People don’t talk enough about Brad Dourif & his portrayal of Grima Wormtongue. He’s such an incredible actor, who doesn’t get half the credit he deserves.
11:23 - This trivia fact is practically a meme at this point, but: during this take, the actor playing Aragorn kicked the helmet so hard that he broke his toe, and his scream is real pain, and that's the take that's in the movie.
The translation of Professor Tolkien’s Kingdom of Rohan from book to the screen was masterful. The portrayals of King Theoden by Bernard Hill, Eowyn by Miranda Otto, Eomer by Karl Urban and, not least, the balefully malevolent plotting Grima Wormtongue by Brad Dourif substantially matched the personalities of those characters in the mind’s eye of one who has been a Tolkien fan since 1965.
Mostlly, yes. But despite Dourif being a great actor and delivering a great performance for what he was asked to do, it still was a poor interpretation of Grima. They made him visually repulsive in a way that makes your skin crawl. Such a person would never rise to the position of the King's chief counselor. Wormtongue really means 'speaks like a dragon' because worm=dragon in Tolkien, and dragons were famous for being very clever. The character would have been better had he been more like Hans Gruber in Die Hard--that's someone that you can at least understand why people would follow him, because he's obviously brilliant and has a certain charisma.
King Theoden is my favourite character in the films. I honestly think he gets the best lines and I empathise with his character's decisions more than any others, considering the responsibility of protecting his people.
Aragorn spared Grima for pragmatic, political & moral reasons. Morally: Killing someone is bad. Even when perceived as justified Tolkien didn't feel that taking a life was ever the honourable thing to do. Pragmatically: Grima might have knowledge about Saruman's plans. Maybe even some of Sauron's plans. Information that they could have extracted from him if he'd accepted the king's 'mercy'. Politically: You've not seen your king in months. Rumour has it he's gone mad and that Grima is the one running the kingdom now. Next time you see your king he's flinging Grima down the stairs unarmed, about to swing a sword through his head. Grima was even begging for mercy. That's not a good look for Theoden's first act as the King again after being silent for so long.
And the Three Dudes chasing the Orcs across Rohan was filmed just a few days after Viggo broke his toe, so you had Aragorn with a broken toe, Legolas with a cracked rib (Orlando Bloom had fallen off his horse), and Gimli with a dislocated knee (John Rhys-Davies's scale double, Brett Beattie)--professionals all! Incidentally, the scenery is gorgeous, but it doesn't look anything like the Rohan of the book.
@@LIPPSMACKER and he actually chipped a tooth on a sword, Viggo Mortensen did, and he chose to go and superglue it but they eventually sent for him to get medical help.
Gollum may have been a bit of a drama queen about starving, but he wasn't faking when he said the elven rope burned him. After having been under the corrupting, evil influence of the Ring for as long as he was (500 years) anything made by the elves, as noble, pure and good as they are, would cause him literal pain. This is why he complains about the elven bread later on as well. To him it would taste like ash. As for the bread, it's not that it's not delicious. At this point it's just the only thing Frodo and Sam have been eating for a good week or so. They're just bored with eating the same thing over and over.
@@LIPPSMACKERelieve me there were times out of hundreds when he says “he does not care if we should die!” (With the faint body language watching the scene as if your standing back watching ) Randomly becomes hilarious to me when it hits my ears the right way that day. Laugh out loud that’s for sure. 😂
@@LIPPSMACKERthere was someone who gave you a great song to listen to via a comment they just dropped below this video. It’s Gollum’s Song that appears in the end credits of this movie. Please react to it. The details are in that persons recent comment. ❤the lyrics are undoubtedly melancholy…
13:26 Hobbit food is not the problem, Elvish bread, like Elvish rope, he can't stand. Frodo has to believe Smaegol can be redeemed, because he knows the Ring is affecting himself, starting him down the same path.
The ring that Aragorn wears, the Ring of Barahir, is not magical but it is unbelievably ancient. It was not made by men but by the elves when they dwelt over the sea in the immortal lands of the Valar, the angelic powers who shaped and govern the world under the one god, Eru. When the elves returned to Middle Earth many thousands of years ago to fight the original dark lord, Morgoth (Sauron’s master and also the master of the Balrogs), Barahir, the leader of one of the groups of men who allied with and served the elves, saved the life of one of the greatest elven princes, Finrod (who was the eldest brother of Galadriel, a great princess herself). In gratitude Finrod gave Barahir his ring as a sigh of his eternal friendship and aid. Aragorn is a descendant of Barahir, and the ring is a token of his legitimacy as king.
Everything elves create has magic poured into it as every creation takes a piece of their own power. And it came from Valinor from the hands of Galadriel’s eldest and dearest brother. Finrod
"(I fear) a cage... to stay behind bars until use and old age accept them, and all chance of valor fades beyond recall or desire..." That, to my heart, is horror - and endeared Eowyn to me among all other characters.
@@LIPPSMACKER I think I can safely predict that you will come to love Eowyn's character more and more--and that we are all up for THAT evolution, along with the others!
The Two Towers is my favorite of the movies simply because it really is Gandalf's movie to shine. To those who haven't read the book prior its the first time you get a sense of Gandalf living a sort of double life. He is one of the most powerful things in middle earth bar Sauron yet is VERY carful about showing it; choosing to do magic in very subtle ways that even the reader or viewer can miss. I also love the part where he says the prayer in Rohirrim. Its one of those little scenes that gives you a sense of just how deep Gandalf goes in Middle Earth.
All three movies can be thought of as "one film" in three parts, as the original story is also one lone story but published in three parts for economic reasons but a few scenes re-set the story and themes in each movie since they were each released one year apart. Imagine having to wait a year for the cliffhanger, even having read the book!
Thank you for including the funeral of theodred. Ever since i had to watch my grandparents bury one of their sons that scene has broken my heart worse than it did the first time i saw it. No parent should ever EVER have to bury their child no matter their age. P.s i think you look like you could pull off a beautiful elf cosplay.
I'm so sorry you had so much trouble with the uploads. I was was waiting for the rest your reactions after Fellowship cause i really liked it. I thought you were planning to continue after you finished the books. I'm glad to watched now and I hope won't get anymore problems with TH-cam.
No these have been filmed for ages!! I watched all 3 movies months ago but was in the middle of posting when SAG started striking and they called for no promotion of any struck work past or present. That’s why fellowship and two towers part one were up (part 2 was but was struck with copyright at some point mid strike)
Èowyn’s FULL SONG + Rohirric Eotheod language English translation below/ Èowyn sings at Thèodred’s “funeral”•Now dear Théodred lies in darkness, most loyal of fighters. The sound of the harp shall not wake the warrior; nor shall the man hold a golden wine-cup, nor good hawk swing through the hall, nor the swift horse stamp in the courtyard. An evil death has set forth the noble warrior A song shall sing the sorrowing minstrels of Meduseld That noble cousin, who always held me dear Now is held in darkness, enclosed. (Now in in the language of the Èitheod)❤ Nú on théostrum licgeth Théodred se léofa hæ´letha holdost. ne sceal hearpan sweg wigend weccean; ne winfæ´t gylden guma sceal healdan, ne god hafoc geond sæ´l swingan, ne se swifta mearh burhstede beatan. Bealocwealm hafað fréone frecan forth onsended giedd sculon singan gléomenn sorgiende on Meduselde thæt he ma no wære his dryhtne dyrest and maga deorost. She sings this part in the movie: Bealocwealm hafað fréone frecan forth onsended giedd sculon singan gléomenn sorgiende on Meduselde thæt he ma no wære his dryhtne dyrest and maga deorost. Éowyn is only heard singing the last four lines of the song, ending with the word Bealo, which in Old English meant "evil" or "harm". The first of those lines ("Bealocwealm hafað...") originates from the epic poem Beowulf, line 2265.)
