J Smith Same. But they were really annoying to watch I have read all the books and Silmarillion and knowing everything makes their reactions annoying af.
@@melkor3496 Yeah mate, the atmosphere there is "i dont really care about watching this" and when you dont care about stuff you arent able to recognize a magnum opus. Its like me bein a ignorant in terms of art, i wouldnt recognize a masterpice like a mona lisa even if i had it in front of me lol. However youre right felt annoying, actually... somehow i felt insulted in a personal way lol
The kinds of people that you show any of your favorite things to and they just start looking at the phone or fall asleep are the cruelest types of people.
eh ive always thought it depends. my mom gets on her phone some but she always pays attention and she never is ignoring the movie. also u are showing them three 3 and 1/2 hour long movies
Yeah I hate that. When they show me something they like I always watch it or listen to it and even if I dont like it I try to have an open mind and wait till the end. And then when I show them something I like, they are on a phone not watching, not listening and then they tell me after only like 25 minutes of the film that it is boring and they dont want to watch it....the most cruel people
Dad is probably old enough to remember old movies that were also long. Also, I think his mom and sister would have enjoyed it more if he split up the movies in half each and made it a 6 part series. The original Extended edition DVDs had that built in. We saw this repeated with Dune. Most people said that Part 1 was boring and too long. I loved it. Now everyone acts like they always loved it after seeing Part 2.
Look I’m sorry but if you CAN’T sit through a movie like this without picking up your phone there is something wrong with you. Additionally if you give these films your undivided attention, you watch all three and you say you don’t like them……something is just WRONG with you. You need to contact customer service for a warranty replacement on your mother and sister.
@@TheDalisamai disagree with the 6 part argument. From the beginning they had negative bias against the film and against watching them with attention for the sons sake. When there is negative bias before watching Lotr its even worse to try to get your family to sit through anything six times. 3 times reduces the amount of times you have to motivate them.
My brother tried to turn on br noise for me and turned out the battle of helms deep was on and we decided we'd binge watch the hobbit and lotr and I got in trouble at school.
Don't you just love when people decide they don't like something, before watching it, then continually ask questions, because they're confused, because they really weren't watching it. And then complain that the movie was confusing?
I remember trying to show Pulp Fiction to a group of friends years ago. Most of them hadn't heard of it and all of them had no clue what it was about. Luckily all of them loved it...except one of them who is the type person who spends the first 10-20 minutes complaining about watching it in the first place, then proceeds to go on their phone constantly, eventually gets into it and just asks questions that will be answered within the film i.e. "Is he gonna die?", "where are they going?", etc. When the film ended, and I kid you not, she said: "What happens next?" (???). And then, as you quite rightly said, they were like "meh. Don't see why you made such a fuss about it. I didn't know what was happening half the time"
@OtherwiSe known as the 'Bruk' Hahaha this saying is funny once you look into the Philistines they were actually a very artistic people. I have always wondered how they became affiliated with uncultured people.
More annoying when they do it in theatres! They turn on their phone with full brightness so that we can see them sexting their co-worker! Why do these people even come to the theatres!!
And then have the audacity to get mad when you call them out on it. Also it sucks when you pay attention to a movie they want to watch but as soon as you put on yours, they act like they got other shit to do...smfh
@Threepwood23 You're saying that being a nerd is a bad thing or you make it seem so. Actually I'm very proud to be nerd and a geek! I'm married and soon to be a father (God willing) with an amazing woman that's more beautiful than all the models combined. Actually I'm very lucky to be a nerd.
@@corvus1970 living and growing up with a sister who will use that label as a derogatory fashion kinda makes it so that you naturally get defensive when you are called that, its clear that they are the "always butting heads" kind if siblings. lets not forget that the term nerd in my and his generation still had that generalized negative connotation, people still thought you were weird to be into this kind of stuff, or anime etc it wasnt until the coming of marvel and stuff like it that popularized what was once thought as "uncool". so no imo his reaction is not bothering, its natural and thats judging purely from context in this video alone.
while watching this i told my girlfriend when we get a house once we get settled in were gonna watch both the lord of the rings and the hobbit trilogies and she calls me a nerd but she likes me for it so you know what anyone who calls me a nerd in a bad connotation can kindly show themself out the door
@@corvus1970 the problem is it's too inclusive. Someone being a "nerd" or "geek" for liking LOTR or star wars is like someone being a sports fan for watching the superbowl with their friends every year.
I had a friend who said he thought LOTR is boring. I asked him why. He said ''The whole movie Is just a bunch of people walking all the time'' . I said wtf did you close your eyes through all the action scenes? lol..
I fell asleep the first time through Fellowship. That one is pretty boring. They walk some, then they talk some. Then they walk some more, then they talk some more. That’s half the movie. It wasn’t great in The Wizard of Oz and it wasn’t good here either.
It's just a long movie. I used to be able to watch it all in one sitting, but for some reason these days my attention span is a lot worse, so I find myself taking breaks in between. Still incredible movies though
@Magnus Svavarsson Its the music too. Music is very emotional and even just hearing quick bits of a movie theme let you remember how it felt to watch it.
It's just the problem of the recent generation, that is not abled to sink into a movie, because literally no one has an attention span of over 5 Minutes.
"If my mom can get into these movies than anyone can. Except maybe my dad" Bruh, your dad was the most into em. That dude was on point and he was loving it. He just didn't wanna show he was loving it, but he was clearly loving it.
Glad I saw this comment; I was hoping somebody had told him long back about how engaged and focused his dad was in many of the really brief clips included. I KNEW his dad was really into the dynamics and battles and invested in character outcomes. He was just flying below the radar of his son's focus lol.
It's my understanding she is his daughter-in-law. She is the wife of his recently dead son. Eomer's sister, who was his son's best friend. Quite possibly cousins once or twice removed as the are both prominent families in a small nation.
So here's my take on it. Mom was initially influenced by sister's negative mindset but she eventually came around. Sister acted like she was in a competition to see who could like it the least and was determined to win. She was never going to like it no matter what she saw on the screen. Some folks are just like that I guess.
@@Sophia-cy5pm Yeah. Although a lot of people are just like that, I've known a few guys and girls who did this exact thing. They probably grew out of it though
I love how your Mom was so genuine, she really tried her best! Even though she didn't understand every single thing and was a bit puzzled at first, she was open enough that she understood the deeply moving emotions that transpire, especially at the end. Such a sweetheart.
Plus he did say when was going to return with help >.> "Look to my coming, at first light, on the fifth day. At dawn, look to the East." God his sister pissed me off with her phone use.
Am 70 yrs old grandma. Read the books first time when I was 10 yrs old, have re-read them numerous times since. Have watched the movies at least once a year every year. Guess I understand the family reaction if they have never been exposed to Tolkien but it was sad. Guess I'm still that 10 yr old nerd.
I'm only half way through this video and I've come to the realization that I am SOOO glad I grew up with parents who played and read fantasy. My Dad (Who passed away a few years back) LOVED Dungeons and Dragons and Dune and played all the video games till he was gone. My Mom continues playing games (mainly Might and Magic 7 and Ultima) I remember being 5 and back then (my Mom and Dad) played with my two Uncles and Aunt. My one Uncle had me watch Ralph Bashki's LOTR and then Rankin and Bass Return of the King. No one was more excited to see it come to the Movie screen than the Whole Family. We watched it in the Movie theater and We ALL Loved it. I am So blessed to be given such a family and when I watch this video It made me appreciate them even more.
Well due to it being episodic there's less story elements to keep track of in one sitting. Just goes to show that people's general attention span has sadly dwindled WAY the hell down since 2003.
Average people like LOTR. People like to act like it's some kind of weird nerd stuff when they're literally one of the most beloved and popular movies out there
@@lovez2eat I don't know. Most average people I talk to think 2 hours is long for a movie unless it's full of Marvel characters because that's popular now. Or not even that, they want fast cars and rom coms or they're walking lol. That's for any age group. The LotR trilogy (movies) is now sort of out of style, especially for younger millennials and gen z's. I'm guessing that's because the Hobbit films kinda brought the Middle Earth Cinematic Universe down a few pegs, which I understand and was unfortunate. But even for those of us that were growing up when this trilogy came out I keep hearing people say it's boring or "ok" or not enough action blah blah blah. Which to me would be like if Beethoven strutted in, played the Moonlight Sonata live on piano and the audience was looking at their phones the whole time and at the end said, "That kinda sucked."
He did not clock that and there is no theory like that. A better theory would be why did the Valar not assist the hobbits in their journey instead they sent the Wizard/Miar to help with the journey. At multiple times they could have assisted short answer that would be a very boring film!
