Seriously, just look at everything he gave to us, a whole world full of history, languages, enemies, friendships, heros and so much more. Its insane what came from that man's brain, hes a world wide treasure.
@@vilstef6988 yeah it was in the extended edition which all LOTR fans should watch since it puts back in key moments that were missed in the theatrical release. Same with The Hobbit Trilogy.
I thought the funniest part of the Two Towers was Legolas saying the trees had eyes and he had never seen such eyes and started riding back into the forest and Gimli was yelling, "No! No!" cried Gimli. Do as you please in your madness, but let me first get down from this horse! I wish to see no eyes!". He sure as heck didn't want to ride into the trees with eyes. I don't think I would want too either.
A friendship that carried on into the Undying Lands, I love how their friendship was so deep that the Valar allowed Legolas to vouch for and bring Gimli with him to the Undying Lands and when Galadriel gave Gimli three hairs Legolas smiles when he learns this for he knows how important that is, since Galadriel had even denied Feonir a single hair, finally how both of them viewed what each treasured, how Gimli went with Legolas to Fangorn to see the forest and Legolas went with him to see the Glittering caves.
Damn, I read the books few times, watched movies a lot, but never knew her hair was so important and she denied it to somebody else before. That changed my perspective of how generous gift Gimli received in Lorien.
Just finished reading The Silmarillion, and I must confess... I had to reread it a few times for the names always confused the hell out of me(THERE ARE ALOT OF THEM). But damn! Never knew how much that gift meant to every elf who knows the story of Faenor.
I like to imagine Mandos sitting next to Feanor in his Halls, being like "So then, she just gives him 3 of her hairs! 3! He only asked for 1! Hahahaha! Really sticking it to you eh? and now that Dwarf is on his way here to party and hang out with all the coolest elves while you sit here sulking like a bitch!"
There was a subtle moment in ROTK that I thought was signifigant in showing how much Legolas watched out for and cared for Gimli. As they ran for their lives out of the caves of the dead, Legolas stopped, waited for Gimli to pass him, then pushed him further on, out of harms way. Understated, yet profound. Great friendship for sure!
“Shall I describe it to you? Or would you like me to find you a box?” Hehehe One of the strongest ( and unlikely) friendships in all of literature. If these two very different individuals could set aside differences and find common ground then there’s really no excuse for any of us Makes me wonder tho if they continued their competition in Valinor, I’d like to think so The best of friends can compete with each other and at the end still laugh and hug ^_^
Legolas: alright so we've agreed this round is just your throwing axes against my bow and arrows. Gimli: aye. Next round is my axe versus your knives. Legolas: loser of both rounds buys the wine? Gimli: oh you're on now ya pointy eared Elvish princeling!
I love that line. I'm really very, very short. I love it when my tall friends joke about it. Laughing at one's limitations lightens more than one unpleasant moment!
"Makes me wonder tho if they continued their competition in Valinor" ... "One God! Two!" "I'm at 7! I just killed the one that created dwarves I think!" "Well this one had pointy ears, so that makes us even!" The two friends, covered in the blood of their blasphemous competition, walked off into the sunset. Friendship is so beautiful. Oh, that's probably not what you meant, right? :D
The friendship between Dwarf and Elf Hadn't been seen since the days of Moria's wealth A Silmarillion had broken their bonds of brotherhood Yet this bond would be mended in Galadriel's golden wood. Between Gimli the brave and Legolas the woodland prince A friendship formed that wasn't seen before or since Though battles hard and through normal talk It all began in Lothlorian with a normal walk. Whether saving hobbits or helping to regain Aragorn's crown Their everlasting friendship never let either one down Deep within Fangorn forest to the depths of the glittering cave The relationship between Elves and Dwarves these two did save Each helped out the race of men in their own way But both knew that in middle earth they could not long stay So one day Legolas built a boat for them on their behest And together they sailed for the undying lands to the west Gimli was the only dwarf ever to come to these lands For Legolas and Galadriel arranged it as part of their plans And so ends the story of these odd two I hope you have a friend just as important to you.
Legolas: Final count, 42 Gimli: 42! ohh, that's not bad for a elvish princeling, hm, I myself are sitting on 43 Legolas: 43 Gimli: He was already dead! Legolas: He was twitching! Gimli: He was twitching, because he's got ma axe embedded to his nervous system!
I have a beautiful image in my head of an elderly Gimli being led into Aman by Legolas, and coming to see Galadriel, just as fair and golden as last he saw her and he would declare no desire to see the marvels of Aman for already his eyes have found the only true beauty that could be found in those lands.
I consider myself privileged to have seen them in theaters. They were (and still are) a unique cinematic event that expanded horizons and blew minds. It’ll be many an Age before we see their like again.
I have to admit, as someone who doesn't cry easily, I can barely keep it together at the end of ROTK. Just Frodos look back at the others as he gets on the boat says it all. He's smiling, but he's broken, he would never heal again. And Sam when he realises that Frodo is leaving. It's a good movie when it doesn't end as you want it. The main character never really recovers from what happened. And how the four hobbits sit in the Green Dragon, now completely out of place in such a happy and safe environment. The events that happened to each changed them.
I have always found the friendship between Legolas and Gimli to be the most beautiful and heartwarming element of the entire story! While Frodo and Sam are more soulmates or brothers, of sorts, their relationships stems from one that was already established as kinsman and as neighbors. However, with Gimli and Legolas, their friendship is rooted in their courage to overcome great disparity between cultures and centuries of suspicion and resentment. For such deep devotion loyalty and love to grow and be sustained over a very so many long decades as they did is truly a remarkable and wondrous and beautiful thing. And it is a noble example for all of us to learn from.
