The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Movie Reaction - First Time Watching
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson, based on 1954's The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Set in Middle-earth, the story tells of the Dark Lord Sauron, who seeks the One Ring, which contains part of his might, to return to power. The Ring has found its way to the young hobbit Frodo Baggins. The fate of Middle-earth hangs in the balance as Frodo and eight companions (who form the Fellowship of the Ring) begin their perilous journey to Mount Doom in the land of Mordor, the only place where the Ring can be destroyed.
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Dude, I like your accent. I take it you are from Scotland. Lord of the rings is the best trilogy and awesometacular!
I have loved theese movie since they where released, seeing every one in theatre... Lerning Quenya/Sindarin and writing phonetic Quenya with friends XD, then I tried to read the books OMG... they are SOOOO hard to drag through, I have read then 2-3 times at this point Tried lisstening to it that worked ok, still such a drag but he said himself that he wasn´t an author just a lover of linguistics and history. And he created an amazing universe.
the love arch is not in the book Arwen is introduced as Aragons queen (Elessar´s) Queen in like the last 3 pages of return of the king XD .
Sick, I mentioned that you should watch this on a past video and now it's happened!!! Literally awesome.
Fun fact as well for you, the actor that played Sarumon was the only actor to play in the Lord of the Ring movies that actually met Tolkien before he died.
I have a ritual where i have to compulsively watch anyone who reacts to lotr
We should someday form a committee of reviewing LOTR reactors 😁
@@oldchannel_MoMwe should do that. It can be the new thing. Reactors come and go but we are stalwart, standing the test of time. ❤
😭😭🤣🤣
Same here! 🙌
Part of me always feels sad for people who didn’t get to see these films in the theaters.
Small detail that can very easily go unnoticed is that when Gimli is morning the death of his Cousin, Boromir steps froward to put a hand on his shoulder and comfort him.
Yes! And he's the one comforting Frodo after Gandalf's death. There's a reason he was so well-loved as a captain. If he cared less, he wouldn't have been so easily swayed by the ring.
"No more gorgeous pictures of New Zealand."
Brother, you got 2 more movies worth of gorgeous pictures of New Zealand ahead of you.
I was wondering how Toli hasn't seen this movie yet... Then I remember his Village only just got a VCR last week. :o
Plus no bicycles in the film so no point watching it
They only had one video. It was ‘Simple Jack’.
🤣🤣 I just watched a reaction to tropic thunder last night
@@carla6558An adventure like this would probably be great for them then
Bet you never thought you'd see a stick fight between Magneto and Count Dooku
I am convinced this is an homage to the old lady stick fight in Willow. Genius scene! 🤣
I really enjoy that Arwen looked 9 of the most deadly creatures on all of Middle Earth in the eye, and effectively said: 'What're you gonna do? Come at me bro."
i mean it should be glorfindel. He was that guy. All the 9 feared him.
@@paulmartin6209nah they were scared of elves in general. Plus she had control of the water.
@@ChristopherJames1993 you know it was glorfindel in the book right?
@@ChristopherJames1993 I don't think they were scared of elves in general. They feared Glorfindel in particular because of his power, and the light of Valinor that was within him. He had actually already died once in a fight with a balrog (in which he killed the balrog as well), and had been reincarnated with his spiritual power greatly enhanced and sent back to Middle Earth as an emissary of Manwe himself. The books tell that Glorfindel was the one who found Aragorn and the hobbits after having personally driven off the nazgul by himself. He then puts Frodo on his horse Asfaloth and directs Asfaloth to take Frodo to Rivendell. The nazgul give chase but are killed by the torrent of water which had been enchanted by Elrond and Gandalf. Arwen was not involved at all.
@@birch98 good explanation. Also I’ve always found it funny in LOTR books, he’s around in Rivendell, but doesn’t do anything and just chills. Lol
I admit I myself felt like an elf in the beginning then a Dwarf then a Hobbit but in the end I realized I am Human and should cherish what we are given.
Galadriel giving Gimli her hair is one of my favorite moments. When Feanor was forging the silmarils he asked Galadriel for her hair to use in their creation. Three times he asked her, and three times she denied him. Gimli asked once, and got three strands.
That's cringe. Just like Tolkein's writing. And just like the extended editions. They're all cringe. Stick with the theatricals. Far better experience.
@@DestinyAwaits19 don’t worry kid, when you grow up you’ll appreciate it more
@@KanekiKen-lm1dl I'm more grown up than you. And more intelligent as I understand a good story when I see one. And a bad story when I see one. The extended editions are convoluted and hammy.
@@DestinyAwaits19 sure you are buddy
@segagenysis6918 You sure are a big boy Timmy. Now go brush your teeth and I'll be up to read you a story before night night
At the time of this story, Arwen was much older than 300 years. She was around 2,700 years old.
And Gandalf was created at the start of the universe.
He's maiar form was, Gandalf is only a few thousand years old@@abhabh6896
The Arwen/Aragorn story is in the Appendices at the end of the Lord of the Rings. Much as I love Glorfindel I think Percy Jackson made a wise decision to put Arwen into the movies.
@@jeandoten1510their story expands into the birth of Númenor and before that- to the king stories of Beren And Lúthien and tons of other characters surrounding those many tales.
@@Makkaru112 I've lost track of this thread so I don't know what exactly you are responding to. I've been an avid fan of Tolkien since I first read LOTR in 1968-- I've lost track of how often I've read it--best guess is 50 times, and so I do know about the fall of Numenor, etc.
Please don't be afraid of watching the Hobbit. Yes, the story has been enhanced. It just gives you more time in middle earth and Smaug makes it worth it. And when you do, it makes LOTR more rounded with the memories. You will understand who Balin and Ori are and the House of Durin. Also how Sting plays out. I watched it through the eyes of a child and at 72 was totally entertained. Watching this through your eyes makes me young again like I am seeing this for the first time. Thank you.
I really think the problem with the hobbits are the editing. They have so much fantastic material and did a great job fleshing out the dwarves and incorporating the other elements from the appendices. But for some reason a lot of the good scenes were cut out of the cinematic versions and replaced with filler. They just needed to cut like an hour of nonsense from the last two movies 😅
The fan edits are far superior. 9 hours down to 4.
@@twyckoff87I'm convinced there's at least six good hours there for the extended versions. I did like that they made the Dwarves a bit more proactive because that was lacking in the books, even if it was just to build a massive gold statue 😂
@@twyckoff87 9 hours? Holy crap.... the book is only 300 pages. How did they squeeze 9 hours out of that???
This is a special kind of movie. It’s the kind that gets one to think deeply and self reflect. Let the movie breath. No need to try and make a quip every ten seconds to get a viral sound bite. This movie makes it breaks a reaction channel so please realize the goldmine you’re standing on ❤
At 47:37 you say, "That's Elvish--isn't it supposed to be in Dwarvish?" It's a good question that gets passed over in the movie to keep the action moving right along. The point is explained in some detail in the book. The west door of Moria originally marked the boundary of the Dwarf kingdom and the Elvish realm of Eregion, or Hollin. It was the one place in Middle-earth where the Elves and the Dwarves got along well and had extensive trade with each other, back in the Second Age. Since it was used by the Elves, the inscription was written in Elvish--it wasn't meant to be secret. In fact the word "Mellon" is part of the inscription: "Ennyn Durin Aran Moria. Pedo Mellon a minno." It was Celebrimbor of Eregion who forged the Great Rings, with the assistance in the case of the Seven and the Nine of one Annatar, who turned out to be Sauron in disguise. Sauron of course was trying to pervert the Rings to his own ends. Fortunately, Sauron never touched the Three Rings of the Elves. When Sauron forged the One Ring, it led to war, in which Eregion was destroyed.
I remember watching this in the theatre when i was 14. great movie, great soundtracks and everything. I will be honest, everytime i watch this movie and i see gandalf i Get tears in my eyes because he has always reminded me of my grandfather and i still miss him. Anyway i hope you enjoyed the movie👍
Genuinely jealous, though I literally grew up with these movies and while I have seen them in theatres during special events, those opening weekends must’ve been insane
I don’t watch if the reactor is wearing fake ears or a fake beard
@@gloomygloomstalker3878 good times. I was so let down by the cgi crap in the hobbit movies
@@Steve19055 I was too, like they didn’t have access to all the props they made in LotR and stuff which I understand but my honest actual issue was how they split the book into three movies, a duology would’ve been fine but three was too many
There were 5 hobbits. They pretended to move Frodo to a new home. One hobbit stayed back to keep up the illusion that Frodo is there.
Good 'Ole Fatty!
@@ArgentLeftovers He also helped in the resistance to Sharkey before he was caught and imprisoned, as we find out in The Scouring of the Shire.
I think one of my favourite things about this is the look of unbridled joy on your face.
Gimli striking the One Ring. This was a highly good sign relating to the dwarf comment I just posted here. A great testament to how Sauron never got a hold over the dwarves nor the Elves (which all 16 were originally made for)
"Help me step-Orc, I'm stuck" had me dying 😂
The actor who played Boromir was Sean Bean, and he played this role years before he played Ned Stark. He might even have gotten that role because of his acting in this one.
As all books that are made into movies, artistic license is taken. The films are not able to take the books verbatim, but these films do a fantastic job of bringing the books to life thru the screen.😊
I got to say man I am loving how nerdy you are throughout this reaction. I love how excited you are about these movies. Also I agree whole heartedly, we all need a Sam in our lives.
Bless you for finally being here to start watching the best trilogy EVER!
WOW! A reaction from someone who has read the books first! Like me. I'm really looking forward to this!! I love how you appreciate the music. And the scenery. I love the delight you show when they introduce a character and compare how you pictured them from the books. I love how you remembered Sting from The Hobbit. New subscriber!
