Théoden's transformation was done with practical effects. Multiple takes, with Bernard Hill (RIP) repeating the same movements, wearing various stages of makeup.
Loved your reaction and engagement. Your reactions to what you were seeing and the impact of it was excellent and I loved your comment about the amazing orchestration to the movie!
Gandalf it´s one of the five Istari... sent to the middle earth by the Valar. With Saruman, it´s also Gandalf, Radagast and the two blue wizards. Saruman was the white because he was chosen as the leader of all them. When he turned to evil... the God Ilúvatar chose a new leader.... returning Gandalf as Gandalf the white.
42:02 Aragorn is a descendant of Elros (Elronds brother) from numenor and the numenorians live longer than regular humans which is why aragorn lives to be 210 years old
I don’t understand why so many reactors wonder why no one helps Gandalf. There is a clear establishing shot before that showing the rest of the fellowship off the bridge and somewhat far away. And Frodo is held back because there could still be orcs shooting arrows. Do they really think that they would’ve not saved Gandalf if they could have?
Yes, this music is stunning! And the next movie has, imo, the most beautiful of all... the theme for ANDURIL. It plays while Elrond is handing over something to Aragorn, in Return of the King. My spirit soars when it plays. ♡
Aragorn it´s a Dúnedain, a sort of "royal" race among the men, blessed with long life as descents of Númenor (they have part of elves in their blood). That´s why he has 87 years old here, and looks young.
At 10:25, the Wild Men are the Dunlendings, who live in Dunland, west of Rohan. Some of their ancestors had occupied the area that is now Rohan, but they were displaced by the Rohirrim 500 years before our story, leaving perpetual enmity, which Saruman is now inflaming. In the movie the Dunlendings burn the Westfold of Rohan, but in the book they also fight in the Battle of Helm's Deep alongside the Uruk-hai.
I was just wondering when this would drop. Sam's inspiring speech is one of the greatest of all of film: "In the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer.....Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because...there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."
The Dead Marshes was inspired by author J.R.R. Tolkien's experience fighting in World War I at Battle of Somme, where he saw the corpses of soldiers in flooded trenches. The battle that Gollum refers to is The Battle of Last Alliance seen in the prolouge of Fellowship. The corpses in the water were silicone dummies done by Weta Workshop, while the one opening his eyes, was a stunt double holding his breath (though he was allowed to breathe through a suba regulator in-between takes). Originally, The Marshes was going to be filmed at a real swamp on the South Island but the location turned unsuitable for filming as the islands consisted of floating mosses. Peter Jackson tested out how deep it was by putting his foot down and he sank to his hip, so no shooting took place except for helicopter shots for wide shots. The real filming took place at a swamp in a carpark, made out of sandbags, filled with water and mosses covering the sandbags. The flames were burning gas that came out of pipes in the water.
EXCELLENT, Emma! The Peter Jackson series of movies did an amazing job in translating the novels... which, personally, I began reading in the mid-70s in high school. I'm glad you like the movies... and, if you the "reading" kind, I do recommend the novels - as they will ADD to your movie experience.
To understand Gandalf's return, it helps to know that the wizards aren't just men who studied magic like in most fantasy fiction, but are basically angels sent by god to help the people of Middle-Earth against Sauron, taking the form of wise old men. Gandalf was the only one who didn't abandon the mission, so when he died fighting the Balrog, god sent him back to take Saruman's place as the White Wizard to lead the people against Sauron.
“Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow." I liked the first film but didn't fully appreciate it until I witnessed this genius. Tolkien's experiences from the first World War, to the industrial revolution and the destruction of nature in the process of progress are vividly expressed. And we all now know what taters is. Brego was the true hero in this. Even you can't say "neigh" to that, precious.
The two horses that Éomer gave to Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli were the " blood " price for Merry and Pippin, who they thought they had accidentally killed. Horses are the most valuable thing in Rohan culture.
I have so much admiration for Andy Serkis. Watching him as Gollum so many times, and as Caesar the Ape. All that man really needs is his eyes! The intelligence and emotion he can convey is amazing.
No one was able to help Gandalf because what you saw occurred over the space of a few seconds. The movie is cut together, moving back and forth between Gandalf's perspective and that of the others, so it took a few minutes, but all of this occurred before people could actually think to move. It was shocking, and I have no doubt that most of the Fellowship froze at the other end of the bridge. When Gandalf fell, and orc arrows started bouncing off the walls around them, the Men moved the rest out of the mountain.
