First Time Watching The Lord of The Rings: Two Towers Extended Version REACTION
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I’ll be the one to say it. When Aragorn kicked the helmet and screamed, the actor actually broke his toe doing it and screamed in pain as a result.
Bro I know the feeling,I always have the urge to write about the helmet kick but I just wait till someone else does🤣🤣
Someone had to, you took one for the team. Like Boromir.
@@addi7719 boromir took 3 😳
Thanks, you're a real human being.
Had you not mentioned it I would have because I think it shows the genius of Peter Jackson to see that scream actually added to the scene, alot of directors probs would have cut that or reshot that part
about your suspicion of Gandalf "He knows everything but he is letting everyone figure it out", you just accidentaly nailed exactly the role of his character in this story. When Tolkien wrote Gandalf, he was not supposed to be this sourcerer fire beaming everything with magic, but rather he is someone sent to middle earth to guide mankind, to give them courage and means to fight for themselves. He knows he won't be forever there and everyone must find a way to keep on fighting without him. That's why most of the time he avoids direct confrontation, and always gives people the free will to decide (remember the 1st movie when he asked Frodo where they should go even though he was terrified of going to Moria cuz he knew what was there?). Wizards in this universe are like angels sent to Earth, they are not meant to do the job for people, but to help and inspire them to be able to do so.
Well said
Ya Olorin/Gandalf was there and helped sing the universe into existence at the beginning of time so he has already seen all possible futures and is just trying to herd everyone toward the best possible outcomes.
@@ronweber1402 only sort of. He only remembers *some* of what was sung, so he doesn't know literally everything: but he does know more than most of the others. For example: he knows that Gollum will be important, but not precisely how. He know Merry and Pippin will do *something* cool in Fangorn, but not what exactly. He didn't see Saruman's betrayal coming, but he did foresee his death in Moria. Also, when he comes back he has actually visited the Timeless Halls again, and been privy to part of Saruman's Music. That's how he knew about Theoden's corruption, and how he's able to cast Saruman out now when he could not before.
Perfectly said, i just want to add that since Gandalf is not of this world (middle earth) that belongs to mortal races and elves, he is a visitor and thus was sent only to guide. It's the job of the inhabitants of middle earth to protect their home.
Not really. They were sent with a very specific mission: Organise resistance against Sauron and help defeat him. Gandalf is the only one of the wizards to do his job. He essentially played a game of chess and managed to hide his moves. He carefully acquired information and whenever he had the chance to take a piece off the board, he did it. The "incident with the dragon", of which he claims "I was barely involved" is a typical Gandalf move: He knew Smaug would be an almost undefeatable ally to Sauron. So he orchestrated the journey and did a number of low key things to kill Smaug. He also convinced the Council to move against the Necromancer (Sauron) and it was Saruman and "Saruman's devices" driving Sauron away (which also led to the corruption of Saruman because after that incident, Saruman started to travel there multiple times and searched the Anduin river for the One Ring as he had found out it was lost in that region).
Another example was the Balrog: Gandalf seized the opportunity to defeat the Balrog who otherwise would have become a strong asset to Sauron.
Gandalf's trick was to always make it look like he was some sort of fool, having no plan, accidentally accomplishing certain things or "being barely involved" in things. Sauron thought about Gandalf in the same way he thought about Saruman: A corruptible wizard who wants the One Ring for himself, who is ego tripping and power tripping.
Gandalf's journey was very complex and all over the place but he was never just a guide. He got actively involved. In the books there are a few incidents when he uses a significant bit of his magic, especially after he returned as The White.
I like how she explains a Maiar without knowing what Gandalfs real purpose is. They arent meant to shape the world only help guide it, so yeah she nailed it, he knows way more than everyone but isnt acting on everything, some things have to unfold by the hands of the beings of that world.
Yeah, she picked up on the fact that Gandalf is manipulative and knows more than he lets on very well. He is classically "good", as far as morals go, but he's not without his own agenda. Her instincts are sharp.
really shows how good of a reaction it is! finally an intelligent reactor
@@wichhouseDenethor to Gandalf: "If course you deal out gifts to your own design".
That shot of Gandalf and the Balrog falling into the lake in the mountain, man. What a shot.
I think about it a lot. Especially when The Foundations of Stone song (from the OST) is on 😅🙌🔥
Best intro in cinematic history
It took a lot of convincing to make the Balrog do this ... (water gets really hard when you fall into it at great speed). They had to pay him triple rates for that stunt.
In case you didnt get the sarcasm: you can only have a "shot" ... if you filmed it with a camera. That scene is CGI, so no "shot".
@@Muck006 Not correct. Comped shot much?
