The love on the first movie was INSANE thank you guys! We're actually doing the extended versions now so hopefully that's something😭 Our reaction to the return of the king will be on our Patreon today/tomorrow for anyone who's interested in our full reactions months before it comes to YT www.patreon.com/CaraPrez

@DoRaDynasty

23 күн бұрын

Hopefully it gets uploaded tonight! :D Might subscribe if it does

@Makkaru112

23 күн бұрын

You’d have loved it even more with so much more character building and world building for fellowship. React to the movie all over again extended edition. Remember that it was never meant to be cut up like this. Let me explain why in my next comment.

@Makkaru112

23 күн бұрын

Peter Jackson wanted people to see the extended (uncut) versions in the theatres, but Harvey Weinstein stopped him. In fact, Harvey wanted just ONE movie in the threatres, not a trilogy. 5 years of court proceedings - and the 'harvey weinstein orc" in return of the king (made at Jackson's specific direction) was the result. Too many people don’t realize they are arguing in favour of a version of this movies that was only shown in theatres because of legal reasons - not for artistic reasons. - Peter Jackson’s passion project team was forced to not show their full content as it would cut into what the cinema CEOs literally called the theatrical edition to get more screen time in and more mulla for themselves. It’s a such a nasty business. 80 percent true that money be the root of all evil. It’s the reason the real pumped out the EE as fast as possible in DVD format before the second and third film hit theatres to get back at Harvey Weinstein, again, they wanted people to see the whole movie which invites feelings of completion in one’s heart. But he just announced that’s he found 1300 hours worth of footage from a warehouse he finally got access to so we will see more specially made super extended edition cinema extravaganzas that no cinema would pass on the opportunity to ride on his coattails again. The EE wasn’t just for fans. He literally was adapting the books to film as honestly as possible. the DVD documentaries showed that they didn’t want to cut anything. And weaselled around things to create the EE. (EE is extended edition by the way! ❤️). Without the extended for the next two films I always say “Good luck missing the Boromir backstory. Good luck explaining why the cloak turns into a rock. Good luck explaining the elves that had explained their current situation since the first film. It all ties together good luck skipping the gift scene with Galadriel and Celeborn and the extra scenes between Aragorn and Celeborn & Galadriel to Aragorn!” It’s seriously needed for the film worldbuilding and heightening the stakes. Also, I’d rather have faith people have the emotional and intellectual IQ high enoug to understand it or shall we have changed the title to something else same as how JK was forced to change the title in America to sorcerers stone instead of PHILOSPHER as Americans don’t even know what a Philospher is anymore these days which is sad. Relating to that: Tolkien was very sad about people losing connection to their past and heritage etc!

@MrGaleanon

23 күн бұрын

The version is extended. My delight is splendid.

@cmdrbrantford888

23 күн бұрын

Very pleased you decided to watch the Extended Edition. You would have lost scenes like the Trees showing up at Helm's Deep, Aragorn explaining how old he is,, Aragorn calming and then freeing Brego the Horse...etc.

"this one has made me like LOTR" we got another one boys and girls!

@renalareveuse2155

23 күн бұрын

*and girls

@GuardianAngelEatos

23 күн бұрын

I think The Two Towers probably is the one that hooks people the most into the movies. I see very few that really love The Fellowship of the Ring more than The Two Towers and Return of the King.

@seaneendelong8065

23 күн бұрын

Guardian- I like FotR best, lol, but I love world building and deep dives into the why and who and where the action and relationships going forward are built on. Mind, the trilogy as a whole is wonderful and a perfect total balance. But if I had to choose it is the first where you start the journey into this world.

@MysteriaLentine

20 күн бұрын

Unpopular opinion; two towers is the best of the three. My all time favourite

@neutchain7838

19 күн бұрын

a predictebla outcome if i may say so :)

The third movie is going to leave you gobsmacked. It won 11 Oscars - including Best Picture - for good reason. It had professional movie critics saying things like "I don't know what to say. For the first time in my career I am speechless."

@Mcvthree3

22 күн бұрын

The third one has 5 of the best endings EVER

@molonlabe1509

19 күн бұрын

@@Mcvthree3 can't tell if sarcasm....but either way, yes lol

@Mcvthree3

19 күн бұрын

@molonlabe1509 well, I LOVE those movies and consider them the greatest cinematic achievement ever. But the ending of ROTK DOES fake you out several times with all those fadeouts to black and white. Myself, I was ALWAYS glad when a new scene started and I could stay in Middle Earth longer.

@molonlabe1509

19 күн бұрын

@@Mcvthree3 completely 100% agree with you, my friend. I think Jackson did it right, but it also would have been at least acceptable with any one of the fadeouts. Tying it up and ending it with Sam though, as the book did, was perfection

Rest in Peace Bernard Hill aka King Theoden 5/5/24 Favorite quote of his character "Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. How did it come to this?" 🕊👑

@molonlabe1509

19 күн бұрын

He was perfect in this role

@eldritch5058

18 күн бұрын

Hail the victorious dead!

15:36 Eomer and Eowyn are the children of Theoden King's youngest sister, Theodwyn. Their father Eomund was the Third Marshal of the Riddermark (Rohan's third highest military title), the same position Eomer now holds, except that the job is a lot bigger for Eomer, both because the times are darker and because currently there is no effective First or Second Marshal. The First Marshal is the king, who obviously isn't doing his job, and the Second Marshal was Theodred, the king's son. Theodred and Eomer have been working together to protect Rohan, without their king's help, for about a year now, but when Theodred died doing that, no one was appointed to replace him, so the whole task fell on Eomer's shoulders, which is why he's still trying to do it even though (in the movie) he's been banished. 21:20 "Ringwraith" is another word for Nazgul or Black Rider. It refers to the person riding the winged creature, not the winged creature itself. That said, you're right that the winged creature is not actually a dragon. It's a fell beast, probably related to dragons, but MUCH smaller and weaker than real dragons. Real dragons went extinct about 78 years ago, or at least the last one known to exist died then. That's why they don't play a role in this war. 28:07 I think Hama knew exactly what he was doing when he let Gandalf bring his staff into Meduseld. The line about "parting an old man from his walking stick" just gave him a semi-plausible excuse. I think he was hoping Gandalf would be able to do something about Theoden's condition, or at least Wormtongue's presence. 33:15 "Three hundred lives of Men" is quite cryptic, but estimating a human lifespan and multiplying by three hundred gives a length of time much longer than the two thousand years or so that Gandalf has been visiting Middle-earth as a Wizard, and more than twice as long as even the seven thousand years of the history of the race of Men in Middle-earth. It seems Gandalf has to be referring to the entire time since he first set foot on "this earth" -- when he was helping to create it, before the Elves or the Ents existed, let alone Dwarves or Men or Hobbits. That would make this line the only time in the movies that Gandalf gives even the slightest hint of his true - top secret - identity. 36:30 No, there is nothing romantic between Eowyn and Theodred. Not only are they cousins, but his father took her and Eomer into the family as his own when Eowyn was only seven, meaning that she grew up thinking of Theodred basically as her oldest brother. So the love you see her showing at his bedside is the love of a little sister, not of a romantic partner.

@2DReanimation

22 күн бұрын

Excellent comment!

@Crazy_Diamond_75

21 күн бұрын

Hama even holds the other guards back when Gandalf approaches Theoden, while Grima's guys get in the fight with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli. He knew exactly what was going on.

@josephfoster5593

21 күн бұрын

Another little detail the boy Aragorn talks to on the steps in helms deep was Hama’s son, just a cool tie in

@danielmcilwaine720

20 күн бұрын

The 300 lives of men thing is just nonsense by the writers of the films. Gandalf in his various forms has been around over 50,000 years

@thechh8297

19 күн бұрын

​@@danielmcilwaine720the Dunedain had a lifespan of about 150-170 years, making movies Gandalf's claim of living over 300 lifetimes of men correct.

I just want so say its been such a joy watching Cara come around to loving the movies.