Rohan theme is done on the very special Norwegian violin which has additional harmony strings under the normal ones. As someone who has been corrupted for so long by the Ring, Gollum is allergic to Elvish stuff which is enchanted most of the time... The "medecine" they give Merry looks like vinager because I can't fathom the idea that even super Orks would actually be afforded to drink real quality wine... In Rohan language, "Eo" is the root prefix meaning "horse" so all names derived from it, Eomer, Eomund, Eoten, Eowyn, have "Horse" in them. They have horses everywhere in their iconography too, cavalry is their specialty. Think Vikings but with horses instead of dragons... They are insîred from Northern Celts. Gondor is more inspired from Carolingians on the other hands. The path Frodo, Sam and Gollum take is exactly the path that Gandalf intended in the first movie, Gimli summed it up himself if you recall. Gandalf and the other wizards are in fact angels, Sauron too. They were given physical form to watch over Middle Earth and counsel populations in case Sauron came back. Sauron is pretty much a Fallen angel, former servent to Morgoth, the equivalent of the Devil himself. Gandalf's body was indeed killed after defeated the Balrog but the Heavens gave him a new body and a new mandate, finish the task to get rid of Sauron's threat. He earned a promotion, replacing the treacherous Saruman as White Wizard ! Numenorians were part Elvish, that explains their long lifespan of at about 300 years. Numenor was an island in the middle of the ocean that was destroyed by the Gods after that civilization was manipulated into attacking the Western continent of Valinor (Elves paradise). Numenorians were exiled in Middle Earth (Eastern Continent) and founded the Gondor Kingdom. Sam's devotion to Frodo is inspired from British army tradition. Tolkien, durint WW1, as an officer had a dedicate stewart tending to his needs. He was so touched by the dedication of the guy that Sam's character was born.
Many say The Two Towers is the best of the 3 in trilogy. Perhaps most important is better to say. I still loved it but I think Return of King is perfect, and Fellowship of King is my second favorite. Again another great reaction Emma
In the film, Saruman refers to Orthanc (his tower) and Barad-dur (Sauron's tower in Mordor) as "the two towers", but in the book the two towers refers to Orthanc and Cirith Ungol (the tower in the next film where Frodo is captured; that happened in the second book, but they moved it to the third film)
The fog at Emyn Muil was real. In fact it just came rolling in without warning and since they couldn't do the shots they suppoused to shot at that moment, Peter Jackson decided to film the sequence where Frodo and Sam gets lost. Most of the time, they film this at Whakapapa Holiday Park at Mount Ruapehu on New Zeland's North Island, but there were times that was filmed in a studio because of certains set weren't finished in time of the shoot, so director Peter Jackson shot Elijah Wood and Sean Astin (and Andy Serkis for the scene where Gollum tries to ambush and fights the hobbits) against a bunch of fake cliffs (which were molded from the real rocks, hence why they look so realistically). The scenes from Emyn Muil were shot at the same time as the Mordor scenes in Return of the King. The peaks of Mount Rhuapehu are sacred to the local Maori tribes so the film crew weren't allow to show them on screen. The shots that do have the peaks shot were hidden away by covering them with digitally created mountain tops (often by photo-cropped from other mountain tops), therefore not breaking the promise that Wingnut Films gave to the representives of the Maori tribes when recieving their permisson to film there.
In the last book, when the company is leaving Lorien, Haldir reports that there is a great commotion and noise deep in the earth below Moria. At the time we don't know what that means, but upon reading a second time it is very clear...
When Gandalf's body died, his spirit were sent to Valinor, the Undying Lands, and since he was the last wizard that was left on the misson to help Middle-Earth's people against Sauron, he was sent back by Eru Illuvatar, the creation god of Arda, and more of his powers were unlocked (the wizards are basically angelic spirits who were really powerful and their powers were nerfed as the last time Valar, the gods, and the Maiar used their full powers, they caused such destruction that a part of Middle-Earth were destroyed and sunk to the sea in the last war against Sauron's master Morgoth in The First Age).
Little advice ... Write in the headline that this is the first part. Some will not even waste your time with your reaction when they think your reactions to the whole movie are only 49 minutes...
