Oh it's not like he's an IMMORTAL DEMIGOD! Who single handedly orchestrated the downfall of Sauron over thousands of years or anything..... The only reason anyone else is involved in the Fellowship is because he made it happen. Wow forget this video and head on over to 'In Deep Geek' for some real LOTR content.
*title:* Things Even Die-Hard Fans Missed proceeds to mention the most well known behind the scenes facts and say that Gandalf is not a central character.
"Gandalf is not a essential character in the movie"... with that statement, you negated any credibility to anything you say about the movie or books... Gandalf is the reason the story exists... if he hadn't told Bilbo to go on the quest to Erebor with the dwarves, Bilbo wouldn't have found the ring...
If Smaug never sacked Erebor then none of it would have ever happened, no Gandolf going to Bilbos, no adventure for Bilbo and definitely no ring. Or I could say if the dwarves weren't so greedy hoarding all that gold to attract the dragon in the first place none of it would have taken place. (Just saying)
I don't know... as far as story devices go, instead of the sacking of Erebor, some other reason for a quest could have been made up by Tolkien without really changing anything about the basic premise of the story. But take Gandalf out of it, and... well... what would be left of it?
Well, it is a chain of chronological events that did happen and its fair to say there are a lot of links on that chain to work with and change about but all those links are important they keep the chain as one so Gandalf in one way or another is still important unless we want to go an eagle wasn't flying in that direction that day levels of cherry picken . (just saying)
"Gandalf is not a central character in the Lord of the Rings" Sorry what? He's literally the character that both initiated the entire story with Bilbo and who drives the war for middle earth side of the story forward by being guidance for Aragorn, Legoland, Gimli, Merry and Pippin forward. I swear there must be somebody who is actually interested in at least the film's who you could get to write the script rather than somebody who has no idea what they are saying, to the extent where they look like Shaun Connery at the first reading of The Fellowship of the Ring.
Did you even see the movies or read the books? Because right off the bat it seems that you have done neither. Gandalf is not a central character? In what universe?
We will forever praise Henry Mortensen for getting Viggo to play Aragorn Title: Facts that even die hard fans missed Me: *already knows everything in the video* well.....
Also fun fact: Sean Bean did not have time to read the script before acting in one of the scenes "One does not simply" so he put the papers on his knees and read them during making of the film!
@@Peter_1986 Actually, he's more like an archangel sent by the gods to protect Middle Earth from the spreading corrupting darkness of Markor/Morgoth and his dark archangel Sauron, who is a very similar type of being as Gandalf, but opposite. Either way, without Gandalf, the story would not have happened, and Sauron would eternally hold dominion over Middle Earth.
From the opposite side, things which die-hard Tolkien fans were the only ones to even know about: Merry and Pippin's swords weren't given to them by Aragorn; they were obtained from a burial mound (barrow) and the swords were magical, especially designed to fight against dark powers such as the ringwraiths. The ringwraiths were invulnerable to ordinary weapons, but a single blow from one of the magic weapons was enough to make a ringwraith temporarily vulnerable to a blow from an ordinary weapon. Which explains what happened with Eowyn and the Witch King.
didnt all four of the hobbits- samwise, frodo. merry, and pippin all find swords in the barrowdowns and frodo's sword ended up breaking on weathertop i dont remember thats why im asking
@@jonnyjonjo Your memory serves you correctly. Tom Bombadil encouraged the hobbits to take swords (long daggers actually, but large enough to be swords for hobbits) from the barrow-downs. Frodo did end up breaking his sword during a fight and I think you're right that it was the one on Weathertop, but later was given Sting by Bilbo.
Slight correction: nothing ever suggests being invulnerable to ordinary weapons. The Barrow-blade caused immense pain (more than any other weapon), and paralysed the WK - but nothing more.
To people reading this, instead of watching this bad video, why not invest your time in watching the Behind the Scenes of the Fellowship of the Ring? That's where "OSSA Movies" got all this information anyway
Christopher Lee is too good of a villien to be cast as Gandalf but then Ian Mcculen plays a mean villien too so I guess there was no bad choice for either role
The real fans know this stuff XD still a good video, but the title is not very fitting. I think you also forgot to put in that Viggo Mortensen almost drowned in a scene
Me too. It was Super Tuesday Dec 16, 2003...the day RotK hit the theaters here in Birmingham, Alabama. I took a vacation day from work to go. Loved it. I still have the film clip souvenir we were given.
I saw in the making off documentary that the director, Peter Jackson made the actors who played the four hobbits to be together for 1 month prior the shooting to create a real bonding friendship between them
Everyone who is a Lord of the Rings fan should know most of these. I knew the fact about Christopher Lee but have to add that I am glad Christopher Lee played Saruman, not Gandalf. He is a silver tongue and Saruman is supposed to be as well. Fun fact: Christopher Lee corrected Peter Jackson on how death sounded.
