As you did mention that you are also in the process of reading the books, I wanted to give you a warning. Do NOT crack open the book that corresponds with this movie until you have reacted to the final movie. Unfortunately, where the movie cuts happen are not the same as where the book cuts happen and there are several chapters in the Two Towers that are actually scenes in Return of the King (I believe it would be 7 of the 21 total chapters) and some chapter titles do mention spoiler things. As I do not know the speed at which you are able to consume these books, my warning may not be needed, but I wished to give it none the less.
Since @Katie-mb8zj has already covered this point I will only add that it was a pleasant surprise to get all the references to musical greats such as Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson and so on.
I agree. I think reading a book after watching the movie allows you to appreciate all that the book has to offer, but reading the book first will make watching the movie lessen the awe of the movie and the wonder you see in that world plus as you said the spoilers you get from the books will make the movies less suspenseful in my opinion. If you want the full impact of a movie, watch the movie first then read the book.
@Katie-mb8zj Thoroughly appreciate the heads up! nothing grinds my gears more than a spoiler, even self-inflicted ha ; which is why I am loath to read these LoTR comments before I see the next one due to people giving me much unwanted clues to certain plot points
Indefatigable??? Who speaks like this? I'm SO glad I don't have to play Scrabble with this man! I think he reads the dictionary every night before bed, like most read the Bible. I'm expanding my vocabulary, watching a reaction. Who knew? This man is insanely entertaining! Love it!
I learned indefatigable from the knights of the round table song in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Fantastic word. And yeah this dudes vocabulary is awesome. :)
ditto...its interesting how universal is the appeal of these films...i have seen what seems like every culture on earth watching these films from 80 year old Chinese couple...Indian tribal to 15 year old american teens an everyone gets something out of it
I was part of the online Tolkien community that critiqued every detail of the films as they were in production. One day we found some scraps of horrible dialogue, presumably from an early draft of the screenplay, that had the whole community in an uproar. At that time, Sir Ian McKellen maintained a personal web page from New Zealand, and I emailed the excerpts to him and asked if this was the calibre of writing we should expect. Of course I expected no response, but I actually got one. His answer (I'm paraphrasing) was: "I have a very good ear for detecting misplaced dialogue, and I assure you that Gandalf will never speak such nonsense!" And of course he never did. I think that's a good illustration of how seriously everyone took this near-impossible project.
hear, hear :) It was a project of unique caliber, and efforts, and talents - something we can see once in a lifetime. They say stars aligned above this project.
In reference to when Frodo snaps at Sam, some of it definitely is the ring taking hold of Frodo. The other aspect, is that Frodo DOES know that the ring is affecting him. So when Sam says of gollum “there’s naught left in him but lies and deceit”, he doesn’t realize that Frodo takes that personally. He’s all too aware that that could be his future. Sam is extremely protective of Frodo, to the point that he doesn’t realize the connection.
@@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 I'm afraid the world has affected me more than him. When I use unpopular words, insecure people identify themselves. My natural inclination is to not use my favorite words so that those around me can... sadly... feel comfortable.
@@Comptroller18 I love discovering new and using them. Now mostly when I write, but there was a time in speech. When I was young, I was a stutterer. I can remember the exact moment I refused to stutter. I can also remember a time when a co-worker introduced me as the guy who uses big words. It took me aback as I thought it was an insult. I suppose it was, but I never used words to put down people, just words I thought were interesting. Over time my co-workers respected my vocabulary.
@@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 I can't relate entirely, but I do appreciate your story. From my experience, I can only guess that other people feel insecure when you use unpopular words/phrases.
@@Comptroller18 It's not that the words are unpopular it is more that the words are not in common usage and many people don't know the words. Not guttural slurs. If you have good precise words floating in your mind, use them.
@@xavierhernandez2915 I love that they did a little nod to it in the movie as well! Peter, Fran, and Phillipa had a true love and appreciation for Tolkien’s work. I wish more screen writers and directors respected the books being adapted
@@EOMReeacts not really a fan of TROP atall… i could only get through half the season. Honestly I havnt really absorbed The Simarillion, I listen to Audiobooks and the format just puts me to sleep, I know it’s like a historical text. I was so immensely looking forward to TROP. But it was such a let down. Even though (because I don’t really KNOW the Simarillion ) it just really feels like a disservice to Tolkein. I think this toxic modern feminism/Bechdel test crap is 🤮 Tolkein wrote beautiful female characters, I don’t think there’s anything WRONG with having a warlike/armored woman, Eowyn is great. But TROP’s arrogant Galadriel felt forced and a disservice to her.
So I'm 44. I was raised on LOTR. The books, some animated features, even a radio program of a reenactment of the entire trilogy. So when I say Sam was my first crush, I mean it with every fiber of my being. He is the kindest, bravest, and most loyal person ever to walk the Middle Earth. And, as a child of the 80s, another celebrity crush was Sean Astin (mainly because of Goonies). So when these movies came out and I found out Sean Astin was playing Sam, my heart just fluttered. To this day, I couldn't be happier about a casting choice than that. ☺️
Funny you should mention favourite celebrities. I'm a bit older than you (not quite a decade), and thanks to limited TV access (only two commercial channels in my youth), I saw a lot of repeats, including The Addams Family. John Astin, while not a crush, definitely ranked at the top of my favourite actor list, coming in just behind Robin Williams, so when I found out his son was in LOTR I was not so quietly delighted. :D
15:05 props for not calling the Nazgûl’s flying mount a dragon. The “Game of Thrones” crowd always goes straight to “Dragon”, which is kind of triggering to a lot of us. Tolkien eventually just calls it a “fell beast” and speculates it’s some kind of prehistoric creature that survived in some niche or was brought back by the dark powers. You want to see a Tolkien dragon - you’ll need to watch “The Hobbit” movies.
Thing is they look do look like some type of dragon or wyvern to most people so it is a fair description. I know what they are but it doesn't get my eye twitching if people call them dragons before they are informed that they were referred to merely as fell beasts.
I know what he's feeling though. In 1976, when I was 17 my mom brought home a stack of books from the flea market, including Fellowship. I had seen The Hobbit in cartoon form recently, and the story was so good even Rankin-Bass couldn't ruin it. Plus Orsin Bean voiced Bilbo and I'd always been fond of him. So even though it was in a weird time slot, Sunday afternoon or all times!! The TV Guide's article swayed me. So I picked up Fellowship to try. Three mornings later I was camped out in front of my older brothers bedroom door waiting for him to wake up so he could drive me to the bookstore in the mall. I'm still so glad he was easy to wheedle cause I was going nuts! At least new viewers can be patient and console themselves with knowing they don't have to wait a year to watch the next movie. Even on my first read through it felt as if every road, river and ruin the characters passed had a history behind it. It wasn't until 1983 when I finally got ahold of a copy of the Silmarillian ( my future husband's in fact ), and found out that impression was true. I also enjoy watching folks experience this work for the first time, especially someone who has a great vocabulary, and doesn't try to get or guess too far ahead. Mr Valentine for instance.