I really don't understand why people think the eagle thing is a thing. Mordor is about the size of Montana. You think they're not gonna notice a f!@$ing GIANT EAGLE carrying a hobbit flying across the entire state of Montana? The Nazgul's winged beasts would be enough to handle that but they wouldn't even need that. Just send **one orc** to Mt Doom and have him catch Frodo on a spear when the eagle drops him. Jobs done.
She walked away from the obvious climax of the entire trilogy because she "didn't know that was gonna happen." She asked who SAM was after complaining about how long TWO movies were. She wasn't paying enough attention to tell whether she liked it or whether it was good or not. And he's definitely right that she dislikes them because she WANTS to dislike them.
This is so refreshing to see genuine reactions. Most of these reaction videos on TH-cam folk who praise content to keep fans looking for a nostalgic recap engaged.
Mom: tries her very best to understand but must keep asking questions. Dad: being quiet and making dad jokes. Sister: on her phone, paying utterly no attention to the movie, sleeping, staring at her food, and thinking Gollum is cute. Brother: just wanting the family to listen to the movie and stop asking questions. Your average family Edit: I couldn’t thank you more for all these likes. Thank you so much. LOTR rules!!
These movies should excite anyone with a sense of adventure and a vivid imagination. Therefore, I have to conclude that your family, especially your sister, are lacking in both these traits. Of course, it always helps if you have read the books and understand the Tolkien universe.
3:38 I love how most people that couldn't connect to LOTR before but then give it a go mostly have the same reaction at the end: "wait, that was it?!" :D
Your parents are so cool. Mine named me by choosing the most common and boring name available. Happily, one of fathers ancestors had named his family after The One, a minbar not born of minbari so thats something...
@@shadowwolf9909 Why not Luthien? No insult meant, but Luthien was by far more badass than, well, almost anyone. Or, Eowyn? Again, no offence meant but Arwen is a second rate Disney princess whos defining moment was defying his dad, while Eowyn killed the leader of the Nazgul while defying a Royal Order so she could live her life like she saw just and right.
I HATE trying to watch movies that I love with people who don’t appreciate them and complain the whole time. Especially TLOTR. These movies are absolute masterpieces.
What's worse is watching these movies with a guy who wants to be the next Peter Jackson. He constantly comments on the shots, or details about the filming, or asks to rewind so we can watch something again, or points out some crew member peeking out behind a piece of scenery . . .
De Brickashaw Literally! Luckily my immediate family love TLOTR but my boyfriend tried watching it years ago before we were together and thought it was boring, so he won’t even try now. It’s infuriating!
My grandma used to like lord of the rings. We used to watch it with Arabic subtitles for her while she prepared food for the next day (Arab food needs prep a day in advance). She'd sit on the couch, put her feet up on an ottoman, place the tray on her lap and prep while we watched at night. She didn't like the fighting part, it was too violent, she liked the parts with the hobbits. She passed away at 96 a couple of years ago. I miss grandma. Eh... C'est la vie.
This made me cry for two reasons. First, LOTR marathon is my family's tradition every December. That's the only time we're complete. Secondly, Bilbo finally set sail for the Undying Lands. Rest in Peace, sir Ian Holm.
This reminds me of watching it with my family every Christmas. My dad had been such a huge fan of the books since he was in high school that he took us out of school early for each movie premier, and then we'd celebrate with a fancy lunch with tea afterwards. My whole family loved them. As a kid I was confused when my dad started crying at the end of the last movie, because it was so happy. And he told me he was happy and sad, and that he hated goodbyes. Whenever we'd listen to the soundtrack together he always skipped last song "Into the West" because of that. Both my parents passed away last year, and for my dad we rented a boat out from San Francisco to spread his ashes out into the ocean. We had a mixed playlist of his favorite songs, which of course included the soundtrack, and had it on shuffle while we went out into the bay. As soon as I picked his ashes up, '"Into the West" came on and my siblings and I looked at each other in shock. It felt right though, that he was okay with saying goodbye, even though his journey with us had ended. There were dolphins that came by as we spread his ashes into the water, and I like to think they were there to escort his soul to his white shores and beyond.
The song Into the West was inspired by Cameron Duncan, a sixteen year old NZ filmmaker with cancer. The first time it was performed officially was at his funeral. Many of the lyrcis were also borrowed from Bilbo's poems about the Grey Havens and the Undying Lands within the book. It's such a bittersweet, wistful song, and I tear up every time I hear it. I can't imagine a better sendoff.
@@vegetabulls278 I didn't know that a lot of the lyrics borrowed from Bilbo's poems and the Undying Lands-that makes me happy that song played during his sendoff❤️
To be fair the hallmark channel is essentially the same three movies with different actors and maybe a different plot twist (especially around christmas)
No offense, but your sister is a lost cause! But people in the comments, don't have to be angry, in the next 13 years she is gonna watch tons of kids movies and then she is going to beg for a classic like this! :) I loved the video! Great, quality work! :)
Haha that's the best comment cause it's TRUE! Omg not to watch 'Frozen' again would be a blessing 🙏 but watch this instead? I won't let her watch it yet til she's older tho (she's 5)
your mom's reactions are so genuine, and the fact that she got into the trilogy as the films progressed and went full emotional mood at the end was very heart-warming. Thanks for sharing this. And please don't invite your sister in upcoming screenings.
"Somehow I got taken in." Because it's the greatest story ever told and the second ppl cam see past their preconceptions they open themselves up to amazing things.
Although he did make an interesting point about getting one of the eagles to fly Frodo to Mt. Doom and saving 9 hours of movie. It gave me pause. I actually needed to figure out reasons why that was not a feasible plan. Still don't have a satisfactory answer. Hmmm.
@@turbogg7213 so if I remember correctly. It was due to the eye of Sauron as well as farmers/ enemy shooting at the eagles. So they couldn't fly alot. But toward the end majority of the world was beating back saurons forces both in the east and north so the eagles took the chance to finish helping the free people. Also the moth thing is how Gandalf ask the eagles for help I believe and they owed him I think. I could be wrong 😅
"This all could have been condensed into a 2 hour movie" No no no no no no you have no clue of what you're talking about. 3 hours is barely long enough to tell this story.
Few things trigger me as much as someone who’s on their phone 24/7 saying how they’re all of a sudden disinterested in the current moments happenings. Only thing more triggering is if they start asking you to fill in plot information because they weren’t paying attention.
Not True. when interesting people are surrounded by boring people, we ARE bored, until we make things interesting, which, thankfully for me, I do very quickly, even if they think I'm insane. It's the only way to live, hahahahaha
I just have to say how amazing your mom is. She watched a 9-hour trilogy that she thought she wouldn't like because you asked her to, and said she would like it. Even though she had trouble accompanying the characters and the story moving forward, she still had emotional reactions to many scenes, and remembered most characters. The fact that she got so emotional at the end of the trilogy shows that, even though she thought the movies were long, even thought at times she fell asleep and even though she could not always accompany what was happen with much interest, she still had the experience of seeing the characters evolve. What a great mom, seriously. I'm so happy that she liked it.
Isn't that interesting how certain people gravitate towards different things (say in this case, emotional development) and totally grasp that growth, even when having trouble keeping track of all the finer points of the plot? Pretty cool aspect of us humans and our differing perspectives.
No offense to sis, but... I wouldn't wanna watch any movies with her especially if the genre of the movie is high fantasy. She looked like she hates the film even before it played and being so disinterested in it kills the vibe. Edit: And looking at your phone while the movie is playing then complaining the film was hard to follow made me laugh. I was in my early teens when I watched the trilogy on DVD and I understood it perfectly without reading the books first. Maybe because I was actually paying attention to the movie.
My mum does that a lot, not on her phone, but she'll leave for like 20 minutes to go do something but demand we keep watching it and don't pause, then come back later and complain she doesn't know what's happening.
Thank you someone that actually realised her attitude. She’s old enough to leave if she doesn’t want to watch this movies. The mother was actually enjoyed it but that girl it’s just a pain. Simple as that
There are good movies in any genre -- quality is not attached to genre. It's a shame when people close their minds to something that could really have a positive impact on them. At least give it a chance.
