Forgive me for the giant Face Circle. I had to re edit this 21 times to get passed the content ID system from trying to block the video and this was the best way i could do it without running a graphic over the whole screen which was hideous. Same goes for the quiet and poor audio but LOTR's content ID system is a demon from hell.
I'm sorry you had such trouble. Honestly, I'm just happy to see such a great and genuine reaction. So please do whatever you need to do. Don't worry about face circles or anything else. Whatever it takes, to get them uploaded, please do. TH-cam copyrights clearly haven't had second breakfast.
I thought it worked quite well. You could still see enough of the film to understand where you are in it, but can clearly see your (excellent) reaction.
i love how people complain about how long LOTR is then after watching the first movie they always say “that’s it?” 😂 it just proves how amazing the movies are
I remember watching the extended editions and saying the exact same thing 😂 I didn’t realize how long those movies were till I looked at the time cause I was so invested in the movie time seemed to be moving faster then usual
I remember coming out of a midnight screening on opening night and there were nine-year olds not only still wide awake at 3:30am but talking about how they wished it was longer. Anyone who thinks these movies are too long can stick it :)
Boromir's death gets me every damn time. He was flawed, but he redeemed himself, and his act made Aragorn decide to accept his destiny. Tears are warranted.
Boromir’s actions prior to redeem himself, there wasn’t any evil intent, rather the opposite. He knows Gondor is fighting and slowly losing, that was an act of a desperate man. Anyone would have done the same. You are right, his death was probably the reason why Aragorn decided to choose to do what he did and make things right.
Boromir was so well played and one of the most realistic relatable characters in this fantastic journey. His actions just make sense. How aragorn puts on the gauntlets/wristbands of boromir is also symbolic to him accepting his heritage and fate. And taking the responsibility of his bloodline. Ah, I just frickin love these movies. Watched it with my dudes as young teenagers in Cinema and it was one of the few times all the lads had sweaty eyes. it was wonderful. We don't talk about it.. :d
@@RoxxSerm Boromir also shows that he is a tough fighter, not giving up until he just couldn't stand... I always use these scenes as illustrative of high level characters in D&D battles...
The 3 Hairs of Galadriel has a great deal of lore behind, she had been begged throughout the First Age, by an Elf named Feanor (he created the Silmarils...3 gems of indescribable beauty and supremely important artifacts during the First Age) for a hair from her head. He asked her 3 times, and 3 times she denied him because she could see in his heart his true intentions (greed). When Gimli asked, she understood his request to be pure and instead of one, gave him 3. That's why Legolas smiled, because he knew the lore.
A token to symbolize a peace between the mountain and the forest. It's character development for Gimli when he begins to put aside the dwarf/elf prejudice.
@@CJR-wv8kc This is, I think, the best part. It was said that in the hair of Galadriel shone the Light of the Two Trees. Gimli encasing it in a gemstone as an heirloom of his house is nigh akin to forging a new Silmaril. A pure and holy Silmaril, as opposed to the cursed stones of Feanor.
It's where his heart ALWAYS was. people act like Boromir was some kind of villain. I don't think people consider what it must feel like to have the survival of everyone in your entire society on your shoulders. To know that the armies of Sauron are coming and you can't stop them. And having your dad basically be like "I expect you to stop this. somehow."
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat Couldn’t agree more. Boromir is such an underrated character and was an incredible warrior on top of everything else. The fact that the orcs had to resort t archery to bring him down because all who came within melee range were slain by him speak volumes of his battle prowess.
@@mistermarkham101 The fact that he agreed to go on the mission at all despite disagreeing entirely with it's goals. He's the son of the Steward of Gondor, the strongest free race of people left in Middle Earth, and yet the Council refuses to let him take the most powerful weapon to his most powerful city. Instead they tell him they're giving it to a 4'1" halfling who's going to simply walk into Mordor with it. But he still agrees to help. He warned The Fellowship EXPLICITLY not to go into the Mines of Moria, to take the ring to Gondor, they refuse his advice and the decision literally kills the most powerful member of the party, the only person who knows what the full plan is. That's, I think, when he finally gives up on the Fellowship. That's his breaking point. And I'd say that's a perfectly reasonable breaking point. "'Come, come, my friend!' said Boromir in a softer voice. 'Why not get rid of it? Why not be free of it? Let me help you! You fool, why do you cry? Fear nothing! There is still hope. The enemy has yet to come. But you would not listen. Just give it to me!'"
Boromir’s sacrifice is so important. Throughout the entire film, Aragorn had been denying his calling and his birthright. “I would not lead the ring within a hundred leagues of YOUR city.” And after seeing Boromir sacrifice himself, he changes his tune to “I will not let the white city fall. Nor OUR people fail.” And then you can see, Boromir is surprised, repeating “Our people” twice, since he realized Aragorn finally acknowledged who he is and who he HAS to be. And THAT is why, as he lay dying, he finally acknowledged him as rightful king of Gondor, instead of quipping like he did back at the council of Elrond. “Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.” Boromir is my favorite character in the LOTR, and I love seeing people react to him. He’s one of the most human characters in this series. EDIT: Aragorn even takes Boromir’s Vambraces at the end to honor him.
YES! Boromir is the beginning of the reconciliation of the people of Gondor with the lineage of the true king. It's the beginning of the transition from the era of stewards who sit around contemplating their navels and captains who praise old glories, to the realization they need the return of an actual king. Way back when Boromir played around with the shards of Narsil, he treated it like a toy. A token to admire, but not something to revere or take seriously because to him the time of kings was long past and just the stuff of legend. But then Boromir cut himself on the sword shard. That was his first reminder that the lineage of kings is real--which he promptly rejects because he just can't process it yet. For him to be the first person of Gondor to openly acknowledge Aragorn as *king* is one of the many things I love about this interpretation of Boromir.
I think Boromir is the best character, because of the metaphor for Humanity, which Tolkien was quite obviously trying to explore. Sure we can fantasize about becoming perfect as an Elf or Hobbit, but it can never be more than fantasy, we are fallible and flawed. Boromir's character arc shows us that even though we are weak and prone to moral failures, there are also times we can rise above through sacrifice and redemption.
@@erickknutz5599 Yep, I'd also add he has been constantly exposed to the very real threat of Mordor, as well as bearing the burden his father places on him to save Gondor and still caring for Faramir. I wouldn't say he was weak, rather it speaks to his strength that despite initially disagreeing with the council, he still decided to join the fellowship and did the best he could. In the snow, he's one to care about the hobbits, he trains Merry and Pippin a bit, he gives Frodo very sound advice in Lothlorien. In the end he succumbed but also recognised his error and tried to correct it, thats not something most would do in the case of the ring. I also think its possible the closer the fellowship gets to Mordor, the more tempting/stronger the ring gets. Boromir was the easiest for the ring to exploit, since he probably had the most baggage. But had the remaining 7 members stayed together closer to Mordor, who knows what the temptation of the ring could do.
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
@@puzzled_pelican3626 yeah. LOTRs is notoriously good/evil but Boromir is one the more complex characters and Sean Bean knocks it out of the park. He gives every scene he's in a grounding that few of the cast matches in all 3 films.
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
An Oscar for a dying scene? It’s good writing, and fairly good acting in that particular part of the movie, but the rest of the acting he did in this movie is very average in comparison to many talented actors out there.
Aw your tears were so genuine. The death of Boromir is so heartbreaking and all around it. I cry every time even though I have watch this movie countless times.
Tolkien did a great job depicting masculinity and femininity, so much so that he was actually criticised as being a feminist for his depiction of Eowyn and her slaying of the witch king. You see Eowyn be a faithful care giver to her uncle, a fierce warrior, but also loving and emphatic with how she treats and looks after Merry, From motherly, to caring and empathetic to bad ass warrior to a maiden in love when she meets Faramir.
I get so emotional watching boromirs death every damn time. 3 arrows in him and the first thing the fucking guy says is they took the little ones. God damn legend
Three crossbow bolts. Those aren't arrows. Lurts is just so jacked he shoots with a crossbow lathe (the bendy part). So one crossbow bolt is enough to kill even the strongest man, but taking two and to be able to keep fighting... just shows you how strong Boromir was. I respect and understand his character the most.
@@lovlegacy7005 No, Lurtz is using a bow and shooting arrows. Specifically its a 300 pound recurve bow with blades on the ends. The arrows are 2 feet long. All of this is from the official movie companion books and also mentioned in the 4k audio commentary.
It always makes me laugh, when reactors first start this movie it is all wise cracks and too cool for the movie. But as soon as Gandalf says "Fly you fools" and Boromir has his heroic fight that shell cracks wide open and the tears are flowing ⛲💦⛲ 😂😂
@@n4l9bx She gave the movie a 6, complained it was too slow and not enough interesting things happened. Constantly compared it to Harry Potter while Holden constantly made jokes. It's the worst reaction to Fellowship I've seen.
During Boromi's death scene, you can hear a choir in the soundtrack. The choir isn't singing random vowels, they're actually singing in Elvish. The english translation of the lyrics? It's a line from the books: "I do not love the sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only what they defend," For bonus hurt points- In the books, those lines were said by his little brother Faramir.
I always cry when Boromir dies. "I would have followed you my brother, my captain, my king" was such a heartfelt moment. He said it to Aragorn with so much pride. 😭 The fact that he died like a badass is perfect!