Nothing pleases me more than just giving over my cognition to a movie and feeling like I'm in good hands for the denouement :) Yeah, I feel privileged in the sense I can experience the narrative posthaste!! Gonna hold off on Return of the King as long as humanly possible. Really respect the fact that there is only one novel watch.
The painstaking detail that went into making these movies was incredible. Every piece of armor and weaponry handcrafted. Every theme and location has its own musical queue, even Gandalf’s horse. The special effects mixed with miniatures and real locations. We will never see anything like it again.
Theoden's breastplate was finished not just on the outside, but also on the inside as well, where the audience would never see it. Bernard Hill said it really helped get into character. Just an indication of the love and care that went into the making of these movies.
The people who put the chainmail together literally put every ring together by hand and even wore their own fingerprints off their hands due to how long it took. The dedication to quality is simply mind numbing!
While Brad Dourif (Grima Wormtongue) was in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) as Billy Bibbit, he is most known for providing the voice of Chucky in "Child's Play" (1988) and all its multitudinous sequels. Also John Rhys-Davies is pulling double duty in this film. Not only does he physically portray Gimli, Son of Gloin, but he also serves as the voice of Treebeard the Ent.
burárum was my second LOTR tattoo, it's what treebeard says (or sounds out) when he speaks about the orcs. the ents are some of my favourite beings in middle earth's history
Mr. Valentine thanks for burying your head in the sand for so long. I've heard many people criticize reaction channels for being uncreative, regurgitated content and maybe that is true. It is also true that being able to experience these films again with a Tolkien virgin like yourself is a special experience. Can't wait for part 2.
He who would pun would also pick a pocket 😅 These films were released every Christmas between 2001 and 2003. Waiting a whole year between releases made the anticipation palpable from September when the DVD of the previous years one was released. From age 13 to 16 I was totally emersed in Tolkiens world, be it by way of the films or books. The books are essentially the measuring stick that all fantasy literature is held up to and these movies the gold standard of cinema. Its always a joy to see someone else appreciate them the same way I did 😊
"What we need is a few good taters." "What's taters, precious? What's taters, eh?" "PO-TAY-TOES! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew... Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish." Fun Fact: Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) is eighty-seven years old. He is a descendant of the Numenoreans, or a Dunedain, gifted with a long life of around 250 years. He is human, but like a different race of human. We meet another, dark and twisted Numenorean right before Aragorn lobes his head right off. Nine Hours Very Old Fact: Bernard Hill would spend up to nine hours in make-up to become the aged Theoden. He wore contact lenses to give his eyes the milky look that very old people can have, but it wasn't sufficiently successful, so his eyes were later tinkered with digitally. Building Gollum Fact: Andy Serkis said he based Gollum's desperation and cravings on the withdrawals of heroin addicts. Andy Serkis said that he based Gollum's voice on the sound of a cat coughing up a hairball. Andy Serkis's hobby of rock-climbing came in very handy for his mainly on-all-fours performance as Gollum.
I was halfway through writing a comment saying a studious fellow such as yourself would probably have life changing experience actually reading the book, but you just said so yourself at 8:42 and I am unfathomably excited for you. Subbed!
"those without swords can still die upon them" what the filmmakers did beautifully, a number of times, was find was to include Tolkien's beautiful language, even if the book scene isn't in the movie. while it is Eowyn that says this in the book, she says it in a different part of the story, but since that scene isn't in the movie, they still let her say it here.
Yes! And Grima's speech to Eowyn after Theodred dies is in text elsewhere, and Faramir's speech over the dead Easterling soldier was actually something from Sam's interior monologue. Lovely ways to bring the words into the film.
A small point that is often not well understood. Both Saruman and Sauron know that a hobbit has the ring. They know this from information obtained from Gollum, Gandalf, and maybe the Nazgûl. But they don’t know who Frodo is, how many hobbits are traveling in the wild, or what the ring bearer looks like. This is why Saruman has ordered the Uruk Hai to bring him the hobbits alone and unspoiled (no taking their items). Later on Sauron also seeks a hobbit that he becomes aware of, thinking that this hobbit carries the ring.
20:40, hey this is actually something that mildly upsets me about a lot of people's perception of this scene. Smeagol is being 100% honest here. Frodo did not ask him to lead them into Mordor by the safest road or most secret. Frodo directly commanded him, "You will lead us to the Black Gate." Smeagol merely followed orders and did exactly as commanded. Sam's outrage is unfounded, and Smeagol's defense is absolutely correct. "Master did not ask!" I actually think that if Frodo had asked him, "Hey what do you think is the best path into Mordor?" or "Lead us to the safest entrance into Mordor," Smeagol absolutely would have obliged or at the very least shared the information of the alternative he knows about. I guess it's a relatively minor detail and seems easy to miss, but the information is right there in the dialog. Frodo asked Smeagol to lead them to the Black Gate, so that is exactly what he did. It also just has always seemed a little silly to me that Frodo+Sam thought they could just waltz up to the literal front door of Mordor and just get in unseen. Especially because Frodo was present for the "One does not simply walk into Mordor" line from Boromir during the council of Elrond, because they literally try to simply walk into Mordor lol.
Every reactor: “i had a hard time starting these movies because they are so long, I don’t think I can do the extended versions” First movie ends: “Whattt it’s over already !!???”
Because someone hasn't mentioned it yet, i'll try to explain some of Elrond's decision At 31:44 Elrond wanting Arwen to sail to the Gray Havens is connected to his background. When he was younger, he and his brother Elros being half-elves, have the option of choosing to stay between a mortal or elf. Elros chose to stay a mortal and became the 1st king of Numenor and the most longlived, while Elrond stayed as an elf. As the ages for elves move like a blink of an eye, Elrond soon lost his brother, and hence why he doesn’t want the same destiny for Arwen, he doesn’t want to lose more of his family (his mother and father Elwing and Eärendil sacrificed themselves for the silmarils)
The 'Leave now and never come back!' scene was brilliantly put together. Andy Serkis didn't record each personality separately to have them edited together, he did both at once with a seamless performance where he only turned his head and changed expressions for each personality. A camera was set up for each head direction to capture it.
