Boromir isn't jealous of frodo. Hes desperate after a life time of fighting mordor to have his people be safe. The ring takes your greatest desire and turns it against you. It's why hobbits can resist it so well. They don't desire power.
There is an awesome scene in the third book, where Sam is briefly in possession of the Ring, and it tries to tempt him to take it for himself. And the only temptation it has to offer him is turning Mordor into the biggest garden in the world. And among other reasons, he refuses because he doesn't need a garden that big.
Sean Bean's performance in this movie should've gotten him an Oscar nomination, he managed to make Boromir far more sympathetic and thus more tragic than he's ever been portrayed. Sean talked about this scene on the DVD commentary, how Boromir's viewpoint was basically "my people are out there dying while all of you are sitting around talking". That sense of desperation to help his people really shines through. And even with all that, when the council's decision became clear, his response was wonderful. "If this is the will of the council, then Gondor will see it done."
Arwen (hot elf lady) and Aragorn (Strider) have known each other for a long time, because Aragorn grew up in Rivendell. The Elf Lady Luthien he sings of and Beren, the mortal man she fell in love with, happened a loooong time ago, its like a legend. Its the most famous tragic love story in middle earth and Tolkien wrote Luthien in the image of his wife Edith.
Luthien and Beren are also Arwen's great-great grandparents. And also Aragorn's ancestors x 30 or 40 generations. And of course what makes that campfire scene poignant is, Aragorn knows that if Arwen marries him, she's condemning herself to death also.
@@Diegesis To be fair… when they first made the door, it wasn’t meant to keep people out. More to keep nature out. The door was a joint effort from elves and dwarves, back when they were still friendly. People were welcome there.
The password being the elvish word for "friend" is more a commentary on the state of the free peoples of Middle Earth. They have grown so distant and distrustful of one another that even a simple invitation to say you're a friend is met with suspicion
@@Bellial87 DONT TEMPT ME JORGE. Understand I would consume that bacon from a desire to taste good. But through me it would wield a hunger to great and terrible to imagine.......
Though to be fair, it was less of the fire that drew the Ringwraiths and more of Pippin shouting at the top of his tenor hobbit voice in the middle of the empty Lone-Lands: *”ASH ON MAE TOMAHTOES!”*
Wholesome story: Viggo Mortensen(Aragorn)adopted two of the horses from the film, and gifted the white one at 5:32 to Liv Tyler's stunt double since she bonded with it. Sadly, Viggos horses passed away last year :(
Apparently that white one was a very expensive stallion too. Some big wig executive at New Line wanted him, so the stunt double, who was also the onset Horse Trainer for all 3 films, knew that even if she could scrape together the money, she'd get outbid. Viggo showed up and outbid the Exec, then presented it to her as a gift because, according to him, "It was her horse."
Boromir doesn't have that big of an Ego honestly, he's one of my favorite characters, he's not a bad guy, he's just tragic. He just carries a tremendous burden, he's been fighting a hopeless war and seeing his people die. He lacks the wisdom and experience of say an Aragorn or a gandalf, so he isn't as weary of the ring as them, Boromirs tale is a sad one.
Boromir is the only "normal Man" in the Fellowship, and I love how he is in the books. Always seeking to help, to move forward and overcome obstacles such as the delay at Caradhras, watching out for those in the Fellowship he knows are not as hardy as he. Maybe a bit less wise, less skilled in his estimations and assessments, but earnest and true in his efforts. Boromir's the most relatable, at least to me.
@@brucemaximus3797 It really is sad, but I also think it helps emphasize the power of the ring. Boromir, the only pure human in the group, and he’s the first to be taken in by the ring. Helps me think in retrospect that no matter what me or any other person does, if the Ring ever existed IRL (which it does in other forms), we can easily fall to its temptation if we weren’t careful
To Isildur’s credit, standing within mount doom where the ring is at its peak of power, resisting the call of the ring is basically impossible. So him choosing to not destroy it then isn’t a ding in his personality. Even Elrond would have likely failed to throw it in the fires had he been the one holding it. Boromir… he is an outstanding and honorable guy… but Gondor has been basically single-handedly keeping the orcs of Mordor contained through constant war. The country is dying out slowly from the attrition. The ring is preying on that fear that his country will be destroyed, and his desire to protect his people from the forces of Mordor.
On Isildur: maybe? There are a lot of factors that go into how quickly the ring can corrupt someone, and we don't have enough data to say how corrupt Isildur was to begin with, or whether Mount Doom-proximity was the biggest factor for him. I might have expected him to have an easier time resisting, as he had the ring for minutes previously, and Sauron was defeated so handily.
@@WilliamMoses355 I won’t go into too much, but per the actual lore of the world, my statement is accurate. Those familiar with the story will understand the reference significance.
It is easy to see Boromir as a pseudo villain based on what we see from the first film. But if we had the full context and understand the true pull the ring can have over Man, Boromir becomes an honorable character. The exchange between Aragon and Boromir become a lot more emotional once you see him as an honorable man instead of a weak one. A society at constant war protecting the rest of Middle earth free of charge will weigh on its people and can build up within them far more resentment than Borormir ever conveyed.
There's also, in books, the death of his brother that plays a part. A "better" man, the shining heir, killed during the final siege. Isildur is propulsed forward in this war, and bittered by it. It's sort of a reverse Boromir/Faramir. None of these characters are villains. They're just, well, human.
One thing of many that I love about this legendary trilogy is the fact that each movie, in order, is better than the last!!! Such a masterclass in filmmaking!!
Debatable, the fact so many have a different preference of which they like best is a testament to the consistent quality of all three as opposed to say the Star Wars or the Dark Knight trilogies in which the second one is generally considered the standout by most fans.
“You fear what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-Dum ,Shadow and flame” that line always gives me the chills considering he’s talking about Durins bane
It cracks me up how everyone thinks Gandalf is going to eat the moth. It's a totally reasonable thing to think. Maybe I thought that too when I first saw it, I can't remember 18 years ago. For some reason though the idea of (mostly) dignified Gandalf eating a moth just makes me laugh.
I 100% thought he was gonna do it. Definitely desperately hungry up there, grabs it and moves it towards his mouth. I remember thinking "Damn, Gandalf's gone feral!"
10:36 The song Strider/Aragorn was singing (the one Frodo asked about) was the Lay of Lúthien. Lúthien was an elf, the daughter of King Thingol of the realm of Doriath. There are a lot of parallels drawn between the stories of Beren and Lúthien and Aragorn and Arwen. Lúthien and Beren, a mortal man, fell in love, and she gave up her immortality to be with him. They are actually ancestors of both Aragorn and Arwen (albeit much more distantly in Aragorn's case). Aragorn is the distant descendant of Arwen's uncle Elros (her father's brother), who chose the Doom of Man (i.e., mortality), while his brother Elrond chose the way of the Elves.
@@bricehatcher8391 First cousins sixty-seven times removed. Much more distantly related than some other couples in Tolkien's works, such as Galadriel and Celeborn (first cousins once removed) or Elrond and Celebrian (second cousins thrice removed).
LotR movie reactions in a nutshell: Splinter in foot Real flying knife Glass in foot Broken rips Broken toes (Why does everyone forgets Sean Astin nearly getting scalped? ;)
Frodo was only becoming a wraith because he was stabbed while in the Void. You'll notice the wound doesnt bleed once he reappears, because he wasnt stabbed in the physical world. Plus it was a Morgul blad they have special properties.