Gandalf is the same species of being as the Balrogs/Sauron before twisted by Melkor[Morgoth]. They are all Maiar (primordial spirits). Gandalf named Olórin created by Eru’s Thought (extensions of Eru Îlluvatar himself whilst they had their own free will & individuality. He essentially got the chance to experience and study other parts of himself through this.) among the other Ainur before the Years of the Lamps roughly 9,000+ years before arriving in Middle-earth; In Valinor he was known as Olórin.(Remember though he formally existed before the world existed and his form becoming Gandalf hadn’t happened yet. He was sent to Middle-earth in human form around the year 1000 of the Third Age. So his many forms had different ages in length of existing. He’s very cool right! Could he get any cooler!? 😎❤️ Another thing is when he arrived in middle earth he was disguised as an elf & lived among them whilst they were unknowing & he became to be known as Mithrandir to the Quendi/Eldar❤️ He could have very well dwelled with the elves far earlier just do to his curiosity & simple desire to explore and be around the firstborn (TheElves) Gandalf The Grey/White Estimated at 15,000 years old (following his quote "300 lives of men, I have walked this earth"), It says that Gandalf was the wisest of the Maiar besides Melian herself. There were a lot of Maiar that were considered really great and powerful. However, there is a much longer answer. Like Sauron(former name is Mairon) & the other Istari (the order sent around the same time & of which he was appointed leader but he being who he is & a student of the Vala by the name Nienna & Lorien(Irmo). Gandalf was a Maiar, an angelic spirit created by Eru at the beginning of time and therefor one of the many Ainur who sang the world into being & Eru just helped their creation take shape and basically stated “behold YOUR creation” & basically what happens in that world goes sort of preordained as by that song eons ago so really only the ages after Dagor Dagorath will truly be an age that isn’t full of strife and sadness and longing. Also. These lamps are what were before even the two trees. These were Giant mountains but also like light houses but housing a great power but it may have also been where two special Maia lived that helped in the creation in the sun and moon after Melkor With eldrich terror Ungoliant killed the trees, so yea “Arien” is the Maia who basically exists with the sun and her brother and or lover of sorts is the one who wanders with and guides the moon. Of which that other Maia was “Tillion” Galadriel herself not only witnessed this but as a student of Aulë and the other Valar she obviously had involvement in helping create the hallowed objects that housed the final flower of the silver tree Telperion that was the father of the moon and the mother of the sun was Laurëlin the golden tree and prior to the sun and moon they too used to wax and wane!
I’m someone with Autism; these films along with all 25 of his books have really been a huge help in my life. Saved it in fact. Many people have stories of how it helped them survive cancer and so on! And or they watched these films with their mother or father who introduced the films and or the books to them before their passing so these films hold a huge spot in the hearts of millions of people for several unique reasons. Many beautiful stories are even shared on TH-cam. Via video and comments below various LOTR related videos or movie clips etc. ❤
When I was in middle school back in the 70s reading Lord of the Rings helped me get through some pretty dark times. I remember upon reaching the end I immediately picked up the first volume and started reading it again. I did that 5 more times before finally taking a break from it.
I'm enjoying your reactions immensely! One thing I've noticed is that you noticed that Gollum sweared ON the precious. In the book, Tolkien writes that Frodo makes sure that Gollum swears BY the precious, and not ON it!
Enjoying your reactions! Peter Jackson & Co.'s version of the Dead Marshes is a good try, but it doesn't work as well as it might. For starters, in the book the passage of the marshes was done in total darkness, as Gollum wouldn't move even by moonlight. The strange gas flares are meant to be the "will-o-the-wisp," a faint phosphorescent glow sometimes reported from swamps and marshes, interpreted by Gollum and others as candles carried by the dead. It's easy to see why the movie-makers wouldn't present a major part of the story in total black screen. Incidentally, thought was given to filming this part in a real marsh, but the logistics got too tough. So these scenes were filmed in a flooded parking lot near the Weta studio (the same parking lot was also used to film the water in front of the Moria gate in FOTR, complete with Watcher in the Water). Lots of green screens for the backdrops.
22:42 IIRC, during the BTS voice over of the movie the actor who plays King Theoden, Bernard Hill, said that he was speaking to a other who had a child pass away. She said the words to him, that: “No parent should have to bury a child.” The words stuck with him, and he insisted that they be said in this moment, by Theoden. I’m sure he didn’t have to convince very hard. What a movie, what a reaction. What a moment.
"It just looks like a rock." Recall what Celeborn said when he gave the fellowship the cloaks, "May these cloaks help shield you from unfriendly eyes."
I did have a bigger aha moment about the cloak and it’s elvish powers, but the flow of it led me to cut that part out (if memory serves). I had to do 6 revisions of this edit to get it thru copyright
FYI- Viggo bought Brego and kept him until the horse died of old age. He also bought the horse "Arwen" rode in rescuing Frodo and gave it to the stuntwoman that did the actual riding!
15:57 The Ents were created due to a difference of opinion between the archangel of the earth/ plant life and her husband, the archangel of crafting, including woodworking. He created the Dwarves. She created the Ents to protect trees from his Dwarves!
I can say from watching your reaction so far that YOU will love the books. The movies are like a good burger with home fries and a shake. The books are like fillet mignon with sauteed mushrooms and a fine wine. Then there's The Legendarium. An endless soup, salad and dessert bar that Tolkien worked to perfect from when he was a very young man in the trenches of WWI, until his death in the 1970s. Start with The Hobbit which he wrote for his children in the 1930s ( quick, easy read told from Bilbo's POV ). Then the Trilogy. It's funny because the first time I reaad it I felt like every road, river and ruin the Hobbits passed had its own story. This was in 1976. It was years before I found out my feelings were completely true. The Silmarillian and other tales can be ponderous reading but lucky you! There are plenty of TH-cam channels to help you break things down. My favorites are Tolkien Untangled, TheGirlNextGondor and the Red Book. This endless feast is always there when you're ready for it, Think you are gonna love the trilogy particularly because almost every chapter has a song or poem in it. Bon appetit!
I don't think you want to catch that " man-flesh " scent. Aragorn and company have been running for three days, do you remember seeing any of them shower. " Pick up " their scent?! I'm surprised their eyes aren't watering. 🤢😂
The little box of Sam's that Frodo catches is not seasoning. It's a reference to the end of the book that Jackson left out of the movies It's a Mallorn seed and essentially magical dust from Lothlorian given to Sam by Galadriel. At the end of the book Sam plants the seed where Bilbo's party tree had been cut down and it grows into the only giant Mallorn tree west of Lothlorian (the giant trees the elves live in) and he sprinkles the dust around the shire and replants many trees. This results in the very best harvest in the history of the shire. In some ways it's Galadrial using effectively the last magic of her ring to bless the Shire (the elven rings lose their powers when the one ring is destroyed). Everything harvested that year (1420) is so good that it becomes a byword for describing things that are excellent and good. "Proper 1420 that was"
It is seasoning in the freaking *_movie,_* which is what we're watching a reaction to! If you want to join a discussion about the novel vs. the movies, go find or start a channel that's doing that. Jeez, Louise!
Ok, I definitely did not have "Lipps identifying with Gollum's dramatic tendencies" on my LOTR bingo card-but in hindsight, I don't know, maybe I should have?
When I saw the Fellowship...I enjoyed it, but it didn't really sink in. Even watching with a friend who had read the books as a guide. When I saw The Two Towers later...I absolutely fell in love with this story forever and it all came together. And it only gets better.