In the books Bilbo tells Frodo th mithril shirt used to belong to an elven prince. The closest elven prince would be Legolas, meaning Legolas handmedowns saved Frodo´s life.
Could very well be. Who knows.
I've really been enjoying people's blind reactions to LotR, but this brings something new and truly magical! It's really fun to watch somebody with their own vision experience PJ's for the first time
Wait a minute, I thought you said you would watch the extended cuts on your own time. Glad you brought us for it. 😁
Bro you have such a positive attitude and a lot of talent for making entertaining content. I appreciate your uploads a lot man!
It’s good to see someone who has read the books first. I myself only saw the movie a few years ago after reading all the books over and over for many years
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I do envy you for experiencing these movies for the first time. As a fan of the books myself I was most pleased with the amount of love and respect for Tolkien put into making these films...tho I'm not without a few criticisms, overall I do enjoy them and hope that you do as well.
What a great reaction. I can't wait to see your reaction to the next two movies. OK. I'll answer one of your major questions. What is the age of Gandalf. He is a primordial being called a Maiar and has been alive since before the creation of Arda (the Earth). Saruman, Sauron and the Balrog are also the same order. The Maiar are the servants of the Valar, (Gods) and are immortal. The 5 wizards are Maiar who were sent to Middle-Earth by the Valar to aid the Free Peoples in the fight against Sauron. They were forbidden to match Sauron power to power, but were rather to inspire the Free Peoples with hope and courage and guidance.
The story of Arwen/Aragorn is very much in the background in LOTR. I think it got a lot more attention in the unfinished tales and maybe in the appendices of the Silmarilion/LOTR:ROTK
Indeed it did my friend.
Howard Shore is the genius behind this trilogy's score.
The song heard when the elves were spotted in the forest by Frodo&Sam near the beginning of the movie: here is the song the Elves were singing & chanting a very special Hymn along their journey:(With English translation)
* Á Elbereth Gilthoniel
“o Elbereth who lit the stars”
* silivren penna míriel
“from glittering crystal slanting falls with light like jewels”
* Ò menel aglar elenath
“from heaven on high the glory of the starry host”
* na-chaered palan-díriel
“to lands remote I have looked afar”
ò galadhremmin ennorath
“from tree-tangled middle-lands”
* Fanuilos, le linnathon
“and now to thee, Fanuilos, bright spirit clothed in ever-white, I will ... sing”
* nef aear, sí nef aearon
“here ... beyond the Sea, beyond the wide and sundering Sea”
* Ã Elbereth Gilthoniel²
“o Elbereth who lit the stars”
* Ò menel palan-diriel
“from heaven gazing far”
* le nallon sí di’nguruthos
“here overwhelmed in dread of Death I cry”
* Á tiro nin, Fanuilos
“o guard me, Elbereth”
(The elvish name given to Varda is Elbereth Gilthoniel is one of the main Valar who are of the main group of entities known as the Ainur who sang the world into being and helped shaped it further from within after some entered into the young world. She is most loved & honoured by the elves for many reasons)
It’s very important as regarding the elves history that spanned over 40,000+ years. Because even one of the three high kings within Valinor was 30,000 years old well before the third age. Galadriel is his granddaughter just do you know. Yeah. She’s very important throughout the entire histories. They are passing away with what’s left of their kin to the undying lands. Many thousands had their home in middle earth just like the high kings ancestors that woke to the stars. Their birth is shrouded in mist as is their entire existence itself. That in itself is a whole story. You’d love to react to the immersive and entertaining lore videos like moviejoob & OmarioRPG have done. It’s ever vast and rewarding to let touch your soul.❤❤❤❤
Varda is a Quenya name of Valarin origin meaning "Sublime", "Exalted" or "Lofty"
Elbereth is name given to her by the elves meaning ‘Star Lady’
Gilthoniel essentially means Star Kindler
An original title of Varda, meaning 'the Kindler', and deriving from her making of the first faint stars in ancient times which was to light the dark world which had no sun yet and they loomed over the original Dark Lord (Fallen Valar named Morgoth by the elves) who he feared most above all even as supposedly he was the mightiest and first of all Ainur to ever exist (Ainur is the ultimate race of both Maiar and Valar)
When, long afterwards, she used the dews of Telperion(one of the two sacred trees that predated the Moon of which it birthed later on) to kindle brighter stars still, this surname seems to have fallen out of favour. After that time she was called instead Elentári, the Queen of the Stars.
Trilogy The Lord Of The Ring Extended Edition:
(1) The Felloship Of The Ring Extended Edition
(2) The Two Tower Extended Edition
(3) The Return Of The King Extended Edition
Trilogy The Hobbit Extended Edition Of The Adventures Of Bilbo Baggin:
(1) An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition
(2) The Desolation Of Smaug Extended Edition
(3) The Battle Five Armie Extended Edition
..... notice how accuracy can be obscured when you get superfluous with the language. In a list of 6 things you say "Extended Edition" 8 times.
Bilbo Walking Song: “Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known”
The original version of the song is recited by Bilbo in the last chapter of The Hobbit, at the end of his journey back to the Shire. Coming to the top of a rise he sees his home in the distance, and stops and essentially sings what I shared above!
There are three versions of this walking song in The Lord of the Rings.
The first is sung by Bilbo when he leaves the Shire and is setting off to visit Rivendell:
The Road goes ever on and on,
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
The second version is identical except for changing the word "eager" to "weary" in the fifth line. It is spoken aloud, slowly, by Frodo, as he and his companions pause on their way to Crickhollow, looking beyond to lands that some of them have never seen before.
The third version is spoken by Bilbo in Rivendell after the hobbits have returned from their journey. Bilbo is now an old, sleepy hobbit, who murmurs the verse and then falls asleep.
The Road goes ever on and on
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
Let others follow it who can!
Let them a journey new begin,
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet.
1977: The Hobbit (1977 film): Sections of the poem are sung during the trip through Mirkwood. It appears on the soundtrack titled "Roads".
1980: The Return of the King (1980 film):
A song inspired by the poem is sung at the end of the film called "Roads Go Ever, Ever On".
1981: The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series):
Bilbo sings the song as he leaves Bag End. It is sung by John Le Mesurier to a tune by Stephen Oliver.
1997: An Evening in Rivendell:
The Tolkien Ensemble adapted an original melody to the song, composed by Caspar Reiff.
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring:
Parts of the song are sung by Gandalf in his first appearance, and also by Bilbo as he leaves Bag End.
2006: The Lord of the Rings Musical:
The poem is the basis of the song "The Road Goes On" sung by Sam, Frodo, Merry, and Pippin in the first act.
2014: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies:
Lines of the poem partially make up the lyrics of The Last Goodbye, performed by Billy Boyd(Pippin) for the credits of the film.
This is just stuff to know when you see the next films. Maybe seeing this will spark something you read here or in other people’s comments via future reactions to the other 2 films as well as the 3 The Hobbit movies!
That scene were the hobbits are looking down from weathertop and the ring wraiths come out of the mist, that scene is my favorite in the whole trilogy, such a bad ass shot.
That's my favourite shot from any movie, used to have a framed print of it on my wall!
The thing is with a certain clan of dwarves: A giant set of events throughout the ages caused a huge rift between dwarves and elves since before any elf ever saw a dwarf. Elves are the firstborn. Men are the secondborn. Dwarvish forefathers were created by the hands of one of the Valar named Aulë, then essentially Eru Îlluvatar(AllFather) breathed life into them to later wake up at a later date since Aulë was still excited to create things of his very own. It’s also why dwarves overall can resist the rings power and so forth.
There were these beings became known as Petty Dwarves in the books where these beings were super hostile and the elves thought it was just another spawn of Melkor (now Morgoth) so when they finally did see actual dwarves they killed them on site. That and dwarves were keen on chopping down trees by huge amounts so you can kind of see why… but this was only the beginning. But it’s not a very good start. Buuut not all dwarvish clans share this rift as the creator of the 16 rings was an elf named Celebrimbor and is one of the best characters ever. His main smithery guild in Eregion was full of dwarves and elves called the “Gwaith Ír Mirdain”. Even Gimli’s father was really close to a certain elf I won’t name yet! ❤
It’s good To have a healthy amount of fear towards any of the Eldar, Sindar, Teleri, Vanyar or even Noldor(Gnomish-Gnosis-To Know,) Noldor also means “Those Who Know”. They are the great warriors, craftsmen, loremasters, and so forth. They always seek to know everything around them in a deep way. For they are a literal part of the world. They live as long as the world persists and lives on!
J R R Tolkien was Professor of Ancient Languages at The University of Oxford, specializing in Anglo-Saxon. He was already noted for his translation of the Saxon epic poem, Beowulf. One of the main reasons he wrote his Middle Earth material was because he lamented the loss of old English mythology after the Norman invasion of Anglo-Saxon England in 1066. His Middle Earth stories were his attempt at an alternative, replacement English mythology.
Orc & Goblin are different names for the same creature. Orc comes from the Anglo-Saxon, whereas Goblin comes from the Norman. Obviously Tolkien showed a preference for the Anglo-Saxon term, usually using it instead of Goblin in his books. The only exception to this was his use of Goblin in The Hobbit, probably because this was intended to be a children's book, originally for his own children, & the word goblin would be more readily recognized.
