The Lord of the Rings Balrog Scene Destroyed Garnt
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A new viewer of the LOTR is never late, nor are they early. They watch precisely when they mean to.
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As someone who watched it last month in theaters, I can confirm 👍
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Sorta makes you a dribbling invalid moron when it comes to hearing your takes on anything to do with fantasy media though doesn't it, you can easily say he's late if his whole online presence is centred around it, sort of like listening to a preacher who has never as much as touched a bible.
In another Universe:
Connor: Did you like it?
Garnt: It was Mid.
Connor: You are dead to me.
And in another universe connor hates it
@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme We do not speak of that Universe.
@@PopeDuwangThe darkest of timelines that we do not utter here.
In that universe Connor only likes the music lol
@@itsgonnabeanaurfrommealternate universes only allow for everything which is possible. This there is no such universe
I can’t carry it for you Mr Frodo. But I can carry you!
-Chadwise Gamgee
Baldur’s Gate 3
Sam: I can’t throw the ring in the lava for you, but I can kick you into it.
Hobbiton is unironically the peak of Middle Earth civilizations, and Sam is the chaddest of the hobbits.
Maybe DON'T spoil shit for Garnt in the comments?
Based Banazir
Aka Chadwise OG
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is a miracle of film making
one of this movies where how did they make it is as intresting as the movie it self(another exmplas is furry road )
it really is. Even with a billion dollars they couldn't recapture what Peter Jackson had made.
@@yuvalgabay1023 furry road? Is that the low-fi softcore version where everyone is anthropomorphic animals?
To adapt a book series not only in to a trilogy, but a really good one without Hollywood bastardizing it is an absolute miracle, we're never going to have films like LoTR again
One that will be remembered far beyond my time.
"This foe is beyond any of you.....RUN!"
When the 4000 year old wizard is running, you best start running bois.
More like 12 000+ year old wizard
“A Balrog… a demon of the ancient world… this foe is beyond any of you. RUN.”
This line goes so hard it’s insane
@@adreak9868fully yes, as a wizard, he’s technically only around 2000
Seen Been is doing such great acting in that scene. If you look over Gandalf's shoulder while he's saying that Seen Been is visibly kacking his tunic.
Well not really a Wizard. As a Maiar he is more like an angelic figure that appears as a old Wizard. As this Wizard he should be roughly 1000 Years old, but as a the being itself he is way past 10.000 Years as he was amongst the first being to be created after the Valar.
Fun trivia for lotr. Ian had a pocket installed in his robes to fit the book they were filming. Each time he had disagreement with director, he pulled out the text and page to support his argument.
Based.
Didn't he also quiz other people in minor acting roles to see I they would get the part?
Fun fact. Sir Ian McKellen went to my school
Back when sticking to the source material was one of the most paramount things. These days, Henry Cavill gets insulted and called a diva for wanting the showrunners to stop wokifying the Witcher.
Cant imagine the hissy fit they'd throw if he pulled the books out from his pocket to show them exactly where they're going against lore.
NO ONE FUCKIN SPOIL the Two Towers for Garnt!
or return of the king either lets let him watch them spoiler free
a second eagle has hit the tower.
But doesn't he already knew about it or I'm just stupid
Ah yes spoilers for a 21 year old film trilogy
@@XoJIJIoY so ? there are people out there who haven't watched it yet
Garnt is based for loving Samwise and he's only seen the first one
Is Samwise the Yang Wenli of the LOTR universe?
@@TheButterMinecart1I think Kircheis would be a closer comparison
@@Ash_Wen-li Shit, I just remembered about Dusty Attenborough
Who? @@TheButterMinecart1
@@itsgonnabeanaurfrommeLegend of the Galactic Heroes characters
It really helps that every single actor was just there to deliver with some of the most well-respected actors in the business.
My favorite thing is that Sean Bean didn't want to use the helicopter, so he just hiked to the locations. In full costume. He didn't just play Boromir. He *is* Boromir
My favorite behind the scenes story was when Ian just started stealing shit from the sets 😂.
So many amazing stories from the making of the movies
Viggo deflecting the knife thrown at his head, and breaking his toe kicking the helmet.
Bernard hill with the idea of tapping the spears with his sword
And of course Christopher Lee with the casual "do you know what sound a man makes when he's stabbed Peter? I do"
Something fun to know about Lord of the Rings Trilogy, when the second film Two Towers came out in theaters, it created the LOWEST attendance in US High School History across the country. I went to school that day as the good boy i tried to be and in every classroom there was like 2-4 other students in a room besides me. I had never seen anything like it. So to counter the next film's release and to stop kids from skipping school, Return of the King was made into a school field trip, that required you to write an essay report on who you thought was the MVP of the entire cast of characters. Least this was for my school, i don't know about others but my teachers were prepared this time.