@CaraPrezReacts

23 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

You can't blame Frodo for pitying Gollum as they've both had the Ring. Frodo needs to believe Gollum can be redeemed so that there's hope for himself. In the extended version of _Fellowship of the Ring_ during Frodo's discussion with Gandalf in Moria, Gandalf gives exposition on Gollum. Frodo basically just regurgitates everything he heard from Gandalf. Grima is basically working with Saruman to disable Rohan's army which operates on a Three-Marshal system. Theoden, the king, is the First Marshal, responsible for mustering and preparing Rohan's military for war. The king's son Theodred and the king's nephew Eomer are Second and Third Marshals, respectively. Their roles are not defined and are based on the tasks given to them by the First Marshal. By taking over Theoden's mind, Saruman ensures no one can replace the king in the role of First Marshal. As Theoden is 66 years old, his extreme aging and absence of mind could have been seen by the people of Rohan as the result of natural causes. By killing Theodred and exiling Eomer (in the book, Eomer is imprisoned), Grima & Saruman effectively ensure there is no one to mobilize Rohan's military, so that Saruman's eventual invasion would be met with little to no resistance. That is, until Gandalf arrives with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli and heals the king. Theoden can't kill Grima, although I don't like the change that Peter Jackson makes in having Aragorn being the one to convince the king. As far as the people of Rohan know, Grima was very much loyal to the king. To kill him would raise suspicion. In the books, Theoden does offer Grima a chance at redemption - either ride to war alongside Rohan, or to go into exile. Aragorn doesn't say or do anything about it because he's not the king of Rohan. Theoden in the book does actually try to fight Saruman openly. He takes a force (including Aragorn) and rides directly towards Isengard. On the way, the king hears that the group defending the Fords of the river Isen has been defeated, so Gandalf advises him to seek refuge in Helm's Deep. The Men of Numenor, at the height of the island kingdom's power, had an average lifespan of 200 to 300 years. By the time of _The Lord of the Rings_ the blood of Numenor had waned significantly. Only very specific descendants, known as the Dunedain, had increased life - living 150 to 170 years. The thing about Helm's Deep is that it's never been defeated in Rohan's entire history. It's walls have literally never been breached. The people of Rohan have no reason to think there's any kind of weakness in the fortress's defense. Elrond has experienced the pain of losing his family before. Due to the deeds of his father Earendil at the end of the First Age, both Elrond and his twin brother Elros were given the choice to either be couinted among Elves or to live as mortal Men. Elrond chose to remain an Elf, while Elros chose be a Man. Elros would eventually found the island kingdom of Numenor, serving as its first king and living to 500 years old. Aragorn is a distant descendant of Elros. Technically, this means Arwen and Aragorn are related, just many times removed. Make of that information what you will. The movies are not good about portraying this, but Saruman and specifically Sauron are very clever strategically. While the focus is on Helm's Deep, there are battles happening on multiple fronts. While it's optimistic of Aragorn to advise the king to look for aid, Theoden is right that no one would come. The Elves at Helm's Deep is a Peter Jackson change meant to demonstrate that all the Free Peoples of Middle-earth have their own battles to fight, but imo it undermines Helm's Deep as the first real instance of why Sauron fears Aragorn and that the race of Men is indeed strong as - with Aragorn's leadership - they win against overwhelming odds. The Ents attacking Isengard is probably the most important event in this movie. Sure, the Men of Rohan survive the defense of Helm's Deep, but if the Ents don't do anything, Saruman could just build another army and attack at any time. Without the Ents, the next movie happens VERY differently.

Hama, the doorwarden of Meduseld wasn't an idiot. :) He was true to Theoden. He knew it was Grima's command that kept weapons out of the hall. He let Gandalf in with his staff on purpose, even though he didn't say it.

@Big_Tex

23 күн бұрын

Loved that character, too bad he got eaten by a warg 🤣

@Makkaru112

23 күн бұрын

Much can be and has been said of the reactors though, using the same or similar words. 😂😅❤

@Makkaru112

23 күн бұрын

@@Big_Texin the books he wasn’t. He was epic. Heck, even Éomer had alot more presence in the third book compared to the films. Same with Elronds twin sons. Heavily present in that battle and the black ships plot

@VadulTharys

13 күн бұрын

The boy Aragorn talks to in Helm's deep is Hama's son.

Tolkien was in the Battle of the Somme. It lasted from July 1-Nov. 13, 1916. They bombarded each others lines before they “went over the top” into “no man’s land”. The Dead Marshes is what no man’s land looked like craters filled with water with dead soldiers that couldn’t crawl out having been wounded.

The Elvish rope is magic and sort of just "knows" to untie when you need it.

@Wickhaam

23 күн бұрын

I’ve never been able to tell if this is true or just a joke that Sam’s knots are bad. In the books they never explicitly mention this ability. But it could just be “elven magic” so who knows. If someone has does, please share haha

@paulosullivan3205

20 күн бұрын

​@@WickhaamSam's knots were actually really good it was just the magical properties in the elven rope pretty much everything the elves touch is imbued with it, its the same with their elven cloaks

Bernard Hill was meant to be playing as King Theoden of Rohan, and thank God he did, " I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company, I shall not now feel ashamed ", RIP Bernard,

@eldritch5058

18 күн бұрын

My only regret is that I can like this post just once.

Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath! Now for ruin! And a red dawn! Fourth Eolingas!!”

@StinkyBuster

4 күн бұрын

*Forth

Just before The Battle of the Hornburg took place at the mountain fortress of the Hornburg in the valley of Helm's Deep in Rohan, Aragorn is seen talking with the youthful "Haleth, son of Háma" encouraging him by saying: " There is always hope". Háma was Théoden's Door Guard at Edoras when Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli arrived to meet with the king. It was Háma who allowed Gandalf to enter with his staff. In the movie, Háma is killed by the first Warg-rider scout when Théoden and his people are ambushed on the road to the Hornburg. In the book Háma was present at the Battle of the Hornburg, and died defending the gates of the Hornburg. He was buried at Helm's Deep after the battle.

the final credits of the 3rd movie deserve to be watched. The song by Annie Lennox is beautiful, it won the Oscar.

@Makkaru112

23 күн бұрын

Many don’t even listen ever so it’ll be quite cool if they do. I mean the one with so and so and Amber did with enya and they were blown away.

@PickledShark

21 күн бұрын

Yes, this! I love watching the credits to all three, but especially the third

Faramir does NOT abuse Gollum or go to Osgiliath in the book. He is a man of deep deep integrity.

@iron-thorne

23 күн бұрын

They did my boy so dirty.

@taylorpierce6979

23 күн бұрын

​@@iron-thorneyeah, and all that smeagol abuse always makes me go "cmon man!"

@philkugler2429

22 күн бұрын

I like how this implies that going to Osgiliath violates his integrity.

@joshuawiedenbeck6944

22 күн бұрын

Sam makes a cheeky nod to this in the movie. "By rights, we shouldn't even be here" -Sam

@mikem1585

19 күн бұрын

Definitely true. I understand why they made this choice in the films, however. If Faramir was as unaffected by the ring as in the book, it would undermine the threat of the ring in the story. Same as if they’d included Tom Bombadil.

Avoid watching Rings of Power. It is basically bad fan fiction. Very bad fan fiction.

@alundavies1016

23 күн бұрын

Fan fiction, written by people who aren’t fans!

@ohnoez3

23 күн бұрын

I second this. I actually tried to keep watching but couldnt get past the 3rd episode. I was severely disappointed in it.

@christinabrock2893

23 күн бұрын

We have very little information about that time in Middle-earth history, and yet Rings of Power managed to get basically every detail of what we do know completely wrong. It's not even a very good show when considered on its own, either.

@cognacyang9342

23 күн бұрын

Like it or not... I still watch it... it's not bad...

@Pokemonmster

23 күн бұрын

I think it’s good

The sword Gandalf wielded caused the Balrog’s primordial sword to burst into a rain of molten lava in an almost majestic way. It too belong to high elven king Turgon of the great hidden realm of Gondolin, surrounded by tallest mountains. Named Glamdring; meaning “Foe Hammer”. Gandalf broke the balrog’s unholy weapon. Epic right? His original staff broke when he let some of his true powers show to grant a miracle from his own life force. This is the same thing for how the elves do “magic” Galadriel herself tells Frodo and Sam that things elves do may seem like magic but they don’t really use such a word since they are one with the world, symbiotic with it if the world perished so would they. Just so you know; the balrog and Gandalf fought for 10 days straight. Then eldrich terrors(nameless things) assailed them both and they begrudgingly fought them off together and Gandalf resumed his chase of the balrog up the endless stairs of Dúrin’s Tower where they fought up at the top of ZirakZigil. Gandalf was given the ring of fire (Narya) by one of the oldest remaining elves from the first clans to wake beneath the stars before the sun and moon ever existed; at the Cuiviènen river named Círdan. Its best attribute was it raises the spirits of those who wear it. Bolstering internal strength and so forth. He knew it would aid Gandalf in his quest from the Valar and Eru Îlluvatar (the one AllFather) themselves to bolster the spirits of the free peoples of middle earth and to sow seeds of hope within the hearts of Men, Elves and Dwarves alike.