The song Aragorn sings has huge importance! Here is the full version: “The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hemlock-umbels tall and fair, And in the glade a light was seen; Of stars in shadow shimmering, Tinnúviel was dancing there, To music of a pipe unseen
And light of stars was in her hair
And in her raiment glimmering
There Beren came from mountains cold; And lost he wandered under leaves; And where the Elven-river rolled. He walked alone and sorrowing. He peered between the hemlock-leaves; And saw in wonder flowers of gold
Upon her mantle and her sleeves
And her hair like shadow following
Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet
And grasped at moonbeams glistening
Through woven woods in Elvenhome
She lightly fled on dancing feet
And left him lonely still to roam
In the silent forest listening
He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves
Or music welling underground
In hidden hollows quavering
Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beachen leaves
In the wintry woodland wavering
He sought her ever, wandering far
Where leaves of years were thickly strewn
By light of moon and ray of star
In frosty heavens shivering
Her mantle glinted in the moon
As on a hill-top high and far
She danced, and at her feet was strewn
A mist of silver quivering
When winter passed, she came again
And her song released the sudden spring
Like rising lark, and falling rain
And melting water bubbling
He saw the elven-flowers spring
About her feet, and healed again
He longed by her to dance and sing
Upon the grass untroubling
Again she fled, but swift he came
Tinúviel! Tinúviel!
He called her by her elvish name
And there she halted listening
One moment stood she, and a spell
His voice laid on her: Beren came
And doom fell on Tinúviel
That in his arms lay glistening
As Beren looked into her eyes
Within the shadows of her hair
The trembling starlight of the skies
He saw there mirrored shimmering
Tinúviel the elven-fair
Immortal maiden elven-wise
About him cast her shadowy hair
And arms like silver glimmering
Long was the way that fate them bore
O'er stony mountains cold and grey
Through halls of ireon and darkling door
And woods of nightshade morrowless
The Sundering Seas between them lay
And yet at last they met once more
And long ago they passed away
In the forest singing sorrowless”
The true elvish version is far greater and so full of beauty & nuanced mournful sadness that’s break the hearts of mortals from its beauty and sadness so the true song has been sort of taboo and the mannish tongues that retell it is stated to only be a shadow beneath the tree of the true story!
Since Elronds line has humanblood in it, his decendants has the choice to give up their long life.
(Not in movies) - Gandalf means “staff-elf” in Rohirric. Because the people of Rohan already knew he wasn’t fully human. His ancestors knew him too and spoke of him a lot. And through rhymes as well about the grey wanderer. The great pilgrim. Lathspell was often a negative name given to him. Stormcrow is another name of his too.
Mithrandir by the elves meaning Grey Wanderer or Grey Pilgrim.
I paused the video at the very start to comment that I have never watched a lord of the rings reaction of someone that has read the books before watching the movies. It has always been people that have never seen it before lol I’m actually excited to see your pov
I can't believe that there are actually people out there who still haven't seen this masterpiece of a franchise!! 😮
The elvish songs of lamentation were for Gandalf when they arrived in Lothlórien. So the song you hear is literally for him whilst being a theme for the movie itself. The only excerpt from these songs is "Mithrandir, Mithrandir, O Pilgrim Grey!"
This was expanded & set to music by Philippa Boyens & Howard Shore, respectively, for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. It was sung in the said film by Elizabeth Fraser in the track Lothlórien. Notable about this song is that it assumes that the elves of Lothlórien were aware that Gandalf was an incarnate Maia. This is debatable. As well, the lyrics ask "What drove you to leave/That which you loved?". This suggests that Gandalf was well aware that he would fall in Moria. Other debatable verses include the claims that Gandalf was the wisest of the Maiar, and that with him the Flame of Anor would leave the world (assuming that it and he were one, or he was the only wielder of the Flame).
(English comes after the Quenya)
* The first part is in Quenya:
A Olórin i yáresse
Mentaner i Númenherui
Tírien i Rómenóri
Maiaron i Oiosaila
Manan elye etevanne
Nórie i melanelye?
The Second part is in Sindarin:
Mithrandir, Mithrandir, A Randir Vithren
ú-reniathach i amar galen
I reniad lín ne mór, nuithannen
In gwidh ristennin, i fae narchannen
I lach Anor ed ardhon gwannen
Caled veleg, ethuiannen.
* Olórin, who once was...
Sent by the Lords of the West
To guard the lands of the East
Wisest of all Maiar
What drove you to leave
That which you loved?
Mithrandir, Mithrandir O Pilgrim Grey
No more will you wander the green fields of this earth
Your journey has ended in darkness.
The bonds cut, the spirit broken
The Flame of Anor has left this World
A great light, extinguished.
“What drove you to leave that which you loved” likely means the Elves in the Undying Lands, he loved them dearly and used to wander among them under the guise of an Elf
Galadriel's gift to Gimli has deeper meaning behind it, like most things in this movie & reflects the expanded lore of the middle earth universe. Galadriel is one of the 2-3 most powerful & wise elves remaining in Middle Earth since the time the land was young. She was born in a place called Valinor, or the Undying land... which is basically the place of residence of the Valar, the local pantheon, the local "gods" as you may call them. Back then, the world was not illuminated by the sun&moon, (only the stars, but rather by 2 trees of gold and silver, Telperion and Laurëlin that lit the world before the sun & moon were born from their last flower & fruit as they were basically killed by Melkor when he struck them with his Lance and Ungoliant the primordial Eldrich Terror, Ungoliant she was named by the Eldar). It is said that Galadriel's hair had somehow captured some of the shine of those two trees. Her uncle Fëanor, who was a great king of the Elven people after his father Finwë was slain by Morgoth(Formally known as Melkor).
Fëanor arguably was their greatest craftsman to ever live, asked if she could give him a lock of hair, so that he could use it to fashion 3 gems that would shine of the same light as the trees. Sensing his pride & a shadow that wasn’t exactly belonging to him brewing from within, she refused his request 3 times. He stopped asking and made the gems anyway, managing to complete the task he had set for himself even without her hair. Around these 3 gems, the possession of which became the driving force for many of the great events in the world, entire wars that lasted for centuries exploded, and other events. The gems actively shaped the fate of the races of middle earth to the point that the aforementioned Valar got involved directly. During these times, events surrounding the gems brought about the traditional enmity between Dwarves and Elves... the same enmity that Gimli still feels towards them. That enmity however does not survive his encounter with the wise Galadriel, whom Gimli basically falls platonically in love with. By giving him 3 of her hair, Galadriel is opening a door, offering an olive branch that might one day close the gap that divides these two races. Legolas, himself being an Elven prince and centuries old, knows of the story through his father Thranduil & grandfather Oropher, as it shaped the lives of all Elves, and his subtle smile is possibly the first act of acknowledgment and reconciliation. it is also a way for Peter Jackson, the director of the film, to give a nod to all of the fans who know these facts and backstories... a way to make us feel seen, and to make us appreciate just how deeply the makers of the film respect the books and larger universe created by Tolkien.
The thing with the hair may seem weird, but there is a significance to it in real life as well as in the lore of the story. In real life, it was not uncommon for wives, fiancés, or even girlfriends to give their men (who were going off to war), a lock of their hair as a keepsake, particularly in WWI, which Tolkien fought in. The lore part of it comes into play in The Silmarillion, Tolkien's tales of the creation of Arda, the Undying Lands of Valinor, and Middle Earth. Galadriel is many, many thousands of years old, & was born in Valinor before the sun & moon were even created. At the time, the world was lit by two trees, one gold and one silver which would shine at different times from each other, but would shine together once a day when one would fade and the other brighten. Galadriel's hair was said to look like the light of the mingled light from the two trees, which may have inspired Feanor, a master craftsman and heir to the high king of the Ñoldor, to craft the Silmaril's which were three jewels that captured the light of the two trees, one golden light, one silver light, & one co-mingled light. Fëanor had a bit of a thing for Galadriel and begged her for her hair three different times, which she rejected because she could perceive the inner darkness of his heart and rejected him, which made them "un-friends" after that. There is a lot more to the lore than that, so this is the super crib-notes version. But the point is, it was VERY significant that she granted Gimli three of her hairs to a dwarf, when she would not to the son of her king many 10s of thousands of years ago of which she is related to all three kings who were brothers and Elu Thingol of Doriath was one of the brothers that didn’t stay in Valinor even though he was one of the elven ambassadors along with his three brothers and that king I mentioned was VERY close friends with Thingol)
With a certain clan of dwarves: A giant set of events throughout the ages caused a huge rift between dwarves and elves since before any elf ever saw a dwarf. Elves are the firstborn. Men are the secondborn. Dwarvish forefathers were created by the hands of one of the Valar named Aulë, then essentially Eru Îlluvatar(AllFather) breathed life into them to later wake up at a later date since Aulë was still excited to create things of his very own. It’s also why dwarves overall can resist the rings power and so forth.
There were these beings became known as Petty Dwarves in the books where these beings were super hostile and the elves thought it was just another spawn of Melkor (now Morgoth) so when they finally did see actual dwarves they killed them on site. That and dwarves were keen on chopping down trees by huge amounts so you can kind of see why… but this was only the beginning. But it’s not a very good start. Buuut not all dwarvish clans share this rift as the creator of the 16 rings was an elf named Celebrimbor and is one of the best characters ever. His main smithery guild in Eregion was full of dwarves and elves called the “Gwaith Ír Mirdain”. Even Gimli’s father was really close to a certain elf I won’t name yet! ❤
47:38 This was from a time where Dwarves and Elves were the best of friends and forged wonders together.
Welcome to the rabbit hole...enjoy the ride
Tolkien(the OG of all Authors) was a veteran of the First World War and many other battles such as The Battle Of Somme etc. his works of art were to give back to the England as a form of restoring lost mythologies that he himself was a master of since he was a top professor of philology at Oxford. He did ALOT of his writing while in the trenches during WWI during small “breaks” while down in those trench forts built into the ground. And while he eldest son was in the Second World War; his Lord Of The Rings writings was strictly created above all else to give his eldest something to read while stationed wherever he was stationed. I forgot that part. They sent letters back and forth about it all the time. He was also the one and only son that actually protected his fathers legacy and work. A lot of his other work were put together BY his son after his father passed away. It’s well worth to react to the documentary behind the scenes film the director and crew and cast created together as well as the interview with the son Christopher Tolkien who you get to sort of enjoy a nice indoor and outdoor chat for like what came to about 1-2 hours of wonderful footage from an era that really must not be forgotten.
