Hey for those who've been around a while know copyright has been a pain so forgive me for the hyper blurry effect I used last night. will be testing other methods for part 2 and 3

@georgezuniga6298

2 жыл бұрын

No worries. Take your time

@justsmashing4628

2 жыл бұрын

Have a look at the Homies, I think they’ve got the best editing & screenview to overcome copyright. Keep it up 😊 Forrest Gump next please:)

@aaron_22766

2 жыл бұрын

On other channels they mirror the image, that seems to help a lot

@Diegesis

2 жыл бұрын

@@justsmashing4628 oh I personally hate their editing style. The screen is blank more often than not. I know they probably have no copyright issues but the cost is barely ever seeing the video. If you look at my Hacksaw Ridge reaction you'll see I tried it like that and it worked like a charm but I think we lost a lot by barely ever seeing the movie. I'd rather look at a lower opacity video than no video at all

@tasia2174

2 жыл бұрын

I liked the way you edited it. Enough to pass copyright, but still showing enough so we can see what's going on. :)

Aragorn is, I think, the greatest image of the ideal man in fiction. He's strong He's a leader He's wise He's gentle when he needs to be He's harsh when he needs to be In a world where anti heroes are the norm now, it's always refreshing to see a truly good guy who isn't a wimp, or a "nice guy", or cannon fodder.

@johns1625

Жыл бұрын

He is also very unsure of himself but nobody around him would ever guess that in one thousand years. Humble and realistic.

@matthewstroud4294

Жыл бұрын

Howard Roark.

@billholder1330

Жыл бұрын

He marries a distant cousin who is about 2700 years older than he is. :) His (63 generations) great-grandfather was Arwen's uncle Elros.

@wilder11

7 ай бұрын

Well they won't let Superman be good anymore, so Aragorn is a pretty damn good second choice for the ideal man. XD Also more realistic, actually. haha

@Polo-wk7zl

5 ай бұрын

@@wilder11Aragorn is more realistic than the guy who can fly and shoot lasers out of his eyes. No, really?

26:14 Here in Norway, we had a barbecue commercial parodying the lighting of the beacons, except it was locals firing up their grills across the various norwegian landscapes 😂🤣 Search for Gilde - Light the Beacons 👌

@Diegesis

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@kevinburke5463

2 жыл бұрын

I’d LOVE to see that one! 😄

@zelenisok

2 жыл бұрын

is it on youtube?

@TotallySquirrel

2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see that one, can't find it anywhere though

@matanuskabutler7566

2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing. I feel like that's something we would do here in Alaska as well

Maple cried so much during the Two Towers, I think she is going to be a wreck after this one.

@Gregorycrafter

2 жыл бұрын

Most definitely, like I watched it for the first time today and, even though I haven't cried in years, I shed a single tear at the end and eyes slightly watered up at other parts of it as well.

@AlexanderTheTiny

2 жыл бұрын

They did a community post of the tissues, there were a lot of them

@jacklondon3355

2 жыл бұрын

Waiting for the Maple syrup to flow. (Tears)

@highstimulation2497

2 жыл бұрын

as do I.

@malthevinther2029

2 жыл бұрын

Remember to hydrate xD

Make no bones about it. This is the greatest movie ever made. All 12 hours of it.

@georgechapman9688

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat

3 ай бұрын

Technically Tolkien wrote the books as one book and it was split up by his editors. So technically, this is technically one movie.

Maybe someone already said this. Someone usually does, but... The actor Christopher Lee who plays Saruman was a WW2 spy/assassin. Allegedly when Peter Jackson tried to direct him on how to play getting stabbed in the back, he took exception and said something like "Have you ever heard what a man sounds like when stabbed in the back, because I have." Lee was also a huge Tolkien fan and had read the trilogy every year since their publication.

@colcat1

2 жыл бұрын

@@si8086 In a pub, out of all places, simply awesome.

@gawainethefirst

2 жыл бұрын

He was also the only one in LOTR to play both a Bond villain and Dracula.

@ThePsychoReturns

2 жыл бұрын

Christopher Lee was a man who did pretty much everything there is to do.

@kateiannacone2698

2 жыл бұрын

He is... the most interesting man in the world...

@kateiannacone2698

2 жыл бұрын

@@gawainethefirst Yeeeeah, the man had a type...lol

I remember the first time I read the battle at Helm's Deep back in 1965 and thinking, "Boy, Tolkien has written himself into a corner. Because there's obviously going to have to be an even bigger battle in the third volume, and how do you top this?" I needn't have worried...

"...Gandalf coming through. It's like the people in the airport that drive the carts except it's Gandalf on a horse..." That scene will never be the same for me again. :)

@djEDR0

2 жыл бұрын

Me too lmao!