I feel this. I loved fellowship, but I can see how that movie is a huge part in setting up two towers and allows two towers to be this beautiful middle of an Oreo cookie. Can’t wait for the third.
Hi Lipps enjoyable reaction as always also so glad you are enjoying these movies, and after reading the comments all the usual stuff you expect to see is there.
"Three hundred lives of men I have walked this Earth." Actually, Gandalf is far older than that. He, and other angels known as the Ainur, helped Eru Ilúvatar (God, if you will) create the universe some forty thousand years ago (if I'm not mistaken). He's referring to just the time he has been in Middle Earth.
According to Treebeard, the Wizards first appeared "after the Great Ships came over the Sea," which would mean about the time of the great battle in the Prologue to FOTR. That would be at the end of the Second Age, about 3000 years before our story. In Tolkien's account of the history of the Third Age, given in an Appendix to ROTK, it is stated that the Wizards appeared about a thousand years into the Third Age, which would be about 2000 years before our story. Take your pick...
As I commented elsewhere, 300 lives makes no sense no matter how you consider it. I wonder how they came up with that line. Maybe just a random throw-away.
So I'm gonna just pick three moments to thank you for giving us: The hearty laugh when the Orc Boss says "Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!" and the first time I've ever seen (or had occur to me) someone sort of putting an erotic stamp on Legolas's brushing his fingers along the feathers on his arrow (See? That right there kinda sounds naughty already, lol), haha! And your getting choked up on seeing Gandalf's return. Lookin' forward to more such as you continue watching!
Thank you for appreciating the laugh, the pacing of that joke was so week delivered. I actually was egged on for months to watch lord of the rings by a very good friend and fellow creator (BasicWitGirl) because of the legolas finger moment. So I was prepared for it and it was even BETTER in the moment and context if the film. Gawd damn 🤣 and Gandalf has such a sweet space in my heart. He is my kind of character: calm, direct, stern when needed and wise. I adore him.
@@LIPPSMACKER LOL, awesome! Great feedback, hat tip to BasicWitGirl, love the egged-on-to-check-out-Legolas-Finger-Moment story, and, yes, Gandalf doesn't disappoint on any level, and I'll wager he won't in #3, either!
I don’t know why they went with Gandalf saying he’s been around for “300 lives of men”. In the books he’s been in Middle Earth in old-man form for 2,000 years, which is more like 30 lives of men. Though fundamentally he’s an immortal angelic being created at the beginning of the Universe. Either way it doesn’t equal 300 lives of men 🧐
I think it was based on the most common calculation of Middle Earth's age being about 11,000 years. Still not quite 300 lives of men in Tolkien's writing but they were trying to show it in our context.
Great its nice too see you so envolve in this story and lure, and we all need a good friend like Sam in our lifes he his the best. Great reaction once again catnt wait to see you reaction to next movie and to the Hobbit. you are gonna love it. Keep up the good work
(Rohan)The instrument you may be loving isn’t a violin! It’s a Nordic instrument called the Hardanger fiddle! (Norwegian: hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than four as on a standard violin) and thinner wood. The F-holes of the Hardanger fiddle are distinctive, oftentimes with a more “sunken” appearance, and generally straighter edges (unlike the frilly, swirly F-holes of a violin). Four of the strings are strung and played like a violin, while the rest, named understrings or sympathetic strings, resonate under the influence of the other four. These extra strings are tuned and secured with extra pegs at the top of the scroll, effectively doubling the length of a Hardingfele scroll when compared to a violin. The sympathetic strings, once fastened to their pegs, are funneled through a “hollow” constructed fingerboard, which is built differently than a violin’s, being slightly higher and thicker to allow for these extra strings. The resonant strings lay on the center of the special bridge, attached to extra hooks (or fine-tuners) on the tailpiece. Carved out within the center of the bridge is a smaller secondary “bridge”, or opening, designed specifically for these resonant strings to pass through. This is where the resonance is picked up & reverberated; as notes are played, the vibrations are sent through the bridge, where the sympathetics echo those notes. • The Hardingfele’s bridge is unique compared to other bowed instruments. It is somewhat taller and wider, resulting in the strings being slightly lower and farther apart; this allows for the easy execution of double-stops (playing of two strings at once). A similar technique is seen in some American old-time and bluegrass fiddlers, who intentionally move their bridge back a few millimetres closer to the tailpiece, for better double-stops. The hardingfele is used mainly in the southwest part of Norway, whereas the ordinary violin (called flatfele, 'flat fiddle', or vanlig fele, 'common fiddle') is found elsewhere. The hardingfele is used for dancing, accompanied by rhythmic loud foot stomping. It was also traditional for the fiddler to lead the bridal procession to the church. The instrument is often highly decorated, with a carved animal (usually a dragon or the Lion of Norway) or a carved woman's head as part of the scroll at the top of the pegbox, extensive mother of pearl inlay on the tailpiece and fingerboard, and black ink decorations called 'rosing' on the body of the instrument. Sometimes pieces of bone are used to decorate the pegs and the edges of the instrument. The earliest known example of the hardingfele is from 1651, made by Ole Jonsen Jaastad in Hardanger, Norway. Originally, the instrument had a rounder, narrower body. Around the year 1850, the modern layout with a body much like the violin became the norm.
"300 lives of men..." I think that that line, and his resurrection, are the only times that the films reference Gandalf's true nature. Like Saruman and the Balrog, he's a Maiar, which in the mythology of Tolkien's books is the equivalent of an angel (or a demon in the Balrog's case). There are others who don't appear in these films (Radogast the Brown appears in The Hobbit). Sauron is an Ainur, more of an Archangel.
Be sure to have at least two rolls of tissue available once you get to "Return of the King". I've seen these movies multiple times, and even when just watching a reaction video, I get tears.
Some reactors get all hung up on the “I AM Saruman” line. It’s just a metaphor!! It’s even more apt when you consider a detail in the book, not shown in the movie. In his arrogance Saruman decides white is insufficient, and he declares himself Saruman of Many Colors, and dons a rainbow colored robe. He wears a pride flag! So Gandalf becomes the new white wizard.
Why not say he wears God's promise to never flood the Earth again, or Joseph's coat? Or maybe it has nothing to do with God's promise, Joseph's coat, or a pride flag, because Tolkien disliked metaphor? Saruman's choosing a robe of many colors was Tolkien's very blunt way of showing his arrogance and rejection of his original mission from the Valar.
Tolkien introduced Norse Mythology. Yet never made it to Iceland for a visit, even if he wanted to. Still, as we have already said, his works were inspired by Iceland, its stories and its language. For example, the trolls in The Hobbit are inspired by Icelandic folktales, and Gandalf is the incarnation of Ødin(Olòrin) Gandalf (Gandálfr) is a Dvergr (Norse dwarf) in Norse mythology, appearing in the so-called 'Tally of the Dwarves' within the poem Völuspá from the Poetic Edda, as well as in the Prose Edda. The name derives from the Old Norse words gandr (magic staff) and álfr (elf), thus a protective spirit who wields a magical wand. (Gandalf is even Staff Elf in Rohirric language which is also old English Anglo Saxon Even a lot of how the framework and design of most of his collected works all read and function in modes of SAGAs and Epics Forgot the names of the dwarf’s equipment but Gandalf also had a magical ring and his sword was from the elvish king Turgon from long ago from a mythical hidden kingdom that was the heartbeat of the elves of middle earth outside of Eregion. Sword named Glamdring(Foehammer) The difference is subtle where in the other story it’s a special spear of sorts and it’s the same thing with the steer Shadowfax connecting to Sleipnir
The smaller Orcs are members of two different groups, one that followed the Fellowship from Moria and one that came over the river from Mordor. The large Uruk-Hai are Saruman's and have orders to bring the Hobbits to him in Isengard. Spoiler: You will see two groups of Orcs later too. One from a watchtower and the other from 'the dead city'. These critters are bad enough with their own, but are even quicker to fight when they don't serve in the same location.