His work shed a light on things like The Finnish Kalevala, Norwegian Elder Edda, The Welsh Mabinogion, The Norwegian Nibelungen, The Indian Bhagvagita & Several Irish Folklore + other Cultural things! The man also restored and translated ancient relics for the governments as one everyone trusted. Much of what’s in our dictionary come from his efforts as well.
Anytime he spoke & even posted several comments into the paper as an editorial or response to certain issues as a very involved man for the world and the environment everyone turned their head to listen to him as everyone knew his worth and respected him greatly. His works show how NOT to glorify war; shows in the films if you pay close attention while watching the next films. Sharing what you know now via the after thoughts at the end of the second film! Remember. Extended edition. There is a lot missed out on especially in the second movie regarding Boromir backstory which there is much more in the books but the films WANTED to keep more but the cinemas literally harangued him into making a “theatrical cut” which is why you have two versions. The real version and the “theatrical cut”. It was all to make more money for the company that is the theatres/cinemas. To get more showings in per day during the year. And believe me. People were camping outside and travelling the country to watch it MORE THAN ONCE.
His creations literally lead to inspiring the most currently famous books games & movies we all literally wouldn’t have enjoyed and be touched to our souls core without him and his spiritually connected brilliance. That and he was a philologist professor at Oxford first and foremost which covers so many things. Not just linguistic. The man was a true genius and Jack of all trades but ultimately LOVED the simple life.
The inspiration for Lord of the Rings was not any war, but author J.R.R. Tolkien's love of language. Especially Welsh, Finnish and Old English. He lamented the loss of any true English folklore, that was wiped out after the Norman invasion of 1066, so Tolkien wrote many books on these new "legends" he came up with himself. Much of which is centered around three languages he fully developed himself. Two Elven languages and Dwarvish.
They all have alphabets, syntax and vocabularies and can be learned. Tolkien did draw upon his personal experience in the trenches of World War ONE, not Two, as inspiration for some parts, most notably, the Dead Marshes that Frodo and Sam and Gollum pass through in The Two Towers. But war was not the inspiration for the entire series.
World Of Warcraft. Skyrim, Harry Potter, Diablo, D&D, even Warhammer and so forth wouldn’t have. Existed without taking inspiration from and or completely ripping off from Tolkien. Many great documentaries to react to about him also more about him and AWESOME stuff from the hours and hours of behind the scenes documentaries from the DVDs of the movies which are also on TH-cam and I can send you a playlist to react to from top to bottom.
Part 2 of “I shall NOT be dark” - All creatures whose flesh are nourished by the matter of Arda have a tendency towards Melkor AKA Morgoth, for greater or lesser. Since Melkor poured his evil power into the very existence and essence of the world(Morgoth’s Ring” book explains a lot including how and when he put a portion of his remaining power into the earth itself.
Sure, Galadriel was born in the Undying Lands where there was supposed to be no evil (souls of the Elves are greatly less subject to making faulty decisions), but Galadriel & the rest of her father's kin were directly targeted by the Evil Lord himself. Melkor corrupted a decent portion of the Noldor, basically telling them things along the lines of “My Valarin kin are cooping you all up in Valinor.”, which wasn’t their ancestral homeland to begin with, like Middle Earth was, Some were affected little, most were affected to greater degrees, and Galadriel was the least affected woman by the lies of Melkor, which were “sweet but poisoned honey" as she’d call his words.
Her natural pious tendency towards goodness & kindness as shown by her ability to read the hearts of everyone and all living beings around her which aids her to provide what anyone truly needs. Due to the magic bleeding from the world as the ages went on; thanks to Morgoth’s Ring poisoning the earth long ago; lead to a what if scenario in her mind as she’d be the only living creature left with the skills & power to even use the ring. She didn’t need her ring at all to block him out of her realm telepathically as well as read his mind from afar without him knowing. But there is a difference between good people who are a bit morally challenged and the evil people. The evil folk act upon their impulses and unlawful desires, while the good folk overcome such flaws within themselves (and for some not always they can masterfully do this). Galadriel WOULD NEVER listen to Melkor and tread the path of toxic pride and ambition.
Galadriel has a Fëa spirit that’s only grown larger as the ages passed on and on. Enough to channel into an effect that threw down fortress walls, without tiring her at all. And with that much Fëa, she is capable of holding her own against Maiar for a good long while, much like her brother Finrod did against Sauron, or her uncle Fëanor did against Balrogs.
Even with a lesser ring like Nenya, Galadriel had enough of a boost in her Fëa(spirit) , that she could sustain an unassailable magical realm against Maiar and virtually anything on Middle-Earth. Only problem was when Sauron wore the one ring, she had to take off Nenya, and had to lose that Maia level Fëa spirit from the modernly termed “boosted power up”
With the one ring, Galadriel would have such a boost in her Fëa spirit, that she’d literally become stronger than the foundations of the Earth.
Due to Galadriel’s immense native Fëa, she was prone to a super healthy pride and a small lust for dominion/ but not domination, her goodness kept this pride from going over to the dark side. Galadriel at heart was extremely good so she’s definitely not evil. She never once is called queen or desires to be called such a thing, she and her husband Celeborn became the wiseman and wisewoman of that realm; after the previous elven lord Amroth died and his wife Nimrodel disappeared ontop of the fact Amroth’s Successor later died as well in the “Last Alliance”, (same battle shown in the prologue to Fellowship Of The Ring), All Evil Despairs at her presence let alone hearing her name on the wind. The Nazgûl themselves avoid her realm every chance they get to the point of choosing to go the long way around for over 100 miles just to avoid her. (So she’s definitely scary to foul entities that have turned away from Eru Îlluvatar the one AllFather.)
She’s a totally good character. Aragorn even says to the Fellowship as they enter Lothlórien, “There is in her and this land no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware!” If you’re going by her portrayal in the movies, you might think she has an evil element to her character, but that came from Peter Jackson’s portrayal of the addictive, coercive power of the Ring. When Frodo offered her the Ring, it presented her with visions of herself as the all-powerful Goddess of Middle-Earth.
Luckily, she was smart & intuitive enough to realize that the Ring was totally evil, and despite the best of intentions, it would have turned her evil in the end-but she still would have appeared to be beautiful and good. I don’t agree with Jackson’s “drowned Galadriel” portrayal of her being tempted by the Ring-I think she’d have appeared as a supernatural being of divine beauty, and her regular appearance was close to that already, but how do you show that in a movie? Apparently, in her youth in Valinor, she was somewhat of a rebel, but that’s not necessarily evil.
She certainly could have fallen into the same trap as her uncle Fëanor did, of thinking that everyone was entitled to her opinion-but she kept her ego in check. (If you’re not sure what I’m referring to there; please read The Silmarillion and “Unfinished Tales”.)
No matter how noble her reason was to use the ring as a last resort, especially if said fellowship fell off the “edge of the knife” as she called it. she had a change of heart which happened in the middle of talking to Frodo.
Galadriel left Valinor(The Undying Lands) for a reason - and it was different from most of the other elves.
She wasn’t with her uncle Fëanor, who wished to make war against Morgoth and retrieve the Silmarils - she was not wishing to go to war, and had no interest in the Silmarils in which Melkor stole from Fëanor which was the surviving light of the two trees of Valinor within them that the only Fëanor; the master of all elven smiths could have accomplished but it could not be done a second time as is any pure creation of one’s heart, especially in regards to the elves and Valar alike.
Though she traveled with her other uncle, Fingolfin, her goals were not aligned completely with his either despite her full support of her noble and regal uncle Fingolfin in general.
- They both wished to keep an eye on Fëanor and make sure the Noldor were in good hands -
Galadriel wasn’t interested in Fëanor and wanted her own realm. After spending some time in Doriath, Galadriel and her husband Celeborn passed to the east out of Beleriand and passed eastward through Eriador and over the Misty Mountains; to where she founded her own realm in what became renamed as Lothlórien. Her motivation and goal was to preserve her realm, possibly at any means necessary.
With Sauron’s return in the Third Age, Galadriel was forced to ask herself how far she would go to preserve her realm. If Frodo failed, she must forsake her own ring & her realm. If he succeeds, her ring will lose power and her realm with fade. Would she seize the ring, taking Sauron’s power for her own, to save her realm? She decided she would not. She had decided to “test” the Fellowship, to find some flaw that would allow her to justify seizing the ring, and she did find a flaw - in herself. She stated to Frodo, that by telling her that he would offer her the ring if she asked, that she had come to test his heart, but found that he was testing hers.
She had a change of heart, she would pass into the West, and remain Galadriel.
Which one is better? Being born completely good and living your whole life without any evil inside, or having a character growth ?
Fun little fact, another name for Mt Doom is Amon Amarth.
Oroduin is the proper name. That volcano was raised by Melkor himself during his creating and tending of the world long before men or dwarves and even before elves. It’s a big deal since the One Ring was created there much later on. Thousands to millions of years into the future.
You've earned yourself another subscriber, bro! Really enjoyed your reaction, looking forward to the rest of the trilogy :)
17:01 I think one of the major things that is different in the books is that from the time Gandalf gives Frodo the ring until he sends him off out of the Shire 17 years pass. 17 years with the ring. Instead of 1 total year and some change with the ring until he destroys it like in the movie
These films have one of the most incredible soundscapes and you’re doing a disservice by watching it with just one ear piece! Please watch it in stereo at the very least and thank me later ✌🏼
Saruman never served Sauron nor bent to him at all in the books. The Gandalf locked in the Tower bit is explained ONLY in the Unfinished Tales Book: In [manuscript-C) The Black Riders arrived at the Gate of Isengard while Gandalf was still a prisoner in the tower. In this account, Saruman, in fear & despair, & perceiving the full horror of service to Mordor, resolved suddenly to yield to Gandalf, & to beg for his pardon & help. Temporizing at the Gate, he admitted that he had Gandalf within, & said that he would go & try to discover what he knew; if that were unavailing, he would deliver Gandalf up to them. Then Saruman hastened to the summit of Orthanc - & found Gandalf gone. Away south against the setting moon he saw a great Eagle flying towards Edoras.