The movie has to speed the action up a lot more than the book (Frodo spends 17 days from his stabbing till he gets to Rivendell). When Strider picks up the Morgul-blade, the point is broken off, and the fragment is gradually working inward toward the heart. During their journey, Sam asks Strider, "What is the matter with my Master?...His wound is small, and it is already closed. There's nothing to be seen but a cold white mark on his shoulder."
The ring makes people invisible by partially drawing them into the world of shadow. Because the ring wraiths live in the world of shadow, they can see Frodo even better if he puts on the ring.
Hugo also acted in a movie called "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". At one point, he danced in drag. It was kinda freaky watching a 6'2" man in drag dancing, and then I suddenly realized that he actually looked good doing it. And I am also straight.
Hey Maple. Interesting fact. Director Peter Jackson took Bilbo's house interior set and made it a second addition to his mansion. It's for when people come to visit him. He asks if they want to stay in the regular guest room, or the Hobbiton guest room. You figure which one they go for.
@@MapleDivine Maple, I think you should have your own channel. I love how you comment and work things out during a movie. It's so engaging and takes me back to when I first saw the movie. I think your channel could be huge.
Hey y'all so this video has a copyright claim on it so if you see an abnormal amount of ads please forgive me and blame Warner Bros. lol UPDATE: Claim released. I have now reduced the ads to the normal amount so you dont have to see one every 90 seconds haha
A lot of published reactions are unfortunatelly without music, but it is better than nothing. If i can speak for LotR comunity we understand that publishing and editing reactions can is tought, and we are used to reactions without film sound. We are here to see your thoughts about movie not for best of scene compilation.
@Franta F we'll see how my strategy adjust for the next two films. But I was already neck deep in my normal editing style for this movie that I don't want to shake it up too much between parts. I may have to get inventive for the next films. Also the issue with cutting music in these movies is that it plays over dialogue constantly and often louder than the dialogue
@King Luey You tell no lies sir. I have been breezing through the Marvel movies with basically no issues. I was starting to feel untouchable. Warner has humbled me.
@@Diegesis Its a tought job to edit this one. some scenes can be done without music but with sutitles. Some are without a lot of spoken words but with blocked music. Without many spoilers best scenes of series that we would like to you your reaction (even without music, soound or even video) are last march and last ride. Secod one is even better in books.
putting on the Ring takes the wearer out of the natural world & puts them into a parallel spirit world where Nazgul & other nasty things dwell. this is why it makes the wearer invisible to us but visible to Nazgul; they're not really in the natural world anymore but sort of next to it just out of sight, where the Nazgul already are.
I've been going through a reread and I was surprised to notice that it seems the Nazgul in fact cannot directly harm a mortal who's not in the shadow realm. I.e, they couldn't hurt Frodo until he put his ring on; that made him vulnerable. That's not how the movie portrays things but I think that's how the books tell it. Not entirely sure, I could be wrong -- I think Tolkien might not have entirely sorted that out either.
The Nazgul where Men who where Corrupted by there own Rings of power that where gifted to them the only rings that where not made with the help of Sauron where the ones that the Elves had the three that where gifted to the elves and the seven to the dwarfs where the only ones that where'nt truly courrpeted by there rings
This is why they're afraid of water: it can't harm them directly, but it drowns their horses and washes away their clothes. So until they can find replacements, they can't do much to interact with the physical world.
Everyone wants to kill Pippin at first...and I DO mean throwing him down a well shaft!! Like Gollum, every member of the Fellowship has a part to play for the Win. If just one of them fails to do his "thing", then the quest fails and Sauron kills all the Good Folk
Pippin is not nearly such an idiot in the books. In the books, Pippin didn't give away Frodo's name at the inn. And the nazgul didn't attack on Weathertop because of the cooking fire.
@@PhilBagels In Bree, Pippin started retelling the story of Bilbo disappearing at his birthday party, which may have reminded the wrong people of the Ring..... Frodo drew attention away from him by jumping up on a table and singing a silly song, and at the end he slipped and fell and the Ring ended up on his finger.
This movie was my first encounetr with Lord of the rings. It was 8th or 9th grade of our school system, thats year or year before choosing high school. After first part ive got books and quickly read whole story before seeing second one.
Kinda curious, since I would have been reading the books for the first time in the 1970's, so I knew the outline of the story before seeing any of the movies. How surprised were you at the differences between book and movie, were you surprised at how much of the story had to be left out due to length... or for example outright changes like Shelob encounter being moved from Book (Movie) 2 to Book (Movie) 3?
@@erickknutz5599 That was so much time long ago. Easy answer is Tom Bombadill and Devastion of Shire not present in the movies. As far as i remembet my biggest complain was army of death used in Pellenor, like a sort of Deus ex machina. Books have a different feel, they were more focused on character and world building and less on battles. I had no problem with moving storylines to different movie parts.
You're exactly right, Maple. As a recovering addict, I can say with some certainty that that ring acted exactly like a drug on them. Good observation. Also, as a little bonus, when you get to the 2nd DVD, watch to the end. There is a song that plays when the credits roll. It's called Gollum's song. And it describes how he feels during his trial. A lot like an addict, if I do say. Good job, sweet heart.
Having empathy and being stressed by an intense scene isn't weakness... it honestly could be considered strength. But letting power corrupt your morals is. Not that I blame most people corrupted by the ring, but there's a huge difference there.
@@TheWindcrow Sorry, but considering the fact that I don't personally know you, can't hear inflection through text, and am also well aware of what kinds of outlooks are often pervaded by society, it seemed to me like it was making fun of displaying emotion as being something inherently weak. Public displays of emotion are very frequently seen as weak (especially for/by men), and it's an incredibly damaging mindset, so that's why I was inclined to speak up against it. I can appreciate humor, just not when it advocates destructive world views. If that wasn't at all the intention or meaning behind the joke, then sorry, but hopefully you can at least understand where I'm coming from. And if it was, well, you'll probably just dismiss this comment anyway, so I'll just leave it there.
Sean Bean's actor, Boromir, legit scaled that mountain by himself because he didn't like riding in the helicopter. Everyone else got up there by flying but he literally climbed up there to shoot those scenes XD
@@GullibleTarget in this comments case, they're used to accurately describe what Sean bean did. I dislike using them to exaggerate a point or stroy but for this, that is actually what happened. I understand they are very overused, don't worry 😂
@@Iceman-135 it's a pet peeve of mine. It happens when you get older😄'why are these kids using 'legit' and 'lidderaleeee' all the time....oh my god; I have turned into my mother
Hey Maple! When Aragorn/Strider was singing about the Elf Maiden, he wasn't singing about Arwen. The song was about Luthien, Elrond's Aunt....... And Aragorn's direct ancestor. Luthien fell in love with a mortal prince, Beren, and gave up her immortality to live with him (well, sort of). Historical fact, when JRR Tolkien's wife Edith died in 1971, he had the name "Luthien" inscribed on her tombstone. When he died 2 years later, his tombstone was inscribed "Beren"
Boromir's ego was not his problem. It was his desperation to help his people, the people of Gondor, who are also Aragorn's people. Like Boromir said, his people had been spilling their blood to protect all of Middle-earth from the forces of Mordor for years. That's because Gondor is literally on the doorstep of Mordor, sharing a border with it that moves back and forth between the two. Gondor kept getting weaker while Mordor kept getting stronger, and Boromir felt he had to do something to avoid their inevitable destruction.
