50 Facts You Didn't Know About The Lord of the Rings

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  • What are we holding on to Sam?
    That there is some good in this world Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for.
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  • @jenniferbaldini3527
    @jenniferbaldini3527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2510

    Viggo was robbed of an academy award.

    • @andyzambrano2423
      @andyzambrano2423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      I think Andy Serkis, Ian McKellen, Ian Holm, Cate Blanchet, Brad Dourif, John Noble, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, and Christopher Lee deserved nominations as well. Honestly, if all the LOTR actors who deserved it were nominated, there would have been no other actors from other movies those years. 😂

    • @PracticalBibleStudies
      @PracticalBibleStudies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Whispers: *For Frodo*

    • @Fredkt17
      @Fredkt17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yeah, like the 3 times he’s been nominated for best actor since

    • @jenniferbaldini3527
      @jenniferbaldini3527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Fredkt17 Agreed!!

    • @chesterbobs
      @chesterbobs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@andyzambrano2423 What other movies?

  • @lub7013
    @lub7013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3886

    I really want those 20 hours of footage at helms deep as an independant movie so I can just binge a 20 hour battle

    • @c4gob00m
      @c4gob00m 2 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      You'd be watching the same scenese 50+ times each most likely, it wouldn't be cohesive at all

    • @settratheimperishable4093
      @settratheimperishable4093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      @@c4gob00m I'd still do it

    • @SiefausOsna
      @SiefausOsna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @Ballsack69 no you wouldn't stop trying to be all things

    • @mrto1332
      @mrto1332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      i would watch them too

    • @heikkijhautanen4576
      @heikkijhautanen4576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@mrto1332 same here!!!

  • @j800r_aswell
    @j800r_aswell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2555

    It’s heartbreaking to think Tolkien jr hated the movie adaptations as so much love and respect was poured into them. There are many people who likely picked up the books (or audiobooks) after watching the movies who never would have otherwise. It’s also probably the only movie trilogy where literally everybody was flawlessley cast. It could never have worked had a single main or even supporting cast member been replaced.

    • @philrobertson6813
      @philrobertson6813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +348

      Seems typical of authors (in this case son of the author) to be so locked into their own perception of the work that they can't be objective at all. Peter had such respect and admiration for Tolkien too.. astounding movies without doubt

    • @nataliep6385
      @nataliep6385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      It's crazy to think that Jake Gyllenhaal auditioned to play Frodo, and Seth Rogen auditioned to play Sam.

    • @tubbymontana7090
      @tubbymontana7090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@nataliep6385 😂 I wanna see that audition tape so bad would put a new meaning into pipe weed

    • @lukeb9282
      @lukeb9282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@philrobertson6813 well put

    • @lukeb9282
      @lukeb9282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@nataliep6385 thank the lord that didn't happen lol

  • @nephicus339
    @nephicus339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    #29; slight correction. The stunt woman could afford the horse, but due to her position on the crew, she believed the horse would have been bought by a socially higher up crew member before she'd get the chance. She relayed her fears to Viggo, whom as part of the cast was one of the first to get a chance. He purchased the horse, and when the stunt woman confronted him about it, thinking he'd swiped the horse from her, that was when he presented to her as a gift.

    • @skith8432
      @skith8432 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Thus proving viggo is an amazing person and deserves more recognition

    • @honzasenbauer612
      @honzasenbauer612 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Viggo just sounds like the most fun dude to be around. The fact that he has invested so much work into the films can tell you he really enjoyed all of it

    • @Neriichann
      @Neriichann ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I just watched the extra material on the extended version, there she says she couldn't afford it.
      With what she could offer to "overbid" the higher up

    • @martinfoulner2570
      @martinfoulner2570 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      class.

    • @g.w.hampton5525
      @g.w.hampton5525 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Now that brought a smile to my face. I knew I liked him as an actor and now I like him as a man.

  • @c4gob00m
    @c4gob00m 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1281

    The fact that Andy Serkis wasn't even nominated because of some bullshit mo-cap rule is ridiculous. He blew Gollum/Smeagol out of the water

    • @8904029004
      @8904029004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Out of all the animated characters I have ever seen, Gollum is the most terrific I have seen.. Andy is genius.

    • @Vexarax
      @Vexarax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Your comment is a few weeks old so you may not see this, but he reads the audiobook version of The Hobbit. Ten hours of his brilliant acting skills, and he uses his Gollum voice from the movies for the book character too. It's sooooo good!!!! ^_^

    • @Vexarax
      @Vexarax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I just found out he'll be narrating the entire Lord of the Rings and it will be released on 16 September!! :D

    • @OldNew45
      @OldNew45 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Vexarax my boys and I are reading (listening to) it right now. I have near 700 audiobooks, and I love LOTR, but I can't stand any other version because of all the damn songs. Andy makes The Hobbit absolutely amazing.

    • @Vexarax
      @Vexarax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@OldNew45 - I can't wait for Sep 16 when Andy's version of Lord of the Rings will be released, I'm so darned excited!! I agree he makes the songs so much more bearable. I actually love the songs in LOTR and The Hobbit, but the way other narrators sing them always causes me a bit of pain, haha. Andy makes the listening experience much more enjoyable for that reason (and he's an amazing narrator!!). Also that's so cool that you're listening with your boys :D

  • @TJSaw
    @TJSaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1860

    The one movie trilogy to rule them all.