Since everyone in the comment section seems to be very well spoken and deeply into Tolkien lore (im trying but hey some of us dont speak english well enough for it), i am going to take up the role of telling you: DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN ARAGORN KICKED THE HELMET, HE ACTUALLY BROKE HIS TOE AND THE SCREAM WAS REAL? (I think of this as a sort of ritual to new lotr viewers)
@@MattSoamki Oh thank you so much! English is indeed my second language :D I can deal with the lord of the rings trilogy, but the Silmarillion is a bit challenging XD
okay but as a non-native in english the amount of words I have learned from just watching two videos of yours is insane. so a few quick points for understanding (idk if someone has mentioned them before): Aragorn is a so called Dunedan which is essentially a "race" of men that originates from a sunken island kingdom called Numenore and they were blessed with long life (like 200-300 years) the oldest was Elros, Elronds twin who chose humanity and was the first king of Numenore and Aragorn´s anchestor, who lived 600 years. Since you mentioned that Arwen whould chose immortality even though not knowing if their love would last: so in Tolkiens world Elves rarely love more than ones and men too are pretty loyal to their first love, so Arwen makes that choice with the reasonable expectations that they´ll be together till they die. (Fun Fact when you read the third book in the appendix there is the "Tale of Aragorn and Arwen" which is the chronologically last tale of Middle-Earth and it never fails to make me cry) also I am so happy to hear you´re reading the books, they are amazing and explain a lot of the "plot holes" that slipped into the movies for the sake of condensing such a vast and complex story into a movie trilogy.
@@Makkaru112 okay but the silmarillion quite clearly states that Numenoreans don't get older that a few hundred years and half elves were not common at all There are Elrond and Elros, Eärendil and arguably Dior, who was born after Luthien was already mortal and should therefore be mortal as well
@@Makkaru112 nope the silmarillion states in "The Fall of Numenore" that long lifespan of the Dunedain was a blessing to the people of Numenore as a thank you for aiding the elves and Valar in the war against Morgoth, the island of Numenore was also a gift for the same reason
I admire the hell out of literacy. You had me when you said you've started the books! Then I noticed the vocabulary, going to the trouble of learning the dictionary earns some show off rights.
Your confusion at the return of Gandalf requires you read "The Silmarillion". The Valar, are the high angels of the eternal world. They created all that you see in Middle Earth and beyond. The Maier are the lower angels (spirits) of their "heaven" who are instruments in the Valar's creation. The 5 wizards of LOTR are 5 Maier who came to Middle Earth to guide the races of Middle Earth. Saruman, the White (leader), Gandalf the Grey, Radagast the Brown and 2 Blue Wizards Alatar and Pallando (Valanor names) who are rarely mentioned but did do things in the lore. Gandalf is an angel spirit incarnate. His death at the hands of the balrog was only temporary as his spirit went through life review, world review and gained new powers to return to the world.
You ever want to see a fantastic performance from the great Brad Dourif, I highly recommend the HBO series, Deadwood. It's a magnificent series in general, but his character, Doc Cochran, is particularly excellent (as is Ian McShane's Al Swearengen).
"Same procedure as last Two Towers reaction LotR community?" "Same procedure as every reaction to Two Towers! 😊 Viggo Mortensen broke at his toes kicking that helmet! And he broke a tooth in Helms Deep and went to the dentist in full costume!" Looking forward to expand my English vocabulary🎉😊
Dear everyone, Phil Dragash did a theatrical version audiobook of this trilogy. He can't sell it due to copyright but it's on internet archive. Do yourselves a favor and listen to it. It's absolutely incredible.
13:22 yes. Remember the battlefield in the prologue? That's where they are right now. The spirits of the dead elves linger there, twisted and corrupted by their distrust of strangers and desire for revenge. They compel people who don't take the safe paths to drown themselves and join them. Normally, elves don't hang around when they die, but these ones felt they had unfinished business. Your ears were not playing tricks on you! They had Christopher Lee (Saruman) and Ian McKellan (Gandalf) both record those lines, and mixed the two together. It's a totally genius way of showing that these two characters are now one and the same.
Peter Jackson did an Amazing job with his production of this J. R. R. Tolkien masterpiece. Hope you enjoy the second installation of this Epic Trilogy , will fun to watch !
I think you’d love watching interviews with Tolkien, considering he was a literacy professor. Also the silmirillion is a great but complex read it’s like the bible for middle earth and explains about the Valar and the beginning of middle earth.
31:04 Yes, Aragorn is an octogenarian. He is part of a race of men called the Dunedain, descendants of Numenorians (Atlantis of Tolkien’s Middle Earth), who lives to be around three times the lifetime of men. He is also a descendant of Elros, Elrond’s brother (both brothers are half elves). That makes Arwen the great, great (x60+)… aunt of Aragorn.
@@PatronizedSaint I’m not too familiar with what to call regarding the relationships. I went with aunt since Arwen is almost 3000 years old even though everyone knows that Arwen is Elrond’s daughter. I believe you’re right to call them cousins, even to call them first cousins in that case.
Gandalf is a Maia, a minor god, sent back from death by Eru Illuvatar to help defeat Sauron. Sauron is also a Maia but of a higher order. Maia and the Valar can be good or evil it was their choice.
This movie is arguably the most different from the books. I won't say too much since you said you're going to read them. The general events are correct, but some of the characters are portrayed a little differently and some characters are combined into others (probably to limit the cast being so huge) but there are also major deviations from the story, even if it leads to the same conclusion. But the main difference is that Tolkien's books aren't written in chronological order as he moves back and forth between the two main stories (i.e. Frodo and Sam's journey, and Aragorn and Gandalf's efforts in the war). Peter Jackson reorganizes the story so that events are portrayed in roughly the correct order they happened according to Tolkien's appendix. For example, there's a REALLY IMPORTANT event that happens in the next movie, but in the books it happens near the end of the second book. Of the three, I can't decide if I like this more than the first one or not. The third one is certainly my favourite, but these two compete for second place. This one is certainly a lot more action packed, and it has Theoden in it, who's my favorite character in the series. But I liked the Fellowship's story and a certain sense of adventure in the first movie.
You might be the only person who could beat my great grandma in Scrabble. I watch a lot of movie react/commentary stuff because it's nice background noise but the way you speak forces me to pay attention. Nice change of pace (although not the best for my productivity lmao)
I enjoy your appreciation of words. I am trying to increase my vocabulary and it is fun to see you use more unusual vocabulary. I also appreciate your analysis and insight of the movies that you watch. It’s refreshing To see someone react with some intelligence, as many other reactors can only say “wow” with no understanding behind it. Also? You are cute! 😜
Beneficence.. Basically, the opposite of maleficence.. a concept in research ethics that states that researchers should have the welfare of the research participant as a goal of any clinical trial or research study.. New word unlocked and learned, thank bro 👍
Can't wait for you to see this! Fun fact I went to go see this for the second time in the theater and decide to try mushrooms for the first time. Long story short I woke up in the hospital in restraints and naked under a sheet. Enjoy the movie!
