one of the best openings to one of the best films ever made

@hussain1921

8 жыл бұрын

+Danny Gilliam Not one of...THE.

@JMPERager

8 жыл бұрын

+Huuss Reacts Well it's only one of the three films that features this opening :P But yes, the Lord of The Rings movies are the best and will always be my favourite movies of all time, oh the many times I've watched them with extended content :)

@blackcarmafia

8 жыл бұрын

+JMPERager ono movie to rule them all

@JMPERager

8 жыл бұрын

blackcarmafia Hhaha :)

@danielkonecny2956

8 жыл бұрын

+Danny Gilliam after promotional massage i was like "wtf is lord of the rings fellowship of the ring and what is that stupid name anyway" finally i was watching this and after this prologue i knew, that its gonna be the best fucking movie ever. and it was. and still is

This 4 minute intro was better than the entirety of the Rings of Power season 1

@uberhuber7903

9 ай бұрын

I've never witnessed a phenomenon quite like all the people who act like they read the Silmarillion and hate on that show. It was a good show.

@MarcusA20

9 ай бұрын

@@uberhuber7903 never read it and never claimed to. RoP was boring and doomed to fail from the jump.

@samadhemmaty1796

5 ай бұрын

Well said

@MannyNamiro

5 ай бұрын

@@uberhuber7903 That show was terrible in nearly every single way. It was one of the worst adaptations ever made and it was a godawful show even on its own merit.

@g0ldl1fe

4 ай бұрын

based

Cate Blanchett's voice is divine

@rickypoon6406

8 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Perfect choice for Galadriel's role.

@davidcabreonmunoz6258

4 жыл бұрын

NO.

@labibchy1423

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidcabreonmunoz6258 Stfu

@Vayne_Solidor

2 жыл бұрын

@@labibchy1423 Ignore the filth.

@0farmerjohn0

2 жыл бұрын

Cate Blanchette is divine!

I remember going to the cinema in 2001 and seeing this scene the very very first time with my best friend. I sat back in my seat, eating some popcorn and drinkin coke. after this scene I literally was like "WTF did i just see?" - I couldnt believe my eyes. this was the most epic opening to any movie i had ever seen. After those 4 minutes i was so fucking sold until this day. Best part is, I was playing Baldur's Gate 2 back then and I will never forget how pumped I was after this movie. I was in fantasy world thru and thru back then. Ohhhh the memories ...

@Aan_allein

9 жыл бұрын

why did you leave the fantasy world for the world of men?

@thegreatharborshipofbentus3567

8 жыл бұрын

+xabun wonder how galadriel fared against Irenicus...

@simonjrgensen6761

7 жыл бұрын

I shat myself. Cate is intense af

@concept5631

7 жыл бұрын

xabun Sounds amazing to be alive back then! Unfortunately, I wasn't born yet. So I'll never feel that experience. :(

@lordleonnoel9992

7 жыл бұрын

xabun i

Commanders: Gil-Galad† Elendil† Elrond Isildur Anarion† Durin V Amdír† Oropher† Military Strength: 250,000 Men (Mainly from Gondor and Arnor) 150,000 Elves of which, vast majority were from Lindon. 50,000 Dwarves of Durin's Folk Along with many birds and beasts and other creatures of good. Greatest host of light since the War of Wrath.

@combineadvisorwithinternet6040

4 жыл бұрын

@John6yt I don't care if this comment is two years ago. In the Return of the King book, Tolkien describes the armies of the west in the Battle at the Black Gates. If i remember right there were 7000 soldiers from both Gondor and Rohan. (Including the Dol-Amroth, Dunedain rangers etc.)

@jchea1764

4 жыл бұрын

You left out Elrond ... He was there too

@combineadvisorwithinternet6040

4 жыл бұрын

@@jchea1764 I don't think he counts as a commander, Elrond was the herald of Gil-galad, maybe that's why he didn't include him.

@MajinOthinus

4 жыл бұрын

@@combineadvisorwithinternet6040 He counted Isildur and Anarion which were both below Elendil chain of command wise. Elrond was second in command to Gil-Galad and wielded arguably greater authority than Isildur and Anarion seeing as he was the master of Imladris while the rest of Gil-Galad's kingdom was all but in ruins from the earlier war with Sauron.

@combineadvisorwithinternet6040

4 жыл бұрын

@@MajinOthinus Fair enough.

It's hard to believe this came out 15 years ago. It really puts into perspective how truly revolutionary and groundbreaking the series was.

@minastirith997

4 жыл бұрын

Jek Tono Porkins 19 years

@LemonadeYellow

4 жыл бұрын

Jek Tono Porkins Almost 20

@Obese_Pterodactyl

4 жыл бұрын

It's really depressing to think no movie since has even been remotely close to being able to top.

@tr9165

3 жыл бұрын

20 years

@pan_nekdo

2 жыл бұрын

Another 5 yrs passed...