Legolas: And who is this horrid creature? Gloin: Your future best friend and the man who will accompany you to the undying lands. Legolas: You just blew my mind.
This friendship is honestly one of my favorite things about LOTR. I rememver how excited I was when I read that Gimli took the boats to the Undying Lands. Thanks again and always for making the videos you do, especially in these crazy times.
If I bring up these dialogues once, I can bring them up again, Gimli: Could've picked the better spot! What's happening out there? Legolas: Shall I describe it to you, or would you like me to find you a box? Gimli: He he he he he he he he he he he
I love these two quotes between the two friends. Tolkien loved this kind of parallelism, and it shows how solid and, well, comforting their friendship was by the time they got to Rohan. They were aware of their differences as members of two different races, but they recognize that their friendship overcomes that. . GIMLI: “You are a Wood-elf, anyway, though Elves of any kind are strange folk. Yet you comfort me. Where you go, I will go." . LEGOLAS: "But you are a dwarf, and dwarves are strange folk. I do not like this place, and I shall like it no more by the light of day. But you comfort me, Gimli, and I am glad to have you standing nigh with your stout legs and your hard axe."
This really hits home. On Thanksgiving, my group of friends lost one of our own to brain cancer. The works of Tolkien have been a part of our lives since we were old enough to read the stories and understand them. We now have to move on through life without the "Aragorn" of our group. I hope that anyone who reads this, really takes the time to cherish the people that they love and hold in high regard.
Perhaps the only thing more touching and heartfelt to me, besides Gimli and Legolas' BFF status, was the Lady Galadriel being so kind to Gimli when others weren't. Great video as always-refreshingly wholesome soothing content.
"And what would a Dwarf ask from an Elf?" "Nothing, Milady. For I have seen the beauty of the Lady of Golden Woods and will never again find any gem as beautiful as she" "Bold words from a Dwarf, yet compliment i shall take. Never again shall those among my kin call Dwarves Greedy. But I shant let a guest leave without a gift. So what would you ask?" "I would not ask anything. But since you demand me to pose, I shall ask thee for a single lock of golden hair" "And what would you do with this strand?" "Keep it safe as an heirloom of my house. I shall bring it home and craft a box of the finest jewels the Lonely Mountain can produce, to safely keep the strand for it is the greatest treasure among the sun" *and so Galadriel produced a knife and cut three strands of her hair and gave it to the dwarf*
This reminds me of a section from Sun Tzu: "The skillful tactician may be likened to the SHUAI-JAN. Now the SHUAI-JAN is a snake that is found in the Ch`ang mountains. Strike at its head, and you will be attacked by its tail; strike at its tail, and you will be attacked by its head; strike at its middle, and you will be attacked by head and tail both. Asked if an army can be made to imitate the SHUAI-JAN, I should answer, Yes. For the men of Wu and the men of Yueh are enemies; yet if they are crossing a river in the same boat and are caught by a storm, they will come to each other's assistance just as the left hand helps the right." Shared conflict and peril sometimes has a way of fostering cooperation between even those who are in opposition to each other along with the experience developed through these trying events. With this in common, even affection can develop over time.
In bootcamp, this is how our RDC's get recruits from different backgrounds and cultures to become one under a new military mindset. We're too busy being angry with our RDC, we don't have time to be angry with one another. On the contrary, the RDC often creates problems for us that we must solve together, even in spite.
Gimli and Legolas were always my all-time favourite characters since my father read me and my brother books in early 90ies. There was something amazing because they constantly switch firing shots at each other with risking life for each other. Thanks for that great story. Watching this I'm a bit sad that in current they we still dont have proper game featuring Middle-Earth where I could find all of those LOTR characters.
I always imagined Gimli reaching Valinor with Legolas and meeting his race's creator Aulë, his Mahal and learning more about the craft of Earthly elements.
I am so sorry, my friend. My heart goes out to you in this sorrowful time. I am sure that your friendship, and the memory of your friend, will never fade away, and shall last strong beyond even these circles of the world.
I’m late but RIP to your friend and many more happy years to you telling others of your friendship with your late friend. They say we only truly die when the last person who knew us died and our name isn’t spoken anymore. So keep speaking their names :)
@@Cinerary it’s surely been a while but I still tear up from time to time. Thank you for the condolences. But we should be really praying for his family. They will never fully cure from this.
I imagine them arriving in Valinor. Galadriel is there to greet them, and as Gimli steps ashore appears Aule, bursting with pride at meeting his courageous and noble child. Knowing what must be, Gimli looks back at Legolas, and runs back to embrace his friend a final time before Aule leads him to Mandos, but they will meet again at Dagor Dagorath and the re-making of Arda.
This is why I have a hard time deciding which race I like more between the Elves and the Dwarves cuz of how awesome Legolas and Gimlis friendship is! 👍👍and thank you for these great videos during these crazy times we're all living in! 👍they put smiles on my face, especially the music intros!
Thanks for this, Yoystan. Truly theirs is a friendship forged in battle. In fact, their bond is why I enjoyed the banter between Gimli and Legolas in the Jackson films. Millennia of distrust and animosity can’t be overcome overnight, so their kill count contest, drinking game and many other small scenes helped them find common ground. They have more in common than either would’ve admitted when they first met (honor, loyalty, skill as warriors, etc.). Which makes their last lines at The Black Gate all the more powerful, as I’m sure many can agree.