No offense to Anna Banana, but I wouldn't wanna watch any movie with her. She is the typical dogmatic person that can't accept when others have different cinema taste and get bored with a particular film. TLOTR does not represent the best possible cinema. On IMDB is has acquired a great rating FROM USERS, but many professional cinema critics criticized its long duration which made the trilogy quite boring and slow. There are many better (and shorter, thus less boring) movies to choose than TLOTR, such as "A ClockWork Orange", "Taxi Driver" or "Blade Runner". Maybe even "2001: A Space Odyssey is shorter". Anyhow, in my view you have a horrible cinema taste if you think TLOTR represents the ultimate paradigm of great cinema. Those movies are too long, dense, slow and ultimately boring.
Yeah. When Aragon tells them they bow to no one and he and everyone else bows. Epic!! Actually those were my favorite lines in the entire trilogy. So I totally get you!!
*Mom the whole time:* Bored, Confused, Doesn't understand 5:54: Scene with mom doing anything to save her kids *Mom:* Emotional, Understands, Nearly cries So sweet
Your mother gradually immersed herself more and more in the trilogy, it was beautiful. Your father really lived every moment of each scene, it shows that he loved it. Your sister ... well ... let's say that the important thing is that it has health
But non of the main characters died in game of thrones? They took out some major side characters, but main characters? Nah they had plot armor in the series finale
Please introduce her to Game of Thrones seasons 1-4 (everything after that isn’t an adaptation and is *not* a foundation of good story telling; but it would certainly change her idea of “heroes never die!” Just Ned in season 1 is enough proof).
@cody coughlan by shutting up and now ruining moments with stupid comments like "im not watching anymore theres too many people dying" or "he's the star of the movie he's not gonna die". They refuse to allow themselves to be too invested in the movie because theyre too scared to allow that to happen because it just too dang powerful. that and/or they can't take fiction seriously despite the many serious themes running through the film that relate directly to the real world. Themes like friendship, courage, love, death, fighting in the face of adversity, making good choices, the environment etc. There are so many! That's what made this film so profound if you can just look past the fictional side. So instead, they skate over it with off hand comments and stop themselves from immersing themselves. The mum eventually comes around a little but the sister can't focus and is too distracted. People who are distracted are more often than not trying to ignore certain aspects of life. It stops you enjoying a mountain view, or a great movie. It stops you thinking about the perils we face in our world because it's easier to consciously veer towards ignorance and the bliss it brings. They live in their comfy isolated lives and don't want to experience anything else. They're like early bilbo in that regard haha! That's what I get from watching them anyway so it's just my two cents.
So glad you put in your mums reaction to "White Shores, and beyond..." That is hands down my favourite 'little' scene in the whole trilogy. I read somewhere Tolkien wrote the line in the book as an unframed view of a paradise afterlife, nothing that could be keenly tied to any kind of real world religious view. Being an atheist myself, hearing those words spoken with McKellen's soft tones is the closest I've ever felt to some kind of spirituality. I now want to rewatch the entire trilogy again :)
At least his father really pays attention, is really annoyed by his daughters unqualified comments and even makes hobbit jokes. Not too bad except for his impatience, willing to just jump to the end. 😅
I dont care if it was my sister, I would tell her how much of a basic bitch she was on the spot and that next time she wanted my attention for something I would also just bury my head on the phone.
LOTR isn't actually a trilogy, Tolkien wrote LOTR as a single novel, intending it to be a mature sequel to 'Hobbit/There and Back Again'. The novel was divided into three parts(books) due to its massive size. While the Hobbit was more of a children's novel while LOTR was more adult-oriented. The reason the movies don't have a "proper" ending is that one movie is just a part of a massive story. The narrative arc is only completed until the last book/movie. Loved your video though, it was fun😀
I remember being so closed minded when it came to these films. Im a big Star Wars fan and I was convinced Star Wars was better without ever giving LotR a chance. When I finally did I was definitely kicking myself for not giving them a chance sooner. I’m a huge Star Wars fan, but anyone who says the Star Wars movies are better than Lord of the Rings is insane. Star Wars is great, but the Lord of the Rings is a masterpiece.
@@Grayto If you think of any kind of addiction as kind of pathology yes. But I was from another generation I was used to read 4 - 8 h a day ( during school and studies ) and so I was not used to much using of phones - any phones. Phones are useful - in work when you are not at the exact place you should be. But this video should be about family spending time together not on their phones I think :)
Well done, sir. I am currently introducing a good friend to the trilogy and it brings me joy to say he’s already hooked, halfway through the Fellowship of the Ring.
I wouldn't have even invited her back after the first movie. It's so damn disrespectful to do that to someone who wants to show you something they love. I've sitten through many a Hallmark channel movie with family and politely gave it my undivided attention.
Honestly I don't blame her too much. There's a lot of names, places, faces to keep track of in these movies and I think people who have seen them multiple times forget that.
14:48 is the crowning moment of the video. You and your mom glanced at each other, knowing what's in each others mind. That look from your face, the grin of victory, and her smile of blissful admission that she enjoyed it.
Gets what she deserves? So you mean kids that are excited about an absolute masterclass of movies never to be repeated in combination with a soundtrack that is pretty much as epic as it gets combined with actual ethics/life lessons in it towards life and death (Gandalfs speeches in Moria and Minas Tirith for example), true friendship (Sam and Frodo, Gimli and Legolas, Pippin and Merry), the power of love (Arwen+Aragorn), the qualities that a true leader should have (Aragorn, Faramirs and Theodens development) and lots and lots of other things that could be mentioned. So idk what you would wish to your best friends but if you wish something so great to someone who essentially only showed ignorance and a petty sense of humor then you must be indeed a great person :)
@@SebisMusik you seem pretty triggered by a pregnant woman not liking some nerd shit that you do. they are a family, you don't know them. the projection is real lmfao
@@jdrummerdd Its not about her not liking something that I like, its about the general attitude and stance of her. The things I listed are things that imo someone can see or even learn (in theory) from these movies if they commit to caring. Not only does she not like it (thats up for personal preferance ofc) but shes actively ignorant towards evrything before even taking a look at one minute of the movie. It doesnt matter what movie theyre watching or if theyre even watching a movie to begin with, her absolute ignorance is what the world is full of but doesnt need.
@@SebisMusik the kids will have the benefit of loving the series but since she clearly doesn’t like it she’ll have to live with kids who live the movies...extended suffering for her and valuable life lessons for the kids
Guys I'm not sure, but I'm starting to think Eowyn is not Theoden's daughter
Eowyn is his niece.
He’s her uncle .. thank you. thats a great video 😀
Lol
You always take a risk upsetting the die-hards if you make a LOTR video that isn't 100% accurate.
- Die-hard LOTR fan
It is indeed Theoden's niece ... but it was so lovely to see your mom reaction at the end ... you are forgiven!! (wink)
I would pay money to see the movies once again without no prior knowledge just to be amazed.
knowing all the lore makes movies 1000 times batter. But for new watchers i think it might be a little to much.
J Smith Same. But they were really annoying to watch I have read all the books and Silmarillion and knowing everything makes their reactions annoying af.
@@jsmith1214 I beg to differ.
@@melkor3496 Yeah mate, the atmosphere there is "i dont really care about watching this" and when you dont care about stuff you arent able to recognize a magnum opus. Its like me bein a ignorant in terms of art, i wouldnt recognize a masterpice like a mona lisa even if i had it in front of me lol. However youre right felt annoying, actually... somehow i felt insulted in a personal way lol
Agreed
"They're a little late"
_A Wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives _*_precisely_*_ when he means to_
That is so much deeper than the ocean my boy
PRECISELY
Not sorry to ruin your 669 likes.
Who else said that with Gandalf voice?
Gandalf low key wanted Haldir to die
The kinds of people that you show any of your favorite things to and they just start looking at the phone or fall asleep are the cruelest types of people.
We can be good friends. I have the same thoughts!
eh ive always thought it depends. my mom gets on her phone some but she always pays attention and she never is ignoring the movie. also u are showing them three 3 and 1/2 hour long movies
Yeah I hate that. When they show me something they like I always watch it or listen to it and even if I dont like it I try to have an open mind and wait till the end. And then when I show them something I like, they are on a phone not watching, not listening and then they tell me after only like 25 minutes of the film that it is boring and they dont want to watch it....the most cruel people
Especially when you sit through all their crap.
@@arteifey Good point, but it feels like some of them had already decided to dislike it and never gave it a chance.
Dad is loving it. He just doesn't want to admit it. He remembers all the names for things, it has his full attention.
and everything his daughter says wrong, annoys him...
Dad is probably old enough to remember old movies that were also long.
Also, I think his mom and sister would have enjoyed it more if he split up the movies in half each and made it a 6 part series. The original Extended edition DVDs had that built in.