Little known fact:there were also dwarves here led by King Durin IV

@PontficateArtok

6 жыл бұрын

Lord of the Isles Poor Dwarves always get the short end of the stick.

@lilben4184

6 жыл бұрын

>short

@tanith117

5 жыл бұрын

You know, I always wondered about that.

@mechadoggy

5 жыл бұрын

USS Prinz Eugen considering that a lot of history books were written by elves (prior to Legolas and Gimli’s friendship which was pivotal for race-relations), maybe elven historians racistly left out dwarves in many historical accounts

@theeverchosen1504

5 жыл бұрын

Weren't they held up by Goblins in a pass tho?

2:24 I love it when the arrows whiz by Elrond's face. So rad.

@zafran20

4 жыл бұрын

It is this attention to detail that is one of the reasons why these movies are so awesome. I noticed this too when I was just a kid... and made the character so awesome, just standing there without flinching... the hair blown by the arrows.

@Grivian

2 жыл бұрын

@@zafran20 Everyone noticed that as a kid, and everyone thought it looked awesome. Just like when Aragorn deflected the dagger

@dquarks

2 жыл бұрын

Hope the new Elrond with his fancy short hair can stir up emotions as the original. I have my doubts ! Without Jackson involved it would take a miracle from the valar and maiar.

@marvelansh1569

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@Nebelung8

Жыл бұрын

@@dquarks you've got your awnser 😂🤣

This is pretty much the best opening scene to a movie ever...I only wish it had been longer.

@oscarjohnson2130

7 жыл бұрын

Ya I fucking love this scene but personally I would have loved for the voice over to cut out for like 5 or 6 minutes and just let us get into this battle instead or only showing about 40 seconds or hand to hand fighting.

@thehunter7422

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe the upcoming amazon series would make that happen . After all it seems like it's gonna be about the second age . A lot of shit happens here regarding sauron and the men and elves . Such as this war right here , the fall of Numenor , seeing sauron shape shift and losing his power only being allowed to show his true form (aka what he looks like here ) The death of isildurs brother Anarion , Minas Ithil turning into Minas Morgul , isildur taking a seedling on the white tree in Minas Ithil before sauron nearly took the city so he can plant it in Minas Tirith (the tree you see in return of the king ) Gil Galads death and Thranduils father's death , the making of the rings and of course the Nazgul/Ringwraiths and many more happens here in the Second Age .

@Faaaaaaaaaaaaz

2 жыл бұрын

@@thehunter7422 forget about that already. Only crowdfunding independent series by real fans after source goes to public affairs would probably make it.

@chinimon8259

2 жыл бұрын

They should do the story before this it was alot more fighting and more elf kingdom that got wiped out by bolrogs

@chrono106

2 жыл бұрын

The first time I saw it, I thought Sauron looked a little cheesy, but when those elves started spinning those blades, I was sold.

20 years later, this still remains one of the best movies ever made.

"but there were some who resisted" then the scene cuts to a million strong army...

@JMPERager

8 жыл бұрын

+WDxpanzer3 Indeed 1 million is an overstatement, remember all the Uruk-Hai from Isengard were only 10,000. And didn't that army look immense?

@blackcarmafia

8 жыл бұрын

+JMPERager i counted them and they were only 8894 actualy

@JMPERager

8 жыл бұрын

blackcarmafia Lol xD

@JMPERager

8 жыл бұрын

***** Really 2 million? Wow. Well, when it comes to Orcs 1 soldier is worth at least 3 Orc kills.

@JMPERager

8 жыл бұрын

***** 10 orc kills? Cool :) And don't you mean Angmar? Anyway, I didn't know there were THAT many Orcs there. I thought there were only like 100 thousand but and attack from the north which would end up as an attack from the rear would be extremely devastating.

"The world is changed, I feel it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was, is lost, for none now live who remember it." Simply epic.

@ikik1648

3 жыл бұрын

Apt quote for these modern times...

@toddkes5890

Жыл бұрын

Should have used a different verb for the water: ". . . I taste it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. . . . " This avoids the repeating verb, and allows people to realize she can tell the evil is present with all her senses.

@HisameArtwork

Жыл бұрын

@@toddkes5890 no, the repetition gives it weight. original is way better than your idea.

@RaccoonRepublic

Жыл бұрын

@@toddkes5890 She feels the water as she feels the earth - not by consuming it, but by being a part of it. Feeling something in the earth she touches, in the current of the rivers, etc. - so this isn't about drinking water, at least that is how I would see it... hence taste would not be so appropriate. We aren't talking about a sulfur leak here as much as a subtle sense of spiritual malice which is detected within the soul.

These movies were god damn masterpieces..

@danielmoreno9674

4 жыл бұрын

GrimoireVoss *are

@golice

2 жыл бұрын

What kind dark lord is defeated by cut his finger lol

@golice

2 жыл бұрын

So weak lord

@moonbeeps

2 жыл бұрын

@@golice He wasn't, he was just weaker.