Im not afraid to say it. This, is how all LOTR reaction should be. I hate when people kidding while they watch it and don't pay attention how beautiful is each every moment of this masterpiece. You guys just won yourselfs a subscriber, and I hope you guys gonna carry on with these movies. PS sorry for my english :)))
Agreed! I just watched a reaction like that. So disappointing. I guess there is a lot to unpack in this story. Maybe too much for some people. Really enjoyed this reaction though ☺️
55 years ago when I was 10 years old, I was reading the Fellowship of the Ring and Gandalf’s battle with the Balrog made a huge impression on me. I thought the movie’s depiction of the battle was incredible from the first time you see the Balrog until Gandalf utters “fly you fools”.You will need to read the book to see all of the stuff that was lifted out of the movie but I believe they did a good job.
What I don't get is that it doesn't sound like he says "Fly, you fools." I always thought it sounded like he said "Drop me, you fools." Which doesn't make a lot of sense either, considering they didn't have a hold of him.
Funny enough, the Elves only blink when they're surprised, which is rare given their respective ages. Since Elves are in harmony with nature, the wind doesn't dry their eyes, and their step is light enough to pass over snow without sinking into it. Legolas blinks twice when he sees a horse from Valinor, and once when a war elephant charges him. He only shows fear when he learns the monster in Moria is a Balrog.
I also like to think he's very surprised and confused in the scene where him and Gimli join Aragorn and witness Boromir's death. Gimli has seen many a companion in arms die, and so he stays away and allows himself and Aragorn some space to digest. He's been through this before, and knows how to best process it for himself. Legolas is so young, and has never seen death before. It's such a foreign concept to him, something he *knows* exists, but not something he ever thought he'd be confronted to likely for centuries and centuries. His people haven't been at war since before his birth, and so he has never lost someone, even someone he wasn't close to.
@@Loweene_Ancalimon while Legolas isn't old by Elf standards, he certainly isn't young either. While Tolkien never did say when he was born, the filmmakers estimated he was over 2900 years old, while in the book there are some hints that he may be older than Elrond (whom is over 5000) as well. It depends on the interpretation, and when he and his father took up residence in Mirkwood, as he and his father are Grey Elves, and not one the local Green Elves.
What I love about the scene between Galdriel and Frodo is when she says "You offer it to me freely?" like it's just unbelievable that he has no desire to keep it purely for himself or to let go of it without reward. It's also the paradigm of this mighty, glowing elven Queen juxtaposed to this tiny insignificant hobbit and how this tiny creature can oppose and be rid of this ring of power, where as Galadriel is drawn to it in some way. I think it's this paradigm that makes her also able to relinquish its temptation and provides hope for her that if Frodo can resist it, so too can she and in turn hopefully one day maybe Middle Earth would be rid of the ring altogether.
You have to remember she always desired to be a queen of a great empire. She dreamed of conquest and an empire of all middle earth. That she so willingly walked away from a dream she had nursed for 8K years is amazing. Another thing to remember is that she personally knew Sauron, had walked with him and talked with him. She is the only one alive in the movie that had personal knowledge of what and who Sauron was.
There's also more to it as to why she was tempted to take the ring from Frodo. She's the keeper of Nenya, one of the three elven rings of power, which were hidden from Sauron before he could touch them, so he hasn't been able to corrupt them. And Nenya's power sustains Lothlorien, her home, and that of all her people. It's power keeps them hidden and protected from Sauron (along with the Legends of the scary elf witch who lives in the woods). For now, they're as safe as they've ever been. But when she tells Frodo that "Your coming to us is as the footsteps of doom," what she means is, regardless of the outcome of Frodo's quest, she and her people in Lothlorien are screwed. If Frodo fails and the master ring falls into Sauron's hands, then he can use it to find the three elven rings, including Nenya, and take control of them. But if he succeeds and destroys the ring, then the remaining rings that are connected to it, including Nenya, will lose their power, and thus, Lothlorien will fade away along with all the magic protecting it. Either way, it's over. But Frodo offering her the ring was presenting her with a third option. If she took the master ring for her own, on top of Nenya, she just might have the power to not only keep Lothlorien safe, but also possibly even defeat Sauron. Problem is, even if she manages all that, yes, she'd save her home, but she'd lose herself. Maybe she'd defeat Sauron, but she would ultimately become something just as bad, if not worse than him. It would, in the end, change nothing for the better, which is why she resists, choosing ultimate good over what's best for her and hers.
So like.. I actually love the face circle; it adds so much more to the emotion. My wife and I just finished rewatching these (and she decided she was down for another one right after 🤣) and yet watching you experience it for the first time made me tear up with you. I follow quite a few reactors, and I love all of them for different reasons, and I'll say you have shown the deepest emotional responses I've seen yet. I really appreciate you sharing your experience with us, especially despite the trouble you had posting. Just know you're reaching a lot of people!
I love Boromir's character arc. When we first meet him in Rivendell, he's scornful, even outright dismissive, of Aragorn: "Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king!" By the time we reach Lothlórien, we can see a deeper aspect of his character in his conversation about his father and his failing rule, and how desperately Boromir wishes to put things right and protect his people, and he sees Aragorn as someone who might do that. But later on at the river night camp, he accuses Aragorn of rejecting his heritage and his people, _their_ people. When he succumbs to the temptation of the Ring, it's because it preyed on his desperation and desire to protect the folk of Gondor, his people. Finally, we see his redemption, acceptance, and ultimate acknowledgment of Aragorn as the rightful King of Gondor as he lays dying. Sean Bean does such a great job with this character.
Boromir and Bean got done over with the script. In the books Boromirs struggle is much more fleshed out. Obviously time is the driving factor but it's a shame since most people see him as the character from the introduction as a choice when he's really pushed there from decades of fighting an endless battle
Boromir isn't projecting, exactly. The Ring is manipulating him - it wants him to actually believe that in taking it he would become powerful enough to defeat The Dark Lord. But the will of men is weaker than they suppose (remember that the Nazgul were once Kings of Men who fell under the influence of Rings' malevolent power) and The Ring knows that if Boromir were to take it as his own, HE would inevitably be corrupted and would unwittingly facilitate the return of The Ring to Sauron's hand.
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
As much as I love these movies, I wish they'd done more to illustrate the enormous burden on Boromir's shoulders: the idea that the fate of his people rested on bringing the Ring to his father in order to save Gondor, plus all the losses his people have taken from being on the frontlines against Mordor. They did better with the extended editions.
There is so much backstory left out but it's understandable. Like the gold locks of hair to gimli from galadriel, there's so much more significance to that but to explain would be long.
@@Witchunter0090 isn't the backstory of Feanor/Galadriel in "the unfinished stories" and not Silmarillion itself? So I don't know if the backstory you're talking about is really canon. Unless we are thinking of different things.
@@Witchunter0090 the trees were mentioned in the RotK appendices, I believe. Also, don't sweat what's canon or not. Everything after RotK is in a grey area, because Tolkien was constantly revising and altering his ideas. The Silmarillion was published by his son, and is just a cohesive chronology of "versions" of his father's ideas. But there are also notes later in Tolkien's life showing "updated" ideas that contradict some things. It's kind of like in actual mythology, where old tales change and become fuzzy over time, but the broad ideas are the same.
14:05 there is a deep story behind that scene; Fëanor was a high king of elves, greatest Elf who ever lived, who created the Silmarils: three beautiful and magical jewels from the light of the Two Trees of Valinor.(Undying Lands) Even the Valar (Godly beings) doesn't understand how he made them. the inspiration for the Silmarils came to Feanor from the sight of Galadriel’s shining, silver-gold hair. He begged her three times for a *single* strand of her beautiful hair. and every time, Galadriel refused him. she knew that Feanor was filled with nothing but fire and greed. and then when the fellowship left the Lorien, she gave him three!!! :))
Boromir isn’t evil at all. The books show his backstory :). He is just under insane pressure because his people have fought for so long against the Orks because they border Mordor against all odds and now the city and kingdom is about to fall and his family is supposed to defend it so he is extremely distressed and under pressure and the ring can use it to corrupt his mind.
Gimli: "I asked for a single strand from her golden head. She gave me three" Logolas: "Nice" Gimli: "Celeborn on the other hand, gave me two black eyes and a broken nose"
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
I think some people have a hard time with vulnerability and so their reactions suffer. I have certainly gotten annoyed watching people be glib about movies that make me emotional
Okay, wow. Thank you SO much for getting emotional during this movie. I've seen a lot of other reactions and I was really beginning to think that no one had any empathy anymore (especially with recent events added on top of it). So many times I'd watch a reaction to these movies and at points like when Gandalf died they'd just go "Aww, bro, that sucks." and move on. 20 years ago (yikes) when I saw this in theaters I was crying my eyes out. My heart was so broken for these characters. So glad to see there are others out there with some heart. That alone may've very well made this my favorite LOTR reaction and I can't wait to see the others!