You went to a cool school lol
@@jingyulee96 That was the ONE cool thing they did.
Wait how many people wrote Sam as the MVP? XD
@@sanadamakie I did, Sam was freaking MVP for how often he had to carry Frodo and save his life, one of the best friends ever in literacy media.
@@decusq niiice
dude in his 30s, loves fantasy, has never watched LotR... how?
I mean... He didnt watch FMA and he reviews anime for a living... so...
I would laugh at Garnt's face... if I wasn't guilty myself for not watching Godfather Part 2 for all these years😅
I guess sometimes you miss something, even that monumental. And then years go by
I think it's just that he missed it in his childhood, and then you end up stuck worrying about if this titan in a genre you love actually lives up to the hype (particularly when he had a bad first impression of it as a kid)
Pop-culture edging
@@VladissimoTheMockersame... First one too actually😅
Isekai trash man finally watching the progenitor of every modern fantasy story.
It’s the father of ALL FANTASY, every fantasy story since makes decisions about their worlds based on it, if something is different from LOTR it is an active decision made by the writer to contrast it from LOTR as it is the baseline
@@summbuddie9120ehhhh not all fantasy. High fantasy, sure. But Conan was plundering tombs full of magical artifacts long before a certain hobbit set out from his hole.
@@summbuddie9120 Legend of King Arthur: am I a joke to you?
This man will draw swords at Theoden's speech haha
Gotta be one of the most hardcore moments in the history of fiction.
6,000 horsemen charging into a formation of 60,000 orcs screaming:
*"DDDDDEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHH!!!!!!"*
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat can’t watch it without crying even today
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat What's truly crazy is that the book version somehow tops it without any music or anything. It's just too fucking good.
"Suddenly the king cried to Snowmane and the horse sprang away. Behind him his banner blew in the wind, white horse upon a field of green, but he outpaced it. After him thundered the knights of his house, but he was ever before them. Éomer rode there, the white horsetail on his helm floating in his speed, and the front of the first éored roared like a breaker foaming to the shore, but Théoden could not be overtaken. Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. His golden shield was uncovered, and lo! it shone like an image of the Sun, and the grass flamed into green about the white feet of his steed. For morning came, morning and a wind from the sea; and the darkness was removed, and the hosts of Mordor wailed, and terror took them, and they fled, and died, and the hoofs of wrath rode over them. And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City."
Garnt: “There’s many characters.”
Feanor: “heyyy these are my sons Maedros, Maglor, Curufin, Celegorm, Caranthir, Amrod, Amros”
And they all did nothing wrong
@@fosterbennington6405yeah... okay.
@@fosterbennington6405 Alqualonde was an inside job…
"The Lord of the Rings Family Tree Project."
Search it.
Grant when he looks at the scenery of New Zealand: "It's so beautiful! Where do I gacha for Samwise and the Balrog?"
Can confirm that even as a 9 year old child, watching these films in theaters hit just as hard as they would as an adult.
Remember crying my eyes out at the end of number 3 😂
I wish I could remember the audience reaction. I was so psyched to see them, I like literally learned how to read so I could read the books first, I don't think I even noticed the audience in my theater.
I have to disagree. I loved these movies as a kid, but not for the reasons I do now. They're just so much depth to the story that goes lost when you're a kid.
In June I got to see the extended editions in theater again. It was truly worth it.
Same! So worth it.
Hell yeah, same here!
Oh you lucky buggers. I would love to see them in theatre.
Same! I loved it!
11 1/2 hours sitting in a theater?? 10 out 10 experience, would do it again.
Samwise is the Speedwagon of LOTR
REAL HAHAHAHA Best boi
Samwise Speedwagamgee
We dont say you are loyal
We say you are samewise
If we being honest, Joey said that shit 7:40 with just as much soul as Sir Ian McKellen did gahh damn that had me hyped 😤
I mean, it’s a fucking GOATed line but I definitely agree. It’s so damn good
I watched Fellowship 4 goddamn times in theaters during its initial release. It never. Gets. Old. It’s just iconic from beginning to end.
It's because these aren't movies.
What happened is about a 1,000 people in New Zealand got together and spent four years pouring their hearts and souls into performing a ritual that cast a spell which opened a portal to another universe which lasted for about 9 hours.