I stumbled on you guys looking for some "Frieren" reactions. Enjoyed them a lot, kept coming to see more, and now I'm looking forward to them every time. Then I saw the LOTR video, went in to check it just for fun, and somehow sat there for the whole duration, craving for more. 💀 Really glad you guys decided to go for full trilogy! One of the best react channels, with actual genuine reactions and attention to the shows and small details throughout the episodes/movies. You got a new fan! P.S. "My Dress Up Darling" videos had me rolling, some of the best ones! 🤣

@CaraPrezReacts

24 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! This comment genuinely made our day knowing you enjoyed multiple shows from us!❤️

Cara is right about Elrond. He has seen lots change in Middle Earth. He was born at the end of the First Age, son of the greatest hero in history, and has lived through the Second Age, and now the Third Age. (Galadriel is even older.)

Faramir might be one of my favorite LotR characters of all time honestly, the way he mirrors Boromir's character arc was genuinly such a nice piece of writing. Him constantly being compared to the great achievements of his brother, always falling short, only to then resist the One Ring (sth. that Boromir in the end failed to do) is such a statisfying moment. The flashback of Boromir, Faramir and their father Denethor was really necessary to truely graps this dynamic IMO, such a shame it was cut from the theatrical release honestly. Looking forward to Return of the King, glad to see two more people join the ranks!

@Makkaru112

23 күн бұрын

Many things show he was meant to be in Rivendell/Imladris. He had way more dreams and visions than Boromir ever did.

@gavinrad1

23 күн бұрын

The movies are great but Jackson does a few characters no justice in his adaptation and Faramir probably gets it the worst. While Faramir does eventually resist the ring, he's a petty and lesser man in the movies. He's essentially throwing Boromir's death in their father's face with that message he's planning to send along with the ring. Don't care for this version of Denethor either but it's hard to really get into that before the third movie.

I literally just watched the extended versions at the cinema for the last 3 days. ❤ I’ve seen these about 50 times each and watched the original releases 3 times each at the cinema.

_The Rings of Power_ is Amazon Prime's show that is in the same world (and takes place thousands of years before) as _The Lord of the Rings_ but not nearly as good and completely ignores the source material. While Peter Jackson did change things in his movies, nothing he did is nearly as egregious as the liberties Amazon took.

@Makkaru112

23 күн бұрын

It’s worse than you imagine - Amazon waited until Christopher Tolkien died early in the production of its DumpsterFire, his "demand" was that Amazon could use the Appendices to make the show, but they couldn't change the lore. As soon as Christopher died, Amazon delayed the show for reshoots, fired Tom Shippey who was the lead Tolkien scholar & friend of Tolkien himself; they wanted Jackson on the team. PeterJackson asked for the scripts then they ghosted him. Then later when asked about it he basically told them good luck.. You can blame this garbage show on Simon Tolkien, its stink doesn't reach Christopher. Firstly: they merge events (from thousands of years of history & build up towards several events but puts them all into one moment as if it’s happening in the same few years without time jumps or anything.) Guyladriel the murderous one dimensional girlboss heroine version of Galadriel never met Miriel(one of Aragorn’s ancestors) because, as an elf, she would have been sacrificed to Morgoth by the King's Men. The hobbits and Gandalf never met in the 2nd Age because Gandalf was in Valinor till the 3rd Age. Miriel wasn’t even born yet. She was born 300 years before or after the rings of power era. Also Elendil would never say “forget the past and toss it aside.” That’s the whole thing about the Faithful Númenoreans!!! Faithfulness to what’s good. To their elf friends. To the Valar, to Eru Îlluvatar. The way Galadriel acts like Fëanor when he isn’t seeing straight such as how she threatened bloodshed in the highest court of Númenor! The way she isn’t tall, the way she fights rookies doesn’t make her look strong. Should have had her spar with Elendil who was greater than Miriel in many ways even as far as lineage goes too! Have her spar with those greater Numenoreans and let the rookies laugh at their masters being vested by an elf woman holding back from actually hurting them! Now that’d be cool. (Remember. Their whole mantra was to write the book Tolkien never wrote”. Also watch them fake super fans. And then watch their social media that had nothing Tolkien on it ever. Like…. It’s painfully obvious what’s going on here. Same formula towards other titles. They’re just trying to bank on the brand of which that’s the only reason they did this. Just watch Peter Jackson’s new movie coming out and the War of the Rohirim. You’ll see that Brian Cox is involved In it along with Philipa Boyens as well as Actor for Èowyn named Miranda Otto. Fran Walsh I also believe is Involved as well! Watch George The Giant Slayer’s first video regarding the war of the rohirrim. It was beautiful. And he has a wonderful soul too. When I say first video. I don’t mean very first uploaded video though lol. ) There was also no Adar. No poppy. No Nori. No fake Gandalf who literally didn’t come the way he was supposed to which introduces Círdan. And since they screwed up the themes and lore so badly they have to dig in their heels. And they are also being sued by multiple people and groups and companies actually. The rings were forged last and not first. They were not in his sights or touch nor did he even know about them. And also guyladriel wasn’t a murderous Fëanorean either. But the note of the elven rings. They were made last and without the knowledge of Sauron. His touch never got to them. Made in secret so that whole story is thrown out the window as well. And making them first and having the obvious Sauron figure who wasn’t an elf to just be there when they’re making them and have his eye show up in the forge which wasn’t even the worst of it. The greatest of elven smiths still around which is Celebrimbor doesn’t even know what alloying is. Not to mention all their environmental scandals on top of bad CGI stuff. Full of copy past crowds and plagerisms up the wazoo. It’s also getting sued by several people and groups. I’ll also remind you that they just ran an old sick horse til it died of cardiac arrest and then only had a ten min coffee break to loosely honour this horse. Not to mention Tolkien loved animals in a deep way. They also have been causing environmental damage one of which being King Charles ancient forest to make a set. It’s scandal after scandal. And the fire in studio that took four hours to put out with firemen for yet another example. PS they don’t have the rights to the Silmarillion nor anything much of the second age let alone the first. Only the trilogy books and their appendices…. Remember that they also plagiarized tonnes of films in nontasteful instead of true a homage way… “tempest in me” but when threatening Fëanorean level bloodshed in the court of Numenor was from Cate Blanchett’s Elizabeth role which was done with grace and poise of a veteran actress(which doesn’t even sound like anything those of the great chill house of Finarfin would even act like. Again it’d be best to put Elrond there due to Elros. But ooook let’s make girlboss do everything. Even if it continues to make zero sense. )😍 ​​⁠ fact they downplayed Elendil, Gil-Galad and Finrod is beyond infuriating and not explaining Elwing, Elronds mother beyond just showing her as a swan was pure LOLism. Like. What’s worse is Grandpabimbor…. Let’s not forget good ol’ Guyladriel either. The LOTR version of Star Wars’ Rey! Guyladriel the Female Fëanor without any of his charms and subtleties and wit… just the bloody violent rages…

@davefranklyn7730

23 күн бұрын

@@Makkaru112 Best review of the Amazon Rings of Power crap I ever read!!!

@alextu_Music

22 күн бұрын

@@Makkaru112 Trust me. I watched it. Granted it was in a watch party with people who have never read the books. I was kicking and screaming after the first episode, while being told, "You're in it with the rest of us now. We can't stop until we've finished."

@yomamma.ismydaddy216

19 күн бұрын

Yeah that show is a disgrace

Frodo knows about smeagol because gandalf tells him about him while they are sitting in the mine of moria. Gandalf cant remember which direction to go so they are waiting for him to remember. Thats when frodo sees gollem following them and he tells gandalf

@AnnekeOosterink

22 күн бұрын

Yes, but that conversation is shorter in the theatrical cut, so they missed it.

“The return of the King”… so much emotion, so many tears…

Frodo knew about Gollum because Gandalf told him (in Moria in the movie, in the book he did so still in the Shire, and more at Elrond’s Council). Now where did Gandalf get the info? Knowing Bilbo’s story about getting the ring from Gollum in his cave (for more watch The Hobbit movies), Gandalf figured Gollum would finally come out looking for Bilbo. When he did, Gandalf heard rumors of him, and sent Aragorn to hunt for Gollum. Aragorn captured him, and Gandalf interrogated him for his backstory. They turned Gollum over to Legolas’s people for safekeeping, but he escaped. So really, before Frodo ever sees Gollum, Gandalf, Aragorn, and probably Legolas had all spent time with him. Recent news is that Peter Jackson is returning to make a movie about all that - “The Hunt for Gollum”!

Sam's speech is wonderful. Lots of people really needed to hear it these last few years.