See, the thing is he was always master of studying the enemy & even being able to think like they do to always know exactly the best ways to handle ever situation and so on, but the thing is he didn't just become the enemy, he at this time in a sense for once actually grew afraid of him, probably Sauron did what Sauron did with Finrod Felagund(Galadriel’s elder brother who by the way was the most important in the Legendarium & is the main reason the third age even exists) which basically widdled Saruman with various visions of the past and future until it wore him down, but Saruman(Curumo) was the mostly already becoming weary due to what was called The along Defeat, magic bleeding out from the lands of middle earth and subsequently certain things become less and less possible and the elves begin to go west. Even the ones who never wished to leave middle earth and many of which were born here by the thousands.
So him also being a student and helper of Aulë of the Valar he was going to fight fire with fire and make a bod for the ring just so Sauron could never regain full power and if Saruman found a way to release himself from his power restrictions even by any small margin or worked with Eru in some way it might have worked out in the end if things went differently enough to where such action from him would be needed. Ontop of that he was growing ever jealous of Gandalf for he received the Varya from Círdan and prior to that was chosen by the other Valar, Nienna’s chosen champion to go to middle earth. But Gandalf(Olórin back then) refused over and over and exclaimed his fear of Sauron(Mairon), varya I feel would have kindle the heart of Saruman to stay strong as he had been fighting the evils of the world for a very long time since he had been sent to Middle Earth.
11:35 he was there when the world was created, so it's fair to say he's pretty old.
Indeed! And just to make sure my yourube or his channel filter settings are working properly : can you see any of my comments below his video? TH-cam been acting weird for a few days now here and there...
I can actually!
“Goblin” and “Orc” are the same thing as both are Uruks. Orc comes from “Uruk” which is their name in black speech, Goblin is a sort of regional colloquialism for Orcs / a variety of orc found in The Misty Mountains.
I always just viewed Goblins as Orcs that live underground. Tolkien was a big linguist, so I'm certain that he was aware of the connect between Goblins(or Kobolds) and the MInes(where minerals like Cobalt can be found)
@@logancarter1155 Yep, Orcs that live in the Misty Mountains/underground. Since they're all Uruks, "Goblin" is a kind of colloquialism like "Critter" I think, to describe a variety of Uruk.
"Does Elijah Wood know about this peculiar concept of aging? Cause i think he doesn't."😂😂😂
Seems like Frodo could have skipped a lot of content by putting on the ring and saying "I'm bringing the ring to you, Sauron. Ensure my safe passage."
You missed the part where in the books, Sauron was actually killed in combat by Elendil and Gil-Galad who died also died in the fight, and Isildur just cut off Sauron's finger to take the ring from his corpse.
Hey Toli! This was amazing video and I enjoyed so much!
Here comes some info that you might forget:
-Arwen calls the Bruinen river rouses at the border of Rivendell. It’s an old protection magic.
-Dark maiar mostly choose balrog bodies. This one’s name the shadow and flame or Durin’s Bane.
-Galadriel’s hair magical. One single hair more valuable than any jewel of the Earth.
-if you see orcs look like elves pointy ears and slim body. But Uruk hai looks more like human. Larger size body and stronger.
If you love Tolkien world like me I recommend to play lord of the rings online game. I’m on evernight server for 11 years. It’s the best MMORPG for me.
Hope you won’t cut Elrond’s speech with his daughter and Galadriel on the next movie! Take care
Nope. They didn’t choose a Balrog body. Morgoth reformed their essence to become everlasting physical talismans of 1st age power no matter the fact the world was bleeding magic thanks to his poisoning of the earth itself. Gothmog is the lord of Balrogs and his only son that he had with this Troll queen named Ulbandi.
Oh that's more correct. It was long time ago I read it. Thanks for fixing.@@Makkaru112
51:42 that line "Drums in the deep" always reminds me of Infant Annihilator. I recommend The Battle of Yaldabaoth album
I second this. Fingers are crossed for the three bastards to return sooner rather than later 🤘🏻
Legolas is just one of his names which in common speech means Greenleaf so some fans that aren’t too knowledgeable simply called him Legolas Greenleaf which would be basically saying greenleaf greenleaf lol. 😅😂. His true name is Laiqolassë. Original Quenya root: LAYAK (Green) becomes laikwa in Primitive Quendian.
When the language split into Common Eldarin (spoken by those who embarked on the Great Journey) and Avarin (those who remained behind) and became laica in Quenya, laeg in Sindarin, and leg in the Greenwood dialect.
Original Quendian root: LAS (leaf) becomes lasse in Primitive Quendian. Via Common Eldarin, this became olasse in Quenya, lass or golass in Sindarin, and similarly in the Greenwood dialect.
If his name was in Quenya, he’d be Laicallasse. In “proper” Sindarin, he’d be Laegolass. In the Greenwood dialect, “Greenleaf” becomes Legolas.
Greenleaf became the common tongue for how he’s called but it’s only used by Galadriel and Gandalf.
When I saw in 2000 that the movies were being made I read "The Hobbit" followed by the "Lord of the Rings". Then to see them come to life, though obviously with changes, was a delight. I don't believe now that any other faces or any other landscapes will ever represent Middle Earth than the ones Peter Jackson gave us.
“I shall NOT be Dark. (All evil) will despair”, The elves (Galadriel especially is one of the few remaining that existed before the sun & moon. They pre-existed day & night.) How utterly, completely terrifying do you think it would be for your whole world to irrevocably change in a matter of an hour? For the thousands of years of (what you would come to know as twilight to be abruptly ended in a profundity of genuinely painful light and an infinity of colour? Of the joy, wonder and terror of distinguishing the difference between green and blue for the very first time in your whole life?)
She is talking about the immediate, majestic sublimity of reality that one experiences in it's totality for the very first time. How on earth could that not be so terrifying as to threaten one's sanity?
Galadriel with the ring would be exactly as beautiful and horrifying. I personally would not know whether to weep bitterly and perfectly, or claw my eyes out through the sheer, unutterable terror of her being in such a circumstance.
But know this: she was showing Frodo what would happen if someone else got the ring. She wasn’t tempted at all. Gandalf tells. Galadriel shows. See the difference now. Two sides of the same coin. Both were needed.
(But yes there was a more fluid beauty full of colour before the rise of the sun. Her uncle, Fingolfin, whilst in middle earth beheld the first rising of the sun and to see this wide field before him in even more definition than before while he was in Middle Earth. This was also the beginning of the dominion of men.)
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“Beautiful & Terrible as the dawn” Galadriel was quite correct to call the morning and night both “beautiful and terrible…”. In truth the physical and metaphysical natures of morning and night were both by turns beautiful and terrible.
First the morning. Physically the morning is the result of the golden fruit of Laurëlin, transformed into a vessel by Aulë’s craftsmen, hallowed by Varda and piloted by the fiery Maiarin spirit Arien. The sun was so terrifyingly powerful that its radiance instilled fear even into Melkor’s heart and defied the assault of his minions. She literally gave up her physical form to take her original form and enveloped the sun; becoming its flames we see today.
Physically the sun is a beautiful golden orb yet it is simultaneously terrifying in its intensity and cannot be observed directly for more than an instant without pain. Metaphysically the morning is beautiful because it diminishes the evil power of those creatures who haunt the night, gives strength to the righteous and because it illuminates the serene loveliness of Valinor and Middle-earth. Metaphysically the morning is terrible because it obscures the light of the stars and sheds light on the ugly reality of Arda Marred, whose very substance is corrupted by the power of Melkor.
Last the night. The night is the Void surrounding the globe of Arda, which existed even before the creation of the Ainur at the beginning of time itself. Physically the beauty of the night lies in the fact . Physically the terror of the night is that it conceals the beauty of Arda and limits the senses of the elves and gives strength to the creatures of evil such as orcs, trolls and the Ringwraiths.
Metaphysically the night is beautiful because it is during the hours of darkness that the stars of Varda, the most beloved creations for the elves, shine most brightly. Metaphysically the terror of the night for elves, who are irretrievably bound to the world of Arda, is that the Void represents the interstellar coldness which is the prison of Morgoth.
Terrible in its more original archaic form didn’t always mean “bad”
(the sun stuff was to move it into a place where Melkor couldn’t go by virtue of how the Valar and Maiar are bound to the world until it’s ending; (which isn’t the true end either. It’s deep stuff. There ends up another song of creation which all kindreds take part in and working with the powers of that long ago past of our world to rebuild everything. Even the Mountains too, healing it after Dagor Dagorath, Also known as the final battle, the worlds ending.
Becoming the greater version of the original form before Melkor’s discord into the first music and so forth which dictated eventually what all ended up ensuing when they entered the world the first time which also was interesting because when they entered it after seeing the complete version it hadn’t been done yet so that was millions of years of work which lead to Middle Earth and the other lands being the remnants of it. Including Valinor being the only remnant of an even older world. At that time of building and tending to the world when the world was young.)
24:25 not where I thought that joke was going lol
Same, mate 😂
Try to keep both headphones in when listening to Howard Shore. You’ll see how deep it all is when you “react” to How Howard Shore Uses Voice” after you finish this trilogy ontop of some other awesome things you’d love to react to as well. I also recommend the guy who deep fakes himself as Gandalf during his comedy skits as well as roasting ROP. Haha.