As far as the bridge of Kazad-Dum not having handrails...that trope drives me nuts in things like Star Wars where it makes no sense, but here, it's actually a defensive feature of the city. The long, narrow bridge over the massive chasm is meant to force any invading armies into a bottleneck and make them more easy to pick off with bows from behind cover, plus they have to move slow or risk falling, whereas the dwarves are 1-used to it, and 2-have a very low center of gravity that helps them stay balanced.
that was so touching when boromir died, ive actually never really been upset enough to cry at that scene but your reaction was so genuine and touching it brought tears to my eyes. haha, that was so precious.
i have no idea why i watched this but i dont regret it, its so good to see someone feel what we all felt 20 years ago and relive those emotional moments. ok then, two towers awaits me....
The thing about the three hairs with Gimli: Galadriel is super old, and one of her kin was a great king of Elves who also asked her for three hairs for one of his projects to craft. But she knew he wasn't a very good person and she refused him. Giving Gimli her hairs is a way of saying that she's seen his heart and believes him to be pure.
a little detail i always liked is that after boromirs death, aragorn starts wearing boromirs arm patches. you actually see him putting them on right after frodo and sam leave
One who cries for Boromir will always deserve a huge like👍 Also as brutal as it is, Boromir’s death was the one thing that made Aragorn to decide becoming King and lead his people from darkness. Fun fact: you can see how much Aragorn honors Boromir. As in the scene when Legolas tries to follow Frodo and sam, Aragorn puts on and carries Boromirs arm protection the entire movies😭
This movie gets ya in scenes that you aren't expecting. When I first watched this in theaters, at the part where Frodo was standing at the shore Ring in hand and crying, I just lost it.
The significance of Gimili's gift from Galadriel is completely lost in the films, though Legolas' smile hints at it. To find that story you would have to read Tolkien's other stories. It is significant enough to heal the rift between the dwarves and the elves.
I kinda like to think that somewhere in the world, to this day, those three hairs are still in the crystal container that Gimli made for them. Talk about a priceless heirloom!
Feanors denied request isn't in the Silmarillion but in the unfinished stories I think I remember. So, is it really canon? I mean I like to believe so but I'm not sure.
@@RoxxSerm Neither Silmarillion nor Unfinished Tales are technically canon, but you can absolutely think of them as such without it being controversial.
Not sure it makes for a great conciliatory gift, as the dwarves always got on fairly well with the Noldor. If Celeborn had given Gilmli a gift, now that would have been something.
I just noticed because of her commentary that the fellowship sees at least one great monument from each race, first Rivendell, then the halls of Moria, then the Argonath. I think it brought them closer together to admire the works of each other’s race, especially Gimli.
Watching you getting filled up with emotions hit me hard on so many levels.... I can see that you are kind, sweet, loving and good person. Keep up the good work ❤️
@@jeremyfrost2636 I've thought of quipping that he has a quiver-of-infinite-arrows, but I'm sure someone would have taken that seriously, D&D-wise or Harry Potter-wise.
These are the most content-filled LOTR reactions ive seen, keep with this structure, I cant wait for you to finish the third - please prioritise this journey is really good
That's what i was going for but Warner really hates how much content i put in. I'm currently theory crafting ways to get through the content ID. it might be ugly but at least i won't have to chop the whole movie into a half an hour
Thank you. I was feeling really, really down today but watching this movie together with your genuine first time reaction lifted me up. These movies are my childhood and I associate many good memories with them. Thank you.
I am REALLY enjoying your format for reacting to this movie series, in particular. This epic tale has a LOT to take in which can just overwhelm someone who is unacquainted with it, at least from one single viewing. I think it's brilliant and effective, having one person as our focus while allowing you to watch along with someone else physically in the room/lean on them for basic info. I have watched many reactions to the LotR series and this is the most enjoyable. Love this format. Thanks! :)
Thank you so much for these reactions! These movies and the entire legendarium have changed my life for the better, and I truly enjoy watching people experience it for the first time. Brings back happy tears to me as well!
Legitimately excellent editing, must have taken you forever! Really appreciating the hard work, even more with all of the re-editing. This was a really good reaction, cannot wait for the next parts! Have a good one
Having watched the extended trilogy more than 10 times myself, the feels truck never fails to hit me each time. Eagerly awaiting your reactions to The Two Towers
so nice to see someone else get as emotional as I do for Boromir's death. Its in my top 5 moments for sure. Loved your reaction to the fellowship! cant wait to see the other reactions for the rest of the trilogy.
Frame shattered... BRILLIANT. Loved it. As for the three hairs... It goes back to the backstory between elves and dwarfs. Apparently, 1 hair is a sign of acceptance, friendship, trust.... something like that. THREE hairs goes well beyond trust. It is the highest honor she has ever given any dwarf.
Aragon is the epitome of man. He is strong and courageous. He protects and loves. He sings and cries. He cares about his family, his friends and, his people. He never wants for power, but is always strong for those he cares about, and that which is important. The ultimate chad.
This is the most beautiful movie ever I saw in my life. So much to say about this movie and can talk like hours about each character and scene. Lady's reaction was so tense and real. I really enjoyed every single moment.
Most of the filming locations in the South Island that I am familiar with are in the next movie but there are a couple of scenes at the end of "Fellowship" that I recognise from real life. The "Argonath" statues are on the Shotover River home to world famous jetboat tours. They hug the edges of the canyon walls with a few centimeters of water beneath the hull. In the olden days of the 1980s tourists kept drowning so now the jetboats are restricted to a sedate 90km/h. It's still absolutely awesome. The other place I've been is the walking tracks in the bush outside Glenorchy, where the "breaking of the Fellowship" scenes were filmed. Damn, it's 17 years since I left New Zealand. It's still the best place I've ever been.
The Argonath scene was filmed on the Kawarau River - also near Queenstown and there are jet boat tours you can do there, but it's not the location of the more famous Shotover Jet.
14:11 was a very obscure reference from the past that had to do with the origin to Elf dwarf hate. When an elf lord wanted to create a pendant of the Silmarils ( gems of holy light) the elf commissioned the dwarves to create it with the Silmarils in it. The end product was so beautiful that in payment for making tue pendant, they wanted it for themselves and when the elf lord protested, the dwarves killed the elf. Sines then Elves and dwarves hated each other eternally. As a show of good faith, when Gimli asked for a lock of her hair smitten by he beauty, she instead desired to give him 3 almost as an act of friendship from an elf to a dwarf.
It wasn't until this moment that I really understand what happened on the bridge. Gandalf was climbing back up and could have saved himself, but as he told Frodo about the ring, "Evil from outside of the fellowship will be drawn to it." A Balrog with the ring would be absolutely unstoppable, maybe even to Sauron and since they woke it up, it surely sensed the ring. Gandalf let himself fall so he could kill the Balrog and prevent it from following after the fellowship. I've watched this trilogy so many times and never got that until now.
The super interesting thing (lore wise) about Galadriel giving Gimli three hairs is that waaaaaaay back in the day a super powerful elf, Feanor, that was a better craftsman than Sauron, and Sauron created all the rings of power soooo yeah super powerful elf, wanted to use just one hair from Galadriel to create something that resembled the two trees of Valinor because they were divine beings basically. Her hair was described to have absorbed the light from these trees and their beauty so elves being immortal all about nature and wanted to preserve it but she denied him 3 times but gave gimli 3 for good faith and cause well he didn’t want power out of it, surprising everyone.
The reason places like Rivendell and Lothorien are so beautiful is the same reason that the elves accepted rings of power: Elves are the favoured creation of Eru iluvatar, the creator god of this universe. They’re pretty much made of nature and connected to the world. The power of creation slowly left the world, which made the elves weary and slowly die. (The downside of an immortal life, they can literally lose the will to live) In a past age Sauron disguised himself as an emissary of the gods and instructed the elves in the crafting of magical rings, promising that they would allow them to maintain their magical kingdoms and ward off weariness. The three elven rings were made without Saurons knowledge and sent into hiding, so were uncorrupted since he never got his hands on them. These rings belong to Elrond (Rivendell), Galadriel (Lothlorien), and Gandalf (who was given the ring by its previous bearer)
It does seem strange with modern times to ask for someone's hair but there is lore about that in Middle Earth. Galadriel's hair is reflective of the light from the great trees of the first age. It was an honor for her to give them up as she in the past has been resistant to do so.
Viggo Mortensen: * Did all his own stunts. * Accidentally deflected a dagger with his sword. * Broke two toes kicking a helmet, kept on filming. * Got a tooth knocked loose, refused treatment, glued it back and kept filming. * Took care of his own sword, even slept with it. * Went on hikes in full costume to make it look realistically wearied. * Bought the horses he rode in the films because he bonded with them. * Was called "the best swordsman i've ever trained" by the swordsmaster who trained them. * Was 40-42 during filming, almost half as old as Aragorn (86-87).
mapple, i didn't know who you were before, but i love your honesty watching this master piece for the fist time, you've gain a subscriber from france, loved your insight on those characteres' arc from hobbits to golum to borhomir, proves that even a neophite will love and be touch by a good story, it was nice watching it again with you
That's cause he was. Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas and Gimli all had the makings of traditional "heroes"... Sam was a gardener. In other words, Sam is a real hero. I never liked superheroes much; they seemed a contradiction in terms. A hero is someone who is inadequate, but tries anyway. Someone so scared he's peeing himself, so exhausted he can't put one foot in front of the other, but he struggles on. Not some guy who never misses an arrow shot, or who's trained from birth to be sudden death with any edged weapon, or a short guy with 3 blonde hairs who delights in combat. And not some supernatural being who only _looks_ like an old man. Not putting them down; I love all of the members of the Fellowship. But Sam is the personification of my idea of "hero".