There is some pride to this version of Boromir but its a sympathetic pride. He and his family have been the ruling stewards of Gondor for generations. They've been the leadership for a people that have slowly but surely been whittled down to the breaking point yet have continually survived in spite of that. He wants to believe that they can weather the storm
There is one elf who has a beard, but he is not seen in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He is Cirdan the Shipwright, likely the oldest elf in Middle Earth and possibly one of the first elves to awaken. He lives in Mithlond, the Grey Havens seen at the end of Return of the King.
These movies always make me cry T_T... I appreciate you making multiple parts of the movies, unlike some who try to put 3 hours into 20-30 minutes. The Moria battle always gives me chills.
06:19 It isn't clear, but what Arwen is doing is asking the river to help her. Because what the elves do and what Sauron does are totally different--and they feel puzzled when Hobbits use the word "magic" for both.
I heard somewhere that Liv Tyler's (Arwen) stunt rider fell in love with the horse. But she couldn't afford to buy it as it was a really well bred Stallion. So Viggo Mortensen (Strider/Aragorn) bought it for her.
To expand the fun fact: He bought three horses, the two he rode during the movies and the one for Liv's stunt double. His two horses stayed at a vet in New Zealand (with him visiting the horses regularly). Liv's stunt double is actually married to the vet, they met at the filming of the movies.
@@thomasfeistle6599 I didn't realise he bought 2 for himself, I thought it was just the 1. I just think of how lovely it is to spend a lot of money on a horse for someone else. Pretty sure he bought the horse (or one of them, not sure how many there were) that played Hildago.
I love Boromir's character. If you delve a little deeper you realize how good he actually is. His brother looks up to him, the men he led while fighting mordor loved him and wouldve followed him through hell. He was actually a really good guy. The problem was his father had incredibly high expectations of him and was probably quite abusive to him and his brother. Whats more is that he knows he isnt the king so he is terrified of the fact that so many people depend on him to lead and it is that fear the ring uses to corrupt him. It isnt something that you can control either, and thats what they show in these three movies and I love it.
There are two dimensions in middle earth: Physical dimension and Wraith dimension. The Nazgul appear in both, though don't belong to either. Frodo can see the wraith dimension when the puts the ring on. In the book, the Nazgul are even more terrifying. The first one gets off his horse and slowly crawls towards where the hobbits are hiding (it's the hiding under the tree scene in the film), they ambush one of frodo's associates, who had been hiding the hobbits in a house, and they sneak around in the shadows at night in Bree.
Fun fact! I had appendicitis when I was 11. Went to the ER after 2 days of being sick, and they gave me pain meds that knocked me out. When I woke up, they told me what I had, the fact that I went through surgery, and that I was a few hours away from dying. The very next time I saw this movie, it instantly made me feel better/like I had a connection to Frodo. Almost dying that young is scary. Seeing a mirror of that from Frodo...made it less scary. Just wanted me to live my life better going forward, just like Frodo did. So...maybe not a fun fact. But that's something I went through that just made me like the series even more.
Great reaction from the viewer but also can we just take a moment to focus on the editing. When that music came up with the fellowship entrance characters I cracked up laughing. Yeah I’m subscribing.
So, the whole problem with the Ring is that it was made by Sauron, who is pretty much the Chief of all things evil, after his Master, Melkor (also called Morgoth, he's responsible for the creation of, amongst other things, the dragons and the Balrog the fellowship faces at the bridge of Khazad-Dum) was defeated and banished into the void. (Important side note: Melkor is not fully dead, he's just in the void, waiting for the guards at the border to fail in their duty so he can creep in again. At this point, he would be slain for good by either Túrin Turambar with his famous black sword or by Eönwë as mentioned in "the Hiding of Valinor", after which the world, Arda, would collapse and be remade to start the cycle anew) Anyway, back to the ring. That thing is so full of Sauron's essence that it is pretty much a manifestation of pure evil, and it preys upon all greedy beings within reach. That's why it doesn't hurt Frodo as much, and also why the Hobbits make for the best ringbearers. They are incredibly simplistic, what use would they have of Power? all they care about is their life in the shire. Those who carry the ring, however, are slowly corrupted no matter their mindset. You can see that with Bilbo in a way, but much more with Frodo at the end of their Journey to Orodruin. His neck is bleeding, the chain that carried the ring has literally cut its way into his flesh as a result of the burden that is carrying the ring. Another great way to show how potently evil the ring is is by looking at those who actually carry it. Notice that Frodo has to rip the ring out of Boromir's hands, how it fell off of Isildurs finger and how Bilbo turns his hand to let the ring fall out of it. In the latter example, Bilbo does this because he knows that he cannot willfully leave the ring behind. It's not possible, he tried twice with the envelope but he just cannot do it. It's simply too strong. He has to let gravity take it from him because he himself is physically unable to leave it behind.
@Diegesis, please have her react to The Two Towers and The Return of the King. The purity of her emotions towards Tolkien's characters are so refreshing.
@@Jake_Steiner I watched two towers on Wednesday he’s working on editing it as we speak. Then I just have to watch the last one! But I am ABSOLUTELY loving these movies.
@@MapleDivine I'm so glad to hear that! These movies, video games, and books were a huge part of my childhood and many others. My cousins and I would make believe we were characters from the stories and would do so for hours. Even when I was alone as a boy, I can't tell you how many times I went galloping through the back country on my pony with a plastic sword in my belt, a long stick from the pasture for a staff, and wrapped myself in an old gray horse blanket for a robe. Mama or Dad would always ask why I would be late for dinner, and my usual response was that a Wizard arrives precisely when he means to. 🤣 Thank you again for doing this, you're a gem!
@@Diegesis that's what I like about going through someone's channel slowly, from the oldest videos, after finding them online - seeing the progression in the content creation. What a meta journey. I love your insights into the movies. Thank you ^^
Boromir is actually the most experienced fighter apart of the Fellowship. He had spent all of his adult life fighting against the forces of Mordor, to defend Gondor and the rest of Middle Earth. So his desire for power is to end Mordor once and for all. Also, none can resist the will of the One Ring. No matter how strong your own will is, it will eventually take hold and dominate you if you're in the Ring's presence for too long. The only character to be completely unaffected by the Ring is Tom Bombadil, but he unfortunately wasn't included in the films.
@D G Aragorn is in his 80s during the Lord of the Rings, and had not been continually fighting, Rangers do not look for fights or battles, they actually avoid combat since they're alone most of the time. Legolas was older than the others, but still did not have the same amount of fighting experience as Boromir. Not much is actually given about Legolas, other than him being a prince and from Mirkwood. He would have seen a few conflicts with Orks and other creatures, but not in massive battles as Boromir had. Oh yeah, and Aragorn has Númenórean ancestry, but he would never live close to the full lifespan of a true Númenórean.
😆 LOL Sam "THOSE WRAITHS ARE STILL OUT THERE"!!! Ya didn't think about that Sam when you were cooking up tomatoes & bacon.. 😆 hahaha 👍 FOOD is priority with a hobbit, DAMN the fire and light discipline, ya needs y'alls 🍅 🔥 🍖 nom nom nom
Deer on average only weigh about 90-120 pounds depending on where you live. In some locations they can get huge, but generally the average weight isn't THAT heavy. Otherwise hunters wouldn't be able to get them out of the woods. It was probably also cleaned before carrying it back to camp, so that removes a lot of the weight.
Legolas is super-nimble because his "connection" to Middle-earth is fading (long story), so effectively he weighs very little (but is still as strong as ever). That's why he doesn't sink in the snow like the others do.