The orc drank that Merry gets poured in his mouth is a mix of peach ice tea, glycerin and soda stream Coke syrup. According to Dominic Monaghan, "it couldn't be any more sticky, it's like the concentration of liquid glue". On the first take, the puking was acting but the second time, it was for real (which must be the one that got in the movie) as how gross it must have felt.
By the way.. The voice of Treebeard are John-Rhys Davis voice. And he is the actor who played Gimli. His voice was so deep and on point that they didn't need to change it by the computer.
be nice. It wasn't "digitally modified". It was recorded in studio through a wooden box, then that recording was played and recorded again through a wooden box. It may have been "digitally recorded" but the effect could have easily been done on analog equipment. No soup for you!
Oddly enough, a lot of the goblins in Moria from the first film were played by women in makeup and prosthetics. The goblins in Middle Earth are of smaller stature than a man so they decided to cast the goblins from women in the area. Same with a lot of the horse riders of Rohan. The studio couldn't find enough men that knew how to ride horses so they enlisted local women and disguised them as men with beards.
Regarding Eowyn walking while Gimli rides the horse - she's doing that to give her bum a break. Riding a horse for hours, if you're not used to it , is painful for your posterior. And dwarves can't handle a horse of that size - they ride ponies - so Eowyn is kindly leading the horse for him, to give him a little rest from walking.
Aragorn is descended from the race of men that helped the elves fight the ancient evils of the world at great cost to them. Eru Ilúvatar (God) blessed them to live three times longer than the average man as a reward. Eru Ilúvatar is also the one who resurrected Gandalf.
I have no idea why they thought that the nonsense with Aragorn falling off the cliff was a good idea. It wasn't in the book, had already been done with Gandalf, and him dying is even less believable than Gandalf, as his story of becoming king has not yet been completed. And he's only "dead" for like five minutes. What the hell? All the great scenes they cut from the theatrical cut and they left this in?
Frodo: You've left out one of the chief characters - Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam. Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam. Sam: Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn't make fun; I was being serious. Frodo: So was I. Sam is the real hero of the story.
You would benefit greatly if you turn on subtitles. You're introduced to so many new words, names and places that seeing them in writing will help with keeping them straight and itll teach you how to spell these words. Like Uruk-hai. Theyre the slimy creatures Saurumon is spawning in his basement in Isengard. The big one is called Bitey. Kidding. Its actually named Ugluk. You remember him. Greasy chops. Beautiful smile. Enjoys man flesh. Anyways have fun with the rest of the movie! Best trilogy of all time!
At 4:02 you say, "He's calling him 'Mr. Frodo.'" Sam is Frodo's gardener, and is of a lower social class than the other three hobbits. The movie makes less of this than the book--social mores had changed in Britain between the writing of LOTR the book in the 1940s and early 50s and the movies in the late 90s and early 2000s, so the class distinction isn't as pronounced in the movies as it is in the book, where Sam is initially treated as something between a domestic animal and a servant (he grows tremendously as the action proceeds!).
Dear Emma, Gandalf is not a human being. He is one of the Maiar, a lower class angel. So is Saruman, Sauron and the Balrog too - but they are fallen of course. A long time ago the Valar ("Powers", the higher class angels who govern this world) decided to send five Maiar to Middle Earth to aid the free peoples in their struggle against darkness. They came disguised, incarnated as old men with severely diminished powers. They are not allowed to rule by force, their main tools are counsel and wisdom. Gandalf's true angelic name is Olorin. When he died, he was sent back by Eru Iluvatar (God) himself as an "upgraded" version, and now he's allowed to show more of his true powers. The Valar and the Maiar (known together as the Ainur ("Holy Ones") were created by Eru Iluvatar before anything else, and they together participated in the creation of this world through music. So Gandalf is older than the world, in fact he participated in the creation of the world. There are 14 Valar - 7 male, 7 female and they govern the world according to the will of Eru. There was a fifteenth one, Melkor, but he became evil, after which he was called Morgoth (Dark Foe). he was the antagonist in the first ages of the world until he was defeated and locked outside the circles of the world in the timeless void. Sauron was initially only a servant of Morgoth.
The dark forces like the orcs can't stand elvish things as they're pure compared to the orcs' corrupted nature and Sauron have hatred towards the elves, and because of The Ring corrupted Gollum, that's why the elven rope hurts him through burning and freezing and he can't eat the lembas (in the book, he refers to it feels like ash in your mouth).
