FIRST TIME WATCHING The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | *REACTION/COMMENTARY*
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Just stay with the 1st 3....
I so wish I could give you a hug after seeing you cry at the end.
But once you watch The Two Towers and Return of the King...you will get the full story.
Then there is the prequel trilogy that Bilbo and his adventure happens in. The Hobbit. While not up to the cinematic masterpiece of TLOTR trilogy, it is still well worth watching.
You should watch the extended edition and make 2 video for each movie.
You cut out many good parts so it's best to cut them into 2 or 3 parts
It's a hip.. ah griff! I'm dead. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I hated Boromir as a kid, but as I’ve grown up and become and adult (and especially after watching the extended editions), he’s grown to become one of my favorite characters. And that last line: “I would have followed you my brother. My captain. My king.” Gets me every time.
The line Aragorn gives to Boromir "nor our people fail" is him saying that he'll take the mantle of King of the west.
It's not explained in the movie at all but essentially there was a second kingdom called Arnor which was the greater kingdom of men, Gondor was the second lesser kingdom, Arnor fell and is reduced to nothing but the Dunedain (the rangers Aragorn belongs to), when he says "our people" he's referring to uniting the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor under one banner.
That's why Boromir gets emotional when he repeats "our people"
Boromir is brilliantly written and portrayed as if he would be a villain, but he is actually the most human character in the fellowship. It really is quite tragic because he is a great man, but not great enough to resist the power of the ring, which is not his fault. If any of us were a part of the fellowship, we would falter too
Be at peace, son of Gondor.
How can you hate someone that took 3 arrows and fought to his last breath to protect his teammates?
@@kevinzhang6623 because I was 10 years old. I was mad he tried to take the ring.
Me Watching Stranger Things: "oh my god that's Sam! I'm going to cry!"
Angie Watching LoTR: "oh my god that's Bob! I'm going to cry"
Divided by fandoms, united by Sean Astin's wholesomeness.
Me watching LoTR: "Oh my god, that's Mikey from The Goonies! I'm going to cry!"
Sean Astin must be protected at all costs.
Sports guy: "Hey that's Rudy!"
Weird sci fi short story/TV movie nerd combo guy: "it's Harrison Bergeron!" 😅
I met him and he’s just as cool in person
A goonies reaction would be awesome Sean Astin has made a home in every major piece of media through out my life lol he's awesome
I always love how reactors to these movies start with “oh god, a three hour movie…” and ALWAYS end with “WAIT, IT’S OVER?!”
Many people react like that. But I know some pretty obnoxious people that would deliberately yell the entire time about how bored they are.
@@Cats-2079people go into this movie with low expectations and think that it’s some popcorn flick like Avengers. You have to have a certain mindset and prepare yourself intellectually to appreciate this cinematic masterpiece, which many people unfortunately do not
No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough. -Roger Ebert
EXCEPT the extended edition of the last movie.. Good grief, it had like 7 endings one after the other, each one pulling on your heart strings. It just was too much.
@@Baleur it is 15-20 minutes, and those are the endings of the entire 12 hour saga
I have been searching for someone who actually notices how the ring does not bounce when Bilbo drops it. It's one of those scenes that give me chills because it shows just how "heavy" the ring is with power and evil.
Thank you for noticing!!
The movie magic explanation for this is really simple and really cool, it's magnets. I love the way that it lands so solidly, it gives you an idea of the metaphorical weight of this ring
Omg.. I’ve always noticed that the ring didn’t bounce. But it didn’t connect in my head that there was a reason.. thank you for putting that into words so it clicked 😂
Even having been watching these movies for 22 years (good god… 22 years) I still learn and realize new things.
@@natashasullivan4559 I'm so excited to share a fun Lord of the rings movie fact with someone who didn't know it yet. If you can access them, I would really recommend the behind the scenes featurettes that show the making of the movies.
put a pin in this as there is a little factoid about the Ring in the 3rd movie that I want to see if others noticed as well but cannot say here due to spoilers.
I noticed that too. gold is heavy already but there was a definitive “heaviness” to the way they ring just drops, it really feels off.
Viggo Mortensen is a real life badass for the following reasons:
Insisted on staying in costume even when not filming, including the sword. Even got caught sleeping with the sword once.
Also would hike to filming locations in costume for travel-worn authenticity.
The swordsman for this movie, Bob Anderson (PotC and Princess Bride), claims he was the best swordsman has ever trained.
Did all of his own stunts.
Is fluent in just about every language known to man.
Became the natural leader of the group on and off the set.
Purchased Arwens stunt doubles horse for her when he heard it was going to be euthanized. Also bought both horses he rode in this movie and the one that came after this trilogy.
Stitched a few things onto his own costume for Ranger authenticity.
Has a small bow because he knew as a ranger living in the wild, Aragorn would need a hunting bow to hunt with. Literally no one else thought of that but him.
Casually smacked a real dagger out of the way when it was accidentally thrown at him.
Aragorn taking Boromirs arm guards was his idea.
Convinced the cast to film during sunrise.
All of this to say: they set out to make an awesome trilogy, and in doing so, they somehow ended up casting the real Aragorn.
You left one thing out for "The Two Towers" I see.
@@HS-su3cf yep for the lord of the rings bingo card
Also, he was a VERY last minute hire, when Peter Jackson and TLOTR Teams 1st choice (who was younger) didn't fit the role like they wanted them to. Even heavily into production, and just before filming... they knew a young Aragorn didn't work.
Viggo was always on the cards in the back of their minds, but he needed convincing.
Viggo was convinced by his Son (who was a HUGE fan of the books) to become Aragorn. So, he took on the role for his Son 'Henry'. 😭 I know, I was sobbing about that detail.
Viggo absorbed Aragorn so quickly, automatically, and dove into every material. He used his abilities he had already, as well as extremely intense training on arrival.
He impressed every single member of the team, and turned out a badass stunt sequence merely days after his arrival in New Zealand.
He gained respect from everyone, because he earned it.
There will never be a more perfect Aragorn.
The man broke his toes for the helmet shot, let's not forget the obvious, shall we?
@@sarumanork-orphanage5612 Nobody's forgetting that. "H S" already said that.
“All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.”
That is why I am wasting as much of it as possible watching reaction videos on TH-cam. Yeeey me.
@@lazaruslong697 oof. same here
@@lazaruslong697 dang dont gotta call out the whole comment section like that bruh
for example.... a good thing to do with time that's given to you, would be to watch the other 2 movies... right after this one. 😂 they're not THAT long. 😂
this was my senior quote ;___;
I keep forgetting that part of the craziness of this story is that Frodo is one of the few Hobbits who can swim. His parents drowned. That's canonically why Bilbo takes him in. So while hes headed on this lone part of the quest, he's literally watching his closest friend about to die like his parents. He chooses to save his friend.
You even notice when Sam first gets on the boat while Galadriel is talking, you can tell that's Sam's first time in a little rowboat.