Boromir is actually much more sad. He comes from Gondor, seeking an end to mordor and peace for his people. The ring is the only thing that can bring that in his eyes. When he first set eyes on it, he saw that which he wanted most (as the ring uses peoples fears and ambitions). He just wanted to save his people.
everyone seems to forget the part where gandalf talks/whispers to the "moth" while he is on top of that tower. the "moth" went and got the eagle to save him. In the book, the "moth" is his wizard buddy Radagast the Brown (also Will Byers' password to Castle Byers in Stranger Things is Radagast which Wynona Ryder knows) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radagast
I was waiting the whole time for her to react to Bilbos face turning monstrous when he sees frodo with the ring and she was to busy talking to the camera and only saw his back as he lunged. What a let down.
Many people see Isildur as a greedy dickhead, astleast those that just see the movies and not watch videos or read about Isildur, but the backstory is a lot deeper and will be explored in the upcoming lord of the rings series. The truth is deeper than that as Isildur was like that time period version of Aragorn, he was a famous hero to men and even other races and fought for good, trying to help much people and was a really kind person. But what changed was because of the ring as the race men are easily corrupted(as one of their flaws of their race)by it and lose themself even by just seeing it, becoming an entire different person, especially if you hold the ring literally in your hand like Isildur did.
@@corpsefoot758 from what i have seen with the trailer now, from what the producer says and what reports say, I agree with you. They willbhave him as a dickhead, bad leader and have mininum screentime.
The new show may try to attempt to explain things but since it's a pile of woke garbage I doubt it will be able to do so. You'd actually have to respect the source material to explain things properly.
@@TheRealRealMClovin I mean....it's 100% based on European folklore and they've inserted black dwarves and black elves....tells me everything I need to know about the show and the scum that made it.
Just a head's up; in the comments of your next LOTR video, you will have at least several dozen people telling you that Viggo Mortensen really broke three toes kicking that helmet. Edit, after watching this video: Ok, maybe the one after the next.
Yeah probably two or three down the line but good God do I expect 736357472638 comments about that. It will be that videos version of "it's not actual weed, it's just tobacco"
On my 30th reaction, waiting to find someone who knows English and understands that 'Man"/"Men" is an abbreviation of "Human"........ huMAN. Good reaction, I just can't believe literally no one knows this fact.
she was just having a laugh mate. plus it wouldnt matter anyways cause all the humans with power are men anyways so man you'd have to worry about in relation to the ring would be a male anyways so the whole point is moot. don't be so serious.
Boromir isn't jealous of frodo. Hes desperate after a life time of fighting mordor to have his people be safe. The ring takes your greatest desire and turns it against you. It's why hobbits can resist it so well. They don't desire power.
There is an awesome scene in the third book, where Sam is briefly in possession of the Ring, and it tries to tempt him to take it for himself. And the only temptation it has to offer him is turning Mordor into the biggest garden in the world.
And among other reasons, he refuses because he doesn't need a garden that big.
Yes this hits me in the last part of this reaction wait for the video tomorrow. 😭 KILLS MEEEEE
@@MapleDivine will do. I love seeing people enjoying lord of the rings!
True, They just wanna smoke weed
Sean Bean's performance in this movie should've gotten him an Oscar nomination, he managed to make Boromir far more sympathetic and thus more tragic than he's ever been portrayed. Sean talked about this scene on the DVD commentary, how Boromir's viewpoint was basically "my people are out there dying while all of you are sitting around talking". That sense of desperation to help his people really shines through. And even with all that, when the council's decision became clear, his response was wonderful. "If this is the will of the council, then Gondor will see it done."
Arwen (hot elf lady) and Aragorn (Strider) have known each other for a long time, because Aragorn grew up in Rivendell. The Elf Lady Luthien he sings of and Beren, the mortal man she fell in love with, happened a loooong time ago, its like a legend. Its the most famous tragic love story in middle earth and Tolkien wrote Luthien in the image of his wife Edith.
Luthien and Beren are also Arwen's great-great grandparents. And also Aragorn's ancestors x 30 or 40 generations. And of course what makes that campfire scene poignant is, Aragorn knows that if Arwen marries him, she's condemning herself to death also.
Children of hurin a more tragic love story imo
@@bricehatcher8391 i just bought the great tales books. I can not wait to read their story and hurin and gondalin!
@@imoverhere8327 did you read the children of hurin yet?
@@bricehatcher8391 no im about to start the silm and then im hopping on those three
Can we appreciate Gimli's aim when trying to destroy the ring? He went axe to ass full force and hit it perfectly
Not his first rodeo, I guess.
That Gimli son of Gloin for you!
The axe is more of an extension of his arms by this point, same goes for Legolas and Aragon with their weapons 🪓🏹🗡
Bilbo crying always gets me. He never wanted to put such a burden on Frodo.
Oh, I know. I tear up every time.
Same :(
Even in the books, Bilbo was at the council of elrond and he was the first to volunteer to bring the ring to Mordor
@@kaboom7208 They should have kept that in the movie ... great character revile about Bilbo and his heir.
Frodo :Who is she? This women you sing of.
Aragorn: *Pulls out Silmarillion
Hahaha!
Aragorn: One of my ancestor........and maybe the most badass elf maiden that ever lived (still luv ya Arwen but Luthien's the best😉)
The Dwarves of Moria were the kind of people who might set their passwords to 'password'.
Preach. That might have been better than the dad joke they used
@@Diegesis To be fair… when they first made the door, it wasn’t meant to keep people out. More to keep nature out. The door was a joint effort from elves and dwarves, back when they were still friendly. People were welcome there.
@@marine6680 and it was a peaceful time.
@@TrangDB9 so basically something happened between the elves and dwarfs, like race war or smth?
The password being the elvish word for "friend" is more a commentary on the state of the free peoples of Middle Earth. They have grown so distant and distrustful of one another that even a simple invitation to say you're a friend is met with suspicion
Sam: "Those wraiths are still out there!"
"You didnt think about that before your tomatos and bacon!"
Oof get these boys some Athelas for that burn!
Though they’d probably know it as kingsfoil…😏
but bacon
@@Bellial87 DONT TEMPT ME JORGE. Understand I would consume that bacon from a desire to taste good. But through me it would wield a hunger to great and terrible to imagine.......
Though to be fair, it was less of the fire that drew the Ringwraiths and more of Pippin shouting at the top of his tenor hobbit voice in the middle of the empty Lone-Lands: *”ASH ON MAE TOMAHTOES!”*
Wholesome story:
Viggo Mortensen(Aragorn)adopted two of the horses from the film, and gifted the white one at 5:32 to Liv Tyler's stunt double since she bonded with it.
Sadly, Viggos horses passed away last year :(
Sad, but that's a solid age for a horse. I'm sure they lived excellent lives.
Apparently that white one was a very expensive stallion too. Some big wig executive at New Line wanted him, so the stunt double, who was also the onset Horse Trainer for all 3 films, knew that even if she could scrape together the money, she'd get outbid. Viggo showed up and outbid the Exec, then presented it to her as a gift because, according to him, "It was her horse."
Boromir doesn't have that big of an Ego honestly, he's one of my favorite characters, he's not a bad guy, he's just tragic. He just carries a tremendous burden, he's been fighting a hopeless war and seeing his people die. He lacks the wisdom and experience of say an Aragorn or a gandalf, so he isn't as weary of the ring as them, Boromirs tale is a sad one.
to be fair aragons is more than twice his age and was riased by elves , of course he is swiser
Boromir was always my favorite character too.