    • @vvcreative2628
      @vvcreative2628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was waiting to read this comment. Saw it coming 😂😂👍

    • @marvin-fp5mg
      @marvin-fp5mg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But what about star wars ot?

    • @vvcreative2628
      @vvcreative2628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@marvin-fp5mg it's good but lotr trilogy is widely considered the greatest achievement of all time in cinema.

    • @kimcornelissen1529
      @kimcornelissen1529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@marvin-fp5mg good test would you watch starwars trilogy every year? I wouldn't but I do watch LOTR trilogy every Christmas.

    • @GamingWithKJ_YT
      @GamingWithKJ_YT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kimcornelissen1529 i would i do it every 6 months anyway lol

  • @Mrhandler212
    @Mrhandler212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Knowing That Sam joined Frodo in the undying land is a great closure to me, now i can die in peace.

  • @Missmariasiya
    @Missmariasiya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Fact number 51: The current Queen of Denmark, Margrethe the 2nd, has illustrated the Lord of the rings and the Hobbit books under the name Ingahild Grathmer.
    Queen of Denmark, Margrethe the 2nd aka Ingahild Grathmer sent Tolkien her interpretations of scenes from The Lord of the Rings in the early ‘70s. The hard-to-impress author absolutely loved them, and was taken with how similar they were to his own sketches.

    • @hannahtariq7158
      @hannahtariq7158 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thats a very good fact ! 👏

    • @chrisstorrer
      @chrisstorrer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Awesome fact!

  • @brucebane5396
    @brucebane5396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3083

    I sincerely want to thank peter Jackson for giving this masterpiece to humanity

    • @AmaliaGranath
      @AmaliaGranath 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      I really want to thank Tolkien for doing that

    • @kazikmajster5650
      @kazikmajster5650 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      *Thank Tolkien Goddamit!*

    • @jontraz5993
      @jontraz5993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      LETS THANK BOTH FOR DIFFERENT MEDIUMS JEEZ

    • @Stryder46
      @Stryder46 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      $897 million in profits worldwide. I think Peter has been more than adequately thanked.

    • @dennywidya
      @dennywidya 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      AMEN

  • @daanamelink4321
    @daanamelink4321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +608

    It is truly insane how much work went into the making of this trilogy

    • @nickclark18
      @nickclark18 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lotta people got stepped on to make this movie happen so appreciate it

    • @daanamelink4321
      @daanamelink4321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@nickclark18 You think I do not appreciate it?

    • @annettehunt900
      @annettehunt900 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have a question every time I watch the movie the return of the King and Gandalf flies over Mordor on eagles and picks up Sam and Frodo. I always wonder why Gandalf couldn’t have just dropped him at Mordor to put the ring in the fire.

    • @RiFeX2703
      @RiFeX2703 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@annettehunt900 A LOTR professor anwsered this and the anwser is... the movie would be very short and boring lol

    • @annettehunt900
      @annettehunt900 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RiFeX2703 I know I wrote this after I listen to the whole thing and they mentioned that the Eagles I meant to do specific things and yes the movie would be short and boring I agree

  • @celestebivin1659
    @celestebivin1659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +539

    I feel bad that Christopher Tolkien didn't like the movies. I love the books and I think that Jackson did his upmost and did justice to the books. He opened up the story for a whole new generation, who loving the movies will hopefully go pick up the books and read.

    • @dinkywinky2860
      @dinkywinky2860 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      It's unfortunate yea, but at the same time... who cares what he thinks? He's just the son of the great man who wrote the books, he could never have written them himself.

    • @nenadpopov3601
      @nenadpopov3601 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@dinkywinky2860 Totally agree, who cares what he thinks. LOL he said Jackson made it into an acton movie and the books are literally that with all the battles and everything, I think he was just yelaous of the movies success.

    • @bread9849
      @bread9849 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@dinkywinky2860 Actually he revised, edited, and published many of his father's texts after his death. He even wrote some things himself. He was directly related to the works and his opinion definitely did matter. I do certainly disagree with him, however I can see where he was coming from.

    • @Titoshb
      @Titoshb ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well there is this one thing in the LOTR movies which I completely dislike and that is how Aragorn obviously is leading on Eowyn even tho he's supposedly commited to Arwen.
      Moreover in the extended versions. That never happened in any of the books so I fail to see the reasoning behind adding that. Other than that the lotr movies are simply masterpieces and my all time favorites!

    • @HeidiSue60
      @HeidiSue60 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@nenadpopov3601 I'm a Tolkien geek from way back...mid '70's...and my first viewing of the movies I was a little stunned. It was much bloodier than my imagination had made it when reading. However, when I picked up the books again, especially Return of the King, Tolkien describes the enemy catapulting the heads of the Gondorian soldiers back over the walls of Gondor, etc. There's quite a bit graphic in the books.
      The major flaw in Jackson's depiction is how frail Frodo is. I've been reading the books again this month, and Frodo was pretty badass. And Gimli treated as comic relief also bothers me.
      But he did an amazing job with the AGE of Middle Earth in the movies. I really appreciated the backgrounds and sets, the costumes. The look of it is just stunning, and of course the development of the characters. Amazing work!