In the Shire most Hobbits are scared of rivers; either the river itself or what dangers lie beyond it, fucking with them is just asking for trouble. The Tooks and Brandybucks are more adventurous about that sort of thing and used to the rivers, so they're seen as troublemakers.
Sam wading out into the river like that is a big milestone, he's diving head-first into a river which, just a year ago, he'd steer clear of as life-threatening; but at this point his whole perspective has gotten big enough he knows getting to Frodo is more important than a childhood phobia.
@@samwallaceart288He certainly still evaluates it to be life threatening. Guaranteed he's still fucking scared. But he knows that this is more important than his own life.
“I would have followed you; my brother, my captain…my king.”
I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve watched this trilogy and it still brings tears to my eyes.
My step dad is not a big fantasy guy. His kind of movies are ones with cars or explosions or similar. When I got the DVD of this movie back in 2001, he decided to check it out on his huge TV just to test it out. After a while, I heard him crank the volume up and was glued to it the entire time, so I came in to watch the last act with him. As Sam and Frodo headed down the hill and it faded to black, he literally exclaimed, "Don't you fucking end!" I had to explain to him that it was part one of three and the sequel was due out that December. Without missing a beat, he said, "We're going!" It became our holiday tradition to see the next LOTR for the next two years and we kept going to December releases for a while after (COVID kind of threw us off that). Enjoy The Two Towers when you get to it, know it's the middle act of a trilogy, but also know the third one is among the greatest works of cinematic magic ever crafted and is worth all the build up. Also, if THIS movie got you teary-eye... bring tissues is my advice.
That's an awesome story. The sheer insane amount of love every one involved put into these films shines through in every single frame. You can't help but be caught up in them. And the 3rd film is perfection. Has some of the most beautiful music, shots, themes, resolutions of story arcs.
I have a very similar story about LOTR and my dad as well. We went to the first showing Sunday Morning the weekend each movie was released! It’s a core memory for me.
This was kind of the same for me and my brother. I was 10/11 when the first one came out and was a huge fantasy buff so I knew I'd love it. My brother was a surprise though, he's 10 years older and not a fantasy/sci-fi guy. Just like you guys, we went to the other ones together and when I was in high school we'd watch the extended cuts together one Saturday every other month while our mom was at the club haha. Good times.
Everyone is not big on fantasy until they see the OG of all fantasy, and they finally get it 😂
The Two Towers is the best one imo
"OMG it's a Wendigo!" That is my new favorite description of Gollum 🤣
Also, the 'Why is this movie 4 hours long... Wait... It's already over?' never gets old. Imagine us who had to wait a year for every movie
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Its fitting to call Gollum a Wendigo because the latter is known for its cannibal tendencies and looked like dishevelled gaunt men who's gone mad because of cannibalism. Not unlike Gollum who's known to eat babies.
That brings back the memories... it was almost physically painful to wait for the next one.
The Wendigos in Until Dawn definitely share some physical similarities. At least, that’s the depiction that first came to mind.
i read your comment before starting her reaction, and i still laughed when she said it lmao
Calling Galadriel a “scary lady” is both so wrong and yet so right 🤣🤣
Most powerful elf in middle earth...kinda scary.
The "all will love me and despair" always freaked me out
@@youenbodenan7295
I would love her and despair. I'd do just about anything someone that powerful told me to do xD
You know, just please don't tear me to bits?
"Speak 'friend' and enter." In the book, Gandalf realizes the answer, and remarks how the doors were built during a time of peace and trust. He had mistranslated it, as it could also have been translated "Say 'friend' and enter." There never was a secret password. There had been so much peace and goodwill for so long when the doors were made that such precautions were unnecessary, and so much evil in the thousands of years since they were made that Gandalf's thinking had been clouded, forgetting that such times existed. (Actually, Gandalf had not yet come to Middle Earth when the doors were made...at least not in his current incarnation).
Sometimes I wish I had the willpower to re-read the books. I have forgotten so much of it.
But I like the little twist that its Frodo that solves it. Its kinda like a nod to Bilbo's riddle battle with Gollum.
The Baggins are good at riddles! xD
This is legit the most perfect trilogy in film history. The amount of awards won from all three of these films and how it was basically a complete gamble that these would even have a positive outcome is amazing.
Just the last one winning all the Oscars was UNHEARD of for a fantasy film. I remember the director and cast acceptiing their awards and thanking New Zealand where this was filmed over and over, and then other casts from other movies jokingly also thanking New Zealand...lol.
@@asciishallreceive3871 so true. Honestly just a beautiful movie with an amazing story.
I wouldn't say most perfect trilogy, but it was groundbreaking for it's time and still is
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It's perfect bc it's not a trilogy.
The layered thoughts of "this is a long ass movie" along with "wait why would you end it there, there should be another hour" as well as "how did that whole four hours already pass!?" are a combination of emotions that not many people have experienced, but most feel all at the same time after the first movies' credit scene drops. lol
Now you know why these movies had a built-in audience of millions of Lord of the Rings fans.
And then you’re like “fuck I need to pee”
Nearly everyone in the theater that I went to had the same reaction when it ended 😂. I personally felt like I was given everything and still felt like I was blue balled. Now imagine waiting a full year for the next movie to come out.
A lot of people had this experience actually XD
@@DutchDread true but "not many" and "a lot" are relative. out of the 8 billion people the few million who have is a small number and that's talking current people. But out of just the US. yeah, it's probably a high number like an eighth to a quarter.
31:00 Now realize, for those of us that watched it in theaters, we had to wait a WHOLE YEAR for the next movie.
all things considered, that's not that bad - many sequels take multiple years. But for one of the best trilogies ever made & one of the greatest stories, it would feel extra long
Whether you know it yet or not, you nailed it when you said "everyone succumbs to the ring". Boromir, due to his circumstances, was simply the easiest target for the ring to manipulate and influence, and so he was the first of the Fellowship to try take it. Eventually they all would have though, even Aragorn. Its why when Frodo asks him "would you destroy it?" , his reply is "I WOULD have gone with you to the end. Into the very fires of Mordor". Its subtle, but "would" is the key word, as what he is saying in this moment is that he realises and feels the pull of the ring himself, ackowledges it and that Frodo must continue alone or the ring will destroy the Fellowship. Boromir was not a bad man, he was honorable and brave, but due to his unfortunate situation fell prey to the ring far quicker that the rest. Love that he goes down fighting with honour and fully redeems himself. Probably one of my favourite moments of both book and film.
Yes about Boromir. Also I don't think Aragorn tells anyone else about Boromir's confession to having tried to take the Ring. It changes how Boromir was remembered.
Idk why but the fact that the first thing Boromir says to Aragorn when dying is "they took the little ones' always GETS me. It's such a punch in the gut, he's still thinking about Merry and Pippin at that moment. The male friendships are what make these movies for me. We all love the fantasy, the detail in the lore and costumes and sets, but those bonds between people, man. They'll tug at your heartstrings. Especially in 2001 when male friendships were not usually portrayed this way, it was so lovely to see these men freely cry and bond with each other. Love that you're reacting to this!