Physically Gandalf has been around since the beginning of the Third Age (so have the other 4 wizards) BUT Shapeless they have been there since the beginning before Arda was even born. (Arda is what is called the planet, Middle-Earth is just the continent)
Hi. I like your reactions. they are very intelligent. I do have a question. At 4:50 you mentioned his Hobbit name - Smeagol. Neither the first film not the second had mentioned his name until later, so how did you know it?
Which was useful at times, as they didn't need a scale double when he was interacting with the hobbits' actors, who were all about five inches shorter - his height difference from them is close to perfect for the comparison between dwarf and hobbit heights!
Hey loved the reaction this trilogy is basically only gonna get better with each movie. Also even if it’s too late I hope you decided to listen to the end credits song for this movie called Gollum’s song. If not I highly recommend checking it out on TH-cam from Emiliana Torrini.
@@melkor3496let’s see if we can get enough people to say it? I left the message as a reply to some of the replies she gave other comments and I posted it to her latest community post. ❤ let’s hope she reacts to it before ROTK right after. ❤
Hey Falko, return of the king won’t be posted until the SAG and WGA strikes are over. The guild has asked that influencers pause on promoting content that falls under struck companies. I have it recorded but won’t be posting to TH-cam until there’s a fair negotiation
It is great when TH-cam reactors take the time to read and reply to comments, some do not care. Now, if you just switch around the order of the two parts of Fellowship of the Ring, my OCD will stop commenting :)@@LIPPSMACKER
Gandalf is the same species of being as the Balrogs/Sauron before twisted by Melkor[Morgoth]. They are all Maiar (primordial spirits). Gandalf named Olórin created by Eru’s Thought (extensions of Eru Îlluvatar himself whilst they had their own free will & individuality. He essentially got the chance to experience and study other parts of himself through this.) among the other Ainur before the Years of the Lamps roughly 9,000+ years before arriving in Middle-earth; In Valinor he was known as Olórin.(Remember though he formally existed before the world existed and his form becoming Gandalf hadn’t happened yet. He was sent to Middle-earth in human form around the year 1000 of the Third Age. So his many forms had different ages in length of existing. He’s very cool right! Could he get any cooler!? 😎❤️ Another thing is when he arrived in middle earth he was disguised as an elf & lived among them whilst they were unknowing & he became to be known as Mithrandir to the Quendi/Eldar❤️ He could have very well dwelled with the elves far earlier just do to his curiosity & simple desire to explore and be around the firstborn (TheElves) Gandalf The Grey/White Estimated at 15,000 years old (following his quote "300 lives of men, I have walked this earth"), It says that Gandalf was the wisest of the Maiar besides Melian herself. There were a lot of Maiar that were considered really great and powerful. However, there is a much longer answer. Like Sauron(former name is Mairon) & the other Istari (the order sent around the same time & of which he was appointed leader but he being who he is & a student of the Vala by the name Nienna & Lorien(Irmo). Gandalf was a Maiar, an angelic spirit created by Eru at the beginning of time and therefor one of the many Ainur who sang the world into being & Eru just helped their creation take shape and basically stated “behold YOUR creation” & basically what happens in that world goes sort of preordained as by that song eons ago so really only the ages after Dagor Dagorath will truly be an age that isn’t full of strife and sadness and longing. Also. These lamps are what were before even the two trees. These were Giant mountains but also like light houses but housing a great power but it may have also been where two special Maia lived that helped in the creation in the sun and moon after Melkor With eldrich terror Ungoliant killed the trees, so yea “Arien” is the Maia who basically exists with the sun and her brother and or lover of sorts is the one who wanders with and guides the moon. Of which that other Maia was “Tillion” Galadriel herself not only witnessed this but as a student of Aulë and the other Valar she obviously had involvement in helping create the hallowed objects that housed the final flower of the silver tree Telperion that was the father of the moon and the mother of the sun was Laurëlin the golden tree and prior to the sun and moon they too used to wax and wane!
Part 2 has unfortunately been blocked for the moment. I have a dispute in and hope it will be cleared sooner rather than later.
did you ever watch return of the king? i was waiting entirely for your reaction to the last int he greatest trillogy of all time
I thought you had managed to settle the problem but I see the video is still (again?) not accessible.
Darn, hoping to see your reaction to the last half of this and RotK
Anyone who cries during lotr is good people.
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People don’t talk enough about Brad Dourif & his portrayal of Grima Wormtongue. He’s such an incredible actor, who doesn’t get half the credit he deserves.
Here comes the “actually they’re called fell beasts”, and the “Viggo actually broke his toe…” comments. lol.
Well I mean people have to know the canon 🤣
@@Big_Tex Right. They just need to react to the subject at hand: the movies, not people's idiotically didactic lectures.
11:23 - This trivia fact is practically a meme at this point, but: during this take, the actor playing Aragorn kicked the helmet so hard that he broke his toe, and his scream is real pain, and that's the take that's in the movie.
The translation of Professor Tolkien’s Kingdom of Rohan from book to the screen was masterful. The portrayals of King Theoden by Bernard Hill, Eowyn by Miranda Otto, Eomer by Karl Urban and, not least, the balefully malevolent plotting Grima Wormtongue by Brad Dourif substantially matched the personalities of those characters in the mind’s eye of one who has been a Tolkien fan since 1965.
Mostlly, yes. But despite Dourif being a great actor and delivering a great performance for what he was asked to do, it still was a poor interpretation of Grima. They made him visually repulsive in a way that makes your skin crawl. Such a person would never rise to the position of the King's chief counselor. Wormtongue really means 'speaks like a dragon' because worm=dragon in Tolkien, and dragons were famous for being very clever. The character would have been better had he been more like Hans Gruber in Die Hard--that's someone that you can at least understand why people would follow him, because he's obviously brilliant and has a certain charisma.
King Theoden is my favourite character in the films. I honestly think he gets the best lines and I empathise with his character's decisions more than any others, considering the responsibility of protecting his people.
Aragorn spared Grima for pragmatic, political & moral reasons. Morally: Killing someone is bad. Even when perceived as justified Tolkien didn't feel that taking a life was ever the honourable thing to do.
Pragmatically: Grima might have knowledge about Saruman's plans.
Maybe even some of Sauron's plans.
Information that they could have extracted from him if he'd accepted the king's 'mercy'.
Politically: You've not seen your king in months. Rumour has it he's gone mad and that Grima is the one running the kingdom now. Next time you see your king he's flinging Grima down the stairs unarmed, about to swing a sword through his head. Grima was even begging for mercy. That's not a good look for Theoden's first act as the King again after being silent for so long.
11:24 Fun fact he actually broke his toe kicking that helmet
OMG!!!!
And the Three Dudes chasing the Orcs across Rohan was filmed just a few days after Viggo broke his toe, so you had Aragorn with a broken toe, Legolas with a cracked rib (Orlando Bloom had fallen off his horse), and Gimli with a dislocated knee (John Rhys-Davies's scale double, Brett Beattie)--professionals all! Incidentally, the scenery is gorgeous, but it doesn't look anything like the Rohan of the book.
Fun fact Sam cut his feet at the end of Fellowship in the river going after Frodo. Viggo later for his toe.
