edit (update): i edited this with the time i had and i'm open to making longer reactions/splitting future videos up more 🥺 i wasn't sure where to start and what the desire was, i felt like the edit and pacing was funny but i can adjust if people want more/longer reactions!! thanks for understanding, i'm just a noob with a computer and free time! new drinking game: oh shit counter crying counter wrong name counter movie summary: middle earth. sauron =bad guy. 9 rings for humans, 3 for dwarves, 7 for elves, 1 to rule all. ring made in mount doom, in the badlands. iselgard human king guy slayed sauron. his great grandson is asmongold who will inherit gondor. gandalf's mentor, sriracha, is indoctrinated. orc + goblin army, orcs are fallen elves. bibimbap baggins is alive. ballgag kills g-dolf. frodorp has to protect the ring, asmongold will inherit human lands because billililio dies honorably after trying to steal the ring from frodorp. is mary pippins alive? stay tuned

@MrDeathLad

25 күн бұрын

this summary is killing me 🤣

@EatinPaste

24 күн бұрын

Christ... The drinking game for the Hobbit movies would be insane with the 'wrong name counter' with the dwarves...

@joeb918

24 күн бұрын

I’ve got some Chivas, it’s going to be a fun weekend.

@antonioloma2327

24 күн бұрын

7 for the dwarves (7 dwarven clans) ; 3 for the elves, mirroring the 3 "silmarils" elven gems of ancient era. The rest is golden!

@evilpopcans3735

24 күн бұрын

give me my keys

"There's someone named Dildo in it." Miss, you just earned yourself a subscriber.

@alexanderriley2979

23 күн бұрын

Get that lady a copy of Bored Of The Rings by Harvard Lampoon! :)

@lordjimbo2

20 күн бұрын

@@alexanderriley2979 "IF THE NAME TO WHICH THY ANSWERS THYSELF ART - FRITO BUGGER!"

@heyheyjk-la

19 күн бұрын

@@alexanderriley2979 - Yeah, I was just combing through the comments to see if anyone else was old enough to know about that book. Dildo Doggins was his full name, if I remember correctly.

@janemmanuelbestac7310

15 күн бұрын

gimmie some of groin....Gimly son of Gloin

@blakebufford6239

3 күн бұрын

😂 I remember that. ​@@alexanderriley2979

"That's it??" The best and most common response to the end of Fellowship 😊 everyone always gets so enthralled by the movie, they hardly realize it's been 3 hours 😂

@alundavies1016

22 күн бұрын

And they always start with “ How long!?”

@ptspalien007

21 күн бұрын

I remember this is my exact same reaction when I watched it with my dad 24 years ago I think it was when it came out. I was like "that's it? Did they forget they have a ring to destroy?!?!" 😅😅 My dad laughed so much 😅

@Revan42142

21 күн бұрын

My favorite part of reactions to this movie is that moment, it gets everyone the first time

@rikk319

21 күн бұрын

The only disappointing thing about Fellowship is that it ends. After having read the book at 13 and seeing the film at 32, I was so grateful for the extended editions, which are more than worth it.

@vegeta1885

20 күн бұрын

Oh you def realise it's been 3 hours, it's just that it ends abruptly.

"Is this guy... hot?" Aragorn is so hot we notice it before we've even seen his face, checks out

@MelaniePoparad

18 күн бұрын

Exactly. His intro with the pipe smolder lighting his eyes is just too sexy.

@BButcher-hg4nr

9 күн бұрын

lmao

@kubo5185

3 күн бұрын

I remember we was kids when first movie had premiere in cinema. We often played in woods as kids, roleplaying some characters and after this movie we had every day adventure as Fellowship and everyone wanted to be Aragorn :D :D I often played Frodo, because I wasnt most baddas kid from our group :DD but later when next movies come, I switched to Faramir :D

That moment at Boromir's death when Aragorn removes the bracers from Boromir's arms and puts them on himself both to honor Boromir's sacrifice and as a personal promise to safeguard Gondor and the realms of men...I've seen the extended edition of these films more times than I can recall (and have reread the books) but that moment always gets me.

@diamondgaming63

20 күн бұрын

Yes, and the fact that he has worn them until his own demise makes it even more emotional.

@whyit6158

17 күн бұрын

My brother, my captain, my king 😭

The CGI is mindblowing for 2001. Comparing it to modern movies seems like CGI didn't evolve a bit since then.

@joeb918

24 күн бұрын

I wouldn’t say that’s true. It did. It just became cheaper and also easier to use, but that also means people are cheap with and use it to cut corners. However most of the good CGI we see in movies today goes by unnoticed, filling the backgrounds or adding to scenes.

@Grf1556

24 күн бұрын

I think it’s hilarious that the Star Wars prequels came out around the same time, and they have worse CGI even though they had like 30 million more in their budget each lmao.

@BraydenItz

24 күн бұрын

@@Grf1556right?? that’s because LoTR struck a perfect balance with CGI, miniatures, and on-scene filming. Star Wars prequels used some stellar miniatures, but I think certain battle scenes were 100% CGI which stuck out badly

@Mini_Hayley

23 күн бұрын

@@Grf1556because lotr leaned heavily into prosthetics and practical effects while the Star Wars team leaned heavily into straight CGi. The Star Wars guys actually helped the lotr team do gollum.

@BraydenItz

23 күн бұрын

@@Mini_Hayley it’s wild to think Gollum wouldn’t exist without Jar Jar

Still consider LotR the best film series ever made. And it aged so good. The graphics, the cinematography, the music, the acting, the costumes - it's as perfect as any movie could be. Fist movie, and we're in a pool of tears? Oh, boy, this is going to be a fun ride. Can't wait.