The healthy masculinity is something to be admired. I wish these strong friendships were more common.
Tolkien said that he wanted to portray the friendship of soldiers when he wrote the fellowship, based on his own experiances in ww1.
I just watched this movie for the first time this week and "They took the little ones!" made me instantly tear up before any of the dialogue following. The affection in the mood and phrasing is so visceral
@@powersthetiddygoblin exactly! It’s in the way he says it 😢
This line makes me cry each time...
Regarding the whole "riddle" at the gate to Moria. The books actually give an explanation as to why Gandalf couldn't figure out such a simple thing. He didn't take into account the fact that this gate was made in much better, more peaceful times. At the time even dwarves and elves lived in peace (in fact, this door was made by an elf). This is why those doors were always open, welcoming all visitors. Now, in more uncertain times of conflict and distrust, you'd assume that there would be some kinda security to keep the gate closed, but there wasn't.
slight correction: The Words on the door were made by an Elf, the Doors were made by a dwarf ""The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria.
Speak, friend, and enter.
I, Narvi, made them.
Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs." Narvi was a high ranking Dwarf of Kazad-Dum, Celebrimbor was an Elf-and the maker of the 3 elven rings coincidentally
@@hephner78 Right. It was a collaboration. Thanks for correction.
The irony that the security it had was actually not that there was a security feature XD
@@hephner78 Except Moria would be an anachronism. It should have read Khazadum. Moria is elvish for "black pit" which it was not called until it fell to the orcs and the balrog.
@@pedrolopez8057 I think the Sindar called it Moria from the very begining, but would have to look it up in the Sil. to be sure, but the Elves were always shocked by the Dwarves decision to live underground, they didnt understand it at all.
If she had this reaction to the cliffhanger ending today, knowing she can pop in Two Towers whenever she feels like it, imagine how she would have been backing in the day knowing she had to wait another year like the rest of us old timers.
19:08 what’s funny is in the Book Elrond is like “hey the hobbits shouldn’t go, but Pippin REALLY shouldn’t go,” and Gandalf is the one to vouch for him.
5:37 They actually added a magnet under the surface the One Ring was dropped onto specifically so it didn't bounce, in order to give it the impression of being so much heavier than a simple gold loop would be.
Rest In Peace, Ian Holm. The only being in all the world strong enough to willingly relinquish the One Ring.
I guess Sam does technically
Filmed in 120fps, sped up and ran in normal 24fps, so that any extra movement it gave for 1.5 seconds you'd expect, is over in .5 seconds. Far more likely than them having a ferrous iron version of the ring made for that scene.
@@JFrazer4303 You know they made over forty different Rings for the film, including one a foot and a half in diameter that was used for close up shots to account for perspective? The magnet was used so that it didn't bounce, spin or roll like an ordinary ring would.
@@JFrazer4303 Try again
@@Zombiewithabowtie Nothing but rumors and claims from the director to say that's true, and he's lied in other commentaries.
That crestfallen look on Gandalf's face when he hears Frodo yell, "I will take it!", always gets to me.
You can see how heartbroken he is. Like most people, he doesn't want "bad things to happen to good people".
And he ESPECIALLY doesn't want his friend to suffer! And he knew the second Frodo said the words, he effectively "doomed" himself.
You can see ALL that in his face & it just RIPS your heart out.
That's really interesting - I always thought it was a look of relief because Gandalf knew only Frodo could bear the ring to Mordor.
@@aussierhino471 Interesting interpretation.
But don't forget, earlier he was arguing with Lord Elrond, who insinuated that Frodo was an excellent candidate for continuing to bear the Ring. Gandalf was essentially saying to Elrond that "we can ask no more of him". (that Frodo has already "done enough", and they had no right to ask/ demand he do anything more.).
Hence the look of sadness. Because even though he shielded Frodo from being "pressured" by Elrond to do it, this good-hearted hobbit volunteered anyways. (probably not realizing the full scope of what he was in for)
@@sharkdentures3247 Food for thought :)
yep, its not meant to be a look of relief but one of sadness, because Gandalf understands completely what the journey would entail and there would be a good chance that Frodo would either come out of it terribly scarred for the rest of his life or dead.
@@aussierhino471 Agreed, interesting perspective but I feel that in terms of what emotion he would feel first would be sorrow. Gandalf is deeply personal with other people, his first emotion would be related to the grief he feels for whoever would have to take upon that terrible burden, and especially for someone that Gandalf deeply loves.
If you don’t shed a tear at some point or another during this trilogy.. you have no heart lol. This was a great reaction. Jealous you get to watch these for the first time.
I didn't shed a tear during all of it but at least I'm touched and goosebumps by this trilogy. I regret not watching this earlier. The only movies that make me shed a tear are The Hunger Games during Rue Scene and Kimi No Nawa when the Couple finally meet in the mountains.
I already can cry seeing someone else watching it
The Music already can make me cry😂
“Bilbo Baggins, do not mistake me for some conjurer of cheap tricks!!”
Gandalf said calmly.
I love how Boromir always gets the respect he deserves in these reactions. His only flaw was that he wasn't strong enough to resist the ring, which almost nobody is.
Aside from that he was one of the greatest man alive. An outstanding warrior and leader of his people. A beacon of hope for gondor. A loving brother.
He was also under extra pressure, due to his mission to bring the ring to gondor, which made him especially susceptible to the ring's power.
I love Boromir but Faramir was better. You really see it more in the books. He was just as good as Boromir at fighting and leading men etc. but was also more compassionate, thoughtful and intelligent. Faramir is Boromir perfected lol.
@@rgoodwyn Maybe, but i actually prefer Boromir as a character. His human flaws and his heroic demise made him so memorable.
Also Faramir, just like Denethor isn't as fleshed out in the movies (Boromir kinda too, but you get to see his most important qualities, especially with the extented scenes).
@@axel9473 Agreed, there just wasn't time to really flesh out Faramir or Denethor in the movies. Plus the actor they chose to play Faramir wasnt as good as Sean Bean for Boromir. I would say the extra Boromir stuff plus that certain Saruman scene are the only ones that make the extended cuts better.
I do love how in both movie and book we ALWAYS see Boromir through the suspicious eyes of the Hobbits until his death scene, but it is widely understood that he is one of the champions of Men. The idea of him falling to the lure of the ring would seem ridiculous to the people of Gondor. So there is no illusion exactly how dangerous the ring is to the more traditionally heroic Aragorn or even the powerful Gandalf (who is basically a freaking angel).
"... which almost nobody is" ... because all of you LUST FOR POWER and DESIRE POWER (money) instead of "doing the right thing."
*_"We have to decide between what is RIGHT and what is EASY."_* - Dumbledore to Harry Potter at the end of "Goblet of Fire" (the movie, not the book).