  • @TheMadMurf
    @TheMadMurf ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I'm so glad they went with Cate Blanchett to do the intro monologue, she absolutely killed it. I'm sure Ian McKellen would have done really well too, but it's just hard to imagine anyone topping Cate.

  • @Bishop2155
    @Bishop2155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +413

    It’s also spooky that J.r.r Tolkien died 1973
    1 ring to rule them
    9 for mortal men
    7 for the dwarf lords
    3 for elven kings

    • @gregmcgregginton574
      @gregmcgregginton574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      coincidence??
      ...yeah, probably :)

    • @waynemarvin5661
      @waynemarvin5661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      But the numbers are in the wrong order.

    • @tjk_7352
      @tjk_7352 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@waynemarvin5661 did you expect him to live nearly 7000 years?

    • @gregmcgregginton574
      @gregmcgregginton574 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@tjk_7352 i wish

    • @Gandalfthegrey619
      @Gandalfthegrey619 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@waynemarvin5661 1973 - 3791
      3 for elven king
      7 for dwarf lords
      9 for mortal men
      1 ring to rule them all

  • @mwinton1986
    @mwinton1986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1492

    As soon as you said “the best trilogy ever made” I instantly liked, I always say that lord of the rings is and always will be the most amazing movies ever made.

    • @Seriously_Unserious
      @Seriously_Unserious 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I agree. I bought the trilogy a while back and watched it after having ready the books. Often, I've been disappointed with film adaptations of books I've read as too many producers make the mistake of straying too far away from the source material. Peter Jackson did a good job of telling the story as it needed to be told in film, while still keeping true to the spirit of the story in the books.
      My main disappointment between them was the way Lord Denethor was portrayed in the film as a crazy, petty numbskull, when in the books he's actually quite strong and wise, and only falls into madness after he believes both his sons are dead or soon will be and he makes 1 last use of his Palantiri and is finally bested by Sauron. In the books, it's shown he matched wills with Sauron via his Palantir for some time and held his own, only breaking in the end when it seemed is family was ruined.
      If you haven't read the books yet, I'd highly recommend it, you'll love them as much as you loved the films.

    • @Seriously_Unserious
      @Seriously_Unserious 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@frankgrimes7388 You're entitled to your opinion, but I found the movies did a good job of translating the story from a book format to a movie format. That's not the easiest thing in the world to do and they managed it. There were a few things I would have liked to have seen done better but it's not bad. I've seen film adaptations of books that didn't even follow the story from the book, and only shared the title with the book. Clive Cussler's Sahara comes to mind.
      One thing I'd have loved to see done better in the movies would have been a better portrayal of Denethor II. In the books he's a very intelligent and strong leader, who only breaks after both his sons died within a few months of each other. In the movies, he's a stupid, conniving idiot who does nothing to prepare for the war he knows full well is coming.
      Other things that would have been nice to see, like the part of their journey through the Old Forest and the meeting of Tom Bombadil, but they only had so many hours to fit the story in so I can understand why things like that had to be dropped. There's a few other things, mostly minor and mostly understandable why they had to do it the way they did.
      So what's your main reasons for feeling the movies were rubbish?

    • @AdamFloro
      @AdamFloro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@frankgrimes7388 The Godfather movies make me fall asleep every time I watch them. So boring.

    • @AdamFloro
      @AdamFloro 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Seriously_Unserious I honestly thought about skipping the Old Forest chapter when I was reading the books because I was so bored. It took me about a year to get through it and I finished the rest of the book in a week or so.

    • @Seriously_Unserious
      @Seriously_Unserious 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AdamFloro I guess we all have different tastes in what we find interesting. I liked the old forest section for the most part. There was plenty of tension with the hobbits trying to navigate the woods and having the trees and brambles re-arranging themselves to keep forcing the hobbits deeper into the Old Forest created a bit of a spooky vibe to the area. What sort of power was forcing them to go the wrong way? That scene for be brought up shades of Mirkwood from The Hobbit.

  • @Mvnvce
    @Mvnvce ปีที่แล้ว +179

    So much love and respect towards Tolkien was poured into this, can’t say the same for the soulless Amazon fanfic

    • @jeffreyraia5804
      @jeffreyraia5804 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree 100%

    • @aronakesater5467
      @aronakesater5467 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bet Tolkien wouldn’t agree with you

    • @Mvnvce
      @Mvnvce ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@aronakesater5467 bet he would agree 100%

    • @aronakesater5467
      @aronakesater5467 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mvnvce what are you basing that statement on? Can’t be tolkiens own words for sure.