@PeterDB90

22 күн бұрын

That's what I was thinking - I'm in no way diminishing the emotions of the first movie, but if this was the reaction, I feel like she may need to do some long pauses in subsequent movies, just until the crying stops enough to continue

“Someone name DILDO in it” bruuuuh 😂😂😂😂 im dead

@hadoken95

23 күн бұрын

lol yea that got me too

@MrVadallat

13 күн бұрын

Same here 😂

@FrantzVissarionovitch

11 күн бұрын

Bro 😂😂😂😂😂😂

5:23 It's not shown here, but a nice detail in this scene is that when Bilbo drops the ring, it doesn't bounce. It just lands on the floor with a thud. It was a great way of showing how different the ring is and the burden it bestows on anyone foolish or brave enough to carry it. Your final thoughts summed up the impact of this film very well. I'm old enough that I was able to see it in a theater during its original theatrical run, and it blew me away. It felt as though I had joined all of these characters on an epic journey. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is the next film in line if you want to continue this journey. I will definitely be looking forward to it if you do.

Highly HIGHLY recommend you watch Two Towers and Return of the King in the Extended editions! Tons of important scenes and character moments were forced to be cut because of Theaters back when they released. Some of these scenes see character arcs completed and aren't in the theatrical releases!

@morcjul

24 күн бұрын

Peter Jackson said, "The theatrical versions are the definitive versions". For a first watch, I would always recommend the theatrical cut and then the Extended to get a deeper dive

@Captain_Haruno

24 күн бұрын

@@morcjul Peter's wrong then cuz cutting THAT ONE SCENE 👀 from the beginning of Return is a pure sin. Theatricals are incomplete, Extendeds are THE edition.

@HenryInHawaii

24 күн бұрын

Do the extended versions and break it up into 2 parts

@LockdLoaded619

24 күн бұрын

@@Captain_Haruno The added character moments in the extended versions are cringey, annoying and do nothing to advance the story. They were cut for a reason.

@ariessmith4910

24 күн бұрын

Yes!!

Tolkien wrote LOTRs as a vehicle for the languages he created…which tells you the depth of storytelling

@gunkulator1

21 күн бұрын

He also spent decades coming up with all the backstory about the world in notes that he never published. That level of depth is why the worldbuilding in LOTR is so good. After his death, his son collected, organized and published these notes in several volumes.

@justsmashing4628

21 күн бұрын

@@gunkulator1 yep, I know, pretty awesome

Welcome to the paradigm of fantasy and one of the greatest stories you will ever know. Fun fact: the entire trilogy is supposed to take place over the course of a few months, so instead of filming each movie traditionally one at a time, all the principal photography for all three films was done at once, and they finished special effects later.

Got to watch the Return of the King extended version in theaters last year. Was so happy with that 4 hours in the theater

@charlie7mason

24 күн бұрын

I think they're doing LoTR in theaters again this year, aren't they?

@Onlytwo64

24 күн бұрын

@@charlie7masonin June yes

@charlie7mason

24 күн бұрын

@@Onlytwo64 I'm gonna try to catch them there. I never got to watch them in theaters.

@alexkats30

23 күн бұрын

​@@charlie7masonI wish people didn't clap or cheer during important scenes in the theaters. I understand they're fans, but they break my immersion 😞 The movies are worth the big screen though. I wish you a nice viewing 👍

@charlie7mason

22 күн бұрын

@@alexkats30 Thank you. I too like to be fully immersed in my experience, so I hope my theater will allow that.

To note about Tolkien, is that he was a soldier in WWI, and a lot of his experiences in war went into The Lord of the Rings. The effects were a mixture of CGI, but a vast majority practical; models, etc., which is why they still hold up so well. The Hobbit movies, made later and with a LOT more CGI, look more dated than this trilogy. Your notes made my husband snort coffee out of his nose.

@Hyxtrem

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for this information !

@joshmorales770

22 күн бұрын

The effects shots, outside of Smaug, in the Hobbit were also terribly rushed (along with every other aspect of that production) because Jackson was dropped into the director's chair at the last minute following the various legal battles the studio had over the various rights to make the Hobbit.

@G1NZOU

16 күн бұрын

This, a bunch of the size difference effects with the Hobbits were forced perspective tricks, but in the Hobbit they couldn't do any of that because the 3D cameras would make those impossible to do.

“It’s like dungeons and dragons,” I’m not sure if you’re aware how tied the two are together! Lord of the Rings was a huuuge inspiration for D&D

@alexanderriley2979

23 күн бұрын

Halflings in AD&D, in the first edition Monster Manual were originally Hobbits...and it was about that time the Tolkien Estate started firing off cease-and-desist letters to TSR. Orcs and goblins still made the cut, I guess.

@user-jt1js5mr3f

23 күн бұрын

@@alexanderriley2979 yup, and Ents became Treants and Balrog became Balor. Tolkien borrowed “Orc” from Beowulf, so I expect it was more public domain, along with Goblin, even though he did popularize the image we have of them today

@eddhardy1054

21 күн бұрын

​@@alexanderriley2979 probably because the words 'orc' and 'goblin' weren't created by Tolkien.

@baguettegott3409

12 күн бұрын

That's true, although I did read once that Gary Gygax actually actively disliked LotR and found it kinda boring. The kinds of games that AD&D was made for running were also less similar to a story like LotR than more "modern" D&D campaigns. (I imagine. Obviously I have no proof of how exactly all people throughout the decades played their D&D adventures, that's just the impression I get).

@user-jt1js5mr3f

12 күн бұрын

@@baguettegott3409 as I understand it, the influence wasn’t necessarily to mimic story structure like lord of the rings, but rather emulating worlds like it.

They were indeed something to behold in the theater. Something to keep in mind, is that "the ring has a mind of its own." Sometimes it does strange things in order to advance its purpose to get back to Sauron. It abandons Isildor, it abandons Golem, it wants Frodo to put it on (it basically changes its flight onto his finger at the Prancing Pony). I wanna say that's how it came off so easy when Frodo fell in the snow. It will get more difficult for him to take it where it doesn't want to go. We'll see it unfold next time!