That Andy Serkis wasn't nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Smeagol/Gollum displayed a definite bias on the part of the academy when it comes to fantasy/sci-fi movies. Not matter how good they are, they rarely make even the top films list, at least until ROTK, and even then none of the 12 were for acting, without which the film would have been nothing,
Apparently he wasn't eligible for TTT as it was classed as a voice performance, despite the fact he was on the actual set wearing a motion capture suit doing everything Gollum did. I do wish his real face's brief appearance in ROTK had been used as an excuse for a Best Supporting Actor nomination.
@@zoesumra9152 Then they were just looking for an excuse to deny him. Apart from being onset, he also had motion capture dots all over his face to capture his facial expressions, so the only difference between his real acting and what we saw was some CGI. No matter how good a programmer was at the time, there was no way they could have produced that scene where Smeagol banishes Gollum without Andy's acting skills. Sorry, I know you had nothing to do with the decision, the ire is directed purely at the academy. Thank you for you contribution.
Oh no! Did I hear right?! you can't start reading The Fellowship first, you've got to read 'The Hobbit' first. The Fellowship is a loose continuation of 'The Hobbit'. The Hobbit is where we're first introduced to Bilbo, Middle Earth and to Gandolf.
Fun fact I always like to share: Balrogs are actually corrupted Maiar, or lesser angel beings in Tolkien's universe. Gandalf is himself a Maiar who came to Middle-Earth to assist its people in their battle against the Enemy (Sauron and all associated beings). Before Gandalf first came to Middle-Earth, he expressed to his superiors that he was afraid he might be taken in by evil and become a Balrog. So when he faces off with the Balrog and defeats it, he's facing off with the thing he was most afraid he would become, and he wins, if at the expense of his life. I love that.
He didn't know all the details but he was there when the world was sung into existence and he saw glimpses of his future and knew his fate was somehow tangled up with a Balrog which is why he was so afraid to enter Moria as his mission with Frodo wasn't complete yet.
@@ronweber1402 Thanks for the added context! It's been almost 8 years since I studied the mythology of Middle-Earth in college so a lot of the details are fuzzy at this point.
@@smisswax Absolutely! Tolkien's lore is so varied and layered, I'm still discovering new things about it 20 years after being introduced to the world. I love that about it.
there is this dilemma in the topic of Rohan and Dunland - as Dunland people are those guys who sided with Saruman to take back their land, becouse many centuries ago Gondors king gave part of Dunland area to newly arrived ally of Gondor - Rohan riders. Dunland was earlier part of Gondor. So we can think of it as 3 parties dilemma - Gondor thinks that some land (Dunland) is theirs and they give it to another party (Rohan) who realy can not be blamed for taking this gift. Dunland and Rohan warred many times for this land since the arrival of Rohan. So Saruman uses Dunland's sad history and desparate population as pretext and as tools to destroy Rohan.
So happy to hear you've picked up the books. The beginning is the hardest part and is much more enjoyable on a reread. But after Strider arrives, it picks up and by God I can't put it down. I'm currently on the third novel in my yearly reread.
Dont know if anyone already mention. But when Aragorn kicked that helmet standing before the pile of burnt Uruk-Hai bodies, he actually broke his foot IRL. And they kept his actual reaction in movie.
I like his vocabulary. At times, he sounds quite England English, so to speak, with his word choices. It doesn't discombobulate my grey matter at all. In fact, it sounds pulchritudinous at times.
Funny, I thought you recognized Karl Urban as other creators I watched reacting to The Lord of the Rings, but it was Brad Dourif! Are you going to make a video of One Flew Over or The Shining? Or Psycho maybe? You mentioned The Birds from Hitchcock while watching The Fellowship. I would really enjoy watching your commentary of those movies. Great video, thank you for the reaction!
appreciate you watching! I've seen all the aforementioned films numerous times lol ; maybe later I will transition to reviews/analysis of my favorite films
Gandalf and the Balrog, as well as Sauron, are all Maiar. They are lesser Ainur who are children of Iluvatar (God). Sauron and the Balrog were both corrupted by Morgoth (originally Melkor), one of the chief and one of the strongest Ainur.
Kudos for recognizing Brad Dourif from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In spite of a long career as a character actor and starring roles in films like Wiseblood most people under thirty only know him as the voice of Chucky. That sort of thing annoys me to muderous levels.
Any man as erudite as you are is clearly well read. I was going to suggest it's time you read the trilogy, glad to see you are well ahead of me. Enjoy!
Okay, nerd time! How on God's middle-earth did Gandalf return? Well in Tolkien's legendarium, wizard's aren't just humans with magical powers. They're actually primordial celestial beings called Maiar, sort of like low-level angels in human form. There are five wizards (of which the books and movies only show two), but Gandalf is the only one who stuck to his purpose in Arda (the physical world), hence why he was sent back. The books feature lots of instances of divine intervention like that, but unfortunately this is the only one that really translates clearly to film. At least they nailed it.
and another thing that seemed like it threw you - yes, Aragorn is 87! Aragorn is one of the Dunedain, a line of people descended from an ancient civilization called the Numenorians, whose people had been blessed with long life before the downfall of their society. This was thousands of years before the events of LOTR. Tolkien's world is huge and the events of LOTR are actually only a small part, but there are lots of little references in the books and movies to the broader historical context, like Aragorn being 87 years old.
Loving these reactions! ❤ The commentary is great 😊 Seeing you fall in love with the world makes me feel so happy! I have read these books regularly since I was 11 years old, and they are so full of love, philosophy, brotherhood, courage, selflessness...plus your imagination can run free in this magnificent world that Tolkien built. It's great to see someone else getting a similar vibe from watching the movies! And I must say that even uf they changed quite a bit from the books to the movie, they did such a GREAT job of capturing the essence of the story and translate it to the screen. ❤ This trilogy is such an obvious work of love. It's amazing 🎉.
Highly recommend the books. To anyone who hasn’t yet but seen the movie. The movies introduced me but there are so many changes minor and small that make a huge difference.
I really hope you read the books! My favorite character is Eowyn. I hope your love of languages will let you grab a heartstring or two in this movie. She’s so much better in the books, btw
I’m so excited for your reactions. You are so thoughtful and intelligent with your reactions. Nothing seems to get past you. Can’t wait to see the rest!
Him: “Are you watching movie reactions on YT again?”