@EchelonDnB

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Honestly the guy who plays Denethor is just about my favorite. He was majorly a theater actor, which is why the character moves and acts the way he does. You can see the crippling fear and pride in the way he stands and speaks

@alittlebitgone

2 жыл бұрын

Both him and Theoden I find just about the two best performances in the movie.

@damian01061973

2 жыл бұрын

John Noble is good people.

@Ammeeeeeeer

2 жыл бұрын

He was also great as the voice of Scarecrow in the Arkham Knight game, one of the few good things in that mess of a video game 🤣

@MisterHPlays

2 жыл бұрын

Guy made eating tomatoes the grossest part of this trilogy.

@squigglydickley1851

2 жыл бұрын

@@MisterHPlays spoilers! 😉 but that moment was cool, and done on purpose. We didn’t need to see the carnage in the fields, it was right there at the table

"What is he to do?" Do they not know?" I love how Maple slipped into speaking ye olde Middle-Earth English.

@Diegesis

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I laughed at that too while editing

It is great to see someone watch the movies for the first time and getting so emotional. Brings me back to my childhood.

@Big_Tex

2 жыл бұрын

Brings me back to when I was 35 🤣

@di3486

2 жыл бұрын

@@Big_Tex haha! I was 24

@beetlebob4675

2 жыл бұрын

I was 13. Puberty. Lol These films play on a loop in my head. I read the trilogy the year before, did a project on Tolkien for class. I was doomed to be a fan for life. Finally read The Silmarillion in adulthood. Reactions to these movies make my heart burst with gratification. 😆

@mena94x3

2 жыл бұрын

I was 25. So crazy we just celebrated the 20th anniversary of Fellowship. Blows my mind.

@mrunclear2343

2 жыл бұрын

@@Big_Tex i Was like 7😅

That light at 28:52 that Gandalf uses to make the Nazgûl retreat is literally sunlight. When Gandalf was fighting the Balrog in Fellowship, he listed one of his titles as, “Wielder of the Flame of Anor,” which is what the Elves call the sun.

@VergilArcanis

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, while Gandalf wields the flames of the sun, the Durin's Bane Balrog wields flames and darkness, literally a fight fire with fire sort of fight

@Paehrin

2 жыл бұрын

Might also be a reference to the ring of power Gandalf wields apparently :)

@oremstale8558

2 жыл бұрын

@@Paehrin i dont think he wears that until after the one ring is destroyed- i think cirdan the shipwright has it up until then

@Paehrin

2 жыл бұрын

@@oremstale8558 For what I can find, Cirdan gave it to Gandalf the Grey, so I'm guessing pre-LotR (-ish). The wiki on Narya seems to go this way too since it mentioned that it could have been used during the siege of Minas Tirith

@oremstale8558

2 жыл бұрын

@@Paehrin ohh yes- im thinking of in the film gandalf just wears it openly when he leaves middle earth :)

The reason Saurman gasps instead of screams when he's stabbed is down to Christopher Lee. He apparently had intimate knowledge of the noises people make when stabbed from his military service during WW2

@sweeperboy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, he apparently corrected Peter Jackson, who originally wanted him to cry out but he said words to the effect of "that's not what happens, they gasp". For any that don't know, Lee was part of the early British special forces, the SAS, during WW2.

@tehdipstick

2 жыл бұрын

@@sweeperboy The SOE, not the SAS.

@kevinburke5463

2 жыл бұрын

In any case, it was a far better reaction choice than inserting the ‘Ned Flanders’ scream from ‘The Simpsons.’

1:50 "You're a liar... and a thief..." "No." _"Murderer..."_ Something to keep in mind: when Déagol found the Ring in the river, it was still in its "dormant" state. Yet it took Sméagol all of five seconds to jump on his cousin and murder him over it. Bilbo, meanwhile, carried it for sixty years without turning into a murderous psychopath. This says something about Sméagol's character, I think, before the Ring ever came to him. 4:15 "You've never done a hard day's work!" Well, Merry would know! Both Merry and Pippin are from very old, very wealthy, and very prominent families back in the Shire. They started out this story as bored rich kids getting into trouble for kicks. (The book is able to give them significantly more characterization and depth than what we get in the films.) 6:37 If you think the relationship between Gríma and Saruman is appalling _here,_ just wait until you read the book. Oof. Also, the phenomenal Christopher Lee was able to tell director Peter Jackson exactly what it sounds like when a man is stabbed in the back... 8:52 Elves can totally get drunk, but I think Gimli doesn't know that Legolas's father King Thranduil imports extremely potent wine from Dorwinion. The king's wine (and its effects on those with a lesser alcohol tolerance) was actually a minor plot point in the original book _The Hobbit._ In short, Legolas could hold his drink _a lot_ better than Gimli might have expected! 16:20 If you go back and rewatch _Fellowship,_ you might notice a sneak peek at Minas Tirith! It's the city where Gandalf went to look through all the scrolls to find the account of Isildur finding the One Ring. 17:30 Denethor gets a very different characterization from the book. John Noble is a wonderful actor and does a great job, but a number of book fans were frustrated at the changes.