We saw this repeated with Dune. Most people said that Part 1 was boring and too long. I loved it. Now everyone acts like they always loved it after seeing Part 2.
Look I’m sorry but if you CAN’T sit through a movie like this without picking up your phone there is something wrong with you.
Additionally if you give these films your undivided attention, you watch all three and you say you don’t like them……something is just WRONG with you. You need to contact customer service for a warranty replacement on your mother and sister.
@@TheDalisamai disagree with the 6 part argument.
From the beginning they had negative bias against the film and against watching them with attention for the sons sake.
When there is negative bias before watching Lotr its even worse to try to get your family to sit through anything six times.
3 times reduces the amount of times you have to motivate them.
This is what really shocked me - the dad talking shit about it. How did this guy develop the taste for quality fiction in these conditions?!
Imagine not paying attention to the battle of Helm's Deep
I can't do that.
right! even if i’m just playing LOTR in the background i gotta like sit there and watch it.
That's a difficult one.
My brother tried to turn on br noise for me and turned out the battle of helms deep was on and we decided we'd binge watch the hobbit and lotr and I got in trouble at school.
Impossible ! Also, love your profile pic :p
Don't you just love when people decide they don't like something, before watching it, then continually ask questions, because they're confused, because they really weren't watching it. And then complain that the movie was confusing?
He has the patience of a saint, I couldn't tolerate that :D
I remember trying to show Pulp Fiction to a group of friends years ago. Most of them hadn't heard of it and all of them had no clue what it was about. Luckily all of them loved it...except one of them who is the type person who spends the first 10-20 minutes complaining about watching it in the first place, then proceeds to go on their phone constantly, eventually gets into it and just asks questions that will be answered within the film i.e. "Is he gonna die?", "where are they going?", etc. When the film ended, and I kid you not, she said: "What happens next?" (???). And then, as you quite rightly said, they were like "meh. Don't see why you made such a fuss about it. I didn't know what was happening half the time"
@@TheGroucho66 tbh if he found it interesting he wouldnt have looked at his phone
Yeah people like that truly suck
@OtherwiSe known as the 'Bruk' Hahaha this saying is funny once you look into the Philistines they were actually a very artistic people. I have always wondered how they became affiliated with uncultured people.
I HATE when people say they were bored or hated the movie, but were on their phones......
If people are on their phones during a movie, their opinion is not valid.
More annoying when they do it in theatres! They turn on their phone with full brightness so that we can see them sexting their co-worker! Why do these people even come to the theatres!!
@@belovedtruth3447 cant say ive ever experienced that one lmao
And then have the audacity to get mad when you call them out on it. Also it sucks when you pay attention to a movie they want to watch but as soon as you put on yours, they act like they got other shit to do...smfh
well if a movie is boring me i take out my phone if it's not i don't soo their opinion still makes sense
Your sister, DID NOT pass the vibe test.
Sisters basically never do, my friend. Sisters basically never do... 😞
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat My twin sister and I watch the trilogy every year on our birthday.
It's rare, but some sisters get it.
@@MrNoucfeanor Any good vibes she has she probably absorbed from you in the womb.
"My Mom watches LOTR for the first time" OR "How I got the entire internet to hate my sister"
Haha so true 😂
fecking deserves it
Lol. I agree. But since she's pregnant her body is like a soup of hormones so her behaviour could be forgiven I suppose
No, your entire family...
Lmaoooooo
Imagine getting called a nerd for liking one of the most famous and most appreciated movie trilogy of all time
His utter rejection of the label bothers me more than the label itself. But then, I let my geek flag fly.
@Threepwood23 You're saying that being a nerd is a bad thing or you make it seem so. Actually I'm very proud to be nerd and a geek! I'm married and soon to be a father (God willing) with an amazing woman that's more beautiful than all the models combined. Actually I'm very lucky to be a nerd.
@@corvus1970 living and growing up with a sister who will use that label as a derogatory fashion kinda makes it so that you naturally get defensive when you are called that, its clear that they are the "always butting heads" kind if siblings. lets not forget that the term nerd in my and his generation still had that generalized negative connotation, people still thought you were weird to be into this kind of stuff, or anime etc it wasnt until the coming of marvel and stuff like it that popularized what was once thought as "uncool". so no imo his reaction is not bothering, its natural and thats judging purely from context in this video alone.
while watching this i told my girlfriend when we get a house once we get settled in were gonna watch both the lord of the rings and the hobbit trilogies and she calls me a nerd but she likes me for it so you know what anyone who calls me a nerd in a bad connotation can kindly show themself out the door
@@corvus1970 the problem is it's too inclusive. Someone being a "nerd" or "geek" for liking LOTR or star wars is like someone being a sports fan for watching the superbowl with their friends every year.
Imagine watching Lotr and being bored. The audacity. The gall.
Fr I watch the trilogy at least once a year and am still never bored
I had a friend who said he thought LOTR is boring. I asked him why. He said ''The whole movie Is just a bunch of people walking all the time'' . I said wtf did you close your eyes through all the action scenes? lol..
I fell asleep the first time through Fellowship. That one is pretty boring. They walk some, then they talk some. Then they walk some more, then they talk some more. That’s half the movie. It wasn’t great in The Wizard of Oz and it wasn’t good here either.
@@lilhummus i watched it 5 times a year and still never get bored
It's just a long movie. I used to be able to watch it all in one sitting, but for some reason these days my attention span is a lot worse, so I find myself taking breaks in between. Still incredible movies though
Your dad’s “bad hobbit” joke is just quintessential dad joke energy lol
Why the fuck do American keep their shoes in their own houses??
The mom not knowing anything about the movie and crying was beautiful.
@Magnus Svavarsson Its the music too. Music is very emotional and even just hearing quick bits of a movie theme let you remember how it felt to watch it.
@Magnus Svavarsson I've seen this movies a ton of times and I still get chills and a bit emotional. By far my favorite movies.
I will always cry at the end of the movie, it’s beautiful and happy yet sad at the same time.
"That's right she can be taught!"
Maybe she had too much wine.
"They could have condensed this."
"3 hours is too long"
Me watching all the extended and the behind-the-scenes: ☺👀🍿
They know nothing about the Hobbit trilogy I guess xD
.. and being like : THAT'S IT??? I need MORE
And the movies while supremely fantastic still didn't get to cover everything! My life would be so empty without these fantastic films and books
The only way to watch this is the extended edition
Same here I could watch these all in one day and still want more!!
Doesn't watch any of the movie
"This movie was weird"
Girl you have no idea what you're talking about
she was just on the phone, all the time.
honestly, it may be shitty of me, but anyone that actually watches the trilogy fully and still thinks this way, is a complete idiot.
It's just the problem of the recent generation, that is not abled to sink into a movie, because literally no one has an attention span of over 5 Minutes.
Schummelmodul878 sooooo true!!!
Schummelmodul878 boomer
"If my mom can get into these movies than anyone can. Except maybe my dad"
Bruh, your dad was the most into em. That dude was on point and he was loving it. He just didn't wanna show he was loving it, but he was clearly loving it.
Glad I saw this comment; I was hoping somebody had told him long back about how engaged and focused his dad was in many of the really brief clips included.
I KNEW his dad was really into the dynamics and battles and invested in character outcomes. He was just flying below the radar of his son's focus lol.
He was doing the typical cynical thing where he’s is like “Why couldn’t they just ride the eagles 8 hours ago and save millions of ppl?”
to be fair if you know nothing about the reasons why that isn't possible, etc., that's a pretty logical question to ask
Don't you find it sad that egos reigns the house that you have to actively dislike something good
@@ghostwalker000 What?
wait, Éowyn is not Théoden's daughter, she's his niece. He only had one son who died in battle. Éowyn and Éomer are the king's niece and nephew
It's probably just easier to say she is his daughter to first timers lol
The king's son's name was Theodred, if I'm not mistaken.
@@sharendavis9216 Theoden might as well be their father because he raised them as his own.
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It's my understanding she is his daughter-in-law.
She is the wife of his recently dead son. Eomer's sister, who was his son's best friend.
Quite possibly cousins once or twice removed as the are both prominent families in a small nation.
"It was boring".....
Says the person who literally 🙄 spent the entire time on their phone.
yes mr. Baird show your sister this comment
These kind of people... I just can't...
the type of person who likes stupid reality tv shows only
She was obviously on the phone the whole time because she was bored.
Right ?!!? Pisses me off
So here's my take on it. Mom was initially influenced by sister's negative mindset but she eventually came around. Sister acted like she was in a competition to see who could like it the least and was determined to win. She was never going to like it no matter what she saw on the screen. Some folks are just like that I guess.