While on a tour of Wellington in New Zealand, our guide, who worked on LOTR, told us a story. When shooting scenes in Wellington, viggo mortensen liked to stay in character the whole time. One particular night Viggo decided to running around the streets of wellington in costume, swinging his sword and yelling. Concerned civilians nearby looked at him and called the police saying there was a mad man running around the streets swinging a sword. Police arrived and asked Viggo to put the sword down and he replied with "Do you know who I am? I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn!" The police then arrested Viggo and took him to the police station. The next morning the Peter Jackson and producers went to the police station and explained Viggo's method acting, so they set him free. Till this day at Wellington Police Station there is a plaque saying "Do You Know I am? I am Aragorn, Son of Arathorn! - Viggo Mortensen"
I can literally watch anything LOTR related every single day of my life and not get bored. Any fantasy movie trying to surpass LOTR would have literally be something out of this world, because from where I'm sitting LOTR is one true of kind masterpiece.
When you literally knew all of this already and could expand on the facts. For example Liv Tyler received Arwen’s sword. Or Christopher Lee confronted Ian Mckellen about how he wanted to play Gandalf which is a whole story.
Maybe that's why Christopher Lee made a better Saruman; it parallels the relationship between Saruman (who was jealous of Gandalf) and Gandalf (who was just trying to do his job)
Gandalf is Frodo's mentor and he is the one who launches him into the adventure. Actually, he ends up being the mentor of Aragorn too. Besides, he is the leader of the fellowship of the ring so I think that he is a central character.
Gandalf certanly is one of the most important character. He starts at the Hobbit and continue at LOTR. Sir Ian Mc Kellen didn't read the books too and started to read them when he was shooting. He always told," that's what Tolkien said " when Peter Jackson wanted to change something.
Viggo didn't buy Arwen's horse for himself. He bought it for Liv Tyler's rider stunt double who did all the fast riding scenes when Arwen was escaping the wraiths with Frodo.
There was an interview with Peter Jackson detailing Christopher Lee's input on Saruman's death scene. Christopher Lee, having some involvement in some clandestine operations in WWII, was expressly familiar with what a human being sounds like when stabbed in the back. As if he wasn't already a legend for his acting career, the man had experience dispatching actual Nazis...
This is the first time I heard that Tolkien thought that Sam was the true hero of the story. I've always thought this. He was thought of as fat, silly and timid, yet he was the only one other than Bilbo(questionably) who used the one ring and resisted. Even Gandalf was afraid of it. Sam willingly gave it back to Frodo without being prompted. The only other person who did that was Tom. I believe Tolkien put Tom in the story to parallel how powerful Sam's will was.
@@emmadow4880 it's a sarcastic comment. The video points out at trivial things and clickbaits people by using the title "even die hard fans will miss". But yeah, my comment is confusing because it wasnt consistent.
The scene where the Legolas character is defending against the wargs and then mounts the horse with Gimli while the horses were at full speed- is the best special effects scenes ever!
Fun fact: You can buy prop replicas of all the rings used in the movie that are made by the same company that supplied the movies and using the same specifications, including being solid gold. At jenshansen.
When Frodo returns to BagEnd, after Bilbo's party, he discovers the one Ring on the floor. And if you pay close attention, he doesn't step on it or anywhere around it. He automatically looks down at it.
Yea, that scene dosen’t really seem natural, he just enters then stops and looks down directly at it like he was expecting it, i think it would have been better if he slowly noticed it with his glance while taking continous steps
You know the scene of Aragon fighting the five Nazguls was filmed as the first scene Viggo had to play? As you mentioned they had problemes with the casting of Aragon, so Viggo entered the set in the last minute. He needed a crash curs in sword fighting, cause he should fight five Nazguls and should look like a profi. On the other hand all four Hobbit-Actors had sword fight lessons since one month, so they really knew much of tricks - however had to play the weak Hobbits.
"Gandalf the Grey is not a central character in the Lord of the Rings" you said. That is the most ridiculous thing you could say. How do you make a video like this without watching the movies or reading the books?
"Not THIS time!" ...... This expression is used many times throughout the trilogy by different actors. This is either an example of very bad writing or is some sort of inside joke between Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson (the screenwriters). I will not accept the possibility that the redundant use of this expression is a coincidence. The background to this mystery is something I would love to know.