Are you aware that Saruman's actor Christopher Lee was a big Metal head? even worked with Manowar... and most interestingly this "Lee released a third EP of covers in May 2014, called Metal Knight, to celebrate his 92nd birthday; in addition to a cover of "My Way,", man released an EP at 92 years old
Also a WW2 vet who ran around Europe killing Nazis as a part of the British Special Forces, avid collector of occult texts, proud historian of the public executions of England back several hundred years, and the only cast member who ever met Tolkien. They met at The Eagle and Child, which was Tolkien's favorite pub. R.I.P., Legend.
Actually Gimli attacking the ring shows it has no hold over him just like the Dwarvish rings out of the 16 meant to go to the elves had no hold over them. So technically they could easily be used offensively and defensively but many disappeared over the ages mainly due to Sauron collecting them back again over the last few thousand years. One or two eaten by dragons (not simple minded beasts here. They were twisted and enhanced beings by Melkor/Morgoth(Saurons Upperclassman as far as the Ainur face goes.). There were only a few of them and their offspring are lesser drakes throughout middle earth. Most recent one you’ll see in The Hobbit movie and one other most recent dragon left of the originally created dragons was Scatha, of which I don’t think Scatha even has wings or could fly in any permanent sort of way.
“Evil cannot create. Only twist and warp what is already natural to the world”
42:55 Peter Jackson is a director of horror films, and there are such moments in the trilogy.
Moldova also sounds quite a bit like a word in the language of the High Elves from Valinor. ❤
Watching along with this brought me a lot of joy in some seriously tough times in life, thanks bro (not trying to be cringe).
At 1:09:16 you say, "They're killing those Orcs but yet...there's no visible blood." Partly that's to preserve the PG-13 rating, but it's mainly because Orcs have black blood. You'll see this in a minute.
When Isildur cut the ring from Sauron's hand, it was burning hot, and so Isildur was able to transcribe the inscription before it faded.
He described it to be written in an elven-script of Eregion in a language that was not known to him.
Gandalf first learned of the inscription when he read the account that Isildur had written before marching north to his death and the loss of the Ring.
When Gandalf subsequently heated the ring that Bilbo Baggins had found and passed on to Frodo, the inscription appeared, leaving him in no doubt that it was the One Ring.
Long before, at the creation of the One Ring, the smiths of Eregion who had forged the other Rings of Power heard in their minds the voice of Sauron, reciting the words. They then realized his plans, removing the rings from their fingers.
The inscription is in black speech. Twisted and cursed elvish and Adúnaic but prime black speech is twisted Elvish.
“Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.”
These words were disturbing to any Elves who heard them as well as made them gravely ill if it doesn’t kill you or make you go deranged first, as any words of that "Black Speech". When Gandalf recited them at the Council of Elrond, the sky darkened and the Elves trembled and covered their ears. This was the first time words of that language had been spoken in Rivendell.
Roughly translated, these words mean: “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.”
At some point following the gifting of the rings, a verse was written and kept as part of the Elven-lore:
(Full poem inaction below)
“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”
((Mordor {BlackLand}wasn’t always what it was either, it was given this name after it became this way. Let’s just say it was once a VERY beautiful land where elves lived and then I believe certain clans of mankind later on. ❤. You’ll find no work of art is as detailed and endless as the works of veteran and Oxford professor named John Ronald Raul Tolkien. ❤
The Peter Jackson movies are masterpieces but they do Isildur some injustice. In the books, while he doesn’t ever succumb’, he spends his time being a fair ruler who practically gave power away to the people instead of being power hungry. He comes to realize that he is not powerful enough to truly bend the ring to his will. That it will eventually overcome him. Isildur resolves to give the ring to Elrond but is killed on the way to Rivendel. It's a tragic story of a man that tries to right his wrong but ultimately fails.
In the books isildur literally repented and was about to bring the ring to Rivendell and apologize as he recognized it was beyond him even for a great numenorean connected to the faithful line of the mighty Elendil
I preface the prologue & war, other depictions I LOVE, captured the themes WELL, the vibe of the whole trilogy! The significance of the duel between Elendil & Sauron was Nerffed; (He wasn’t some random old bloke in armour getting smacked around) This man was MIGHTY and gleaming with power which you’ll find out in the great videos you’ll soon react to with joy!
* He and Gil-Galad; last true Elven King battled Sauron and slayed Sauron’s physical body and both died in the process. GilGalad was held high by the face for all free peoples to see as he then incinerated his bodily form to a crisp of ash! Isildur was part of the fight too but not as prominently and he just comes up to the body to cut the ring finger off and…. So one example is how easily Sauron is killed in the intro.
* • He's set up as this super powered badass, but all you have to do is cut off his finger? That's not how it went down in the book, where the greatest man-king and the greatest elven-king had to double-team Sauron to strike down his body, but were killed in the effort (Isildur then cuts the ring from the corpse).
Especially for elves the title of king has many meanings & by the Third Age there isn’t a population large enough to even attempt to such a thing as creating a unified kingdom which would put a target on their backs, let alone many of them are beyond all of that anyway as it’s seen as doing more harm than anything good.
* They also seen what happened when the elves fell upon the swords of their own hubris and passion no matter if it was for the right reasons some of the time. That it always ended up in some sort of tragedy which sometimes even damaged the earth itself.
They had long known about what’s called the Long Defeat as ever since Morgoth’s marring of the land itself; pouring his remnants into it that caused the “magic” to slowly drain away from the land itself which is sad because for ages several clans of elves were born there. even the greatest ancestors were “born” in middle earth awakening to the stars !
Many of who are left have accepted the next phase of their life which is to become councillors, healers and loremasters to those within the heart to listen and the desire to learn. But above all the guardians and custodians of several things and the world itself for as long as they can remain!❤ The elves “exist” as long as the world does. And Tolkien made it obvious in many ways that it’s our world as he restored Anglo Saxon culture/Mythologies and folklore, and their languages too alongside Irish, Welsh and Finnish mythologies too. Especially Norwegian(of which I am)
This is what Amazon (the show that shall not be named) didn’t deliver either [[AKA the actual story which inspired everything we love into existence with games and movies and books and so forth. Skyrim, elder scrolls, oblivion, Diablo, and world of Warcraft and D&D. And Game Of Thrones was hugely inspired by Tolkien… yet as the godfather of everything and the heart of what caused many peoples lives to be saved cannot get the justice it deserves for adaptations? People literally conquered cancer because of the books and the trilogy, the books were read to their children for years. All 25 of them. The man was a hugely respected scholar and professor in the world. Translated ancient artifacts and hieroglyphs and petroglyphs and so forth for the government etc.
(JRR Tolkien even rejected being recruited into the CIA several times & he wrote everyone by letter and referenced the dudes who came to him as “little boys who knew not what they got themselves into” which showed his fearlessness.). The readers of the trilogy that came out are who he writes back to despite always replying to everyone back and forth. Many people have shared the stories regarding these conversations which were past down throughout the family lines of the people who had a personal relationship with Tolkien which was hundreds of people when he was alive. Thousands. (Some are in video format too or happened to be shared later on in the video or comes up during a video about him and his work. Especially nowadays when many of us came out of the woodwork to defend professor Tolkiens legacy from amazons money grubbing hands and so forth. Giving many channels a new lease on life where some make Tolkien related content now amongst other things they create content wise.
Missed "You have chosen ... death" meme.
You are correct about Tolkien’s inspiration for the Dwarves. It’s not just the noses. It’s also the beards, the association with gold and jewels, the fact that they are deadly fighters, and especially the fact that they were thrown out of their homeland ages ago and have spent centuries trying to reestablish themselves in their ancestral lands, despite continual attempts by many powers to prevent this. However, he made the Dwarves so impressive and such deadly and effective warriors that no one has ever called out his depiction as troublesome or problematic.
Thats not true, Tolkien made it clear that he hated allegories, so the similarities you may find do not mean that it was an inspiration or an allegory. Additionally, the dwarves do have other homes, (Erebor, Ered Luin, Iron Hills and further east it is known that there are more dwarves) so it is a false correlation. In fact, when it comes to drawing similarities, Tolkien's dwarves clearly fulfill many of the same characteristics as the dwarves of Norse mythology (they live underground and are great craftsmen, like in Nordic mythology, created Thor's hammer or Odin's spear, among others). Tolkien was an expert in Norse mythology, it is much more likely that the inspiration was that and not the Jews.
@@esmannamse2975 I am neither the first nor the only one to draw this correlation. And there are technically twelve homelands of the Bearded Tribes (they just happen all to be adjacent to each other) just as there were seven Dwarven homelands for the seven Dwarven tribes.
@@esmannamse2975 Certainly Tolkien would not have made a conscious allegory, but just as the Hobbits were based on rural English villages of the Victorian-Edwardian period, so the Dwarves were likely based, at least in part, on the population in question. Even the Dwarves’ language, which they spoke only among themselves (like those others) has a Semitic base-as a philologist, Tolkien could in no wise have done that by accident. You have made too much soup from one bean. I have simply applied Occam’s Razor.
@@isaackellogg3493 In a very minimal part. Most of the characteristics you have mentioned are not correct. Dwarves don't have big noses in Tolkien's books, to begin with. Second, as far as I know, Jews are not known as deadly fighters. Third, associating the dwarves attraction to gold and jewels as an element of Jewish inspiration is a rather stereotypical (and negative) view of Jews. I only partially accept 2 of the elements you mentioned. The recover their home (although I'm not so convinced about this one, I'll give you that), and the similarities between Khuzdul and the Hebrew languages. I don't say this with bad intentions, but I think you have to be more cautious before stating things so categorically. Even so, I always like to debate these topics with respect, cordial greetings.