Don’t forget the fearless cameraman who dove in after them for the perfect shot! What a legend! 😂
The scene where Sam and Frodo were looking like a rock was actually the elvish cape thing they gave him, it’s like a camouflage
The seasoning Sam keeps is significant because it represents hanging onto what's at risk of being lost. It's not just salt. It's a taste of home, and a reminder of what they're fighting for. Having seasoned food is a small thing that can help keep them going.
Especially for hobbits! 😋
sam sees Gollum for what he actually is. Frodo sees Gollum as what he may become if the rings keeps corrupting him. so yeah theyre both sort of right but frodo is looking for hope for gollum since he has to hope he himself has hope still. and the ring is just pushing that along. sam is only looking at the current circumstances and their safety.
I can identify as Frodo a lot like this, i put more hope into people than they deserve... luckily i can see like Sam for the really corrupt ones not to trust.
WOW....I am very impressed with Sophie's understanding of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings story, She clearly understands this story in very good detail a rare gift for someone on their first viewing of these film's and having never read the book 👍👍👍👍
Honestly, Sophie is SO GOOD at picking up complex lore/storylines/details, etc. Incredibly smart and observant. You see it in their Game of Thrones reactions all the time. Don't get me wrong, Mair is good at it too. Brilliant reactors, imo.
Yeah she’s definitely astute to the finer points as well as the fundamentals of the story.
Very proud of her. Makes our hearts warm ❤
Its bc she's really into it.
also speaks to the amazing screenplay from Fran Walsh adapted from the books!
Gotta remember that Gollum is some where around 500+ years old. For 500 of those years, he was alone, underground, with no one but himself and the ring for company. Since Gollum was once something similar to a hobbit (according to Gandalf), Frodo is just worried about how the ring will affect him.
"They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard" 😂
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GARD GARD GARD
Lmfaaaao c’mon Actorrrrr 👏👏👏
Banger!
What did you say?
18:45 I love how excited Mair got when he guessed it would be Gandalf
Fastest I've ever seen any reactor (unfamiliar with canon) figure that out!
Pippin and Merry aren't wise, but they are clever and brave and loyal. Sam is the truest friend of all. Frodo resists the lure of the ring while carrying it around his neck for months when more powerful people were afraid to even touch it.
Hobbits are where it's at.
fun fact: the voice of Treebeard is actually the actor who played Gimli, John Rhys-Davies...
Well holy shit - I’ve loved this movie for over 20 years and I never knew this 😂
Gandalf is a Miar (An angel basically) sent by the gods in the form of an old man to help the free people against Sauron. Not to lead but to advise and asist. His memory of Valinor (Heaven basically) is fuzzy, but he still has some vague sense of the cosmic order. In other words, he can't outright see the future, but he can make out its shape a bit. And yes he can read minds :)
*Maiar
Gandalf wasnt taller. He looked taller in the first one because we we're seeing him in the hobits point of views.
"He's not LYING, wise, mystical TREE!"
They’re not really all that wise. They’re single-minded and slow.
@@hardcoredoom5892 I was quoting Mair.
Amazing reaction. Sophie's suspicions around Gandalf made me laugh a little, but I get it. Game of Thrones really messed with y'all. 😂
Gandalf is a little manipulative lol especially in the Hobbit
@@carmichaelking3338 Hmmm? He just gave Bilbo a little nudge out of the door. Completely innocent.
A bit of Middle Earth trivia. The Ring of Barahir which Aragorn wears dates back to the First Age, (remember, this is now the Third Age). This ring is ancient, many thousands of years old, and passed down to Aragorn from his forefathers. It was given to Barahir by Finrod, the brother of Galadriel for his help in fighting Morgoth.
The reason gollum/smeagol talks in in a kind of third person kind of way is because essentially the ring has caused him to have what we call in real world multiple personality disorder. The way he got the ring and having the ring caused him to split into two personalities gollum is the part of his personality that is dominant and will kill, manipulate and scheme to get what he wants which is the ring, smeagol part of his personality is who he was before the ring found him and is the part of him that is good and alot more vulnerable and is the side of him that hates the ring but ultimately the dominant side won and was a lot more prominent for the rest of the books/movies
22:02 one of the things to understand about Hobbits is, that they are almost supernaturally sneaky. One could say they are it is their form of magic. That is why the ring makes Bilbo, Gollum and Frodo invisible, because it amplifies ones natural abilities. Sauron is a gifted seducer/liar, as well as craftsman, so with the ring he dominated minds and subjugated most of middle-earth during the second age. If Gandalf wore the ring, it would probably would not make him invisible, but enhance his magic spells.
Y'all are so cute together, and your reactions are so genuine and great. Sophie, that updo is *fire* as well. Looking forward to more reactions ❤
Gandalf was sent to middle earth to help men, elves, and dwarves to fight. He wasn't sent to battle for them. Gandalf and Galadriel (the lady of lothlorien) are good characters.