During the Pandemic, my family took an entire rainy weekend and did the extended Hobbit on Saturday and the extended LotR on Sunday. We just declared it Tolkien weekend, pajamas were fine, and we supported our local eateries by doing take out for all but Sunday breakfast. I got to make the food runs since it was my idea. (^_^)
Ummm... Tolkien got tired of people saying that Sam was the real hero and touting Frodo as weak and ridiculous. The story was Frodo's and it reflected Tolkien's own mental struggles after WWI. He also said himself that Frodo was the only one strong enough to carry the ring to Mt. Doom. Not even Sam would have been strong enough in the end. He also stated that if Sam hadn't been so cruel to Gollum, Gollum would have grabbed the ring and jumped into the lava himself to spare Frodo from living the life he had. So really, it circled around the three and the choices all three made. Frodo was incredibly strong, able to resist the ring for so long. Sure, he gave in a couple of times but those flaws were what made him relatable. The thing with people is that they can't look past his flaws because they want him to be perfect. Tolkien was trying to create a character that anyone with a history of trauma could understand and relate to. How many die hard fans knew THAT?
I think almost people who say Frodo is weak & ridiculous just watched the movie once time and never touch to the book. So they dont really understand the power of the one ring.
Cast member's kids as extras. Peter Jackson's kids as hobbits in Bilbo's birthday, as Rohirim refugees in TTT, as Minas Tirith residents in ROTK. Viggo Mortenson's son Henry as a soldier at Helm's Deep and Sean Astin's daughter as Sam's daughter Elanor in the very last scene.
I disagree with your statement that Gandalf isn't an essential character to LOTR. He IS the main reason for the trilogy. Without him suggesting they go on their journey it wouldn't have happened correct?
from what i heard, 27 Animals died during the making of the movies. They didn´t die while filming but before and after. I think it was John Rhys Davies who talked about it in an interview.
There were two "eating the carrot' cameos by peter jackson I think the first time we see him in The Fellowship of the Ring and yes ur rite ablut the other carrot cameo being in The Desolation Of Smaug
Did you know that Gandalf could have prevented everything that happened? He could have called the eagles to fly Frodo straight to Mt. Doom & back to the shire. And, nobody would have died, there would have been no wars. Bilbo would stay with the elves. Frodo & Sam could have lived happily ever after in Bilbo’s house, and adopt all the unwanted goblin babies a gay hobbit couple could ever want! And, I wouldn’t be sitting here at 6:30a.m. just starting “Return Of The King”, because when I watch the series, I can’t just watch one and lest it at that! I have to start from “Hobbit” part 1 and watch all 6 movies in one sitting! DAMN YOU TOLKIEN!
"Gandalf the Grey is not a central character in the Lord of the Rings movies..." Um, um,... what? Um, WHAT THE EFF?!?!?! Did you also watch The Godfather and determine Michael Corleone wasn't a central character in the movie? Your credibility dropped into the negative with that one claim (although I suspect it was made just to get comments.)
You'd said the same thing if Nicholas Cage have gotten the part,actors seem to learn their role so good we as fans always say we can't see any other actor playing that part
LOTR is certainly a great movie, but it still is extremely flawed. Jackson paid way too much attention to battle scenes and not enough to character-establishing scenes because they didn't have enough action for him. Gandalf is basically the impetus for Bilbo's adventures with the dwarves. If Bilbo hadn't gone on those adventures he never would have gotten the ring and...well. So Gandalf is pretty much the most important character in both The Hobbit and LOTR.
"Gandalf the Grey is not a central character in the Lord Of The Rings movie" - I'm sorry, WHAT?!! The entire plot of both trilogies, books or movies, centres around Gandalf. The entire story would never even have happened without him.
How does it feel to post this video over a year ago & are now getting shit on in the comments just within the past few days due to algorithm? I fucking hate these Like & Subscribe channels with that corny narration voice. I swear these channels should've died by like 2018, at latest. God, TH-cam is just awful at times.
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Which detail did you just find out?
None
@@Zathaghil I see your none and raise you absolutely nothing. They say you learn something new everyday. Well you don't from this.
Happy to hear no horses were harmed. Always felt bad for horses in men's wars.
That you really said Gandalf ain't a central piece in the story.
Well, Tolkien said that he was a Hobbit in every way other than size.
"Gandalf is not a central character"
Fool of a Took
I was gonna say the same thing!😂
😂😂
THAT'S A LIE GANDALF IS THE MOST IMPORTANT (minus frodo)
@@6packabbs692 pfft frodo is as bloody weak as golem, sam is the true legend
Oh it's not like he's an IMMORTAL DEMIGOD! Who single handedly orchestrated the downfall of Sauron over thousands of years or anything..... The only reason anyone else is involved in the Fellowship is because he made it happen. Wow forget this video and head on over to 'In Deep Geek' for some real LOTR content.
*title:* Things Even Die-Hard Fans Missed
proceeds to mention the most well known behind the scenes facts and say that Gandalf is not a central character.
I know. That's why I shut down the video and gave it a 👎.