In fact, Tolkien was asked about this directly and he said, clearly, that it was not his intention, but that they can be interpreted that way since his words are Semitic. I think that's enough of an explanation.
Welcome to The fandom before all fandoms ever existed. The LOTR family. (We aren’t making it up. People will flood your comment section. Everyone who simply reacts to the films or even does any extra videos regarding Tolkien they will find their TH-cam and patreon community will grow by the hundreds and thousands in the span of only a few days. It’s always wild fun to see their faces when they voice their thoughts regarding the wave of love they are hit with when they thought it’d be just another movie reaction like all the others. 😂🤣
Just know that “the elvish languages” were added to the dictionary of world languages. They are fully fledged and so very important among other languages of his that were to restore the ancient languages and cultures of Finland, Ireland, Latin, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, Anglo Saxon especially with another peoples language in the second movie. (Use extended only.)
They have a touring Lord of the Rings concert that goes all over the world every year. A lot of the shows are in Europe. It’s a live symphony and they play the score to the movie, which is on a huge screen. They even have a choir to sing the chants and ambiance parts. It’s worth every penny. I got to meet Howard Shore in New York. It’s was an awesome experience! Look it up online.
Strider and Arwen love story is from the appendix… so it is ther but not in the Brooks.
There is a fan cut of the hobbit movie. It’s called the M4 cut and fixes everything wrong with that movie.
Just saying for anyone interested.
I think the first film is a legitimately good movie.; There's a nice arc Bilbo and Thorin. Other than the shitty Goblin King scene and the absurd mountain elemental beings it's solid. The Goblin King scene is made worse because it feels like it was extended just to cut away from Gollum and Bilbo.... which is a scene so good that it justifies the entire project. It's absurdly awesome.
Then the other 2 go completely off the rails from sheering weight. Hobbit 2 & 3 have that same bloated feeling KING KONG had. Instead of constantly cutting to a forced character arc with the cook and that kid, we are cutting to a hollow and contrived romance between Elf and Dwarf. I actually like Tauriel as a made-up character for the most part... but they slightly broke canon in that I've read articles recently about "What Legolas did before the fellowship" and it goes into how he because a better archer because of Tauriel.
Lore articles are great. Lore videos are great. ... but they should always be referencing this original source material. We aren't making this up as we go along like its Star Wars.
Speaking of making it up as we go along.... one occasion where that would make sense is if say, Rings of Power decided to introduce all their ethnic diversity by following the Blue Wizards East and South. We know nothing about the Blue Wizards except for that. So we could have had this GoT type show (as they hoped and intended) by showing these moving chess pieces all across the globe. This would also help in creating the kind of huge distances required to convey the scope of the story. Ethnic Diversity is a uniquely modern concept, because historically people have been so seperated by huge distances that differences manifested in those regions. By making every area and every people look like a trading post town that's been bumping for hundreds of years.
MY POINT is... yeah if we're going to make up lore, do it for something that hasn't been defined by Tolkien yet, and do it with the Blue Wizards. That way you don't piss off the fans, can still show many different peoples without sacrificing the historical scope of the universe.
If you do decide to do The Hobbit there is the animated one that was good, and numerous edits of the live action series that cut them down to a single film that mostly follows the book.
Good advice. The Hobbit movies really stretched a good story thin.
Like butter over too much bread@@LoneCloudHopper
In Tolkein's world, wizards are not just humans who use magic. They are divine creatures, akin to angels, called the Maiar. Similarly, Sauron and the balrogs were also maiar. You might think of them as fallen or corrupted angels. As such, Gandalf was present when Eru Iluvetar (the deity) called the Valar (arcangels?) and Maiar (angels?) together to sing the universe into being. Morgoth, the original Dark Lord was a Valar who rebelled against Eru. Sauron, a Maiar, was a disciple of Morgoth who took over after the fall of Morgoth.
I think my sister took over when the ring was destroyed and Sauron fell.
You're having a good time with the movie--and I'm enjoying watching your reaction! At 38:42 you say, "I don't really remember this love arc in the book." That's because it wasn't in the main story. Arwen is briefly seen in Rivendell, but she doesn't appear again until near the end of ROTK. Tolkien never could figure out how to integrate Aragorn and Arwen's story into the book in a way that satisfied him, so he relegated their romance to an Appendix. (Trivia fact: The only character in the book that Arwen has dialogue with is Frodo!) Be sure to read the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen after you have finished reading the book. It's a beautiful story, and some of the dialogue between Elrond and Arwen that appears in T2T is based on this story.
Tolkien never says the Balrog has wings. he says the darkness of his shadow around him LOOKED like wings
Yup. Ainur were shape-shifting all the time. Even in Valinor the elves didn't regularly see them as they existed fully in the unseen realm of Arda.
The movies are great, and I enjoy most of the creative liberties and tweaks Jackson makes in these films. I'm not the biggest fan of how Isildur, Boromir, and Denethor's portrayals, but overall I think these novels are incredibly dedicated to the spirit of the novels.
The Peter Jackson movies are masterpieces but they do Isildur some injustice. In the books, while he doesn’t ever succumb’, he spends his time being a fair ruler who practically gave power away to the people instead of being power hungry. He comes to realize that he is not powerful enough to truly bend the ring to his will. That it will eventually overcome him. Isildur resolves to give the ring to Elrond but is killed on the way to Rivendel. It's a tragic story of a man that tries to right his wrong but ultimately fails.
In the books isildur literally repented and was about to bring the ring to Rivendell and apologize as he recognized it was beyond him even for a great numenorean connected to the faithful line of the mighty Elendil
I preface the prologue & war, other depictions I LOVE, captured the themes WELL, the vibe of the whole trilogy! The significance of the duel between Elendil & Sauron was Nerffed; (He wasn’t some random old bloke in armour getting smacked around) This man was MIGHTY and gleaming with power which you’ll find out in the great videos you’ll soon react to with joy!
* He and Gil-Galad; last true Elven King battled Sauron and slayed Sauron’s physical body and both died in the process. GilGalad was held high by the face for all free peoples to see as he then incinerated his bodily form to a crisp of ash! Isildur was part of the fight too but not as prominently and he just comes up to the body to cut the ring finger off and…. So one example is how easily Sauron is killed in the intro.
* • He's set up as this super powered badass, but all you have to do is cut off his finger? That's not how it went down in the book, where the greatest man-king and the greatest elven-king had to double-team Sauron to strike down his body, but were killed in the effort (Isildur then cuts the ring from the corpse).
Especially for elves the title of king has many meanings & by the Third Age there isn’t a population large enough to even attempt to such a thing as creating a unified kingdom which would put a target on their backs, let alone many of them are beyond all of that anyway as it’s seen as doing more harm than anything good.
* They also seen what happened when the elves fell upon the swords of their own hubris and passion no matter if it was for the right reasons some of the time. That it always ended up in some sort of tragedy which sometimes even damaged the earth itself.
They had long known about what’s called the Long Defeat as ever since Morgoth’s marring of the land itself; pouring his remnants into it that caused the “magic” to slowly drain away from the land itself which is sad because for ages several clans of elves were born there. even the greatest ancestors were “born” in middle earth awakening to the stars !
Many of who are left have accepted the next phase of their life which is to become councillors, healers and loremasters to those within the heart to listen and the desire to learn. But above all the guardians and custodians of several things and the world itself for as long as they can remain!❤ The elves “exist” as long as the world does. And Tolkien made it obvious in many ways that it’s our world as he restored Anglo Saxon culture/Mythologies and folklore, and their languages too alongside Irish, Welsh and Finnish mythologies too. Especially Norwegian(of which I am)
This is what Amazon (the show that shall not be named) didn’t deliver either [[AKA the actual story which inspired everything we love into existence with games and movies and books and so forth. Skyrim, elder scrolls, oblivion, Diablo, and world of Warcraft and D&D. And Game Of Thrones was hugely inspired by Tolkien… yet as the godfather of everything and the heart of what caused many peoples lives to be saved cannot get the justice it deserves for adaptations? People literally conquered cancer because of the books and the trilogy, the books were read to their children for years. All 25 of them. The man was a hugely respected scholar and professor in the world. Translated ancient artifacts and hieroglyphs and petroglyphs and so forth for the government etc.
(JRR Tolkien even rejected being recruited into the CIA several times & he wrote everyone by letter and referenced the dudes who came to him as “little boys who knew not what they got themselves into” which showed his fearlessness.). The readers of the trilogy that came out are who he writes back to despite always replying to everyone back and forth. Many people have shared the stories regarding these conversations which were past down throughout the family lines of the people who had a personal relationship with Tolkien which was hundreds of people when he was alive. Thousands. (Some are in video format too or happened to be shared later on in the video or comes up during a video about him and his work. Especially nowadays when many of us came out of the woodwork to defend professor Tolkiens legacy from amazons money grubbing hands and so forth. Giving many channels a new lease on life where some make Tolkien related content now amongst other things they create content wise.
@@Makkaru112 Others will tell you to comment with less length. Do not listen to them. I enjoyed this addition profusely. Love the context added, and well structured. Keep up the good work, although unpaid :)
You ask how old Gandalf is: In his original form as the Maia Olorin, he's older than the world itself, as he was part of the Great Music that led to its creation. After being chosen as one of the 5 Wizards to aid Middle Earth against Sauron, he arrived roughly 1000 years after the beginning of the Third Age, which means he'd been in Middle Earth around 2000 years at the time of the events ofThe Lord of the Rings.
Thank you! Have you read Silmarillion?
@@Tolye I read it back in the 1970's. It was not for the faint-hearted! I'm not up with the works that Christopher Tolkien released since then, which I understand really flesh out the world and its history and mythology. They're on my bucket list, though.
@@llanitedaveGreat, I was planning on reading it myself, as I want to dive deeper into the lore of this universe.