Me: “ Im watching Mr. Valentine, to improve my vocabulary”
so true!!
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Facts!
As you did mention that you are also in the process of reading the books, I wanted to give you a warning. Do NOT crack open the book that corresponds with this movie until you have reacted to the final movie. Unfortunately, where the movie cuts happen are not the same as where the book cuts happen and there are several chapters in the Two Towers that are actually scenes in Return of the King (I believe it would be 7 of the 21 total chapters) and some chapter titles do mention spoiler things. As I do not know the speed at which you are able to consume these books, my warning may not be needed, but I wished to give it none the less.
Since @Katie-mb8zj has already covered this point I will only add that it was a pleasant surprise to get all the references to musical greats such as Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson and so on.
I agree. I think reading a book after watching the movie allows you to appreciate all that the book has to offer, but reading the book first will make watching the movie lessen the awe of the movie and the wonder you see in that world plus as you said the spoilers you get from the books will make the movies less suspenseful in my opinion. If you want the full impact of a movie, watch the movie first then read the book.
Absolutely true
He should start with Silmarilion (JK, dont.....)
@Katie-mb8zj Thoroughly appreciate the heads up! nothing grinds my gears more than a spoiler, even self-inflicted ha ; which is why I am loath to read these LoTR comments before I see the next one due to people giving me much unwanted clues to certain plot points
Indefatigable??? Who speaks like this? I'm SO glad I don't have to play Scrabble with this man! I think he reads the dictionary every night before bed, like most read the Bible. I'm expanding my vocabulary, watching a reaction. Who knew? This man is insanely entertaining! Love it!
I've learned a few words today. Had to look up mendacity and semiotics.
Hey, what's the point of cultivating a large vocabulary if you don't use it once in a while?
I learned indefatigable from the knights of the round table song in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Fantastic word. And yeah this dudes vocabulary is awesome. :)
He uses some of it wrong though, much like someone using a thesaurus without knowing what the words mean exactly.
I think I read it in either 'white noise' or 'infinite jest' ; after a while it's hard to track haha @bdhdr4226
I never get tired of watching people react to TLOTR! Love seeing people enjoy these films!
ditto...its interesting how universal is the appeal of these films...i have seen what seems like every culture on earth watching these films from 80 year old Chinese couple...Indian tribal to 15 year old american teens an everyone gets something out of it
I was part of the online Tolkien community that critiqued every detail of the films as they were in production. One day we found some scraps of horrible dialogue, presumably from an early draft of the screenplay, that had the whole community in an uproar. At that time, Sir Ian McKellen maintained a personal web page from New Zealand, and I emailed the excerpts to him and asked if this was the calibre of writing we should expect.
Of course I expected no response, but I actually got one. His answer (I'm paraphrasing) was: "I have a very good ear for detecting misplaced dialogue, and I assure you that Gandalf will never speak such nonsense!"
And of course he never did. I think that's a good illustration of how seriously everyone took this near-impossible project.
hear, hear :) It was a project of unique caliber, and efforts, and talents - something we can see once in a lifetime. They say stars aligned above this project.
In reference to when Frodo snaps at Sam, some of it definitely is the ring taking hold of Frodo. The other aspect, is that Frodo DOES know that the ring is affecting him. So when Sam says of gollum “there’s naught left in him but lies and deceit”, he doesn’t realize that Frodo takes that personally. He’s all too aware that that could be his future. Sam is extremely protective of Frodo, to the point that he doesn’t realize the connection.
"Mendacity"? This man has to be well-read. Love it.
He is a lover of words and uses those words. Mendacity is commonplace in my neck of the woods, but Mr. Valentine used trenchant!
@@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 I'm afraid the world has affected me more than him. When I use unpopular words, insecure people identify themselves. My natural inclination is to not use my favorite words so that those around me can... sadly... feel comfortable.
@@Comptroller18 I love discovering new and using them. Now mostly when I write, but there was a time in speech.
When I was young, I was a stutterer. I can remember the exact moment I refused to stutter. I can also remember a time when a co-worker introduced me as the guy who uses big words. It took me aback as I thought it was an insult. I suppose it was, but I never used words to put down people, just words I thought were interesting. Over time my co-workers respected my vocabulary.
@@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 I can't relate entirely, but I do appreciate your story. From my experience, I can only guess that other people feel insecure when you use unpopular words/phrases.
@@Comptroller18 It's not that the words are unpopular it is more that the words are not in common usage and many people don't know the words. Not guttural slurs.
If you have good precise words floating in your mind, use them.
In case nobody’s mentioned it yet, Viggo kicked a real steel helmet and actually broke his toes in that scene. And that yell was real.
11:35 random fact : the chapter after meeting Gollum in The Hobbit book is named Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire
I was waiting for someone to point that out, thank you 🙏🏽
@@xavierhernandez2915 I love that they did a little nod to it in the movie as well! Peter, Fran, and Phillipa had a true love and appreciation for Tolkien’s work. I wish more screen writers and directors respected the books being adapted
@@EOMReeacts not really a fan of TROP atall… i could only get through half the season. Honestly I havnt really absorbed The Simarillion, I listen to Audiobooks and the format just puts me to sleep, I know it’s like a historical text. I was so immensely looking forward to TROP. But it was such a let down. Even though (because I don’t really KNOW the Simarillion ) it just really feels like a disservice to Tolkein. I think this toxic modern feminism/Bechdel test crap is 🤮 Tolkein wrote beautiful female characters, I don’t think there’s anything WRONG with having a warlike/armored woman, Eowyn is great. But TROP’s arrogant Galadriel felt forced and a disservice to her.
@@EOMReeacts HA 😐 nah
these are the coincidences I live for!!!!!
So I'm 44. I was raised on LOTR. The books, some animated features, even a radio program of a reenactment of the entire trilogy. So when I say Sam was my first crush, I mean it with every fiber of my being. He is the kindest, bravest, and most loyal person ever to walk the Middle Earth. And, as a child of the 80s, another celebrity crush was Sean Astin (mainly because of Goonies). So when these movies came out and I found out Sean Astin was playing Sam, my heart just fluttered. To this day, I couldn't be happier about a casting choice than that. ☺️
Funny you should mention favourite celebrities. I'm a bit older than you (not quite a decade), and thanks to limited TV access (only two commercial channels in my youth), I saw a lot of repeats, including The Addams Family. John Astin, while not a crush, definitely ranked at the top of my favourite actor list, coming in just behind Robin Williams, so when I found out his son was in LOTR I was not so quietly delighted. :D
wow that must've been very cool for you. Good story
@Makkaru112 I read it once when I was around 18, but I don't think I had the maturity at the time to appreciate it because of its density.