She is also pregnant so that could also be a reason why she had a negative judgement.
@@Sophia-cy5pm
Yeah. Although a lot of people are just like that, I've known a few guys and girls who did this exact thing. They probably grew out of it though
@@viktorthevictor6240 no, the sister just seems like a really vapid person. Her holy phone and the sacred social media rules her life.
Or she just doesn’t really like it. My parents don’t like these movies either.
@@simulacrae you know nothing about this person, calm down
I love how your Mom was so genuine, she really tried her best! Even though she didn't understand every single thing and was a bit puzzled at first, she was open enough that she understood the deeply moving emotions that transpire, especially at the end. Such a sweetheart.
No Eowyn is not Theoden's daughter. She's his niece.
Thank you
His family isn't into it anyway, so it's probably just easier and more expedient to agree than to bother with correcting them.
Yeah okay, DORK
I am currently translating the book nd, in Isengard now. Literally screamed when he said she was his daughter
Yes! Theoden is Theodred's father. Eowyn and Eomer are siblings!
"They're a little late"
a wizard is never late nor is he early he arrives precisely when he means to
Was about to comment this
@@theoe354 you were a little late
they sure don't look like wizards though
Plus he did say when was going to return with help >.> "Look to my coming, at first light, on the fifth day. At dawn, look to the East." God his sister pissed me off with her phone use.
Exactly what I tell my wife.
Am 70 yrs old grandma. Read the books first time when I was 10 yrs old, have re-read them numerous times since. Have watched the movies at least once a year every year. Guess I understand the family reaction if they have never been exposed to Tolkien but it was sad. Guess I'm still that 10 yr old nerd.
Thanks Good for that
thats lovely! Everyone should be exposed to tolkien's work in an early age!
That's awesome! Never stop being that "10 year old nerd" :)
That will be me when I'm older. I've only read 1 book so far but have rewatched the movies at least 10 times. I hope I'll never lose my imagination.
I was 10 too when I read the books first time. I hope I'll be like you in my 70s!
I'm only half way through this video and I've come to the realization that I am SOOO glad I grew up with parents who played and read fantasy. My Dad (Who passed away a few years back) LOVED Dungeons and Dragons and Dune and played all the video games till he was gone. My Mom continues playing games (mainly Might and Magic 7 and Ultima) I remember being 5 and back then (my Mom and Dad) played with my two Uncles and Aunt.
My one Uncle had me watch Ralph Bashki's LOTR and then Rankin and Bass Return of the King.
No one was more excited to see it come to the Movie screen than the Whole Family. We watched it in the Movie theater and We ALL Loved it.
I am So blessed to be given such a family and when I watch this video It made me appreciate them even more.
Eowyn is Theoden’s niece, not his daughter
Thank you. ...That was a low moment for me. Like wtf dude?! Maybe he just wanted to shut her up just then?! I don’t understand.
@@yotube1ful I searched far and wide to find these comments, and yes, i think he was trying to get her to stop talking. but it hurt my very soul.
Dude I literally just watched this and commented the same thing I got so triggered
Elliot Hough haha
he probably didnt want to explain it :D
I would not date someone who doesn't love LOTR trilogy movies.
Amen to that
I showed these movies to my girlfriend recently, just in case. She loves them, so now I can get a ring for her!
I just watched the hobbit 3. Then lotr 3 again fir the 100th time lol
Boris Müller if she suggest to throw the ring to a volcano... marry her again
A woman with standars, all my respects👏👏👏
average people: complains about a 3 hour long movie
also average people: watch an entire season of Greys' Anatomy in a weekend
Or they rewatch friends or HIMYM 1000 times because:”there is nothing good on netflix”
dude i watch 3 hour movies every weekend
Well due to it being episodic there's less story elements to keep track of in one sitting. Just goes to show that people's general attention span has sadly dwindled WAY the hell down since 2003.
Average people like LOTR. People like to act like it's some kind of weird nerd stuff when they're literally one of the most beloved and popular movies out there
@@lovez2eat I don't know. Most average people I talk to think 2 hours is long for a movie unless it's full of Marvel characters because that's popular now. Or not even that, they want fast cars and rom coms or they're walking lol. That's for any age group. The LotR trilogy (movies) is now sort of out of style, especially for younger millennials and gen z's. I'm guessing that's because the Hobbit films kinda brought the Middle Earth Cinematic Universe down a few pegs, which I understand and was unfortunate. But even for those of us that were growing up when this trilogy came out I keep hearing people say it's boring or "ok" or not enough action blah blah blah. Which to me would be like if Beethoven strutted in, played the Moonlight Sonata live on piano and the audience was looking at their phones the whole time and at the end said, "That kinda sucked."
The fact your dad clocked the eagle theory in his first watch is just hilarious!
"could have saved millions of people" 😮 "alright Dad"😂
He did not clock that and there is no theory like that. A better theory would be why did the Valar not assist the hobbits in their journey instead they sent the Wizard/Miar to help with the journey. At multiple times they could have assisted short answer that would be a very boring film!
I really don't understand why people think the eagle thing is a thing.
Mordor is about the size of Montana. You think they're not gonna notice a f!@$ing GIANT EAGLE carrying a hobbit flying across the entire state of Montana? The Nazgul's winged beasts would be enough to handle that but they wouldn't even need that. Just send **one orc** to Mt Doom and have him catch Frodo on a spear when the eagle drops him. Jobs done.
Nah he probably had seen the meme
"taking up smoking would be a very bad Hobbit"
Dad, delivering the dad jokes.
"I was on my phone most of the time, thats how I judge it."
No siss, its how I judge YOU
You can't "watch" something while you are on your phone at the same time.
@@MoeAji I bet I can prove you wrong
She walked away from the obvious climax of the entire trilogy because she "didn't know that was gonna happen."
She asked who SAM was after complaining about how long TWO movies were.
She wasn't paying enough attention to tell whether she liked it or whether it was good or not. And he's definitely right that she dislikes them because she WANTS to dislike them.
@Anthony Lopez
She's just another of many people who make me 🤦♂️
theh1n1shot i just knit or crochet while watching, it helps keep my attention while doing something with my hands ^.^
"It's okay, Sam's coming"
She understands the trilogy pretty well I think.
This is so refreshing to see genuine reactions. Most of these reaction videos on TH-cam folk who praise content to keep fans looking for a nostalgic recap engaged.
have you considered trying to find a new family?
B Murf lol
I'm stuck with them. I mean literally, we're all quarantined together.
Hahaha! I love this comment 😂
Im so lucky my dad is an lotr fanatic and my mom also really likes the franchise, had to grew up with it and im really glad for that
Kevin Baird it looked like you watched it on Netflix? Is it on Netflix?
Mom: tries her very best to understand but must keep asking questions.
Dad: being quiet and making dad jokes.
Sister: on her phone, paying utterly no attention to the movie, sleeping, staring at her food, and thinking Gollum is cute.
Brother: just wanting the family to listen to the movie and stop asking questions.
Your average family
Edit: I couldn’t thank you more for all these likes. Thank you so much. LOTR rules!!
Glorfindel the Golden-haired Prince soooo trueee!!!
To be fair i believe his sister is too much pregnant to give a damn about someone else's pain which is weird but it isn't at the same time.
Now they need to watch this...
th-cam.com/video/z9Uz1icjwrM/w-d-xo.html
exactly XDXDXD
I guess all sisters are bitches😂
If you don't cry at the "white shores" or the "you bow to no one" scenes, you have to be dead on the inside.
Adam Gilson you bow to no one gets me everyone. I love this scene so damn much.
If you don't cry to literally all of RotK, you have to be dead inside.
These movies should excite anyone with a sense of adventure and a vivid imagination. Therefore, I have to conclude that your family, especially your sister, are lacking in both these traits. Of course, it always helps if you have read the books and understand the Tolkien universe.
The "My captain, my King" scene even moreso.
20 years on, you bow to no one STILL gets me.
3:38 I love how most people that couldn't connect to LOTR before but then give it a go mostly have the same reaction at the end: "wait, that was it?!" :D
My parents named me Arwen because they loved the books so much. This kind of talk would not fly in our household 😂
Your parents are so cool. Mine named me by choosing the most common and boring name available.
Happily, one of fathers ancestors had named his family after The One, a minbar not born of minbari so thats something...
Cool, we named our daughter Eowyn.
This must be painful for you!!!!!😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣😣
I love your name. Had I ever had kids, and a daughter, Arwen was my first choice for a name as well.