In the 1970s cartoon adaptation of Lord of the Rings they thought people would get confused by Sauron/Saruman, so they changed his name to ''Aruman''. xD

At 27:33 you say, "This looks so cool!" Edoras was built in the middle of a remote nature reserve on the South Island (the interior scenes were shot in the studios at Wellington). It's a beautiful spot, but it is also a natural wind tunnel--none of the wind blowing Eowyn's hair or the flag is fake! At one point the wind blew Peter Jackson's glasses off his face and down the slope. After the shooting was over, by agreement the producers restored the scenery to its original appearance, and today there's no trace left of Edoras and the Golden Hall of Meduseld.

The scene where Gollum is talking to himself going from Smeagel to Gollum got a round of applause in the theater when I saw it first release. A scene where a MoCap character carried a scene by himself had never been seen like that on screen before. Of course the great Andy Serkis fathered in a new wave of respect for the new MoCap technology in film making. I hope one day soon the academy finally gives this dude his flowers while he is still alive.

@eldritch5058

18 күн бұрын

Serkis should've won an Oscar for that scene.

27:25 The flag blowing away in the wind was just an accident. Not supposed to happen. But when it happened they thought it looked so damn cool, so they kept that shot.

@CaraPrezReacts

23 күн бұрын

😂

Gandalf (Olórin) is the same species of being as the Balrogs/Sauron before twisted by Melkor[Morgoth]. They are all Maiar (primordial spirits) created by Eru’s Thought (extensions of Eru Îlluvatar himself whilst they had their own free will & individuality. He essentially got the chance to experience and study other parts of himself through this.) among the other Ainur before the Years of the Lamps roughly 9,000+ years before arriving in Middle-earth; In Valinor he was known as Olórin.(Remember though he formally existed before the world existed and his form becoming Gandalf hadn’t happened yet. He was sent to Middle-earth in human form around the year 1000 of the Third Age. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ So his many forms had different ages in length of existing. He’s very cool right! Could he get any cooler!? 😎❤️ Another thing is when he arrived in middle earth he was disguised as an elf & lived among them whilst they were unknowing & he became to be known as Mithrandir to the Quendi/Eldar❤️ He could have very well dwelled with the elves far earlier just do to his curiosity & simple desire to explore and be around the firstborn (TheElves) Gandalf The Grey/White Estimated at 15,000 years old (following his quote "300 lives of men, I have walked this earth"), It says that Gandalf was the wisest of the Maiar besides Melian herself. There were a lot of Maiar that were considered really great and powerful. 300 lives of men, according to Tolkien, the average life span of a man is 70 years. So, 300 x 70 is 21000 years. (For his full ainur age but before the dawn of Arda Gandalf was ancient and timelessly so. Counting his time in Valinor it’s closer to 70,0000 years old. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ However, there is a much longer answer. Like Sauron(former name is Mairon) & the other Istari (the order sent around the same time & of which he was appointed leader but he being who he is & a student of the Vala by the name Nienna & Lorien(Irmo). Gandalf was one of the Maiar, an angelic spirit created by Eru at the beginning of time and therefor one of the many Ainur who sang the world into being & Eru just helped their creation take shape and basically stated “behold YOUR creation” & basically what happens in that world goes sort of preordained as by that song eons ago so really only the ages after Dagor Dagorath will truly be an age that isn’t full of strife; sadness; and longing. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Also. These lamps are what were before even the two trees. These were Giant mountains but also like light houses but housing a great power but it may have also been where two special Maia lived that helped in the creation in the sun and moon after Melkor With eldrich terror Ungoliant killed the trees, so yea “Arien” is the Maia who basically exists with the sun and her brother and or lover of sorts is the one who wanders with and guides the moon. Of which that other Maia was “Tillion” Galadriel herself not only witnessed this but as a student of Aulë and the other Valar she obviously had involvement in helping create the hallowed objects that housed the final flower of the silver tree Telperion that was the father of the moon and the mother of the sun was Laurëlin the golden tree and prior to the sun and moon they too used to wax and wane!

"No parent should have to bury their child" aaaaaaalways immediately brings on the tears.

Gandalf casted Sauroman (sorry if spelled wrong) out of King Theoden's (sorry if spelled wrong) body, whom he had possessed. He had turned him into an weak old man before his time in order to try and rule his kingdom. I always liked when they talked of haven't hope throughout the movie. With Aragone riding with them they have hope. Hope is the meaning of Aragon's Elvish name.(He grew up in Rivendale with the Elves and got his Elfin name there).

Excellent reaction! You two picked up on all the important points and your insights were dead on. It's quite enjoyable to see LOTR newbies get so excited by this amazing tale.

Respectfully, I think you’ve forgotten how great the first film is. That whole Moria sequence, Gandalfs Fall, and Boromir’s redemption. Of all the films, it feels the most like an adventure. I think you should rewatch it with the extended edition.

@cerisambrook7692

18 күн бұрын

The first film is my favourite too, for more or less the same reason, the sense of wonder and honest adventure was more palpable but I know many people who like the subsequent releases more because of the higher-octane action. Just people being people.

Gendalf reborn bcs Saruman renounced his title, put on a rainbow cloak and said "I am no longer Saruman the white, I am now Saruman of many colors.".) Automatically made room for Gandalf.)

The Nazgûl’s flying mount is not a dragon, but rather some kind of prehistoric species kept alive past its time by the dark powers. Tolkien refers to it as a “fell beast”, so people have come to call it a fellbeast. To see a Tolkien dragon, you’ll need to watch The Hobbit movies!

@charlesedwards2856

23 күн бұрын

I always took the term “fell beast” to be the equivalent for the eagles that orcs became from the elves. They were twisted and perverted by the dark powers to make them what they were in LOTR

@Big_Tex

23 күн бұрын

@@charlesedwards2856 Maybe so, and Tolkien's not definitive. I looked up the account where they land in the Pelennor Fields: ..."A creature of an older world maybe it was, whose kind, lingering in forgotten mountains cold beneath the moon, outstayed their day..."

@cerisambrook7692

18 күн бұрын

In Western folklore, the fell beast would be close to a 'Wyvern' - similar to a dragon but has two fewer legs.

Gandalf was the one who told Frodo about Gollum/Smeagol’s life back when they were in Moria in the first movie. I can’t remember if it was a scene only in the Extended Edition or not, but Gandalf gives Frodo a whole little tale about Sméagol’s past and why Bilbo pitied and spared him.