Tolkien's account of the "oliphaunt": "Fear and wonder, maybe, enlarged him in the hobbit's eyes, but the Mumak of Harad was indeed a beast of vast bulk, and the like of him does not walk now in Middle-earth; his kin that live still in latter days are but memories of his girth and majesty...What became of him Sam never heard: whether he escaped to roam the wild for a time, until he perished far from home or was trapped in some deep pit; or whether he raged on until he plunged in the Great River and was swallowed up."
love people who take the time to get the right quote from the book
The dude is quite sharp, guessing most things correctly, nice 😊
The fact that he immediately knew that was Gandalf in Fangorn is impressive
Can you imagine how crazy anyone would be if they lived 500 years? Even without the Ring? Human beings can barely live 60 years without becoming a Karen. That's step one of super crazy.
That is so true.
This will help make sense of the movies. Gandalf is the same species of being as the Balrogs/Sauron before twisted by Melkor[Morgoth]. They are all Maiar (primordial spirits). Gandalf named Olórin created by Eru’s Thought (extensions of Eru Îlluvatar himself whilst they had their own free will & individuality. He essentially got the chance to experience and study other parts of himself through this.) among the other Ainur before the Years of the Lamps roughly 9,000+ years before arriving in Middle-earth; In Valinor he was known as Olórin.(Remember though he formally existed before the world existed and his form becoming Gandalf hadn’t happened yet. He was sent to Middle-earth in human form around the year 1000 of the Third Age. So his many forms had different ages in length of existing. He’s very cool right! Could he get any cooler!? 😎❤️ Another thing is when he arrived in middle earth he was disguised as an elf & lived among them whilst they were unknowing & he became to be known as Mithrandir to the Quendi/Eldar❤️ He could have very well dwelled with the elves far earlier just do to his curiosity & simple desire to explore and be around the firstborn (TheElves)
Gandalf The Grey/White
Estimated at 15,000 years old (following his quote "300 lives of men, I have walked this earth"), It says that Gandalf was the wisest of the Maiar besides Melian herself. There were a lot of Maiar that were considered really great and powerful.
However, there is a much longer answer. Like Sauron(former name is Mairon) & the other Istari (the order sent around the same time & of which he was appointed leader but he being who he is & a student of the Vala by the name Nienna & Lorien(Irmo). Gandalf was a Maiar, an angelic spirit created by Eru at the beginning of time and therefor one of the many Ainur who sang the world into being & Eru just helped their creation take shape and basically stated “behold YOUR creation” & basically what happens in that world goes sort of preordained as by that song eons ago so really only the ages after Dagor Dagorath will truly be an age that isn’t full of strife and sadness and longing.
Also. These lamps are what were before even the two trees. These were Giant mountains but also like light houses but housing a great power but it may have also been where two special Maia lived that helped in the creation in the sun and moon after Melkor With eldrich terror Ungoliant killed the trees, so yea “Arien” is the Maia who basically exists with the sun and her brother and or lover of sorts is the one who wanders with and guides the moon. Of which that other Maia was “Tillion”
man you guys are quick to catch on to a lot of the plot, impressive for someone whos never watched before
Fun fact, when the actor of Aragon kicked that helmet on the ground and screamed, he actually broke his toe and was in pain when he screamed.
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Also same actor but in the fellowship of the ring, when the knife was thrown at him he manged to deflect that knife with his sword. That wasn't supposed to happened but it was clean af that they left it in the movie.
Scrolled for 5 minutes and finally found a comment about the helmet kick!❤❤
@@BassRowe97
Never fails! Lol
Bro I love these guys movie reviews, they are actually reacting to everything instead of just watching and they're really funny
When at the beginning Frodo says “it’s getting heavier” yes the power is becoming greater but it actually is literally getting heavier every step he takes towards destroying it. The ring doesn’t want to be destroyed and it’s power can make it harder and harder to achieve that goal. By the end frodo’s neck is all cut up from the weight of the ring pulling on the chain and cutting his skin. Damn what a good story!
Fun fact:
The movies never explain it, but the swamp of dead bodies they walk through is actually the battle ground from a war from before Sauron was the biggest threat.
Long ago, when elves were the weakest species on earth, and Balrog’s walked the battlefield, there was another threat to middle earth. The first threat. Sauron’s old master.
When he was defeated, Sauron pretended to surrender, and the surviving Balrog’s were lost deep below the earth, and all of the powerful species that won that war, left to rejoin god, leaving the elves as the now most powerful species in all the lands.
This great battle marked the end of the first age, and the beginning of the second age.
And then, long after the actions of his former master had been forgotten to myth by most of the free people’s of middle earth, Sauron chose to strike, which was the battle we saw at the start of the first movie.