This Is Galadriel..how she spoke, how she move..it was divine

@kinbolluck476

Жыл бұрын

BOROORIRNGGGGG

@Pher0cious

Жыл бұрын

Cry more little wimp

@matiasbriceno6031

Жыл бұрын

dude what a cringe comment... just get over it bro... is so saaad

@bertlegion683

Жыл бұрын

triggered the bootlickers with this comment mate, amazons crap is pure fan fiction. This is the real LOTR, true fans know it

@Grissbane

Жыл бұрын

@@kinbolluck476 Yes the Rings of Power sure is

I remember watching this in the cinemas for the first time, my mind was blown. That scale and effort they put into those movies is just massive.

@vidzChannel

10 жыл бұрын

pah.. read the books.. you will be very annoyed with jackson for making a mess of a great book story..

@brodiewilson6985

10 жыл бұрын

MrDreamerFlyer I have read the books, and I found that in many cases, the movies did the books justice. In some cases, changes were made which greatly benefited the story/characters. And there were those scant few scenes that weren't done as well as they should've been, and weren't justice to the movies, there's like one in each movie (The Nazgul being chased off by Aragorn wielding a regular sword [not Narsil/Anduil] and a flaming torch).

@gianlucacittadino9373

9 жыл бұрын

And The Lord of the rings movies are pretty cheap compared to today's movies

@gianlucacittadino9373

9 жыл бұрын

The fellow ship of the ring cost 90 million when Enders game cost 120 million

@radupricopie9648

7 жыл бұрын

Gianluca Cittadino Only because more ppl go to cinema these days. Lotr movies are way better than any today movie.

I have seen this for more then 40 times and still its not getting boring at all!

@alexkifle5164

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I can watch a lot Times and not get bored i hope show something of sauron begin evil atleast some parts

this is the best opening ever. its masterpiece!!!

@cptnhero6116

7 жыл бұрын

so true, still get goosebumps when i start watching the trilogy, with this start, the world has changed, just freaggin awesome

Ladies and gentlemen , the greatest battle of the Second Age .. The remnants of Numenor and the Noldor , Sindar and Silvan elves united against a common enemy .. never again in the Third Age would a host of such force and might be seen .. A force that marched straight to Mordor , broke through the Black Gate , and defeated Sauron in battle..

@redeagles2567

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly that comment wins so much respect coz it really describe what happened there in the Second Age of MR TOLKIEN BOOK !! Also in that long days Terryfing War they were fought also Dwarves who took part in and in the Last Alliance and in Sauron side The Good Forces were indeed so enormous armies full of as you said the Last Noldorians ( High Elves ) and Numenorians ( from the Fallen Island ) ! Never again Middle Earth will see such a Mighty Force of the Good..!!! Honestly The First and the Second Age had so much Mystery.. and powerful events that I'm definitely certain even P.J. himself could not tell us excactly what might really was...!

@jomcueto980

2 жыл бұрын

Why are the dwarves not there?

@rodnabors7364

2 жыл бұрын

@@jomcueto980 Only real critic of this is it almost entirely focused on characters in the movie trilogy. In the story the Dwarves where there, a whole army from Khazad-dûm, as well as many other men/elf kings. I think Gil-galad was in this movie sequence for like 1 second.

@Paal2005

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodnabors7364 He has two scenes. Once when they receive the rings (You see Galadriel, Gil-Galad and Cirdan), and once right before Sauron enters the battlefield. It's also a shame that that they didnt let Gil-Galad and Elendil be the ones to kill Sauron, as happened in the books.

@hereticsign

2 жыл бұрын

@@Paal2005 Gil-Gahad at least had scenes. Tom bombadil was not even mentioned.

The Last Alliance of Men and Elves, led by king Elendil of Gondor and high king Gil-galad of the elves of Lindon, encamped outside the Black gate on Dagorlad ("battle plain"). Their combined host "was fairer and more splendid in arms than any that has since been seen in Middle-earth, and none greater has been mustered since the host of the Valar went against Thangorodrim (at the end of the First Age)." Durin of Moria, with his kin, fought on the side of the Alliance: but dwarves (though few in number) fought on the side of Sauron too: "All living things were divided in that day, and some of every kind, even of beasts and birds, were found in either host, save Elves only. Sauron's army came out and the battle was a victory for the Alliance: "for the might of the Elves was still great in those days, and the Númenóreans were strong and tall, and terrible in their wrath. Against Aeglos the spear of Gil-galad none could stand; and the sword of Elendil filled Orcs and Men with fear, for it shone with the light of the sun and of the moon, and it was named Narsil.

What a masterpiece, unmatched, untarnished, epic, Tolkienish.

@MrSneaksful

Жыл бұрын

interesting how good things can be when you just follow the words of Tolkien.... or watch the train wreck by Amazon Woke Rings of Power.