So glad you made this. The pol was interesting and telling. Loved the dynamics of the chemistry between Gimli and Legolas. To say nothing of Gimli's friendship and respect for the Lady Galadriel that would gain him the singular honor of being able to sail to Valinor with Legolas.
I really would love to see the friendship between Turin and Beleg. Even more than Gimli and Legolas, that friendship between two people of different races, shapes ALL the events of the Age they belonged to.
It has been a long time, my old friend! I have noticed that you're incredible channel has produced many more great videos since my absence, and that you have even been nominated by the Tolkien Society for having the best online content for the wonderful world of Middle-Earth. Congrats on that great achievement!!! And even if you don't end up winning (even though you more than deserve too), just being nominated is noteworthy enough! I hope you are safe and well in these troubling times, and that, like the powerful friendship of Legolas and Gimil, you have great friends to keep you company!!! :)
I've been quite depressed for many various reasons but your telling and understanding of this epic story is such a calming of my storm and I hope you know that you have my eternal respect not just for what your story telling has done for me but what I know it does for others
Aww, Thanks Mellon for calling us friends!!! You are probably the only friend, I hear from during this hard time!!!! Legolas and Gimli: An Odd Friendship, between to races that hated each other, brought their races together! Thanks for this Sweet Friendship Video Mellon...Until Helm's Deep's Spotlight Video, Marion Baggins Out...Reading!!!
The biggest and best subplot of the books. Goes to show how you find real, true friends and how strong that bond can be and how it can lead to new wisdom, experiance and finally common ground.
Thank you for your content. No one has made me more interested or taught me so much about Tolkien's universe than you. Stumbling upon your channel rekindled my desire to explore this universe from when I was first introduced in middle school. I am much older now and thankfully can better understand his works, and have been listening to them on Audible. From this point I would concur that Rob Ingles does a great job at narrating them. I hope you are doing well, wherever you are in Middle Earth.
lol i used legs and gim as character examples of Rivals for my AP lit kids :) primarily becausei wanted to show how rivals can also be companions.. because they had a conception that rivals were just the antag and protag..
Oh, drat! I seem to have lost my ring?! Have any of you seen it, perchance? It's an unadorned gold ring. It's unexceptional, nevertheless, it's precious to me... yesss, prrrreciousss...
Definitely, when one considers this friendship as well as the entirety of the fellowship and the efforts of the men of the west. It shows how people of different social, cultural, or ethnic backgrounds, when forced to band together can be great allies and can overcome differences and strife. This being said the Lord of the Rings can be considered to be a tale of not only war but a positive side of society wherein multiculturalism and the overall effort leads toward the establishment of better relations that were previously hardened in the past as well as a better social future. Thus, a modern story that can be well applied to contemporary societies.
This was a great vid. I truly enjoy the friendship and bond between the dwarf and elf. I honestly just love it! Its so good to see people talk about it once more. Keep on doing what you are doing man.
From unlikely allies to fire forged friends. Let it never go unsaid that the bitterness of the past cannot give way to the greater need for understanding and companionship as exemplified by these two
I'm sorry that your away from the people you love. Sending you a big hug and Thank You for your awesome job. Everything will pass just keep hopeful 💙 Lots of love for everyone.
This is a great video to appreciate legolas and gimli’s unlikely friendship. I like many characters above these two but I like how you painted both races and characters and showing them to overcome their differences to become one of the greatest friendships of the story.
I was eating and drinking here at bree ...was about to go to sleep...when i Saw your notification ...guess i Will stay awake a couple of minutes... Great videos man of the west..
Thank you for posting these great videos they are truly an awesome release from the crazy world we are living in so thank you so much for doing this for us i truly appreciate it
This made me think life is so long and in a book but so short in real life it makes you is a friendship feels like it lasts forever then why is life so short but so good
Friendship is a positive and constructive thing there is. Competitions and powerlusts damage its innocent nature when the one loses the sight and its colour. Thank you Yoystan for valuable videos about Tolkien and his universe. P. S: You might consider it as a birthday present when surprized ;)
I feel like the friendship of Legolas and gimli ended the feud of elf and dwarf or at the very least had a hand in the two races ending their feud, and to all of you who miss your friends and families in this time of quarantine I feel like this is like the one of the crisises that happened in the legendarium that brought much despair but through hope they prevailed and that is what we must keep alive in order to get through this hard time! Because from the wise words of Aragorn “There is always hope!” Namarie everyone and be safe!
i literally was a little emotional hearing their story from the books for the first time since i was a child. i share a simlar friendship with a few people from when i was younger and i still keep in touch with today and they always are there if i need support and vice versa. i think this is a story of true friendship and that true friends are always with even though might afare and that friends are true just are just as much family as our own kin. So to those who reads this as Sam Wise once said when the sun shines it will shine all the clearer, a quote which i think very relevant to our current time. thanks for reading i hope some of this was helpful I want to huge thanks ot the men of the west channel for making this video as it lightened my day after what and undoubtedly many over have been through in the roller coaster that has been nearly the past two years.
Just subbed. Love your channel. Man, after these years my love for Star Wars died and game of thrones failed. I always come back to middle earth. Both the movies and books are beyond anything. Middle-Earth will always be number 1, nothing has even come close
Thank you for making this. This video is a grand exemplar of need and awesomeness of friendship. Legolas and Gimli are proof that we can understand and even appreciate eachother.
I love all your videos but this is likely my favourite so far, superb job! I love both these characters and the friendship that is built between them is stronger than Mithril and its great to hear the story of their friendship during and after the war of the Ring expertly told. I bet many long ages of jokes, contests and exploring continued between the two great friends in Valinor.