That battle was what ended the second age, and began the third age, which is what the characters are currently living in. And the god of LOTR, knowing that Sauron had not been fully defeated, sent five angels in the form of wizards, to help combat the return of the second dark lord. The two blue wizards who are never named in the books, nor are we given specifics as to what their task was, the brown wizard who was to protect the plant and animal life of middle earth and who played a major role in the hobbit book and was actually the one who sent the eagle that freed Gandalf from the tower (but got lost on his way to meet with Gandalf and is never heard from again, his fate left up in the air), the gray wizard Gandalf, who was to watch over all the free people of middle earth, and the white wizard Saruman, who was to watch over the other wizards, and the Magics of the lands. Of course, the white wizard fell from his purpose, and God promoted Gandalf to his former position.
So yeah. As much as Sauron is legitimately a major threat, and could destroy the world, he’s literally just the nerfed former henchman of the first major threat this world saw. A threat so dangerous, that even the slain spirits of his enemies are unable to move to the afterlife, and are tragically tied to the land they were slain in.
I thought the dead marshes were the bodies of the fallen at the last alliance of men and elves when they beat sauron the first time.
If your right then it's a case of you can still learn something new from these movies all these years later lol
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The movie never says what battle it was, leaving the movie-only audience members to infer that it must have been one of the battles against Sauron, but no, those bodies are from long before that.
If the wizards and Balrogs of LOTR are comparable to angels, then what Sauron was, was a principality, a much higher ranking angel, and his former master, the first threat to middle earth, was the great betrayer, the LOTR equivalent to Satan.
His defeat marked the end of the first age of middle earth, and Sauron’s marked the end of the second. That’s why it’s the third age in the story. And in fact, once Frodo and the elves leave, that marks the beginning of the fourth age.
I dont think you are right, Because all the major battles against Morgoth (Saurons old master) happened on the subcontinent called Beleriand, which sunk as the result of the War of wrath (the final battle against Morgoth). So there it is more probable that these bodies were from some of the last alliance battle.
@@the_occasional1764it’s not the Last Alliance (I thought that myself). I’m trying to remember but “Nerd of the Rings” did a great episode that explains it.
@@the_occasional1764oops I’m talking out my butt. It was actually the battle of the Last Alliance. For some reason I thought it was different
The part about the dead marshes includes Legolas’s Father; Thranduil, & Thranduil’s father Oropher, were to join the Last Alliance in from a different angle to achieve a certain war tactic but Oropher and others got waylayed by orcs & many corrupted men which lead to eventually Oropher dying there, this loss effected Legolas’s father so very deeply forevermore. The bond between he and his son is the same bond Thranduil has with Legolas. And the braid he wears is to honour his grandfather. I believe after his death braids became less common. A sort of respect thing I believe. Both his father and Grandfather lived in Doriath(Elu Thingol’s domain[Elwë], which was heartbea of middle earth; Aside from Gondolin which held this mantle until it’s secret location was given up by a tortured elf who was the son of a very important mother who was the sister of the high king Turgon). All on a landmass called Beleriand that sunk under the sea after a set of disastrous events that lead to many greater outcomes much later on in the legendarium. This here is a whole set of stories of which also includes a quite a bit of Galadriel too but moreso other characters during this era. Of Beren And Lùthien comes to mind and Children Of Hurin!! You’ll fall in love even more after the third movie. Then you can enter into the lore videos like Moviejoob and OmarioRPG have done reaction videos too. Amazing stuff.
One thing to add though is this scene resembles a lot from the other battle Tolkien was involved in called The Battle Of Somme. Look into it and tell me your thoughts.
One of the aspects of Frodo's character that was very much played down is a certain amount of foresight. In the books, while he is stay with Tom Bombadil (another character cut from the book), he dreams seeing Gandalf pacing back and forth at the top of Orthanc while he is the prisoner there. He often dreams of hearing the ocean, which he has never seen in his waking life, and I cannot help but wondering if the opening scene with Gandalf fight the Balrog was a tribute to this little mentioned gift.
I'd also like to quickly address something I didn't see a comment on in the last video; the relationships between the hobbits. Due to the extended nature of most hobbit families, a lot of the population of certain areas are related to one another, just not in the sterotypical "Alabama" way. Frodo mother was a Took, a very large family that lived in an area of the Short called The Smials, which makes him a cousin to Pippin, and I believe his father (Bungo) was known to have some relations in the Brandybuck family, making him a Merry's cousin as well, though how close these relations are I cannot recall. Sam, meanwhile is the son of Bilbo's old gardener, Hamfast Gamgee, who lived next door to Bag End in Hobbiton. Frodo and his cousins used to visit Uncle Bilbo frequently, meaning they have all known each other most of their lives, which became more pronounced when Bilbo adopted Frodo after both of Frodo's parents died in a boating accident. Hobbits, being somewhat hierarchical in nature, will follow employer-employee relationships through generations; indeed Sam admit to Faramir he is already Frodo's gardener, rather than his bodyguard as initially believed. This is why, despite the long relationship, Sam almost always referred to Frodo as Mr Frodo, much as his father called Bilbo Mr Bilbo.