@hidillon

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSneaksful mf calm down the show isnt even out yet. You're just a racist whose mad that black people exist

@mattb8754

Жыл бұрын

Peter Jackson understood how to bring Tolkien's works to the big screen without disrespecting it. Any minor changes made were not out of disrespect for Tolkien but simply put some characters (like Tom Bombadil) and some of the passings of time between events just wouldn't have worked for a 3 movie project. Peter Jackson did great. He did his research, was an actual fan himself of the books and took advice from real Tolkien scholars like Tom Shippy seriously.

@notstevelam

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSneaksful lol are you dumb? the tolkien estate HATED the peter jackson movies you fucking dipshit.

@mattd4376

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSneaksful have you seen the rings of power yet?

No matter the shit Amazon throws at us, they can never undo this masterpiece.

@blinkblink1969

Жыл бұрын

Lawd Dem Rangs is Amazons LOTR. Pure garbage.

@drakonlegend4452

Жыл бұрын

Kinda hard to imagine this woman running around ME to kill orcs……

@ianallen738

Жыл бұрын

Evil cannot create. It can only twist and corrupt, that which was once beautiful.

@realstarscream

Жыл бұрын

U kno they gonna be tryin hard 2 destroy this and Tolkiens work in general

@ducatirottie

Жыл бұрын

Fact!!!!

“But there were some who resisted.” That line always hits me so hard and gives me an adrenaline spike. Men taking a stand for their land, their blood, their people. Willing to put it all on the line for the love of their fellow man.

@functionatthejunction

2 жыл бұрын

They werent fighting for just their own race, that was the entire point. They were fighting for good against evil.

@codybender5332

2 жыл бұрын

@@functionatthejunction true, it’s literally the ultimate fight for existence at that point, and Sauron is practically the devil himself

@redtexan7053

2 жыл бұрын

Well that doesn’t sound like a suspicious way of framing things at all

@randomobserver8168

2 жыл бұрын

@@functionatthejunction In this particular context, there is no conflict between the two, since all in the alliance were threatened by Sauron the desire to fight for good was not separable from their survivals, whether as peoples [the elves and Men], or kingdoms, or dynastic rulers. All the possible motives for war come together. Of course, Orcs and men from the South fought for Sauron then as later, the latter for grievances back to the days of Numenor, so there were those who proposed to benefit from his victory and establish themselves in the northern lands.

@lucaperon9865

2 жыл бұрын

I love that line so much

I was just a teen, my big brother and i asked Papa if we could go to see this movie. He came with us. I can remember the feeling when this intro started... i looked at my dad's face, he smiled and winked. After the movie, we went straight home to take mom and went back to see the lord of the rings, again ! Then, every december, since that moment, we watch TLOTR together, now with nieces, and my son in addition. Thx you Peter Jackson

These movies were and still are to this day the golden standard of cinema. The scale of battle scenes, the beautiful landscapes and locations, the camera work. Everything is just 👌. Looking back at this in however many years, something will always remain timeless about this trilogy.

I want a film about the last alliance

@Krobra91

10 жыл бұрын

QCMPhys The Fall of Numenor would probably be more a political movie than an action one. Its about power corrupting the last king and him being manipulated by a captured Sauron that they destroyed the city. It would be a great precursor for the battle of the last alliance movie, since Elendil and Isildur escaped the flooding... UglyChampion It would probably be 3 movies. The Last alliance was a campaign of battles. It lasted seven years from the gates of mordor to the steps of mount doom.

@DuBaas007

10 жыл бұрын

francis singh It lasted way longer than that. The battle of Dagorlad lasted about 12 years, then the siege of the Black Gates lasted a few weeks, then the Isenmouthe lasted pretty short too, at last they besieged Barad Dûr for 7 years untill Sauron himself came out to take on Elendil and Gil Galad personally at Mount Doom.

@DuBaas007

9 жыл бұрын

sakor88 Hmm didn't think of that, could you quote it?

@DuBaas007

9 жыл бұрын

sakor88 Nice, thanks alot man.

@DuBaas007

9 жыл бұрын

sakor88 No, but i know some1 who does.

Galadriel's Prologue alone is better than the whole rings of power show

This scene needs to be so much longer.

They need to make a movie based on this Battle and what led to it!! Even though this scene only lasted a couple minutes its one of my favorite parts!

@DuBaas007

10 жыл бұрын

A massive war that completely destroyed the Elven Kingdom of Eregion, and Sauron insulting the king of Numanor, which made him sail towards Middle Earth with an army so massive Sauron's forces just left him to be taken prisoner, Sauron corrupting the king and making him assault the undying lands cuz of which the Valar (gods) sunk Numenor beneath the sea, the remaining Numenorians creating Arnor and Gondor, and Sauron besieging Osgiliath led to the forming of the Last Alliance of Gondor, Arnor, Lindon(High Elves), Lothlorien, Woodland Realm and Khazad Dum(Dwarves). They fought for years in the fields and marshes before the Black Gate, then broke through, and besieged Barad Dûr itself for another 7 years. Yeah, would be one helluva movie!