That fact wasn’t very fun for Viggo’s poor toe. 😄
@@LIPPSMACKER and he actually chipped a tooth on a sword, Viggo Mortensen did, and he chose to go and superglue it but they eventually sent for him to get medical help.
Gollum may have been a bit of a drama queen about starving, but he wasn't faking when he said the elven rope burned him. After having been under the corrupting, evil influence of the Ring for as long as he was (500 years) anything made by the elves, as noble, pure and good as they are, would cause him literal pain. This is why he complains about the elven bread later on as well. To him it would taste like ash.
As for the bread, it's not that it's not delicious. At this point it's just the only thing Frodo and Sam have been eating for a good week or so. They're just bored with eating the same thing over and over.
Oh absolutely, and drama queen said with respect not derogatory re gollum. I love gollum 🥰
@@LIPPSMACKERelieve me there were times out of hundreds when he says “he does not care if we should die!” (With the faint body language watching the scene as if your standing back watching ) Randomly becomes hilarious to me when it hits my ears the right way that day. Laugh out loud that’s for sure. 😂
@@LIPPSMACKERthere was someone who gave you a great song to listen to via a comment they just dropped below this video. It’s Gollum’s Song that appears in the end credits of this movie. Please react to it. The details are in that persons recent comment. ❤the lyrics are undoubtedly melancholy…
13:26 Hobbit food is not the problem, Elvish bread, like Elvish rope, he can't stand.
Frodo has to believe Smaegol can be redeemed, because he knows the Ring is affecting himself, starting him down the same path.
Great point about Frodo needing to be live gollum can be saved. 🥺🥺
The ring that Aragorn wears, the Ring of Barahir, is not magical but it is unbelievably ancient. It was not made by men but by the elves when they dwelt over the sea in the immortal lands of the Valar, the angelic powers who shaped and govern the world under the one god, Eru. When the elves returned to Middle Earth many thousands of years ago to fight the original dark lord, Morgoth (Sauron’s master and also the master of the Balrogs), Barahir, the leader of one of the groups of men who allied with and served the elves, saved the life of one of the greatest elven princes, Finrod (who was the eldest brother of Galadriel, a great princess herself). In gratitude Finrod gave Barahir his ring as a sigh of his eternal friendship and aid. Aragorn is a descendant of Barahir, and the ring is a token of his legitimacy as king.
Everything elves create has magic poured into it as every creation takes a piece of their own power. And it came from Valinor from the hands of Galadriel’s eldest and dearest brother. Finrod
"(I fear) a cage... to stay behind bars until use and old age accept them, and all chance of valor fades beyond recall or desire..."
That, to my heart, is horror - and endeared Eowyn to me among all other characters.
SAME. Such a potent moment.
@@LIPPSMACKER I think I can safely predict that you will come to love Eowyn's character more and more--and that we are all up for THAT evolution, along with the others!
The Two Towers is my favorite of the movies simply because it really is Gandalf's movie to shine. To those who haven't read the book prior its the first time you get a sense of Gandalf living a sort of double life. He is one of the most powerful things in middle earth bar Sauron yet is VERY carful about showing it; choosing to do magic in very subtle ways that even the reader or viewer can miss.
I also love the part where he says the prayer in Rohirrim. Its one of those little scenes that gives you a sense of just how deep Gandalf goes in Middle Earth.
All three movies can be thought of as "one film" in three parts, as the original story is also one lone story but published in three parts for economic reasons but a few scenes re-set the story and themes in each movie since they were each released one year apart. Imagine having to wait a year for the cliffhanger, even having read the book!
Thank you for including the funeral of theodred. Ever since i had to watch my grandparents bury one of their sons that scene has broken my heart worse than it did the first time i saw it. No parent should ever EVER have to bury their child no matter their age.
P.s i think you look like you could pull off a beautiful elf cosplay.
I'm so sorry you had so much trouble with the uploads. I was was waiting for the rest your reactions after Fellowship cause i really liked it. I thought you were planning to continue after you finished the books. I'm glad to watched now and I hope won't get anymore problems with TH-cam.
No these have been filmed for ages!! I watched all 3 movies months ago but was in the middle of posting when SAG started striking and they called for no promotion of any struck work past or present. That’s why fellowship and two towers part one were up (part 2 was but was struck with copyright at some point mid strike)
No human could survive that fall Gandalf took at the beginning. At terminal velocity, hitting water is no better than hitting bedrock.
Watch Mythbusters: Busted. Also, Gandalf is not human in this film.
Èowyn’s FULL SONG + Rohirric Eotheod language English translation below/ Èowyn sings at Thèodred’s “funeral”•Now dear Théodred lies in darkness, most loyal of fighters. The sound of the harp shall not wake the warrior; nor shall the man hold a golden wine-cup, nor good hawk swing through the hall, nor the swift horse stamp in the courtyard. An evil death has set forth the noble warrior
A song shall sing the sorrowing minstrels of Meduseld
That noble cousin, who always held me dear
Now is held in darkness, enclosed.
(Now in in the language of the Èitheod)❤
Nú on théostrum licgeth Théodred se léofa
hæ´letha holdost.
ne sceal hearpan sweg wigend weccean;
ne winfæ´t gylden guma sceal healdan,
ne god hafoc geond sæ´l swingan,
ne se swifta mearh burhstede beatan.
Bealocwealm hafað fréone frecan forth onsended
giedd sculon singan gléomenn sorgiende
on Meduselde thæt he ma no wære
his dryhtne dyrest and maga deorost.
She sings this part in the movie: Bealocwealm hafað fréone frecan forth onsended
giedd sculon singan gléomenn sorgiende
on Meduselde thæt he ma no wære
his dryhtne dyrest and maga deorost.
Éowyn is only heard singing the last four lines of the song, ending with the word Bealo, which in Old English meant "evil" or "harm". The first of those lines ("Bealocwealm hafað...") originates from the epic poem Beowulf, line 2265.)
Gandalf is the same species of being as the Balrogs/Sauron before twisted by Melkor[Morgoth]. They are all Maiar (primordial spirits). Gandalf named Olórin created by Eru’s Thought (extensions of Eru Îlluvatar himself whilst they had their own free will & individuality. He essentially got the chance to experience and study other parts of himself through this.) among the other Ainur before the Years of the Lamps roughly 9,000+ years before arriving in Middle-earth; In Valinor he was known as Olórin.(Remember though he formally existed before the world existed and his form becoming Gandalf hadn’t happened yet. He was sent to Middle-earth in human form around the year 1000 of the Third Age. So his many forms had different ages in length of existing. He’s very cool right! Could he get any cooler!? 😎❤️ Another thing is when he arrived in middle earth he was disguised as an elf & lived among them whilst they were unknowing & he became to be known as Mithrandir to the Quendi/Eldar❤️ He could have very well dwelled with the elves far earlier just do to his curiosity & simple desire to explore and be around the firstborn (TheElves)
Gandalf The Grey/White
Estimated at 15,000 years old (following his quote "300 lives of men, I have walked this earth"), It says that Gandalf was the wisest of the Maiar besides Melian herself. There were a lot of Maiar that were considered really great and powerful.
However, there is a much longer answer. Like Sauron(former name is Mairon) & the other Istari (the order sent around the same time & of which he was appointed leader but he being who he is & a student of the Vala by the name Nienna & Lorien(Irmo). Gandalf was a Maiar, an angelic spirit created by Eru at the beginning of time and therefor one of the many Ainur who sang the world into being & Eru just helped their creation take shape and basically stated “behold YOUR creation” & basically what happens in that world goes sort of preordained as by that song eons ago so really only the ages after Dagor Dagorath will truly be an age that isn’t full of strife and sadness and longing.