It's all rooted in the British class structure in the time Tolkien was born into. The Baggins were minor gentry and the Gamgees were servant class. Sam was based on a batman in the British Army in WWI,. Not Batman as in vigilante crime fighter but batman as in a British officer's Aide de Camp. He was his officer's manservant and the bond was often quite close.
I love it when reaction channels watch my favorite movies. It's fun too see people experience them for the first time. :)
The soundtrack by Howard Shore is absolutely epic! Random, but I just watched Silence of the lambs again and that soundtrack is by him too :)
Her thinking Gandolf is sketchy is hilarious!!!! I'm enjoying this but it's hard to watch because I'm like YOU ARE SOOOOO WRONG.😂😂😂😂😂
Wow, I respect the dedication for watching the extended cut on the first go-around.
This is one of the greatest stories ever told. The writer was a philologist, currently called a linguist I believe and created cultures, functional languages and a history that backs this story up that goes back thousands of years. He truly devoted his life to this story. Well, while he wasn’t busy being a professor or fighting in WW1. Dude was an intellectual beast and actually experienced a terrible war which is part of what makes this story so special in my humble opinion.✌🏼
He actually started to write much of the story that later became the song of the Vaya and the first age while serving in the trenches of WWI
The only actor who died in movies more than Sean Bean (Ned Stark, Boromir) is Christopher Lee (Saruman). Both great actors... R.I.P. Mr Lee
Frodo is very sympathetic to Gollum, because he knows how the ring is affecting him already, and knows that Gollum was affected by it for much, _much_ longer. As he says that he must believe that he can be saved, because if he can't, what does that mean for Frodo?
6:41 He said they were serving the "master of the precious" He's calling Frodo the master of the precious. the precious being the ring.
You guys are good at watching complicated movies. Picking up on practically everything and understanding stuff all over the place. Damn.
Another great reaction and analysis. I’m so glad you guys decided to continue the trilogy by watching the extended edition.
You missed out the best part and that was when Gimli said 'This new Gandalf is more grumpy than the old one'.
I find it funny how the actor that plays wormtongue Brad Dourif is the voice for Chucky the Killer doll. And the actor that plays Pippin Billy Boyd voices Chuckys Kid Glenn/Glenda is the seed of chucky and chucky series
Really enjoying this journey. Can’t wait for the next part.
This series is letting me watch these movies again through yall. I appreciate the uploads:)
"Three days and nights pursuit" they covered 45 leagues which is 135 miles in 72 hours nonstop on foot
I get exhausted just thinking about it😅
@differssmith4434 just for a fun bit from the book Eomer hears this and basically goes "you covered that Aragorn son of Arathorn and yet they *ONLY* call you Strider?! Nope I shall call you Wingfoot for that is a more fitting name given your journey and speed"
Gandalf it´s one of the five Istari... sent to the middle earth by the Valar. With Saruman, it´s also Gandalf, Radagast and the two blue wizards. Saruman was the white because he was chosen as the leader of all them. When he turned to evil... the Valar chose a new leader.... returning Gandalf as Gandalf the white. And like he said, mates, he became what Saruman should have been.
According to certain YT channels: Alatar and Pallando are the blue hued Istari
AGPRS
It has more to do with white representing him fighting against Sauron and when he failed at that Gandalf was chosen as a new white wizard
So an interesting note I’ve heard a few times but I think it’s debated as canon, but when Gandalf is killed in the battle with Durin’s Bane, he’s like _killed_ and not sent back to Valinor. Erú himself steps in to give him life again.
You guys are some of the best reactors on TH-cam for sure. And i've watched a lot of them! For first time viewers of LoTR, you catch on real quick cause it took me several times to understand as much as you guys did lol. Great reactions and also appreciate the actual analysis at the end cause that shows you're invested and not just "reacting" for content.
Èowyn’s FULL SONG + Rohirric Eotheod language English translation below/ Èowyn sings at Thèodred’s “funeral”•Now dear Théodred lies in darkness, most loyal of fighters. The sound of the harp shall not wake the warrior; nor shall the man hold a golden wine-cup, nor good hawk swing through the hall, nor the swift horse stamp in the courtyard. An evil death has set forth the noble warrior
A song shall sing the sorrowing minstrels of Meduseld
That noble cousin, who always held me dear
Now is held in darkness, enclosed.