I knew someone would remember Legolas and Gimli discussing the different layers of masonry in the walls of Mines Tirith, and how far the skills of the once mighty Numenoreans had declined into The Third Age.
This is a worthy of a fan fic theres a Kingdom of the Dwarves called Nordiband. Strictly only Dwarves may enter it, may Gimli one day tell the Dwarves there that Legolas is kin so he can see the glittering cave.
I keep finding myself coming back to this video.. I love your work and and your interpretations of Tolkien. If more people found meaning meaning in the written word as you and I and some others some others, then the world would be a merrier place. Please keep making videos like this. In this day in age I think it's it's more of what we need. And I hope and pray others come to see what I see in Tolkiens writings and your videos interpreting them. You sir are doing a service to mankind. I hope you keep doing this till your dying day.
I absolutely love this friendship as part of LOTR and the legandarium en toto. Admittedly, I was also fallen in love with the friendship between Elrond and Prince Duran in the Rings of Power. Not only have they written a good part of the story for these two characters but the actors skill as thespians and obvious good real life chemistry made those of us willing to see reminisce about the relationship of Gimli and Legolas.
Gimli: "Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Elf."
Legolas: "What about side by side with a friend?"
Gimli: "Aye. I can do that."
Honestly, there are moments between the two of them in the movies, just like this, that are absolutely perfect, even if they aren't in the books.
Legolas(with smug expression): "Final count, 41."
@@generaljimmies3429 Gimli: he was already dead
odinman as they get surrounded 😅
😭😭😭😭😭
"And what is this horrid creature? A goblin mutant?"
MUH WEE LAD GIMLI
Audience: your future best friend.
Slash fic writers: your future soulmate
Only good part in The HOBBIT tril.
🤣🤣🤣
Dwarves: You're future rival
I was so happy to hear his name in the hobbit trilogy
Gimli:"I can not jump now toss me."
Gimli:"Wait."
Gimli:"Don't tell the elf."
Aragorn:"Not a word."
Tosses Gimli.
This wasnt in the book... but still very good scene.
That’s my wee lad
@@Bzhydack It's from the films. I think it's at Helm's Deep.
Might not have been in the books, but it sure fits perfectly with the characters and their story.
I’d like to believe it was Improv between the 2 and that they find it too good to not put it in.
Tolkien was a gift to mankind.
Seriously, just look at everything he gave to us, a whole world full of history, languages, enemies, friendships, heros and so much more. Its insane what came from that man's brain, hes a world wide treasure.
@@A-bit-Shiftyd efinetly his works are a beacon of hope in the darkest times
i think
Whose like we will never again have...
He still is
Now that gift is being masqueraded by amazon for cheap cash grab
Let's be honest, Legolas and Gimli are pure friendship goals of the legendurium.
I wish we had friends like this in the real world.
They are the symbol of what ideal friendship/ collaboration between humans/ people is :) I love lotr so much😭😭😭😭
Marcel Zachary Same.
Agreed.
The ultimate ride or die relationship.
Gimli: (Sounding very humbled.) She gave me three.
Gimli: Toss me. Don't tell the Elf!
Two really great moments from the films.
I assume the first line is from the Extended Edition!!? It's not in the theatrical release-I haven't seen all the EE's yet.
Great video as always!
@@Churro_Flaminguez That's probably the source. I'm reasonably sure I saw this when I saw the extended edition on cable.
@@vilstef6988 yeah it was in the extended edition which all LOTR fans should watch since it puts back in key moments that were missed in the theatrical release. Same with The Hobbit Trilogy.
@@Joreel Some of the moments like this from the extended edition are pure gold!
I thought the funniest part of the Two Towers was Legolas saying the trees had eyes and he had never seen such eyes and started riding back into the forest and Gimli was yelling, "No! No!" cried Gimli. Do as you please in your madness, but let me first get down from this horse! I wish to see no eyes!". He sure as heck didn't want to ride into the trees with eyes. I don't think I would want too either.
Lol I love this part too!
A friendship that carried on into the Undying Lands, I love how their friendship was so deep that the Valar allowed Legolas to vouch for and bring Gimli with him to the Undying Lands and when Galadriel gave Gimli three hairs Legolas smiles when he learns this for he knows how important that is, since Galadriel had even denied Feonir a single hair, finally how both of them viewed what each treasured, how Gimli went with Legolas to Fangorn to see the forest and Legolas went with him to see the Glittering caves.
Damn, I read the books few times, watched movies a lot, but never knew her hair was so important and she denied it to somebody else before. That changed my perspective of how generous gift Gimli received in Lorien.
Just finished reading The Silmarillion, and I must confess... I had to reread it a few times for the names always confused the hell out of me(THERE ARE ALOT OF THEM). But damn! Never knew how much that gift meant to every elf who knows the story of Faenor.
I like to imagine Mandos sitting next to Feanor in his Halls, being like "So then, she just gives him 3 of her hairs! 3! He only asked for 1! Hahahaha! Really sticking it to you eh? and now that Dwarf is on his way here to party and hang out with all the coolest elves while you sit here sulking like a bitch!"
@@KS-xk2so hahah hilarious, I think Mandos could tell that to Feanor no with words but with just one look :D
“I cannot see anything!”/Gimli- “Shall I describe it to you, or would you like me to find you a box “?-Legolas-
Gimli: ..... hehehehehehehehe!!!!
Best bromance ever.
Here here!!!!
Well Spoken!!!
You best emphasize bromance
Aye!
Agreed.