@@shadowwolf9909 Why not Luthien? No insult meant, but Luthien was by far more badass than, well, almost anyone.
Or, Eowyn? Again, no offence meant but Arwen is a second rate Disney princess whos defining moment was defying his dad, while Eowyn killed the leader of the Nazgul while defying a Royal Order so she could live her life like she saw just and right.
I HATE trying to watch movies that I love with people who don’t appreciate them and complain the whole time. Especially TLOTR. These movies are absolute masterpieces.
What's worse is watching these movies with a guy who wants to be the next Peter Jackson. He constantly comments on the shots, or details about the filming, or asks to rewind so we can watch something again, or points out some crew member peeking out behind a piece of scenery . . .
I can relate, I hate when everyone hates what I love and most of my friends and family don't like LOTR
preach. It's like they are determined to hate it because its a genre they dont usually watch
De Brickashaw Literally! Luckily my immediate family love TLOTR but my boyfriend tried watching it years ago before we were together and thought it was boring, so he won’t even try now. It’s infuriating!
@@holisterhottie14 MAKE A TH-cam VIDEO WHERE YOU FORCE HIM TO WATCH IT!!!!!
Eowyn is not King Theoden’s daughter... she is his niece!
I just look for thes comment 🤣
Hey hows things, i mean like OMG for real? Guess what?
Bye :)
Same thing in Alabama
That bugged me more than it should have.
But he should have loved her as a father.
My grandma used to like lord of the rings.
We used to watch it with Arabic subtitles for her while she prepared food for the next day (Arab food needs prep a day in advance).
She'd sit on the couch, put her feet up on an ottoman, place the tray on her lap and prep while we watched at night.
She didn't like the fighting part, it was too violent, she liked the parts with the hobbits.
She passed away at 96 a couple of years ago.
I miss grandma.
Eh... C'est la vie.
That is so cute
"If one of em takes up smoking, it would be a bad hobbit" lmao the dad joke was great.
i would love to see his reaction, when he sees that basically all the Hobbits smoke^^
Middle-Earth is hobbit-forming.
@@wizardsuth No, Tolkien is hobbit forming.
They'd already become completely hobbituated by the ime of the movies
"How does it feel to be a nerd?"
"It's great, how does it feel to be basic?"
"Aw Gollum is so cute"
So damn basic.
Also great
*Gollum giving the most evil grin at Samwise*
"Aawww, he's holding his hand. So cute."
🤨🤨
To be honest, most nerds are basic too, coming from a basic nerd.
To be honest, everyone is basic. Not a single person living or dead is special.
This made me cry for two reasons. First, LOTR marathon is my family's tradition every December. That's the only time we're complete. Secondly, Bilbo finally set sail for the Undying Lands. Rest in Peace, sir Ian Holm.
LOTR Family Marathon every December?! Adopt me please x
In my close circle of friends we will always come together and watch the trilogy. It brings us together
My family has the same tradition! He earned his place there 💛
My family has the same tradition
I thought I was the only one. My wife and I do the same. Also in December. We watch the extended version of the trilogy in blue ray. 😊
I have a lot of respect for your mum, and for your patience with your sister
This reminds me of watching it with my family every Christmas. My dad had been such a huge fan of the books since he was in high school that he took us out of school early for each movie premier, and then we'd celebrate with a fancy lunch with tea afterwards. My whole family loved them. As a kid I was confused when my dad started crying at the end of the last movie, because it was so happy. And he told me he was happy and sad, and that he hated goodbyes. Whenever we'd listen to the soundtrack together he always skipped last song "Into the West" because of that. Both my parents passed away last year, and for my dad we rented a boat out from San Francisco to spread his ashes out into the ocean. We had a mixed playlist of his favorite songs, which of course included the soundtrack, and had it on shuffle while we went out into the bay. As soon as I picked his ashes up, '"Into the West" came on and my siblings and I looked at each other in shock. It felt right though, that he was okay with saying goodbye, even though his journey with us had ended. There were dolphins that came by as we spread his ashes into the water, and I like to think they were there to escort his soul to his white shores and beyond.
That is very moving :( I am really sad for you losing your parents, let them rest in peace
This is beautiful.
The song Into the West was inspired by Cameron Duncan, a sixteen year old NZ filmmaker with cancer. The first time it was performed officially was at his funeral.
Many of the lyrcis were also borrowed from Bilbo's poems about the Grey Havens and the Undying Lands within the book.
It's such a bittersweet, wistful song, and I tear up every time I hear it.
I can't imagine a better sendoff.
@@vegetabulls278 I didn't know that a lot of the lyrics borrowed from Bilbo's poems and the Undying Lands-that makes me happy that song played during his sendoff❤️
I read your comment aloud to my girlfriend and now were crying. What a moving moment. Thanks for sharing.
People who made the LOTR music should get an Oscar every year till they die.
That music can lift my spirits or make me cry EVERY SINGLE TIME I listen to it.... Really fantastic soundtrack
Howard shore liked that
*_IF_* they die
guy who made DOOM music should also get an oscar yearly
Fucking FACTS. 😩😭
“Because I don’t like watching weird shit”
Watches the hallmark channel
To be fair the hallmark channel is essentially the same three movies with different actors and maybe a different plot twist (especially around christmas)
I like Hallmark,too,but LOVE LoTR AND the Hobbit.
Ain't nothing wrong with hallmark movies. Watch Fire Fox sometime starring John denver, Jessica Tandy and Hume cronin.
Watches the fuckinh Star wars Sequel trilogy. Oh god i cant image her opinion on the prequels. Or the Spider-Man trilogy.
The editing on this video was amazing. Incredibly engaging and I like the choice of music.
No offense, but your sister is a lost cause! But people in the comments, don't have to be angry, in the next 13 years she is gonna watch tons of kids movies and then she is going to beg for a classic like this! :) I loved the video! Great, quality work! :)
Thanks for watching! Maybe she'll come back and redeem herself one day
Haha that's the best comment cause it's TRUE! Omg not to watch 'Frozen' again would be a blessing 🙏 but watch this instead? I won't let her watch it yet til she's older tho (she's 5)
LOL
Wise words! And very true!
@@marykay8587 Careful. I had a 13yo for whom LOTR trilogy and Labyrinthe was too intense.
"Why are they barefoot?"
Why are you wearing shoes at home?
Bindair Dundat hahaha spot on
It's her civil right to wear. It's the freedom slippers 2000 she's rockin'
@@MertBert This is not a answer of this question.
I'm not defending American's weird habit, I'm trolling.
As a Canadian, seeing them were shoes indoor hurts my soul.
your mom's reactions are so genuine, and the fact that she got into the trilogy as the films progressed and went full emotional mood at the end was very heart-warming. Thanks for sharing this.
And please don't invite your sister in upcoming screenings.
"Somehow I got taken in." Because it's the greatest story ever told and the second ppl cam see past their preconceptions they open themselves up to amazing things.
As a guy that always watches the extended version, it actually hurt when the dad said the trilogy could be condensed into a two hour movie 😢
Although he did make an interesting point about getting one of the eagles to fly Frodo to Mt. Doom and saving 9 hours of movie. It gave me pause. I actually needed to figure out reasons why that was not a feasible plan. Still don't have a satisfactory answer. Hmmm.
@@turbogg7213 Because the eye of sauron would probably spot a giant Eagle
@@Dannohasho yes, of course. Thank you.
@@turbogg7213 so if I remember correctly. It was due to the eye of Sauron as well as farmers/ enemy shooting at the eagles. So they couldn't fly alot. But toward the end majority of the world was beating back saurons forces both in the east and north so the eagles took the chance to finish helping the free people. Also the moth thing is how Gandalf ask the eagles for help I believe and they owed him I think. I could be wrong 😅
Extended version or It doesn't count, you'll have to rewatch again all 3 of them
"This all could have been condensed into a 2 hour movie"
No no no no no no you have no clue of what you're talking about. 3 hours is barely long enough to tell this story.
Just wait for them to find out about the extended editions
Agreed. *The Hobbit*, on the other hand...
@@guitarfan01 Yeah the hobbit could've been one movie lol
@@BasePuma4007 maybe 2 at a stretch, with 1 ending with going down the river in barrels and the other finishing
Thank you 😂
"Are you just saying that because you want to hate these movies?" Yes, yes she is.
This video has become a part of my semi annual rewatching of the Trilogy. If only we could all re experience our first time again.
You might like the next video in that case. Stay tuned!