@jeffburnham6611

2 жыл бұрын

Many of the movie versions are totally different than their book versions. The same goes for Smeagol. Many of the events as well. This series would have you believe that the journey Frodo and Sam took happened right after the birthday party for Bilbo. Not true. Frodo wasn't even living in Bag End when he started the journey. He had sold it and moved into a new home in Buckland at Crickhollow.

@Reblwitoutacause

2 жыл бұрын

Neeeeeeerrrrd... Ily

@PhilBagels

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Denethor come across like a total jerk. But his story is more sad than angering. He was a good man, and a good ruler of Gondor. What the movie doesn't show is that he also had a palantir - one of those crystal ball things that Pippin looked into. And just like with Pippin, when Denethor tried you use his, he got the attention of Sauron, who showed him images to drive him to despair and madness. Imagine living across the street from Hell itself. And every day, you see their forces getting stronger. And the Enemy taunts you with knowledge that some ranger from the north is going to be king instead of you. And that your people are all going to die. And that your son is already dead. How long could you endure this and keep your courage? It's a common trope in this story: Otherwise good people becoming corrupted and driven to madness or evil. Denethor, Theoden, Saruman, Boromir, Frodo, Grima, even Smeagol (who wasn't necessarily that good of a person to begin with, but the influence of the ring made him far worse). And of course, Isildur in the back story. Did I leave anyone out? Some of them manage to escape the evil influence over them, and some do not. Saruman is the only one I can't find any pity for.

@oremstale8558

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffburnham6611 unfortunately things just have to be cut for time's sake, and those points aren't exactly important to the overall plot

@evenmoor

2 жыл бұрын

@@PhilBagels You left out Éowyn, actually, who was driven to despair in part by the machinations of Gríma. And Ted Sandyman, who willingly collaborated with Sharkey and his Men. And Denethor caused a little bit of civil insurrection by Beregond. I agree that most of these cases in the book are tragic more than anything else. Denethor was a noble man, stronger of will than even Saruman, who was ensnared by the same device, the palantir. Beregond was forced to kill his own comrades in order to come to the aid of his beloved captain. Éowyn saw only glory in death in battle, forgetting that an action is no less valorous or worthy for not being in the service of war. Ted Sandyman... well. He let his greed and vanity get the better of him.

I always think about the scene with sleeping Eowyn this way : she got her own rooms of course but as good lady of the house she given it for some of the guests of honor and she sleeps at the centre of her home, at the fire hearth.

@silver9wolf6

2 жыл бұрын

Oh!! I like that!

In defense of Denethor, in the book he is quite majestic. When he confronts Gandalf he is seen to appear more wizardly than Gandalf to Pippin who does feel that Gandalf is actually the more majestic, “Denethor looked indeed much more like a great wizard than Gandalf did, more kingly, beautiful, and powerful;” (LotR, Minas Tirith). Denethor is like the Aragorn of the South, just as virile physically although Aragorn is more spiritually virile. The Steward Denethor has also been responsible and set up the defenses of Gondor contrary to his depiction in the movie as one sitting on his haunches. Not only are his armies prepared he himself is armed and ready to fight.

@gorramnelf

2 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget that the line of the Stewards was of the highborn blood of Numenor, if not of the line of Elendil. But as a direct descendent of Numenor, and legally ruling as steward, Denethor had a right (in the eyes of the Palantir) to use the Anor Stone. This gave him the possibility of using it if his will was strong enough not to be dominated by Sauron with the Ithil stone. In this fashion he outperformed Saruman, who was ensnared by his use of the Orthanc stone. I think that's the greatest part of the tragedy of Denethor - his perhaps desperate, if unwise, use of the stone and eventual wearing down of his spirit into despair when all that he had done to prepare Gondor to withstand the initial blow as best it could worked, and it ended up being sufficient enough to carry forward the hope for victory which he had lost.

Just rewatched the first one. Man Frodo is one brave hobbit. He was ready to go alone to Mordor, lucky that Sam guessed he was back at the boats.

@Magere-Kwark

2 жыл бұрын

Well what are you doing here then? Go watch the other two, quickly!

@georgezuniga6298

2 жыл бұрын

@@Magere-Kwark oops rewatched.

Great backstory on Smeagol and how he became Gollum... Epic

The opening sequence was originally in the middle movie, The Two Towers, right after Frodo calls Gollum by his real name in the bog. There's even a vestige of the link when Smeagol says, "Yes that was my name" to Frodo, which would have been right before the opening sequence, which ends with, "We even forgot his name."