Also. These lamps are what were before even the two trees. These were Giant mountains but also like light houses but housing a great power but it may have also been where two special Maia lived that helped in the creation in the sun and moon after Melkor With eldrich terror Ungoliant killed the trees, so yea “Arien” is the Maia who basically exists with the sun and her brother and or lover of sorts is the one who wanders with and guides the moon. Of which that other Maia was “Tillion”
Galadriel herself not only witnessed this but as a student of Aulë and the other Valar she obviously had involvement in helping create the hallowed objects that housed the final flower of the silver tree Telperion that was the father of the moon and the mother of the sun was Laurëlin the golden tree and prior to the sun and moon they too used to wax and wane!
yay its here. been looking forward to it all week. i love peoples reactions when they are genuinely intrigued and touched by this movie
I’m someone with Autism; these films along with all 25 of his books have really been a huge help in my life. Saved it in fact. Many people have stories of how it helped them survive cancer and so on! And or they watched these films with their mother or father who introduced the films and or the books to them before their passing so these films hold a huge spot in the hearts of millions of people for several unique reasons. Many beautiful stories are even shared on TH-cam. Via video and comments below various LOTR related videos or movie clips etc. ❤
When I was in middle school back in the 70s reading Lord of the Rings helped me get through some pretty dark times. I remember upon reaching the end I immediately picked up the first volume and started reading it again. I did that 5 more times before finally taking a break from it.
@@Lethgar_Smithmuch love to you. Thanks for this reply. Means a lot ❤
I'm enjoying your reactions immensely! One thing I've noticed is that you noticed that Gollum sweared ON the precious. In the book, Tolkien writes that Frodo makes sure that Gollum swears BY the precious, and not ON it!
Your reaction to Gandalf tells me everything. I know how you feel about this story😀👏
Enjoying your reactions! Peter Jackson & Co.'s version of the Dead Marshes is a good try, but it doesn't work as well as it might. For starters, in the book the passage of the marshes was done in total darkness, as Gollum wouldn't move even by moonlight. The strange gas flares are meant to be the "will-o-the-wisp," a faint phosphorescent glow sometimes reported from swamps and marshes, interpreted by Gollum and others as candles carried by the dead. It's easy to see why the movie-makers wouldn't present a major part of the story in total black screen. Incidentally, thought was given to filming this part in a real marsh, but the logistics got too tough. So these scenes were filmed in a flooded parking lot near the Weta studio (the same parking lot was also used to film the water in front of the Moria gate in FOTR, complete with Watcher in the Water). Lots of green screens for the backdrops.
Yeah filming in a marsh would be hell probably
22:42 IIRC, during the BTS voice over of the movie the actor who plays King Theoden, Bernard Hill, said that he was speaking to a other who had a child pass away. She said the words to him, that: “No parent should have to bury a child.”
The words stuck with him, and he insisted that they be said in this moment, by Theoden. I’m sure he didn’t have to convince very hard.
What a movie, what a reaction. What a moment.
I agree. Golum is hilarious. I do feel his "We must starve" so deeply.
I understand gollum a lil too much 🤣
During the time of this story is taking place, Gandalf had been walking the highways and byways of Middle Earth for about 2000 years.
15,000. Check for my Gandalf comment here under this video ❤
@@Makkaru112 Lethgar is specifically referring to Gandalf's time in Middle Earth, on his mission as an Istar, which is not 15,000.
"It just looks like a rock."
Recall what Celeborn said when he gave the fellowship the cloaks, "May these cloaks help shield you from unfriendly eyes."
I did have a bigger aha moment about the cloak and it’s elvish powers, but the flow of it led me to cut that part out (if memory serves). I had to do 6 revisions of this edit to get it thru copyright
@@LIPPSMACKERcopy the style Dai n Nat channel did for the first two films. That’s how they got through copyright. Check out how they edited. ❤
We told you that Gandalf the Grey died.😄
FYI- Viggo bought Brego and kept him until the horse died of old age. He also bought the horse "Arwen" rode in rescuing Frodo and gave it to the stuntwoman that did the actual riding!
15:57 The Ents were created due to a difference of opinion between the archangel of the earth/ plant life and her husband, the archangel of crafting, including woodworking. He created the Dwarves. She created the Ents to protect trees from his Dwarves!
Theoden saying I know your face to Eowyn always hits deep after watching the whole trilogy.
Just wait for it to come full circle in ROTK
@@Makkaru112 That's what makes it hit watching Two Towers a second time.
I can say from watching your reaction so far that YOU will love the books. The movies are like a good burger with home fries and a shake. The books are like fillet mignon with sauteed mushrooms and a fine wine. Then there's The Legendarium. An endless soup, salad and dessert bar that Tolkien worked to perfect from when he was a very young man in the trenches of WWI, until his death in the 1970s. Start with The Hobbit which he wrote for his children in the 1930s ( quick, easy read told from Bilbo's POV ). Then the Trilogy. It's funny because the first time I reaad it I felt like every road, river and ruin the Hobbits passed had its own story. This was in 1976. It was years before I found out my feelings were completely true.
The Silmarillian and other tales can be ponderous reading but lucky you! There are plenty of TH-cam channels to help you break things down. My favorites are Tolkien Untangled, TheGirlNextGondor and the Red Book. This endless feast is always there when you're ready for it,
Think you are gonna love the trilogy particularly because almost every chapter has a song or poem in it. Bon appetit!
I don't think you want to catch that " man-flesh " scent. Aragorn and company have been running for three days, do you remember seeing any of them shower. " Pick up " their scent?! I'm surprised their eyes aren't watering. 🤢😂
The little box of Sam's that Frodo catches is not seasoning. It's a reference to the end of the book that Jackson left out of the movies It's a Mallorn seed and essentially magical dust from Lothlorian given to Sam by Galadriel. At the end of the book Sam plants the seed where Bilbo's party tree had been cut down and it grows into the only giant Mallorn tree west of Lothlorian (the giant trees the elves live in) and he sprinkles the dust around the shire and replants many trees. This results in the very best harvest in the history of the shire. In some ways it's Galadrial using effectively the last magic of her ring to bless the Shire (the elven rings lose their powers when the one ring is destroyed). Everything harvested that year (1420) is so good that it becomes a byword for describing things that are excellent and good. "Proper 1420 that was"
Soil from her glade. And Mallorn seeds yes. It replaces the party tree after the scouring of the shire
It is seasoning in the freaking *_movie,_* which is what we're watching a reaction to! If you want to join a discussion about the novel vs. the movies, go find or start a channel that's doing that. Jeez, Louise!
Ok, I definitely did not have "Lipps identifying with Gollum's dramatic tendencies" on my LOTR bingo card-but in hindsight, I don't know, maybe I should have?
It wasn’t on my bingo card either. But all I knew about Gollum was his precious. Now that I understand, It’s like looking in the mirror 🤣
When I saw the Fellowship...I enjoyed it, but it didn't really sink in. Even watching with a friend who had read the books as a guide. When I saw The Two Towers later...I absolutely fell in love with this story forever and it all came together. And it only gets better.
P.S. Yes, Vigo actually broke his toe in this scene, hence the very believable scream, there were a lot of injuries 11:23 👀
I feel this. I loved fellowship, but I can see how that movie is a huge part in setting up two towers and allows two towers to be this beautiful middle of an Oreo cookie. Can’t wait for the third.
Everyone that sees that opening fight scene with the Balrog for the first time is like:
👁️👄👁️ I get it now
Hi Lipps enjoyable reaction as always also so glad you are enjoying these movies, and after reading the comments all the usual stuff you expect to see is there.