Right? Imagine how differently his story would have been if they just hadn't cast Sean Bean to play him... /s
Boromir is the only "normal Man" in the Fellowship, and I love how he is in the books. Always seeking to help, to move forward and overcome obstacles such as the delay at Caradhras, watching out for those in the Fellowship he knows are not as hardy as he. Maybe a bit less wise, less skilled in his estimations and assessments, but earnest and true in his efforts.
Boromir's the most relatable, at least to me.
@@brucemaximus3797
It really is sad, but I also think it helps emphasize the power of the ring.
Boromir, the only pure human in the group, and he’s the first to be taken in by the ring. Helps me think in retrospect that no matter what me or any other person does, if the Ring ever existed IRL (which it does in other forms), we can easily fall to its temptation if we weren’t careful
When he says "men are weak", he means mankind. Though, the elves really have no room to talk.
"Men are weak"
Men: *stare in Feanor*
@@JBWinter Maeglin has entered the chat....
@@davidkulmaczewski4911 Maedhros has entered the chat XD Same with Dior...honestly just a long list of Elves who screwed up.
Pretty much Galadriel Father's entire side.
60+ years later we still making fun of Feanor.
To Isildur’s credit, standing within mount doom where the ring is at its peak of power, resisting the call of the ring is basically impossible. So him choosing to not destroy it then isn’t a ding in his personality. Even Elrond would have likely failed to throw it in the fires had he been the one holding it.
Boromir… he is an outstanding and honorable guy… but Gondor has been basically single-handedly keeping the orcs of Mordor contained through constant war. The country is dying out slowly from the attrition. The ring is preying on that fear that his country will be destroyed, and his desire to protect his people from the forces of Mordor.
On Isildur: maybe? There are a lot of factors that go into how quickly the ring can corrupt someone, and we don't have enough data to say how corrupt Isildur was to begin with, or whether Mount Doom-proximity was the biggest factor for him. I might have expected him to have an easier time resisting, as he had the ring for minutes previously, and Sauron was defeated so handily.
@@WilliamMoses355 I won’t go into too much, but per the actual lore of the world, my statement is accurate. Those familiar with the story will understand the reference significance.
It is easy to see Boromir as a pseudo villain based on what we see from the first film. But if we had the full context and understand the true pull the ring can have over Man, Boromir becomes an honorable character. The exchange between Aragon and Boromir become a lot more emotional once you see him as an honorable man instead of a weak one.
A society at constant war protecting the rest of Middle earth free of charge will weigh on its people and can build up within them far more resentment than Borormir ever conveyed.
There's also, in books, the death of his brother that plays a part. A "better" man, the shining heir, killed during the final siege. Isildur is propulsed forward in this war, and bittered by it. It's sort of a reverse Boromir/Faramir. None of these characters are villains. They're just, well, human.
Plus even if Elrond pushed or threw Isildur into the fire, he would be shunned by his peers if word gets out.
"He's a man."
Aragorn is the definition of THE man.
Definition? Lol he ain't all that
@@skychieftain lol as if you could accomplish everything he did throughout the entire story 😆
@@RazuX5 well I could do ten times the things he did if I was a main character.
One thing of many that I love about this legendary trilogy is the fact that each movie, in order, is better than the last!!! Such a masterclass in filmmaking!!
Nah, Fellowship is the best
I agree
But then when re-warching the trilogy again you realize how perfect the fellowship is and then the cycle starts again
Debatable, the fact so many have a different preference of which they like best is a testament to the consistent quality of all three as opposed to say the Star Wars or the Dark Knight trilogies in which the second one is generally considered the standout by most fans.
I think the movies are all equally good except The Two Towers, but it only lacks a bit because it’s neither the first nor last one.
Fellowship is the best.
“You fear what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-Dum ,Shadow and flame” that line always gives me the chills considering he’s talking about Durins bane
It cracks me up how everyone thinks Gandalf is going to eat the moth. It's a totally reasonable thing to think. Maybe I thought that too when I first saw it, I can't remember 18 years ago. For some reason though the idea of (mostly) dignified Gandalf eating a moth just makes me laugh.
Just imagine a old battered bearded man just grabbing a moth and scarfing it down
I 100% thought he was gonna do it. Definitely desperately hungry up there, grabs it and moves it towards his mouth. I remember thinking "Damn, Gandalf's gone feral!"
10:36 The song Strider/Aragorn was singing (the one Frodo asked about) was the Lay of Lúthien. Lúthien was an elf, the daughter of King Thingol of the realm of Doriath. There are a lot of parallels drawn between the stories of Beren and Lúthien and Aragorn and Arwen. Lúthien and Beren, a mortal man, fell in love, and she gave up her immortality to be with him. They are actually ancestors of both Aragorn and Arwen (albeit much more distantly in Aragorn's case).
Aragorn is the distant descendant of Arwen's uncle Elros (her father's brother), who chose the Doom of Man (i.e., mortality), while his brother Elrond chose the way of the Elves.
Also Tolkien had them out Beren and Lúthiens names on his and his wife's tombstone.
Arwen and aragorn first cousins lul
@hephner78 hey man first cousins are first cousins
@hephner78 I know this
@@bricehatcher8391 First cousins sixty-seven times removed. Much more distantly related than some other couples in Tolkien's works, such as Galadriel and Celeborn (first cousins once removed) or Elrond and Celebrian (second cousins thrice removed).
LotR movie reactions in a nutshell:
Splinter in foot
Real flying knife
Glass in foot
Broken rips
Broken toes
(Why does everyone forgets Sean Astin nearly getting scalped? ;)
Thank you for the Smash montage. Didn't know I needed this in my life, but now I'm wondering how I've survived so long without it.
I'm wondering how it wasn't already a popular meme
I came down here to comment this very thing. The super smash bros edit was fire!!
Those little fellowship character intros were on point 👌😅
Frodo was only becoming a wraith because he was stabbed while in the Void. You'll notice the wound doesnt bleed once he reappears, because he wasnt stabbed in the physical world. Plus it was a Morgul blad they have special properties.
The movie has to speed the action up a lot more than the book (Frodo spends 17 days from his stabbing till he gets to Rivendell). When Strider picks up the Morgul-blade, the point is broken off, and the fragment is gradually working inward toward the heart. During their journey, Sam asks Strider, "What is the matter with my Master?...His wound is small, and it is already closed. There's nothing to be seen but a cold white mark on his shoulder."
"Let them come, there's still one Dwarf left in Moria who still draws breath!" God damn Gimli is such a bad ass.
The ring makes people invisible by partially drawing them into the world of shadow. Because the ring wraiths live in the world of shadow, they can see Frodo even better if he puts on the ring.
"Not nesscessarily a hot male healer."
I don't know, maybe it's just me. I'm straight, but Hugo Weaving is a sexy beast.
Hugo also acted in a movie called "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". At one point, he danced in drag. It was kinda freaky watching a 6'2" man in drag dancing, and then I suddenly realized that he actually looked good doing it. And I am also straight.
@@servantofmelian9966 "and Im also straight". Yeah idk about that
Agent Smith
Hey Maple. Interesting fact. Director Peter Jackson took Bilbo's house interior set and made it a second addition to his mansion. It's for when people come to visit him.
He asks if they want to stay in the regular guest room, or the Hobbiton guest room. You figure which one they go for.
Yeah, that's a no brainer, who wouldn't want to stay in that.
Hi friend! Oh for sure the Hobbiton.