There was a subtle moment in ROTK that I thought was signifigant in showing how much Legolas watched out for and cared for Gimli. As they ran for their lives out of the caves of the dead, Legolas stopped, waited for Gimli to pass him, then pushed him further on, out of harms way. Understated, yet profound. Great friendship for sure!
“Shall I describe it to you? Or would you like me to find you a box?”
Hehehe
One of the strongest ( and unlikely) friendships in all of literature. If these two very different individuals could set aside differences and find common ground then there’s really no excuse for any of us
Makes me wonder tho if they continued their competition in Valinor, I’d like to think so
The best of friends can compete with each other and at the end still laugh and hug ^_^
Legolas: alright so we've agreed this round is just your throwing axes against my bow and arrows.
Gimli: aye. Next round is my axe versus your knives.
Legolas: loser of both rounds buys the wine?
Gimli: oh you're on now ya pointy eared Elvish princeling!
I love that line. I'm really very, very short. I love it when my tall friends joke about it. Laughing at one's limitations lightens more than one unpleasant moment!
That is a wonderful statement 💜💙💚
"Makes me wonder tho if they continued their competition in Valinor"
...
"One God! Two!"
"I'm at 7! I just killed the one that created dwarves I think!"
"Well this one had pointy ears, so that makes us even!"
The two friends, covered in the blood of their blasphemous competition, walked off into the sunset.
Friendship is so beautiful.
Oh, that's probably not what you meant, right? :D
Given that by the time they went Gimli was very very old for a dwarf.... probably not
The friendship between Dwarf and Elf
Hadn't been seen since the days of Moria's wealth
A Silmarillion had broken their bonds of brotherhood
Yet this bond would be mended in Galadriel's golden wood.
Between Gimli the brave and Legolas the woodland prince
A friendship formed that wasn't seen before or since
Though battles hard and through normal talk
It all began in Lothlorian with a normal walk.
Whether saving hobbits or helping to regain Aragorn's crown
Their everlasting friendship never let either one down
Deep within Fangorn forest to the depths of the glittering cave
The relationship between Elves and Dwarves these two did save
Each helped out the race of men in their own way
But both knew that in middle earth they could not long stay
So one day Legolas built a boat for them on their behest
And together they sailed for the undying lands to the west
Gimli was the only dwarf ever to come to these lands
For Legolas and Galadriel arranged it as part of their plans
And so ends the story of these odd two
I hope you have a friend just as important to you.
You deserve more likes friend.
That’s really cool.👍
Awesome!!
Wholesome 💛
This is so cool!!!!
Legolas: Final count, 42
Gimli: 42! ohh, that's not bad for a elvish princeling, hm, I myself are sitting on 43
Legolas: 43
Gimli: He was already dead!
Legolas: He was twitching!
Gimli: He was twitching, because he's got ma axe embedded to his nervous system!
Nice (Look at the Like count)(it was 69 if this is seen in the future)
"What's a nervous system?" - asked Legolas
*hits pipe* how the hell does Gimli know what a nervous system is?
@@greeses5482 what, he can't have personal interests?
The friendship that only maybe greater than Sam and Frodo.
f r i e n d s h i p
@Stellvia Hoenheim lol
I have a beautiful image in my head of an elderly Gimli being led into Aman by Legolas, and coming to see Galadriel, just as fair and golden as last he saw her and he would declare no desire to see the marvels of Aman for already his eyes have found the only true beauty that could be found in those lands.
Who else has just finished rewatching LOTR and is utterly ashamed at how they had forgotten how GREAT it is?
I watched the trilogy extended edition in 3d last week, it was a joy
Fuck i just finished rewatching the enhanced editions yesterday for the first time in 2 years
I consider myself privileged to have seen them in theaters.
They were (and still are) a unique cinematic event that expanded horizons and blew minds.
It’ll be many an Age before we see their like again.
I have to admit, as someone who doesn't cry easily, I can barely keep it together at the end of ROTK. Just Frodos look back at the others as he gets on the boat says it all. He's smiling, but he's broken, he would never heal again. And Sam when he realises that Frodo is leaving. It's a good movie when it doesn't end as you want it. The main character never really recovers from what happened. And how the four hobbits sit in the Green Dragon, now completely out of place in such a happy and safe environment. The events that happened to each changed them.
I want Tom bombadill damn it...
Edit: He's a marry fellow. Bright blue his jacket is and his boots are yellow
Two enemies finding they have more in common than they thought. Lesson for us all, look at the best, not worst in your foes.
"Ok he might have murdered that entire village but damn he has a great taste in music!"
I have always found the friendship between Legolas and Gimli to be the most beautiful and heartwarming element of the entire story! While Frodo and Sam are more soulmates or brothers, of sorts, their relationships stems from one that was already established as kinsman and as neighbors. However, with Gimli and Legolas, their friendship is rooted in their courage to overcome great disparity between cultures and centuries of suspicion and resentment. For such deep devotion loyalty and love to grow and be sustained over a very so many long decades as they did is truly a remarkable and wondrous and beautiful thing. And it is a noble example for all of us to learn from.
Beautifully said
Legolas: And who is this horrid creature?
Gloin: Your future best friend and the man who will accompany you to the undying lands.
Legolas: You just blew my mind.
🥲🥲 I’m crying of happiness
Despite being trapped indoors we will always have a limitless universe and an amazing channel to explore that universe
This friendship is honestly one of my favorite things about LOTR. I rememver how excited I was when I read that Gimli took the boats to the Undying Lands. Thanks again and always for making the videos you do, especially in these crazy times.
THAT STILL ONLY COUNTS AS ONE!!!!!
Well in Gimli's defense the massive animal should only count as one
I am still laughing tears ...