To better understand Arwen & Elrond (& Aragorn by extension) we must look at Elrond’s Twin Brother Elros, their choice is because of their parents; (Eärendil & Elwing), both “half elven” made a great sacrifice and went to Valinor to ask for help against Morgoth(who was making everything worse than a living hellscape for 100s of generations) which lead to the greatest events in the early first and second age. Instead of being punished, the valar listened to them, that led to a great hosts of Valar and Maiar And Vanyar Elves went to Middle Earth that laid waste to Beleriand. After the War Of Wrath, the valar rewarded them for their sacrifices. They can choose to be elf or men, including their children. They chose immortally, but never return to Middle Earth because they thought that their twin sons had died. But they didnt die. Elrond chose to be immortal while his twin brother Elros chose to be mortal. He founded the Kingdom of Numenor. He lived in Numenor Island and blessed with a long life that include his descendants Those men who fought for the war were rewarded a long life but not their families or children. Only the family of Elrond can choose to be immortal or mortal in which Arwen did. Aragorn is the direct descendant of Elros, thats why he has a long life. The average lifespan of a Numenorean at their height was 500 years maximum! Now remember too that half elves are a common thing and whenever they did come together it was always significant !❤❤❤ Remember this is the SHORT version, there are so many moving parts that will make you want to dive into the books or the audio books or even do reaction videos to the famous lore videos by the biggest lore channels out there! When you’re done the trilogy try doing reaction videos just like Moviejoob did now with the lore recently as well as OmarioRPG. I recommend videos by GirlNextGondor and The Red Book, and Tolkien Untangled and especially Men Of The West. Many other cool ones I’ll recommend in the comments section of those reaction videos you do from Tolkiens Legendarium lore videos. They are super engaging. You’ll be in love. Nothing would have existed if Tolkiens works never hit the light of day as they were meant to stay private and sometimes be shared with his children and so on. No Game Of Thrones. No Skyrim. No ElderScrolls, No World Of Warcraft, no Dungeons&Dragons. None of it. Not even Star Wars. Not even Harry Potter! They took inspiration from his works which were souly to give back a forgotten history of the Anglo Saxons that had their culture & history destroyed as the larger empires were riding around them. His works reflect the Elder Edda(Norse) The Kalevala(Finnish) and the Welsh people from Wales as well as Irelands cultures of the Tuatha De Danaan as well! His languages are fully fleshed out too resembling Finnish & Welsh • By the way Elrond is around 6870-8000 years old & nearly a full Elf year (as they age very very differently to Men) is close to 144 man years(solar years for them). but if you want a more true age you must realize that he may be 8000 but in human years after the sun and moon were created from the flower from of the two trees of Valinor as well as one fruit from the other of the two trees; they experience the TIME and the way men experience it but their clock is different! They live as long as the world/Arda/Ëa does. Essentially. Which is why they are so in synch with the world around them and the nature responds to them ! Think of when Legolas walked ontop of all that snow on the Mountain of Caradhras!! They continue to endure as long ad the world itself does. (Arda) and speaking of age, Legolas is also 3000+years old by the time he becomes a member of The Fellowship Of The Ring! If you look back on the original trilogy movies: The fellowship had a 2500 year old Elven PRINCE in their party. And a clandestine angelic being who was Gandalf originally known Olòrin to those such as Galadriel who knew him when she lived in Valinor, Elrond also knew would be one of the only others who’d know this save Círdan The Shipwright(Oldest Elf in the world but even he was a few generations down from the original elvish peoples to awake to the stars) & kin to Thingol who also is a semi distant cousin to Legolas as Legolas’ grandfather was the close cousin to Thingol(same with Galadriel’s Husband Celeborn through his father, their capital within Lothlòrien was named after his father(Caras Galadhon) Galadhon being the name indicating that which belongs to the father. And a 87 year old Númenorean man named Aragorn!, a 335 year old Dwarven Prince named Gimli. And as a microcosm they resembled the coalition of all the races of middle earth uniting under one banner which is another reason it sort of metaphysically set into motion the world uniting at the macrocosm ! Galadriel's Phial (gift to Frodo) is something really special. light & dark have a spiritual dimension in Tolkien. way back before the First Age Valinor was lit by two very special Trees that waxed & waned in opposition to each other. a master craftsman Elf named Fëanor fashioned three gems that captured their light, the Silmarils. (And it’s same power and light was drawn into it from the very firmament where it now stands amongst the stars as Eärendil himself (Elrond’s father stands watch over The Doors Of Night where Melkor still is held until fate holds him no longer.) Everyone who saw them was captivated by them, even the Melkor(Morgoth); the first Dark Lord. Wars were fought over them called the Kinstrife after Morgoth had the Trees destroyed the Silmarils were the only light from them left and he stole them as you may remember, they changed hands a few times & eventually one was left after one fell into the sea & another was lost in a pit of magma. a Half Elf named Eärendil (the first one! Who was Elrond’s father.) came into its possession & sailed it to Valinor as a gift to the Valar to ask for their help in defeating Morgoth, which they did. the Valar turned it into a star & hung it in the sky with Eärendil as its guardian. the fountain of Galadriel's Mirror is lit by light captured from the star Eärendil & her Phial has water from the fount. I've left out about 90% of the story but it's quite important & central to the story of Middle Earth. for her to give the Phial to Frodo is quite extraordinary. its light does burn & blind Shelob (that's the spider's name) but doesn't kill her outright. oh also, before he was put in the sky to guard the last Silmaril Earendil had two children, Elrond & his brother Elros the first King of Numenor. Tolkien's lore is deep & vast & the Silmarils are at the center of it. The Star of Eärendil is the light that shines in the horizon both in the morning and the evening. It consists in a boat raised by the Valar and led by Eärendil, who carries a shining Silmaril while watching the Doors of Night. The Door of Night was a portal in the distant Uttermost West that leads to heaven, and/or the Void. Eärendil's ship Vingilot was taken by the Valar from the rim of the world, passed through the Door and was lifted into the "oceans of heaven". PS: Eärendil is ELROND’s half Vanyar Elf half human father, that father was the son of the great Tuor of the great stories of The Children Of Húrin book!❤❤❤❤ Aragorn is a CLOSE descendant of a direct bloodline to Elros(Elrond’s Twin Brother) The title of half elven (Peredhel) was due to the combined history of Beren&Lúthien, his mother Elwing was the granddaughter of Lùthien! Eärendil was the husband of Elwing. The true half elf; son of the best elvish women ever who rescued hundreds from the highest of elvish kingdoms(Gondolin); her name is Idril & one of the best most powerful men around named Tuor. Who later on when they went to Valinor together through their own way lead to him choosing to be counted as One Of The Eldar for Idril. Eärendil did the same for Elwing. ❤

"He's probably experienced that himself" Yes Elrond is intimately familiar with the lifespan of men measured against that of elves.

Saw this in the cinema at release. Was without a doubt the greatest cinematic experience in my life. Nothing comes even close

Just found your channel and absolutely love your chemistry and reaction! Subbed

Great reaction! The mire in the books was based on Tolkien's experiences at the Battle of the Somme during World War One. The battle had been fought, and a bloody and gruesome one it had been, and then rains came, downpours, that flooded all the low lying areas of the battlefield and left soldiers of both sides lying under water, some so obviously torn up that there was no doubt that they were dead and others looking almost unwounded, as if they were sleeping silently under the waters that covered their lifeless forms. Absolute nightmare fuel I'm sure, but it certainly fed the images of the silent soldiers (coincidentally from some of the battles depicted at the start of the first movie when Sauron was defeated) lying under the water and waiting for the living to come too close... As I remember, each of the extended edition DVDs I own came with a 'making of' DVD which was filled with all kinds of incredible information. Like the fact that each of the three runners chasing the Uruk-Hai were dealing with injuries. Viggo the aforementioned broken toe, Orlando had damaged ribs I think, and the short stand-in for Gimli had been injured in his leg I believe. There were quite a few injuries in these movies but, for the most part, the actors just powered through them all like legends. Hama, the door guard who let Gandalf keep his staff, knew what he was doing, absolutely. His king was unwell, and since nothing else could help him, Hama thought that perhaps the wizard could. And did. If you notice when Gamling goes to draw his sword as Gandalf moves toward Theoden, Hama grabs his hand and keeps him from doing so. Hama was hoping that Gandalf could help the king and was willing to risk the displeasure of Grima Wormtongue to allow him to try. His king was all but lost already. How could the situation get worse? Bernard Hill, in a cast of amazing actors doing amazing work, has always stood out to me for his work as Theoden, King of Rohan. It was easy to believe that he was Theoden. He played every aspect of the character brilliantly. Whenever I read the books my mental images now are of this excessively awesome cast as the characters they portrayed. To the point that I can't even remember how I used to picture Aragorn, Gandalf, Saruman, and Theoden before. My late father started reading these books to me and my little sister as a bedtime story nightly over the course of a year or so when I was ten and my sister was six. It has been 46 years since I was ten, and I can still remember lying in bed and picturing everything as he read. All the stuff that Grima tells Saruman is stuff he already knows, but it just confirms it all. Saruman is older even and was wiser even than Gandalf, which is why he was the leader of the five wizards. Unfortunately once he began relying on the Palantir for information, Sauron was able to corrupt him and twist him toward madness, driving him away from his purpose and making him a willing tool and ally of one who views him in the same way Saruman viewed the wild men who he sent to torch the Westfold. Useful but expendable. But Saruman's purpose is that he is almost as clever as Sauron, and so after corrupting Grima he uses Grima's knowledge to confirm what he believes to be true. "I can fight!" "NO! You must do this. For me." It's not a cage, it is a responsibility. With the king's son's death and Eomer's banishment and uncertain status, Eowyn is effectively the last of the royal family. She HAS to stay with the people just in case Theoden falls in this battle, because her people MUST have one of the royal family with them to follow. I suppose in some ways it is a cage, but it is one of blood obligation. As the only present heir to the throne, she has to be the one to lead her people to safety. Yes, the five wizards (of which we only see two, and only one other, Radagast the Brown, is briefly talked about in the books) are, for all intents and purposes, angels. Sent by the greater powers, their purpose was to help the free peoples of Middle Earth to become strong enough to stand against evil on their own. Which is also why they rarely use their powers, otherwise the free peoples will become reliant on the wizards and become even weaker. Wizards are, like the elves, effectively immortal and while they can be killed, as Gandalf was in the battle against the Balrog, they are usually wise enough to not put themselves into a position where that is likely to happen. Gandalf had little choice as the Ringbearer chose Moria and Gandalf fought an agent of evil as powerful as Gandalf to both their deaths. It sucks, but it had to be done so the movie wouldn't be even longer. Denethor, father of Boromir and Faramir, has more issues than just being a dick. He was less disposed towards Faramir in the books because his beloved wife died in childbirth with Faramir, and Faramir was more interested in the things that the old wizard who occasionally came to Gondor (Gandalf) would teach him than he was in the warfare and such that his father stressed. But the biggest problem Denethor had was that he had a Palantir that he tried to use to spy on Sauron, to know what Sauron was planning and doing so he could fight him more effectively. Unfortunately, as Sauron had corrupted the Palantiri, all Denethor saw was what Sauron wished him to see, and Sauron gradually corrupted his mind and drove him mad. And that is why he was such a hateful dick, because he was insane, though he could still (barely) do the job he was expected to do. And because of this Boromir was pressured so much that he was easily tempted by the ring, and Faramir was relegated to useless duties by his hateful father. But to put all this backstory into the movie would have added an hour or so to an already long movie, so no go. I've heard multiple people say that everyone needs a Sam in their life, but it is also true, as one reviewer said, that everyone should also try to be a Sam in someone else's life. God bless all the Sams in the world. 🙂