    • @Mvnvce
      @Mvnvce ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@aronakesater5467 I’m basing it on common sense. The Amazon “lotr” is soulless

  • @gordonhotchkiss6426
    @gordonhotchkiss6426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Here are some more.
    1. Christopher Lee not only met JRR Tolkien, but he was actually friends with him. Tolkien told Lee if they ever made a live action version of the Lord of the Rings he wanted him to be in it.
    2. JRR Tolkien wrote the books because he believed that Britain had no mythical stories of their own. All the British myths that were around were based on other countries stories. So he decided to write something himself.
    3. JRR Tolkien wrote quite a bit of the story to Lord of the Rings whilst he served in the British army during the first world war. He used to keep a notebook which he wrote things in.
    4. A lot of people believe JRR Tolkien is British but he was actually born in South Africa
    5. JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis used to be friends and help each other with their writing. They had what they called their own book club.Their friendship later soured.
    6. Orlando Bloom was a huge fan of a TV show in the UK called Midsummer Murders. It is a detective series. After he did the Lord of the Rings trilogy and after the first film was released, he made it known to the producers he was a fan of the show and would love a part in the show. He got his wish and they put some Lord of the Rings references in the episode.
    7. To get the cast to know each other before they started shooting. Peter Jackson arranged for some of the cast members to travel together to New Zealand. Dominic Monaghan was told he would be travelling from the UK with Actor Orlando Bloom. They never met but as soon as Dominic saw Orlando get on the plane he knew it was Orlando and they became great friends on the flight.
    8. JRR Tolkien started writing the final book The Silmarillion, but died before he could finish it, so his son finished it.

    • @scrubs4everr
      @scrubs4everr 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great compilation! All of these are true.

    • @lizadams5173
      @lizadams5173 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It was Billy Boyd who travelled with Orlando Bloom to New Zealand, not Monaghan. It was Boyd's 30th birthday the day they traveled, so they celebrated it with a champagne toast once on the flight to LA, and due to the time difference, a second time on the flight from LA to New Zealand. It's a very funny story that Boyd tells in behind the scenes interviews.

  • @j-dubb614
    @j-dubb614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    I wonder how many people went on to read LOTR and become huge Tolkien fans because of these movies. I believe Christopher Tolkien may have over reacted to the nature of the films.

    • @corentinm.105
      @corentinm.105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I've been raised seeing the films, and even if I've finished reading the books only recently, I knew for a long time they were some sort of more simple and "cinematic" ( in the worst sense of the word ) adaptation, made to please a wider public.
      I mean, they're incredibly good, but they're obviously cutting hardly through the story.
      That's why I really won't say that would have please Tolkien himself. Though, I don't think they could have done better, and we probably will never have a better adaptation neither since nobody's gonna have the same faith and dedication to put in this project again with more time and budget ( which would be necessary to beat it ).
      That's the reason I still love the films, despite the fact the books are way better. Jackson did well and brought, it's true, a lot of people to take interest in the books and to get deeper than "simply" watching the movies.
      + Tolkien would certainly have love the music score. As long as Amazon hasn't ruined the Middle-Earth yet, he must be resting in peace.

    • @kingsoren2010
      @kingsoren2010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I read all the books and when the movies came out so much was left out, I'd say.."wait, what ??" I prefer reading the books before any movie because they really go into depth and detail explaining so much about the characters and their world.

    • @praetorian3902
      @praetorian3902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      His father wrote battles in those books I guess. I don't see what's wrong with including those in the movies. LOTR an action movie ? Really ?

    • @petrus9067
      @petrus9067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@kingsoren2010 it would be 30hours long to include everything. Its called adaptation

    • @Slammy555
      @Slammy555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's tough not to criticize when you read the books before the film but too many people get wrapped up in their image. I enjoyed the movies for what they were but didn't feel they accurately captured the mood of the books. A big part of that was New Zealand, very pretty but not at all middle Earth's forests nor mountains. I'm disappointed that people laud it so much it's unlikely we'll get a movie more like the book, I've been waiting since the cartoons.

  • @James-dp3vx
    @James-dp3vx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    Making the Weinsteins trolls is pure genius 😂 so much respect
    *Edit: lol I came back to this comment after 11 months and have never thought this comment would have been seen lol*

    • @thestraightroad305
      @thestraightroad305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      An awesome and well deserved characterization. Good for PJ.

    • @maxr5132
      @maxr5132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They also modelled the lead ork at the battle of Minas Tirith after Harvey.

    • @banyasbeansofficial6484
      @banyasbeansofficial6484 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@maxr5132 LMFAO PETER WILD FOR THAT💀💀💀💀

    • @maxmaxim171
      @maxmaxim171 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I always thought the cave troll in Moria intentionally looked like Harvey Weinstein.

    • @JinxMarie1985
      @JinxMarie1985 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its a great comment 👍

  • @hermajesty52
    @hermajesty52 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    "What are we holding on to Sam? That there is some good in this world Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."
    Hideously relevant in 2021.....

    • @conorclancy3603
      @conorclancy3603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      years later and still some surprises left in the movies,,,,, perfect

  • @vigilantezack
    @vigilantezack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    If movie theaters played this trilogy every year, I'd go see it on the big screen every time.

  • @hhhAmbientElectronic
    @hhhAmbientElectronic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Note: The "giga-ring" (the largest of all the prop rings) was also used in the scene up on the mountain where Frodo trips in the snow, drops the ring and Boromir picks it up. Great video, thanks for putting it together!

    • @whitetipvelociraptor5759
      @whitetipvelociraptor5759 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Just looked that ring up and it’s GIGANTIC!!!!! Sméagol/Gollum would go nuts over it!!🤣😂

    • @Puppy_Puppington
      @Puppy_Puppington 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@whitetipvelociraptor5759he’d probably hop on it like an un neutered dog. Lol

    • @whitetipvelociraptor5759
      @whitetipvelociraptor5759 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Puppy_Puppington 🤣😂👍 yeah he probably would!