I watch A LOT of LOTR reactions and I am always shocked people don’t remark how the ring just slams to the floor and doesn’t bounce like a normal ring would. It just shows the figurative weight of the ring in a visual format for the audience. Very subtle and powerful scene
It's fun too watching the extras... getting that shot was apparently extremely difficult. They ended up putting a big powerful magnet under a bit of floor and fabricating a ring out of more magnetic material so it would actually slam and stick. It's an absolutely iconic shot that so many just don't catch.
Thats because jumping and rolling out of sight wouldnt have helped getting the ring in Gandalfs or Frodos reach... this ring wanted to be found.
Is it subtle if it's the main focus of the shot? lol
@@threesomeink It is subtle in the sense that no character says "ohmagawd! the ring's so heavy it didn't even bounce". It just happens and you are free to read as much or as little into it as you want without the movie rubbing your nose in a supposed "correct" interpretation. Some people seem to just take it as "they're showing me a shot of the ring falling to the floor, that's how movies are made, they show you shots of things happening" and others go for "it's a visual metaphor for the figurative and literal weight the power of the ring puts on people".
@@LordBaktor I agree with you, I've just seen a lot of people mention something subtle in movies where most of the time it's not subtle at all. haha
You’re right, those characters are very similar to characters from Harry Potter, JRR Tolkien all but created the high fantasy genre, the LOTR books would go on to inspire works like Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Dungeons and Dragons, ect.
Always nice to see someone reacting to LotR for the first time :)
One precision about Arwen forsakening immortal life:
Elrond, father of Arwen, is the son of Eärendil, who was a semi-elf (from the union of Tuor, a human and Elwing, an elf). In Tolkien's lore, semi elves and their descendants can chose to stay elves, or become human. There's more to it but that's the basic idea.
Quick anecdote: Elrond had a brother, Elros, who chose humanity and therefore lost immortality and became the first king of Numenor. Elros was Aragorn's ancestor.
Tuor and Idril. Elwing was Ëarendil's wife.
The most important part, of course, is that mortality is a "gift" to Mankind.
Elros still lived to be 500, though.
Link was literally inspired by Legolas and the world of Zelda by Lord of the Rings.
If i remember correctly Miyamoto (the creator of Mario and Zelda) himself said that in a interview, he remained so impressed by the books.
Dude, Tolkien single-handedly invented fantasy genre in fiction/printed literature. Zelda is one small off-shot of so many other works that were inspired (and continued to be inspired - after LOTR movie franchise/revival).
@@ako969 "small off-shot" ok dude, i see where you are coming from.
@@ako969 To be fair to the likes of Robert E. Howard (Conan the Barbarian, 1932) and George MacDonald (The Princess and the Goblin, 1872 - a book which greatly influenced Tolkien and his friend C.S. Lewis) and Sir Thomas Malory (La Morte de Arthur, 1485) and even Billy Shakespeare (A Winter's Tale and A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1623 - I always wondered if Shakespeare intended to write a magical story set in spring and fall), Tolkien didn't exactly _invent_ the Fantasy genre in print.
Though his impact was so great upon the genre that every fantasy published _after_ Lord of the Rings bears his influence.
@@liljenborg2517 It's so sad Robert E. Howard died with only 30 yo. Was not the best writer but was very creative making worlds, civilizations and characters.
I think Tezuka the guy in charge of the story of the first TLOZ said that he was inspired by LOTR so that settles it.
But later the series leaned a lot in Ghibli's finest works like Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky. But the LOTR influence is gonna be always there. Shit, Twilight Princess was a game made in reaction from the popularity of Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy adaptation!
I gotta say, it's bizarre, amazing and cool that someone experiencing LotR for the first time recognizes Sam Gamgee as Bob from Stranger Things, and not say, from The Goonies or Rudy. A testament to Sean Astin killing in many iconic roles over the decades.
At the time I only knew Sean Austin from 24 the TV series 😂
What about when he was in Click? 😂
Or Doug in 50 First Dates 😆
I always see him as Richard 'Rascal' Moore
One thing that always gets me is how Gandalf just rails on Pippin. In LOTR universe the wizzards and Sauron are basically lower tier Angeles. So this divine being that's been around for thousands of years is there roasting the shit out of this poor kid 💀
"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger." And to fair, Pippin is kind of an idiot until the battle of the Pellenor Fields.
The correlation of Link and Legolas being very similar both physically and skill-wise tracks with my insane obsession with them both when I was like 8.
Also I love your vibe in this video, I'm excited to see you watch the rest of the films!
Zelda and Lord of the Rings are my two favorite fantasy franchises. I grew up with both of them and is some of the inspiration for my own stories.
"Another point for Sam." Oh, Ange. You sweet summer child. You have no idea. You first saw Sean Astin in Stranger Things. He was awesome as Bob. We knew he would be, because this is his career-defining role. My generation read these books. Millenials had these movies. And now ya'll get to discover it. It is a gift for those of us who came before. LOTR is the original Star Wars trilogy of Millenials.
I'm a millennial and I have also been reading the books...that's just how great this story is.
Just watching the Movies would be kind of sad, but it's WAY better than not getting to know Tolkien at all.
i heard her say this and paused. i had to comment. i yelled he gets ALL the points! lol
@@walkir2662 idk man the books are actually kinda painful to read. The story itself is fantastic but like the amount of pointless detail is ridiculous
LOL, I had the same reaction. "Oh girl, this is just the beginning"
Hey Ange, love your reactions. The Lord of the Rings was published in 1954 and Harry Potter was published in 1997. Gandalf is not Dumbledor. Dumbledor is Gandalf. Almost every fantasy written since 1954 is based at least loosely on LOTR. Dungeons and Dragons which has become popular since Stranger Things and Critical Role is based almost entirely on LOTR. Thanks for your commentaries, they are great.
Gandalf is inspired by the Finnish folk hero demigod Väinämöinen, who is depicted as a wise old man with a magical singing voice and a magic kantele (a stringed instrument).
@@Kingdom_Of_Dreamsthat's a very weak connection. Surely, the character of Gandalf was inspired by many different myths, partially also Merlin etc...
@@hans471 "very weak"? You do know that there are a lot of Nordic and Finnish influences on the books, right? Gandalf had several inspirations, one being Väinämöinen, though other characters like Tom Bombadil and Treebeard carry a much closer resemblance because of their connection to nature and the importance of their voices (Tom and Väinämöinen have very similar abilities, so the connection there is blatant). But we weren't talking about Tom or Treebeard. We were talking about Gandalf, so I brought him up and the connection he has to the Finnish folk hero.
@@Kingdom_Of_Dreams yes, I do know that there is an interest of Tolkien for Finnish mythology. There is also a connection of Tolkien's work to other nordish myths and even biblical tropes. You still haven't given any reason why the connection to Gandalf that you claim is relevant. There are many "wise old men" and no, Gandalf neither has a singing voice nor musical instrument
Actually, it could be argued that Gandalf is (inspired by) Merlin.