(Now in in the language of the Èitheod)❤
Nú on théostrum licgeth Théodred se léofa
hæ´letha holdost.
ne sceal hearpan sweg wigend weccean;
ne winfæ´t gylden guma sceal healdan,
ne god hafoc geond sæ´l swingan,
ne se swifta mearh burhstede beatan.
Bealocwealm hafað fréone frecan forth onsended
giedd sculon singan gléomenn sorgiende
on Meduselde thæt he ma no wære
his dryhtne dyrest and maga deorost.
She sings this part in the movie: Bealocwealm hafað fréone frecan forth onsended
giedd sculon singan gléomenn sorgiende
on Meduselde thæt he ma no wære
his dryhtne dyrest and maga deorost.
Éowyn is only heard singing the last four lines of the song, ending with the word Bealo, which in Old English meant "evil" or "harm". The first of those lines ("Bealocwealm hafað...") originates from the epic poem Beowulf, line 2265.)
I love watching people get completely sucked into these movies. Youre excitement when you realised that was gandalf in the woods was great 😂 i will never be able to believe tolkien came up with all of this and thousands of years of history before it
`looks like meat`s back on the menu boys`
I`m still trying to figure out where an orc would ever have encountered a menu.
Sam carrying salt from home, shows why he is the perfect companion for Frodo. That small piece of home that he loves helps him stay positive and remember why they are out there in the first place.
23:23 Eru, the one True God intervened and sent him back.
love you guys! the first reax was dope. lil fun fact: when aragorn kicked that helmet, Viggo Mortensen actually broke his toe... so the yell was pretty real.
Frodo couldn't put on the Ring at the Black Gate because in doing so, he would have drawn th Eye of Sauron on himself, and the Nazgul would have been immediately sent there to catch him. That will be even more true when they are in Mordor (now they're just on its borders).
And Gollum is really trying to help Frodo at first, but just in order to keep the Ring very far from Sauron; he was allowed to escape from Mordor, but he didn't know that, so he didn't know he was working for Sauron, in a sense.
When I was in middle school, me and my friends would replay that line for any reason : "You have no power here" *shocked*
Frodo is seeing his future in Golem, as he has seen in Bilbo. He has to believe he can be saved or he knows he's doomed. Sam doesn't see it, doesn't see how the ring poisons everyone who bares it. Frodo's barely had it and already is feeling it.
14:28 this is the actor that plays Butcher in "the boys" ( Karl Urban)
He's in a ton of franchises. The Boys, LoTR, Star Trek, Marvel
@@SalsaStork yeah i know him, i was telling them because they didn't say anything when they saw him :)
When I first saw the first film at the cinema. The first few minutes I thought this isn't doing it for me, I'm going to hate it. Then it turned into an adventure type movie, my favourite type to watch. As soon as it ended I was wanting more.
Y’all fun as hell. Keep up the great work! 😂🤘🏽
I'm glad you were so pumped and moved by the first one that you really wanted to see this one too. To hear you say, haven't seen a good movie in such a long time, a lot of that is cuz that's back when movies were truly great. Really were the best form of escapism and transported you to another world. I don't love shows and movies as much anymore. It's sad. I like more real people's lives stuff. If that makes sense lol. Kinda like watching people react to movies. I kinda get to feel what it was like to see it for the first time again vicariously through you guys. Thanks so much for that! It means more tab you know. It's really hard to not about movies and shows much anymore. This helps.
19:15 Casual Tolkien enthusiasts don't usually fully appreciate how Gollum is crucial in the making of things as soon in the story as you did.
Y'all are funny! I'm enjoying watching your reactions to The Two Towers. I'm glad you're both getting into it. And you did it with the extended version, too. That's a must when you watch all 3 of these movies. Good job!
Anyways, I better watch the next part to this since you left us all in a cliffhanger to your reactions. 😂 This is great stuff! 👏👏👏
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Tolkien created languages and histories of dozens of people groups over thousands of years in detail. It’s astounding.
Also I can see why you think Gandalf knows everything and is waiting for everyone to "figure it out", but he just is so old and wise he has a good feeling about Frodo and Sam. He's happy Sam went with him because the quest is so perilous and unlikely they destroy the ring without being killed. However he knows Hobbits, and is used to seeing people underestimate what they're capable of. Sauron doesn't know anything about Hobbits and doesn't see them as a threat.
The cloak looked like a rock because those cloaks are not only Elvish, but made in Lorien, and protect their wearers in mysterious ways.
Gandalf was sent to Middle -Earth as a guide, not as an agent or leader. He does know things, but is enjoined/wise enough to know what he can and cannot directly say....
Do you realize that those of us who saw these as they were being released had to wait YEARS between them.
A year. Singular.