I was thinking the same. Very well known facts. 😄
We've been played. All of us. But really we've should've known these channels are pure garbage since 2010 yet we keep clicking.
I won't lie... I was expecting the video to point out Easter eggs from the movie die hard... I have so much disappointment
@James Douglas There is always hope...😂
"Gandalf is not a essential character in the movie"... with that statement, you negated any credibility to anything you say about the movie or books... Gandalf is the reason the story exists... if he hadn't told Bilbo to go on the quest to Erebor with the dwarves, Bilbo wouldn't have found the ring...
If Smaug never sacked Erebor then none of it would have ever happened, no Gandolf going to Bilbos, no adventure for Bilbo and definitely no ring. Or I could say if the dwarves weren't so greedy hoarding all that gold to attract the dragon in the first place none of it would have taken place. (Just saying)
@@yogidemis8513 ok thats too far
I don't know... as far as story devices go, instead of the sacking of Erebor, some other reason for a quest could have been made up by Tolkien without really changing anything about the basic premise of the story. But take Gandalf out of it, and... well... what would be left of it?
@@arjenlaan4103 facts
Well, it is a chain of chronological events that did happen and its fair to say there are a lot of links on that chain to work with and change about but all those links are important they keep the chain as one so Gandalf in one way or another is still important unless we want to go an eagle wasn't flying in that direction that day levels of cherry picken . (just saying)
I don't want to imagine the state of a universe where Nicholas Cage plays Aragorn...
That would have been a disaster.
How close they came to catastrophe.
@@bodeaalex1142 Yeah sure ofc, but I kind of want to see it... As a kind of alternate universe thing
@@MantraHerbInchSin Well, you can try it with Reface- face swap application.
I hadn't heard that and my god could you imagine? Dodged a bullet
"Gandalf is not a central character in the Lord of the Rings"
Sorry what? He's literally the character that both initiated the entire story with Bilbo and who drives the war for middle earth side of the story forward by being guidance for Aragorn, Legoland, Gimli, Merry and Pippin forward.
I swear there must be somebody who is actually interested in at least the film's who you could get to write the script rather than somebody who has no idea what they are saying, to the extent where they look like Shaun Connery at the first reading of The Fellowship of the Ring.
My dude said Legoland 💀😂
@@MultiRoboto Lmao I just realised 😂😂 damn auto correct strikes gold sometimes 😂👌
@@vooligan9499 Ha ha ha, please don't edit it! :D
@@Bob3D2000 Don't worry I definitely won't 😂 I'm referring to him as that from now on 😂
LEGOLAND
Did you even see the movies or read the books? Because right off the bat it seems that you have done neither. Gandalf is not a central character? In what universe?
Gandalf IS Lord of the rings lol.
I dont know what the dudes on this channel been smoking but it's definetly not from the Shire
Once I heard that I just paused the video and said “how is Gandalf not central to the story??”. 🤦🏻♂️. Are you kidding me. Lol
Like saying Sam is only there for comedic relief 😂🤦🏻♂️
@@cottoncandiez8872 and everyone bites 😂
Nop, Sam is not for comice relief, Marry and Pippin are
"Gandalf is not a central character" .... wut?
Gandalf IS Lord of the Rings
He is “the Enemy of Sauron”!!
I almost fell out when I heard that. Like wth???
@@Hervinbalfour same man!
That’s the whole reason I am in the comment section. That was maybe one of the most ignorant the statements I’ve seen in a lord of the rings video
Not a single fact is unknown to the die-hard fans. Most of them were on the documentary of the Theatrical release DVD!
Lol exactly..
Agreed. But the click bait title was enough to hook me.
The only things that will get me are the obscure Silmarillion names
I was thinking that while watching this 😂 most of these facts are on the extended edition bonus discs 😂
ikr i spend free time reading lotr trivia XD
Gandalf not a central character? I’m embarrassed for you.
So glad Viggo took the role. I cannot imagine anyone else playing Aragorn other than him. He was born for this role.
Nicholas Cage seriously? Whoever made that choice must've been out of their minds lmao
Michael Fassbender
We will forever praise Henry Mortensen for getting Viggo to play Aragorn
Title: Facts that even die hard fans missed
Me: *already knows everything in the video* well.....
yaaaaaassss
Haha, had the same reaction. Didn't know about the pictures in bag end being peter jackson though.
...knows everything and wants to make corrections to some. Like Viggo buying both his horses and Arwens "Asfalot" instead of just two horses. 😅
Lol yes
It was all in the documentaries, but still lovely to hear it all again ..
"Gandalf the Grey is not an essential character" Oh, so this is a bullshit video...
It sure is. I would have also accepted "Clearly a paid voice actor narrating something he didn't write"
3:13 Boromir: "One does not simply walk into Mordor"
Also Boromir: Walks to the set
Sarcasmystic! 👍
Yes, he did walk to set, Sean have a problem with hights..