@dkosmari

21 күн бұрын

It's not that strange when you learn the context. Isildur finally overcame the Ring's control, and decided to hand it over to Elrond. He was on his way to Rivendell, the strongest and safest Elf kingdom. The Ring/Sauron was afraid of that uncertainty. For an immortal being like Sauron, it's better to just let the Ring be lost for a few millennia, since he already put things in motion to chip away at the kingdoms of Elves, Dwarves and Men. The longer the wait, the easier the victory. By the time the events of Lord of the Rings happen, Sauron is so powerful he doesn't need the Ring, that's why destroying it is the only option left.

They filmed all three movies at the same time, then released them in (relatively) quick succession every year, once a year. As they finished the editing and effects for one, they moved to the next, and then the next. It was a massive upfront gamble that paid off. But when you consider the overall runtime, the insane quality of the result, you can tell it was a labor of love because there is no way to accomplish this feat otherwise. Before these three movies, there was only the books. And those books were as beloved and amazing to read in their day, as the movies became for the generations after. The author Tolkein. He is why the modern versions of 'elves' and 'dwarves' look and feel as they do, why D&D exists, and you will see so many other movies and characters resemble what is in this trilogy because it (the writings of Tolkein) was their source inspiration.

@gunkulator1

21 күн бұрын

Ralph Bakshi made an animated version of LOTR in 1978 however it only covered to the end of the second book. It's not very good. Rankin Bass (the studio that made Rudolf the Red-nose Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and many others) made in 1977 IMHO the best version of The Hobbit, much better than the bloated three 2012+ movies.

So, somebody else mentioned that Tolkien fought in World War I. The first draft in the first story he ever wrote about Middle-Earth, "The Fall of Gondolin," was actually written in the margins of a field manual while he was in the trenches of the Somme. Middle Earth came directly from the combination of his love and knowledge of ancient languages and mythology, with his experiences fighting in the bloodiest battle of possibly the most brutal war in history. He returned home after to find industrialization had reached his hometown; many of the images of Mordor and Isengard are based on the environmental destruction that happened while he was gone. The four hobbits are based on four childhood friends of his that didn't survive the war. He was also close friends with C.S. Lewis, the creator of Narnia. They were part of a writing club, the Inklings, who read and commented on each other's drafts.

@bradleywhite5849

22 күн бұрын

I'm Happy You typed all that out so I didn't have too !! Much appreciated. Thank You sincerely

@gunkulator1

21 күн бұрын

I will add that Tolkien himself claims there is no allegory in LOTR. In other words, he did not intend for his fictional world to mirror the real world in any way. But given the brutality of warfare he experienced, I too cannot help but feel that some of the real world did slip into into his writings.

@JenABlue-ed1bw

21 күн бұрын

@@gunkulator1 Yes and no: allegory is a one to one map, and he stated he did not do that. (More specifically, that it wasn't an allegory for World War II, and that he dislikes allegory as "purposed dominion of the author".) But he never denied that it was shaped by his experiences, as any creative work must be, and explicitly mentioned in the Forward to the Second Edition that returning home from WWI to find his home village industrialized was one that influenced LOTR.

@gunkulator1

21 күн бұрын

@@JenABlue-ed1bw I am saying that the story is to some degree allegorical, regardless of the author's intentions.

Best Reaction to Gandalf's fall. So many people are like" WhY DidN'T ThEy HelP HiM" instead of just experiencing the grief of the moment like the characters did. Well done, def do extended editions for the next 2!

"You've already taken a stab, what's another?" Cave troll: "yo prank him john"

You just found, arguably, the greatest trilogy ever. It's there with the original star wars trilogy, and I highly recommend finishing this series.

@EdenRiot2

6 күн бұрын

Inarguably.

"That's it?" This tells me you'd LOVE seeing the Extended versions for the next movies. Highly recommend. And if you'd make longer reactions, even split into several videos if necessary, is more than welcomed! Love to re-live these movies through people seeing them for the first time.

The next movie” Papi breaks his toe” extended edition…is a timeless classic 🦶 :)

"You guys know what the storming phase is?" This is how I know you're *really* in the military.

@eralia

24 күн бұрын

LOL i had to whip that one out

@jellygoo

23 күн бұрын

In germany it is simply part of the computer science schooling which included project management.

Your description of what all the film has describes "The Princess Bride" as well. It has "Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles."

Thank you for sharing this with us. Almost everyone who watches this trilogy goes through an emotional rollercoaster. Seeing your honest reactions helped me relive my experience and is another reminder of why so many of us love this trilogy. Looking forward to the next two!

Thanks! Welcome to our "fellowship"! I do hope you'll watch the extended versions for the next two movies. All the best to you!

@eralia

24 күн бұрын

holy guacamole, thank you!! glad you enjoyed the reaction, because i surely enjoyed the movie! looking forward to the next ones and to the rest of the adventure. 😊

@RoboSteave

24 күн бұрын

@@eralia You're certainly welcome. I'm looking forward to watching you react to the rest of this amazing adventure. I promise you, it does not disappoint.

@Icyp0is0n

23 күн бұрын

@@RoboSteave definitely gotta watch the extended edition.

@PeterDB90

22 күн бұрын

@@Icyp0is0n Love the extended editions. I do have 2 caveats against them (both of the caveats having to do with the 3rd movie) that I won't mention yet because it's spoilery, but I think extended editions are still more worth it despite those caveats.

"Oh shit, a bowling ball" might be my favourite reaction to anything LOTR in my entire life.

The Hobbit is Bilbo's story and you find out how the ring went from Gollum to Bilbo. I agree with the comments of the others to watch the extended versions. Definitely worth it!