Galadriel is the one who pleaded the WindLord Gwaihir, one of the eagle formed Maiar), to go to the top of Durin’s Tower at Zirakzigil. He was recuperated by her own hand and skills. Bringing back a god of sorts is quite a feat which fits her prowess in several fields as she was known to have learned from all of the Valar, all that there was left to teach by each of them. The staff was given to him by Galadriel in Lothlórien and enhanced his powers upon his return. His old brown staff was a gift from Radagast (another wizard of the Istari Order after he escaped from Saruman’s current abode in Orthanc, hand carved from an old branch. The white staff was a gift from Galadriel, made by elven smiths from Mallorn wood. (Mallanornë by the elves. Interestingly looks similar to the elvish word for Friend, Mellon. But that’s just me being inquisitive.) That new staff before he sacrificed it to do a spell of sorts against the Balrog in Khazad-Dûm. That one was called Opening Flower. (His portrayal in The Hobbit movies are a little bit funny but it slightly sort of suits the aspect of that book which was more whimsical so I guess they wanted to make him act much different. Granted Radagast sort of strayed from the path but his main mission was to guard and protect nature itself on behalf of Yavannah. The Valar that chose him as her champion to head into middle earth with the other 4 istari. The white staff was most likely named something along the lines of Marta Nieninquë (Fated WhiteTearSnowflower), or Ninquelotë which is “White/snow Flower”. Or Ninquë Merillë “White Rose”. (Derivatives of Merillë is also Feast and Festive, think of his fireworks for example. Single rose is Meril or like single flower is Elloth. Another Elvish flower term is “ninglor” noun for golden water-flower, gladden. But since Mithrandir is his name by the elves for grey wanderer I wanted to add Mithril to the name of his new staff as it contains similarity to his elvish name so “Mithrillottë” meaning “Flower Of TrueSilver” Or maybe due to the snowy mountain he died upon, the new staff name could be “Olórin olea Ollosë” meaning “The Dream/Vision that bloomed and flourishes upon the Fallen Snow” by how it’s implied. Olórin is Gandalf’s real angelic name so it is basically describing how the dream of hope that rekindled itself in the harshest of conditions. Like a resilient type of flower, Ollosë is the fallen snow. Olea is the action of plants specifically growing & living. Another elvish flower name I love is for Daisy “Eirien”. Lothlórien itself means “DreamFlower”. Galadriel’s realm. ❤️ - (Elvish had grown ALOT over the ages. Even some forms of elvish are even more archaic even for other elves who at times may experience a little bit of difficulty understanding or simply noting one’s accent and speed of which one talks internally.

Yay! Love this. Can't wait for part three!

Dont watch rings of power 👎👎

@adronator

23 күн бұрын

Hear hear! It’s like watching Star Wars and someone tells you to watch The Acolyte. Absolute nightmare fuel.

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

21 күн бұрын

I second this, wholeheartedly.

@seanmcmurphy4744

21 күн бұрын

Same. What happens when a screenwriter writes a movie adaptation of a classic book like Tolkien is this: the best choices for the storyline and dialog have already been made by the author - that is why it is a classic. So the screenwriter has the choice of either sticking slavishly to the original text, and not getting to be as creative as he would like, or rewriting the story and exercising his talent. The problem is Hollywood screenwriters who have earned millions and won Emmies have very big egos. So in writing, the ego often wins out over the original content. Of course when the show debuts the screenwriter finds out he is not as good a writer as Tolkien and should have respected the original. That didn't happen with _LotR_ because the screenwriters, Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boyens, were not big Hollywood writers with egos to match

@benjaminharrison5342

21 күн бұрын

While my opinion is set, i would simply state there are better uses for your time than watching RoP. Like extracting your eyeballs with a spoon and then boiling them on low temp whilst smacking your face with a T-Bone steak after locking yourself in a freezer. Yeah thats a better use of 8 hours than watching RoP. Ill do that instead of watching season 2.

@ariessmith4910

20 күн бұрын

Indeed

10:04 "Saruman is like: these guys are idiots; I'll just use them to do my dirty work" Gee, reminds me of a politician in America

Frodo learned who Smeagol was from Gandalf in an extended edition only scene in the first film. The same scene that Frodo said that Bilbo should've had pity and put Gollum out of his misery years before when he took the ring from him, and Gandalf said that pity stopped Bilbo from killing Gollum, and that he felt Gollum still had a larger role to play in all of this. That exchange, plus Frodo's hope that even Gollum [and by extension, himself] could be redeemed from the effects of the ring, are why he gives Gollum so much leniency when they first meet.

Every reactor that watches the scene with Aragorn entrance into helms deep love it lol. He looks bad ass in that entrance 🔥💪🏾

Gandalf 'magic' you'll notice is limited mostly to fire, like heating up Aragorns sword, lighting up Moria, and fireworks. His mission is to "light a fire in the hearts men." His main power is in his counsel. He doesn't force people to do things but advises them.

58:15 theodin is quoting a song. clamavi de profundis does a great cover. it is called 'lament for the rohirrim'

Holly jump scare LOL I never seen anyone so jumpy watching movies before LOL

Great reaction, guys. You've got an amazing movie coming up. All three movies are great in their own way, but they just get better and better as you work through them. A bit of background about Rohan. Eowyn is the King's niece and was betrothed to Theodred, the King's son and heir. Eowyn's parents are dead, so she is living with the King. The captain who was exiled is Eomer, and is the brother of Eowyn, and is the King's nephew. Also regarding the elves: Galadriel (the boss babe elf) was a bit of a bad girl when she was younger, and sought power so that she could rule her own Kingdom. She did some bad things, and was banned twice from the undying lands (or western isles) she finally calmed down and married Celeborn, and together they are the most senior of all the elves. When Frodo offered Galadriel the ring, it was like offering a drink to a reformed alcoholic. She says: "I passed the test. Now I shall diminish and go to the West (the Western Isles)" Incidentally, Galadriel is the grandmother of Arwen, Aragorn's elvish girlfriend. Galadriel is also distantly related to Aragorn, but separated by many generations.

On their 3 day or so in the Mines of Mora, Frodo noticed Gollum following them. He mentioned to Gandalf "there's a creature down there" and Gandalf tells him "its Gollum. He has been following us for 3 days...." and Gandalf mentioned that Gollum's real name was Smeagol. So Gandalf was the one that told Frodo about his real name and a little bit about him.

SOOOOO worth the wait! Your reactions, especially Caras (the girl lol), you guys are SUPERIOR. I wish you had more content that was to my tastes!!!

At 20:29 you say, "Oh, a dragon!" Well, not exactly--the creature the Black Rider is riding on is referred to as a Fell Beast, though that's more a description than a name. Tolkien's description is graphic: "The great shadow descended like a falling cloud. And behold! it was a winged creature: if bird, then greater than all other birds, and neither quill nor feather did it bear, and its vast pinions were as webs of hide between horned fingers, and it stank. A creature of an older world maybe it was...And the Dark Lord took it, and nursed it with fell meats, until it grew beyond the measure of all other things that fly; and he gave it to his servant to be its steed." There aren't any dragons in LOTR, but if you read The Hobbit or watch the Hobbit movies, you'll encounter Smaug, a truly terrifying dragon.