Fun fact: the kid who plays Aragon and Arwen's child in the vision she has in the forest is actually the son of the stunt actor who played Lurtz, the leader of the Uruk-hai in the first movie who killed Boromir. He also played a couple other orcs throughout the movies, the other one I can think of off the top of my head is the one who tells Legolas Gimli and Theoden that Aragorn fell off the cliff in the two towers.

@tasia2174

2 жыл бұрын

Actually the actor who played Lurtz was Lawrence Makoare and he played the Witchking and Gothmog (the deformed orc captain) in Return of the King. Jed Brophy is the one who played Sharku (the orc who tells them Aragorn went over the cliff in TTT), and he also plays Nori in The Hobbit movies. :)

@johnhelfrich977

2 жыл бұрын

@@tasia2174 you’re absolutely right, I had them confused

@TallisKeeton

2 жыл бұрын

Its very much "a family movie" as so many of families worked in the crew together :) Sam's daughter is Sam's actor real daughter Alexandra and Rosie's actress got her own child in her arms in the-you-know-what scene :) and of course Jackson's kids played in every part of the movie - they were hobbits kids who listen to Bilbo's story of trolls in FOTR, the kids in caves hiding with Rohan ppl in TTT and they were also on the streets of Minas Tirith during the last ride of Faramir rangers in ROTK. And Haleth son of Hama was played by Calum Gittins, son of screenwriter Philippa Boyens. And the kid who stood over the fire with Haleth before Haleth spoke with Aragorn was the kid of Aragorn's actor Henry Mortenssen. There was also a cameo played by sister of Elijah Wood AFAIR Hanna - she is a tall blonde girl walking between ppl in the caves of Helms Deep for a few seconds. In "Hobbit" trilogy there were many such instances of kids of crew playing smt but the one I remember is that Kate Jackson played a barmaid in the inn of the prancing pony in the second part of "the hobbit".

The lighting of the beacons is for me worth the price of admission all by itself.

I love that Denethor stands up and arrogantly proclaims that, "The rule of Gondor is mine!!! And no others!", before being again seated on the stewards high chair.

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat

3 ай бұрын

Those thrones are such great set pieces. I think it's from the books too. Really makes it clear what Denethor is. Stewardship isn't exactly a simple concept to explain in a popcorn movie.

Really if you think about it, Arwen was a VIP too, Elrond had pretty much given up on believing that Aragorn would claim his rightful throne. She convinced her father to order the Elvin blacksmiths to reforge the sword of the King. If Aragorn hadn't had that sword when he went to the army of the dead, they wouldn't have believed he was the rightful heir of Isildur. Without the army of the dead the battle of Minas Tirith wouldn't have been won

The lighting of the beacons is so amazing

@kevinburke5463

2 жыл бұрын

I always loved this scene as well. The cinematography combined with the music score is, in my humble opinion, the best meshing I have ever experienced in the history of film.

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat

3 ай бұрын

It's something the Hobbit prequels really lost, the 10th Member of the Fellowship, the countryside of New Zealand.

"run Shadowfax.. show us the meaning of Haste!".... Cuts to ad

Also the “crownless again shall be King “ poem wasn’t said by Arwen but by Bilbo in the books and it was a poem written by Bilbo about Aragorn.

Maple's so enjoyable to watch, she just genuinely seems to enjoy herself and be willing to get invested!

It isn’t explained in the films but Denethor has a Palantír, like Saruman used to communicate with Sauron, and it’s basically driven him mad.

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat

3 ай бұрын

At one point when Denethor starts talking about Gandalf trying to replace him with Aragorn Mable says "He knows everything already?" and that's the first time I've ever realized that he must've heard that from Sauron.

You take it so seriously. It’s very nice) Since I’ve watched these films dozens of times, I already have a lot of humor. But you have such a sincere, serious reaction. It’s nice. And the film really deserves it. Perhaps this is the best film,I've ever seen.

@SiniyLazutchik

2 жыл бұрын

I read the book back in 1998, when I was a student at medical college, then I got so carried away that I read half of the whole story in one night, and the next morning I didn't go to school, pretended to be sick, and finished the rest)

Up to this point, Merry and Pippin have never been separated in the three movies.

@sweeperboy

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, and it's also worth remembering how young they are. Pippin is basically a teenaged boy in Hobbit terms (which explains some of the crazy things he does), and Merry only a year or two older. As Merry said, Pippin always followed Merry around and Merry looked out for him...until this point.

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat

3 ай бұрын

I don't think Merry and Pippin have been separated since like Hobbit kindergarten.

So it begins…

@eliaslopez5933

2 жыл бұрын

I already know you throw gas

6:55 I love how even Theoden was like O_O' when Saruman fell down Isengard.