Wait till he realises Gandalf is by definition an Isekai protagonist.
Sent to another world with OP powers to help the locals defeat a Dark Lord. Most people don’t realise, But he is one of the top 4-5 strongest beings in middle earth even while being forced to hold back his true power.
He's basically an angel descending to earth and living amongst it's inhabitants. LOTR is a very religious and catholic text because Tolkien himself was. Eru Illuvitar is basically god and Melkor/Morgoth which is the fallen and corrupted Valar that Sauron served under is very obviously based on Lucifer. The Balrogs are essentially fallen angels who were corrupted by Morgoth.
@@Foogi9000Tolkien hated allegory famously so idk about that one chief, you might be thinking of Narnia
@@Hootimus-jv3mc Hating allegory does not make you exempt from it. The parallels are there because religious texts created the standard story telling tropes. The Chosen One, Call to Action, Big Bad vs Big Good, Wise old guide, etc. All originate from religious texts so of course the allegory is there whether it's intended or not.
Not really, he was created within that universe. Narnia MC's are all Isekai protagonists.
Not everything is an isekai mate. You literally also said “by definition” when it’s nowhere near an isekai
My girlfriend came up to spend a couple days with me and we watched the entire trilogy, I’ve seen it but she hadn’t. She loved it so much, I recommend the extended version of the films because there’s a lot of scenes they left out that provide a lot of context. I’m actually jealous that garnt gets to watch them with fresh eyes 😂
Yea Id give anything to experience Fellowship again for the first time.
When I was a wee tot back in the 90's the animated version of The Hobbit was one of my absolute favorite movies. I remember when I was in second grade, and the trailer for Fellowship came on TV and I about lost my mind when the trailer mentioned a Hobbit named "Baggins" and a wizard called "Gandalf." I was like, "THERE'S MORE?!?!?!" and I _begged_ my parents to take me to see it in theaters. Sitting in the theater with my legs dangling over the seat watching Gandalf's fireworks is a core memory for me.
No wonder this guy is this much into Isekai bs when he's never experienced what good fantasy can look like.
Lol true😂
Based lol
Your comment is legendary dude. Hell yea
The origin of the the line you shall not pass is pretty cool too. Tolkien was a soldier in the first world war when he first started writing notes for the world of the Hobbit and Lotr, and a big French wartime slogan in their propaganda was 'On ne passe pa!' Or 'They shall not pass!' Referring to stopping the Germans at Verdun.
Bro. If this is how hype he gets on the Bridge scene, I cannot wait till he gets to the sounding of the horns at Helms Deep, and then to Theoden's speech and the the Ride of the Rohirrim. That speech is a core memory of my young adult life and I can still FEEL the rumbling of the theater when we, as a crowded theater at 3AM on a Friday morning midnight showing, were screaming DEEEEEATH at the top of our lungs to will our heroes' charge onwards to victory. As much as Garnt loved Erwin's speech, he's gonna shit himself when he experiences the OG.
Fingers crossed Syd will hopefully make sure he watches the extended editions. And that she will tell Garnt about Viggo breaking his foot when the time comes.
I honestly don't understand the impression that a lot of the Fellowship of the Ring is about setting up and explaining lore. They pretty much get thrown into an adventure right after Bilbo's party.
Well the book definitely more so than the film, compared to the other 2 books it is pretty slow
@@Ren.4744 Yeah like real slow, in the book Gandalf took 17 years searching for clues for the One Ring
I remember watching the first movie with my parents on DVD and my mom screamed and jumped like 50 feet out of her chair during the scene where Bilbo freaks out at Frodo and tries to grab the ring at Rivendell
I remember that scaring the shit out of me in the theatre.
lol classic jumpscare.
I still skip that scene even as a 31 year old dude. Lol
The impact of Frodo screaming "Nooo!" when Gandalf falls adds so many emotions to the scene. The audience is already shocked at the sudden loss and then the pain sets in. The scene punishes us for "just watching" it happen.
It is a testament to how emotionally deep that scene is that a normally oh so cliche scene like screaming nooooo when something bad happens hits so hard... especially when you hear it repeated as Frodo gets dragged off, but weaker, like the realization has been hammered in but he still can't believe it.
I've watched about 12 people react to this movie in the past few weeks. It really does not hit people what's happening until Frodo screams. They go from victory to defeat in like 15 seconds.
Practical effects are just so much better
There are 480 visual effects shots in Fellowship of the Ring.