I haven't encountered a Sean Astin role he hasn't CONQUERED!!
15:05 props for not calling the Nazgûl’s flying mount a dragon. The “Game of Thrones” crowd always goes straight to “Dragon”, which is kind of triggering to a lot of us. Tolkien eventually just calls it a “fell beast” and speculates it’s some kind of prehistoric creature that survived in some niche or was brought back by the dark powers. You want to see a Tolkien dragon - you’ll need to watch “The Hobbit” movies.
Thing is they look do look like some type of dragon or wyvern to most people so it is a fair description. I know what they are but it doesn't get my eye twitching if people call them dragons before they are informed that they were referred to merely as fell beasts.
@@ronweber1402 I’m not saying it’s rational, but it does get my eye twitching 😅
fell beast is such a vividly appropriate way to describe it! Hobbit movies coming soon FOR SURE
I was surprised by a young man with such an eloquent vocabulary. Tolkien would be proud
I know what he's feeling though. In 1976, when I was 17 my mom brought home a stack of books from the flea market, including Fellowship. I had seen The Hobbit in cartoon form recently, and the story was so good even Rankin-Bass couldn't ruin it. Plus Orsin Bean voiced Bilbo and I'd always been fond of him. So even though it was in a weird time slot, Sunday afternoon or all times!! The TV Guide's article swayed me. So I picked up Fellowship to try.
Three mornings later I was camped out in front of my older brothers bedroom door waiting for him to wake up so he could drive me to the bookstore in the mall. I'm still so glad he was easy to wheedle cause I was going nuts!
At least new viewers can be patient and console themselves with knowing they don't have to wait a year to watch the next movie.
Even on my first read through it felt as if every road, river and ruin the characters passed had a history behind it. It wasn't until 1983 when I finally got ahold of a copy of the Silmarillian ( my future husband's in fact ), and found out that impression was true.
I also enjoy watching folks experience this work for the first time, especially someone who has a great vocabulary, and doesn't try to get or guess too far ahead. Mr Valentine for instance.
Nothing pleases me more than just giving over my cognition to a movie and feeling like I'm in good hands for the denouement :)
Yeah, I feel privileged in the sense I can experience the narrative posthaste!! Gonna hold off on Return of the King as long as humanly possible. Really respect the fact that there is only one novel watch.
The painstaking detail that went into making these movies was incredible. Every piece of armor and weaponry handcrafted. Every theme and location has its own musical queue, even Gandalf’s horse. The special effects mixed with miniatures and real locations. We will never see anything like it again.
Theoden's breastplate was finished not just on the outside, but also on the inside as well, where the audience would never see it. Bernard Hill said it really helped get into character. Just an indication of the love and care that went into the making of these movies.
The people who put the chainmail together literally put every ring together by hand and even wore their own fingerprints off their hands due to how long it took. The dedication to quality is simply mind numbing!
Sméagol/Gollum is really one of the best characters in all of cinema. Andy Serkis will always deserve more and more flowers for this performance!
He does the narration of the Trilogy and the Hobbit, and the Silmarillion audiobooks. His voice is just amazing in all of them!
While Brad Dourif (Grima Wormtongue) was in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) as Billy Bibbit, he is most known for providing the voice of Chucky in "Child's Play" (1988) and all its multitudinous sequels.
Also John Rhys-Davies is pulling double duty in this film. Not only does he physically portray Gimli, Son of Gloin, but he also serves as the voice of Treebeard the Ent.
burárum was my second LOTR tattoo, it's what treebeard says (or sounds out) when he speaks about the orcs. the ents are some of my favourite beings in middle earth's history
Tom Bombadil might be the only Middle Earth being older than Treebeard.
Love your elocution and pun-ishing commentary! Enjoy the voyage.
Mr. Valentine thanks for burying your head in the sand for so long. I've heard many people criticize reaction channels for being uncreative, regurgitated content and maybe that is true. It is also true that being able to experience these films again with a Tolkien virgin like yourself is a special experience. Can't wait for part 2.
He who would pun would also pick a pocket 😅
These films were released every Christmas between 2001 and 2003. Waiting a whole year between releases made the anticipation palpable from September when the DVD of the previous years one was released.
From age 13 to 16 I was totally emersed in Tolkiens world, be it by way of the films or books.
The books are essentially the measuring stick that all fantasy literature is held up to and these movies the gold standard of cinema. Its always a joy to see someone else appreciate them the same way I did 😊
"What we need is a few good taters."
"What's taters, precious? What's taters, eh?"
"PO-TAY-TOES! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew... Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish."
Fun Fact: Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) is eighty-seven years old. He is a descendant of the Numenoreans, or a Dunedain, gifted with a long life of around 250 years. He is human, but like a different race of human. We meet another, dark and twisted Numenorean right before Aragorn lobes his head right off.
Nine Hours Very Old Fact: Bernard Hill would spend up to nine hours in make-up to become the aged Theoden. He wore contact lenses to give his eyes the milky look that very old people can have, but it wasn't sufficiently successful, so his eyes were later tinkered with digitally.
Building Gollum Fact: Andy Serkis said he based Gollum's desperation and cravings on the withdrawals of heroin addicts. Andy Serkis said that he based Gollum's voice on the sound of a cat coughing up a hairball. Andy Serkis's hobby of rock-climbing came in very handy for his mainly on-all-fours performance as Gollum.
I was halfway through writing a comment saying a studious fellow such as yourself would probably have life changing experience actually reading the book, but you just said so yourself at 8:42 and I am unfathomably excited for you. Subbed!
"those without swords can still die upon them"
what the filmmakers did beautifully, a number of times, was find was to include Tolkien's beautiful language, even if the book scene isn't in the movie. while it is Eowyn that says this in the book, she says it in a different part of the story, but since that scene isn't in the movie, they still let her say it here.
Yes! And Grima's speech to Eowyn after Theodred dies is in text elsewhere, and Faramir's speech over the dead Easterling soldier was actually something from Sam's interior monologue. Lovely ways to bring the words into the film.
A small point that is often not well understood. Both Saruman and Sauron know that a hobbit has the ring. They know this from information obtained from Gollum, Gandalf, and maybe the Nazgûl. But they don’t know who Frodo is, how many hobbits are traveling in the wild, or what the ring bearer looks like. This is why Saruman has ordered the Uruk Hai to bring him the hobbits alone and unspoiled (no taking their items). Later on Sauron also seeks a hobbit that he becomes aware of, thinking that this hobbit carries the ring.