@SuperCrysis92

10 жыл бұрын

HELL YEAH!!

@DuBaas007

10 жыл бұрын

MostWanted GAMA To be honest, it would be long enough for 5 movies.

@SuperCrysis92

10 жыл бұрын

Even so, I would watch them all!!

@phoenixlord8419

10 жыл бұрын

Great idea!!!

its the 7th of september.... 2022 and here we are again, coming back to pure perfection.

"In the land of more doors, in the five stuff mom to the doc Lord Psalm" "One green time" God, i love auto translate.

@TheUnbreakable92

7 жыл бұрын

lmao

Evil was allowed to endure.. which is why today we have amazon rings of power

@Aemeres

Жыл бұрын

Lmaoooo

Lady Galadriel... at least 20,000 years old by this point, born in the Blessed Realm in the light of the Two Trees.

@_semih_

Жыл бұрын

And Sauron was born before the time and space even existed. Lol

I remember the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers game, when you got to play in that battle as Isildur, and it cuts straight from movie footage to game graphics, and how cool that was at the time.

I remember being completely stunned and rooted to my cinema seat during these opening scenes. The instant the main theme began playing I knew they’d got it right. Can’t think how many times I’ve watched the films and read all the associated books.

How is it the first four minutes of a movie made 20 years ago looks better, both visually and overall, than what is being made now?

@GK-cb3vc

Жыл бұрын

Yup so many people called it before the first theater ticket was sold. It was obvious right from the trailer.

@dusk6159

Жыл бұрын

Already this work, and this touch by Tolkien's Galadriel, are a thunder of immense quality, sweeping everything away.

@8fconsulting147

Жыл бұрын

Pre woke Hollywood is why……

@listersays

Жыл бұрын

I chalk it up to time. They had years of pre-production where they planned every single shot and how to achieve it, and they were still editing the last film up to the moment it premiered. Nowadays they think it's better to just start filming and iron out the problems in post-production.

@jebosamvasjako

Жыл бұрын

@@listersays Yes and no. There is no political commentary in this trilogy. Thats why its amazing. There is no wokeness.

"One does not simply walk into Mordor"... Correct, but a 500k strong alliance does.

@pyktukasplays4945

2 жыл бұрын

But hey that was marching while Sauron hadn't recovered. They had the greatest army within six thousand years (only the army of Haust of Valinor was greater in the past, but they had much more power than the people of Aragorn's time)

2:36 is the scene of Gil Gilad the high king of the Noldor Elves. He actually lead a charge of elves against the coming orcs, which can slightly see in the background at 2:12-2:13. He fights sauron when he comes out , and is killed by him. Sauron even lifts his body in the air and sets it on fire.

@brodiewilson6985

10 жыл бұрын

I guess that would've like made this movie MA if Sauron set an elf on fire

@gerardovelazquez724

4 жыл бұрын

jesus christ dude i have never before seen that there was actually a charge alone up there, but this details make this scene even more amazing and angering, why o why did it had to last so little and why in the hell prequels of this werent made, instead they went for the hobbit..... dammit

@petermagesa3005

4 жыл бұрын

Yes his sacrifice led to Issildo winning

@adrianciobanu5856

3 жыл бұрын

RID THE BOOK GIL GALAD WITH ELENDIL KILED SAURON TRESTRIAL BODY ISILDUR ONLY TAKE THE RING FROM A CADAVRE

@theMightywooosh

3 жыл бұрын

Freeze at 2:35 Good catch !

I remember seeing this in cinemas back in 2001; I felt it was (visually) the best thing I had ever seen since the SW trilogy

2:27 I don't know why, but this scene Is so fucking badass to me somehow. The elves with the swords in this scene's probably the elite of the elite, just standing there like human meatgrinders.

@yourimenlibar5879

Жыл бұрын

You mean elven meatgrinders?

If I'm not mistaken, that's Gil-Galad himself at 2:37. That would explain the spear.

@Anelikital

8 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Powell Indeed he is, with his glaive weapon Aeglos.

@JTWilliamsauthor

8 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Powell In the special features I remember there being more footage of him. I'm still waiting for something made from the Silmarillion! ;)

@JMPERager

8 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Powell Wow, I always thought that was Elrond in that scene xD Tbh, I never really paid too much attention to it.

@ARMERZ

8 жыл бұрын

+JMPERager Took me a decade before knowing that, after reading more stuff about it.

@theofficialphoenixtv5765

7 жыл бұрын

There will be dont worry

movie= victory was near subtitles= victory wasn't here LOL

The ebony mace in skyrim looks just like saurons mace. Awesome

@LandStrider23

Жыл бұрын

LOL! My brother uses it on his Sauron build.