Sam is actually Frodo's gardener, Frodo is his boss so Sam calls him Mr Frodo. I was starting to question when we hadn't even gotten close to Helm's Deep and there was only 5 minutes left. I thought you were cutting out almost half the movie. You didn't put Part 1 in the title.
Sam is a servant, not Frodo's friend, which is why they talk like that The book was written by an Englishman with all the cultural traits. There's the arrogance of the superior races towards others, like the English towards all the people they were destroying.
Frodo and Sam are friends too unlike their enemies from the east who who live under strong dictatorial figures. A persdon can have several roles while adhering to customs without having that decide personal relations. If you watch and/or read the books this becomes very clear.
@@F7024-f3p Is the people of the East another propaganda from the people of the West? No, Frodo is the master and Sem is the servant. Nothing more And keep your Western worldview with inferior races, dictators and all that, the West brought death camps and genocide, and the book is full of hints about it.
Looks like I'm about to be "this" guy here, so, here we go: In the scene where Aragorn screams after kicking an orc helmet, it sounded heartfelt and realistic because Viggo Mortensen broke his toe at that exact moment. Besides that, it's impressive how the movies FX still hold up. Especially Gollum...I always catch myself forgetting that he's actually animated when watching. Great work by the FX team (Weta) and Andy Serkis.
The effects hold up because a lot of them are practical, not CGI. For example, the distance shots of Edoras (the Rohan capital) was a physical model placed in front of the real landscape in the background. Andy Serkis did the voice and motion capture for Gollum. He modeled the "gollum cough" on his cat hacking up a hairball. 😛 Smeagol was his original name. Gollum is his evil side. The Ring broke his mind so he has a split personality, which sometimes fight each other. That's why he calls himself "we" rather than "I".
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* If you ever try Lord of the Rings cosplay, I think you would make a very convincing "Eowyn" or "Galadriel", or if you wanted a character with a little spunk, perhaps the character of "Tauriel" from "The Hobbit" movie trilogy.
Sam is an employee of the Bagginses, their gardener. That's why he shows respect by calling him MR Frodo 🙂
I never though about it like that, nice fact!
He inheirted his job from his dad Hamfast "Ham" Gamee AKA The Gaffer. He was Bilbo's gardener and when he got too old Sam took over.
@@mevb yep seems to be that two families are connected in respect for each other
Théoden's transformation was done with practical effects. Multiple takes, with Bernard Hill (RIP) repeating the same movements, wearing various stages of makeup.
That moment when Eowyn realises that the hot guy she's been eyeing up is old enough to be her great-grandfather. 🤣
lovve it emma your reactions are always the best
Love having Emma bring the amazing soundtrack to our attention! It's an amazing score indeed.
Thank you for doing these films in two parts. They deserve a full-length reaction. Also, you have a lovely voice. I can tell you are also a singer.
Thank you! 😊
Loved your reaction and engagement. Your reactions to what you were seeing and the impact of it was excellent and I loved your comment about the amazing orchestration to the movie!
Thank you so much!!
@@Emma_Reactions You are welcome!
Gandalf it´s one of the five Istari... sent to the middle earth by the Valar. With Saruman, it´s also Gandalf, Radagast and the two blue wizards. Saruman was the white because he was chosen as the leader of all them. When he turned to evil... the God Ilúvatar chose a new leader.... returning Gandalf as Gandalf the white.
Eowyn's funeral song was in Anglo-Saxon. That's how pre-English used to more or less sound about a thousand years ago.
Fun fact, Treebeards voice is by John Rhys-Davies a welsh actor who also performs as Gimli!
42:02 Aragorn is a descendant of Elros (Elronds brother) from numenor and the numenorians live longer than regular humans which is why aragorn lives to be 210 years old
I don’t understand why so many reactors wonder why no one helps Gandalf. There is a clear establishing shot before that showing the rest of the fellowship off the bridge and somewhat far away. And Frodo is held back because there could still be orcs shooting arrows. Do they really think that they would’ve not saved Gandalf if they could have?
Thank you for the explanation 😉✨
Yes, this music is stunning! And the next movie has, imo, the most beautiful of all... the theme for ANDURIL. It plays while Elrond is handing over something to Aragorn, in Return of the King. My spirit soars when it plays. ♡
Couldn't agree more!