It’s always refreshing seeing people discovering just how epic these films are. And they’re right, all the actors and actresses went so hard in these films. That level of energy sustained across the board was a monumental feat.
I feel kinda bad laughing at Garnt's reaction to Gandalf's fall but then that face paired with the sad music and Frodo's "NOOO" in the background (8:27) makes such a perfect reaction footage 🤣
I saw a video about Samwise a while back giving me a perspective I never thought of before. Samwise represents a servant's love for their master. Samwise was Frodo's friend, but also technically his servant. Samwise has this selfless love for Frodo that is so profound. He always put Frodo first and himself last.
In our modern times the idea of a Servant's love for their master is so foreign to our minds, because we have been raised to see slavery and servitude as repugnant, but those things have existed throughout most of human history. The idea that an individual freely puts someone they serve before themselves is rare and admirable.
Hes a representative of the an Officer's Batman in WWI - he is the irrepressible working class tommy
@@ostrichman wtf are you talking about?
@@ReiseLukas en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(military)
J. R. R. Tolkien took the relationship of his characters Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins (introduced in The Fellowship of the Ring in 1954) from his observations while in military service during World War I of the relationship between a batman and his officer.[19]
I was living in Colorado at the time. And it was the second movie had come out for the Hobbit trilogy. I had showed up for a early 10 am time for the movie. I guess the theater failed to advertise that showing time because I was the ONLY person in the theater lol. So I got to watch the second Hobbit movie in my favorite seat all to myself. It was glorious.
Samwise is truly the Main Character of the Trilogy 😊
Protected Frodo multiple times, soloed Shelob, soloed undisclosed number of orcs, returned war hero, got his girl and fathered like 10 kids. Sam is just the GOAT
@@mikulasnevidal5032 13 lol
Sam fathered more kids than anyone else in the shire
Except he's not. He's not truly the main character. Of course he's the GOAT. He is the best. But the entire reason Sam is so great, is because he's NOT, the main character. Frodo is. Sam as a side character has no business being the most impactful character. But, he is. That's what makes him so great. ;) Samwise fucking #1. ❤
@@CrypteGardien I blame movies for not showing the struggle of Frodo properly. I still love both Sam and Frodo in the movies, but I can get why people might think Frodo is a weakling and not the true main hero, even though he has done and suffered the most of all of the Fellowship.
Fun fact: J.R.R. Tolkien didn't like Dune; out of professional courtesy to Frank Herbert, he never stated publicly why he didn't like it, just that he didn't.
Best trilogy ever made.
No doubt at all . Truly a miracle I'm filmmaking❤.
Also the best *Sequel ever made. The Hobbit isn't a prequel, LOTR is a sequel.
Sam is, as far as I can recall, one of the only characters, along with Tom Bombadil, who is shown to be completely uncorruptable by the Ring.
I guess second to Tom Bombadil, as Sam can still hear the Ring speak to him. However, it has no sway over him whatsoever.
Sam is that good of heart and that strong of spirit. The embodidment of love and caring.
Nothing in the world could convince him to betray Frodo. Not even when Frodo himself pushed Sam away did he give up on him. Not even when Sam were alone carrying the Ring did even a momentary hint of doubt cross his mind.
I remember a video analysis mentioning that while Frodo is the protagonist of the story, Sam is the hero.
Sam is not incorruptible by the Ring. The entire point of the story was that NO ONE was incorruptible (aside from Bombadil the enigma). If he held onto it long enough he would have succumbed to the Ring eventually.
Sam giving it up was a huge feat though
@@Ash_Wen-li That's probably a better way to say it. Sam's ability to resist and give up the Ring is what's laudable.
@@HimePenguinpeople seem to downplay Frodo's resistance. In the books Frodo had the ring for SEVENTEEN YEARS. If Sam had the ring for that long he would be Nazgul right about now. Yes Frodo succumbs to the ring but that was after SEVENTEEN YEARS
Part of it is that Sauron and thus the ring could not understand Hobbits. Hobbits desires were for peace, plenty and a glass of beer. Sauron, men and Elves all desired power after some fashion and so the ring was particularly dangerous for them- it is why Gandalf made sure never to touch it. But all it could offer Sam was a giant garden too big for him to tend and so with difficulty he was able to let it go.