  • @denverlobo8300
    @denverlobo8300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Anytime LOTR scenes play and that soundtrack, I start to Tear up. Such beautiful movies.

  • @tjeuclaessen
    @tjeuclaessen ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Haha wow, your perspective on the Rings of Power a year ago are like a voice of optimism from the distant past

  • @Quayer1
    @Quayer1 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Honestly, bringing in John Howe and Alan Lee may have been one of the most important pieces of making these films truly incredible.

  • @kylephaneuf9975
    @kylephaneuf9975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +609

    There isn't a chance that Amazon can produce anything as good as what Jackson accomplished, even with all the money in the world.

    • @YouSuprised
      @YouSuprised 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      I fear that they are going to push diversity, progressvism, feminism and other cultural marxist elements that are completely out of touch with Tolkien legendarium...

    • @kylephaneuf9975
      @kylephaneuf9975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@YouSuprised that's exactly what I was thinking as well.

    • @Sercil00
      @Sercil00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@YouSuprised Very much this. I don't even know if I will watch a whole lot of it, because it already seems pretty clear that it's just another hijacked franchise, used primarily as a mouthpiece for whatever modern politics are popular right now, and not to tell a story or to best capture Tolkien's vision. It'll be firmly in the hands of people who are just as terrible as Weinstein, just in other ways.

    • @christopherbjorklund2014
      @christopherbjorklund2014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Sercil00 they would be dumb to do that considering it is the most expensive season of a show yet. Everytime a studio has tried to push an adgenda they have always always bombed. i cant name one that hasnt.

    • @BobDoe_69
      @BobDoe_69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      its going to be woke garbage, I hate it already

  • @ayersman96
    @ayersman96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    As If there wasn't already a reason to dislike Harvey Weinstein...

    • @GunnerRDS
      @GunnerRDS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He made some great movies, I dislike the bitter prostitutes more than he

    • @westernbrumby
      @westernbrumby 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GunnerRDS hope your mother doesn’t see you talking about her like this

  • @Jabberstax
    @Jabberstax ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It's easy to forget how old these movies are. They hold up much better than most films made around the same time.

  • @tomiyadude246
    @tomiyadude246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Wonderful job. The more I hear about Viggo Mortensen the more impressed I get. He even slept with his horse to establish trust for the scene where the horse nudges him back to consciousness after his fall in the Two Towers.

  • @estelyen
    @estelyen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    Galadriel is one of two elves still alive in Middle-Earth who have seen the light of the trees, the other being Glorfindel. Even though his part in the story has mostly been given to Arwen in the movies so they could have a good female lead actress, Glorfindel still is present in the films, as a silent extra in the background of Elronds council and also during Aragorns coronation.
    Cirdan the shipwright (also seen in one of the final scenes of Return of the King) is even older than Galadriel, but he never went to Valinor and thus never saw the trees.

    • @markoconnor7163
      @markoconnor7163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gildor and his company as well.

    • @IREG1895I
      @IREG1895I 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And Cirdan the shipwright

    • @markoconnor7163
      @markoconnor7163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@IREG1895I Cirdan is older than Galadriel but he never crossed the sea and saw the trees. He lived his entire life in Middle Earth until he left on the boat with Frodo and company.

    • @IREG1895I
      @IREG1895I 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@markoconnor7163 True, I’m mistaken. He missed the journey when he went searching for Thingol and was forced to stay on the shores of middle earth

    • @tracejohnson6273
      @tracejohnson6273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hence Gimli’s reaction to looking upon her. Sure, she’s a fair elf queen, but he’s seeing a glimpse of the trees.

  • @haliquewadood7652
    @haliquewadood7652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I’m coming here after a marathon of LOR. Utter brilliance. I was in tears when the movie ended.

  • @Thummpur26
    @Thummpur26 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Update after ROP came out: “you just hope with something like this that they put the same amount of effort and attention to detail into this project”
    But they were all of them deceived, for another disappointment was made.

    • @Revy8
      @Revy8 ปีที่แล้ว

      gotta sort by newest first to get the gold comments :)

  • @Marksman3434
    @Marksman3434 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    That this trilogy was ever made, let alone turn out to be the masterpiece that it was, was nothing short of a cinematic miracle that we should all be thankful for.

  • @pipargot5604
    @pipargot5604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    This was a great way to spend a half hour. Thank you for creating such a wonderful tribute to Jackson's films, the character actors & actresses, and Tolkien's vision--both father and son.

  • @connorseaman3561
    @connorseaman3561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Continuation on Fact 20, Viggo insisted on that for his armor as well, Chainmail made for an adult male weighs something around 15-20lbs, or 7-9 kilos, and he wore that shooting action scenes while wielding a real steel sword weighing probably another 5-6lb, or 2.5~ kilos. If I remember correctly Sean Bean also followed Viggo's example, so the fact about him hiking and climbing the mountains to the shoots is a bit more impressive. Learned that from the staff at Wheta Workshop down in Wellington a couple years back, where fun fact, they have a working Warthog from the planned Halo movie that never went anywhere.