@@peterang6912 Thanks, I'm deaf.
Lord Of The Rings = 💗
💗
very true
This is impossible to not disagree
it is more
Also fun fact: Sean Bean did not have time to read the script before acting in one of the scenes "One does not simply" so he put the papers on his knees and read them during making of the film!
You lost me at "Gandalf is not a central character"...
Everyone who has the four disc special editions of the trilogy knows this.
I was thinking the same thing.
I was thinking of buying the hobbit trilogy
But, I don't own the four disc special editions of the trilogy so I don't know this. 😭🤣
I didnt see the extended versions.....now I must watch them😔
Half of these (eczema, swords, helicopter flights, etc) were straight from another video too
Love the fact that Frodo and Gollum got their own One Ring.
Precious ! . . . LoL . . .
one fact you forgot: One Does Not Simply Walk into Mordor.
@your ORCS:what about me,i have VIP acces😏
"Facts Even hardcore fans missed"
"Proceeds to tell facts every fan knows."
Still in love with Aragon!! Who's with me ladies??!!?!!
Meeeee!
@@nhmooytis7058 ME TOO..HHAAH..I MUST SEE THAT MY HUSBAND LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE ARAGORN.THE SAME BLUE EYES AND HAIRY BEARD..HIHI
@@crystalburleson1510 there is only one Viggo, alas!
@@nhmooytis7058 i dont see any harm by saying that my husband looks like him!?
So keep calm....ok!?
@@crystalburleson1510 I’m just jealous if he really looks like that 😛
Gandy not central! Are you on drugs?
I think the same
Gandy :D
“Gandalf is not a central character in the movies”
Dude! You just lost me there. Immediately. Not a clue what you’re talking about.
That part must have been written by Saruman . . .
Lotr would not be in legendary status as it is now if Nickolas Cage played Aragorn. Thank God for that.
Indeed. I cannot think of a worse choice!
What haha Cage is an amazing actor
“Gandalf wasn’t a central character in LOTR” did y’all even watch the movie?
Gandalf is literally one of the gods who created the entire world.
@@Peter_1986 Actually, he's more like an archangel sent by the gods to protect Middle Earth from the spreading corrupting darkness of Markor/Morgoth and his dark archangel Sauron, who is a very similar type of being as Gandalf, but opposite. Either way, without Gandalf, the story would not have happened, and Sauron would eternally hold dominion over Middle Earth.
@@Peter_1986 you might need to read the Silmarillion again..
Everyone who was casted was meant to be. Im so thankful
From the opposite side, things which die-hard Tolkien fans were the only ones to even know about:
Merry and Pippin's swords weren't given to them by Aragorn; they were obtained from a burial mound (barrow) and the swords were magical, especially designed to fight against dark powers such as the ringwraiths. The ringwraiths were invulnerable to ordinary weapons, but a single blow from one of the magic weapons was enough to make a ringwraith temporarily vulnerable to a blow from an ordinary weapon.
Which explains what happened with Eowyn and the Witch King.
Mote accurate than “given by Aragorn” would be “given by Tom Bombadil”
didnt all four of the hobbits- samwise, frodo. merry, and pippin all find swords in the barrowdowns and frodo's sword ended up breaking on weathertop i dont remember thats why im asking
@@jonnyjonjo Your memory serves you correctly. Tom Bombadil encouraged the hobbits to take swords (long daggers actually, but large enough to be swords for hobbits) from the barrow-downs. Frodo did end up breaking his sword during a fight and I think you're right that it was the one on Weathertop, but later was given Sting by Bilbo.
@@melkiorwiseman5234 alright just wanted to be sure if i remembered correctly also was kinda mad they didnt have tom bombadil in the movies
Slight correction: nothing ever suggests being invulnerable to ordinary weapons. The Barrow-blade caused immense pain (more than any other weapon), and paralysed the WK - but nothing more.
To people reading this, instead of watching this bad video, why not invest your time in watching the Behind the Scenes of the Fellowship of the Ring? That's where "OSSA Movies" got all this information anyway
Gandalf not a central character???
Christopher Lee : wants to play as Gandalf
Director: Saruman Take it or Leave it.
He is a fantastic fit for the role.
inaccurate but funny
How?
Christopher Lee is too good of a villien to be cast as Gandalf but then Ian Mcculen plays a mean villien too so I guess there was no bad choice for either role
I'd take it for goddamn sure
The real fans know this stuff XD still a good video, but the title is not very fitting.
I think you also forgot to put in that Viggo Mortensen almost drowned in a scene
True when he’s floating down the river in TTT
I once attended a LOTR marathon. $15 donation at a movie theater for the daily bread food bank. Doors opened at 11am and I got out around 12:30am
Cool!