@@MapleDivine I figued you would. Ha
@@MapleDivine Maple, I think you should have your own channel. I love how you comment and work things out during a movie. It's so engaging and takes me back to when I first saw the movie. I think your channel could be huge.
"I'm gonna go be a man"/"he's a man...he's The Man" BEST description of Aragorn I've heard.
Hey y'all so this video has a copyright claim on it so if you see an abnormal amount of ads please forgive me and blame Warner Bros. lol
UPDATE: Claim released. I have now reduced the ads to the normal amount so you dont have to see one every 90 seconds haha
A lot of published reactions are unfortunatelly without music, but it is better than nothing. If i can speak for LotR comunity we understand that publishing and editing reactions can is tought, and we are used to reactions without film sound. We are here to see your thoughts about movie not for best of scene compilation.
Warner Brothers appears as a great EYE... Wreathed in flame.... None can contend with the will of Warner. 😆 🔥 LOL
@Franta F we'll see how my strategy adjust for the next two films.
But I was already neck deep in my normal editing style for this movie that I don't want to shake it up too much between parts.
I may have to get inventive for the next films.
Also the issue with cutting music in these movies is that it plays over dialogue constantly and often louder than the dialogue
@King Luey You tell no lies sir. I have been breezing through the Marvel movies with basically no issues. I was starting to feel untouchable. Warner has humbled me.
@@Diegesis Its a tought job to edit this one. some scenes can be done without music but with sutitles. Some are without a lot of spoken words but with blocked music. Without many spoilers best scenes of series that we would like to you your reaction (even without music, soound or even video) are last march and last ride. Secod one is even better in books.
putting on the Ring takes the wearer out of the natural world & puts them into a parallel spirit world where Nazgul & other nasty things dwell. this is why it makes the wearer invisible to us but visible to Nazgul; they're not really in the natural world anymore but sort of next to it just out of sight, where the Nazgul already are.
I've been going through a reread and I was surprised to notice that it seems the Nazgul in fact cannot directly harm a mortal who's not in the shadow realm. I.e, they couldn't hurt Frodo until he put his ring on; that made him vulnerable. That's not how the movie portrays things but I think that's how the books tell it. Not entirely sure, I could be wrong -- I think Tolkien might not have entirely sorted that out either.
The Nazgul where Men who where Corrupted by there own Rings of power that where gifted to them the only rings that where not made with the help of Sauron where the ones that the Elves had the three that where gifted to the elves and the seven to the dwarfs where the only ones that where'nt truly courrpeted by there rings
This is why they're afraid of water: it can't harm them directly, but it drowns their horses and washes away their clothes. So until they can find replacements, they can't do much to interact with the physical world.
Dwarf: "Don't you think we should add quote marks over 'friend'? It could be a bit confusing."
Another Dwarf: "Nah. I'll be fine."
Everyone wants to kill Pippin at first...and I DO mean throwing him down a well shaft!!
Like Gollum, every member of the Fellowship has a part to play for the Win. If just one of them fails to do his "thing", then the quest fails and Sauron kills all the Good Folk
Pippin is not nearly such an idiot in the books. In the books, Pippin didn't give away Frodo's name at the inn. And the nazgul didn't attack on Weathertop because of the cooking fire.
@@PhilBagels In Bree, Pippin started retelling the story of Bilbo disappearing at his birthday party, which may have reminded the wrong people of the Ring..... Frodo drew attention away from him by jumping up on a table and singing a silly song, and at the end he slipped and fell and the Ring ended up on his finger.
Pippin you have many well wishers tonight especially those who want to throw u into one. A well. They want to murder you in a well.
This movie was my first encounetr with Lord of the rings. It was 8th or 9th grade of our school system, thats year or year before choosing high school. After first part ive got books and quickly read whole story before seeing second one.
Kinda curious, since I would have been reading the books for the first time in the 1970's, so I knew the outline of the story before seeing any of the movies. How surprised were you at the differences between book and movie, were you surprised at how much of the story had to be left out due to length... or for example outright changes like Shelob encounter being moved from Book (Movie) 2 to Book (Movie) 3?
@@erickknutz5599 That was so much time long ago. Easy answer is Tom Bombadill and Devastion of Shire not present in the movies. As far as i remembet my biggest complain was army of death used in Pellenor, like a sort of Deus ex machina. Books have a different feel, they were more focused on character and world building and less on battles.
I had no problem with moving storylines to different movie parts.
14:21 . . . That startled the bejesus out of me in the theatre. 😂😂😂
So well done. I freaking love this trilogy.
Don't be scared! That's just the mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot.
@@Jake_Steiner - 😂😂😂😂😂😂☠️
@@mena94x3 I dare you to unsee it. 🤣
@@Jake_Steiner - Oh, I’m aware of it. The resemblance is uncanny! 😂😂🤮
Saruman: [being a literal force of nature]
"Ugh, THIS friggin guy."
Boromir does not suck, in fact he is the human representation in Lotr.
Well jokes on you cause I think humans suck
@@Diegesis then you're missing the point😜
@@Diegesis some do, some don't.
Sméagol was a Stoor Hobbit. He was also a bit of a sneak to start with. That's how the ring corrupted him so quick.
You're exactly right, Maple. As a recovering addict, I can say with some certainty that that ring acted exactly like a drug on them. Good observation. Also, as a little bonus, when you get to the 2nd DVD, watch to the end. There is a song that plays when the credits roll. It's called Gollum's song. And it describes how he feels during his trial. A lot like an addict, if I do say. Good job, sweet heart.
I like Bilbo's reaction to the ring in The Hobbit trilogy. Back then, the drug was still fun.
Maple "This horse chase is stressful, I'm gonna have a heart attack"
Also Maple "men are so impressionable, these weak ass men" lmao
LMAOOOO 😭
@@MapleDivine Don't worry I loved your reaction =P
Having empathy and being stressed by an intense scene isn't weakness... it honestly could be considered strength. But letting power corrupt your morals is. Not that I blame most people corrupted by the ring, but there's a huge difference there.
@@peterlewis2178 I hate jokes too ;)
@@TheWindcrow Sorry, but considering the fact that I don't personally know you, can't hear inflection through text, and am also well aware of what kinds of outlooks are often pervaded by society, it seemed to me like it was making fun of displaying emotion as being something inherently weak. Public displays of emotion are very frequently seen as weak (especially for/by men), and it's an incredibly damaging mindset, so that's why I was inclined to speak up against it. I can appreciate humor, just not when it advocates destructive world views.
If that wasn't at all the intention or meaning behind the joke, then sorry, but hopefully you can at least understand where I'm coming from. And if it was, well, you'll probably just dismiss this comment anyway, so I'll just leave it there.
The whole mines of Moria battle is absolutely incredible.
The editing on this video...is...just...precious. :) Nice one.
13:00
This girl gets it.
Sean Bean's actor, Boromir, legit scaled that mountain by himself because he didn't like riding in the helicopter. Everyone else got up there by flying but he literally climbed up there to shoot those scenes XD
Most overused words in the English language: Legit and Literally("Like, Liddaralleeee")
@@GullibleTarget in this comments case, they're used to accurately describe what Sean bean did. I dislike using them to exaggerate a point or stroy but for this, that is actually what happened. I understand they are very overused, don't worry 😂
@@Iceman-135 it's a pet peeve of mine. It happens when you get older😄'why are these kids using 'legit' and 'lidderaleeee' all the time....oh my god; I have turned into my mother
Hey Maple! When Aragorn/Strider was singing about the Elf Maiden, he wasn't singing about Arwen. The song was about Luthien, Elrond's Aunt....... And Aragorn's direct ancestor. Luthien fell in love with a mortal prince, Beren, and gave up her immortality to live with him (well, sort of).