Thank you for your lovely, heartfelt and emotional reactions to these amazing movies. 🙂

So you know why Cirith Ungol has the stigma around it: (Faramir): "Of them we know only old report and the rumour of bygone days. But there is some dark terror that dwells in the passes above Minas Morgul. If Cirith Ungol is named, old men and masters of lore will blanch and fall silent." So basically it is unknown specifically why it is terrible, but it has such an impression that the very learned would stop whatever they were speaking of and have a moment of terror for what that name implies. I, of course, don't want to spoil anything, so I won't say more as to why it is a name filled with terror.

@zoesumra9152

7 ай бұрын

I mean, anyone who spoke Sindarin could garner the right answer from the name of the pass...

That entrance of the Witch King in Minas Morghul! The definition of Badass! ...

Theoden's monologue against Saruman is so badass

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat

3 ай бұрын

Especially once you know what a "gibbet" is and what it does to people. Takes a LONG time to die in a Gibbet. Can be weeks.

I saw every one of these movies in the cinema when they came out. Imagine having to wait an entire year to see the second and third one. I had not read the books so after the first one I wondered for an entire year if Gandalf was really dead and after the second one I wondered a year who "she" was.

fun fact: J.R.R Tolkens great grandson was a ranger in the battle for osgiliath

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat

3 ай бұрын

RIP JRR Tolkens great grandson I guess.

The beacons being lit is just so AWESOME!

@georgechapman9688

Жыл бұрын

It is literally LIT

6:44 That is why Grima had to be spared earlier, so he could cause Saruman's death, although they did not know it at the time. 18:20 Denethor has a Palantir like the one Pippin looked in and through it Sauron has been driving him mad.

Not sure if anyone has already mentioned this, but the scenes of Frodo & Sam talking inside the tunnel on the outskirts of Mordor at the beginning of TROK, and the pick-up scene of them walking out into the open just outside the tunnel were separated by THREE years because of the production schedule. Movie magic.

1:45 How you take the ring has a huge impact on its ability to corrupt you. Smegol took it by murder and it destroyed him utterly. Bilbo took it while sparing the previous owner despite having every reason to kill him. Frodo took it as an act of love for his uncle. The latter two were much harder for the ring to corrupt. But especially Bilbo. From the first second the ring whispered in his ear to kill Gollum and not only did he spare Gollum but he started out as he would continue, defying the will of the ring. He held it for 60 years and even after all that time he managed to willingly part with it, with only verbal prodding from Gandalf.

18:09 This is one my favorite scenes in the whole trilogy. Not only cause they say the name of the movie in the movie, but for other reasons. Denethor is a *Steward* of Gondor. Not a *King* of Gondor. There hasn't been a Gondorian King for centuries. Not since Eärnur, ancestor of Aragorn, rode to Minas Morgul to answer a challenge from the Witch-King of Angmar, never to return. The Stewards were once assistants to the King, but when the line was "broken" they became the interim authority. Boromir is initially distrustful of Aragorn in the Fellowship due to this disconnect between the fallen monarchy and the line of stewards. However, while Denethor has the authority to rule as a regent waiting for the next King, as his father and ancestors have done for so long, he cannot deny their return should it happen. No more than someone who house sits can deny entrance to the home's owner. Watching Gandalf remind Denethor of his place is very satisfying. Especially since movie Denethor is just kind of a dick for no reason.

In fairness to Elrond, if my kid was doing something where suddenly their lifespan was going from potentially infinite to like Maaaaaaaybe 100 years, which must be like the blink of a eye to him, I'd try to talk them out of it pretty strongly too. I don't care how nice Aragorn is, you're gonna die! or be miserable forever after he dies if you stay immortal! lol Plus, I'm not a Tolkien expert, but I think that means they go to a different afterlife too right? Because the undying lands is basically elf heaven right? Kinda sorta? idk, Tolkien scholars (Nicely) correct me in the comments below lol. All I remember is Legolas basically sneaking Gimli in on a boat which is hilarious.

@zoesumra9152

7 ай бұрын

Yes, Legolas sneaked Gimli in on a boat. There's a theory that Galadriel vouched for him at the other end. I like to think she would have introduced him to Finrod and Aulë. Yes, elves and humans have a different afterlife (and elves resurrect from theirs back to Valinor), so Arwen would never have seen her mother Celebrian again, as Celebrian would have expected after she left for Valinor.

The older these movies get, the more they age like wine. Just 100% pure love and soul in film-making and storytelling.. Also compared to all shit they release today the comparrison grows even more.

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat

3 ай бұрын

There's even parts of it now that do look a little dated if you actually force yourself to examine them but it does not matter because the films have just picked you up off your feet and swept you away. You're too concerned about the characters and their stories to be bothered.

GROND!!! GROND!! GROND!!! GROND!! GROND!!!! GROND!! Sauron wasn't the first dark lord of Middle earth..His boss Morgoth/Melkor was...And he wielded GROND (hammer of the underworld) So when you see the bad guys cheering for a battering ram its them paying homage.