@Combustibleporcupine

20 күн бұрын

His name is Dildo get it right 🤣

"Three rings for the Elven kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf lords in their halls of stone, Nine for the 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"

Tolkien story was published in the mid 1950's. The Rings were: 1 - Ring to rule them all 9 - Rings for Mortal Men 7 - Rings for the Dwarf Lords 3 - Rings for the Elves 1973 - The year Tolkien passed away.

@morcjul

24 күн бұрын

3 - 7 - 9 - 1 in the books, his death the exact reverse

I admire your ability to accept your call to duty to serve. Being selfless in the face of something greater than yourself is a noble virtue. Tolkien has many themes, and I am certain you’ll find your own meaning. Welcome to the club :)

The first time that Frodo saw Arwen, seemed like a goddess because he was fading to the shadows, and someone inmortal like her looks like this in that sphere. When Aragorn saw her immediately, looked different, because she is like this in the mortal sphere.

I remember being a kid, going to see this movie for the first time. This is the first movie I’ve ever gone to that left me on a cliffhanger. I remember thinking right there at the end, “This is a long movie” and then it faded into To Be Continued. And I was angry. “You can’t do this to me! I paid $7, dammit!”

@eralia

24 күн бұрын

😂😂

@StinkyBuster

23 күн бұрын

Im glad they at least moved Boromirs death from Two Towers. If they followed the books we wouldve only seen Frodo's perspective of the final battle

@PeterDB90

22 күн бұрын

That was my reaction. I was living with my uncle and aunt at the time and we would rent a movie every weekend and watch all together. At the movie rental place, we were recommended Lord of the Rings, so we rented it, watched it and enjoyed it while it lasted, but when it was over, all of us were angry, and my uncle even said "never listen to their recommendations again!" - we were not used to "trilogy" formats, up until this point, all movies we watched even if multiple series would have their own full, contained stories within each part, but this one quite literally ended still in the middle of a story. Fast forward to now and these are my favorite movies ever made, so it's crazy to me that the first movie I watched I remember feeling lukewarm toward, all because it wasn't a complete story XD

@O-sa-car

21 күн бұрын

yeah my bro was aggravated by that too lol

@zoesumra9152

19 күн бұрын

​@StinkyBuster Absolutely. When I first read LOTR as a child I felt Boromir died in the wrong place - it should have been the climax of Fellowship. I'm so glad Jackson made that tweak.

I was deployed in 2003, and we, too, had a lot of jets flying overhead and heavy equipment moving around outside when we watched Fellowship.

I was very protective of the book growing up, and against anyone outside of Britain turning this into a film. They just wouldn't understand it. However, seeing Peter Jackson's passion for making it Tolkien's story and not his own, that changed my mind. It went on to become my favourite trilogy.

@seanmcmurphy4744

23 күн бұрын

Same. The movies are the gold standard for movie adaptation and were a labor of love for everyone involved. The swords and knives were real, forged by a master swordsmith. All the weapons, costumes, and structures are true to the details given in the books. The height difference between hobbits and men was handled not by CGI but by forced perspective. Bilbo's house, Bag End, and all the hundreds of props inside, were constructed in two versions, at different scales.

@R0d_1984

22 күн бұрын

As an Anglo-Saxon Australian i understand it alot...

It's such a sad ending but it is absolutely hilarious how you are forced to be as quiet as possible even tho you're having a breakdown lmao. Best movie trilogy of all time, and there are so many great ones. But all 3 movies are literally perfect to me.

Your life will be segmented into two parts - your life before you saw the trilogy for the first time, and your life after. No one walks away unchanged.

"Someone named d!ldo" You did NOT just do my boy Bilbo dirty like that! 🤣😭

One of the all time favorites for me. Legolas is one of my favorites, love how fluid they made him. Small silly thing but how many have noticed where they are struggling through the snow and Legolas walks on top of the snow. 😉

The more power a person has the more they desire the ring. Note that Gandalf and Galadriel, two of the most powerful beings in Middle-Earth, have a serious craving; Gandalf was afraid to even touch it for fear he will not be able to let it go again. Boromir was a good man, he was just vulnerable to it due to the stress of his responsibilities to protect Gondor. We will learn more of his backstory in the other films.

20:00 Boys, we got her. Prepare the Extended Editions! Also I am so happy to see someone, I presume, realize that Boromir wasn't a bad guy and be sad at his death. He was in truth a shining example of Humanity, but the Ring seeks to twist one's own beliefs, hopes and dreams. In his case it was wanting to protect his people after fighting to protect them for so long. One interesting perspective as well, J.R.R. Tolkien experienced the horrors of war during WW1 and it influenced a lot of his writing for the novels. The man hated the slow-march of progression and automation that he saw in England, with the wonderful hills and forests of green being replaced by factories and concrete.

The 3 and the 7 should be the other way around: 3 Rings to Elves, 7 Rings to Dwarves.

Thanks! for your service and have your tissues ready for the extended additions of parts 2 and 3

@eralia

23 күн бұрын

omg thank you so much for the support!!! i love hanging out with yall, even if im away from home. i’ll have too look into the extended ones, lots of requests for that ☺️

@movieswithmatticus5469

23 күн бұрын

@@eralia Please don't watch the EE of the movies. There's a bunch of stuff that won't make any sense because you haven't read the books. Peter Jackson has said that the regular versions are his preferred version of the movies and that the EE are novelties for people who have read the books. I would watch the EE as a second viewing.

@isabelnoyer5893

22 күн бұрын

@@movieswithmatticus5469 I don't think anyone would agree with you my friend, the extended editions are the only ones worth watching. Most people I know doesn't even watch reactions unless they are doing the extended!! (Not my case though, I'll watch all of them haha, but I definitely prefer the Extended Editions and would be so so so grateful if she took the Extended for Two Towers and Return of the King!)