If I bring up these dialogues once, I can bring them up again,
Gimli: Could've picked the better spot! What's happening out there?
Legolas: Shall I describe it to you, or would you like me to find you a box?
Gimli: He he he he he he he he he he he
I love these two quotes between the two friends. Tolkien loved this kind of parallelism, and it shows how solid and, well, comforting their friendship was by the time they got to Rohan. They were aware of their differences as members of two different races, but they recognize that their friendship overcomes that.
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GIMLI: “You are a Wood-elf, anyway, though Elves of any kind are strange folk. Yet you comfort me. Where you go, I will go."
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LEGOLAS: "But you are a dwarf, and dwarves are strange folk. I do not like this place, and I shall like it no more by the light of day. But you comfort me, Gimli, and I am glad to have you standing nigh with your stout legs and your hard axe."
This really hits home. On Thanksgiving, my group of friends lost one of our own to brain cancer. The works of Tolkien have been a part of our lives since we were old enough to read the stories and understand them. We now have to move on through life without the "Aragorn" of our group. I hope that anyone who reads this, really takes the time to cherish the people that they love and hold in high regard.
Perhaps the only thing more touching and heartfelt to me, besides Gimli and Legolas' BFF status, was the Lady Galadriel being so kind to Gimli when others weren't.
Great video as always-refreshingly wholesome soothing content.
"And what would a Dwarf ask from an Elf?"
"Nothing, Milady. For I have seen the beauty of the Lady of Golden Woods and will never again find any gem as beautiful as she"
"Bold words from a Dwarf, yet compliment i shall take. Never again shall those among my kin call Dwarves Greedy. But I shant let a guest leave without a gift. So what would you ask?"
"I would not ask anything. But since you demand me to pose, I shall ask thee for a single lock of golden hair"
"And what would you do with this strand?"
"Keep it safe as an heirloom of my house. I shall bring it home and craft a box of the finest jewels the Lonely Mountain can produce, to safely keep the strand for it is the greatest treasure among the sun"
*and so Galadriel produced a knife and cut three strands of her hair and gave it to the dwarf*
"Legolas, two already."
"I'm on seventeen."
"I will not be outscored by a pointy eared elf."
This reminds me of a section from Sun Tzu: "The skillful tactician may be likened to the SHUAI-JAN. Now the SHUAI-JAN is a snake that is found in the Ch`ang mountains. Strike at its head, and you will be attacked by its tail; strike at its tail, and you will be attacked by its head; strike at its middle, and you will be attacked by head and tail both. Asked if an army can be made to imitate the SHUAI-JAN, I should answer, Yes. For the men of Wu and the men of Yueh are enemies; yet if they are crossing a river in the same boat and are caught by a storm, they will come to each other's assistance just as the left hand helps the right." Shared conflict and peril sometimes has a way of fostering cooperation between even those who are in opposition to each other along with the experience developed through these trying events. With this in common, even affection can develop over time.
In bootcamp, this is how our RDC's get recruits from different backgrounds and cultures to become one under a new military mindset. We're too busy being angry with our RDC, we don't have time to be angry with one another. On the contrary, the RDC often creates problems for us that we must solve together, even in spite.
Gimli and Legolas were always my all-time favourite characters since my father read me and my brother books in early 90ies. There was something amazing because they constantly switch firing shots at each other with risking life for each other. Thanks for that great story. Watching this I'm a bit sad that in current they we still dont have proper game featuring Middle-Earth where I could find all of those LOTR characters.
I always imagined Gimli reaching Valinor with Legolas and meeting his race's creator Aulë, his Mahal and learning more about the craft of Earthly elements.
My best friend recently passed away and your videos are making me more cheerful. Thank you for the content.
I am so sorry, my friend. My heart goes out to you in this sorrowful time. I am sure that your friendship, and the memory of your friend, will never fade away, and shall last strong beyond even these circles of the world.
May your friend Rest In Peace in Valinor...
I’m late but RIP to your friend and many more happy years to you telling others of your friendship with your late friend. They say we only truly die when the last person who knew us died and our name isn’t spoken anymore. So keep speaking their names :)
@@Cinerary it’s surely been a while but I still tear up from time to time. Thank you for the condolences. But we should be really praying for his family. They will never fully cure from this.
Gimli and Legolas. That's a friendship every person needs.
I imagine them arriving in Valinor. Galadriel is there to greet them, and as Gimli steps ashore appears Aule, bursting with pride at meeting his courageous and noble child. Knowing what must be, Gimli looks back at Legolas, and runs back to embrace his friend a final time before Aule leads him to Mandos, but they will meet again at Dagor Dagorath and the re-making of Arda.
Most beautiful friendship ever. Something we can all learn from.
This is why I have a hard time deciding which race I like more between the Elves and the Dwarves cuz of how awesome Legolas and Gimlis friendship is! 👍👍and thank you for these great videos during these crazy times we're all living in! 👍they put smiles on my face, especially the music intros!
The Elves are elitist, smug, pointy-eared, arrogant, pampered assbutts. What's not to love?
@@tomaszwota1465 In short: Vulcans ...😉
Thanks for this, Yoystan. Truly theirs is a friendship forged in battle.
In fact, their bond is why I enjoyed the banter between Gimli and Legolas in the Jackson films.
Millennia of distrust and animosity can’t be overcome overnight, so their kill count contest, drinking game and many other small scenes helped them find common ground. They have more in common than either would’ve admitted when they first met (honor, loyalty, skill as warriors, etc.).
Which makes their last lines at The Black Gate all the more powerful, as I’m sure many can agree.