    • @denaxil9012
      @denaxil9012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      average weight of a longsword/twohanded arming sword is 1.8 kg, if they weighed more than that, nobody would use them

    • @crunchyycarrot359
      @crunchyycarrot359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      didn’t wētā workshop give all the actors that fake chainmail that’s really lightweight tho? even so, just the sword alone is impressive

    • @connorseaman3561
      @connorseaman3561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@crunchyycarrot359 They did, except as I mentioned, Viggo insisted on real chainmail, rather than the prop/lightened version.

    • @ZiggyMandarr
      @ZiggyMandarr ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've always said that Viggo is just Aragorn, who was the only Man ever to be rebodied, just so he could film the movies.

    • @SPacePhish09
      @SPacePhish09 ปีที่แล้ว

      His sword weighed 4.9 pounds or 2.25kg and was sold at auction.

  • @frequencydependent1826
    @frequencydependent1826 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I remember my first experience with the lord of the rings, it was at my fathers knees after church on Sunday, he read us the hobbit. My favorite voice was gollum. I read the rest of the trilogy on my own and I’ll never forget the deprived voice of gollum

  • @FADEDZOMBY
    @FADEDZOMBY 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I remember my dad telling me about these when I was in 4th grade! Then when the fellowship came out in theaters we went to go see it as a family, and me and my dad became life long fan’s! Cinema was created for these movies, the greatest movies of all time

  • @abaliagoob
    @abaliagoob 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    i still think the most shocking fact was that legolas was only pay $175k for all THREE movies.. LEGO-FRIGGIN-LAS! that's just mindblowing!! he was such a hearthrob for many of us geeky gals, what an incredible dude

    • @kaithorenfawkes8312
      @kaithorenfawkes8312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm a geeky dude and I drooled over him, too. 😁 Of course I'm pansexual, so no surprise.

    • @cs40660
      @cs40660 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kaithorenfawkes8312 damn thats crazy.

    • @isaiahevans4930
      @isaiahevans4930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@kaithorenfawkes8312 you almost ruined lord of the rings for me permanently with that comment.

    • @ham7357
      @ham7357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@kaithorenfawkes8312 I thought pan sexual was when you fuck skillets

    • @beardalaxy
      @beardalaxy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I mean, it was _pretty much_ his first movie. He definitely proved himself a worthy actor and you couldn't ask for a better first role than in LOTR.

  • @glamoroushype8568
    @glamoroushype8568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    video title: 50 facts you didn't know about lord of the rings
    My MiddleEarth nerdy self: BRING IT ON

    • @Jarmo1330
      @Jarmo1330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I knew about 45 of these.

    • @Tom-sd2vi
      @Tom-sd2vi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jarmo1330 I knew at least 46

    • @Jarmo1330
      @Jarmo1330 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Tom-sd2vi Impossible.

    • @jowens3842
      @jowens3842 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

    • @AdamFloro
      @AdamFloro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I learned that the second r in Aragorn is silent.

  • @bernardboka4277
    @bernardboka4277 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is our Iliad and Odyssey, our tale of Gilgamesh. That I got to see it on screen is such a once in a lifetime experience

    • @someghosthunter
      @someghosthunter หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not a once in a lifetime experience, I saw the movie too

  • @afishynado6812
    @afishynado6812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "50 things I learned from watching the DVD extras"
    There, I fixed your title.

  • @jakubjandourek2822
    @jakubjandourek2822 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I've been saying this for every time I see it: "No, no one can do anything like that anymore."
    I remember when I saw The Fellowship in the cinema 20 years ago. I was frozen on the spot...

  • @oBlauu
    @oBlauu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "And he lived happily ever after, till the end of his days.."

  • @robertwagner2079
    @robertwagner2079 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    These 3 movies moved me into tears, so well done. The books also moved me to tears. MHO this is the greatest story ever told. I salute everyone who had a part in the movies and the production there of. Especially Peter.
    Thank you for your work.

  • @dylnvcufilm
    @dylnvcufilm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I’ve watched the films countless times and read the books breathlessly. This is the moment, both in the films and the books, that the tears flow: to follow you dearest friend to the unknown on faith and hope alone. The long, grievous, and treacherous road behind only a shadow of the road ahead. “Of course you are… and I’m coming with you!” God I love it.

  • @maxmustermann1111
    @maxmustermann1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    i wouldnt think there is any other movie created with such passion, love and perfection. How commited the entire crew was is mind boggling. And the result is probably the best that is every to be seen on a theatre screen.
    I´d just hope they release more of the shots that were never published in documentatios or making offs

  • @BOSS.Productions
    @BOSS.Productions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    GOAT trilogy. Love these LOTR behind the scenes vids. Thank you. Great job 👍

    • @chuyjoeckel3142
      @chuyjoeckel3142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      GOAT in this case is used as Greatest Of All Trilogies

    • @Susieq26754
      @Susieq26754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jesus Christ wins and the sheep and the goats will be seperated. The goats lose my friend.