@PeterDB90

22 күн бұрын

@@movieswithmatticus5469 I disagree to an extent. EE's tie up certain loose ends that the regular versions don't cover, but I WOULD agree with you that EE's might be better on a second viewing rather than first, so if she plans to watch this multiple times, I'd recommend regular versions (there's multiple reasons for this - I won't spoil the scene I'm talking about, but EE spoils something in the 3rd movie for example way too early - there's a scene that leaves an outcome up in the air and EE's immediately give you the answer to what the outcome will be, while regular version makes you wait until the climax and only THEN reveals to you what the outcome was, which makes that revelation much more powerful and satisfying rather than watching it and knowing it's coming like you do in EE). Obviously, I'm purposely being vague because I don't want to spoil what scene it is, but I'll be back here to comment again to clarify what I meant once she watches the next 2 movies. BUT if she plans to watch only once, then EE's all the way.

@movieswithmatticus5469

22 күн бұрын

@@isabelnoyer5893 Peter Jackson has said he thinks the theatrical cuts are the definitive movie experience. I think that counts for something.

8:53 lots of people misunderstand this but the Brandywine Bridge isn't where they are going, the Hobbits are already crossing the river, Frodo is asking where the nearest crossing is to gauge how far the Nazgul are behind them. Merry means the nearest crossing is twenty miles away so the Nazgul have to make up at least that much ground to reach them.

@rileytruax766

Күн бұрын

yeah i dont understand how so many people misunderstood that tbh

No, this isn't Bilbo's story, he was the hero of Tolkien's first book, The Hobbit. Written many years before the Lord of the Rings books, though the Hobbit films were made much later than the Lord of the Rings films. One thing the films leave out is that Gandalf's sword, Glamdring, should _also_ glow blue when orcs are near, as it is also a sword of the First Age (Lord of the Rings is a medieval fantasy post-apocalyptic setting, with the creations of the First Age being of far greater quality than what men can create in the Third Age). Gandalf acquired it when he journeyed with Bilbo during _his_ adventure, both swords were part of a treasure hoard that they found along the way. Galadriel is good, but she is creepy. She's _ancient._ Over 20,000 years old, making her older than the sun and moon in Tolkien's world. That gives her a very different outlook than the younger races, one that they often aren't able to connect with. And surprise at how it ends is a very common reaction. This is only the first part of three, and it tells the tale of the fellowship. The breaking of the fellowship is a very natural place to end when you think of it that way.

"Our boy G-Dalf" awesome nickname 😂 Love that you're doing a reaction of these movies. Really liked watching your Mass Effect playthroughs (it's what brought me to your channel in the first place), and it saddened me greatly that you had to put it on hold (though i do understand why, and i'm really looking forward to watching the rest of it whenever you may return from your deployment), so it makes me really happy that you're going through these ^_^ The best movie-series ever made imho, and watching reactions of it is one of my favourite pastimes here on youtube 😄 Love your reactions to this one, and here's hoping you'll enjoy the rest of the movies as well! Until next time: Take care ^_^

@eralia

24 күн бұрын

thank you for the kind comment and for understanding my situation! i’m glad you’re still here despite the pause in mass effect, and i’m looking forward to continuing the game when i return as well 😊

There's two elvish languages, actually. Tolkien was a linguist and invented several languages as the primary purpose of creating these books. He created all of Middle Earth and thousands of years of history for it, simply as a way of explaining the evolution of languages as a sort of alternate history for our own world and the roots of the English language, and he drew on various northern European mythology, Christian theology (and particularly his Catholic faith and traditions), and especially what little is known of early Anglo-Saxon peoples and their language. The language Arwen and Aragorn are speaking is called Sindarin. The other elvish language is called Quenya. To make an analogy, Sindarin is to modern Italian as Quenya is to Latin. Tolkien was an incredible intellect and absolute turbo-nerd of a linguistics professor at Oxford University, and all the of the non-English you hear spoken in the films is taken directly from his extensive work at creating books, short stories, poems, and songs in the various languages he invented. Other than his fantasy literature, he's especially known for his scholarship around the Beowulf epic poem.

I am *so* excited for you to react to this trilogy, one of the best stories ever told IMO. One interesting tidbit I like to tell first time watchers, when Galadriel (the elf queen) was giving gifts to everyone and Legolas asked Gimli what she gave him and he told her about the 3 strands of hair when he only asked for one, Legolas gives a knowing smile. The short version is way back when Galadriel was young, her uncle Faenor (who was probably one of the most powerful and skilled elf ever) wanted to create these powerful gems and Galadriel's hair was renowned for being so beautiful and a golden silver. Faenor wanted to capture the golden silver light into a gem like he did captured the light of magic trees with the others he made, so three times he asked her for one strand of hair. And three times she refused him, able to see the greed and arrogant pride within him. Pretty much every elf knows this story, so Legolas smiled knowing Gimli was so pure he got what Faenor couldn't, three times over. To me, that's what really changed Legolas' mind about dwarves. Gimli in particular.

Coincidentally I've just started listening to the Hobbit audio book, and the LotR books further down the line too, narrated by Andy Serkis aka Gollum!

@waltdistel716

24 күн бұрын

he's so good!

18:55 "A ball gag, yeah." 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tolkien wrote LotR after he went through the horrors of fighting in WW1. There's so much in that story that you will notice quicker if you're a soldier, things like being yanked from a peaceful village into a horrible adventure filled with death but also hope to see the next day, forging camaraderie and sacrificing yourself for your friends.

@kjaldir1089

12 күн бұрын

@@baguettegott3409 Please read my comment again, because you misquoted and misunderstood the whole of it.

I rewatched the intro three times to confirm I had properly heard the alternate name for Bilbo you were using at the start of the video - which I'm pretty sure is used in a particular genre of parody of this series. Though the alternate name you first gave the Balrog was so unexpected I nearly fell out of my chair.