5:37 The ring dropped and not bouncing is such an interesting attention to detail. The one ring is usually described as extremely heavy with the burden the bearer has to endure even though it just looks like a normal gold band which everyone knows is extremely light, almost weightless. It is literally filled with Sauron's evil and malice. I think the ring not bouncing or spinning is a perfect visual to illustrate how heavy the toll is. Even though you said you wanted it to bounce or spin, you still picked up on the fact that it didn't which gives you the impression that they're might be something weird or odd about this ring even if someone didn't listen or retain the exposition throughout the start of the movie.
Even over 20 years later these movies hit really hard. I don’t think anything will ever surpass Lord of the Rings. Not even Star Wars, Harry Potter, or even the first two Terminators.
The trilogy was originally written as one story but the publishing company thought that the price of such a monstrous book would deter people from buying it, insisting the author, J.R.R Tolkien, break it up into parts. Tolkien wasn't thrilled with the names of the three separate titles (particularly the next two after Fellowship).
He was also never happy with the title "The Two Towers". He said after many times he wished it was better and he admitted himself he wasnt entirely sure which towers were the 2 towers. (In the books there are several not just 2 like the films portray)
And he didn’t like the title Return of the King as it gave away too much of the story. He wanted it titled War of the Ring.
There were indeed several candidates for the two towers. The movie chooses Orthanc, the name of Saruman's tower (Isengard is the name of the land on which it stands) and Barad-Dur, Sauron's citadel. Tolkien ultimately decided they were Orthanc and Minas Morgul, the tower from which the hosts of Mordor leave for the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in the third movie.
Sadly there are still many fans of the movies who haven't bothered to read Tolkien. I pity them, because great though the movies are, the source material is better.
Gotta disagree with that last sentence in the original post. The publisher came up with the volume titles, and Tolkien particularly did not like "The Return of the King." He felt it revealed too much right in the title.
No one is late, nor are they early. They react to The Lord of The Rings precisely when they mean to. This is the greatest trilogy in history to me. So happy for you to begin this journey.
P.S.
You can still go to the Shire...it's there ❤
Ma'am, Samwise Gamgee did not follow the Ring into the heart of Mount Doom to be recognized simply as "Bob from Stranger Things" 😆
This film trilogy just DOES something to people the first time they watch them and just hits every beat perfectly. This reaction was adorable and "precious". Subscribed. ⭐
TLOTR has had such an influence in all modern fantasy stories, like Harry Potter or Game of Thrones, so it's common for younger people to relate these characters. But if I can assure you one thing is that,after these films, you will never call them Bob, or Dumbledore, or Link. Everytime you'll see them in films you'll be like "look it's Sam, or Frodo, or Gandalf, or Legolas". That's how epic this story and these movies are 😊
Exactly. Dumbledore is GANDALF... I always think of things this way lol
I think the quote that sums up the deceitful nature of the ring is when Boromir says, "It is such a strange thing to suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing."
That or “mine, my own, my precious.”
"He's this harry potter character! And he's this harry potter character! And he's _this_ harry potter character!"
Congratulations! You're able to recognize tropes! You're one step closer to being able to write your own stories!
9:00 You're wrong... in a way... It's actually the other way around, a lot in Harry Potter is inspired from the Lord of the Rings.
To be fair, this kind of plot is a very common concept with the main protagonist (often an orphan) who is the choosen one to destroy the one evil artifact together with the goofy loyal best friend guided by the wise old mentor while fighting the dark something who shall not be named etc.
I love this bit at 5:33 in this video.
Imagine how easy it is to say or write on paper that "I am going to live happily ever after."
Even if you don't honestly agree with it yet, you can do it very easily.
While holding the ring, the simple idea of imagining his end as a happy one, was impossible for Bilbo.
Those words couldn't reach him, as a choice for the ending of his autobiography, until he let go. I find that powerful and often overlooked.
Edit: I can't spell.
im gonna cry you’re so right
Would you look at that.
10 thumbs up.
10 whole people approve of me ... not being able to spell.
Obviously.
You're so right 😢
I love how, from the beginning you said the ring needed to be thrown into the sea. In the book that was actually one of the suggestions made at the council but it was decided the ring would just find a way to be found again.
It's actually not a bad idea. Sauruman said that is what happened to it, it was taken by the river into the ocean. And it would be almost impossible to find there. But Gandalf insists on destroying it forever while they have the chance, which is probably the right idea, especially if you're an immortal spirit. From a mortal perspective casting it into the ocean for ages, if you could, would make sense, the easy way out.
I understand what you’re saying but if they hadn’t destroyed the ring, Sauron would’ve won
@@ishmaelforester9825it's made pretty clear in the books that Sauron is on the verge of winning. The strength of his armies far outmatch the strength of the free peoples of middle earth. They cannot win with force. Destroying the Ring is the only way to emerge victorious, if they throw it away or hide it Sauron's armies will kill or enslave them.
I have so much love for these movies and i'm SO jealous you get to watch it for the first time. It gets even crazier when you realize that so much of the literature or films we love, like harry potter, originate from Tolkien's works. These movies convey so much emotion, from all over the spectrum, hits on religion, on war, on soooo many topics. Its not everyone's cup of tea but if it is, and you have the time, dive deeper into it, you wont regret it one bit.
You are one of the few reactors ive seen that didn't cut out bilbos apology to frodo for keeping the ring. Such a touching emotional scene i feel gets glossed over in alot of reactions but im glad you highlighted it 🙂
If you're in tears at the first movie, wait till you get to the third one!!
😭😭😭😭😭
Shhhh!!!
Return of the King takes me out it makes me so sad
The end is so sad 😞
My thought exactly! #3 is gonna wreck her 😂😂😂
Be sure you stock up on plenty of Kleenex, Ange.
There's a story in the world of Lord of the Rings, about a human and elf, named Beren and Luthien.
Their love was the first among their peoples, and it was generally regarded by most at the time as a Bad Idea. This would change.
Luthien's father gave Beren the standard storybook list of impossible challenges to defeat, and Beren accepted them readily.
He then proceeded to CRUSH IT super hard, because Luthien's father never specified that she couldn't help him (thinking that she'd never lower herself to fight alongside a human) and it turns out they were the ultimate Power Couple, and their combined might set the setting's Satan's plans back a couple millennia.
Their adventures proceed, until one day Beren falls to his death, and Luthien, the first elf to love a mortal, realizes that *mortals actually can die holy shit* and throws herself after him to save him. She fails, and he dies.
In her grief, she kicks down the doors to the afterlife, a place elves *do not get to enter* on account of their immortality, and beseeches the judge of the dead to allow her to see Beren one last time. This judge, Mandos, is known for being exactly the kind of person to say NO to that. Only thing is, the setting for Lord of the Rings is based on music. It is a song being sung by its creator god and all his angels, and music has a way of influencing the world.
So when Luthien, one of the fairest elves to exist, and one of the more powerful ones, begins to sing, even Mandos is moved, and makes the only change he'll ever make for the living:
If an elf forsakes immortality, they may follow their beloved into the afterlife as a mortal man or woman, but as an elf no longer.