  • @Csizzorhandz
    @Csizzorhandz ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It is very easy to assume that Sam’s eventual journey to the undying lands meant he would see Frodo again, but sadly this almost certainly would not have occurred. The name “undying lands” implies that all who journey there won’t die, but this is only true for elves who are already immortal, while for mortals time actually seems to pass more quickly than in middle earth. Frodo would have grown old and died long before Sam arrived, but I’m sure Sam still loved getting to see the place before his own death.

  • @DarthChosen
    @DarthChosen ปีที่แล้ว +7

    and amazon ruined it as we all knew they would

  • @tosa2522
    @tosa2522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Thanks to the TH-cam algorithm for suggesting me this great video.

  • @patrickvalo8822
    @patrickvalo8822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Sean Bean dressed as Boromir hiking to the set is so perfect. Also awesome video im a huge lotr fan and i learned some new things here

  • @zvenafnazbalji7539
    @zvenafnazbalji7539 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The fact Andy Serkis wasn't nominated for his performance is heartbreaking.

  • @alexd0103
    @alexd0103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    For anyone interested, most of these facts come the dvd extras, which can be found on TH-cam. There’s at least 12 hours of them and they are almost as good as the films, the story of how they were made is an epic tale of its own!

    • @buyimncube2588
      @buyimncube2588 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for this comment

    • @latewizard301
      @latewizard301 ปีที่แล้ว

      Recommend the commentary as well! Yet to watch them myself but I saw like 30 min on my DVD and there was a lot of funny info. But also lots of banter and Dominic and Billy would make up a lot of facts as a joke, so don't take their word for everything they say in the commentary XD
      Christopher Lee is also the hugest nerd in the commentary "Did you know" kinda facts from him and stuff. Can't wait to watch the rest.
      There's 3 different commentaries: Cast (all the actors who played the main Hobbits, Sean Bean, Christopher, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, and Bernard Hill are the one's I heard) then there's the directors commentary and lastly the art and set department commentary. So 12 hours? No, if you count all the commentaries you get almost 24 hours of special features for at least the first movie. It's just amazing!!

  • @emmaeldridge7242
    @emmaeldridge7242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I’ve now watched all of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Extended Editions two times all the way through with my boyfriend and it’s become a wonderful, nerdy tradition for us. I even got him Glamdring (Gandalf’s sword) for his birthday. It’s our favorite movie franchise for good reason, it just can’t be beaten! Incredibly talented cast and crew.

    • @JinxMarie1985
      @JinxMarie1985 ปีที่แล้ว

      Applause 👏 for you and your boyfriend...
      You're so special!

  • @hershalmarshal9541
    @hershalmarshal9541 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Viggo actually got the cops called on him for having a sword out in public.

  • @stevenbuck4090
    @stevenbuck4090 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You really feel special being alive to see this. It is one of those things that you feel had to have so many aspects go right just to come to life, and that those circumstances may never come to pass again.

  • @JLP5941
    @JLP5941 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The effort involved in these movies is so impressive, and it showed.

  • @PetroheadSingh
    @PetroheadSingh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I have one of the leaves from the fake old tree. Got it as a gift from the tour guide. Bless him 😇 framed with love 😁

  • @AtrueRoman
    @AtrueRoman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    One trilogy to rule them all

  • @joeybonehead3669
    @joeybonehead3669 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Best trilogy ever. I have watched the fellowship of the Ring ,The Two Towers & Return of the King each over a thousand times in the past 20 years and that's real it's got me through really dark times.I'm bipolar, very lonely in life. I love you Peter Jackson and all your other movies,big fan of Frighteners all of them. To everybody that had a part in making this movie from the actors to the staff to the people making it happen i really appreciate all of your hard work. ♥️ Joey bonehead ps.
    The Weinstein brothers are trolls,you guys got a lot of answering to do when you get up to those pearly Gates.Be prepared.

  • @johnmccarthy2152
    @johnmccarthy2152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This was great! I learned a lot more about the trilogy. I just finished watching the extended versions of the three films. They were excellent, as was this video.

  • @mehlindiinthewebway3910
    @mehlindiinthewebway3910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    "I don't even remember when I first discovered these beatiful films..." I was there 3000 years ago, when Isildur took the Ring. I was there the day the strength of men failed. I was there, when the cinemas all around the world played the movies. Damn, I'm old.

  • @middleearthmatt8595
    @middleearthmatt8595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    "Best movie trilogy of all time" You're damn right!

  • @eyesergen
    @eyesergen ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks so much for making this, from one fellow fan to another ♥️

  • @annalawrence824
    @annalawrence824 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The rain/flood waters taking out the set for such a scene in the LOTRs was an act of the gods. Truly.

  • @asherweck
    @asherweck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    LOTR will always have my heart.

  • @asherweck
    @asherweck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    They sung edge of night at my nephews funeral by his adopted brother. Unreal

  • @vin4216
    @vin4216 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you so much for letting Cate Blanchett narrate the Prologue. It is one of the many reasons why I love FOTR.

  • @thalleous7636
    @thalleous7636 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is probably the youtube video i have watched the most times in my life. The chill felling, the music. Perfect youtube video

  • @Rubiastraify
    @Rubiastraify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    It's funny - I've read Lord of the Rings several times; seen the Triology several times, and it's still wonderful! I think everyone in the cast and the props folks did an amazing job. Thanks for posting! And, I bet you could do -- "50 MORE facts you didn't know..."