@wayland76

20 күн бұрын

The character she mentioned is in the parody book called "Bored of the Rings".

No, you're not wrong, this movie trilogy is where cinema peaked. Rather than inspiring a bunch of other directors and studios to produce films as good as this and try to top it, it's been all downhill since. What's particularly shocking is that this movie is _so_ well documented. The special features that came with the extended edition box sets, which are longer than the movies themselves, cover in great detail every aspect of the production from start to finish in every department, but nobody else has bothered to use it as a template to make other great films.

I'm weirdly jealous you got to experience this for the first time as an adult. But, I wouldn't trade experiencing this trilogy when I was a wee lad. It's such a masterpiece of cinema. I had a marathon of all the films as my 12th birthday party .I had a fantastic time, not sure about everyone else... Can't wait for the next installment! Also, the extended versions is the way...

It cracks me up that EVERYBODY that comes to these movies new says, "Oh!! It's the meme!!" whenever Boromir does his "One does not simply..." line. Every time!

I can't believe this is actually happening! Im so pumped for the entire series.... Let's goooo! 💪🏻 Sidenote: the extended movies are pure GOLD if interested. Also your veiws would skyrocket from the massive LOTRs fanbase. Take care and stay safe! ❤ 🇺🇸

Something that doesn't get mentioned a lot is how different Sauron's voice is from the majority of evil voices out there. You really get the feeling of someone powerful and ancient, as if the whole world around him distorts around and trembles as he speaks.

One additional thing that was not fully realized from book to movie was the magnitude of the enemies Boromir defeated. In the book it describes that he was pierced my many arrows and when Aragorn showed up there were bodies of dead Urks scattered all around. He see him defeating many but I say he defeats more than what is shown in the movie. Also since I didn't see it mentioned: did you know when Lurtz, the lead Urk, threw the knife at Aragorn he actually threw a real blade and Viggo actually deflected a real blade with a real blade. Its a pretty scary thing but makes the scene really cool!

You have taken the first steps on an emotional roller coaster of a series, I look forward to you watching the next two and the way it will transform your life.

You have a lot of heart, kid. Thanks for letting us come along on the journey with you.

I love it when others finally embark on their LotR journey with the Fellowship. We get to see them slowly but surely emotionally invest in the characters, not realizing that hours have already passed by the time credits roll. Extended Edition is the only way to go with this trilogy. Can't wait to see your reaction to the other two!

Ah yes. We all remember that heartbreaking moment where Gandalf was killed by "Ball Gag" 🤣🫡

Before Fellowship of the Ring starts: 'there's no way I'll be able to watch a three hour movie and pay attention the whole time' Three hours later: 'wait, that's it? I just watched a whole three hour movie?' Yep.

Hey Eralia, Im glad you are still posting content after deployment. I love the energy you bring to these games and movies. This is my favorite series of all time. If you are a book person, you should give the books a try after the movies. There's is so much in those, every time you read it you noticed something new or interpret something differently

@PeterDB90

22 күн бұрын

My wife gifted me The Hobbit book filled with Tolkein's own illustrations and maps - I still haven't started it but I plan to and LOTR is next. I was told LOTR is a very difficult read while Hobbit is more of a kids book so starting with Hobbit will help me jump into LOTR, but everyone I talked to who has read LOTR has warned me about how hard it is to read through it. I know this, but still want to read the books because the movies are my favorite of all time, so I want to know what the books are about, even if I have to FORCE myself to read them.

@ssjbargainsale

22 күн бұрын

@@PeterDB90 Fellowship came out when i was 10. One day, by chance, my mom took me to the mall after school and before going home the movie theater was empty and they were playing it. We went in on the final 1/3 of the movie. I jad no idea what was hapoening but i thought it was just so amazing. I kept talking about it and my dad told me it was based on an old book. Lord of the rings was the first book i ever read by choice. My parents tried to force me to read harry potter, some kids books. Never could read more than a few pages. This one I read in 3 months and would read again every year for many years after that. Its the reason i love books. The hobbit was a fun light read that i did much later but never read it again. IMO the vibe is just too different. If it wasnt for bilbo and gandalf i would say its an spin off. What imtrying to say is basically that you can consider both two different stories and you wont miss mich. You can vibe with the hobbit and dislike the reading experience of lotr. Or vice versa. Lotr os dense and some times dull, but it never unenjoyable. The worst part to go through it chapter 5 or 6 IIRC. The part after Bilbo leaves and before frodos starts the journey. I never liked reading through that part and I would skip it some times.

Welcome, and enjoy! I was a huge fan of the book before the movies came out. There are some differences from the books - some accepted more than others. Most people agree that the movies are wonderful. The extended editions include a LOT of context information.

I love the honesty of how you react to things. It's satisfying to see someone genuinely respond to something so many people love. You are a real one.

First, I’d just like to say that I really appreciate how your playthroughs of The Last of Us and The Walking Dead games helped me get through Covid a year ago. If you intend to do more movie reactions or just want something to watch yourself, I would recommend that you watch The Fly from 1986. It's not just a great horror, but a great movie with actual drama and real depth. Technically it’s a Sci-fi horror, but it’s also kind of a very tragic love story. It features some of the best practical special effects of all time and it won an Oscar for best makeup. It stars Jeff Goldblum in arguably the best performance of his career and it was scored by Howard Shore, who also scored the Lord of the Rings movies.

Hobbit Meal Times Breakfast - 7 a.m. Second Breakfast - 9 a.m. Elevenses - 11 a.m. Luncheon - 1 p.m. Afternoon Tea - 3 p.m. Dinner - 6 p.m. Supper - 9 p.m.

I love the brand of Mass Effect in your reaction. And tearing up is perfectly fine. There are moments were sobbing is also encouraged.