@@Hiraghm Superheroes really aren't a contradiction, not necessarily at least. Even superheroes can be afraid, and be as exhausted as you say, yet struggle on. Of course there are some that don't, and those are boring, but there are many that absolutely do, including the ones with superhuman abilities or superpowers of some sort. Some of these superheroes don't actually have any kind of superhuman abilities, they use their ingenuity and adapt to even the odds. There is also the matter of people with some kind of superhuman ability, like never missing a shot, existing in a world full of existential threats and insurmountable opposition, but they face them anyway. It really doesn't seem like you have any experience on the topic.
The final scene of them walking towards Mordor with Howard Shore's beautiful soundtrack always moves me to tears. So much hope and courage in the face of imminent adversity.
It's not entirely boromir's fault, the ring since weakness it has power over man. If boromir went into this with a closed mind the ring wouldn't seek him out
Why Gimli asked for Hair: Galadriel was one of the two most powerful of all the Noldor - equaled only by her cousin Feanor. As part Vanyar she was also notably golden haired - Gimli, as a Dwarf and a smith and therefore one who innately valued material beauty beyond anything else was struck by all of this and he wasn't the first. The light of Laurelin and Telperion falling on Galadriel's hair was what inspired Feanor to make the Silmarils in the first place. He actually begged her for a lock of hair just as Gimli would however many hundreds of thousands if not millions of years later. Galadriel turned Feanor down however. It's also significant that he receives three hairs. Thurs is the third rune of most runic alphabets. It's stave is made from the union of kenaz (fire) and Isa (ice) creating the thorn. One could also see the dwarves axe in this rune stave. The axe is also made from the union between the wooden handle the (elvish element) and the iron blade (dwarvish element) coming together to work in unison to defeat their common enemy in Sauron. The reconciliation of opposites to form a new element/union. Elves and Dwarves being adversarial in nature, this is an important point of character development. From hence forth you see kind of see a new side of Gimli and Legolas and their relationship as Legolas was shocked by Galadriel giving her hair, knowing the significance.
I understood what you said, but you should probably clarify all the deep lore words for the less informed lol. I doubt first time movie viewers even know what a Silmaril is, let alone the two trees and the significance of their light
Hey. Fëanor is Galadriel's (half-) uncle and he is far more powerful than Galadriel. Galadriel is wise and powerful, yes, but I think there are more than two powerful Noldor elf aside from the famous two. Elrond, Cirdan, Glorfindel, Ecthelion, Finrod, Earindel, etc. are also powerful.
Maple is amazing. I guess, for me, it's a kind of measure of a person how they react to these movies. I don't know her outside of these reactions, but I think it's safe to say she has a good heart. The empathy for these characters is what brings us to tears. Then as viewers, we are empathetic to Maple's tears, so we get the special treat of doubly crying. 😄😭
Thank you for your reaction. I was finally able to get my 28 year old daughter to watch this all the way through with me. She had always thought of it as just a long boring movie. But she watched it and said that she actually really liked it. And can't wait to watch the next 2. I'm just a proud papa right now.
I’ve watched a lot of these LOTR rtrilogy reactions and I’m glad to have found another channel I can follow and enjoy it with, once again. You’re reactions/emotions are so real and intuitiveness for foreshadowing and puzzle solving is spot on, even if you don’t know the answer right now. You don’t forget information that we’ve been handed and can easily recall scenes/dialogue to put current events together; it’s refreshing. There are some people that completely forget about quite prominent scenes and it can be frustrating lol.
Got any recommendations? Lol I’m incredibly lucky that I got maple’s reaction in my recommended but broadly I’m too nervous to look for lotr reactions for fear of people not taking it seriously
Yeah I think people expected Maple to be immediately a Stan like she's already seen it or grew up on the books. I think they forget you have to fall in love with the movies before you can be in love with the movie.
Amazing reaction, very genuine. One can see it really touched you. Also love the little Monty Python referencess. Can't wait for The Two Towers. Consider me subscribed
Thank you lady for this reaction! First you were that tough power girl and through out this film you became more and more emotional and at the end when boromir lost his life and the tears came i was like.. Yeah this lady needs a like and a new follower becuse that was so genuine!
I love her emotions just for the first movie. I've seen a lot of reactions where the people aren't super invested in the characters in the first one, but she is
We all need our Sam. Phenomenal reaction and you absorb plot and information so well. This is my favorite of the three movies and if it was the only one made it has most of my favorite moments. But you're still in for such a treat! Great, great reaction
It’s funny how in the books after they leave lothlorien, Gimli is practically obsessed with Galadriel and anyone who says anything slightly against her he’s just ready to throw down no matter what. I kind of wish they had a bit more of that in the movies, and his and Legolas friendship, and promising to explore together.
15:07 That's actually a very insightful note on Tolkien's writing. You can see that even better in his books: every character is immaculately fleshed out and well connected to the history of the entire world and quintessential on what it become. Small people in their daily lives determine the course of the future. Tolkien talked extensively of this decades before the concept of 'butterfly effect' was created.
In the 1970s, there was an infamous barroom sport called "Dwarf tossing" where people literally tossed little-people. "Nobody tosses a dwarf" I believe is a callback to that.
Forgive me for the giant Face Circle. I had to re edit this 21 times to get passed the content ID system from trying to block the video and this was the best way i could do it without running a graphic over the whole screen which was hideous. Same goes for the quiet and poor audio but LOTR's content ID system is a demon from hell.
The LOTR reaction community loves to watch along people that havent seen this masterpiece of a trilogy yet. Thanks for ur hard work!
LOTR’s content ID system _is_ a demon from hell:
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I figured that's what it was, you mean like a Balrog.
I'm sorry you had such trouble. Honestly, I'm just happy to see such a great and genuine reaction. So please do whatever you need to do. Don't worry about face circles or anything else. Whatever it takes, to get them uploaded, please do. TH-cam copyrights clearly haven't had second breakfast.
I thought it worked quite well. You could still see enough of the film to understand where you are in it, but can clearly see your (excellent) reaction.
i love how people complain about how long LOTR is then after watching the first movie they always say “that’s it?” 😂 it just proves how amazing the movies are
Sameeee
I remember watching the extended editions and saying the exact same thing 😂 I didn’t realize how long those movies were till I looked at the time cause I was so invested in the movie time seemed to be moving faster then usual
well,they are good adaptations of great novels.
It’s soooo true! Lol I anyways have to watch the extended edition now.
I remember coming out of a midnight screening on opening night and there were nine-year olds not only still wide awake at 3:30am but talking about how they wished it was longer. Anyone who thinks these movies are too long can stick it :)
Boromir's death gets me every damn time. He was flawed, but he redeemed himself, and his act made Aragorn decide to accept his destiny. Tears are warranted.
Boromir’s actions prior to redeem himself, there wasn’t any evil intent, rather the opposite. He knows Gondor is fighting and slowly losing, that was an act of a desperate man. Anyone would have done the same. You are right, his death was probably the reason why Aragorn decided to choose to do what he did and make things right.
He was flawed and that’s what made him relatable, he was the most human character of them all.
Boromir was so well played and one of the most realistic relatable characters in this fantastic journey. His actions just make sense.
How aragorn puts on the gauntlets/wristbands of boromir is also symbolic to him accepting his heritage and fate. And taking the responsibility of his bloodline. Ah, I just frickin love these movies. Watched it with my dudes as young teenagers in Cinema and it was one of the few times all the lads had sweaty eyes. it was wonderful. We don't talk about it..
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@@RoxxSerm Boromir also shows that he is a tough fighter, not giving up until he just couldn't stand... I always use these scenes as illustrative of high level characters in D&D battles...
@@RoxxSerm Sean beans a great actor that's y
The 3 Hairs of Galadriel has a great deal of lore behind, she had been begged throughout the First Age, by an Elf named Feanor (he created the Silmarils...3 gems of indescribable beauty and supremely important artifacts during the First Age) for a hair from her head. He asked her 3 times, and 3 times she denied him because she could see in his heart his true intentions (greed). When Gimli asked, she understood his request to be pure and instead of one, gave him 3.
That's why Legolas smiled, because he knew the lore.
Yes Gimli wanted to encase the hair in amber or something like that to keep as a heirloom to his house
In real life, there is symbolism in giving a lock of hair. In this instance, I believe it was meant as a non-romantic token of love and devotion.
A token to symbolize a peace between the mountain and the forest. It's character development for Gimli when he begins to put aside the dwarf/elf prejudice.
@@CJR-wv8kc This is, I think, the best part. It was said that in the hair of Galadriel shone the Light of the Two Trees. Gimli encasing it in a gemstone as an heirloom of his house is nigh akin to forging a new Silmaril. A pure and holy Silmaril, as opposed to the cursed stones of Feanor.
I just read that chapter in The Silmarillion. 🥰🥰
The fact that the first thing Boromir says to Aragorn is "They took the little ones" shows just where his heart was in the end. Great character.
It's where his heart ALWAYS was. people act like Boromir was some kind of villain.