@fruitchewx127

2 жыл бұрын

GROND

@Diegesis - The beacons are lit. THE BEACONS ARE LIT!! Excellent work, as ever, Chad - actually liked the editing, despite the restrictive challenges Excellent bumbled intro from Maple (textbook now 😄) Full on investment from Maple on the story threads. You mentioned in another comment that Maple wasn’t truly invested at the early stages of FOTR, but as ever, the writing, the acting, the characters draw us all in. It was inevitable that Maple would fall hard for these movies. We’re just lucky enough to come along for the ride and see it again for the first time through her experience

@Diegesis

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah in my opinion that's the real joy of watching reaction videos to movies. It's nice to get to relive that feeling of seeing great work for the first time again.

I think she is in for a good cry. And I'll be crying along with her.

Imagine the poor sods that have to stay up by the Beacons just in case they have to be lit 😨.

@theevilascotcompany9255

2 жыл бұрын

"Okay Sir Hrothgil, we have two job openings for knights: you can live in this log cabin on a mountaintop and light a fire if called upon, or you can guard the city and be sent on suicide missions by our very mentally balanced steward."

@sweeperboy

2 жыл бұрын

Heh quite. There are in Real Life soldiers who have to man ridiculously high outposts that mostly see no action. On the India/Pakistan border in the high mountains, there are many such outposts in deadly locations. Although there have been deadly conflicts between these two countries, more soldiers have died because of the location than through fighting.

@prettyokandy230

2 жыл бұрын

are you kidding me? most cushy militarily job in a very bad time to be a soldier if you care about not dying. plus those are some AMAZING views...

@alanhilton3611

2 жыл бұрын

@@prettyokandy230 freezing cold temperatures and low oxygen....yeah ok buddy.

@Reblwitoutacause

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanhilton3611 warmth and oxygen is overrated.... especially if the cost of those small comforts is a long death full of cold and not another breath of air from the grave.

The beginning of this movie is one of the most haunting pieces of cinema I've seen. It really captures the tragedy of Smeagol as a victim of the Ring, and one who is "lost."

Let's goooo, love Maple reactions! Cannot wait for this! 😁

@pepeperezperez2793

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! she is legit.

Gandalf be like: "The bad news is, Sauron knows everything Pippin knows. The good news is, Pippin doesn't know jack shit."

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat

3 ай бұрын

Sauron now knows an EXCELLENT recipe for pork pies and the best way to pack a pipe.

The repelling of the Nazgul by Gandalf (the beginning of your video) and the lighting of the beacons are my two lost favorite scenes of the trilogy.

Always brilliant watching someone experience this masterpiece for the first time. I love how invested you are, not talking over important parts, paying attention to names and places.

The beacon-lighting sequence is one of the finest moments in cinema history.

Everyone seems to miss something very important... Bilbo had the ring for 50+ years, and it hardly corrupted him at all. Frodo had the ring for weeks if not months, carrying it to its strength in Mordor, and was only slowly corrupted. Smeagol sees the rings and in a matter of minutes becomes a fratricide. It's a matter of character; or lack thereof. Smeagol, unlike Frodo and Bilbo, was a piece of sh* before he ever got the ring.

@vitokorunic3761

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, Frodo had the Ring for 17 years.

@_ee75

2 жыл бұрын

A piece of shit? Or just not a strong personality and integrity, more easy to corrupt

@zoesumra9152

7 ай бұрын

​@@vitokorunic3761In the book. The film simply leaves out the 17 year gap because it makes no cinematic sense.

A lot of it is due simply to having to adapt the books to film, but man did Peter Jackson do Denethor and Faramir dirty. In the books, Denethor didn’t fall to despair until the final stages of the battle, but up until then he had conducted a brilliant defense of the city - and also, he had the beacons lit himself, well, before the fighting began. And Faramir similarly showed excellent leadership, including conducting a disciplined fighting retreat from Osgiliath - and notably, did not charge stone buildings with horses like an idiot. The Witch-King was an excellent general with overwhelming forces and the soul-sucking morale effects of the Nazgûl, which is why despite Denethor and Faramir doing everything right, they still needed the Rohirrim and reinforcements from the rest of Gondor to win the day.

27:15 He makes Merry a esquire as a courtesy. A month later Merry is a knight of Rohan.

"They're buddies!" They're not just buddies. They're family. Merry, Pippin, and Frodo are all each other's cousins.

In the books, the Sword was reforged before the Fellowship left for the quest. Before that, Aragorn carried always with him the shards of Narsil, to prove that he is Isildur’s heir.

@georgechapman9688

Жыл бұрын

But that reveal though....

@zoesumra9152

7 ай бұрын

The shards thing made no sense in the book. Why waste pack weight carrying a broken sword when you could leave it in a museum and carry something you actually would use?