Aragorn is a descendent of Elros, Elrond's twin brother, who chose to live as a mortal Man (as everyone in Elrond's family can choose to live as Elves or Men given their heritage). This makes him and Arwen (who is Elrond's daughter) somewhat related, though many times removed. Arwen was born in the year 241 of the Third Age, while Aragorn was born on March 1 of 2931. Also, the movie never explicitly explains this, but in the books it's 17 years between Gandalf leaving the Shire (to research the Ring) in 3001 and him coming back to send Frodo to Bree in 3018.

@PeterDB90

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, I can see why they condensed that for the movie - 17 years is a long time, they'd need another group of actors playing the hobbits by then.

@alextu_Music

22 күн бұрын

@@PeterDB90 The movie doesn't explictly say whether it had been 17 years or not. However, I don't think they would really need different actors for the Hobbits. By the time they leave the Shire, Sam and Merry are 38 and 36 respectively, and Pippin is 28. They wouldn't look particularly that much different given the way Hobbits age according to the books. Frodo is 50, but due to the Ring already starting to delay aging, he would also likely look around the same or similar to when he was 33.

Please watch the extended editions for the next 2!!

@gracehiggins2666

21 күн бұрын

No! First time viewers should always watch the theatrical editions. As Peter Jackson has said, the theatrical editions are the definitive versions. The extended editions are for people who have already watched them and want more.

@Lycan072

21 күн бұрын

@@gracehiggins2666 the arguments that I have against this would be spoilers so I don't wanna say it just in case. All I'll say is that one loses characterisation and plot critical scenes if not for extended.

@gracehiggins2666

21 күн бұрын

@@Lycan072 Nothing plot critical is lost by only watching the theatrical editions. And again, fleshing out secondary or tertiary characters is something people can go back and watch the extended edition for if they liked the theatrical editions.

'Those cheekbones on fleek." First time I've heard that in this film but I like it

If eralia isn't sobbing by the time 'forth eorlingas' finishes, we check to see when the robot duplicate replaced her.

*Writes down gracefully* “Papiiiiiiiii” I’m 💀💀💀

Boromir is the only person ever to snap out of ring control on his own. And he followed it up by fighting to the death for the hobbits. He is a hero, not a villain, as some people think. He was known as the best of men..

@dkosmari

21 күн бұрын

On his own? Or after the Ring was out of his reach? Galadriel snapped out of it too. So did Isildur, who spent years being controlled by it, until he finally decided to hand it to Elrond in Rivendell (and got ambushed on the way there.)

@MustardSkaven

20 күн бұрын

@@dkosmari On his own, yes. Galadriel never fell for the ring. She was tempted but resisted. Isildur was killed with the ring with him. He never actually took it off to give it to Elrond.

They releasing the trilogy back in theaters june (remastered)🔥🔥

As someone who also served, I love hearing units mottos. At least for the Army, not sure what branch you’re in or if they do mottos. But one of my favorite lesser known facts is that the words that Gandalf says to the Balrog on the Bridge of Khazad Dum is very similar to the French’s battle cry in 1916 in Verdun. “Ils ne passeront pas” which translates to “They shall not pass.” The Germans were as close to Paris as they’d ever get, in WWI, and if the Germans broke the French line, Paris would have fallen, as there wasn’t any good defendable terrain left between them and Paris. Every time I watch that scene, I’m reminded of those French troops digging into their last positions, and the French commander telling his men that they cannot pass. That they shall not pass. Tolkien was sent to France in 1916, and fought on the front lines at Somme, and definitely would have been inspired by the dogged determination of the French at Verdun. Also, I couldn’t help but laugh at your comment about the lack of OPSEC for Merry and Pippin on the ferry. Hope to see you continue the trilogy! Tolkien composed part of the lore for his world while in the trenches in France. You’ll notice a lot that resonates with the soldiers mindset. Or at least; it resonates with me. Also, an aside, as I’m sure you’re already getting hundreds of comments telling you that you need to watch the extended edition. Let me be the counter argument that says “Do you though?” Don’t get me wrong, I love the extended editions. They’re all that my siblings and I watch. And we watch the films together two or three times a year whenever someone needs cheering up. However. From a new perspective, besides a scene early on in the third film; (which aside - book fans should actually like the theatrical version of that scene better because then we can pretend that the Scouring of the Shire takes place.) there is absolutely nothing that is pivotal to the story that you are missing. And in my opinion, the theatrical versions are better paced. Which I think makes for a better viewing experience for first time watchers. All my friends that I show LotR to for the first time, I do so with the theatrical instead of the extended. And I can push up my glasses and explain to them the difference between the Valar and Maiar. The counter argument to that, which I think is fair to consider, is that reactors are more cognizant of extra lore dumps and recontextualisation’s that the extended editions give you. Partly due to how the reacting format works, plus I would guess a healthy dose of fear of appearing stupid on the internet. However, just wanted to try and balance the scales a bit in terms of the demands I see from reactors when it comes to the LotR extended edition onslaught that always happens.

