those dots. Awesome.
@8:15 that marsh they are crossing is the site of the battle you saw in the first scene of The Fellowship of the Ring.
I can't stop watching people reacting to LOTR, you watch one reaction and another gets suggested. But of all the ones I've watched, this is by far the best for two reasons:
1. You actually follow the fucking plot, and you're getting all the subtext - most reactors miss both.
2. Those fucking killer lines you're coming out with "That ring done ruin his disposition."
thanks!
If you watch the behind the scenes of these films, you’ll see the insane amount of detail and effort they put into this.
Thankfully it was made then and now (with the pressure out of studios to churn out money makers) and directed by Peter Jackson, no one else would have done as much justice to the stories/done it so lovingly.
I hope you gain a lot of subscribers from doing this trilogy dude! Your reaction and commentary have been great, definitely one of the best blind reactions ive seen to the LOTR.
Those were evil men from the east of mordor that you saw at the gate!
Aragorn is the true Heir, the true King of Gondor. Was mentioned in the first film.
The voice of treebeard is Gimli.
You are the best reactor of the trilogy I've seen! Good work homie.
Aragorn, king of... Something! Hahah that sent me. Best LOTR reactions.
Great reaction! You have such a joyous spirit...it really feels like watching a friend. Your attention to detail is great as well!
If you're taking suggestions, the Hunger Games Trilogy are a great set of movies to react to as well!
Cant wait for you watch part two, youre in for a treat! The best battle in cinematic history
There are actually several wizards throughout the world, but the movies only had time to talk about the two.
Sarumon wasn’t meant to be the left hand of god, essentially. But he chose to side with the forces of evil, so god revived Gandalf, and gave him a promotion, at least until he finished the fight against Sauron.
Gandalf Super Saiyan!!!
Oh yes i forgot to mention as well, as i said before Sauron, Saruman and Gandalf are all Maiar, Sauron being the strongest. But as well as this the Balrog which is the demon like creature Gandalf fights is also a Maiar but one which has been corrupted by the darkness, they are still very strong even though Gandalf beat it. If your wondering what corrupted them we will have to talk about Melkor and the Valar (if Maiar are Demi-Gods, then Melkor who is a Valar would be a God), he was the original dark lord and Sauron was his Second in command, the Balrog were his personal bodyguard.
The Balrogs were spirits of flame. The Maia who tends the vessel of the sun is one such one--but she remained uncorrupted.
The scene when Theoden speech touched you, also me, also a lot of people when we don’t even has a child to understand that grief...
Gandalf is the equivalent of an an Angel. Arch Angle even. He is Powerful. And that battle made him stronger.
I'd say he's a rank lower than that, Ainur are angels
Impending Doom getting proper comparison to our world is rather frustrating with the miara and valar
@@impendingdoom7920 the wizards are Maiar, which are a type of Ainur. I think you're thinking of Valar, which are the more powerful Ainur.
@@iapetusmccool yeah that is what I meant
Enjoyable reaction video. I hope this propels your channel forward! May I add, excellent way of letting us know what you're reacting to without violating Copyright law.
Production quality is so high for such a small channel, needless to say, I subscribed!
Loving the observations about the ring and it's owners during these reactions. Interesting to see you note during this one that gollum likes the ring so much that he calls it's current owner "master". This actually ties in with the ring's ability to dominate and control the minds of others which frodo is (mildly) tapping into. It's also why the black riders in the last film were slightly hesitant when confronting frodo on weathertop.
I've watched LOTR and The Hobbit movies for the first time in the summer 2020. Since then I've watched each movie multiple times. Great characters, stories and performances.
Love your reactions!! I like that you pay attention to details. You had me smiling the whole time. Keep it up 👍🏻
Love your energy and emotion man. Keep it up. Can’t wait to see the rest.
Cannot fault your reactions man, keep up the good work 😊
Ha. Thanks for the laughs. You cheered me up today.
Ever so joyful! ❤️ Great reaction, again!
PO - TA - TOES !!! Gets me everytime when I see it :DDD
Feel like rewatching the series.
Note:I've seen it 177778 times.
Fun tidbit: that scene by all the burned orc bodies where Aragorn kicks the helmet and then screams? That wasn't acting; it was actual pain. Viggo kicked the helmet wrong and actually broke a couple of his toes.
Yeah all those vast scenes of them running were filmed from a helicopter it’s pretty dope
Gollum is that weird homeless dude that refuses all donations that aren't fresh sushi
Dude you're spot on with these. 👊
The "dragon" Gandalf was fighting is called a "Balrog"...it's basically a demon or devil from hell (The Dwarves "woke it up" after digging too deep into the mountain for gold and jewels.)
Loving these videos man and also loving your hat. Woo Pig
Someone has to say it! Vigo broke hes toes kicking the helmet. xD
Best trilogy ever
Aragorn, king of something, first of his name
the wildmen of dunland are human enemies of Rohan who stole their native land btw not dwarves, also the guys marching into the black gate of Mordor are men from the east called Easterlings.
love the vids, respect from the uk :)
Nice, I've been waiting for this :)
your most recent videos have the most views. That's the power of the ring.
BTW you are great!!!!
You so need to watch the extended edition!!
I know, I've borrowed them, I just haven't had time 🙃
Awesome review!
Part 2 let’s go! Lol!
Your insights are very good. Like at 16:54. Great reaction
I appreciate that!
Man I love his reactions
All of these species occupy Middle Earth together. The thing is at this point in “history” the more magical creatures are dwindling in numbers and the race of Men is becoming more prominent. The people attacking that village are also men, but very corrupt and disenfranchised men who Sauruman manipulated.
ay shout out to New Zealand
Love your vids!❤️
treebeard and gimli and sallah from indiana jones same actor
"cause humans live in middle earth right?" well you're not right :P
9:51 nazghuls riding 🐉.
bro that was an epic shot!
There's a homeless crackhead lady in my city who reminds me a lot of Smeagol. Truly heartbreaking.
😢
Such a good movie
It might not be your thing, but I would pay to see a full length version of these reactions on patreon. You are too smart and observant. There are plenty of people doing full lengths that are not nearly as sharp as you. I want to see a full reaction.
Just set up a patreon for full length reactions. www.patreon.com/rideoutreviews
@@RideoutReviews Awesome man. Thanks so much.
Release part 3 brother!
Nah it ain't a dragon. It's basically a fallen version of gandalf/saurman, who alligned with a evil dude instead of their boss (demon)