20:40, hey this is actually something that mildly upsets me about a lot of people's perception of this scene. Smeagol is being 100% honest here. Frodo did not ask him to lead them into Mordor by the safest road or most secret. Frodo directly commanded him, "You will lead us to the Black Gate." Smeagol merely followed orders and did exactly as commanded. Sam's outrage is unfounded, and Smeagol's defense is absolutely correct. "Master did not ask!" I actually think that if Frodo had asked him, "Hey what do you think is the best path into Mordor?" or "Lead us to the safest entrance into Mordor," Smeagol absolutely would have obliged or at the very least shared the information of the alternative he knows about. I guess it's a relatively minor detail and seems easy to miss, but the information is right there in the dialog. Frodo asked Smeagol to lead them to the Black Gate, so that is exactly what he did. It also just has always seemed a little silly to me that Frodo+Sam thought they could just waltz up to the literal front door of Mordor and just get in unseen. Especially because Frodo was present for the "One does not simply walk into Mordor" line from Boromir during the council of Elrond, because they literally try to simply walk into Mordor lol.
Speaking of Saruman getting his colours right, I don't believe it's said aloud in the films, but he adopts the moniker "Saruman of Many Colours".
It brings me so much happiness when reactors start with theater version and the second reaction is extended version ❤
Every reactor: “i had a hard time starting these movies because they are so long, I don’t think I can do the extended versions”
First movie ends: “Whattt it’s over already !!???”
The extended version adds so much to Boromir's character, explains a lot!
Because someone hasn't mentioned it yet, i'll try to explain some of Elrond's decision
At 31:44 Elrond wanting Arwen to sail to the Gray Havens is connected to his background. When he was younger, he and his brother Elros being
half-elves, have the option of choosing to stay between a mortal or elf. Elros chose to stay a mortal and became the 1st king of Numenor and the most longlived, while Elrond stayed as an elf. As the ages for elves move like a blink of an eye, Elrond soon lost his brother, and hence why he doesn’t want the same destiny for Arwen, he doesn’t want to lose more of his family (his mother and father Elwing and Eärendil sacrificed themselves for the silmarils)
so excited for you man. can't wait to tune in. your Fellowship reaction was awesome
The 'Leave now and never come back!' scene was brilliantly put together. Andy Serkis didn't record each personality separately to have them edited together, he did both at once with a seamless performance where he only turned his head and changed expressions for each personality. A camera was set up for each head direction to capture it.
Since everyone in the comment section seems to be very well spoken and deeply into Tolkien lore (im trying but hey some of us dont speak english well enough for it), i am going to take up the role of telling you: DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN ARAGORN KICKED THE HELMET, HE ACTUALLY BROKE HIS TOE AND THE SCREAM WAS REAL? (I think of this as a sort of ritual to new lotr viewers)
@@MattSoamki Oh thank you so much! English is indeed my second language :D I can deal with the lord of the rings trilogy, but the Silmarillion is a bit challenging XD
I'm happy to hear you started reading the books. They gave me so much joy (over many re-readings as well).
okay but as a non-native in english the amount of words I have learned from just watching two videos of yours is insane.
so a few quick points for understanding (idk if someone has mentioned them before):
Aragorn is a so called Dunedan which is essentially a "race" of men that originates from a sunken island kingdom called Numenore and they were blessed with long life (like 200-300 years) the oldest was Elros, Elronds twin who chose humanity and was the first king of Numenore and Aragorn´s anchestor, who lived 600 years.
Since you mentioned that Arwen whould chose immortality even though not knowing if their love would last: so in Tolkiens world Elves rarely love more than ones and men too are pretty loyal to their first love, so Arwen makes that choice with the reasonable expectations that they´ll be together till they die. (Fun Fact when you read the third book in the appendix there is the "Tale of Aragorn and Arwen" which is the chronologically last tale of Middle-Earth and it never fails to make me cry)
also I am so happy to hear you´re reading the books, they are amazing and explain a lot of the "plot holes" that slipped into the movies for the sake of condensing such a vast and complex story into a movie trilogy.
@@Makkaru112 okay but the silmarillion quite clearly states that Numenoreans don't get older that a few hundred years
and half elves were not common at all
There are Elrond and Elros, Eärendil and arguably Dior, who was born after Luthien was already mortal and should therefore be mortal as well
@@Makkaru112 nope the silmarillion states in "The Fall of Numenore" that long lifespan of the Dunedain was a blessing to the people of Numenore as a thank you for aiding the elves and Valar in the war against Morgoth, the island of Numenore was also a gift for the same reason
I admire the hell out of literacy. You had me when you said you've started the books! Then I noticed the vocabulary, going to the trouble of learning the dictionary earns some show off rights.
And a pundit I see.
nothing pleases me more than encountering a word for the first time; I'm constantly chasing that literary high!
8:08 my jaw dropped when you recognized Brad Dourif, you’re the first I’ve watched so far lol
He made quite the impression on me
The orcs were taking the hobbits to Isengard in order for Saruman to get the ring. The orcs don't realize Merry and Pippin don't have it.
Your confusion at the return of Gandalf requires you read "The Silmarillion". The Valar, are the high angels of the eternal world. They created all that you see in Middle Earth and beyond. The Maier are the lower angels (spirits) of their "heaven" who are instruments in the Valar's creation. The 5 wizards of LOTR are 5 Maier who came to Middle Earth to guide the races of Middle Earth. Saruman, the White (leader), Gandalf the Grey, Radagast the Brown and 2 Blue Wizards Alatar and Pallando (Valanor names) who are rarely mentioned but did do things in the lore. Gandalf is an angel spirit incarnate. His death at the hands of the balrog was only temporary as his spirit went through life review, world review and gained new powers to return to the world.
You ever want to see a fantastic performance from the great Brad Dourif, I highly recommend the HBO series, Deadwood. It's a magnificent series in general, but his character, Doc Cochran, is particularly excellent (as is Ian McShane's Al Swearengen).
"Same procedure as last Two Towers reaction LotR community?"
"Same procedure as every reaction to Two Towers! 😊 Viggo Mortensen broke at his toes kicking that helmet! And he broke a tooth in Helms Deep and went to the dentist in full costume!"
Looking forward to expand my English vocabulary🎉😊
Dear everyone, Phil Dragash did a theatrical version audiobook of this trilogy. He can't sell it due to copyright but it's on internet archive. Do yourselves a favor and listen to it. It's absolutely incredible.
This might be a odd thing to say, but you sir, have a lovely vocabulary, you had me look up 4 words
13:22 yes. Remember the battlefield in the prologue? That's where they are right now. The spirits of the dead elves linger there, twisted and corrupted by their distrust of strangers and desire for revenge. They compel people who don't take the safe paths to drown themselves and join them. Normally, elves don't hang around when they die, but these ones felt they had unfinished business.