Historical fact, when JRR Tolkien's wife Edith died in 1971, he had the name "Luthien" inscribed on her tombstone. When he died 2 years later, his tombstone was inscribed "Beren"
Luthien was Elrond’s great-grandmother.
@@HeatherAllen you're right! Dang, i really need to reread the books one of these days
Boromir's ego was not his problem. It was his desperation to help his people, the people of Gondor, who are also Aragorn's people. Like Boromir said, his people had been spilling their blood to protect all of Middle-earth from the forces of Mordor for years. That's because Gondor is literally on the doorstep of Mordor, sharing a border with it that moves back and forth between the two. Gondor kept getting weaker while Mordor kept getting stronger, and Boromir felt he had to do something to avoid their inevitable destruction.
These movies were on satellite tv before a friend talked me into watching them. Finally read the books this August. They're all awesome.
Back at it again with them amazing reactions vids, keep em coming!
There is some pride to this version of Boromir but its a sympathetic pride. He and his family have been the ruling stewards of Gondor for generations. They've been the leadership for a people that have slowly but surely been whittled down to the breaking point yet have continually survived in spite of that. He wants to believe that they can weather the storm
There is one elf who has a beard, but he is not seen in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He is Cirdan the Shipwright, likely the oldest elf in Middle Earth and possibly one of the first elves to awaken. He lives in Mithlond, the Grey Havens seen at the end of Return of the King.
These movies always make me cry T_T... I appreciate you making multiple parts of the movies, unlike some who try to put 3 hours into 20-30 minutes. The Moria battle always gives me chills.
06:19 It isn't clear, but what Arwen is doing is asking the river to help her. Because what the elves do and what Sauron does are totally different--and they feel puzzled when Hobbits use the word "magic" for both.
to be fair it wasnt her at all. it was elrond and gandalf
@jordan Jackson in the movie it’s her, in the book it’s a mix of Elrond wielding Vilya and Gandalf’s wizardry
I heard somewhere that Liv Tyler's (Arwen) stunt rider fell in love with the horse. But she couldn't afford to buy it as it was a really well bred Stallion. So Viggo Mortensen (Strider/Aragorn) bought it for her.
To expand the fun fact: He bought three horses, the two he rode during the movies and the one for Liv's stunt double. His two horses stayed at a vet in New Zealand (with him visiting the horses regularly). Liv's stunt double is actually married to the vet, they met at the filming of the movies.
@@thomasfeistle6599 I didn't realise he bought 2 for himself, I thought it was just the 1. I just think of how lovely it is to spend a lot of money on a horse for someone else. Pretty sure he bought the horse (or one of them, not sure how many there were) that played Hildago.
I love Boromir's character. If you delve a little deeper you realize how good he actually is. His brother looks up to him, the men he led while fighting mordor loved him and wouldve followed him through hell. He was actually a really good guy. The problem was his father had incredibly high expectations of him and was probably quite abusive to him and his brother. Whats more is that he knows he isnt the king so he is terrified of the fact that so many people depend on him to lead and it is that fear the ring uses to corrupt him. It isnt something that you can control either, and thats what they show in these three movies and I love it.
This wont be the first time I've subbed to a channel just to experience the magic of lotr through fresh eyes by proxy.
Loving the series, can’t wait for the next part ! Thank you
It's funny to see how she is reacting to the early parts of this movie and how invested she is by the end of the trilogy.
Ok the way you introduced the Fellowship with the Smash intros was awesome, I loved it so much
There are two dimensions in middle earth: Physical dimension and Wraith dimension. The Nazgul appear in both, though don't belong to either. Frodo can see the wraith dimension when the puts the ring on. In the book, the Nazgul are even more terrifying. The first one gets off his horse and slowly crawls towards where the hobbits are hiding (it's the hiding under the tree scene in the film), they ambush one of frodo's associates, who had been hiding the hobbits in a house, and they sneak around in the shadows at night in Bree.
Fun fact! I had appendicitis when I was 11. Went to the ER after 2 days of being sick, and they gave me pain meds that knocked me out. When I woke up, they told me what I had, the fact that I went through surgery, and that I was a few hours away from dying. The very next time I saw this movie, it instantly made me feel better/like I had a connection to Frodo. Almost dying that young is scary. Seeing a mirror of that from Frodo...made it less scary. Just wanted me to live my life better going forward, just like Frodo did.
So...maybe not a fun fact. But that's something I went through that just made me like the series even more.
"Those creatures are absolutely terrifying - because they're not alive, and not dead" You got it! As Strider says "you don't fear them enough"...
Awesome 🎥 👍 I was hoping for something epic to watch today. 😆
Great reaction from the viewer but also can we just take a moment to focus on the editing. When that music came up with the fellowship entrance characters I cracked up laughing. Yeah I’m subscribing.
Haha thanks!
I didn't know I needed a LotR/Smash Bros mash-up in my life until today
"Yeah, c'mon Frodo get your ass up on that mountain." Friggin' greatness.
Fun fact: the Balrog fire demon creatures like the one in Moria used to be the same beings as Gandalf and Saruman
This chanting music when the wraiths show up is my favourite, goosebumps every time
So, the whole problem with the Ring is that it was made by Sauron, who is pretty much the Chief of all things evil, after his Master, Melkor (also called Morgoth, he's responsible for the creation of, amongst other things, the dragons and the Balrog the fellowship faces at the bridge of Khazad-Dum) was defeated and banished into the void.
(Important side note: Melkor is not fully dead, he's just in the void, waiting for the guards at the border to fail in their duty so he can creep in again. At this point, he would be slain for good by either Túrin Turambar with his famous black sword or by Eönwë as mentioned in "the Hiding of Valinor", after which the world, Arda, would collapse and be remade to start the cycle anew)
Anyway, back to the ring. That thing is so full of Sauron's essence that it is pretty much a manifestation of pure evil, and it preys upon all greedy beings within reach. That's why it doesn't hurt Frodo as much, and also why the Hobbits make for the best ringbearers. They are incredibly simplistic, what use would they have of Power? all they care about is their life in the shire.
Those who carry the ring, however, are slowly corrupted no matter their mindset. You can see that with Bilbo in a way, but much more with Frodo at the end of their Journey to Orodruin. His neck is bleeding, the chain that carried the ring has literally cut its way into his flesh as a result of the burden that is carrying the ring.
Another great way to show how potently evil the ring is is by looking at those who actually carry it.
Notice that Frodo has to rip the ring out of Boromir's hands, how it fell off of Isildurs finger and how Bilbo turns his hand to let the ring fall out of it. In the latter example, Bilbo does this because he knows that he cannot willfully leave the ring behind. It's not possible, he tried twice with the envelope but he just cannot do it. It's simply too strong. He has to let gravity take it from him because he himself is physically unable to leave it behind.
Nobody, nobody at all:
This girl: 9:36 "Leetle baby Frodo." *Hopping hand gestures*
@Diegesis, please have her react to The Two Towers and The Return of the King. The purity of her emotions towards Tolkien's characters are so refreshing.
@@Jake_Steiner I watched two towers on Wednesday he’s working on editing it as we speak. Then I just have to watch the last one! But I am ABSOLUTELY loving these movies.