"For none now live, who remember it...except for me and the rest of the other elves who survived"

@xhagast

Жыл бұрын

Cirdan, Celeborn and Glorfindel. A handful and only she was in the middle since Valinor.

This is pure, breathtaking epicness condensed into a four minute intro. The greatest introduction to a movie to ever grace a screen.

“Much that once was is now lost, for none now live who remember it.” How fitting that is for our world as well.

These 4 minutes are better, than the shit Amazon produced.

@teru797

2 жыл бұрын

you are.... RACIST! BLACK LIVES MATTER!

I am an avid LOTR fan. While not a "total nut", I admire the movie because since I was a kid, I LOVED books and I LOVED the cinema. And I had read LOTR about 5 times by the time it hit the screen. And never had I seen such a great, fantastic, stupendous adaptation (and to the Tolkien fanatics who hated the movie, you do not appreciate how hard it is to take a book and turn it into a movie and keep faithful to the source material for the NON fanatics. You have to put butts in seats. I am sorry not every single word of the book was put on the screen, but that's life!). What is mind blowing is how many ways the film COULD have tanked! Bad acting, bad script, bad special effects, bad score...you get the idea! Think how effing hard it was to not only get it right, but how WELL it was done! The music (I almost cried when I heard the score and ANNIE EFFING LENNOX for the finale song! Chills!) was fantastic.. AND IT MADE THE MOVIE! Sir Ian McKellen was SPOT on (IMHO). Elijah Wood was FRODO! Gimli and Legolas! And the Balrog? I kept thinking at the time "Should kids see this?" The heat trail and fire in it's throat were fantastic as was the whole "Bridge of Khazad-dum" scene. And Boromir's death? Tears! Peter Jackson with the help of Fran and Phillipa, GOT IT RIGHT for those of us who LOVED the book and LOVED movies and understood it could not be a complete word for word adaptation.

Lord of the rings trilogy is one on few trilogy that I can watch any time, no matter how many time i watched, this movie will give me same pleasure and Ill enjoy in movie same as first time when i watched, also cant wait for Hobbit last part :D

@thehunter7422

4 жыл бұрын

The hobbit and Lotr I get same feelings every time . They're both classics .

@Puschit1

2 жыл бұрын

@@thehunter7422 The Hobbit movies are trash compared to this. Except for the first half of the first Hobbit movie. The rest is mostly made up and full of bullshit actions scenes straight out of a computer game.

YEAH AMAZON AIN’T GONNA TOP THIS

"To the race of Men, who above all else desired power"...Like in the real world !

@twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676

2 жыл бұрын

More like money

@gloomywoods2306

2 жыл бұрын

@@twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676 which is power

@twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676

2 жыл бұрын

@@gloomywoods2306 not quite I would say wisdom is the power

@extrage3061

2 жыл бұрын

@@twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676 how is wisdom power ? knowledge AND power are both power since you can be more POWERful with knowledge like getting better technologie and being more powerful with wisdom makes no sense.

"Three were given to the elves - immortal, wisest, and fairest of all beings" - all right Galadriel, laying it on a bit thick with the ego there

Voice, performance, tone and skill: 15/5 THIS! Is galadriel. Actual Galadriel not Guy-lad-reee-el the ma'ambarian

@xeeses226

Жыл бұрын

RoP's rendition of Galadriel is actually better than the movies. Galadriel is written as more of a warrior than she is depicted in the movies. She fought with the fall of the Noldor - the rebellion against the Valar. While she actually fought for the Noldor she defended her mothers kin against Feanor, first king of the Noldor and "fought fiercely." Flight of the Noldor took them to the Cruel Hills of ice where she was the only leader and lead a defense against the armies of Morgoth. She wanted to fight in the battle against Morgoth but instead protected the Kingdom of Doriath. She then departs over Ered Lindon and its assumed she fought against Sauron in the Second age due to her actions in The first age, Thus Ring of power depicts her as a warrior since the show takes place in the second age. It was not until the Third age she, AND Elrond both "retired" from being warriors and are what we see them in the movies. Do some research before slandering what you don't agree with in the show.

@LightingbladeShen

Жыл бұрын

@@xeeses226 bullshit. I dont know what book you read but its not a Tolkien book. On page 70 of the Silmarilion, it speaks of how she, the only woman STOOD by Faenor as she was kindled by his words to see Middle-Earth and rule a place herself. In no way does it speak of her fighting. Likewise on page 76 its Finrod, Fingolfin AND Galadriel to lead the surivors of the Kinslaying of Faenor. Once again no mention of her fighting. BECAUSE SHE'S NO WARRIOR. Your argument of her staying back is also bullshit. Page 101. She stayed with her brother in Doriath but fell in lovewith Celeborn where she learned with Melian of Lore and Wisdom. NO MENTION OF ma´ambarian. Love it when uneducated jackasses tell me they know better. Read a book, dont blatantly copy amazon cause you only like ma´ambarians who act like karens and are pieces of shit for no reason. Fake fan

@suggestagoodnameformeplz1035

Жыл бұрын

@@xeeses226..... I still don't like trop galadriel can't lie.