Few things trigger me as much as someone who’s on their phone 24/7 saying how they’re all of a sudden disinterested in the current moments happenings. Only thing more triggering is if they start asking you to fill in plot information because they weren’t paying attention.
only boring people get bored
Bruh
Agreed. How can you say you don’t like a film if you aren’t even going to take the time to watch it.
it boils my blood, like they go: "wait explain what just happened then im confused", like bro you arent confused you werent fckin WATCHINGBSISGRKSMS
Not True. when interesting people are surrounded by boring people, we ARE bored, until we make things interesting, which, thankfully for me, I do very quickly, even if they think I'm insane. It's the only way to live, hahahahaha
I just have to say how amazing your mom is.
She watched a 9-hour trilogy that she thought she wouldn't like because you asked her to, and said she would like it.
Even though she had trouble accompanying the characters and the story moving forward, she still had emotional reactions to many scenes, and remembered most characters.
The fact that she got so emotional at the end of the trilogy shows that, even though she thought the movies were long, even thought at times she fell asleep and even though she could not always accompany what was happen with much interest, she still had the experience of seeing the characters evolve.
What a great mom, seriously. I'm so happy that she liked it.
Yes, the mom redeemed this family's sins
"I'm using my best judgement that you think I should see it so I'm going to watch it."
Such a mom thing to say. :D
His mum wanted to understand why he doesn't have a girlfriend, now she knows.
Yes, she really loves him.
Isn't that interesting how certain people gravitate towards different things (say in this case, emotional development) and totally grasp that growth, even when having trouble keeping track of all the finer points of the plot? Pretty cool aspect of us humans and our differing perspectives.
Since she watches Hallmark movies she's probably not used to watching people who can act.
*spits water* Looooool so true
😂😂👏👏
Shhhh wheres the aloe? Darn it wheres the aloe? This burn!
Just the soundtrack alone makes this the best cinematic experience ever.
Them: it's boring
Me: Crying from just the clips
Yesss!!!
The “you bow to no one” scene gets me from a 5 second clip. The music is just that good
Me too 😂
Jacob Raji Dude! Spot on. This is literally me too
@@jdot6823 I can't watch that without tears. The charge of the rohirim too. It all just comes flooding back. Damn that music. So good.
I don’t blame her for crying, I was crying just watching the clips of the movie.
I just finished watching this and i‘m also crying. LOTR is the best Movies in the World.
exactly
Rohan music, "You bow to no one" ...
just a piece of these scenes and i had tears in my eyes
Yesss, me too 😂
Same
Same
No offense to sis, but... I wouldn't wanna watch any movies with her especially if the genre of the movie is high fantasy. She looked like she hates the film even before it played and being so disinterested in it kills the vibe.
Edit: And looking at your phone while the movie is playing then complaining the film was hard to follow made me laugh. I was in my early teens when I watched the trilogy on DVD and I understood it perfectly without reading the books first. Maybe because I was actually paying attention to the movie.
My mum does that a lot, not on her phone, but she'll leave for like 20 minutes to go do something but demand we keep watching it and don't pause, then come back later and complain she doesn't know what's happening.
Same I watched them for the first time at six years old and immediately fell in love and they've been my favourite movies ever since.
Thank you someone that actually realised her attitude. She’s old enough to leave if she doesn’t want to watch this movies. The mother was actually enjoyed it but that girl it’s just a pain. Simple as that
There are good movies in any genre -- quality is not attached to genre. It's a shame when people close their minds to something that could really have a positive impact on them. At least give it a chance.
No offense to Anna Banana, but I wouldn't wanna watch any movie with her. She is the typical dogmatic person that can't accept when others have different cinema taste and get bored with a particular film. TLOTR does not represent the best possible cinema. On IMDB is has acquired a great rating FROM USERS, but many professional cinema critics criticized its long duration which made the trilogy quite boring and slow. There are many better (and shorter, thus less boring) movies to choose than TLOTR, such as "A ClockWork Orange", "Taxi Driver" or "Blade Runner". Maybe even "2001: A Space Odyssey is shorter". Anyhow, in my view you have a horrible cinema taste if you think TLOTR represents the ultimate paradigm of great cinema. Those movies are too long, dense, slow and ultimately boring.
this was one of the most fun videos I’ve seen on TH-cam in a long time, well done everyone involved 👏🏽
"My friends. You bow to no one." I started to tear up just watching it here.
same here
Yeah. When Aragon tells them they bow to no one and he and everyone else bows. Epic!! Actually those were my favorite lines in the entire trilogy. So I totally get you!!
That was the most incredible line from the entire trilogy!!
The emotion of the music and the solemnity of the scene makes for a wholesome experience!
We all do that 🤭🤭👌🏻
I feel like the dad is low key really enjoying the movies.
@Howbo Sanap one clip his eyes are wide open and he looks like he's bugging on the edge of his seat.
His dad is really enjoying the movies! Just watch at 11:28 an youll know 😅👌
Yeah and at 6:46 he even shhhh on his wife and daughter, cause it is so disturbing when someone talk when good movie is played.
I agree
Was just about to write the same thing
The real question is, did you told them about viggo's broken toe
haha! 😂
Or Sean Astin's glass implaed foot
The real question is, why do they have shoes inside!?
Or that the Ent was played by Gimli.
Or Orlando's broken ribs
Props to your family for all coming together to watch the series with you though! That's awesome!
*Mom the whole time:* Bored, Confused, Doesn't understand
5:54: Scene with mom doing anything to save her kids
*Mom:* Emotional, Understands, Nearly cries
So sweet
simpleton tbh
Your mother gradually immersed herself more and more in the trilogy, it was beautiful. Your father really lived every moment of each scene, it shows that he loved it. Your sister ... well ... let's say that the important thing is that it has health
It lmfao 😂😂😂
I imagine her bro made her watch it a lot lol.
It was her pregnancy brain....
You will have 1 shot at this and only 1, to get her baby under your influence asap.!
"He's the star, he's not gonna die"... please introduce your mother to Game of Thrones :)
I was thinking about it when she said that 😂😂😂
Nearly died laughing!!😅
But non of the main characters died in game of thrones? They took out some major side characters, but main characters? Nah they had plot armor in the series finale
Kinderheart Kin Night King, Daeneris Ned Stark, Geoffrey etc: Am I a joke to you?
Please introduce her to Game of Thrones seasons 1-4 (everything after that isn’t an adaptation and is *not* a foundation of good story telling; but it would certainly change her idea of “heroes never die!” Just Ned in season 1 is enough proof).
The little look he gives when he checks on her during the ‘you bow to no one’ scene like
“…got her😏”
These guys are bored and I'm literally crying from the short clips.
I felt this
Glad I'm not the only one XD
Hey, maybe your dad didn't get into the movies, but he seemed to genuinely appreciate them and paid a lot of attention to them.
@cody coughlan by shutting up and now ruining moments with stupid comments like "im not watching anymore theres too many people dying" or "he's the star of the movie he's not gonna die".
They refuse to allow themselves to be too invested in the movie because theyre too scared to allow that to happen because it just too dang powerful. that and/or they can't take fiction seriously despite the many serious themes running through the film that relate directly to the real world. Themes like friendship, courage, love, death, fighting in the face of adversity, making good choices, the environment etc. There are so many! That's what made this film so profound if you can just look past the fictional side. So instead, they skate over it with off hand comments and stop themselves from immersing themselves.
The mum eventually comes around a little but the sister can't focus and is too distracted. People who are distracted are more often than not trying to ignore certain aspects of life. It stops you enjoying a mountain view, or a great movie. It stops you thinking about the perils we face in our world because it's easier to consciously veer towards ignorance and the bliss it brings. They live in their comfy isolated lives and don't want to experience anything else. They're like early bilbo in that regard haha!
That's what I get from watching them anyway so it's just my two cents.
yeah lowkey i think that the dad liked it the most, eyes don't lie
@cody coughlan He's likely a sarcastic smartass, but as such is intelligent enough to appreciate/follow the moives.
@cody coughlan He appreciates the movies, but seems too proud to admit it
@cody coughlan He didn't say he liked it, nor disliked it. But you have non verbal communication as well
Mom has redeemed herself at the end for actually crying. Dad was cool too, but GOD DAMN that sister pissed the hell out of me lmfao
It's the pregnancy. She's got brain scramblies
yeah she probaly watchs riverdale and twilight
"I was on my phone a lot of the time, that's how I judge it"
Agreed with all of this
Thank you ! You saved me a couple more button taps :)
So glad you put in your mums reaction to "White Shores, and beyond..." That is hands down my favourite 'little' scene in the whole trilogy. I read somewhere Tolkien wrote the line in the book as an unframed view of a paradise afterlife, nothing that could be keenly tied to any kind of real world religious view. Being an atheist myself, hearing those words spoken with McKellen's soft tones is the closest I've ever felt to some kind of spirituality. I now want to rewatch the entire trilogy again :)
At least his father really pays attention, is really annoyed by his daughters unqualified comments and even makes hobbit jokes. Not too bad except for his impatience, willing to just jump to the end. 😅
His hobbit joke was the daddiest dad joke that ever dad joked. Loved it.