Aragorn it´s a Dúnedain, a sort of "royal" race among the men, blessed with long life as descents of Númenor (they have part of elves in their blood). That´s why he has 87 years old here, and looks young.
Thank you, sweet Emma. 🤗🥰
You’re welcome 😊
REALLY ENJOYED your reaction! 👍😁
Glad you enjoyed ✨😉
At 10:25, the Wild Men are the Dunlendings, who live in Dunland, west of Rohan. Some of their ancestors had occupied the area that is now Rohan, but they were displaced by the Rohirrim 500 years before our story, leaving perpetual enmity, which Saruman is now inflaming. In the movie the Dunlendings burn the Westfold of Rohan, but in the book they also fight in the Battle of Helm's Deep alongside the Uruk-hai.
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22:56 Gandalf got a promotion
In the Tolkin lore, Sam is like 12 years younger than Frodo....
Being his gardner, he was always respectful!!!
The Choir as Gandalf falls is epic.
The whole scene is epic.
If someone would have tried to save Gandalf, the bridge would probably have collapsed .
I was just wondering when this would drop. Sam's inspiring speech is one of the greatest of all of film: "In the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer.....Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because...there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."
The Dead Marshes was inspired by author J.R.R. Tolkien's experience fighting in World War I at Battle of Somme, where he saw the corpses of soldiers in flooded trenches. The battle that Gollum refers to is The Battle of Last Alliance seen in the prolouge of Fellowship.
The corpses in the water were silicone dummies done by Weta Workshop, while the one opening his eyes, was a stunt double holding his breath (though he was allowed to breathe through a suba regulator in-between takes).
Originally, The Marshes was going to be filmed at a real swamp on the South Island but the location turned unsuitable for filming as the islands consisted of floating mosses. Peter Jackson tested out how deep it was by putting his foot down and he sank to his hip, so no shooting took place except for helicopter shots for wide shots. The real filming took place at a swamp in a carpark, made out of sandbags, filled with water and mosses covering the sandbags. The flames were burning gas that came out of pipes in the water.
EXCELLENT, Emma! The Peter Jackson series of movies did an amazing job in translating the novels... which, personally, I began reading in the mid-70s in high school. I'm glad you like the movies... and, if you the "reading" kind, I do recommend the novels - as they will ADD to your movie experience.
To understand Gandalf's return, it helps to know that the wizards aren't just men who studied magic like in most fantasy fiction, but are basically angels sent by god to help the people of Middle-Earth against Sauron, taking the form of wise old men. Gandalf was the only one who didn't abandon the mission, so when he died fighting the Balrog, god sent him back to take Saruman's place as the White Wizard to lead the people against Sauron.
Love your reaction and love you Emma. 😍😍😘😘
You're the best!
@@Emma_Reactions No, you are. Your wonderful!
“Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow." I liked the first film but didn't fully appreciate it until I witnessed this genius. Tolkien's experiences from the first World War, to the industrial revolution and the destruction of nature in the process of progress are vividly expressed. And we all now know what taters is. Brego was the true hero in this. Even you can't say "neigh" to that, precious.
GREAT reaction emma can't wait for the next part "what's hugging and kissing" precious .😘😘😘
The two horses that Éomer gave to Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli were the " blood " price for Merry and Pippin, who they thought they had accidentally killed. Horses are the most valuable thing in Rohan culture.
He has two personalities, Gollum and Smeagall. Gollum has small pupils of eyes, Smeagol has big ones.
I have so much admiration for Andy Serkis. Watching him as Gollum so many times, and as Caesar the Ape. All that man really needs is his eyes! The intelligence and emotion he can convey is amazing.
Mr. Serkis was also Peter Jackson's King Kong, and the ship's cook in the film. He was also a villain in the MCU Black Panther.
What you think is "scottish music" for the Rohan theme, is actually a hardanger fiddle which is a violin from Norway.
Sam call him Mr. Frodo because Sam is working class, whereas Frodo is more of an aristocrat.
No one was able to help Gandalf because what you saw occurred over the space of a few seconds. The movie is cut together, moving back and forth between Gandalf's perspective and that of the others, so it took a few minutes, but all of this occurred before people could actually think to move. It was shocking, and I have no doubt that most of the Fellowship froze at the other end of the bridge. When Gandalf fell, and orc arrows started bouncing off the walls around them, the Men moved the rest out of the mountain.