Having a weird thought about the ring. For the longest time I always wondered why the ring made you invisible. It's like, what is this like a super power or something? But I realize now, once you put it on, you no longer exist as a person. You're blanked out of existence. And the reason there was ever a drive of self motive was to keep you within nothingness because it is you yourself who keeps you and you will never get out. The thirst for power and to be in control is everyone's drive, but it dooms you into a life forever wanting.

So the reason Pippin looked into the Palantir is a lot clearer in the books than in the movie. First off, yes, you're right. There is a magical compulsion similar to that of the ring, but like the ring, it preys on what's already in your head. In Pippin's case, he's a Took. And the Took family is naturally curious and adventurous. So of course, he wants to know what the shiny object is. But also, after convincing the Ents to go to battle, Merry and Pippin were just starting to see their own value and realize that, small though they may be, they can actually contribute and not just be in the way. They helped overthrow Saruman. Not Aragorn or Gandalf or anyone else in the Fellowship, and they were proud of that. But when Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Theoden, and Eomer came, they greeted them, and then went off to handle all the important things, leaving Merry and Pippin to just wait for them to do it. They felt brushed aside, taken for granted, and patronized. So when Pippin (who, mind you, is literally just a kid. He's the Hobbit equivalent of a 16 year old) found the Palantir, he was proud of himself and believed he was helping (which he was). But then Gandalf told him "Peregrine Took! I'll take that, my lad. Quickly now!" Without explaining anything about it. He didn't tell him what it was or why it was dangerous. So Pippin got really annoyed and bitter. He was frustrated with being condescended and with Gandalf in particular for keeping so many secrets. It's kind of the equivalent of a parent telling a child no, and when they ask why, the parent just says "Because I said so." That was what the magic was feeding into to compel Pippin to look, and on the ride to Minas Tirith, he and Gandalf talked it out and apologized to each other, which I thought was great. Each one accepted accountability.

6:00 The Valar have recently spoken to Gandalf. They would have known they had a fallen wizard to deal with.

Wilhelm's scream, sometimes a Wilhelm scream, is a sound effect often used in film and television. It was first used in the 1951 western "Distant Drums". It's your Star Wars scream))

"Smeagol did it once, he can do it again." In the book, he had done it a lot more than once.

Fun fact: Christopher Lee who plays Saruman was an actual British spy before he became an actor. (I actually read recently that Ian Fleming was his cousin and based James Bond on him). Anyway, when filming his death, Peter Jackson was trying to coach him on how to die, and he responded “Have you ever seen a man being stabbed to death?” At which point Peter Jackson decided to let him do it his way.

I think the book does a better job explaining WTF Denethor's problem is. He looked into a seer stone (palantir) like Sauruman did and Sauron used it to poison his mind with despair.

@Diegesis

2 жыл бұрын

sad they don't mention that cause it'd only take a second to show but on the other hand i think it's good to show that man doesn't need supernatural help to be of bad moral character either

Frodo is such an idiot for not at least insisting that they tie Gollum up every night from now on. Like, when you wake up and hear someone literally plotting your death, you definitely don't just carry on as normal and make zero changes to the situation lol.

Sir Christopher Lee: *laying as if impaled on a spike- there's something very familiar about this

In the book, when Gandalf is telling Frodo the history of the Ring and Gollum/Smeagol, he suggests that Gollum has eaten human babies... "The Woodmen said that there was some new terror abroad, a ghost that drank blood. It climbed trees to find nests, it crept into holes to find the young; it slipped through windows to find cradles."

It breaks my heart what has to happen yet I find hope in the little things

This movie came out 2003, and there hasn't been a movie since, with a darker scene than the first ones in this movie. Prove me wrong. I grew up with these movies, and when I was a kid I had to ask my mom to skip the beginning of the third movie, It was f*cking terrifying as a kid, I can to this day remember the feeling I got from watching it, you know when you're so terrified and scared that you just sit there and stare... It's not the fully ''transformed'' Gollum that scared me, it's when he's about to transform, and the music on top of that (a f*cking masterpiece) it f*cked me up xD I'm almost 29 now, and I still feel shivers down my spine watching it haha. 2:17 What might be kind of misleading to some, Is that Smeagol isn't INSTANTLY teleported to where we see him after he puts on the ring. He actually went back home, but were banished by his people (more specifically his grandmother the matriarch).

@Diegesis

2 жыл бұрын

I mean I see what you're saying but I think Schindler's List, Requiem for a Dream, Irreversible and plenty others go way darker.

I've been very excited to see you watch this Maple. Can't wait for part 2.

I always liked the beggining of this one, pulls you right in, in an unconfortable way.

Enjoying these reactions so much, very good and spot on!