@@ZimtPorridge The layers, tho!
His face when the Rohirrim charge...
"I didn't like the movie because I spent half of it on my phone." - Top 5 annoyances.
Sadly that is becoming the most common reason someone dislikes a movie
I dont care if it was my sister, I would tell her how much of a basic bitch she was on the spot and that next time she wanted my attention for something I would also just bury my head on the phone.
When u realize it's not good cause ur not WATCHING IT
His sister literally never looked at the screen...
Hate peyote like that
sister: “who’s that?”
dad rolling his eyes: “elf”
Yes. Haldir. The most common elf. Just like you and me. :D
LOTR isn't actually a trilogy, Tolkien wrote LOTR as a single novel, intending it to be a mature sequel to 'Hobbit/There and Back Again'. The novel was divided into three parts(books) due to its massive size. While the Hobbit was more of a children's novel while LOTR was more adult-oriented.
The reason the movies don't have a "proper" ending is that one movie is just a part of a massive story. The narrative arc is only completed until the last book/movie.
Loved your video though, it was fun😀
The movies are a trilogy did you see them read the fucking book pay attention
I remember being so closed minded when it came to these films. Im a big Star Wars fan and I was convinced Star Wars was better without ever giving LotR a chance. When I finally did I was definitely kicking myself for not giving them a chance sooner. I’m a huge Star Wars fan, but anyone who says the Star Wars movies are better than Lord of the Rings is insane. Star Wars is great, but the Lord of the Rings is a masterpiece.
Yes sir Tolkien is a 1000 levels beyond Lucas in his works and the depth of the story.
So true
My friend Hated the hobbit AND lotr yet thinks Harry Potter is the second greatest film series of all time after Star Wars
@@ianloeb1672 oof
Amen to that
Éowyn is not Théoden's daughter - she's his niece.
Daughter is good enough for mom
Thank you.
Doesn't matter that much, pretty much a daughter to Thèoden anyways.
Thank you.
@@lynnhathaway3755 Thank you
"I was on my phone a lot at the time. That's how I judge it."
That's why we're judging YOU, sis.😖
I’ve watched the entire trilogy in one day TWICE,
I wonder how people can sit on their phone while this wonderful masterpiece is playing.
I bet she watches Riverdale
@@guyunsmonocle8242 Good one
@@guyunsmonocle8242 hahaha😂
Just sitting here crying watching a TH-cam video of *someone else* cry at those moments that always make me cry is just classic. Awesome.
No matter the countless amount of times I’ve watched the last one, when Aragon says “you bow to no one” it always gets me.
TonyAntrx same :( these movies never will get boring
For me it’s the music that does it
Always.
Sister: "Wait, what happened?"
Everyone: "The movie ended, you were on your phone the entire fu**ing time..."
IMO persons who cannot left their phones for 3-4 h a day should be realy considering taking some therapies against addictions. and soon.
@@TallisKeeton maybe not
@@dy1anwi11iams6 why?
@@TallisKeetonYou're saying then that the majority of people in the developed world are pathological?
Makes sense.
@@Grayto If you think of any kind of addiction as kind of pathology yes. But I was from another generation I was used to read 4 - 8 h a day ( during school and studies ) and so I was not used to much using of phones - any phones. Phones are useful - in work when you are not at the exact place you should be. But this video should be about family spending time together not on their phones I think :)
"One does not simply watch the LOTR Trilogy with the lights on."
God, i have no idea why people would watch any movie with the lights on!
Beloved Truth fr
I hate watching movies in the dark, don´t judge me :(
Röné Unknown why
Röné Unknown it gives that cinematic feeling yk😌
Well done, sir. I am currently introducing a good friend to the trilogy and it brings me joy to say he’s already hooked, halfway through the Fellowship of the Ring.
Heather watching her phone during Pippin's song is the most upsetting thing I have seen in a long time..
Facts! I don't get people like that... Who watch garbage TV and crappy movies but don't want to watch good shit
😭
Typical air head addicted to their phone
@@bobross6602 I can understand being bored, lotr isn't made for everyone. Doesn't make her some kind of "phone addict"
I wouldn't have even invited her back after the first movie. It's so damn disrespectful to do that to someone who wants to show you something they love. I've sitten through many a Hallmark channel movie with family and politely gave it my undivided attention.
Your sister can never be my friend, real talk.
same, people like her really get on my nerves lol
Absolutely agree.
So vapid. She's the reason why there's so much crap media out there. Think of the millions of these types out there. Consuming.
She talks too much.
I was just thinking this.
Bilbo: *calls Frodo his nephew multiple times in the first act*
Mom later on: “Are they related?”
Honestly I don't blame her too much. There's a lot of names, places, faces to keep track of in these movies and I think people who have seen them multiple times forget that.
Give up the drink Bob
Funny thing is they aren't related, at least not that directly, Frodo is adopted.
@@disgruntledwookie369 They are related. Frodo is Bilbo's first and second cousin.
I thought Frodo was his grandson initially.
Your family all coming together to watch these with you despite none of them wanting to or liking the movies is very wholesome.
8:07 "They're a little late."
"A wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
My mind went rigth there lol
First off, you're watching with the lights on.
Second, everyone has their shoes on.
Third, not nearly enough snacks and booze are present.
THANK YOU! The lights were really annoying but the shoes inside AND putting it on the sofa just really annoys me :( I don't get it
have 2 agree with this person.
I guess we wanna see their reactions
Exactly. They don't look comfortable at all.
My guess is everyone in his family would have fallen asleep if they got to comfortable
14:48 is the crowning moment of the video. You and your mom glanced at each other, knowing what's in each others mind. That look from your face, the grin of victory, and her smile of blissful admission that she enjoyed it.
Aren't they lovely 💕
A true bonding moment🥰
That “Bad Hobbit” smoking joke was the best dad joke I’ve ever heard!! 😅
My question is why are they wearing shoes while on the couch
Who the hell wears shoes indoors, I cant get comfortable with shoes on
I couldn't stop asking myself WHY ARE THEY WEARING SHOES IN THE HOUSE😆☠
'merica
I'm gonna go ahead and guess that americans really suck at cleaning
Hahaha, i was scrolling through the comments to find the one about the shoes!
When your sister has kids make sure they watch all the movies and raise them on these movies so your sister gets what she deserves 😂
Gets what she deserves? So you mean kids that are excited about an absolute masterclass of movies never to be repeated in combination with a soundtrack that is pretty much as epic as it gets combined with actual ethics/life lessons in it towards life and death (Gandalfs speeches in Moria and Minas Tirith for example), true friendship (Sam and Frodo, Gimli and Legolas, Pippin and Merry), the power of love (Arwen+Aragorn), the qualities that a true leader should have (Aragorn, Faramirs and Theodens development) and lots and lots of other things that could be mentioned.
So idk what you would wish to your best friends but if you wish something so great to someone who essentially only showed ignorance and a petty sense of humor then you must be indeed a great person :)
@@SebisMusik you seem pretty triggered by a pregnant woman not liking some nerd shit that you do. they are a family, you don't know them. the projection is real lmfao
@@jdrummerdd Its not about her not liking something that I like, its about the general attitude and stance of her. The things I listed are things that imo someone can see or even learn (in theory) from these movies if they commit to caring. Not only does she not like it (thats up for personal preferance ofc) but shes actively ignorant towards evrything before even taking a look at one minute of the movie. It doesnt matter what movie theyre watching or if theyre even watching a movie to begin with, her absolute ignorance is what the world is full of but doesnt need.
@@SebisMusik the kids will have the benefit of loving the series but since she clearly doesn’t like it she’ll have to live with kids who live the movies...extended suffering for her and valuable life lessons for the kids
@@SebisMusik so they can clown their mom.
The dad: "This could have been condensed to two and a half hours."
Me: *laughs in Tolkien*
Well that is true about "HOBBIT" though.
@@86upsmaya indeed! Shows what happens when you have little time to prepare.
Laughs in Extended Edition
His dad is the most idiotic of all of them. How stupid this fucking family can be.
at least he didn't name me Clemente