If you already cry while watching The Fellowship of the Ring, you will shed a sea of ​​tears while watching The Return of the King. Tolkien has been the greatest fantasy writer and one of the greatest in history for well over half a century, and nothing will change that, whose work has had a huge impact on the work of other writers, creators of films, games, etc. George Lucas wouldn't have made Star Wars (and certainly not this version) if it weren't for Tolkien. J.K. Rowling wouldn't have written Harry Potter if she hadn't read Tolkien first. It's obvious who she had in mind when creating the character of Dumbledore and the Dementors. George R.R. Martin wouldn't have written Game of Thrones without having first read Tolkien. In one of his interviews, he once told how he came up with the idea of ​​killing the characters of his books. When he read The Lord of the Rings for the first time and came to the scene where Gandalf dies with the Balrog by falling off a bridge Khazad Dum was in total shock because he didn't think Tolkien would dare to kill such an important character. Later, when writing Game of Thrones, he said that since Tolkien had no qualms about killing off characters, he wouldn't have any problems either. One of Tolkien's greatest advantages as a writer, apart from creating the most "real" fantasy world in the history of literature, is writing in such a way as to leave as much room for the reader's imagination as possible. That's why adapting the book to the screen was so difficult, because the filmmakers had to meet the imagination of millions of readers in order to accurately represent this world. But Peter Jackson did the impossible. He made a faithful adaptation, which is considered a model. The three parts of the trilogy won a total of 17 Oscars and many other awards. But it doesn't change the fact that the book is better. But The Lord of the Rings, although an iconic book, is not Tolkien's best book. In my opinion (but I suspect that also of many other fans of the Professor's work) it is The Silmarillion. Tolkien divided the history of his imaginary world into three eras. The action of The Lord of the Rings takes place in the third era. The Silmarillion describes the first two eras, starting from the creation of the world (Arda, of which Middle-earth is a part). Silmarillion is not only the best fantasy book, but the greatest story ever created by man.

"Papi..." Damn it. I _liked_ that coffee that I just spewed onto my monitor.

@eralia

21 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

I saw the Fellowship 5 times in the theater (I know). The part where Bilbo suddenly turns evil when he sees the ring again actually scared me twice. I forgot about it on my second viewing.

Please watch the extended versions of the next two films. So much character development and even vast amounts of scenes that make the movie better are cut in the theatricals which makes the movies just, different and worse.

You: You're probably wondering why I haven't seen these movies yet Me: oh this will be a nice short introduction to who you are You: it actually started when I was born 💀💀

@eralia

Күн бұрын

😂😂

Never have I known more about a world’s lore without ever seeing the movies or read the books.

"Hobbit feet. Mmmmmm." No. NO. No. Do not go down that path. It is dark, and full of terrors.

*Watches a three hour movie "That's it??" Haha, that's how you know how amazing these films are.

So many people complain on the Boromir character, yet everyone cry their eyes out when he dies... only shows what good an actor Sean Bean is.. even if he always dies in every movie :)

If you cried this much from this movie, get ready for a wild ride in the next two.

It's 7 rings for the dwarves and 3 for the elves. But the movies mostly focus on the 9 human rings and the one daddy ring.

@dkosmari

21 күн бұрын

Yeah, because those 9 ring wraiths did pretty much all the work for Sauron. Imagine how much easier tings would have been if Sauron distributed 19 rings to men instead of only 9.

This is the best reaction i've seen in a while.

funny that you notice how the tone of the film suddenly changes xD that's because we're told the story from Bilbo's perspective until Rivendell, after that it's from Frodo's perspective 🙂🙂

This is it dude, the 90s kids peak cinema experience. There won't be another trilogy like this for many years.

Pretty good notes excepet 3 rings for Elves and 7 for Dwarves. (not vice versa.) After Tolkien died, he was buried next to his wife and the Names of Beren and Luthien are underneath their real names. Beren was a man of Ancient Middle Earth and Luthien was a Elf Princess who fell in love with him. Together they wrested the Silmarils (Jewels which preserved a lost form of light)from the Crown of Morgoth, Sauron's Boss (literally an Evil God while he slept, lulled by a song Luthien sang to him. They were remote ancestors of Aragorn and Arwen, who are distantly (Over several thousand years) related to each other. Arwen is Elron's daughter, and Galadriel (who you meet later) is her grandmother.. Elrond's Brother, Elros, chose to be mortal (Elrond and his brother were half-elves and could choose either to be elves or Human. Elrond chose elf, and elros chose human.) and is a distant ancestor of Aragorn. (There is a HUUUGE amount of lore in Tolkien.

If you're interested, I can tell you a few things, without spoilers, that aren't detailed enough in the film: Galadriel (the Lady of the Light, from the elven word "galad") is a very powerful sorceress who in her millennial life fought many battles (most likely as heavy artillery) against the original dark lord Morgoth, the one who taught Sauron the way to the "dark side". Galadriel and Elrond, the elven king of Rivendell, have telepathic powers, can communicate at a distance and he also has the gift of foresight. Galadriel's daughter married Elrond and therefore Arwen, the one who swears eternal love to Aragorn, is Galadriel's granddaughter. Galadriel's gifts to the company are enchanted and the two daggers given to Merry and Pippin have already been used in combat, as she tells them. the palantir, Saruman's seer stone, is not the only one, there are others (another is kept in the city of Gondor, where Gandalf went to find information about the ring) and looking into it for too long can lead to addiction and folly. Saruman doesn't actually seek the ring for Sauron but he believes he can bend its powers to his will. Pippin comes from a noble family and he is the heir to the title of earl of the shire.

Watching war movies while deployed is definitely a brave choice

This is a triology, more, it is one big movie cut in three parts. The second one is "The two Towers" and the third part is ""Return of the King". And see the uncut versions.

"I'm a sucker for good choir music" yeah, you'll love this soundtrack

I would love to see longer reactions of the next movies. You are in for one hell of a ride! I almost wish I could watch these films for the first time again, it’s such a special experience. I was quite young when they came out, probably a little too young to see them, but thankfully I had an older brother who insisted we had to see them in the theatre. It’s something I will never forget. So beautifully made, just absolute perfection.

The actor for Strider speaks a bunch or languages and adopted Bill the horse and stayed in character by having his sword on him all the time.

You need to understand that the Lord of The Rings was written as a single book but due to its length it was divided into three volumes for publishing. This is important because it means that the first two installments do not have closure. It is only with the third movie will you get everything coming together and tied up with a nice bow. This is a saga. You will get to know and love all the characters. You will also see that Gandalf and Boromir, who both died in this movie, play parts in the other movies, if only in flashbacks which help explain other characters' actions. You are in for one hell of a ride. Enjoy it!