@saddocatto9245

Жыл бұрын

@@xeeses226 fought using sword??

@MoffatLee

Жыл бұрын

@@xeeses226 Try again. Galadriel is already married and already has a daughter by the time of RoP yet this is completely ignored by the show. Her name (given to her by her husband) also means maiden crowned with a garland of radiance, her hair is so beautiful that a single strand of it is all that Gimli asks for as his gift from her, meanwhile in RoP her hair is as dull and uninspired as her generic boss girl warrior woman depiction. She was far more of a Leader than a Warrior since she ends up creating 3 different elven kingdoms. How she fights is up to interpretation but leans towards either actually being a commander or using her magic since that's what she does at the battle of Dol Goldur when she bests the Necromancer in a contest of wills and brings down the walls of Dol Goldur, instead the showrunners decide that only being a few thousand years old makes her a hothead and having been trained in magic by the Valar somehow means she'd be better off just using a pointy stick when she fights. That's not even touching on how they ignore the kinslaying and it's implications and the ways in which they've rewritten her to almost assume the role of Feanor in some respects.

I'm so glad Peter Jackson didn't Star Wars this prologue.

Those Numernorian helmets are so badass. I love the subtlety with the sword and shield combo instead of the spear and shield. Swords used to be effing expensive, so this shows they were rich AF

10x better than the new Rings of Power monologue in the trailer.

@teru797

2 жыл бұрын

you are.... RACIST! BLACK LIVES MATTER!

@marvin_demon

2 жыл бұрын

Cate is 1000x times more epic than this childish Hobbit in the new trailer. Amazon got nothing on PJ's Lotr. The audacity and arrogance of this serie producers is absurd. Its not Lotr, Its just some crappy fantasy story with this woke crap on their agenda. Insulting the people that pay. These people life in their own fantasy world.

@marvin_demon

2 жыл бұрын

@@teru797 you are an idiot. Rascist has nothing to do with it. You are so brainwashed by the media. They insult the fans, put their own woke bullshit in it, the really deviate from the story that was so epic. Create bullshit characters, while there are so many epic characters. Try to adapt a fantasy story to a Modern day. They create a lose/lose situation for themselves. They ruin something epic.

@Seti12345

Жыл бұрын

@@marvin_demon how is it woke? Because they’ve got black actors?

@MoffatLee

Жыл бұрын

@@Seti12345 Because elves are taking our jerbs, because the creators 'claim' they made the orcs all white (with pointy helmets, real subtle) because they live underground, meanwhile Disa the black DWARF in Khazad Dum says hello. Because the female characters are all uplifted by depicting the men around them as evil, incompetent, stupid etc which is a common writing flaw of woke storytellers, they think you can only make someone look good by making everyone else look bad.

I want a Film about this Alliance. Holy shit, thats fukcing awesome. Best Intro ive ever saw.

seen this countless times and yet still clicked on the video

2:29 that moment always come to my mind first when i think about lotr

They really put more effort in 2 mins of this battle than the battle of the five armies which basically is the entire third film of the hobbit trilogy.

Better directing, writing, acting, choreography, action, editing, and graphics in a 4-minute clip from this 21 year-old film than anything we've seen in the 6 hours of content from Amazon's Tolkien series.

Who's here after the Rings of Power finale?

@chairmanmayo133

16 күн бұрын

Didn't get that far but yeah.

Funny thing is: this clip was recommended to me after that amazon’s terrible rings of power teaser :)

@Puschit1

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was the teaser ...

I'm surprised Galadriel didn't sprint across the battle field , no-scope every orc in sight and reprimand Sauron for the lack of diversity / females in his ranks.

I remember being 8 and my brother had bought the DVD and I had seen the scenes in the shire when I was passing by the TV and thought it was one of those boring happy proper English speaking fantasy dramas about problems like not having enough food for the winter or something. Boy was I wrong.

The Battle of the 5 Armies should have been like 1:56-4:00

@gianlucacittadino9373

9 жыл бұрын

It might be in the extended edition

@calimdonmorgul7206

9 жыл бұрын

Giuseppe Baccari Would be great but the complete style of the Hobbit movies is not as good as in lotr.Lotr is the better triologie.

It’s funny because when we all saw this part on cinemas, none of us had ANY idea of the journey we were embarking upon.

Imagine Amazon producing something that was even 1% as amazing as this.

Damn, It's very majestic, when Elendil ahead the last army of Numenoreans Survivors marches next to Elves of Gil-Galad. Last moments of great lords. There will be never such a great alliance in the middle-earth times.

and then Talion fucking came along, simply walked into mordor, and slaughtered everyone

@4DubOz

9 жыл бұрын

yeah..or not. He exists in the video game ONLY

@brvplord9067

3 жыл бұрын

God I miss that meme🤣

This is 21 years old and looks better than most recent CGI like the ones on marvel movies

I always get shivers down my spine when I hear the intro song, it doesn't mater how many times I hear it

Good God Hugo Weaving is so young.