That's a more interesting fact than this TH-cam video
@@1776PonySoldier I watched them all in a row at home with a friend!
Me too. It was Super Tuesday Dec 16, 2003...the day RotK hit the theaters here in Birmingham, Alabama. I took a vacation day from work to go. Loved it. I still have the film clip souvenir we were given.
Don't you not make a mistake, 11 am to 12:30 am is only 1:30 minutes short for a marathon don't you mean 12:30 pm ???
I saw in the making off documentary that the director, Peter Jackson made the actors who played the four hobbits to be together for 1 month prior the shooting to create a real bonding friendship between them
Everyone who is a Lord of the Rings fan should know most of these. I knew the fact about Christopher Lee but have to add that I am glad Christopher Lee played Saruman, not Gandalf. He is a silver tongue and Saruman is supposed to be as well. Fun fact: Christopher Lee corrected Peter Jackson on how death sounded.
@Mr. Cool imagine that scene with Eowyn where Aragorn asked what she fears most.
@Mr. Cool just go watch The Year of the Witch.
While on a tour of Wellington in New Zealand, our guide, who worked on LOTR, told us a story.
When shooting scenes in Wellington, viggo mortensen liked to stay in character the whole time. One particular night Viggo decided to running around the streets of wellington in costume, swinging his sword and yelling. Concerned civilians nearby looked at him and called the police saying there was a mad man running around the streets swinging a sword. Police arrived and asked Viggo to put the sword down and he replied with "Do you know who I am? I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn!" The police then arrested Viggo and took him to the police station.
The next morning the Peter Jackson and producers went to the police station and explained Viggo's method acting, so they set him free.
Till this day at Wellington Police Station there is a plaque saying "Do You Know I am? I am Aragorn, Son of Arathorn! - Viggo Mortensen"
Did Viggo seriously spend the night in jail. Whoa
Source? Was trying to find a pic
Fun fact: Christopher Lee actually met Tolkien and Tolkien himself told Lee he would make a good Gandalf
LORD OF THE RINGS: HANDS DOWN 1 OF MY TOP 3 FAVE MOVIES EVER!!!! LOTR MARATHONNNNNNN!!!
My number one.
I hope they don't remake this classic 😔
I can literally watch anything LOTR related every single day of my life and not get bored. Any fantasy movie trying to surpass LOTR would have literally be something out of this world, because from where I'm sitting LOTR is one true of kind masterpiece.
I feel like the narrator is talking to me like I’m some simple child.
"Gandalf is not a central character..."
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"I´m gonna stop you right there!"
DDL would’ve done an excellent job but, Viggo will own this role for eternity
The cast they ended up with was the best!
Agree 💯
Yes, I couldn't imagine a better cast. All the actors were the best
I love how everyone is roasting this video for making the statement that Gandalf was not a central character! 😂
As they should. Such an ignorant statement.
The narration is just plain weird in this. Who directed this?
When you literally knew all of this already and could expand on the facts. For example Liv Tyler received Arwen’s sword. Or Christopher Lee confronted Ian Mckellen about how he wanted to play Gandalf which is a whole story.
Maybe that's why Christopher Lee made a better Saruman; it parallels the relationship between Saruman (who was jealous of Gandalf) and Gandalf (who was just trying to do his job)
Elijah Woods especial talent not blinking in LotR pfff have you ever seen Sin City he didn’t even blink his eyes while cutting off his arms and legs
I wonder if he blinked in Back To The Future 2?
Cool facts, but I knew every single one of them lol. I believe you underestimate the Fandom in your title
Elijah Wood’s sister, Hannah, is in the Two Towers. She is one of the women that is brought to the caves before the battle of Helm’s Deep.
Perhaps you should change the title of this video. Cause literally every "fun fact" die hard fans already know. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
These are things you know if you’ve watched the behind the scenes footage. So yeah, a die hard fan actually knows this stuff...
Gandalf is Frodo's mentor and he is the one who launches him into the adventure. Actually, he ends up being the mentor of Aragorn too. Besides, he is the leader of the fellowship of the ring so I think that he is a central character.
Gandalf certanly is one of the most important character. He starts at the Hobbit and continue at LOTR. Sir Ian Mc Kellen didn't read the books too and started to read them when he was shooting. He always told," that's what Tolkien said " when Peter Jackson wanted to change something.
And Mr.Lee explane to Jackson how you react when someone stab you with a knife because he did that in the 2e WW...
Viggo didn't buy Arwen's horse for himself. He bought it for Liv Tyler's rider stunt double who did all the fast riding scenes when Arwen was escaping the wraiths with Frodo.