25:55 Back when Bilbo left the Shire, including the Ring, Gandalf knew that the ring felt odd because of its effect on kind Bilbo, but Gandalf didn't know it was THE RING. So Gandalf left for 17 years to track the story of the ring Bilbo had. That means going back to the Misty Mountains and tracking Gollum, its previous owner. Then tracking how Gollum found the ring in the river Anduin. There in Anduin was where Isildur, Aragorn's ancestor, died. Once Gandalf was almost certain that it was THE RING, he went to Gondor to find notes written by Isildur, and discovered how to "test" that it was THE RING: by throwing it into the fire. Gandalf heads back to the Shire to do the test, then retell the Ring's entire story to Frodo, including Gollum's backstory. Funny you should ask how Frodo knows about Smeagol/Gollum's story, because right now, there are talks of another film trilogy that will be about "The Hunt for Gollum", pertaining to Gandalf, Aragorn, and even Legolas, hunting and tracking Gollum for those 17 years, then finding out more about Gollum's backstory. Peter Jackson (and the other leaders of this trilogy) shall return as the backbone. Andy Serkis himself will both star as Gollum and direct. Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) and Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf) both said they'd be willing to come back to Middle Earth, especially since Peter is leading. I do wonder if they'll go full dark and gory with it? Peter Jackson toned down Gollum's past to sell his grey side in this trilogy. But Gollum did a lot of things that would never garner him sympathy. Also, there's an incoming anime about Rohan! Philippa Boyens, one of the screenwriters/writers in this trilogy, is a producer of the anime. Miranda Otto (Eowyn) reprises her role, probably as narrator. A chance to see other Shield Maidens of Rohan! Also, prayers for Sir Ian McKellen. He was just hospitalized for an accident in one of his theater performances :(

it was gandalf who told frodo about gollum's real name during the first movie. When they were taking a break in the mines.

Frodo feels the ring gaining power over him. That's why he wants to help Smeagol. He needs to believe he isn't lost... because he fears losing himself in this mission.

If I remember right, the actor that play King Theoden redid that scene of him de-aging three times so when the scenes are overlaid they would seamlessly change him from an old man to his younger self.

I think it's really understated just how important the short scene of the mother reuniting with her children at helms deep is. If it weren't for that glimmer of hope the battle for helms deep would be so much more of an emotional slog

Fun Fact: After filming Viggo Mortenson (Aragorn) Bought the horse playing Brego and he (Brego) only passed away recently. A Note about Gondorians: As a people who had settled in Middle Earth after the destruction Numenor, they had the habit of sometimes committing their high-ranking dead to special boats, to drift out to sea and to when they sink to be reunited with the land they had left so long before. That Aragorn did so shows his knowledge of his people AND the high regard he had for Boromir.

Rings of Power is absolutely awful. Not worth it. The Hobbit tho, even though more made for a younger audience, is still such a fun group of movies. Def would recommend the extended versions of those films much like the Lord of the Rings!

The beings that Gandalf, Saruman, and yes even Sauron, are called Maiar. They were essentially angel-like beings hence why they’re so powerful and able to live for so long. When Gandalf and Saruman were sent to Middle Earth by the Valar (essentially much higher angel-like beings; basically like Arch Angels) they took on the forms of old men and had their powers and memories reduced greatly. There were 3 others sent along with them, Radagast the Brown, and 2 unnamed Blue Wizards. Their mission was to support, guide, and advise the races of Middle Earth in fighting against Sauron. (Sauron has been on Middle Earth for a far longer time than any of the wizards and has done a lot more crazy shit long before he made the One Ring.) Like I said, Sauron used to be a Maiar like the wizards, but an evil Valar named Melkor/Morgoth corrupted Sauron and many other Maiar (which he actually turned into Balrogs; that demon thing Gandalf fought in Moria). After Morgoth was long defeated Sauron took up the mantle as his successor. The thing about these beings is that even if their physical bodies are damaged/destroyed their spirits can still live on and wander the world for many many years until they’re able to regain another physical body, which is what happened to Sauron after he lost the One Ring.

The part about the dead marshes includes Legolas’s Father; Thranduil, & Thranduil’s father Oropher, were to join the Last Alliance in from a different angle to achieve a certain war tactic but Oropher and others got waylayed by orcs & many corrupted men which lead to eventually Oropher dying there, this loss effected Legolas’s father so very deeply forevermore. The bond between he and his son is the same bond Thranduil has with Legolas. And the braid he wears is to honour his grandfather. I believe after his death braids became less common. A sort of respect thing I believe. Both his father and Grandfather lived in Doriath(Elu Thingol’s domain[Elwë], which was heartbea of middle earth; Aside from Gondolin which held this mantle until it’s secret location was given up by a tortured elf who was the son of a very important mother who was the sister of the high king Turgon). All on a landmass called Beleriand that sunk under the sea after a set of disastrous events that lead to many greater outcomes much later on in the legendarium. This here is a whole set of stories of which also includes a quite a bit of Galadriel too but moreso other characters during this era. Of Beren And Lùthien comes to mind and Children Of Hurin!! You’ll fall in love even more after the third movie. Then you can enter into the lore videos like Moviejoob and OmarioRPG have done reaction videos too. Amazing stuff. One thing to add though is this scene resembles a lot from the other battle Tolkien was involved in called The Battle Of Somme. Look into it and tell me your thoughts. I’ll add something here though: that clan of elves really didn’t like being under the command of anyone else so they went ahead without the order and let’s just say it didn’t end well. That and they weren’t fond of the Ñoldor… huge history there as to why that is. That and the Sindar subgroup of these clans were a tiny bit more isolationist. But there are many amazing Sindar in the legendarium too Elrond and his two sons and daughter are connected to all of the main clans of men and elves through the union of his half elf father and full elf(quarter goddess) mother. Who essentially played a huge role in saving the world from the original dark lord Morgoth. Gained the Favour Of Valinor. Which subsequently lead to Numenor being a gift from the sea to the men who helped. Becoming blessed. Their land existing within the light of Valinor as it was situated closely to The Undying Lands. (The same ancestry Aragorn has that Èowyn spoke of while they were travelling to Helm’s Deep! (Elrond’s Twin Brother became the first king of Númenor. His name becoming Tar-Minyatur, and those faithful to Eru, the elves and the natural world all of this line carried Tar before their name! Ar for Aragorn is the word meaning Noble in his tongue called Adúnaic. That too is a fleshed out language Tolkien created too. Elvish languages also were placed into the official list of world languages too!

Most fail to notice the man who let Gandalf in with the staff was named Hama, he is killed by the warg riders. The boy Aragorn talks to in Helm's Deep is his son, and he two scenes you can see him fighting. In the books he lives and becomes a guard for Eomer when Eomer is king.

At 25:52 you ask, "Can you guys explain why or how Frodo knew who Smeagol was?" In FOTR, Gandalf explains Smeagol's story to Frodo in the Mines of Moria. In the book, the explanation occurs very early in the story, when Frodo and Gandalf are still at Bag End.

@Pingkonk

23 күн бұрын

The explanation occurs earlier in the movie too. It opens with Bilbo finding the ring and then Gandalf explains the reason they have to leave The Shire is because Gollum told Sauron about Baggins having it

By the way.. The voice of Treebeard are John-Rhys Davis voice. And he is the actor who played Gimli. His voice was so deep and on point that they didn't need to change it by the computer

Cara likes dragons, you don't say. Wait until she finds out about the hobbit movie.

Extended scenes at risk of being missed from Fellowship: 1• Frodo/Sam's first meeting with the elves, providing context for Valinor and the elves journey there, as referenced throughout the films and seen at the end of the Return of the King(connects to the passing of the elves in the beginning of their leaving the shire when Frodo and Sam are near the Old Forest by the Shire which leads them to eventually bumping into Merry And Pippin! (An epic scene with Gandalf in Rivendell was also removed as well.) 2. Aragorn singing the Lay of Luthien, providing a parallel between the events of the Beren and Luthien and Aragorn's relationship with Arwen of which every reactor channel I’ve seen makes the connection and it pulls them into a deeper understanding of their relationship every single time. 3. Aragorn kneeling at his mother's grave, giving him some additional backstory for the viewer. 4. Gandalf explaining to Frodo about the corruptive power of the Ring, and how it will strain the Fellowship from the inside, foreshadowing Boromir's downfall. 5. Sam singing a lament for Gandalf, providing more emotional weight to Gandalf's death, referencing the start of the movie and strengthening the connection between him and the Hobbits ( also highlights Tolkien's love of song and poetry in the books). 6. Galadriel giving the gifts to the Fellowship, providing context for their appearance in later films, as well as drawing a parallel between Gimli's gift and the events of the Silmarillion (Fëanor & Galadriel). That’s just the beginning. Including several removed scenes between Aragorn & Galadriel and Aragorn with her husband Celeborn! 7• also the opening explaining Hobbits & their culture to the viewers, so they have a better understanding of these peoples we will be following which also was the direct full chapter called Concerning Hobbits.

@seaneendelong8065

23 күн бұрын

And Gandalf telling Frodo about Gollum/Smeagpl...