"You shall not pass!" in theaters was so fucking hardcore. I had read the books before the films came out, but that still hit SO HARD.
i watched it as a kid and i loved it, we would watch the extented cut full trilogy of lord of the rings every single birthday of a certain friends and it was so fun every year, we would get lots of pizza and soda and would be watching it for that entire day basically and just snacking on the feast of food snacks and drinks we had. its probably the thing i cherish most about my childhood
I think you guys should try reading the books. The characters are presented quite differently. Legolas isn't brooding, he's cheerful, if somewhat otherworldly, and Gimli isn't a a comic relief, he's poetic and astute, brave and loyal.
Sad to think we will probably never get a film trilogy this godly ever again, especially with how bad writing has been in western media these days. Lord of the Rings was something truly special.
Yeah the Amazon show had abysmal writing, so painful to watch
Dune has one more movie to go to get pretty godly.
@@ThijsSHthe show had great writing, wtf you talk about?
LotR made a huge impact because DURING THEIR ALLYSHIP WITH THE SOVIETS, Anglosphere world went crazy heavy into censoring almost everything they can conceive of, and control narratives with singular widely published stories.
All sorts of alternate imagination and political work was frankly bulldozed UNLESS it was derivative of their pet imagineers, after Yuri Bezmenov made it very clear how much damage The Animal Farm may have on a top-down system. Everyone knew what it was ABOUT. They were not allowed to commercially utilize that knowledge, which is true with every licensor needing permission from WB to publish "Batman" stories.
Brilliant cartoonists like Hugo Pratt, moebius, Osamu Tezuka, Mauricio de Sousa and Hector Oesterfeld were making ground-breaking fantasy on the level of Stanley Kubrick to rip off, long before you even IMAGINED that "comics need to grow up". Meanwhile your culture was insisting that Kung-Fu wizardrs and high noon duels are invented by American projects, or EXISTED IN HISTORY, which they didn't.
The Magnificent Seven was directly translated form Akira Kurosawa despite only making sense with chivalric samurais redeeming themselves, not cowherds with guns. Sergio Leone put Moebius' visual style into a cinematic format. Zorro and The Shadow pioneered multi-cultural curiosity, that was compeltely missed in US comercialism as the symbolically shot Don Diego De La Vega ina an alleway, for Batman to crudely take over and becomea "hero" to justify surveillance state instead of anti-imperialism.
All of this "influence" was simply scrapped so there WOULD NOT BE anything out of the control of your media moguls, like some pastiche of Kim Il-sung inventing the hamburger in North Korea.
@@reddishcarp1237hahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahah
I worried with connor here, that Garnt would say it's mid or something.
And I was prepared to fight that Idea.
It's good to know the Boys agree on that.
I saw The Return of the King extended edition in theaters last year for the 20th anniversary and it was one of the best things I have ever seen. My brother had never seen the extended before and he loved it and I had watched it probably a hundred times but it still hit. So good.
0:35 idk about that. I remember watching the fellowship of the ring in theatre when i was 10 and it was the craziest thing i saw since the og vhs SW trilogy.
Gandalf's appearance was taken from the appearance of Odin from Norse Mythology from the beard to the pointy hat.
Nah, the wizards took the form of frail old men to seem less threatening so they could more easily help others. The pointy hat may have been inspired by some odin depiction but there are others pointy hatted wizard stuff elsewhere aswell. Unless it came from Tolkiens mouth thats just speculation.
@@anon2752 Thats only partially correct. Yes it was so they were less threatening but their was more to it than that. They were chosen to go in that form due to past wars nearly destroying the world. So they sent the Wizards to be guides and nothing more. Now as to my comment its correct when Tolkien was designing Gandalf he based him on the Norse mythology version of Odin.
@@LordGuillimanIn a sense you are correct, but Odin also was one-eyed. I personally think that 'old man with grey cloak and pointy hat' was kind of a trope at this point given how Merlin was described similarly.
@@the_tactician9858 well it’s in Tolkiens notes that he used Odin as the inspiration for Gandalfs design etc.
@@LordGuilliman Curse my lack of time in this world to read all of Tolkiens words written on paper!
Why does his Gimli impersonation sounds exactly like Chris Abroad?
Grumpy...British
Love that you guys are talking about and experiencing new things outside anime and manga.
😅t they finished talking about anime like in 10-15 first episodes
@@kreeptonit2516aha yeah people meme on them for not talking about anime on an 'anime' podcast
After you watch the movies, I highly recommend the extended cut behind the scenes stuff. If you like knowing how movies are made, they are peerless looks at how magic is done, from the costuming and set work, to the actors and prop makers, to the CG artists and scoring… it’s flawless, just as good as the films themselves and nearly as emotional.