I don't think people consider what it must feel like to have the survival of everyone in your entire society on your shoulders. To know that the armies of Sauron are coming and you can't stop them. And having your dad basically be like "I expect you to stop this. somehow."
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat Couldn’t agree more. Boromir is such an underrated character and was an incredible warrior on top of everything else. The fact that the orcs had to resort t archery to bring him down because all who came within melee range were slain by him speak volumes of his battle prowess.
@@mistermarkham101 The fact that he agreed to go on the mission at all despite disagreeing entirely with it's goals. He's the son of the Steward of Gondor, the strongest free race of people left in Middle Earth, and yet the Council refuses to let him take the most powerful weapon to his most powerful city. Instead they tell him they're giving it to a 4'1" halfling who's going to simply walk into Mordor with it. But he still agrees to help. He warned The Fellowship EXPLICITLY not to go into the Mines of Moria, to take the ring to Gondor, they refuse his advice and the decision literally kills the most powerful member of the party, the only person who knows what the full plan is. That's, I think, when he finally gives up on the Fellowship. That's his breaking point. And I'd say that's a perfectly reasonable breaking point.
"'Come, come, my friend!' said Boromir in a softer voice. 'Why not get rid of it? Why not be free of it? Let me help you! You fool, why do you cry? Fear nothing! There is still hope. The enemy has yet to come. But you would not listen. Just give it to me!'"
Boromir’s sacrifice is so important. Throughout the entire film, Aragorn had been denying his calling and his birthright. “I would not lead the ring within a hundred leagues of YOUR city.” And after seeing Boromir sacrifice himself, he changes his tune to “I will not let the white city fall. Nor OUR people fail.” And then you can see, Boromir is surprised, repeating “Our people” twice, since he realized Aragorn finally acknowledged who he is and who he HAS to be. And THAT is why, as he lay dying, he finally acknowledged him as rightful king of Gondor, instead of quipping like he did back at the council of Elrond. “Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.” Boromir is my favorite character in the LOTR, and I love seeing people react to him. He’s one of the most human characters in this series.
EDIT: Aragorn even takes Boromir’s Vambraces at the end to honor him.
Literally one of the most human lol him and a certain king of Rohan have some of the best arcs
YES! Boromir is the beginning of the reconciliation of the people of Gondor with the lineage of the true king. It's the beginning of the transition from the era of stewards who sit around contemplating their navels and captains who praise old glories, to the realization they need the return of an actual king.
Way back when Boromir played around with the shards of Narsil, he treated it like a toy. A token to admire, but not something to revere or take seriously because to him the time of kings was long past and just the stuff of legend.
But then Boromir cut himself on the sword shard. That was his first reminder that the lineage of kings is real--which he promptly rejects because he just can't process it yet. For him to be the first person of Gondor to openly acknowledge Aragorn as *king* is one of the many things I love about this interpretation of Boromir.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
I think Boromir is the best character, because of the metaphor for Humanity, which Tolkien was quite obviously trying to explore. Sure we can fantasize about becoming perfect as an Elf or Hobbit, but it can never be more than fantasy, we are fallible and flawed. Boromir's character arc shows us that even though we are weak and prone to moral failures, there are also times we can rise above through sacrifice and redemption.
@@erickknutz5599 Yep, I'd also add he has been constantly exposed to the very real threat of Mordor, as well as bearing the burden his father places on him to save Gondor and still caring for Faramir. I wouldn't say he was weak, rather it speaks to his strength that despite initially disagreeing with the council, he still decided to join the fellowship and did the best he could. In the snow, he's one to care about the hobbits, he trains Merry and Pippin a bit, he gives Frodo very sound advice in Lothlorien. In the end he succumbed but also recognised his error and tried to correct it, thats not something most would do in the case of the ring.
I also think its possible the closer the fellowship gets to Mordor, the more tempting/stronger the ring gets. Boromir was the easiest for the ring to exploit, since he probably had the most baggage. But had the remaining 7 members stayed together closer to Mordor, who knows what the temptation of the ring could do.
ah yes, the magic of Lord of the Rings. Making you cry over a character that you didn't like for most of his screentime
That's what defines great literature, dynamic characters. That's what Tolkien mastered somehow with characters who are meant to be archetypes.
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
"my brother, my captain... my king" is the greatest death scene ever & Sean Bean got fucking robbed out of an Oscar for this film. That is all.
Nah
@@puzzled_pelican3626 yeah
@@puzzled_pelican3626 yeah. LOTRs is notoriously good/evil but Boromir is one the more complex characters and Sean Bean knocks it out of the park. He gives every scene he's in a grounding that few of the cast matches in all 3 films.
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
An Oscar for a dying scene? It’s good writing, and fairly good acting in that particular part of the movie, but the rest of the acting he did in this movie is very average in comparison to many talented actors out there.
Aw your tears were so genuine. The death of Boromir is so heartbreaking and all around it. I cry every time even though I have watch this movie countless times.
One aspect of LOTR is how it depicts masculinity: bravery, strength, valor yet also intimacy and love. It strikes a very nice balance of humanity.
Tolkien did a great job depicting masculinity and femininity, so much so that he was actually criticised as being a feminist for his depiction of Eowyn and her slaying of the witch king. You see Eowyn be a faithful care giver to her uncle, a fierce warrior, but also loving and emphatic with how she treats and looks after Merry,
From motherly, to caring and empathetic to bad ass warrior to a maiden in love when she meets Faramir.
@@MasterIceyy To be fair, it is pretty cringe. I am so sick of girl bosses. The whole entire world is so sick of girl bosses.
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thats just you. cry about it.
@@hughjanos3992 Is that why The Marvels movie did so well?
I get so emotional watching boromirs death every damn time. 3 arrows in him and the first thing the fucking guy says is they took the little ones. God damn legend
Three crossbow bolts. Those aren't arrows. Lurts is just so jacked he shoots with a crossbow lathe (the bendy part). So one crossbow bolt is enough to kill even the strongest man, but taking two and to be able to keep fighting... just shows you how strong Boromir was. I respect and understand his character the most.
@@lovlegacy7005 No, Lurtz is using a bow and shooting arrows. Specifically its a 300 pound recurve bow with blades on the ends. The arrows are 2 feet long. All of this is from the official movie companion books and also mentioned in the 4k audio commentary.
@@DJLtravelvids that's still fucking heavy for a bow of any kind
@@fangsabre absolutely. He's a big strong super orc and that bow fires 2 foot arrows. No regular human could use it like he does.
He can't stop being a big brother even at the end.
It always makes me laugh, when reactors first start this movie it is all wise cracks and too cool for the movie.
But as soon as Gandalf says "Fly you fools" and Boromir has his heroic fight that shell cracks wide open and the tears are flowing ⛲💦⛲ 😂😂
Exactly!!!
Unless you're Holden Hardman's fiance who trashes the first movie...
@@Khay-77 She hardly thrashed it, it's just not her kind of movie, come on now
@@n4l9bx She gave the movie a 6, complained it was too slow and not enough interesting things happened. Constantly compared it to Harry Potter while Holden constantly made jokes. It's the worst reaction to Fellowship I've seen.
@@Khay-77 6/10 is counted as trash now? And it IS a slow movie. You don't have to like it and you don't have to put someone else down on another video
Boromir’s conversation with Aragorn before he dies always tears me up, and I’ve seen this movie like 30 times now.
During Boromi's death scene, you can hear a choir in the soundtrack. The choir isn't singing random vowels, they're actually singing in Elvish. The english translation of the lyrics? It's a line from the books: "I do not love the sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only what they defend," For bonus hurt points- In the books, those lines were said by his little brother Faramir.
I always cry when Boromir dies. "I would have followed you my brother, my captain, my king" was such a heartfelt moment. He said it to Aragorn with so much pride. 😭 The fact that he died like a badass is perfect!
Im not afraid to say it. This, is how all LOTR reaction should be. I hate when people kidding while they watch it and don't pay attention how beautiful is each every moment of this masterpiece. You guys just won yourselfs a subscriber, and I hope you guys gonna carry on with these movies. PS sorry for my english :)))
Your English is terrific. Don't stress.
Agreed! I just watched a reaction like that. So disappointing. I guess there is a lot to unpack in this story. Maybe too much for some people. Really enjoyed this reaction though ☺️
There really is something poetic and magical about this trilogy, and I don’t even believe in magic :)
@@petemiller2920 I couldn't say any better :)
@@Diegesis really? i thought his english was fine, how's mine then?
Seeing that Sam is literally a pure of heart ride or die in the first movie is amazing. You will not be disappointed in the coming 2 movies.
And if all those people would just pick one other person and decide to be their Sam, the world would be a better place.
55 years ago when I was 10 years old, I was reading the Fellowship of the Ring and Gandalf’s battle with the Balrog made a huge impression on me. I thought the movie’s depiction of the battle was incredible from the first time you see the Balrog until Gandalf utters “fly you fools”.You will need to read the book to see all of the stuff that was lifted out of the movie but I believe they did a good job.
They wanted to do justice to Tolkien and his legacy. I think he would be proud of their efforts.
@@Jekyll_Island_Creatures a series would have fit more in I think. Personally I would have loved an episode with the Barrow wights.
What I don't get is that it doesn't sound like he says "Fly, you fools."
I always thought it sounded like he said "Drop me, you fools." Which doesn't make a lot of sense either, considering they didn't have a hold of him.