Could you imagine if Mr. Tolkien passed away on the battlefields of the Great War? And how devoid our lives would be without this masterpiece?
So glad you made this. The pol was interesting and telling. Loved the dynamics of the chemistry between Gimli and Legolas. To say nothing of Gimli's friendship and respect for the Lady Galadriel that would gain him the singular honor of being able to sail to Valinor with Legolas.
I really would love to see the friendship between Turin and Beleg. Even more than Gimli and Legolas, that friendship between two people of different races, shapes ALL the events of the Age they belonged to.
Ended very sadly though.
@@MountainFisher Well, that was the Curse that was the main theme of the Narn. Morgoth saw that everything Turin touched turned to ash.
The problem is Turin was a needy emo boi with a savior complex. Legolas and Gimli are more evenly balanced.
It has been a long time, my old friend! I have noticed that you're incredible channel has produced many more great videos since my absence, and that you have even been nominated by the Tolkien Society for having the best online content for the wonderful world of Middle-Earth. Congrats on that great achievement!!! And even if you don't end up winning (even though you more than deserve too), just being nominated is noteworthy enough! I hope you are safe and well in these troubling times, and that, like the powerful friendship of Legolas and Gimil, you have great friends to keep you company!!! :)
Hey, my friend! It is good to hear from you again! Thank you so much man, I really appreciate that! I couldn't do it without you all :)
@@MenoftheWest You're welcome, anytime!!! :)
I've been quite depressed for many various reasons but your telling and understanding of this epic story is such a calming of my storm and I hope you know that you have my eternal respect not just for what your story telling has done for me but what I know it does for others
An all time favorite, and definitely a go-to during those first days of Covid-19
Aww, Thanks Mellon for calling us friends!!! You are probably the only friend, I hear from during this hard time!!!!
Legolas and Gimli: An Odd Friendship, between to races that hated each other, brought their races together!
Thanks for this Sweet Friendship Video Mellon...Until Helm's Deep's Spotlight Video, Marion Baggins Out...Reading!!!
Well consider this channel as the West Door to Khazad-dûm. Speak friend and enter. So thankfully Yoysten opens the door so often by speaking it for us
@@BigBWolf90 That's a nice way to put it!!!
Timuviel, I’ll always consider you a friend and look forward to a new video and ur posts. Lol. You had me at ‘Marion Baggins out!’ So funny. Be well.🤣
@@gobigblue6782 Thanks, Mellon!!! I just want to more stuff, but alas I can not! 😥
The biggest and best subplot of the books. Goes to show how you find real, true friends and how strong that bond can be and how it can lead to new wisdom, experiance and finally common ground.
Thank you for your content. No one has made me more interested or taught me so much about Tolkien's universe than you. Stumbling upon your channel rekindled my desire to explore this universe from when I was first introduced in middle school. I am much older now and thankfully can better understand his works, and have been listening to them on Audible. From this point I would concur that Rob Ingles does a great job at narrating them. I hope you are doing well, wherever you are in Middle Earth.
Well done, my friend! Great video choice! One of the greatest stories of friendship to be found in all of Tolkien's works!
Thank you, my friend! I really appreciate it!
This is a light greater than the Silmarills in the dark times we may be in for some time.
lol i used legs and gim as character examples of Rivals for my AP lit kids :) primarily becausei wanted to show how rivals can also be companions.. because they had a conception that rivals were just the antag and protag..
Oh, drat! I seem to have lost my ring?! Have any of you seen it, perchance? It's an unadorned gold ring. It's unexceptional, nevertheless, it's precious to me... yesss, prrrreciousss...
Definitely, when one considers this friendship as well as the entirety of the fellowship and the efforts of the men of the west. It shows how people of different social, cultural, or ethnic backgrounds, when forced to band together can be great allies and can overcome differences and strife. This being said the Lord of the Rings can be considered to be a tale of not only war but a positive side of society wherein multiculturalism and the overall effort leads toward the establishment of better relations that were previously hardened in the past as well as a better social future. Thus, a modern story that can be well applied to contemporary societies.
“Tell me a bedtime story....”. Thank you for this.
A strange yet wholesome bond indeed is the friendship of legolas and gimli
This was a great vid. I truly enjoy the friendship and bond between the dwarf and elf. I honestly just love it! Its so good to see people talk about it once more. Keep on doing what you are doing man.
Oh I can relax, my quarenteen fix Men of the West has posted!
From unlikely allies to fire forged friends. Let it never go unsaid that the bitterness of the past cannot give way to the greater need for understanding and companionship as exemplified by these two
If I could boil down my love for LOTR into a single example, it would be the friendship of Gimli and Legolas
Thank you for this heart-touching video. This ought to teach us that beyond our differences, we all are humans and can live in harmony.
I would have loved that Tolkien had written about Legolas and Gimli's voyages...
Such a beautiful and timely retelling. Thank you for this.
a shared quest with danger can often bring the most untrusted foes together and spur a friendship!
I'm sorry that your away from the people you love. Sending you a big hug and Thank You for your awesome job. Everything will pass just keep hopeful 💙 Lots of love for everyone.
Thank you Faith :) right back at you, my friend! Thank you for the hopeful comment!
I’m not crying. You’re crying
I AM crying my friend
This is a great video to appreciate legolas and gimli’s unlikely friendship. I like many characters above these two but I like how you painted both races and characters and showing them to overcome their differences to become one of the greatest friendships of the story.
I was eating and drinking here at bree ...was about to go to sleep...when i Saw your notification ...guess i Will stay awake a couple of minutes...