"Three hundred lives of men I have walked this Earth." Actually, Gandalf is far older than that. He, and other angels known as the Ainur, helped Eru Ilúvatar (God, if you will) create the universe some forty thousand years ago (if I'm not mistaken). He's referring to just the time he has been in Middle Earth.
According to Treebeard, the Wizards first appeared "after the Great Ships came over the Sea," which would mean about the time of the great battle in the Prologue to FOTR. That would be at the end of the Second Age, about 3000 years before our story. In Tolkien's account of the history of the Third Age, given in an Appendix to ROTK, it is stated that the Wizards appeared about a thousand years into the Third Age, which would be about 2000 years before our story. Take your pick...
As I commented elsewhere, 300 lives makes no sense no matter how you consider it. I wonder how they came up with that line. Maybe just a random throw-away.
So I'm gonna just pick three moments to thank you for giving us: The hearty laugh when the Orc Boss says "Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!" and the first time I've ever seen (or had occur to me) someone sort of putting an erotic stamp on Legolas's brushing his fingers along the feathers on his arrow (See? That right there kinda sounds naughty already, lol), haha! And your getting choked up on seeing Gandalf's return. Lookin' forward to more such as you continue watching!
Thank you for appreciating the laugh, the pacing of that joke was so week delivered. I actually was egged on for months to watch lord of the rings by a very good friend and fellow creator (BasicWitGirl) because of the legolas finger moment. So I was prepared for it and it was even BETTER in the moment and context if the film. Gawd damn 🤣 and Gandalf has such a sweet space in my heart. He is my kind of character: calm, direct, stern when needed and wise. I adore him.
@@LIPPSMACKER LOL, awesome! Great feedback, hat tip to BasicWitGirl, love the egged-on-to-check-out-Legolas-Finger-Moment story, and, yes, Gandalf doesn't disappoint on any level, and I'll wager he won't in #3, either!
I don’t know why they went with Gandalf saying he’s been around for “300 lives of men”. In the books he’s been in Middle Earth in old-man form for 2,000 years, which is more like 30 lives of men. Though fundamentally he’s an immortal angelic being created at the beginning of the Universe. Either way it doesn’t equal 300 lives of men 🧐
I think it was based on the most common calculation of Middle Earth's age being about 11,000 years. Still not quite 300 lives of men in Tolkien's writing but they were trying to show it in our context.
Great its nice too see you so envolve in this story and lure, and we all need a good friend like Sam in our lifes he his the best. Great reaction once again catnt wait to see you reaction to next movie and to the Hobbit. you are gonna love it. Keep up the good work
2:58 "the face acting..." 😆
never heard that before, but cool. 😎
🤣 I am sure there’s a professional word for it
(Rohan)The instrument you may be loving isn’t a violin! It’s a Nordic instrument called the Hardanger fiddle! (Norwegian: hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than four as on a standard violin) and thinner wood.
The F-holes of the Hardanger fiddle are distinctive, oftentimes with a more “sunken” appearance, and generally straighter edges (unlike the frilly, swirly F-holes of a violin). Four of the strings are strung and played like a violin, while the rest, named understrings or sympathetic strings, resonate under the influence of the other four. These extra strings are tuned and secured with extra pegs at the top of the scroll, effectively doubling the length of a Hardingfele scroll when compared to a violin.
The sympathetic strings, once fastened to their pegs, are funneled through a “hollow” constructed fingerboard, which is built differently than a violin’s, being slightly higher and thicker to allow for these extra strings. The resonant strings lay on the center of the special bridge, attached to extra hooks (or fine-tuners) on the tailpiece. Carved out within the center of the bridge is a smaller secondary “bridge”, or opening, designed specifically for these resonant strings to pass through. This is where the resonance is picked up & reverberated; as notes are played, the vibrations are sent through the bridge, where the sympathetics echo those notes.
• The Hardingfele’s bridge is unique compared to other bowed instruments. It is somewhat taller and wider, resulting in the strings being slightly lower and farther apart; this allows for the easy execution of double-stops (playing of two strings at once). A similar technique is seen in some American old-time and bluegrass fiddlers, who intentionally move their bridge back a few millimetres closer to the tailpiece, for better double-stops.
The hardingfele is used mainly in the southwest part of Norway, whereas the ordinary violin (called flatfele, 'flat fiddle', or vanlig fele, 'common fiddle') is found elsewhere. The hardingfele is used for dancing, accompanied by rhythmic loud foot stomping. It was also traditional for the fiddler to lead the bridal procession to the church.
The instrument is often highly decorated, with a carved animal (usually a dragon or the Lion of Norway) or a carved woman's head as part of the scroll at the top of the pegbox, extensive mother of pearl inlay on the tailpiece and fingerboard, and black ink decorations called 'rosing' on the body of the instrument. Sometimes pieces of bone are used to decorate the pegs and the edges of the instrument.
The earliest known example of the hardingfele is from 1651, made by Ole Jonsen Jaastad in Hardanger, Norway. Originally, the instrument had a rounder, narrower body. Around the year 1850, the modern layout with a body much like the violin became the norm.
"300 lives of men..." I think that that line, and his resurrection, are the only times that the films reference Gandalf's true nature. Like Saruman and the Balrog, he's a Maiar, which in the mythology of Tolkien's books is the equivalent of an angel (or a demon in the Balrog's case). There are others who don't appear in these films (Radogast the Brown appears in The Hobbit). Sauron is an Ainur, more of an Archangel.
I’m dying to see your reaction to the third one
I love your reactions, can´t wait for the next part.
Thank you for watching!! Tomorrow afternoon part 2 drops
11:22
Every lord of the rings fan: “HEY DID YOU KNOW THAT DURING THIS SCENE…”
Be sure to have at least two rolls of tissue available once you get to "Return of the King". I've seen these movies multiple times, and even when just watching a reaction video, I get tears.
Every time I see the reappearance of Gandalf I do a Young Frankenstein in my head "He's alive! ALLLIVVVVE!'
He’s ALIIIIIVVEEEE!!! 🥹
another lovely reaction! can’t wait for more!
Appreciate you!!
Some reactors get all hung up on the “I AM Saruman” line. It’s just a metaphor!! It’s even more apt when you consider a detail in the book, not shown in the movie. In his arrogance Saruman decides white is insufficient, and he declares himself Saruman of Many Colors, and dons a rainbow colored robe. He wears a pride flag! So Gandalf becomes the new white wizard.
Why not say he wears God's promise to never flood the Earth again, or Joseph's coat? Or maybe it has nothing to do with God's promise, Joseph's coat, or a pride flag, because Tolkien disliked metaphor? Saruman's choosing a robe of many colors was Tolkien's very blunt way of showing his arrogance and rejection of his original mission from the Valar.
@@rikk319 It's a joke because that's the current thing guy, chill out
Tolkien introduced Norse Mythology. Yet never made it to Iceland for a visit, even if he wanted to. Still, as we have already said, his works were inspired by Iceland, its stories and its language. For example, the trolls in The Hobbit are inspired by Icelandic folktales, and Gandalf is the incarnation of Ødin(Olòrin)
Gandalf (Gandálfr) is a Dvergr (Norse dwarf) in Norse mythology, appearing in the so-called 'Tally of the Dwarves' within the poem Völuspá from the Poetic Edda, as well as in the Prose Edda. The name derives from the Old Norse words gandr (magic staff) and álfr (elf), thus a protective spirit who wields a magical wand. (Gandalf is even Staff Elf in Rohirric language which is also old English Anglo Saxon
Even a lot of how the framework and design of most of his collected works all read and function in modes of SAGAs and Epics
Forgot the names of the dwarf’s equipment but Gandalf also had a magical ring and his sword was from the elvish king Turgon from long ago from a mythical hidden kingdom that was the heartbeat of the elves of middle earth outside of Eregion. Sword named Glamdring(Foehammer)
The difference is subtle where in the other story it’s a special spear of sorts and it’s the same thing with the steer Shadowfax connecting to Sleipnir
". . . introduced Norse Mythology"? You're off your nut.