“How did she fall in love with Aragorn so quickly though?” Meanwhile, your girl is running her hands through her hair and blushing. Watch out bro hahaha😅

How Frodo knew about Sméagol: there was a WHOLE conversation about Gollum in the mines between Frodo and Gandalf. Did you forget about an entire exchange about Gollum's name and origination? It was in the first movie and took up about 5-10 minutes of dialog. It was SO blatant you had to know it was leading up to something later.

1:01:52 me on weekends when they tell me to wake up lmao.

At 1:00:00 Gimli's ill-fitting chain mail is a little throwaway gag, not repeated. In the book, Gimli already wore chain mail of Dwarf make, better than anything Rohan could offer. He did accept a helm, though, and a shield. Note that Weta Workshop had two guys working full time cranking out real chain mail made of plastic rings, each ring fitting into four others. In the process they wore off their fingerprints!

- The Elven Cloaks that they were given by Galadriel have really solid camouflage properties. They talk in the book about when the Elves are in the trees they legitimately can't see them. - Frodo knows about Sméagol/Gollum through Bilbo and Frodo. There are more in-depth convos about it in the book. - I'm going to say "in the books" a lot, I'm sorry. So the doorman wasn't really being a dunce like they try to make it seem. A lot of the people in Rohan are aware of the fact that Grima is a turd and so he basically says, "Yeah, Grima told me to take your staff but screw that guy. I've been guarding the king's hall for a lot longer than he's been around so I'm going to use my own judgement." - Théoden has been dealing with corruption, depression, and self-doubt for quite a while and the first thing Galdalf does is say, "Here's your sword bro, let's do some gangster s***!!!". Instantly better. And this is why we need more men in the Mental Health Field. - The movie really plays up Sam and Frodo having some strife with each other but that really doesn't happen in the story. Frodo knows Gollum isn't trustworthy but still hopes that he can save him (because if Gollum can't be saved then Frodo thinks there is no hope for him in the end either). - Once again, in the book, Faramir is a lot wiser but that makes for less drama so they played it up in the movie. He figures out they have the ring almost immediately and he doesn't take them with him or get tempted by the ring. He basically says, "Boromir tried to take the ring, didn't he? Yeah, that tracks. He was always more of a warrior first and probably thought he could use it to save us. Me? I know the old lore. I know what that ring is. I wouldn't pick it up if it was on the side of the road. Here are some supplies, good luck." Gangster. - Wizards are effectively Angels that were sent to Middle Earth. - Prez- "It's kinda crazy how quickly she fell in love." Cara- "* gives a look * Oh I get it... I'm in love." -The Battle for Helms Deep is awesome but buckle up for Return of the King... Can't wait for your next reaction. Very good guys!!!

Awesome reaction 👏

Rings of Power TV series isn't good unfortunately and it's not canon anyway, it's just loosely based on Tolkien's works. But if you want to watch more LOTR related media, The Hobbit trilogy showing Bilbo's adventure and is a prequel to The Lord of The Rings is really good. They're not in the same level as The Lord of The Rings Trilogy, but they're still some of the most enjoyable movies in the 2010-2020 era and definitely worth watching and reacting.

@seanmcmurphy4744

21 күн бұрын

@Austrian_Painters_TopGuy Agree. _Rings of Power_ was blatant vandalism, as if some minor painter decided he could improve on the _Mona Lisa_ and painted over it. Hollywood did the same thing to the Star Trek franchise with _Star Trek: Discovery_ and the other recent sequels. The sad truth is that this will eventually happen to all franchises with a huge base of loyal fans. The fans will come out and watch the sequels whether or not they are good, just because they are so loyal to the original. This gives the sequels enormous ratings, and makes Hollywood enormous profits. Hollywood eventually realizes they can make a lot of money on any sequel they grind out no matter how sh*tty, and the quality eventually ends up in the sewer.

@PickledShark

21 күн бұрын

I agree ROP is god awful, but The Hobbit is pretty shit too. I’d just listen to the audiobook. You could do that in about as much time as watching those ridiculous movies

@Vergilius314

17 күн бұрын

The only good thing to come out of the Hobbit movies was the songs. Everything else is pretty crap. The pacing is all wonky because it shouldn't even *be* three movies. Cringe-y, parkour elf nonsense is kicked up to 11. The tone is wrong--the Hobbit isn't an LotR-style epic, it's a *small* story, a fairy tale, with danger mostly lurking in the background rather than front-and-center. But they (the producers? Jackson?) tried to make it fit LotR's tone instead of letting it be itself. I'm sorry that things didn't work out for del Toro to direct with Jackson producing. A fresh take on the franchise would have been a good thing.

“Helms deep”was meant to be the inspiration for “The Long Night”

9:27 “Saruman, human” although that’s a good way to remember, the wizards are closer to Angels in this universe😂

@Makkaru112

23 күн бұрын

Meanwhile Arda/Eä is our Midgard. ❤

13:43 "Oh my god, they're gonna kill him!" "Agh Owwwww!" *You two are so adorable, bad things in film=ouchy on arm.*

you asked "How did Frodo know about Gollum?" that came from a conversation between Frodo and Gandalf in the extended version of Fellowship of the Ring while they were going through the nines of Moria. One of the reasons fans encouraged you to watch the extended versions.

Haldir is the elf that captured them in Lothlorian. He was not at Helms Deep in the books nor were any elves except Legolas. He also didn't die even in the defense of Lothlorian from the army that attacked them from Dol Goldur.

The moral of this movie is "Don't piss off the trees".

25:50 so that's in the extended edition of the first movie. Gandalf tells Frodo about Smeagul in Moria.

Guys amazing detail.. Look at 1:00:34.. You didnt show that scene for us but you saw it .. While Haldir is greeting Aragorn, Elvish soldiers didnt respond anything..But..While Legolas and Haldir greet each other, at that exact moment Elvish soldiers return to them and do respectful military standing salute. Because Legolas is the son and heir of King Thranduil. He is the prince of the Elven kingdom of Mirkwood. And the elves have great respect for the dynasty

That stone hill for Rohan's capital is actually real... Also, Gandalf, Saruman are Maia, small gods, that pose as old men in Middle Earth. The Balrog is kind of the same just looking as a monster. Gandalf has been like this for a couple thousand years but he's obviously seen everything, including the creation of the world as a god.

Elvish immortality being a blessing and a curse is a common theme in LotR. In some ways they envy the mortal men because when you have limited time, every second is more valuable.

My first time through, I somehow missed that the elves had bows at first, I thought they were from the caravan going west and as refugees, decided to take up what little space was left at helm's deep. I was 9

25:53 Gandalf told Frodo about Smeagal in the first movie when Gandalf couldn't remember what path to take in the Mines of Moria. Also, Bilbo likely told Frodo about him.

This is the odd series where the middle movie is the best. I love one and three, but this one holds my heart.

Aragorn it´s a Dunedáin, a kind of "royal" race among the men, blessed with long life. That´s why he has 87 years old here, and looks quite younger.

I'm astonished how many people hadn't watched the Lord of the Rings movies until just last or this year! These movies are timeless and still just as good as two decades plus ago!

@cerisambrook7692

18 күн бұрын

Means more fresh reactions though! yay!

The cute kids you saw in the cave at Helms Deep just before the battle began were director Peter Jackson's kids

Great reaction guys ❤. Looking forward to return of the king ✌🏼

I think they had to tear down Edoras (Theodens city) after filming, but the Shire is a real location in New Zealand and worth a visit!

@nemesis4852

23 күн бұрын

Yes they did. The whole building of Edoras and Théoden's Golden Hall also know as Meduseld, is an incredible story of love, work and restoration of sacred land in New Zealand. There is a whole KZread about it and the time and effort required and it's well worth watching.

At 57:55, Peter Jackson & Co. have amped up the odds from Tolkien's book. In his version, the Men of Rohan numbered about 2,000, mostly seasoned warriors. Long odds, but not as bad as in the movie. Peter Jackson is said to have modeled the Battle of Helm's Deep on the movie "Zulu," which he particularly admired, in which a tiny band of British soldiers face an enormous army of Zulu warriors. Note that T2T the book has 21 chapters, of which the Battle of Helm's Deep comprises only one chapter. Novels and movies are different art forms, and T2T in particular differs more strongly from Tolkien's book than either of the other two movies.

RIP Bernard Hill ( the actor who played Theoden )

Elvish rope never fails those using it- it never comes undone when it is being used but comes lose with a gentle tug when the user is finished using it. It is magic just like elvish cloaks :)

Gandalf explained a lot about Gollum's history, but I think you both talked over it. Honestly, there is beautifully written dialogue explaining everything if you listen.

There is no way that this video will NOT get 1,500k likes so I hope you just watch the next movie soon so we can get it sooner too. I'm so excited. Love the reaction, especially Cara's so much.