I never saw the fellowship in cinema but I saw two towers and return of the king. Unforgettable experience they really cranked up the volume so the Nasgul cries were so loud it felt more immersive
If they call it lore heavy in the movies it's lore massive in the books
And then theres no Word to properly describe the Lore Weight of the Silmarillion and the Rest of the Legendarium lul^^
@@datzfatz2368 There's a word for it, it's "canon." A la "Catholic Canon Law," But Twilight and Harry Potter fans decided to hijack the word to describe wizards peeing on the floor and dumbeldore being gay.
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat uhm ok, first of all, who doesnt know what Canon means nowadays?
And secondly, that doesnt have anything to do with what we were talking about. We were talking about the depth and heft of the Lore, not its canonicity. Different discussion entirely.
And thirdly, no my good man, that wasnt the HP Fans, that was J.K. Rolling, the deranged author herself. Most Fans of the IP didnt appreciate her insane rambelings on Twitter and ignored it for the most Part.
So honestly i dont know why you even replied to, what you said is either completely unrelated or misinformed.
@@datzfatz2368 🤓"um achktually"
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat nah, you are not gonna say that after you yourself literally tried (and failed) to "um achktually" me you little dingus^^ get outta her with that Lack of self awareness and Humor please^^
Next: We survived watching Rings of Power
Lets not.
My favorite detail in the whole trilogy is how, whenever he's not being tempted with the Ring, Boromir is the kindest, most compassionate, and most heartfelt member of the whole cast. He's always going out of his way to look after the others, especially the Hobbits, and is always the first one to speak up on their behalf. It really gives so much more weight to the effect the Ring has on him when you notice just what kind of man he is otherwise
Gandalf death is emotional, but Boromir's death is the one that make grown man cry. "My brother, my king". Damn bro
lord of the Rings was an epic experience in the cinema.. also having to wait a year for the following two years, holding your breath for that teaser trailer in late spring/early summer for the next movie.. it was all goosebumps and thrills.
Tolkien is so influential that the concept of Elves having pointy ears is literally just from the FAN ART.
He never describes pointy ears. A fan artist started drawing them with pointy ears and it became a thing across pop culture that elves have pointy ears.
I BEG for Gigguk to either react or post a review video of the other 2 movies, I am SO curious to see his thoughts on it as a first time viewer.
I was playing a session of Magic the Gathering commander with my friends and we have this as background music for it last Friday.
I watched it when I was in high school over 20 years ago.
I always like to see the reaction of folks who watched it for the first time and I appreciate the fact that my sister who is not into these "NERD CRAP" really enjoyed it when I watched it with her.
IT IS A MASTERPIECE AND IT WILL BE TIMELESS.
( I don't know about them amazon production though).
9:40 Not sure whether they do it in Japan, but at least in Spain I have seen it re-released on theaters a couple of times already in some cinemas, maybe once every 7-10 years or so.
If I ever have children, I would bring them to the cinema on a heartbeat to watch these films on the big screen, because it hits different. The sound hits different, the images hit different, etc.
someday he'll experience the joy of the extended editions lol
Did the extended edition not get released in theaters in Japan recently?
In the States all three movies were in theaters last month.
I went to watch them with a friend, and omg.
Everything hits so much harder.
Ehh the third movie had a lot of stuff it didn’t need. The first 2 I think were better with the extended stuff. But third just had unnecessary stuff.
I had the great experience of watching all three movies on theater with my 2 highschool buddies (we all read tolkien's works when we were on elementary, or first year HS), the first 2 on opening day; I still remember the people wearing chainmail and some dude had to leave his sword on a nearby store bc it was not allowed on the theater, we all cheered and cried through the movies and it was awesome.
I always will be a fan of Legolas and Gimli and their eventual friendship.
"What's happening out there?!"
"Shall I describe it for you? Or shall I get you a box?"
The Lord of the Rings is actually the pinnacle of filmmaking. They are such insanely fantastic movies that it feels impossible to describe.
I think a lot of people also forget what a miracle ir was to adapt the books. I love them to death, but getting those to work for a movie feels impossible, but somehow they did it. I recently read the Dune books (most of them, I just started the sixth one), so when Dune Part 2 came out, I knew what was gonna happen. And even though I absolutely adore that movie, there are some things where I just kept thinking that they should've stuck a little closer to the book, as I disliked some minor changes a lot.