There was an interview with Peter Jackson detailing Christopher Lee's input on Saruman's death scene. Christopher Lee, having some involvement in some clandestine operations in WWII, was expressly familiar with what a human being sounds like when stabbed in the back. As if he wasn't already a legend for his acting career, the man had experience dispatching actual Nazis...
who wrote this script? have they even seen the movies + special features?
This is the first time I heard that Tolkien thought that Sam was the true hero of the story. I've always thought this. He was thought of as fat, silly and timid, yet he was the only one other than Bilbo(questionably) who used the one ring and resisted. Even Gandalf was afraid of it. Sam willingly gave it back to Frodo without being prompted. The only other person who did that was Tom. I believe Tolkien put Tom in the story to parallel how powerful Sam's will was.
I always thought Sam was the hero of heroes too!
True, he had strong spirit
You're not a true LOTR fan if you don't know these facts
Exactly! None of these are unknown to me.
This vid is not for you, it's for your clicks.
Die-hard fans remember Silmarillion verse by verse and know where the Entwives have gone, ofc they noticed this.
Woah woah woah, I thought even Tolkien didn’t know where the Entwives went? Pls inform me
@@emmadow4880 it's a sarcastic comment. The video points out at trivial things and clickbaits people by using the title "even die hard fans will miss". But yeah, my comment is confusing because it wasnt consistent.
@@NomadUrpagi no don’t worry, on re-read it’s clearly a sarcastic comment 😂 I just got carried away hoping someone found it out haha
That's 11 hours WITHOUT pauses... You know... Snack grab, pee time etc... So it can easily go up to 12-13 hours. Which IMHO is time well spent
The scene where the Legolas character is defending against the wargs and then mounts the horse with Gimli while the horses were at full speed- is the best special effects scenes ever!
I disagree. I thought it was the cheesiest of all the special effects.
@@suzannecooke2055 really? I’m curious to find out your idea of a great special effect. I look forward to your response.
It looked unnatural, for what it was.
@@lilox3690 I loved it! I watched it in slow motion many times… it looks awesome to me!
Fun fact: You can buy prop replicas of all the rings used in the movie that are made by the same company that supplied the movies and using the same specifications, including being solid gold. At jenshansen.
We used them for wedding rings!
When Frodo returns to BagEnd, after Bilbo's party, he discovers the one Ring on the floor.
And if you pay close attention, he doesn't step on it or anywhere around it. He automatically looks down at it.
Yea, that scene dosen’t really seem natural, he just enters then stops and looks down directly at it like he was expecting it,
i think it would have been better if he slowly noticed it with his glance while taking continous steps
'Gandalf is not a central character..'
Just a powerful being sent her by the Gods of Arda who died and was brought back by The God of Arda...
You know the scene of Aragon fighting the five Nazguls was filmed as the first scene Viggo had to play? As you mentioned they had problemes with the casting of Aragon, so Viggo entered the set in the last minute. He needed a crash curs in sword fighting, cause he should fight five Nazguls and should look like a profi. On the other hand all four Hobbit-Actors had sword fight lessons since one month, so they really knew much of tricks - however had to play the weak Hobbits.
"Gandalf the Grey is not a central character in the Lord of the Rings" you said. That is the most ridiculous thing you could say. How do you make a video like this without watching the movies or reading the books?
THANK YOU Henry...there could be no other Aragorn.
Gandalf is not an essential character? Guess who also didn’t read the books
Pretty sure he played abit more than a cameo. 😄
When you’ve never seen or read any of TLOTR but you know google
Also, the hobbits in the pictures at Bilbo's house are not Bilbo's parents. They are the deceased parents of Frodo.
Yeah I've watched all the behind the scenes documentaries too
LOTR is a grand metaphor for life especially if you're a believer in the spirituality of life
"Not THIS time!" ...... This expression is used many times throughout the trilogy by different actors. This is either an example of very bad writing or is some sort of inside joke between Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson (the screenwriters). I will not accept the possibility that the redundant use of this expression is a coincidence. The background to this mystery is something I would love to know.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
No one:
OSSA Movies: Gandalf is not an essential character
Everyone: stfu
😂
During the Pandemic, my family took an entire rainy weekend and did the extended Hobbit on Saturday and the extended LotR on Sunday. We just declared it Tolkien weekend, pajamas were fine, and we supported our local eateries by doing take out for all but Sunday breakfast. I got to make the food runs since it was my idea. (^_^)
'Gandalf the Grey is not a central character in Lord of the Rings' uh what now?
Tyler also got Arwen’s sword. I recently saw a clip where she took it on Colbert.