@@Tolye this is probably gonna sound crazy, but i actually enjoyed reading the sillmarillion more than the LotR books.
@@laurensb1b I did too, but I ended up majoring in history and The Silamarillion is basically a history book.
Galadriel’s Gift To Gimli part 2 - ever wondered how old Galadriel is during the War of the Ring? I have looked in many different sources and depending on where you look, she’s anywhere from 17,000-20,000 years old. 6,000 seems too young as it would make her close in age to Elrond, who I know is much younger than her even though he’s 6000-8000 by the third age, which wouldn’t make sense for her at all even if she was (“690 years older” as some kept repeating on the internet making 6960!)As she was around long before Elrond was even born and time was experience differently to say the LEAST as there is a lot to go into on that subject lol.) She was born during the Years of the Trees & back then the years were something like 9X longer than a solar year so I understand the math is hard, especially since she isn’t given an exact birth year. But it is said that Finarfin, her father, was born in Y.T. 1230, so I would assume she was born sometime within 1000 years of then (being generous).
Basically, I’m wondering what the most accurate range is for her age during the events of Lord of the Rings. I’ll also add that Galadriel is was around before the ents even existed (of which Treebeard is 15,000 years old so she’s OLDER than Treebeard/Fangorn) or very close to when they were “created” by Yavannah and probably had much knowledge to do with such things and or direct knowledge of what happened. Probably through an early prototype of her mirror or simply another dream that made her long for middle earth all over again ontop of the yearning she already had to go there and explore. Nothing to do with Fëanor’s oath and all that jazz.
Just going from the Appendices (and maybe Silmarillion) she would have to be at least 9000+ years older than Elrond, Elrond was born near the end of the First Age, Galadriel was adult before the destruction of the Trees.
Actually, more than that: I just checked, and the Second Age ended in SA 3441. So an elf born literally at the end of the First Age (FA 590) is 3441+3018 = 6459 years old when Frodo leaves for Rivendell. Elrond was born in FA 532, so adds 58 years to get 6517. Elves are mature at 100, so Galadriel adds at leas 632 to Elrond's age, to be at least 7149, and possibly quite a bit more (as attested by other comments.)
One fic had Maglor(Elrond’s Adoptive Father, Maedhros was also adoptive father alongside Maglor, they were the eldest sons of Fëanor) - One fic had as much older than Galadriel; I wondered how we knew, and it was pointed out to me that Maglor was the second oldest son of the first son of Finwë, while Galadriel is the youngest child of the third son of Finwë. So, yeah.
Note that the second age was the LONGEST and again time was experienced very differently back then too aside from the internal clock of elves working very differently, she’s definitely older as far as the world and the other beings that age far faster around her.
I also remind you all that she’s older than the sun and the moon and witnessed & most likely even helped in the Valar’s crafting what would be the vessels of the last fruit & flower of the two trees of Valinor. She was the most involved with learning everything possible from them and it was stated that she learned all there was to learn from ALL of the Valar that they could teach and she mastered all at a deep level. (Wow hey?)
She’s 25th generation from Tata one of the elven forefathers to wake to the stars. Their birth was rather shrouded in mist. Only those of her grandfathers ilk have a chance of knowing the origins a bit better as they are closer to that culture that stemmed from the beginning.
The Years of the Trees were the second of the three great time periods in Arda that followed the Years of the Lamps and preceded the Years of the Sun&Moon. They were known to be comprised of several Ages and lasted in total around 1500 Valian Years or 14,373 solar years.
Time flowed differently back then and time flowed differently within them too for the elves live as long as the world does. Epic hey?❤❤
The Dúnedain said that Galadriel’s height was two rangar, or "man-high" - some 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm). However, Galadriel's most striking feature was her beautiful long silver-golden hair. The Elves of Tirion said it captured the radiance of the Two Trees Laurelin and Telperion themselves. Galadriel was said to be the tallest female in Middle Earth, at 6'4”. But then Thingol was the tallest elf ever to live, and he's estimated to be almost 9' (274 cm)
Thingol was also a very very prominent figure within the Silmarillion and other books. He’s the great ancestor of Elrond+Arwen and through Aragorn being directly but distantly related to Elronds Twin Brother Elros it makes him loosely connected to Thingol as well. Let’s just say he died a tragic death long long ago. I’m a continent that doesn’t exist anymore. The events I spoke of in my earlier story of Elrond about his fathers deeds, which lead to the Valar helping with putting a Stop to Morgoth for good so to say and that War Of Wrath lasted 80 years straight and it left the landmass torn asunder from the clash of gods and the holy host of Vanyar elves that were closest to the Valar than all other elves so you can imagine what a bunch of mighty elves men and Maiar fighting a bunch of fowl creatures and beings for 80 years would do to a continent. It all fell into the sea. Galadriel barely made it over the mountain before that part of the story officially broke out.
Glad you liked it. It's been really long since I read the books (since before the movies came out/around the same time) but I remember being pleased with the adaptation overall.
Lurtz looking like Mel Gibson is crazy hahaha 😂 I’ll never view Lurtz the same lol
Toli definitely has the look to play a Tolkien character. Great reaction!
He could easily play as Aegnor, Angrod, Curufin/Celegorm, Finrod Felagund, Glorfindel, and maybe with different hair colour he could tackle Mablung, Beleg Cúthalion, those are the first names that come to mind in this instant. More may come to me later on surely. ❤
List of quotes that are also memes that either you missed or that appeared after you stopped counting:
"What about second breakfast"
"I'm sorry Frodo, I was delayed"
"You have my sword... and my bow... and my axe..."
"I have no memory of this place"
"You shall not pass!"
"Fly you fools!"
"One small bite in enough to fill the stomach of a grown man"
"Can you protect me from yourself?"
"Let us hunt some orc!"
There are so many memes in this movie that I might as well have forgotten some too.
Be ready cause the next ones will be full of memes too hahahah.
Also, Arwen is not 300! She is only like 27 or 28 * cough * hundreds * cough * years old... she isn't that old... 😂
I'm more concerned about the fact that she is Aragorn's cousin since her grandfather and the first of Aragorn's forefathers were brothers 👀
Anyway, keep it up with the good jokes and the reactions man!
“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”
((Mordor {BlackLand}wasn’t always what it was either, it was given this name after it became this way. Let’s just say it was once a VERY beautiful land where elves lived and then I believe certain clans of mankind later on. ❤. You’ll find no work of art is as detailed and endless as the works of veteran and Oxford professor named John Ronald Raul Tolkien. ❤
Once people see the third movie, they have a new appreciation for Boromir's situation. 😅He's not kidding that his people are the ones dying to keep the rest of the West safe. The reason he's so affected by the ring is because he's desperate.
I’m enjoying your reaction so much, bravo!!! Greetings from Sweden 😄🇸🇪
Bilbo wasnt on an adventure with "9" dwarfs. 9 was the number of dwarfs getting a ring thousands of years before.
Sauron is a Maia(primordial spirit - power of the world named Mairon that sang the world into being with many hundreds more Ainur like himself long ago. Very Long Ago. So he doesn’t really have a lust for power that he already has. He mainly wished to put order in the world after Melkor(Now Morgoth by the elves) destroyed it over and over and poisoned the world so bad that was bleeding it’s magic away all the way til the third age called the Long Defeat by the elves and men of the west. (Morgoth was his “master” of sorts at some point. He couldn’t do the order thing anymore after his fair form was pinned down by the island kingdom of Númenor was sunken. I’ll explain some of that story in the second movie comments section. Ok? So now it’s domination and annihilation of what was supposed to be order to stave off the long defeat. Melkor wanted to rip down anything natural and of The AllFather(god), the elves and so forth. Sauron never enjoyed that much as he wished to put balance to everything but of course it didn’t turn out that way.
The 3 Elven Rings are not susceptible to “The One Ring” in any direct way.. They’re only tied by fate to lose their power if Sauron is defeated completely & absolutely. As they were made by the elves and as always they make things for a purpose and pour their literal spirit into things they create. So if Sauron is defeated then the three rings power will fade and basically become almost useless or diminished versions of their original design since by this era magic has bled from the world by a huge degree thanks to Morgoth’s poisoning the world itself with his very essence that he poured into it. Called The Long Defeat By The Elves and The Men Of The West.
Firstly: All 16 rings were meant to go to the elves ( which lead to 300-500years of his infiltration & deception down the drain.) but Mairon of the Maiar(primordial angelic beings in simple terms as they are sort of beyond angels) disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Noldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Kelebrimbor! Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey?
The Rings in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, & evil in the form of Sauron had been defeated twice already in the past.
The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements & questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤
There is problem here with the Rings, the Three were supposed to be never touched by Sauron and that's why they were not corrupting…Sauron had not taken part in their making which made the Three more 'pure' unsullied by his dark power, unlike the Nine and Seven Rings! But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted!
Even appendices of Lot tell us the order of making the rings, so they didn't even need the righs to more detailed writings in UT or Silmarillion:
1200
Sauron endeavours to seduce the Eldar. Gil-galad refuses to treat with him; but the smiths of Eregion are won over. The Númenoreans begin to make permanent havens.
c. 1500
The Elven-smiths instructed by
Sauron reach the height of their skill.
They begin the forging of the Rings of Power.
c. 1590
The Three Rings are completed in Eregion.
c. 1600
Sauron forges the One Ring in
Orodruin. He completes the Barad-dûr. Kelebrimbor perceives the designs of Sauron.
1693
War of the Elves & Sauron begins.
The Three Rings are hidden."
'Did you not hear me, Gloin?' said Elrond. 'The Three were not made by Sauron, nor did he ever touch them.
But of them it is not permitted to speak. So much only in this hour of doubt I may now say. They are not idle. But they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained.
These things the Elves of Middle-earth have in some measure gained, though with sorrow. But all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One."