Rohan theme is done on the very special Norwegian violin which has additional harmony strings under the normal ones.
As someone who has been corrupted for so long by the Ring, Gollum is allergic to Elvish stuff which is enchanted most of the time...
The "medecine" they give Merry looks like vinager because I can't fathom the idea that even super Orks would actually be afforded to drink real quality wine...
In Rohan language, "Eo" is the root prefix meaning "horse" so all names derived from it, Eomer, Eomund, Eoten, Eowyn, have "Horse" in them. They have horses everywhere in their iconography too, cavalry is their specialty. Think Vikings but with horses instead of dragons... They are insîred from Northern Celts. Gondor is more inspired from Carolingians on the other hands.
The path Frodo, Sam and Gollum take is exactly the path that Gandalf intended in the first movie, Gimli summed it up himself if you recall.
Gandalf and the other wizards are in fact angels, Sauron too. They were given physical form to watch over Middle Earth and counsel populations in case Sauron came back. Sauron is pretty much a Fallen angel, former servent to Morgoth, the equivalent of the Devil himself.
Gandalf's body was indeed killed after defeated the Balrog but the Heavens gave him a new body and a new mandate, finish the task to get rid of Sauron's threat. He earned a promotion, replacing the treacherous Saruman as White Wizard !
Numenorians were part Elvish, that explains their long lifespan of at about 300 years. Numenor was an island in the middle of the ocean that was destroyed by the Gods after that civilization was manipulated into attacking the Western continent of Valinor (Elves paradise). Numenorians were exiled in Middle Earth (Eastern Continent) and founded the Gondor Kingdom.
Sam's devotion to Frodo is inspired from British army tradition. Tolkien, durint WW1, as an officer had a dedicate stewart tending to his needs. He was so touched by the dedication of the guy that Sam's character was born.
Nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing.
Many say The Two Towers is the best of the 3 in trilogy. Perhaps most important is better to say. I still loved it but I think Return of King is perfect, and Fellowship of King is my second favorite.
Again another great reaction Emma
In the film, Saruman refers to Orthanc (his tower) and Barad-dur (Sauron's tower in Mordor) as "the two towers", but in the book the two towers refers to Orthanc and Cirith Ungol (the tower in the next film where Frodo is captured; that happened in the second book, but they moved it to the third film)
The fog at Emyn Muil was real. In fact it just came rolling in without warning and since they couldn't do the shots they suppoused to shot at that moment, Peter Jackson decided to film the sequence where Frodo and Sam gets lost.
Most of the time, they film this at Whakapapa Holiday Park at Mount Ruapehu on New Zeland's North Island, but there were times that was filmed in a studio because of certains set weren't finished in time of the shoot, so director Peter Jackson shot Elijah Wood and Sean Astin (and Andy Serkis for the scene where Gollum tries to ambush and fights the hobbits) against a bunch of fake cliffs (which were molded from the real rocks, hence why they look so realistically). The scenes from Emyn Muil were shot at the same time as the Mordor scenes in Return of the King.
The peaks of Mount Rhuapehu are sacred to the local Maori tribes so the film crew weren't allow to show them on screen. The shots that do have the peaks shot were hidden away by covering them with digitally created mountain tops (often by photo-cropped from other mountain tops), therefore not breaking the promise that Wingnut Films gave to the representives of the Maori tribes when recieving their permisson to film there.
I'm so confused, all this time I thought I was subscribed to your channel... well I'm subscribed now. I swear I was subscribed though lol.
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I’ve never played for LotR but I’ve done a season of Star Wars Rebels and Rogue One (movie). It’s incredible to listen when it’s in the theater
In the last book, when the company is leaving Lorien, Haldir reports that there is a great commotion and noise deep in the earth below Moria. At the time we don't know what that means, but upon reading a second time it is very clear...
When Gandalf's body died, his spirit were sent to Valinor, the Undying Lands, and since he was the last wizard that was left on the misson to help Middle-Earth's people against Sauron, he was sent back by Eru Illuvatar, the creation god of Arda, and more of his powers were unlocked (the wizards are basically angelic spirits who were really powerful and their powers were nerfed as the last time Valar, the gods, and the Maiar used their full powers, they caused such destruction that a part of Middle-Earth were destroyed and sunk to the sea in the last war against Sauron's master Morgoth in The First Age).