@@sorryforbatenglish I think a year repeated twice qualifies as plural :)
@@katb6981 fair enough, it just seemed like a MASSIVE exaggeration of the wait between them
My youngest son kept track between movies. When next movie came out we were there first day. So fun with packed theaters and everyone excited. I really enjoyed experiencing this trilogy with my sons. I still enjoy watching reactions as well. Never get tired of watching
Loved your breakdown of what is going on with the characters, and how like when we saw this decades ago, are invested in the characters, like the Hobbits, and feel for their peril, and the little comical humor here and there,..and. saw your first reaction to the first movie in the series, and loved how you start to see the corruption that the ring spreads, and insinuates onto anyone, even if they don't touch it, onto, into other people,..along their journey, Frodo, Samwise, the ring is constantly trying to corrupt who even gets near it, and even Frodo, as pure, honest hearted as he is, and the way we find out in the narration in the first movie how this evil, was only temporarily defeated, and find out it just went into hiding, in the ring, just looking for a chance to re-emerge,..great reaction, Godspeed, Peace ✌
Creepy guy with black hair at Rohan castle was the guy who plays Chuckie
My siblings and I used to make jokes about how Gandalf flashed Theoden! 🤣
16:37 One of the thigs that makes this story so phenomenal is that each of the races have something special about them. Elves are lightweight (he was walking on the snow as the others were trudging through it.. he can see far.. immortal, so on and so forth) Hobbits are small and "go unnoticed" which you'll learn more about when you get to with the Hobbit! Although I'm probably really late with this message lol...
Dang. That was fast! ( I Just finishing watching your FOTOR) Great editing too! That side glance😅. Not to be arrogant, but i can tell when others will like the types of content like you are doing. Y'all are going to do very well. Do more movies though. Only so many views from a good series, but a classic movie... tons.
Not only classics, just movies in general... but, as an old F*ck I know that we dont like new stuff near as much as good stuff😁. But youngins will like both.
I love how Gandalf T-Poses the devil out of old king
"You have noooo powweeerrr heeeeeeeeereh!" I love that y'all found that so funny. Great reaction guys
Gandalf: (initiate T-Pose to assert dominance)
@@samwallaceart288 that's all it takes. Bask in the splendor!
When you see your teacher outside school, "YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE!".
This wasn't just a "promotion" for Gandalf, but really him coming into his destiny.
When the Meier were sent to Middle-Earth to aid against Sauron, Saruman was the first to volunteer and, as such, was made the head of the order. By comparison, Gandalf had to be persuaded to go. Nevertheless, one of the "gods" of Middle-Earth, Varda, said that she believed he was the "true" head of the Meier...a fact that made Saruman very jealous. She apparently wasn't alone, because when they arrived in Middle-Earth and Celeborn and Galadriel recognized them for what they were, they freely gave Gandalf one of the three elvish rings of power rather than Saruman. (It's not mentioned much in the original books or the movies, but Gandalf wields one of the elvish rings of power throughout the series. That's part of the reason he was able to assume command at Minas Tirith and why he was able to keep the men fighting in spite of Sauron's constant attempts to demoralize them with fear and despair.)
It's actually a mark of Gandalf's own personal growth at the Council of Elrond. Note that while Gandalf was reluctant to go to Middle-Earth to fight against Sauron, he was the first to volunteer to go with Frodo into Mordor.
Just as an aside...the fall into the lower depths of the Misty Mountains that Frodo witnessed really did happen. The Balrog's dark flame was extinguished and it attempted to flee. Gandalf had no choice but to follow after it to escape as it was the only creature that knew its way around the depths, and it was there that he passed by many of the "nameless things" of Middle-Earth that lived in its dark places (of which the Watcher in the Water was one...an abominable creature that owes loyalty neither to the Valar nor Sauron). He ended up having to pursue it for three full days before it finally emerged on one of the peaks...only for it to immediately ignite in fresh flame and spin on Gandalf to attack. As you saw, he did finally manage to kill it at the cost of his own life. (In fact, there is no record of anyone ever managing to kill a Balrog without dying in the process.) But he was sent back to Middle-Earth now as the greatest of the wizards.
You can just make it out in the clip from the film, but Gandalf was reborn nude and had only the elvish ring of power and his sword Glamdring the Foe Hammer (which, like Sting, was also an incredibly well-crafted blade), but he got a lift from another of the Great Eagles to Lothlorien. Unfortunately, although the rest of the Fellowship had been there for months, he happened to arrive just right after they left. Galadriel and the elves likewise supplied him (note how Gandalf's new staff has a sort of elvish tree vibe going on at its head) and he tried to catch up to them. And while he didn't finally manage to rejoin them until Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas entered Fanghorn, he did manage to contribute just a bit before that. Note that although Frodo put on the Ring again to escape Boromir, Sauron didn't pinpoint his location like he had back in Bree. That was because Gandalf managed to hide him from his sight just in time.