THIS is what Arwen offers Aragorn. Quite literally, she is saying "til death do we part is weak, I'm down for eternity after death if you are," and Aragorn, being a pragmatic guy, is saying "wait, think about what you'll be giving up if you do that."
Tolkien was a hell of a writer, I tell ya hwat.
Very nice. I’ll go into further details and other points to this when we get to part two of this movie or when the two towers one comes out. ❤❤❤
And Arwen is Elronds daughter, Elrond is the great grandson of Luthien of Doriath and Beren hence why he’s called Elrond the Half Elven
If I recall my lore correct, it's even a wilder sacrifice for an elf to join a human in death because we don't truly knows what happens to a human in the afterlife. Like, we know where elves goes, we know where dwarfs goes, but we don't know where humans goes, just that they go somewhere. I could be wrong on this one, but I think that was the case, meaning that an elf doesn't just give up their imortality and ever seeing their fellow elves again, they straight up gamble with their fate because they love their human just that much.
Which I think is also why it's such a scary thing for many elves. Like, Elrond knows that once Arwen makes her choice, and he knows she won't choose him over Aragorn, he will never see his daughter again once she dies. Once she goes, that's it, no take backs or second chances, she's gone forever, and he doesn't even know where she will go. I can understand his plea to her, that must be such a scary concept for any parent.
As for the world being made of music; look up a poem called 'The Work of Poets', that begins 'We are the music-makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams'.
- and if that seems familiar, watch the 1970s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and get a deeper insight into Wonka's character and purpose.
Then watch any 'Babylon 5' episode with the technomages, and marvel at the knowledge of writers all over again.
So are you, & it’s nice to see :)
The looks that the council of Elrond give when they all realize it’s Frodo who said “I will take it!” gives me chills every time. Gandalf’s emotion on his face knowing what his friend has just bound himself to is touching. Great acting all around.
You can actually go to New Zealand and still visit the whole set of hobbiton. It's still there as a tourist attraction. Also, I believe aragorn and arwens relationship are based off of Tolkein and his wife. He considered his wife so beautiful that he didn't deserve her, and described her as an elf
Boramir is an example of how good intentions can lead us to make mistakes. But even when we make mistakes, there is a chance of redemption. You are not worthless because you made mistakes. You are human. You can come back from it. You can learn and be better.
Boramir is such an important character and the message from the Fellowship of the Ring is very endearing. Keep trying. Move forward. Live.
Watching this in theaters, I remember people lashing out in anger when it ended. The mark of something truly special. People had trouble processing that it was ended.
I still remember (vaguely) how as a kid or roundabouts, my mom - a big fan of the books - went to see this movie for the first time alone, and in her own words, sat there with her jaw on the floor literally the entire time.
Then she came home as quickly as possible, got me, and immediately took me to the next available showing; in hindsight, that alone says it all about the sheer experience she had. I don't recall much about my own reactions, other than I apparently couldn't stop crying over what happened to Gandalf (and needed to be told *spoilers* in order to calm down), but I was definitely there in theaters alongside my mom when the next parts came out... and every time I heard the trilogy being played at home years after, I was soon there watching alongside whoever had put it on.
To this day, that general feeling of watching and enjoying alongside another - no matter the form - has never gotten old
12:09 Something I think is just so cool -- she is ASKING the river for help, not commanding it to do anything. That is what Elvish "magic" is like.
15:06 Arwen is actually of mixed blood, Human and Elf, through her father. He chose to be an Elf ages ago, but his twin brother Elros chose to be a Man--and he is Aragorn's remote ancestor (like something like five thousand years). But Elves mate for life. If they fall in love with a mortal (and this has happened) then when that mortal dies they will be alone and grieving forever until the end of the world. If they become mortal, however, then when they die they shall leave this world, to some fate the Elves know not. This is the choice Arwen made.
15:27 Yes.
17:28 Aragorn's mother gave him an alias growing up: Estel. In Elvish this word has a special meaning. It is "hope" but not hope that things will turn out because that seems reasonable and possible. "Estel" is hope without reason, as an act of faith.
20:02 Tiny detail. Merry and Pippin are cousins, not brothers.
20:46 I remember reading the books when I was a child--and feeling horrified when I found out Gollum is a Hobbit. Or was a Hobbit.
24:00 Frodo is becoming more powerful, and the Ring is trying to nurture that. Galadriel can talk to him mind-to-mind because she too bears a Ring of Power, one of the Three. (The other two are held by Gandalf and Elrond)
28:20 Boromir is a (very, very) distant cousin of Aragorn, so he too has a little bit of Elvish blood.
I really enjoy your reactions to this, btw. I love your passion. Tolkien wrote it as a huge novel, but it could not be published that way at the time. The first two movies do end on cliffhangers.
My friends and I are playing the tabletop roleplaying game based on LOTR, and magic works differently in that game than it does in D&D. Your first comment reminded me of this. Since magic isn't as much of a "system" in the LOTR world as it is a mysterious art, there are no spells in the LOTR game, and no spell slots. Instead, players can find or receive items with magical properties, buffs, or abilities. The closest thing to an actual spell we encountered was in a mysterious book of dark magic that our elf character found, and he tried to use a spell from it but ended up burning down a building on accident (I'm not sure exactly what happened - I missed that session).
Boromir isn't to blame, his greed we don't see it in this movie but in the second one it makes us understand why he was so worried. And the reasons the ring took control over him. He's not a bad man. the ring is just plain out evil, and it makes you do things. But because of his dad's greed with was even worse, we can now see what he was so afraid to fail at all. But underneath it all he had a good heart and a good soul. The ring just exploits others weakness it gets into your heart and soul and starts to plant the seeds of darkness and evil and it spread like a virus.
The reason Frodo is less affected by thie ring than more powerful beings is because he lacks power. The ring is increasingly effective on people who seek power or have lots of it. So it's not that Frodo is "stronger than he thinks" it's actually because of his recognition of his weakness and his willingness to sacrifice for others that the ring has less sway over him. Sauron in forging the ring did not have such qualities and he wanted the ring to enhance his abilities, so it amplifies desire for power, which Frodo doesn't have. One of the reasons why this story is the best is because it praises humility not ambition, learning new skills or growing your own strength.
Tolkien loved emphasizing the nature of being of his characters. It’s not that wizards know or learn magic, it’s that the nature of their being is magical. It’s not necessarily that Frodo is special, it’s that he is so ordinary, and the nature of his being is so contrary to all the gods and kings in the rest of the story that makes him resistant to the ring.
Fun fact for you Ange: The Lord of the Rings is one of the inspirations for Dungeons & Dragons (which also includes Conan the Barbarian among others). The Fellowship is one of the inspirations for what a D&D party is. 🙂
It goes deeper: almost all cultures have a similar story, usually called 'the getting of wisdom', and it's about someone collecting friends with special talents, then realising that these others are himself.
The 'Journey to the West' from China, 'Robin Hood' and the 'Knights of the Round Table' from Britain, 'Baron Munchhausen' from Germany, the 'Tailor of Bremen' too, and there's an American version of that tale with a group of animals on a journey, once done by the Muppets.