Great videos man of the west..
My all time favourite quote from the movies, 'Don't tell the elf!!' Thanks for a great video.
Gandalf:
"Here at last, on the shores of the sea, comes the end of our Fellowship".
"I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil."
Thank you for posting these great videos they are truly an awesome release from the crazy world we are living in so thank you so much for doing this for us i truly appreciate it
This made me think life is so long and in a book but so short in real life it makes you is a friendship feels like it lasts forever then why is life so short but so good
"That still only counts as one!" -Gimli
This was such a nice video.
Legolas(with smug expression): "Final count, 41."
Gimli: 41 oh. Not bad fer a pointy eared Elvish princeling. I myself happen to be sitting handsomely on 43.
Bryant Wolford legolas shoots dead orc “43” ;)
@Amelia High (STUDENT) *looks aghast* He was twitching!
@@darkness-of-serenity1088 he was twitching...because he's got MY AXE EMBEDDED IN HIS NERVOUS SYSTEM!!!
Friendship is a positive and constructive thing there is. Competitions and powerlusts damage its innocent nature when the one loses the sight and its colour. Thank you Yoystan for valuable videos about Tolkien and his universe.
P. S: You might consider it as a birthday present when surprized ;)
I know we’ve had our differences too, but I hope our friendship grows even beyond theirs
Thank you for this. You may have saved a life.
Gimli: What’s happenin’ out there?
Legolas: Shall I describe it to you? Or would you like me to find you a box?
Gimli: 😆
So happy to see this video
Anyone who is moved by Tolkien's works, like this, could be a friend of mine. Thank you for these videos.
I feel like the friendship of Legolas and gimli ended the feud of elf and dwarf or at the very least had a hand in the two races ending their feud, and to all of you who miss your friends and families in this time of quarantine I feel like this is like the one of the crisises that happened in the legendarium that brought much despair but through hope they prevailed and that is what we must keep alive in order to get through this hard time! Because from the wise words of Aragorn “There is always hope!” Namarie everyone and be safe!
i literally was a little emotional hearing their story from the books for the first time since i was a child.
i share a simlar friendship with a few people from when i was younger and i still keep in touch with today and they always are there if i need support and vice versa.
i think this is a story of true friendship and that true friends are always with even though might afare and that friends are true just are just as much family as our own kin.
So to those who reads this as Sam Wise once said when the sun shines it will shine all the clearer, a quote which i think very relevant to our current time.
thanks for reading i hope some of this was helpful
I want to huge thanks ot the men of the west channel for making this video as it lightened my day after what and undoubtedly many over have been through in the roller coaster that has been nearly the past two years.
Just subbed. Love your channel. Man, after these years my love for Star Wars died and game of thrones failed. I always come back to middle earth. Both the movies and books are beyond anything. Middle-Earth will always be number 1, nothing has even come close
Thank you for making this. This video is a grand exemplar of need and awesomeness of friendship. Legolas and Gimli are proof that we can understand and even appreciate eachother.
This video, that I know will make me happy weep, is much needed!!
I was just watching Fellowship too! Perfect timing!
I love all your videos but this is likely my favourite so far, superb job! I love both these characters and the friendship that is built between them is stronger than Mithril and its great to hear the story of their friendship during and after the war of the Ring expertly told. I bet many long ages of jokes, contests and exploring continued between the two great friends in Valinor.
"Yet all Men make might come to naught at last..."
I knew someone would remember Legolas and Gimli discussing the different layers of masonry in the walls of Mines Tirith, and how far the skills of the once mighty Numenoreans had declined into The Third Age.
Gimli : "I have... feelings for you.."
Legolas : "I have feelings... for you.."
Fans : "This feeling was FRIENDSHIP."
They dont love eachother, modern degenerates dont know what a good friendship is and have only sex in their mind
This is a worthy of a fan fic theres a Kingdom of the Dwarves called Nordiband. Strictly only Dwarves may enter it, may Gimli one day tell the Dwarves there that Legolas is kin so he can see the glittering cave.
The art in this video just melts my heart. I love these two - the original platonic ship.
I keep finding myself coming back to this video.. I love your work and and your interpretations of Tolkien. If more people found meaning meaning in the written word as you and I and some others some others, then the world would be a merrier place. Please keep making videos like this. In this day in age I think it's it's more of what we need. And I hope and pray others come to see what I see in Tolkiens writings and your videos interpreting them. You sir are doing a service to mankind. I hope you keep doing this till your dying day.
This was incredible man, the ending brought me to tears. Definitely will be keeping up with your channel from now on.
I absolutely love this friendship as part of LOTR and the legandarium en toto. Admittedly, I was also fallen in love with the friendship between Elrond and Prince Duran in the Rings of Power. Not only have they written a good part of the story for these two characters but the actors skill as thespians and obvious good real life chemistry made those of us willing to see reminisce about the relationship of Gimli and Legolas.
My favorite bromance ever
Thank you very much for this video!!! I sought this video along with the other about Gimli for so long!!! Thank you very much!!!
Keep up the great work, I love this channel so much :)
You moved me to tears, literally. Beautifully done!
Gimli versus Gregor Clegane?
This channel is awesome you’re a beacon of hope to us all.
Great video Eoystan! Brought back fond memories of the book and the films, and how much this friendship still means to me.
Awesome video Yoystan, such an unlikely and unbreakable friendship is definitely inspiring during times like this. Keep up the great work!
Gimli- "Legolas, 2 already !"
Legolas- "im on 17!"
Gimli- "WHAT ILL HAVE NO POINTY ELF OUTSCORING ME!!"