@@MapleDivine I'm so glad to hear that! These movies, video games, and books were a huge part of my childhood and many others. My cousins and I would make believe we were characters from the stories and would do so for hours. Even when I was alone as a boy, I can't tell you how many times I went galloping through the back country on my pony with a plastic sword in my belt, a long stick from the pasture for a staff, and wrapped myself in an old gray horse blanket for a robe. Mama or Dad would always ask why I would be late for dinner, and my usual response was that a Wizard arrives precisely when he means to. 🤣
Thank you again for doing this, you're a gem!
Liv Tyler was at the peak of her powers. She looks utterly amazing in all of the LOTR movies.
"whispering instructions to moth"
Best subtitle I've seen in a while
Haha
Maple: Did Frodo get stabbed AGAIN?!
Me: So it begins... >:)
That editing for characters showing up was spot on. 😂
i'm sad cause i'm a more practiced editor now and i wish i could go redo it better.
@@Diegesis that's what I like about going through someone's channel slowly, from the oldest videos, after finding them online - seeing the progression in the content creation. What a meta journey. I love your insights into the movies. Thank you ^^
@@DiegesisGimli’s wailing cry when he discovers that all of the Dwarves of Dwarrowdelf (Moria) have been killed gets me every time I hear it. 😢
The smash bros intros killed me lmao
"If you could even bring courage to an elf, let alone a smile, you've gained more than respect, my old friend."
Boromir is actually the most experienced fighter apart of the Fellowship. He had spent all of his adult life fighting against the forces of Mordor, to defend Gondor and the rest of Middle Earth. So his desire for power is to end Mordor once and for all. Also, none can resist the will of the One Ring. No matter how strong your own will is, it will eventually take hold and dominate you if you're in the Ring's presence for too long. The only character to be completely unaffected by the Ring is Tom Bombadil, but he unfortunately wasn't included in the films.
@D G Aragorn is in his 80s during the Lord of the Rings, and had not been continually fighting, Rangers do not look for fights or battles, they actually avoid combat since they're alone most of the time. Legolas was older than the others, but still did not have the same amount of fighting experience as Boromir. Not much is actually given about Legolas, other than him being a prince and from Mirkwood. He would have seen a few conflicts with Orks and other creatures, but not in massive battles as Boromir had.
Oh yeah, and Aragorn has Númenórean ancestry, but he would never live close to the full lifespan of a true Númenórean.
😆 LOL Sam "THOSE WRAITHS ARE STILL OUT THERE"!!!
Ya didn't think about that Sam when you were cooking up tomatoes & bacon.. 😆 hahaha 👍 FOOD is priority with a hobbit, DAMN the fire and light discipline, ya needs y'alls 🍅 🔥 🍖 nom nom nom
Hey look, missing second breakfast can make you a little crazy
@@Big_Tex Definitely 👍 LOL
Deer on average only weigh about 90-120 pounds depending on where you live. In some locations they can get huge, but generally the average weight isn't THAT heavy. Otherwise hunters wouldn't be able to get them out of the woods.
It was probably also cleaned before carrying it back to camp, so that removes a lot of the weight.
The Mimes of Moria - silent but deadly. 🙂
Gandalf forgot the password, so he'll have to get it reset.
I always love it when someone thinks Gandalf is going to eat the moth.😂😂😂
the fight scene in moria with the cave troll in one of my absolute favorites all time!!!!
0:55 he's talking about Lúthien and Beren as far as I can tell. This story in the Silmarillion is one of my favourite of that book.
If you want to learn the history of Middle Earth, and know some of these tales, like Beren and Luthien...I suggest reading "The Silmarillion."
All three movies are amazing but the first one will always have a special place in my heart.
Bill the Pony returned to Bree, safe and sound.
3:47 [Whispering Instructions to Moth] my favorite subtitles 😄
I've seen a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder, but that's the first time I've seen a ranger with a deer on his shoulder.
I love these films it's my favorite trilogy
Legolas is super-nimble because his "connection" to Middle-earth is fading (long story), so effectively he weighs very little (but is still as strong as ever). That's why he doesn't sink in the snow like the others do.
"That escalated quicly"
Me: Not really, they know each other for like 50 years +
Boromir is actually much more sad. He comes from Gondor, seeking an end to mordor and peace for his people. The ring is the only thing that can bring that in his eyes. When he first set eyes on it, he saw that which he wanted most (as the ring uses peoples fears and ambitions). He just wanted to save his people.
The octopus monster thing is called the Watcher.
I wish I could retire to Rivendell.
everyone seems to forget the part where gandalf talks/whispers to the "moth" while he is on top of that tower. the "moth" went and got the eagle to save him. In the book, the "moth" is his wizard buddy Radagast the Brown (also Will Byers' password to Castle Byers in Stranger Things is Radagast which Wynona Ryder knows)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radagast
I was waiting the whole time for her to react to Bilbos face turning monstrous when he sees frodo with the ring and she was to busy talking to the camera and only saw his back as he lunged. What a let down.
The Smash Bros. edits for the entrance of Boromir, Legolas, and Gimli was perfect 🤣
Lol thanks!
Many people see Isildur as a greedy dickhead, astleast those that just see the movies and not watch videos or read about Isildur, but the backstory is a lot deeper and will be explored in the upcoming lord of the rings series.
The truth is deeper than that as Isildur was like that time period version of Aragorn, he was a famous hero to men and even other races and fought for good, trying to help much people and was a really kind person.
But what changed was because of the ring as the race men are easily corrupted(as one of their flaws of their race)by it and lose themself even by just seeing it, becoming an entire different person, especially if you hold the ring literally in your hand like Isildur did.
… something tells me the new LOTR show won’t have the skill to tell such a nuanced story lol
Just a hunch
@@corpsefoot758 from what i have seen with the trailer now, from what the producer says and what reports say, I agree with you.
They willbhave him as a dickhead, bad leader and have mininum screentime.
The new show may try to attempt to explain things but since it's a pile of woke garbage I doubt it will be able to do so. You'd actually have to respect the source material to explain things properly.
@@johanstinson true, would not surprise me if they make Isildur a douch bag and not one of the heroes of the story like Aragorn.
@@TheRealRealMClovin I mean....it's 100% based on European folklore and they've inserted black dwarves and black elves....tells me everything I need to know about the show and the scum that made it.
Love your reaction as always
Thank you 💕💕💕
Just a head's up; in the comments of your next LOTR video, you will have at least several dozen people telling you that Viggo Mortensen really broke three toes kicking that helmet.
Edit, after watching this video: Ok, maybe the one after the next.
Yeah probably two or three down the line but good God do I expect 736357472638 comments about that.
It will be that videos version of "it's not actual weed, it's just tobacco"
How you gonna cut it there? I need to see her reaction to Gandalf v Balrog.
1:00 -ish Saruman there was played by Christopher Lee, who was a deadly commando fighter during WWII *for real*
On my 30th reaction, waiting to find someone who knows English and understands that 'Man"/"Men" is an abbreviation of "Human"........ huMAN.
Good reaction, I just can't believe literally no one knows this fact.
she was just having a laugh mate. plus it wouldnt matter anyways cause all the humans with power are men anyways so man you'd have to worry about in relation to the ring would be a male anyways so the whole point is moot. don't be so serious.
"Is he gonna eat it" lol. That got me.
"Either a witchy old elf man, a witchy old elf woman, or a hot witchy elf woman." Oh, she's good.
Damn the boromir slander! He’s the goat
Oh she comes around lol
One thing about Hobbits is they are not ambitious people. So the ring can’t affect them drastically.