Modern games have it too: most obviously the 'Mass Effect' trilogy, and 'Octopath Traveller', which is the Buddhist version, but essentially the same story.
"I did not invent Middle-earth, I re-discovered it." Professor JRR Tolkien.
Sean Bean NAILS that "my brother, my captain, my king " line. One of the best moments in a film trilogy full of amazing moments.
I would recommend watching this movie (all three of them) once again only for yourself. No talking, just listen and watch. The amount of detail these movies have are out of this world. The dialogues, the music, because of the commentary there is so much you miss. Don't get me wrong, I watched these movies like countless times and I still find something new. :)
I have a feeling she will. 😊
"I can't believe it ended on a cliffhanger!" -- At least you don't have to wait for _LITERALLY_ a year to get the next part, like we did for the actual release. You can start watching _The Two Towers_ immediately. \o/
And you could have started reading The Two Towers immediately. 🤪
@@Starsaber222 That's assuming I hadn't read the series already. 😉
I think it's more amazing that we got the next part after just a year. Imagine a trilogy today ACTUALLY finishing in 3 years, and actually sticking the landing.
@@Starsaber222 OMG that was basically me back in Feb 2002. Went to see FOTR having never heard of LOTR (hadn't even seen the trailer) only because my friend and I wanted to see a movie and she recommended that one. As soon as the screen went dark I literally screamed in the theater, NOOOO, and looked at my friend super confused. She informed me it would be three movies and they were based on books. Well as soon as the library opened I was in there getting The Hobbit quickly followed by LOTR. :)
@@justincapalbo6938 what helped get the quick releases was the fact that all three were filmed at the same time. Jackson was also given incredible freedom by NewLine to take all the time he needed. We don't get that with filmmaking today.
I love that you noticed the ring didn't bounce when bilbo dropped it. That was something they did on purpose (magnet in the floor) to signify the weight of the ring
im always excited to see people watch this for the first time. brings back so many good emotions
The Fellowship of the Ring ended where it did because it was the end of the Fellowship of the Ring in the story. Two dead, Frodo and Sam off alone together, Merry and Pippin captured by orcs, the other three chasing the captive two. The actual Fellowship (9 traveling together for a purpose) was over, so it ended.
Actually, The Fellowship of the Ring movie incorporates the beginning of The Two Towers book so you can't really say it ends right where the book ends
@@ryapowa Read my comment again. I never mentioned the book.
@Anthony Miele I assumed that the book is what you meant by "story". But like Aragorn was saying at the end of the movie, I don't think the Fellowship ended there. I believe it officially ended at the end of the 3rd Age.
@@ryapowa Well, you're assumption was wrong. I'd say the same about your assessment as well but that's more opinion so I'll just say I disagree.
@Anthony Miele Even in dialogue, Gimli says that the fellowship has failed. Aragorn says not if they hold true to each other. They're still a fellowship but they're each contributing towards the main goal in their own ways
5:35 Holy moly, she actually caught that first go. That's something they mentioned in the behind the scenes that they wanted to do to convey the Ring's uncanny "wrongness" with normal nature, unnaturally heavy for its size.
As someone who has known this story for 5 decades, I must thank you for the delight in witnessing how it captured your heart. (Now read the books!) (And JRRT came loooonggg before JKR. And GRRM added the second R to his name in tribute to JRRT.)
Classic movie. Bitter sweet moment that no one in Hollywood will ever, EVER, come close to remaking or creating something like this master piece.
In Tolkien's world, elves are immortal and humans are mortal. Elrond is half-elven and had a choice of which he chose immortality. Arwen is his daughter and thus also has the same choice. Her dialogue to Aragorn is to say that she would choose to live with him as a mortal. Not all elves have that choice.
And the Elves think they have lost. Sauron hates them and will destroy them so to stay in Middle-Earth means death. They haven't given up entirely but they are leaving. So choosing a mortal life just means staying in Middle-Earth.
@@ishmaelforester9825 I wouldn't say elves think they have "lost". I mean most of the big names are like 9000 years old and have spent all of that fighting Morgoth and Sauron. They are fading because middle-earth is a domain of men now, the same men who betrayed them during the Last Alliance.
Things get weird when you realize that Arwen and Aragorn are technically related (it’s so far apart it’s not creepy, but still), and that Galadriel is Elrond’s Aunt.
@@joshwhite1606 but of course they are crossed with noble human lines. So it's keeping the near related good blood in, while getting the best blood from outside almost as distantly as possible. This was the traditional aristocratic view of intermarriage. It's presented as romantic accident though, natural like breathing, no eugenic agenda per se
@@psynque You're right. 'Lost' is a strong word, it's more a passing of the torch, or realising Middle Earth is not for them as the Valar warned them. 'Lost' implies a fair fight, a possibility of ultimate victory, but the elves are told they will never last in Middle Earth forever or conquer the enemy there and it will all pass to mortals inevitably. So i was wrong to say 'Lost' i think at least in the sense of a defeat. It's more something loved they realise, with regret, frustration, commiseration etc they have to let go. It's tragic without being a miserable failure, bittersweet
"I'm here for the redemption arc for Gollum"
God...
The Lord of the Rings was written in stages between 1937 and 1949. It is one of the best-selling books ever written, with over 150 million copies sold. The three volumes were published in 1954-55. So LOTR is not “very Harry Potter-like”; rather, the Harry Potter series (as well as Game of Thrones and many more franchises) are built upon the mythology laid down in Tolkien’s masterful epic.
Your energy with this is entertaining. I’ve been watching these movies since I was 6 years old and they’ve so strongly influenced what I love even as an adult. It’s fun watching someone get brand new exposure to such a masterpiece in storytelling.
My favorite thing about watching reactions to this film is the daunting feeling they have at the start knowing it's a long film, cut to "WAIT IT'S OVER!? I WANT MORE 😭"
And you didn't disappoint, Ange!
One small correction, Gandalf is not Dumbledore. Dumbledore is Gandalf. Keep in mind all fantasy novels were written in the attempt, to match this masterpiece. This story was written in the sixties and is the gold standard.
I agree, but also there's the fact that the "old wise wizard" is a much older trope than LOTR even.
Fun Lore Fact:
Gandalf and the Balrog are actually the same kind of being. Essentially, they're both angels that took physical form. The Balrogs were servants of Sauron's long-banished master, Morgoth, and chose forms of shadow and flame. Gandalf, Saruman, and the other three wizards came to help the mortal races of Middle Earth fight the forces of evil, and took the form of old men to facilitate the needed trust for that end.
These movies unironically are like drugs to me 😂
I've watched the extended trilogy 17 times since i first saw them, and im still not bored of them...
Lol, 4 hours long and first time we all thought was "That's it? That can't be it. We want more."
Truly the magic of this trilogy. A masterpiece
For an authentic experience you would have to wait a year before watching the next one.😁
lol. Imagine those of us who saw this movie when it first came out ... we had to wait over a year for the second installment and then another year for the third ... At least you could (if you wanted) play the second one straight away! And most of us that watched the first movie were more than ready to return to the theaters to see the second and the third. And we agreed with you -- we loved the movies and kept coming back for more.