Ummm... Tolkien got tired of people saying that Sam was the real hero and touting Frodo as weak and ridiculous. The story was Frodo's and it reflected Tolkien's own mental struggles after WWI. He also said himself that Frodo was the only one strong enough to carry the ring to Mt. Doom. Not even Sam would have been strong enough in the end. He also stated that if Sam hadn't been so cruel to Gollum, Gollum would have grabbed the ring and jumped into the lava himself to spare Frodo from living the life he had. So really, it circled around the three and the choices all three made. Frodo was incredibly strong, able to resist the ring for so long. Sure, he gave in a couple of times but those flaws were what made him relatable. The thing with people is that they can't look past his flaws because they want him to be perfect. Tolkien was trying to create a character that anyone with a history of trauma could understand and relate to.
How many die hard fans knew THAT?
I think almost people who say Frodo is weak & ridiculous just watched the movie once time and never touch to the book. So they dont really understand the power of the one ring.
Gandalf is not a central character? You earned my dislike
Cast member's kids as extras. Peter Jackson's kids as hobbits in Bilbo's birthday, as Rohirim refugees in TTT, as Minas Tirith residents in ROTK. Viggo Mortenson's son Henry as a soldier at Helm's Deep and Sean Astin's daughter as Sam's daughter Elanor in the very last scene.
I watched every Hobbit and lotr movies in a row😂
Awesome
Gandalf IS absolutely a central character.
i knew all of this..,.,.
Seems like you just watched the extras on the dvd..lame
I've watch all 3 of the extended versions in one day and the next day saw the Godfather trilogy too... Best days of my life!
I disagree with your statement that Gandalf isn't an essential character to LOTR. He IS the main reason for the trilogy. Without him suggesting they go on their journey it wouldn't have happened correct?
I LOVE THE LORD OF THE RINGS❣️❣️❣️ RIP Ian Holm
from what i heard, 27 Animals died during the making of the movies. They didn´t die while filming but before and after.
I think it was John Rhys Davies who talked about it in an interview.
Extended version directors cut is even longer than your 11 hours and 50 minutes
Right. It's 13 hours, at least. Probably more.
Gandalf is not an essential character??? GTFO!
Peter Jackson eating carrot cameo was in the hobbit the desolation of smaug
There were two "eating the carrot' cameos by peter jackson I think the first time we see him in The Fellowship of the Ring and yes ur rite ablut the other carrot cameo being in The Desolation Of Smaug
Peter Jackson bit a carrot in Bree in fellowship of the ring another cameo was in Laketown but during the extended edition
@@Jesse_andrew I think he was in bree both times. During the Hobbit at the beginning of desolation I believe....I could be mistaken tho!
@@seriously..... Definitely possible!
Did you know that Gandalf could have prevented everything that happened? He could have called the eagles to fly Frodo straight to Mt. Doom & back to the shire. And, nobody would have died, there would have been no wars. Bilbo would stay with the elves. Frodo & Sam could have lived happily ever after in Bilbo’s house, and adopt all the unwanted goblin babies a gay hobbit couple could ever want! And, I wouldn’t be sitting here at 6:30a.m. just starting “Return Of The King”, because when I watch the series, I can’t just watch one and lest it at that! I have to start from “Hobbit” part 1 and watch all 6 movies in one sitting!
DAMN YOU TOLKIEN!
Haha! Already knew most of this!
"Gandalf the Grey is not a central character in the Lord of the Rings movies..." Um, um,... what? Um, WHAT THE EFF?!?!?! Did you also watch The Godfather and determine Michael Corleone wasn't a central character in the movie? Your credibility dropped into the negative with that one claim (although I suspect it was made just to get comments.)
The casting was a masterpiece. I can’t imagine any other actor playing any role. Each character is played perfectly.
I was about to write the same thing. Even the guys who played Orcs and Uruks absolutely nailed it
You'd said the same thing if Nicholas Cage have gotten the part,actors seem to learn their role so good we as fans always say we can't see any other actor playing that part
LOTR is certainly a great movie, but it still is extremely flawed. Jackson paid way too much attention to battle scenes and not enough to character-establishing scenes because they didn't have enough action for him.
Gandalf is basically the impetus for Bilbo's adventures with the dwarves. If Bilbo hadn't gone on those adventures he never would have gotten the ring and...well. So Gandalf is pretty much the most important character in both The Hobbit and LOTR.
Love all 3 movies
"Gandalf the Grey is not a central character in the Lord Of The Rings movie" - I'm sorry, WHAT?!! The entire plot of both trilogies, books or movies, centres around Gandalf. The entire story would never even have happened without him.
The fact that 11 hours and 20 minutes is nearly half a day BLEW MY MIND!!
How does it feel to post this video over a year ago & are now getting shit on in the comments just within the past few days due to algorithm? I fucking hate these Like & Subscribe channels with that corny narration voice. I swear these channels should've died by like 2018, at latest. God, TH-cam is just awful at times.
So many interesting details. Thank you!
Ugh. A normie. Keep clicking on this channels, you sucker.