The smaller Orcs are members of two different groups, one that followed the Fellowship from Moria and one that came over the river from Mordor. The large Uruk-Hai are Saruman's and have orders to bring the Hobbits to him in Isengard. Spoiler: You will see two groups of Orcs later too. One from a watchtower and the other from 'the dead city'. These critters are bad enough with their own, but are even quicker to fight when they don't serve in the same location.
Wow good reation frome part one i am so happy that gandalf the white wizard is back and i can't wait for tomorrow part 2
I was so hoping he’d be back and love his return. What a great movie.
11:23 “HEY DID YOU KNOW HELMET???”
Physically Gandalf has been around since the beginning of the Third Age (so have the other 4 wizards)
BUT
Shapeless they have been there since the beginning before Arda was even born. (Arda is what is called the planet, Middle-Earth is just the continent)
If you got emotional during this movie, you're really gonna need some tissues for the last 30 minutes of the next one ;)
I’m saying this again. It’s so easy to like you. Your heart is pure gold.
This means so much to me. 🥰
bring more tissues for the next movie 😉
😭😭😭
One can say that this is truly a first reaction and I love it. Not like others who are faking it ! 🥰
ty for this vid, awesome reaction
Sentimentality is the best mood to watch these movies 🍿 😭
It definitely allowed for everything to HIT 🥹
0:07
Blimey. Lipps is glam.
Lifelong LOTR fans are like your Grandpa who has a doctorate in history. He'll correct you with way too much information. But he'll do it lovingly.
Hi. I like your reactions. they are very intelligent. I do have a question. At 4:50 you mentioned his Hobbit name - Smeagol. Neither the first film not the second had mentioned his name until later, so how did you know it?
Gandalf says it in the first movie I believe
@@LIPPSMACKER thanks. I couldn't remember luv
Love the emotions in your eyes ❤
My eyes were so watery. I didn’t realize how much I’d reared up until editing 🥹 I’m just happy to be here
If you're tearing up this much for two towers you better skip tissues for return of the king and go straight for a towel
😂🤣😂🤣 I’ll bring a bucket and a mop too for my tears
At some quieter point in your life, the books are well, well worth getting lost in.
Trivia: John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli, is actually the TALLEST actor in the Fellowship. :D
Which was useful at times, as they didn't need a scale double when he was interacting with the hobbits' actors, who were all about five inches shorter - his height difference from them is close to perfect for the comparison between dwarf and hobbit heights!
16:05 that is actually down bad 😭
Fun fact, the majority of the riders of Rohan are played by women due to lack of blokes who could ride. There are a lot of fake beards in that army.
which headset it is ? looks bomb
👌🙏❣ you laugh, you cry, you hope, you LOTR!😀
Gandalf exists before the world itself
For the algorithm.
Hey loved the reaction this trilogy is basically only gonna get better with each movie.
Also even if it’s too late I hope you decided to listen to the end credits song for this movie called Gollum’s song. If not I highly recommend checking it out on TH-cam from Emiliana Torrini.
I recommended it to her several times so I hope she reacts to it before going to the third film. She wanted to know more about him. ❤❤
@@Makkaru112 Same.
@@melkor3496let’s see if we can get enough people to say it? I left the message as a reply to some of the replies she gave other comments and I posted it to her latest community post. ❤ let’s hope she reacts to it before ROTK right after. ❤
Can you add the other LOTR movies to the playlist? :)
Omg yes! Thank you for reminding me
Done! 🫡
Thanks, my OCD is satisfied now hehe
Think you should add compression to your audio, so it's not so distorted and un-even.
Any update on getting Part 2?
When the strikes are over. Part 2 was up but got taken down by copyright holds. So i have it re-edited and am waiting to post it again until i can.
when is Return of The King dropping? :) we need the reaction!
4:46 um ?
Awww I love your reactions
Thank you!!
Now don't be hasty. :)
Oh, and no, that's not a dragon. Once you see Smaug, you'll know ;)
Do you have also some problems with Return of the King? Hope we get it this weekend...😉
Hey Falko, return of the king won’t be posted until the SAG and WGA strikes are over. The guild has asked that influencers pause on promoting content that falls under struck companies. I have it recorded but won’t be posting to TH-cam until there’s a fair negotiation
@@LIPPSMACKER thanks for the info. I visit my family this weekend, its a bit boring here and hoped for your reaction to enjoy this evening...😁😉
Please check the order in your playlist, it does start with this instead of Fellowship.
Thank you!! Fixed this :)
It is great when TH-cam reactors take the time to read and reply to comments, some do not care. Now, if you just switch around the order of the two parts of Fellowship of the Ring, my OCD will stop commenting :)@@LIPPSMACKER
The lord of the rings 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
GANDALF?!? hai 😍
3:24 real elvish rope
ни cвязать ни повесится
16:04 Hahaha! Best reaction to that shot ever!
Gandalf is the same species of being as the Balrogs/Sauron before twisted by Melkor[Morgoth]. They are all Maiar (primordial spirits). Gandalf named Olórin created by Eru’s Thought (extensions of Eru Îlluvatar himself whilst they had their own free will & individuality. He essentially got the chance to experience and study other parts of himself through this.) among the other Ainur before the Years of the Lamps roughly 9,000+ years before arriving in Middle-earth; In Valinor he was known as Olórin.(Remember though he formally existed before the world existed and his form becoming Gandalf hadn’t happened yet. He was sent to Middle-earth in human form around the year 1000 of the Third Age. So his many forms had different ages in length of existing. He’s very cool right! Could he get any cooler!? 😎❤️ Another thing is when he arrived in middle earth he was disguised as an elf & lived among them whilst they were unknowing & he became to be known as Mithrandir to the Quendi/Eldar❤️ He could have very well dwelled with the elves far earlier just do to his curiosity & simple desire to explore and be around the firstborn (TheElves)
Gandalf The Grey/White
Estimated at 15,000 years old (following his quote "300 lives of men, I have walked this earth"), It says that Gandalf was the wisest of the Maiar besides Melian herself. There were a lot of Maiar that were considered really great and powerful.
However, there is a much longer answer. Like Sauron(former name is Mairon) & the other Istari (the order sent around the same time & of which he was appointed leader but he being who he is & a student of the Vala by the name Nienna & Lorien(Irmo). Gandalf was a Maiar, an angelic spirit created by Eru at the beginning of time and therefor one of the many Ainur who sang the world into being & Eru just helped their creation take shape and basically stated “behold YOUR creation” & basically what happens in that world goes sort of preordained as by that song eons ago so really only the ages after Dagor Dagorath will truly be an age that isn’t full of strife and sadness and longing.
Also. These lamps are what were before even the two trees. These were Giant mountains but also like light houses but housing a great power but it may have also been where two special Maia lived that helped in the creation in the sun and moon after Melkor With eldrich terror Ungoliant killed the trees, so yea “Arien” is the Maia who basically exists with the sun and her brother and or lover of sorts is the one who wanders with and guides the moon. Of which that other Maia was “Tillion”
Galadriel herself not only witnessed this but as a student of Aulë and the other Valar she obviously had involvement in helping create the hallowed objects that housed the final flower of the silver tree Telperion that was the father of the moon and the mother of the sun was Laurëlin the golden tree and prior to the sun and moon they too used to wax and wane!