Funny enough, the Elves only blink when they're surprised, which is rare given their respective ages. Since Elves are in harmony with nature, the wind doesn't dry their eyes, and their step is light enough to pass over snow without sinking into it.
Legolas blinks twice when he sees a horse from Valinor, and once when a war elephant charges him. He only shows fear when he learns the monster in Moria is a Balrog.
He did have a little meltdown during the preparations to defend Helm's Deep. It made me remember that he is actually a pretty young Elf.
I do like that they showed Legolas stepping lightly over the snow while the rest of the Fellowship is wading through snow in the Caradhras scene.
Ayyye! A Balrog! A balrog has come!
I also like to think he's very surprised and confused in the scene where him and Gimli join Aragorn and witness Boromir's death. Gimli has seen many a companion in arms die, and so he stays away and allows himself and Aragorn some space to digest. He's been through this before, and knows how to best process it for himself.
Legolas is so young, and has never seen death before. It's such a foreign concept to him, something he *knows* exists, but not something he ever thought he'd be confronted to likely for centuries and centuries. His people haven't been at war since before his birth, and so he has never lost someone, even someone he wasn't close to.
@@Loweene_Ancalimon while Legolas isn't old by Elf standards, he certainly isn't young either. While Tolkien never did say when he was born, the filmmakers estimated he was over 2900 years old, while in the book there are some hints that he may be older than Elrond (whom is over 5000) as well. It depends on the interpretation, and when he and his father took up residence in Mirkwood, as he and his father are Grey Elves, and not one the local Green Elves.
What I love about the scene between Galdriel and Frodo is when she says "You offer it to me freely?" like it's just unbelievable that he has no desire to keep it purely for himself or to let go of it without reward. It's also the paradigm of this mighty, glowing elven Queen juxtaposed to this tiny insignificant hobbit and how this tiny creature can oppose and be rid of this ring of power, where as Galadriel is drawn to it in some way. I think it's this paradigm that makes her also able to relinquish its temptation and provides hope for her that if Frodo can resist it, so too can she and in turn hopefully one day maybe Middle Earth would be rid of the ring altogether.
You have to remember she always desired to be a queen of a great empire. She dreamed of conquest and an empire of all middle earth. That she so willingly walked away from a dream she had nursed for 8K years is amazing. Another thing to remember is that she personally knew Sauron, had walked with him and talked with him. She is the only one alive in the movie that had personal knowledge of what and who Sauron was.
@@VadulTharys What about Elrond? Gandalf did, of course... and Sarumon is still alive, he must have known.
Galadriel was also a ring-bearer.
There's also more to it as to why she was tempted to take the ring from Frodo. She's the keeper of Nenya, one of the three elven rings of power, which were hidden from Sauron before he could touch them, so he hasn't been able to corrupt them. And Nenya's power sustains Lothlorien, her home, and that of all her people. It's power keeps them hidden and protected from Sauron (along with the Legends of the scary elf witch who lives in the woods). For now, they're as safe as they've ever been. But when she tells Frodo that "Your coming to us is as the footsteps of doom," what she means is, regardless of the outcome of Frodo's quest, she and her people in Lothlorien are screwed. If Frodo fails and the master ring falls into Sauron's hands, then he can use it to find the three elven rings, including Nenya, and take control of them. But if he succeeds and destroys the ring, then the remaining rings that are connected to it, including Nenya, will lose their power, and thus, Lothlorien will fade away along with all the magic protecting it. Either way, it's over. But Frodo offering her the ring was presenting her with a third option. If she took the master ring for her own, on top of Nenya, she just might have the power to not only keep Lothlorien safe, but also possibly even defeat Sauron. Problem is, even if she manages all that, yes, she'd save her home, but she'd lose herself. Maybe she'd defeat Sauron, but she would ultimately become something just as bad, if not worse than him. It would, in the end, change nothing for the better, which is why she resists, choosing ultimate good over what's best for her and hers.
So like.. I actually love the face circle; it adds so much more to the emotion.
My wife and I just finished rewatching these (and she decided she was down for another one right after 🤣) and yet watching you experience it for the first time made me tear up with you.
I follow quite a few reactors, and I love all of them for different reasons, and I'll say you have shown the deepest emotional responses I've seen yet.
I really appreciate you sharing your experience with us, especially despite the trouble you had posting. Just know you're reaching a lot of people!
I love Boromir's character arc. When we first meet him in Rivendell, he's scornful, even outright dismissive, of Aragorn: "Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king!" By the time we reach Lothlórien, we can see a deeper aspect of his character in his conversation about his father and his failing rule, and how desperately Boromir wishes to put things right and protect his people, and he sees Aragorn as someone who might do that. But later on at the river night camp, he accuses Aragorn of rejecting his heritage and his people, _their_ people. When he succumbs to the temptation of the Ring, it's because it preyed on his desperation and desire to protect the folk of Gondor, his people. Finally, we see his redemption, acceptance, and ultimate acknowledgment of Aragorn as the rightful King of Gondor as he lays dying.
Sean Bean does such a great job with this character.
Boromir and Bean got done over with the script. In the books Boromirs struggle is much more fleshed out. Obviously time is the driving factor but it's a shame since most people see him as the character from the introduction as a choice when he's really pushed there from decades of fighting an endless battle
Boromir isn't projecting, exactly. The Ring is manipulating him - it wants him to actually believe that in taking it he would become powerful enough to defeat The Dark Lord. But the will of men is weaker than they suppose (remember that the Nazgul were once Kings of Men who fell under the influence of Rings' malevolent power) and The Ring knows that if Boromir were to take it as his own, HE would inevitably be corrupted and would unwittingly facilitate the return of The Ring to Sauron's hand.
He was corrupted in it's mere presence. If he had actually touched the ring it would have taken him instantly.
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
"Frodo cannot do it by himself."
That's why he has my man Sam.
Sam's literally my favorite in the trilogy.
No Sam, no point to the whole story...
One reactor said we all need a Sam. Another reactor said we should all BE a Sam.
@@ca9968 Exactly
Frodo Carry the Ring, Sam carry Frodo
Sam, Merry, Eowyn, Gandalf... Is there such a thing as a favourite when all the characters are awesome?
finally, someone showing how damn sad boromir's death truly was
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
As much as I love these movies, I wish they'd done more to illustrate the enormous burden on Boromir's shoulders: the idea that the fate of his people rested on bringing the Ring to his father in order to save Gondor, plus all the losses his people have taken from being on the frontlines against Mordor. They did better with the extended editions.
I agree but if we're honest the films are already very long and it's extremely difficult balance everything
There is so much backstory left out but it's understandable. Like the gold locks of hair to gimli from galadriel, there's so much more significance to that but to explain would be long.
@@Witchunter0090 isn't the backstory of Feanor/Galadriel in "the unfinished stories" and not Silmarillion itself? So I don't know if the backstory you're talking about is really canon. Unless we are thinking of different things.
@@RoxxSerm true, but I always found time of the trees and feanor/galadriel story canon myself.
@@Witchunter0090 the trees were mentioned in the RotK appendices, I believe. Also, don't sweat what's canon or not. Everything after RotK is in a grey area, because Tolkien was constantly revising and altering his ideas. The Silmarillion was published by his son, and is just a cohesive chronology of "versions" of his father's ideas. But there are also notes later in Tolkien's life showing "updated" ideas that contradict some things. It's kind of like in actual mythology, where old tales change and become fuzzy over time, but the broad ideas are the same.
Boromir has possibly the quickest redemption arc of any character, great writing from Tolkien and Peter Jackson
LOTR is one of those things I watch at least once a year. So powerful, so many good messages.
Fr, I rewatch the trilogy at least three times a year
@@ivangarnica5811 my recommendations from TH-cam are either reactions to or clips from lotr 😂
@@georgechapman9688😂😂😂😂😂😂😊
14:05 there is a deep story behind that scene;
Fëanor was a high king of elves, greatest Elf who ever lived, who created the Silmarils: three beautiful and magical jewels from the light of the Two Trees of Valinor.(Undying Lands) Even the Valar (Godly beings) doesn't understand how he made them.
the inspiration for the Silmarils came to Feanor from the sight of Galadriel’s shining, silver-gold hair.
He begged her three times for a *single* strand of her beautiful hair. and every time, Galadriel refused him. she knew that Feanor was filled with nothing but fire and greed.
and then when the fellowship left the Lorien, she gave him three!!! :))
Great reaction, that's how so many of us felt the first time. Boromir's redemption at the end definitely hits you right in the feels.
Boromir isn’t evil at all. The books show his backstory :). He is just under insane pressure because his people have fought for so long against the Orks because they border Mordor against all odds and now the city and kingdom is about to fall and his family is supposed to defend it so he is extremely distressed and under pressure and the ring can use it to corrupt his mind.
Gimli: "I asked for a single strand from her golden head. She gave me three"
Logolas: "Nice"
Gimli: "Celeborn on the other hand, gave me two black eyes and a broken nose"
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
This was a heartfelt reaction to watch, after recently having seen someone crack jokes throughout the entire film.
I think some people have a hard time with vulnerability and so their reactions suffer. I have certainly gotten annoyed watching people be glib about movies that make me emotional
Same here. I wonder if we watched the same one.