But with the case of LotR, every time I see it, I am simply amazed by how well they managed to make it work on the screen (with the one exception being the mischaracterization of Faramir. It works for the overall plot, but he's just another character in the movie).
But even just minor things like getting the hobbits to look this small when compared to Gandalf and the humans, with just physical camera tricks is so well done. What a masterpiece.
there is still like an hour of the movie after Balrog lmao(probably half of which are credits
I actually watched Lord of the Rings when I was still in early elementary school, a few years after the movie came out, because my father really liked it. I might not appreciate the world building as much when I was a kid, but the movies got me so hooked that I keep rewatching the movie every year, or every two years. Safe to say as the years go by, my appreciation for the characters and world building climbed substantially.
It's all about the lighting when it comes to CGI. You have to make it perfectly adjusted for the scene you're putting the object in, have it off by even a bit and it looks out of place.
Proposal that will be ignored: The boys should find a way to make a deal with a theater and play all 3 movies, having anyone that wants to, go and see the movies, it can be played 3 days in a row to have Japanese people go (I'm 100% all tickets will sell out in minutes), and they should film people's reaction or maybe only their own, it will be a fucking kick ass of an event, it can even be for charity, and it would be awesome.
I still love these movies, I grew up watching them quite literally, and I loved this one even as a kid but now as an adult with proper media literacy, Fellowship stands the test as one of the best intros to a fantasy epic. Not to mention the character dichotomies
I disagree with the movies being better as an adult.
I was a 10 y.o. on the edge of my seat during the first movie. My cousin started to cry when the Balrog appeared and I held her hand to let her know that everything was going to be OK. Two literal children watching this never seeing before level of quality.
The LOTR movies changed my brain chemistry as a child and forever. And I wouldn't change that experience for anything.
Tolkein wrote many scenes in The Lord of the Ring with inspiriation from his time in the Trenches of WW1. He wrote the backbones of the biggest fantasy genre in history off the blood and bones of his friends and comrades.
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.
Garnt: wait, all modern fantasy is derived form lord of the rings?
the boys: always has been.
The Balrog aka Durin's Bane was insane that scene was perfect in regards to the book.
Lord of the Rings will still be good in 100 if not 1000 years it is truly a timeless masterpiece
I was 8 years old when fellowship came out. And I had a dad who loved the trilogy as books. So when the movie came out, he had hyped me up about the story for quite a while. Never spoiling anything mind you, but talking about how this world had so many monsters and wizards and knights (which, at the time, really was enough to hype me up lol)
I can guarantee you, it doesn't matter if you're a kid or not, because the movies are made in such a way to draw your attention no matter what scene you're in. Kids understand music, they understand big bad guys with big weapons smashing the good guys. Kids understand monstrous orcs with malicious intent. They understand Saruman was "evil". They understand Gandalf is a father-figure. Kids aren't as stupid as a lot of adults assume irrationally.
It's why these movies are masterpieces, each and every one. (I actually prefer the theatrical cuts. The extended editions have their benefits, but there is a reason so much was cut out. Not all scenes were made equal.)
To any zoomers reading this, or just people in general who missed the LOTR when it was released: you can not possibly understand the absolute hype around these movies back in the day. You think marvel, DC or some meme-movie like oppenheimer draws crowds? You simply did not experience the absolute madness that was both the marketing around TLOTR and the complete weeks-long fully crowded theater rooms that happened during this period.
The original release of fellowship (and it's sequels) weren't just movies. They weren't just crowdpleasers. They were once in a lifetime events that shaped entire generations and redrew the paradigm that Tolkien had introduced. It completely reshaped pop-culture, basically in the span of 3 years. Nobody could shut up about these movies. Every popular tv channel had to do re-runs of the movies every year for over 10 years.
This. Was. Huge. And I am absolutely blessed for having witnessed these films, without spoilers, without meme-culture ruining everything before-hand, before cynical journalism, before hollywood could ruin it, before the internet could ruin everybody's enjoyment of it with stupid takes and horrid "theory" videos based on nothing.
It was a pure, exhillarating experience. Kids love lotr as much as adults, and probably more so than the nerds that study the books, because all of the mystery of this world is still fresh.
I'm telling you right now. If you were a fellow 8-year old and told me you didn't like the lotr back in the day, we would have had a problem. I'd have made it my mission to convince you how wrong you were lol.
And lastly: the balrog is fantastic and remains a top tier example of cgi done right, and will forever remain on that position, all of the fellowship were chads (including boromir) and samwise gamgee is a gigachad. I will not elaborate. It simply is what it is.