Exactly what I thought when Ange said that!
Now imagine when Star Wars came out... 3 years between each movie!
having grown up with Lord of the Rings i actualy forget that people seeing the movies for the first time can get such a strong reaction. i loved every bit of this video. youre a very funny person and your commentary is absolute gold
Your point that the "Speak Friend and Enter" message on the door isn't really a riddle, but in fact the most obvious instructions possible, is how that moment is played in the book; it's Gandalf who thinks it's a riddle and spends all day trying to deduce the answer, but then he suddenly remembers that the door was built in more peaceful times and they're being too suspicious in assuming they have to trick their way in somehow. They thought everyone would get it immediately because they weren't trying to keep anyone out; it was the assumption they were being kept out which prevented them from just walking right in.
I'm glad you start this beautiful trilogy. No spoiling, but when you reach the end of the third one you're gonna feel an immense emptiness in your soul. Because you're going to wish the story hadn't ended.
Indeed, at least for the first 5 or 6 endings.
How have you not seen this! A most wonderful film, and even greater book.
What stinks is that this might be the theater version since there is no second part.
I watched the trilogy when I was really young thanks to my parents, who got the extended edition on DVD. Ever since then I keep watching it at least twice a year because I love it dearly and I have read the books since. It is always a joy to see new people watching this masterpiece and when I get to know new people who haven't seen it, I take great joy in telling them every little detail I know about the lore.
My favorite quote of all time "Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing?"
Every year, usually summer, I'll save myself 12 hours of free time to marathon this series, glad you're doing the extended editions. Enjoy the next 2 parts!
So much history to the ring in so little time. Bilbo knows he needs to let it go, and yet the Ring tempts him one final time to leave with him. He cannot let it out of his grasp, he can only turn his hand over, and as soon as he is free of the Ring, he takes a big breath. And you pointed it out, it sticks to the floor too, like it weighs 1 ton. It's so so well done.
In the audio commentary they mention having a giant magnet under the floor to prevent the ring bouncing, etc. to purvey the gravity of it.
Filmed in 120fps, sped up and ran in normal 24fps, so that any extra movement it gave for 1.5 seconds you'd expect, is over in .5 seconds. Far more likely than them having a ferrous iron version of the ring made for that scene.
Watch the Behind The Scenes, they explain how they did it in detail.
Fun little thing: When Boromir says "They have a cave troll." LISTEN TO HOW HE SAYS THAT! It's so casual. Like "Oh. It's another Tuesday in Gondor and there's a cave troll knocking on the gate."
At 17:40, the way that Bilbo says "I'm sorry for everything" just breaks my heart every time.
I've seen several reactors to these movies unironically (and quite understandably) point out Harry Potter parallels like calling the Ring a Horcrux or saying Gandalf is like Dumbledore, which has the potential to thoroughly piss off the more die-hard of LOTR fans (myself included on bad days) so I very much appreciated the self-aware humor of your Harry Potter jokes😂RIP Gandalf. He died as he lived, protecting us from Basilisks.
I hate Harry Potter, so it annoys me.
@@foolslayer9416 it bothers me too as Rowling's writing doesn't even compare to modern fantasy writers, much less Tolkien.
@@foolslayer9416oh me too. Especially because Tolkien's work came first, by like 70 years. So to whatever extent there are similarities, what's true is that Dumbledore is like Gandalf, etc. Not the other way around.
A few moments and a bathroom break later Ange canceld dinner and sat down watching Lotr : 2 Towers! 😂
Rivendell was based on the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland, which has over 72 waterfalls. So yes, you can live there
No amount of funny memes would make me EVER laugh at Boromirs death no matter how funny and hysterical they are.
I would definitely recommend the extended versions/directors cut. The small details it adds, really helps give you more info about the story, especially if you haven’t read the book
No, it muddles the waters too much for a first reaction. Stick to the theatrical. If you love it you can always watch the extended as a bonus.
This was the extended edition 👍
@@sparksdrinker5650 well she's watching the extended and i could tell with the cuts when they showed the scene of frodo and sam watching the elves travel towards the grey havens.
The director's cut is the theatrical version
@@sparksdrinker5650agreed. The theatrical version has better pacing. They're the better movies even if they offered less information/details. This is especially very obvious with the extended edition of Two Towers. The extended edition of two towers among the three is the hardest to enjoy imo.
I can honestly say the best thing about Lord of the Rings is how it writes friendships - the sheer love, support, loyalty and respect it conveys through hilarity, witty banter, arguments, actions and tears really makes you appreciate their bonds and wether or not they make it out SO MUCH
That and the character development
I always love watching a movie with someone who's watching for the first time. So fun!
This is like my third time watching this react series and I don't think I've seen anybody answer your question of why they don't just throw the Ring in the ocean, because they actually go into that in the book. There were two main reasons: first, there could be things in the ocean that could get ahold of and be twisted by the Ring, and that puts them back at square one; second, oceans and lands shift over time, and there could come a day where the Ring ends up on the surface again, so they'd essentially just be delaying the problem for a future generation that would know less than they did.
The trilogy becomes even heavier when you realize it's pretty reflective of Tolkien's experience in WW1, and how WW2 was happening when the books were being written. A lot of the quotes always make me tear up when I hear them, especially the speech at the end of Two Towers and how it sounds like 2 weary soldiers who just want to go home.
Especially in the swamp where Frodo and Sam encounter dead bodies from the previous war against Sauron just floating in the murk
Which is a reflection of dead bodies in the trenches
"I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened."
"So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
That exchange in particular (which was already very striking) becomes all the more striking when you realize that these were definitely thoughts Tolkien had himself while down in the trenches.
“I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and forget all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day.” Yeah, that’s from a man somewhere between PTSD and inspiration.
Im pretty sure tolkien based mordor off the trenches and no mans land and you can see why
You are adorable, making all these connections between LotR and video games and newer movies/shows. They were ALL influenced by Lord of the Rings. LotR is the standard for all fantasies. 🙂
Tolkien is basically the father of the modern fantasy as we know it. So much of what is today very well established tropes originates from Hobbit, LOTR and later Silmarilion that it's hard to count it all.
Yup, it was Tolkien's intention to create a mythology, NOT a "franchise". Basically that means that the things he included in his works were not wholly original ideas (elves and dwarves and wraiths all existed before he wrote them, after all) but what he did was forge them into something that the British (and I suppose any English reader) could share in common.
It's always nice when people don't judge Boromir too harshly. He was the first to fall to the Ring, but he wouldn't have been the only one if they had stayed together. He's from Gondor, Gondor has been losing the war against Mordor for hundreds of years. So when the Ring tempts him with the power to reverse this and protect his country and his people, it is very hard for him to resist. The others don't have the same worries he does, and aside from the Hobbits are all quite a bit to an _awful_ lot older than him too.