Boromir is my favorite character and Sean Bean's portrayal of him is a masterclass.
Okay, wow. Thank you SO much for getting emotional during this movie. I've seen a lot of other reactions and I was really beginning to think that no one had any empathy anymore (especially with recent events added on top of it). So many times I'd watch a reaction to these movies and at points like when Gandalf died they'd just go "Aww, bro, that sucks." and move on. 20 years ago (yikes) when I saw this in theaters I was crying my eyes out. My heart was so broken for these characters. So glad to see there are others out there with some heart. That alone may've very well made this my favorite LOTR reaction and I can't wait to see the others!
*Galadriel gives Gimli 3 hairs*
Fëanor's spirit in the Halls of Mandos: "A dwarf?! You have got to be shitting me!"
As far as the bridge of Kazad-Dum not having handrails...that trope drives me nuts in things like Star Wars where it makes no sense, but here, it's actually a defensive feature of the city. The long, narrow bridge over the massive chasm is meant to force any invading armies into a bottleneck and make them more easy to pick off with bows from behind cover, plus they have to move slow or risk falling, whereas the dwarves are 1-used to it, and 2-have a very low center of gravity that helps them stay balanced.
that was so touching when boromir died, ive actually never really been upset enough to cry at that scene but your reaction was so genuine and touching it brought tears to my eyes. haha, that was so precious.
i have no idea why i watched this but i dont regret it, its so good to see someone feel what we all felt 20 years ago and relive those emotional moments. ok then, two towers awaits me....
I've been waiting three reactions for this ending... and it sure paid off.
The thing about the three hairs with Gimli: Galadriel is super old, and one of her kin was a great king of Elves who also asked her for three hairs for one of his projects to craft. But she knew he wasn't a very good person and she refused him. Giving Gimli her hairs is a way of saying that she's seen his heart and believes him to be pure.
a little detail i always liked is that after boromirs death, aragorn starts wearing boromirs arm patches. you actually see him putting them on right after frodo and sam leave
One who cries for Boromir will always deserve a huge like👍
Also as brutal as it is, Boromir’s death was the one thing that made Aragorn to decide becoming King and lead his people from darkness.
Fun fact: you can see how much Aragorn honors Boromir. As in the scene when Legolas tries to follow Frodo and sam, Aragorn puts on and carries Boromirs arm protection the entire movies😭
This movie gets ya in scenes that you aren't expecting. When I first watched this in theaters, at the part where Frodo was standing at the shore Ring in hand and crying, I just lost it.
The significance of Gimili's gift from Galadriel is completely lost in the films, though Legolas' smile hints at it. To find that story you would have to read Tolkien's other stories. It is significant enough to heal the rift between the dwarves and the elves.
I kinda like to think that somewhere in the world, to this day, those three hairs are still in the crystal container that Gimli made for them. Talk about a priceless heirloom!
Feanors denied request isn't in the Silmarillion but in the unfinished stories I think I remember. So, is it really canon? I mean I like to believe so but I'm not sure.
@@RoxxSerm Neither Silmarillion nor Unfinished Tales are technically canon, but you can absolutely think of them as such without it being controversial.
Not sure it makes for a great conciliatory gift, as the dwarves always got on fairly well with the Noldor. If Celeborn had given Gilmli a gift, now that would have been something.
I just noticed because of her commentary that the fellowship sees at least one great monument from each race, first Rivendell, then the halls of Moria, then the Argonath. I think it brought them closer together to admire the works of each other’s race, especially Gimli.
The scenery and battles are epic in this trilogy. Most of the movie was shot in New Zealand
"I need my Sam"
-Every LoTR reaction videos ever.
Watching you getting filled up with emotions hit me hard on so many levels.... I can see that you are kind, sweet, loving and good person. Keep up the good work ❤️
"That man don't miss." He also never runs out of arrows.
He runs out of arrows once per trilogy.
@@jeremyfrost2636 I've thought of quipping that he has a quiver-of-infinite-arrows, but I'm sure someone would have taken that seriously, D&D-wise or Harry Potter-wise.
@@BobBlumenfeld D&D took a lot of inspiration from LOTR. It even has Hobbits. 🤷♂️
@@jeremyfrost2636 I'm not surprised. I suspect Gary Gygax grew up on Tolkien.
These are the most content-filled LOTR reactions ive seen, keep with this structure, I cant wait for you to finish the third - please prioritise this journey is really good
That's what i was going for but Warner really hates how much content i put in. I'm currently theory crafting ways to get through the content ID. it might be ugly but at least i won't have to chop the whole movie into a half an hour
Thank you. I was feeling really, really down today but watching this movie together with your genuine first time reaction lifted me up. These movies are my childhood and I associate many good memories with them. Thank you.
Throughout these three parts, I keep thinking that tag on your hat is a wayward elfin ear, and it’s totally cracking me up. 😂😂😂
I am REALLY enjoying your format for reacting to this movie series, in particular. This epic tale has a LOT to take in which can just overwhelm someone who is unacquainted with it, at least from one single viewing. I think it's brilliant and effective, having one person as our focus while allowing you to watch along with someone else physically in the room/lean on them for basic info. I have watched many reactions to the LotR series and this is the most enjoyable. Love this format. Thanks! :)
Worth the wait, great job editing and reactions! Gandalf was easily my favorite character in the trilogy, when he fell I was devastated.
Thank you so much for these reactions! These movies and the entire legendarium have changed my life for the better, and I truly enjoy watching people experience it for the first time. Brings back happy tears to me as well!
Legitimately excellent editing, must have taken you forever! Really appreciating the hard work, even more with all of the re-editing. This was a really good reaction, cannot wait for the next parts! Have a good one
Having watched the extended trilogy more than 10 times myself, the feels truck never fails to hit me each time. Eagerly awaiting your reactions to The Two Towers
so nice to see someone else get as emotional as I do for Boromir's death. Its in my top 5 moments for sure. Loved your reaction to the fellowship! cant wait to see the other reactions for the rest of the trilogy.
Frame shattered... BRILLIANT. Loved it. As for the three hairs... It goes back to the backstory between elves and dwarfs. Apparently, 1 hair is a sign of acceptance, friendship, trust.... something like that. THREE hairs goes well beyond trust. It is the highest honor she has ever given any dwarf.
God your crying punched me in the feels and made me cry and I have seen this movie so many times. Loved the reaction!!
Aragon is the epitome of man. He is strong and courageous. He protects and loves. He sings and cries. He cares about his family, his friends and, his people. He never wants for power, but is always strong for those he cares about, and that which is important. The ultimate chad.
What a beautiful and emotional reaction! Loved it!
This is the most beautiful movie ever I saw in my life. So much to say about this movie and can talk like hours about each character and scene.
Lady's reaction was so tense and real. I really enjoyed every single moment.
Most of the filming locations in the South Island that I am familiar with are in the next movie but there are a couple of scenes at the end of "Fellowship" that I recognise from real life. The "Argonath" statues are on the Shotover River home to world famous jetboat tours. They hug the edges of the canyon walls with a few centimeters of water beneath the hull. In the olden days of the 1980s tourists kept drowning so now the jetboats are restricted to a sedate 90km/h. It's still absolutely awesome. The other place I've been is the walking tracks in the bush outside Glenorchy, where the "breaking of the Fellowship" scenes were filmed. Damn, it's 17 years since I left New Zealand. It's still the best place I've ever been.
The Argonath scene was filmed on the Kawarau River - also near Queenstown and there are jet boat tours you can do there, but it's not the location of the more famous Shotover Jet.
@@danielm4696 My bad, my memory is obviously not reliable. In my head I associate the Kawarau valley with Bungee jumping and white water rafting.
14:11 was a very obscure reference from the past that had to do with the origin to Elf dwarf hate. When an elf lord wanted to create a pendant of the Silmarils ( gems of holy light) the elf commissioned the dwarves to create it with the Silmarils in it. The end product was so beautiful that in payment for making tue pendant, they wanted it for themselves and when the elf lord protested, the dwarves killed the elf. Sines then Elves and dwarves hated each other eternally. As a show of good faith, when Gimli asked for a lock of her hair smitten by he beauty, she instead desired to give him 3 almost as an act of friendship from an elf to a dwarf.
Now imagine waiting a year for the next movie. We all had to live that in real life.
It wasn't until this moment that I really understand what happened on the bridge. Gandalf was climbing back up and could have saved himself, but as he told Frodo about the ring, "Evil from outside of the fellowship will be drawn to it." A Balrog with the ring would be absolutely unstoppable, maybe even to Sauron and since they woke it up, it surely sensed the ring. Gandalf let himself fall so he could kill the Balrog and prevent it from following after the fellowship. I've watched this trilogy so many times and never got that until now.
The super interesting thing (lore wise) about Galadriel giving Gimli three hairs is that waaaaaaay back in the day a super powerful elf, Feanor, that was a better craftsman than Sauron, and Sauron created all the rings of power soooo yeah super powerful elf, wanted to use just one hair from Galadriel to create something that resembled the two trees of Valinor because they were divine beings basically. Her hair was described to have absorbed the light from these trees and their beauty so elves being immortal all about nature and wanted to preserve it but she denied him 3 times but gave gimli 3 for good faith and cause well he didn’t want power out of it, surprising everyone.