Hi Maple. Love the reaction. I’m late to the game, but remember the ring sat at the bottom of the river for 2500 years, so it’s power was very potent. Smeagle and Deagle were cousins, mischievous, and little thieves, not unlike Merry and Pippin. Which makes you shutter to wonder. It was Smeagle’s birthday and his desire to have it as a birthday present got manipulated and grossly distorted inside Smeagle and he killed his cousin. I try to remember that and not judge Smeagle too harshly. I hope that way lays your feelings about Smeagle. Well Gollum is another story. 😉💕🇨🇦

In The Stewarts defense his mind was corrupted by a similar orb Salumon had. (apologize for the spelling)

Really enjoying your reactions! Love your commentary!

Love this channel. Maple's reactions and her expressions tell so much about what is going through her mind and what she's feeling and they seem very raw (Best word I could quickly find to describe my interpretation). I hope she is feeling better, just recently recovered from COVID myself even having both doses of the vaccine and a booster, so I'm glad she appears to be feeling better. Best wishes to hopefully a wonderful new year for all of us. Great reaction. Stay healthy and safe. I appreciate your work putting out content.

05:44 what a perfect answer she had to Saruman's question... a true LotR fan is born there.

I've been waiting for this!! Reminder set!

Watching this with you is TENSE, lol. But fun. Can't wait for part 2. Thank you and happy new year to you and your family.

Looking forward to more :) Love your reactions Maple!

16:35, now all i see when i close my eyes, is Gandalf, zippin' around Minas Tirith on a Vespa, lol

Gandalf flashbanged the Nazgul when they retreated from Osgiliath

Minas Tirith is the "White City" Boromir and Aragorn were talking about early on.

Full reaction was amazing, highly recommend supporting the Patreon and watching this alongside Maple. It brought back all the memories and emotions I have tied up with this movie and I still couldn't help but cry along with her. I was a young lad when these movies came out, so young that it was the first PG-13 movie I was allowed to see in theaters. My neighbor friend and I used to run around our woods with his plastic replicas of Sting and Aragorn's Narsil sword playing Lord of the Rings. Receiving the Extended Editions one Christmas and binging all the bonus content is still one of my greatest memories. It's so nice to see the lasting power these films have had and that they still hold up for new viewers in 2021.

such a great movie. cant wait for the multiple endings.

3:06 now , Do u understand why Bilbo truned into a gollum for a second in the Elves Kingdom.

You don’t know how awesome it is knowing you’re a fan of lotr and flight of the conchords too! I caught the reference you obviously noticed and highly commend you for that ma’ lady!

amazing reaction. can't wait for parts 2 and 3!

@Diegesis

2 жыл бұрын

If all goes well. Over the next two days

Leeets gooo! I cant wait for this, shes has such charisma !

My favorite movie watched soo many times all of 6

I'd love to watch all 3 of these in a run but I can't wait.

We need more Maple content. She is so friggin beautiful, and her reactions are so genuine. Get her a twitch, or her own channel, something.

These movies back to back are a great watch but lemme tell ya, it was a time to be alive to watch these opening nights in theaters. Having to wait years in between to find out what happens next. God it's good 🔥🔥🔥

Technically Sméagol isn't a hobbit, but a stoor, which are closely related to hobbits. Unlike the 'true' hobbits who raise animals and farm the land, stoors live off the river. Hobbits are usually not very good swimmers, but stoors are.

@TallisKeeton

2 жыл бұрын

@Gerald H Only Stoors were River Folk becouse the Harfoots lived near the Misty mountains and were friends with dwarves (and they talents were similar to dwarven talents or craft) and the Fallohides lived near the Mirkwood forest (Legolas forest) and were friends with elves (and their talents were similar to elvish love for poetry, music and archery). The Stoors lived near the human settlements around the great river Anduin - its the same river the Fellowship cross by boats. And they were mostly fishermen. But most of that 3 clans emigrated west for the land later called the Shire which was given to them around 15 centuries before the LOTR time by Argeleb II, king of Arnor (the northern kingdom, as Gondor is the southern one) AFAIR as an award for their services as archers in one of the wars with Angmar (the land ruled by Nazgul). But some of the Stoors clan eventualy returned east for whatever reason I dont know :) The main "elite families" of the Shire like Tooks, Pippins family is said to be descended from the bravest and most talented clan of Fallohides. Who of all hobbits were most similar in apearance and charachter to elven folk. Thats why some of them even could've looked more like Frodo than for example like Smeagol and Deagol :)

@TallisKeeton

2 жыл бұрын

@Gerald H yes, its probably explained more in his letters or in tHoME, personaly I dont remember what was the case of river folk, if they were the ancestors of Stoor or vice versa :)

Pippin was desperate to look into the Palantir just once more because it's full of youtube reaction vids. Can't say I blame him.

Between the Orcs and Gollum this movie shows the importance of dental hygiene!

"its like the people in the airport that drive the carts, Except its Gandalf on a horse"