  • @pipingyourmama
    @pipingyourmama 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    LOL the part about the Weinstein brothers is hilarious

    • @AlisonBryen
      @AlisonBryen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I loved that! I'll always remember that when I watch the credits now!

  • @andrewbunch6599
    @andrewbunch6599 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Viggo is that much of a badass that the dwarfs headbutting each other in the hobbit to say hello comes from what he done back stage when playing aragorn 😮😊

  • @d2dwizard198
    @d2dwizard198 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the fact that this set of 50 facts was made. A sign of a true fan. I am also amused that Aragorn was referred to as Eragon multiple times around the 20 minute mark haha

  • @beny6920
    @beny6920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    its been almost 20 years, time passes so fast

  • @brettneedham88
    @brettneedham88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    These movies were so amazing for their time, still such good movies. The talent to pull this off is incredible

  • @user-cp5rs4vt8t
    @user-cp5rs4vt8t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I just watched the trilogy on IMAX in 4K... and wow. it will never get old or boring. it is to good!

  • @glennhalila8279
    @glennhalila8279 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was an Amazing compilation of facts about the making of the Trilogy of Lord of The Rings. Thanks for all your insights and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this.

  • @qcrew2938
    @qcrew2938 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I was 13 when Return of the King came out.... still the best movie theater experience of my lifetime

    • @TuathaTuna
      @TuathaTuna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same. 13. Never saw a film like that before. Kept going back again and again. It changed my life 💜

  • @robert_trumpeteer
    @robert_trumpeteer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Never heared about this youtube channel but was in my recommended and oh boy, I love Lord of the rings even more this is also a piece of art!

  • @MeltedCandle
    @MeltedCandle ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is honestly such a masterpiece, and I feel bad for those who don't know of its greatness! thanks for these 50 facts, I have no regrets after watching this XD

  • @AthenaGM
    @AthenaGM 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing! Thanks for taking of your time to compile this. Many I didnt know🤙🏻.

  • @nippleninja255
    @nippleninja255 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    18:20 Okay, but removing Saruman's death from the theatrical release was such a bad decision. Honestly the Return of the king as a whole felt very spastic because there were so many scenes missing (that were then included in extended version)!

  • @lewis8422
    @lewis8422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Amazing video bro. Love your blend of photos and clips and the whole set up of the video was very well done. Thankyou

  • @seanmaher2987
    @seanmaher2987 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I hope someone makes a movie as life changing as this again. It's such a desert out here.

    • @berrylly
      @berrylly 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I watched the trilogy for the first time ever Christmas. Modern movies just don't compare!

  • @areumdaeum9284
    @areumdaeum9284 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love it! Thank you for making this video.

  • @roulis640
    @roulis640 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I would chop off my leg to own the storyboards.

  • @aubrievogt4796
    @aubrievogt4796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I loved this sooooo freaking much, I am a LOTR fanatic and always will be. And this video was put together really well

  • @reymagea1
    @reymagea1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. This was a lot of work and it is appreciated.

  • @osricen
    @osricen ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is hands down a PERFECT trilogy of movies. It makes the best of every art that conforms it.
    Words can't even come close to express how great and important I think they are.

  • @SAI_SR_M
    @SAI_SR_M 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One of the greatest movies and series ever created of all time.

  • @Vixen781
    @Vixen781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Books are awesome and the films certainly didnt disappoint. Well done!

  • @Bdup8
    @Bdup8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    CGI Gandalf running at 6:33 had me dead 💀

  • @estee3305
    @estee3305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Magical combination of director and location. Peter’s life in NZ influenced the films in the same way that Tolkien’s love of Northern Europe influenced the books. Without a location these books are just tales.

  • @rakaperbawa
    @rakaperbawa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    ha so those blacksmith orcs are actually the real blacksmith for the movie production....well done !!

  • @mfcabrini
    @mfcabrini 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    A lot of this material is in the boxed DVD set which I bought back in the day and still own. It's my favorite way to watch the films.

  • @hobbitlovr
    @hobbitlovr ปีที่แล้ว

    This is very interesting and fun to watch. Thank you for making it!

  • @michaelbedard7029
    @michaelbedard7029 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the run down love it!

  • @mug5022
    @mug5022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great video. One of the only "# facts you didn't know" that was truthful.

  • @jamiegodfather
    @jamiegodfather 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Your right about LOTR being the greatest trilogy of all time every movie is epic and mostly without flaws and the extended editions are well worth the time.

  • @LegionCantClimb
    @LegionCantClimb ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "I sincerely hope they are faithful to the source material, and put the same kind of effort and attention to detail as the original trilogy did so well", I hoped as well lol, I really did.

    • @leargamma4912
      @leargamma4912 ปีที่แล้ว

      As much as I love dark elves, they don't git in Tolkien's middle earth.

  • @germaineboatwala-sidhva1079
    @germaineboatwala-sidhva1079 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Loved the information in your video! I'm a lotr fan and have read the books too. One has to remember that to bring a book such as this to life, a little poetic liberty is necessary. And Peter Jackson has absolutely got it down to perfection! Love New Zealand featured in the movies as well. Hobbiton of course is easy to visit and an amazing experience! 💕