I hope at some point you do get the opportunity to watch the films in a theatre release. It truly was an amazing experience. One of the best examples of why it was an experience to view it in cinemas comes from the final film, Return of the King. In that movie you have the scenes where the Ringwraiths are riding on their flying felbeasts and have the felbeasts scream. It causes all who hear it to cover their ears in pain & fear. Watching the films in theatre causes you to have the same reaction. They truly are terrifying and deafening.
I finished my last third LOTR movie today and god I was crying . What a journey
So hyped for Garnt's reaction to "but I can carry you".
went with a friend to big cinema in Copenhagen(Denmark) they had a showing of Lord of the Rings Extended Editions :P they do it almost every year to 2 years. its great ^^ first time seeing them again since release back in 2001-2003. Was amazing to see them in Cinema again.
That emotionally devestated face of garnt is sucu a mood
Now those films have one of the ultimate film scores.
Oh man, there was a LOTR movie marathon at a movie theater that I was able to go to. It was awesome! That was also around 12 years ago. Why do I suddenly feel old
LotR extended in theaters in the US last month. They should do it every year!
I had just turned 20 when The Fellowship of the Ring hit theaters. The winter release parties with my friends for The Two Towers and The Return of the King the following two years will always be a fond memory as long as I live. Those films were my generation's Star Wars.
They actually just had the three films in theaters near me a few months ago and I took off work to see them all, extended editions, three days in a row. Mind you, I actually DID see them in theaters when they first came out. And it was great to see them again. In presales, the showings started out in a small theater, sold that out, got moved to a bigger theater, and sold that out, so they did it again the following weekend.
Surely they will do that kind of thing again in 2026 for the 25 year anniversary.
Just being a nerd here but technically the pointy hats and their association to witches/wizards and other mysticism can be traced as early back in literature to the 13th century. Some of it is can be traced to antisemitism back then from enforced dress codes Christians used to sus out Jewish people. But also even earlier than that, is believed that the pointy hats were an interpretation of outfits seen in the Middle East and were at some point taken back or mimicked to some degree by European nomads, in all likelihood many of them had seen this from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, or people who came back from trading expeditions. This too was something that Tolkien took from early mythology.
Can't wait to see Garnt's reaction to the first scene of The Two Towers. Just watched it for like the 200th time and it never fails to make me grin from ear to ear and tear up.
I saw this with a live orchestra (+80 piece choir) performing the soundtrack. Still the coolest experience I think I've ever had. Fucking awe-some.
I mean, I do definitely agree that scene is undoubtedly iconic and “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!” will always be one of most fucking badass quotes of all time. Sir Ian McKellen fucking *nailed* that line and I absolutely love it
And then you learn the quote is from the real world and ww1
@@havtor007 I honestly didn’t know that, that’s awesome
Coming from someone who wants to be an actor someday man i could legit only pray to be that a amazing of an actor 😮💨
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Two Towers, book and film are my favorite chapters in the complete story. so much that wasn't put in the films, yet still so incredible.
I wonder of Garnt will eventually explore the Silmarillion and get to one of the best fights in fictional history.
Are you talking about:
Fingolfin vs Morgoth?
@@datzfatz2368 oh hell yea!
@@DarkNorthEmperor oh hell yeah indeed!^^
Big shout out to that time Finrod kills a werewolf with his teeth and bare hands.
Who says elves can't melee?
I remember the first time (well second attempt but first time proper) reading the silmarillion and getting to that part… don’t think I’ve gotten goosebumps that intense before or since.
Frodo is the carrier of the ring and the protagonist, and Sam is the hero of the story.
Oh who might be so blessed to have a Samwise in their lives.
They screened the films at the Royal Albert Hall with the Philharmonic doing the score for the 20th Anniversary (saw Return of the King this year) - EPIC!
How in the ANIME ISEKAI TIDDIES has this fantasy anime lover NOT WATCHED THE SERIES THAT STARTED IT ALL till now!?!?!? 😦
No Elf waifu
@NuukaYT tf u mean. Galadriel is right there bru, and so is arwen brah 😮
I first read the books when I was a young teenager in the 70s. The Bridge of Khazad Dum scene hit extremely hard then too.
I still get goosebumps when other people describe their goosebumop experience :)
I went from vhs to dvd to bluray to 4k bluray and was blown away every time.
I think you gain a different kind of appreciation when you watch it as a kid, not fully understanding the concepts or plot points, and grow up re-watching it, taking in new information you couldn't digest as a child.