6:48 yes. However, although Gollum doesn't realize this, the Ring also suggests this title for itself to it's bearers. Isildur wrote "it is precious to me" and Bilbo also calls it "my precious". This is perhaps because Sauron's original name, Mairon, means "precious, admirable one" (though this part is fan speculation, Tolkien never said this in so many words).
Sooo Gandalf real name is Olonir and hes basically as old as time itself,he was created by literal God of this univers El Iluvatar,and Gandalf was one his nest Angels,Same as Sauron was created by Morgoth which is basically Angel as Gandalf only rebeled Angel sent to Middle Earth banished from "paradise" or in this case Western Lands where "Gods reside"
Thing is Gandalf is waaay more powerful than he is allowed to show to us,becuse God sent him to Aid man not to make defining diference,men must win with their courage and heart,Its a destiny thing "it must be as it will be"
So yes when Gandalf the Grey fell,"God" granted him return to the body of wizard Gandalf,to complete the task. Gandalf remembers well who he was is and will be,only Galadriel and Elrond "two elves from Rivendell" know who Gandalf really is,Also Saruman.
Its the best story of all time,especially the books. Movies are short in translation when u read the books.
P.S that why Sophie said "It seems thst Gandalf already knows everything" thats becuse he does,hes angel,old as time,he knows it all,but he fears Sauron and he knows race of man can die along with him if Sauron Wins.
Probably a typo, Eru Iluvatar is the name, not "El"
@@alexkats30 yeyee
@@alexkats30 Yeah, but we all know that it is basically an older version of El Allfather, being El, the God of the Bible. So, is it really a typo?
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I love seeing reactions to lotr. This is my favorite movie of all time😍. I love that you guys pick up on a lot of details quickly because these movies are long.
Eru Illvatar who was like the God in Tolkiens lore, was the one who sent Gandalf back and gave him and upgrade
Gandalf doesn't give them everything they need to know because HE doesn't know everything.
Somebody else probably explained this already but Gollum refers to himself in the third person because he has essentially two versions of himself now: Gollum and Smeagol.
33:00 LOL!!!!
Gollum howls when the elven rope is around his neck. Gollum chokes on, and tosses away, the elven bread when given some in the "swamp." Gollum cannot stand the touch or taste of ANYTHING ELVISH.
The ring turns hobbits invisible bevause hobbits natural gift is stealth and sneakyness. It would have other affects on other beings depending on what they were
Also, gandalf, saruman, sauron and the balrog are all maiar (lesser gods or angels) who have been sent to middle earth at different times and for different reasons, there are also three other wizards, we meet radagast the brown in the hobbit films, but no one knows what happened to the two blue wizards. Some fell to evil like the balrog and saruman,
The " you have no power here " line became a literal meme XD
If nobody told u before.
Aragon realy brokenhisbtoe when he kicked the Helmut. They took like 20 takes and this one was perfect.
The director didnt know about the toe until after that take when Aragorn told him
Sidenote: really dig your outfits here with the dark tones and the greys, even the couch fits!
Because when everybody is different, but comes together, life is just so much more colorful and intersting.. so i like it as well that they are all different :)
"you have no power here" is one of the many memes from this trilogy.
Well this is 9 months after you posted, so let me be the first to wish you both a Happy New Year. Just!!! (UK time, of course) This is real time .... LOL. Loving your observations and your theorising.
Tolkien is def one of the best writers ever, the dude was in WW1. He had a magister exam in languages, he invented "Elvish" and the writing of it. Black speech, wich is the language the Orcs speaks , its not that much used in the movies but, except for Souron speaking it, and Gandalf, in the hobbit series they atleast speak some black speech Elvish is most simular to like Finish and a mix with other languages. Dark speech is closest to Hurrutic"Hurrian" or how u spell it, a language wich was used in like 2300BC , in the area wich today is like Syria .
Kinda random thing to comment however lol, just wanted to point out how awsome J.R.R Tolkien was.
Everone should try read the books, if anyone like to read books, the LOTR series will be just as awsome, or more awsome than the movies.
`looks like meat is back on the menu boys`
I`m struggling to think where an Uruk-Hai ever encountered a menu.
Are there Cafes and restaurants in Isengard.
Wow you guys are bright and fun to watch! Subscribing!!! 🎉🎉
Actor who played Gimly, gave a voice for Treeberad.
34:17 I can't, that imitation is so spot on :D
*sweating*😥😥😰😰 "DID YOU KNOW WHEN ARAGORN KICKED TH...."
Nicely done. There is so much good ambiguity in the story. You are leaning the kean sail, nicely done.