Basically, she looked into his soul and deemed it perfectly pure.
"Gandalf when I said do something I didn't mean die" haha that was perfect
The reason places like Rivendell and Lothorien are so beautiful is the same reason that the elves accepted rings of power:
Elves are the favoured creation of Eru iluvatar, the creator god of this universe. They’re pretty much made of nature and connected to the world. The power of creation slowly left the world, which made the elves weary and slowly die. (The downside of an immortal life, they can literally lose the will to live) In a past age Sauron disguised himself as an emissary of the gods and instructed the elves in the crafting of magical rings, promising that they would allow them to maintain their magical kingdoms and ward off weariness. The three elven rings were made without Saurons knowledge and sent into hiding, so were uncorrupted since he never got his hands on them. These rings belong to Elrond (Rivendell), Galadriel (Lothlorien), and Gandalf (who was given the ring by its previous bearer)
It does seem strange with modern times to ask for someone's hair but there is lore about that in Middle Earth. Galadriel's hair is reflective of the light from the great trees of the first age. It was an honor for her to give them up as she in the past has been resistant to do so.
Viggo Mortensen:
* Did all his own stunts.
* Accidentally deflected a dagger with his sword.
* Broke two toes kicking a helmet, kept on filming.
* Got a tooth knocked loose, refused treatment, glued it back and kept filming.
* Took care of his own sword, even slept with it.
* Went on hikes in full costume to make it look realistically wearied.
* Bought the horses he rode in the films because he bonded with them.
* Was called "the best swordsman i've ever trained" by the swordsmaster who trained them.
* Was 40-42 during filming, almost half as old as Aragorn (86-87).
I love watching your reactions. Genuine. Sincere. Heartfelt. Honest. Just great!
Thanks for all your time and effort.
I love watching people fall in love with the Lord of the Rings
mapple, i didn't know who you were before, but i love your honesty watching this master piece for the fist time, you've gain a subscriber from france, loved your insight on those characteres' arc from hobbits to golum to borhomir, proves that even a neophite will love and be touch by a good story, it was nice watching it again with you
Tolkien himself said that Sam was the real hero of the stories.
Everyone needs a Sam, Everyone needs to be a Sam.
@@ronweber1402 and we all need Sean Astin to be our Sam.
That's cause he was. Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas and Gimli all had the makings of traditional "heroes"... Sam was a gardener.
In other words, Sam is a real hero.
I never liked superheroes much; they seemed a contradiction in terms. A hero is someone who is inadequate, but tries anyway. Someone so scared he's peeing himself, so exhausted he can't put one foot in front of the other, but he struggles on. Not some guy who never misses an arrow shot, or who's trained from birth to be sudden death with any edged weapon, or a short guy with 3 blonde hairs who delights in combat. And not some supernatural being who only _looks_ like an old man.
Not putting them down; I love all of the members of the Fellowship. But Sam is the personification of my idea of "hero".
@@Hiraghm and because of all that, Sean Asten had the best part of all of them
@@Hiraghm Superheroes really aren't a contradiction, not necessarily at least. Even superheroes can be afraid, and be as exhausted as you say, yet struggle on.
Of course there are some that don't, and those are boring, but there are many that absolutely do, including the ones with superhuman abilities or superpowers of some sort. Some of these superheroes don't actually have any kind of superhuman abilities, they use their ingenuity and adapt to even the odds.
There is also the matter of people with some kind of superhuman ability, like never missing a shot, existing in a world full of existential threats and insurmountable opposition, but they face them anyway.
It really doesn't seem like you have any experience on the topic.
The final scene of them walking towards Mordor with Howard Shore's beautiful soundtrack always moves me to tears. So much hope and courage in the face of imminent adversity.
It's not entirely boromir's fault, the ring since weakness it has power over man. If boromir went into this with a closed mind the ring wouldn't seek him out
Man, I love your sincere reactions! These films were made for people like you!
Why Gimli asked for Hair:
Galadriel was one of the two most powerful of all the Noldor - equaled only by her cousin Feanor. As part Vanyar she was also notably golden haired - Gimli, as a Dwarf and a smith and therefore one who innately valued material beauty beyond anything else was struck by all of this and he wasn't the first.
The light of Laurelin and Telperion falling on Galadriel's hair was what inspired Feanor to make the Silmarils in the first place. He actually begged her for a lock of hair just as Gimli would however many hundreds of thousands if not millions of years later. Galadriel turned Feanor down however.
It's also significant that he receives three hairs. Thurs is the third rune of most runic alphabets. It's stave is made from the union of kenaz (fire) and Isa (ice) creating the thorn. One could also see the dwarves axe in this rune stave. The axe is also made from the union between the wooden handle the (elvish element) and the iron blade (dwarvish element) coming together to work in unison to defeat their common enemy in Sauron. The reconciliation of opposites to form a new element/union. Elves and Dwarves being adversarial in nature, this is an important point of character development. From hence forth you see kind of see a new side of Gimli and Legolas and their relationship as Legolas was shocked by Galadriel giving her hair, knowing the significance.
I understood what you said, but you should probably clarify all the deep lore words for the less informed lol. I doubt first time movie viewers even know what a Silmaril is, let alone the two trees and the significance of their light
Hey. Fëanor is Galadriel's (half-) uncle and he is far more powerful than Galadriel. Galadriel is wise and powerful, yes, but I think there are more than two powerful Noldor elf aside from the famous two.
Elrond, Cirdan, Glorfindel, Ecthelion, Finrod, Earindel, etc. are also powerful.
Love to see that there are some people left on this damn planet with emotions intact. Bless you, from Sweden!
Our science teacher read us the Hobbit in class in the 60's. Read the other books in the early 70's. They did a good job on the movies, too.
This is by far the manliest movie in which all of the men weep openly
Maple is amazing. I guess, for me, it's a kind of measure of a person how they react to these movies. I don't know her outside of these reactions, but I think it's safe to say she has a good heart. The empathy for these characters is what brings us to tears. Then as viewers, we are empathetic to Maple's tears, so we get the special treat of doubly crying. 😄😭
Thank you for your reaction. I was finally able to get my 28 year old daughter to watch this all the way through with me. She had always thought of it as just a long boring movie. But she watched it and said that she actually really liked it. And can't wait to watch the next 2. I'm just a proud papa right now.
I’ve watched a lot of these LOTR rtrilogy reactions and I’m glad to have found another channel I can follow and enjoy it with, once again. You’re reactions/emotions are so real and intuitiveness for foreshadowing and puzzle solving is spot on, even if you don’t know the answer right now. You don’t forget information that we’ve been handed and can easily recall scenes/dialogue to put current events together; it’s refreshing. There are some people that completely forget about quite prominent scenes and it can be frustrating lol.
Got any recommendations? Lol I’m incredibly lucky that I got maple’s reaction in my recommended but broadly I’m too nervous to look for lotr reactions for fear of people not taking it seriously
I have seen the Boromir scene over 10 times, and it still makes me cry!
From being skeptical about the film at first, to being fully vested, is great to see.🧝🏽♀️ and it just gets better.
Yeah I think people expected Maple to be immediately a Stan like she's already seen it or grew up on the books. I think they forget you have to fall in love with the movies before you can be in love with the movie.
Amazing reaction, very genuine. One can see it really touched you. Also love the little Monty Python referencess. Can't wait for The Two Towers. Consider me subscribed
Thank you lady for this reaction! First you were that tough power girl and through out this film you became more and more emotional and at the end when boromir lost his life and the tears came i was like..
Yeah this lady needs a like and a new follower becuse that was so genuine!
I love her emotions just for the first movie. I've seen a lot of reactions where the people aren't super invested in the characters in the first one, but she is
people were giving us guff that she wasn't super invested in the first 30 minutes. I was like geez, give the movie a chance to win her over.
We all need our Sam.
Phenomenal reaction and you absorb plot and information so well. This is my favorite of the three movies and if it was the only one made it has most of my favorite moments. But you're still in for such a treat! Great, great reaction
It’s funny how in the books after they leave lothlorien, Gimli is practically obsessed with Galadriel and anyone who says anything slightly against her he’s just ready to throw down no matter what. I kind of wish they had a bit more of that in the movies, and his and Legolas friendship, and promising to explore together.
15:07 That's actually a very insightful note on Tolkien's writing. You can see that even better in his books: every character is immaculately fleshed out and well connected to the history of the entire world and quintessential on what it become. Small people in their daily lives determine the course of the future. Tolkien talked extensively of this decades before the concept of 'butterfly effect' was created.
I loved your reaction. So true, honest, commentaries on point, well edited. Im eager for your reaction to the other movies. =D
That was a really emotional reaction, I loved it :) Subscribed!
2:20 - "Nobody tosses a Dwarf."
Remember that.
In the 1970s, there was an infamous barroom sport called "Dwarf tossing" where people literally tossed little-people. "Nobody tosses a dwarf" I believe is a callback to that.
I love that throughout this, Boromir takes care of the two Little ones. He helped them in the snow, taught them to fight, and died protecting them.
Gandalf didn't fall off that broken bridge....A Wizard is never late nor is he early, he picks a fight precisely when he means to.
P.S. The actor accidentally let the blade go at Aragorn and he literally had to deflect it with his sword. That was real 21:40 👀