Little advice ... Write in the headline that this is the first part.
Some will not even waste your time with your reaction when they think your reactions to the whole movie are only 49 minutes...
"Only 49 minutes" Bruh, how much time you got on your hands?
The orc drank that Merry gets poured in his mouth is a mix of peach ice tea, glycerin and soda stream Coke syrup. According to Dominic Monaghan, "it couldn't be any more sticky, it's like the concentration of liquid glue". On the first take, the puking was acting but the second time, it was for real (which must be the one that got in the movie) as how gross it must have felt.
4:02 sam is actually younger than frodo, although the movie cast looks the other way around
By the way.. The voice of Treebeard are John-Rhys Davis voice. And he is the actor who played Gimli. His voice was so deep and on point that they didn't need to change it by the computer.
Except it was still digitally modified. Not too bright, are you?
@RobertJ-vo4bk That's not what I have heard. But anyway. It is his voice. End of story.
be nice.
It wasn't "digitally modified". It was recorded in studio through a wooden box, then that recording was played and recorded again through a wooden box. It may have been "digitally recorded" but the effect could have easily been done on analog equipment.
No soup for you!
Gandalf really loved that sword. He found it with Thorin in the hobbit
Oddly enough, a lot of the goblins in Moria from the first film were played by women in makeup and prosthetics. The goblins in Middle Earth are of smaller stature than a man so they decided to cast the goblins from women in the area. Same with a lot of the horse riders of Rohan. The studio couldn't find enough men that knew how to ride horses so they enlisted local women and disguised them as men with beards.
Looks like the Urek medicine is prune juice.
Wonderful reaction! Eowyn's stew was made with fish and potato almost a chowder but minimal spices and very bland.
Oh wow! 🤩
Regarding Eowyn walking while Gimli rides the horse - she's doing that to give her bum a break. Riding a horse for hours, if you're not used to it , is painful for your posterior. And dwarves can't handle a horse of that size - they ride ponies - so Eowyn is kindly leading the horse for him, to give him a little rest from walking.
I love the Elvish language. It sounds like music
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Aragorn is descended from the race of men that helped the elves fight the ancient evils of the world at great cost to them. Eru Ilúvatar (God) blessed them to live three times longer than the average man as a reward. Eru Ilúvatar is also the one who resurrected Gandalf.
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I have no idea why they thought that the nonsense with Aragorn falling off the cliff was a good idea. It wasn't in the book, had already been done with Gandalf, and him dying is even less believable than Gandalf, as his story of becoming king has not yet been completed. And he's only "dead" for like five minutes. What the hell? All the great scenes they cut from the theatrical cut and they left this in?
Frodo: You've left out one of the chief characters - Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam. Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam.
Sam: Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn't make fun; I was being serious.
Frodo: So was I.
Sam is the real hero of the story.
You would benefit greatly if you turn on subtitles. You're introduced to so many new words, names and places that seeing them in writing will help with keeping them straight and itll teach you how to spell these words. Like Uruk-hai. Theyre the slimy creatures Saurumon is spawning in his basement in Isengard. The big one is called Bitey. Kidding. Its actually named Ugluk. You remember him. Greasy chops. Beautiful smile. Enjoys man flesh.
Anyways have fun with the rest of the movie! Best trilogy of all time!
This is was my favorite of the trilogy. 😊
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At 4:02 you say, "He's calling him 'Mr. Frodo.'" Sam is Frodo's gardener, and is of a lower social class than the other three hobbits. The movie makes less of this than the book--social mores had changed in Britain between the writing of LOTR the book in the 1940s and early 50s and the movies in the late 90s and early 2000s, so the class distinction isn't as pronounced in the movies as it is in the book, where Sam is initially treated as something between a domestic animal and a servant (he grows tremendously as the action proceeds!).
32:09 remember that line
Dear Emma, Gandalf is not a human being.
He is one of the Maiar, a lower class angel.
So is Saruman, Sauron and the Balrog too - but they are fallen of course.
A long time ago the Valar ("Powers", the higher class angels who govern this world) decided to send five Maiar to Middle Earth to aid the free peoples in their struggle against darkness.
They came disguised, incarnated as old men with severely diminished powers.