Amazon could only wish they had 1% of what these movies had. Now we got a Galadriel that does her little bad mouse face and doesn't even show any powers aside from wanting to see the manager.

Remember folks this it the true Galadriel

With what I saw with the sentence "But there were some who resisted" began my deepest affection for this film and whole trilogy.

Its hard to believe how much Amazon invested and not a single episode could come close to the opening lines and CGI

2019 still the best trilogy ever filmed. 2019 still the best trilogy ever written.

When Galadriel was an ethereal Elven Queen in touch with the earth itself. In Rings of Power GuyLadriel is a gender neutral Karen who wants to show off and speak to your manager.

This is the best exposition dump in film I can think of

At 3:45 the elf at the center has his Glasses on 😮

@jimmyrustler7432

8 жыл бұрын

Aronco223 yes he does, concentrate.

@jimmyrustler7432

8 жыл бұрын

+Aronco223 MY EYES DECEIVED ME

Ring of Power tried to replicate this but failed miserably

@heymircuteness2912

Жыл бұрын

yes agreed. the only best thing about Ring of Power is young badass hot chick galadrial.

0:24 for none now live who remember it Lord Elrond: Hold my sword

@user-yi5ip9eg9z

3 жыл бұрын

Thranduil : hold my elk

@gloomywoods2306

2 жыл бұрын

Círdan: hold my ship

Born too late to experience LOTR in the cinema but born just in time to being able to watch LOTR whenever I desire

4 min is beter dan a whole TV show with 8 episodes from 1h

Now we have the new Guyladriel, what a shame

1 Elf is worth 10 men. And one Dwarf is worth 10 elves. Gimli is Love Gimli is Life.

@OneAndOnlyWanted

7 жыл бұрын

Mattebubben no you got it wrong 1 elf=10 dwarves

Elronds hair moved by the passing arrows... the first of a long list of brilliant details that make LOTR the GOAT

Happy 15th Anniversary TLOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring. This opening is a gem, a true masterpiece. Thank you.

ughhh I remember playing the game and they had this part in it, and then you transition into the war... that was such a goood gameeee ! chills thinking about it

I didn’t know what lotr was when I saw the trailer for this movie before I think Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. And the trailer wasn’t shot great so I wasn’t too impressed. Thought it was just be another big blockbuster with action. And this was before we googled or Wikipedia’s everything I was still on a dial up connection so I didn’t bother looking up more. But when I sat in theaters on Christmas Day 2001 and this scene my jaw dropped. And I was basically drooling the whole movie. I left that theater forever changed. Begged my parents for an extra Christmas gift and picked up the trilogy which I read in less than two months followed by the hobbit. And I’m obsessed with quality cinema, television and literature ever since

This is a true legend. It has been more than 20 years but still better than all of the movies ever made. I hope Amazon will not screw it up.. I hope.

Cate Blanchett, fairest of all beings.

“He poured his cruelty, his malice and will to dominate all life” best line

@boredlawyer3382

2 жыл бұрын

That is actually an important line. Sauron was a powerful being before the ring -- on the level of Gandalf and Saruman. He put a lot of his power into the ring. That did increase his power, but made him vulnerable to the ring being destroyed. At the end of LOTR, when the ring is in fact destoyed, Sauron crumbles and his army is destroyed.

@konstantinosangelopoulos5367

2 жыл бұрын

Not on the level of Saruman and Gandalf far greater than both

Fellowship was the best of the three LOTR films.

You honestly can’t match this level of epicness

@zackmac5917

Жыл бұрын

20 years and nothing has come close. And nothing has matched the epicness of Tolkien's work since 1954. I suspect it will be a long time yet before anything surpasses this.

@bruhmomentum8302

Жыл бұрын

A very very long time

sauron needs more screentime in his armor

@TheMusicismyair

9 жыл бұрын

To + uh ahai the lord of the knights who say ni...

@originalgal76

9 жыл бұрын

TheMusicismyair The lord of the knights who until recently said ni.

@RC15O5

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, seeing him in motion swinging his mace, Sauron looked fucking scary

@matiasluukkanen7718

4 жыл бұрын

It´s his skin...

Love this prologue so much had it recited

Just to think I went to see this with my cousin on a boring summer`s day vacation, we had no idea what it was going to be. Was expecting some corny crap. It was the most epic fantasy movie I ever seen then and since. And then WOW came along..

I remember seing this in theatre when the movie came out. There is no word to describe how incredibly loud and earthquake-like the boom of Sauron dying was, it was truly breathtaking.

Meanwhile, Amazon's the Rings of Power cant even emulate this kind of battle scene...