They are not allowed to rule by force, their main tools are counsel and wisdom.
Gandalf's true angelic name is Olorin.
When he died, he was sent back by Eru Iluvatar (God) himself as an "upgraded" version, and now he's allowed to show more of his true powers.
The Valar and the Maiar (known together as the Ainur ("Holy Ones") were created by Eru Iluvatar before anything else, and they together participated in the creation of this world through music.
So Gandalf is older than the world, in fact he participated in the creation of the world.
There are 14 Valar - 7 male, 7 female and they govern the world according to the will of Eru.
There was a fifteenth one, Melkor, but he became evil, after which he was called Morgoth (Dark Foe). he was the antagonist in the first ages of the world until he was defeated and locked outside the circles of the world in the timeless void. Sauron was initially only a servant of Morgoth.
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The dark forces like the orcs can't stand elvish things as they're pure compared to the orcs' corrupted nature and Sauron have hatred towards the elves, and because of The Ring corrupted Gollum, that's why the elven rope hurts him through burning and freezing and he can't eat the lembas (in the book, he refers to it feels like ash in your mouth).
Sam is actually Frodo's gardener, Frodo is his boss so Sam calls him Mr Frodo.
I was starting to question when we hadn't even gotten close to Helm's Deep and there was only 5 minutes left. I thought you were cutting out almost half the movie. You didn't put Part 1 in the title.
Emma does the best Golam voice of most of the reactors. You need to read the books to get all of the meanings.
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Sam is a servant, not Frodo's friend, which is why they talk like that
The book was written by an Englishman with all the cultural traits. There's the arrogance of the superior races towards others, like the English towards all the people they were destroying.
Frodo and Sam are friends too unlike their enemies from the east who who live under strong dictatorial figures. A persdon can have several roles while adhering to customs without having that decide personal relations. If you watch and/or read the books this becomes very clear.
@@F7024-f3p Is the people of the East another propaganda from the people of the West? No, Frodo is the master and Sem is the servant. Nothing more
And keep your Western worldview with inferior races, dictators and all that, the West brought death camps and genocide, and the book is full of hints about it.
Nice video can you make New intro roar like lion mgm i know you do like act lion and you act very nice your performance
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@Emma_Reactions thank you and i do like your lion roar you make very nice talk about it can you react narnia and lion king pleas ?
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Looks like I'm about to be "this" guy here, so, here we go: In the scene where Aragorn screams after kicking an orc helmet, it sounded heartfelt and realistic because Viggo Mortensen broke his toe at that exact moment. Besides that, it's impressive how the movies FX still hold up. Especially Gollum...I always catch myself forgetting that he's actually animated when watching. Great work by the FX team (Weta) and Andy Serkis.
The effects hold up because a lot of them are practical, not CGI. For example, the distance shots of Edoras (the Rohan capital) was a physical model placed in front of the real landscape in the background.
Andy Serkis did the voice and motion capture for Gollum. He modeled the "gollum cough" on his cat hacking up a hairball. 😛
Smeagol was his original name. Gollum is his evil side. The Ring broke his mind so he has a split personality, which sometimes fight each other. That's why he calls himself "we" rather than "I".
Thank you for your service. 🤣 (Being "that guy")
One day we all have to be "that guy".
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There's a bit missing from the end.
Two parts.
I would far having you dress up as Jessica Rabbit.
What is it about a woman with a slight accent that is appealing to men.
If you took sociology class, you would understand.
@RobertJ-vo4bk I understand, it was a rhetorical question bro.
I still don't know what her accent is. German?
Great REACTION, CANNY WAIT, ALREADY ANTICIPATING
PART TWO ON SUNDAY. OR INDEED LATER TODAY AS THE UK IS
ALREADY IN SUNDAY, THANKS EMMA;❤🙌🙏💃💃💃💃👍👏🙏🍁🍁🎶🎶🎧🎬🎙💃💃💃💃🙏🦄;
You misunderstood a few things there.
WHERE IS NEXT PIRET OF CARIBBEAN....... WEATING FOR A LONG TIME FOR 5TH MOVIE REACTION.
* If you ever try Lord of the Rings cosplay, I think you would make a very convincing "Eowyn" or "Galadriel", or if you wanted a character with a little spunk, perhaps the character of "Tauriel" from "The Hobbit" movie trilogy.