Your ears were not playing tricks on you! They had Christopher Lee (Saruman) and Ian McKellan (Gandalf) both record those lines, and mixed the two together. It's a totally genius way of showing that these two characters are now one and the same.
Peter Jackson did an Amazing job with his production of this J. R. R. Tolkien masterpiece. Hope you enjoy the second installation of this Epic Trilogy , will fun to watch !
"Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire" is a chapter in The Hobbit lol
"...until I smote his ruin upon the mountainside." Some of my favorite writing in the entire series.
I appreciate your vocabulary, you are a very eloquent communicator.
Excited! I have been checking back daily to see when you planned on releasing this. One of the best reactions to Fellowship I've seen.
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I think you’d love watching interviews with Tolkien, considering he was a literacy professor. Also the silmirillion is a great but complex read it’s like the bible for middle earth and explains about the Valar and the beginning of middle earth.
*looks up Tolkien interviews immediately*
31:04 Yes, Aragorn is an octogenarian. He is part of a race of men called the Dunedain, descendants of Numenorians (Atlantis of Tolkien’s Middle Earth), who lives to be around three times the lifetime of men. He is also a descendant of Elros, Elrond’s brother (both brothers are half elves). That makes Arwen the great, great (x60+)… aunt of Aragorn.
Arwen is Elrond's daughter, so she would be Aragorn's cousin(many times removed).
@@PatronizedSaint I’m not too familiar with what to call regarding the relationships. I went with aunt since Arwen is almost 3000 years old even though everyone knows that Arwen is Elrond’s daughter. I believe you’re right to call them cousins, even to call them first cousins in that case.
Gandalf is a Maia, a minor god, sent back from death by Eru Illuvatar to help defeat Sauron. Sauron is also a Maia but of a higher order. Maia and the Valar can be good or evil it was their choice.
Bro, you’re gonna love reading the books you’re so well spoken I believe you’ll appreciate how beautiful the writing is
This movie is arguably the most different from the books. I won't say too much since you said you're going to read them. The general events are correct, but some of the characters are portrayed a little differently and some characters are combined into others (probably to limit the cast being so huge) but there are also major deviations from the story, even if it leads to the same conclusion. But the main difference is that Tolkien's books aren't written in chronological order as he moves back and forth between the two main stories (i.e. Frodo and Sam's journey, and Aragorn and Gandalf's efforts in the war). Peter Jackson reorganizes the story so that events are portrayed in roughly the correct order they happened according to Tolkien's appendix.
For example, there's a REALLY IMPORTANT event that happens in the next movie, but in the books it happens near the end of the second book.
Of the three, I can't decide if I like this more than the first one or not. The third one is certainly my favourite, but these two compete for second place. This one is certainly a lot more action packed, and it has Theoden in it, who's my favorite character in the series. But I liked the Fellowship's story and a certain sense of adventure in the first movie.
I think changing where Shelob's Lair happens was a really good decision.
You might be the only person who could beat my great grandma in Scrabble.
I watch a lot of movie react/commentary stuff because it's nice background noise but the way you speak forces me to pay attention. Nice change of pace (although not the best for my productivity lmao)
Out of the frying pan into the fire!!!???? Did you just say…? Have you already read…? Did you know!???
Yeah I thought of that too
I haven't. Synchronicity I imagine? (already started the fellowship novel)
@@MrValentineReacts I would definitely call it synchronicity! It’s a famous title of a chapter in The Hobbit.
Puns and clever wordplay are one of the best forms of humor.
I've never met a pun I didn't like.
I enjoy your appreciation of words. I am trying to increase my vocabulary and it is fun to see you use more unusual vocabulary. I also appreciate your analysis and insight of the movies that you watch. It’s refreshing To see someone react with some intelligence, as many other reactors can only say “wow” with no understanding behind it. Also? You are cute! 😜
I'm a sucker for a nice concise way to express an idea! oh, yowza, your generosity is unmatched lol. thank you for watching :)
Beneficence..
Basically, the opposite of maleficence.. a concept in research ethics that states that researchers should have the welfare of the research participant as a goal of any clinical trial or research study..
New word unlocked and learned, thank bro 👍
🤙🏽 🤙🏽 thanks for taking the time to watch!
Can't wait for you to see this!
Fun fact I went to go see this for the second time in the theater and decide to try mushrooms for the first time. Long story short I woke up in the hospital in restraints and naked under a sheet. Enjoy the movie!
Sometimes a shortcut to mushrooms is a bad idea
😂 that is a marvelous anecdote. glad you made it to the other side!
That Andy Serkis wasn't nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Smeagol/Gollum displayed a definite bias on the part of the academy when it comes to fantasy/sci-fi movies. Not matter how good they are, they rarely make even the top films list, at least until ROTK, and even then none of the 12 were for acting, without which the film would have been nothing,
Apparently he wasn't eligible for TTT as it was classed as a voice performance, despite the fact he was on the actual set wearing a motion capture suit doing everything Gollum did. I do wish his real face's brief appearance in ROTK had been used as an excuse for a Best Supporting Actor nomination.
@@zoesumra9152 Then they were just looking for an excuse to deny him. Apart from being onset, he also had motion capture dots all over his face to capture his facial expressions, so the only difference between his real acting and what we saw was some CGI. No matter how good a programmer was at the time, there was no way they could have produced that scene where Smeagol banishes Gollum without Andy's acting skills.
Sorry, I know you had nothing to do with the decision, the ire is directed purely at the academy. Thank you for you contribution.
a travesty!
Oh no! Did I hear right?! you can't start reading The Fellowship first, you've got to read 'The Hobbit' first. The Fellowship is a loose continuation of 'The Hobbit'. The Hobbit is where we're first introduced to Bilbo, Middle Earth and to Gandolf.
gasp! I'm already a quarter of the way through lol
@@MrValentineReacts You should stop and read 'The Hobbit first'! I'm serious, it's the setup for the LOTR series!
Fun fact I always like to share: Balrogs are actually corrupted Maiar, or lesser angel beings in Tolkien's universe. Gandalf is himself a Maiar who came to Middle-Earth to assist its people in their battle against the Enemy (Sauron and all associated beings). Before Gandalf first came to Middle-Earth, he expressed to his superiors that he was afraid he might be taken in by evil and become a Balrog. So when he faces off with the Balrog and defeats it, he's facing off with the thing he was most afraid he would become, and he wins, if at the expense of his life. I love that.
He didn't know all the details but he was there when the world was sung into existence and he saw glimpses of his future and knew his fate was somehow tangled up with a Balrog which is why he was so afraid to enter Moria as his mission with Frodo wasn't complete yet.
Another fun layer is knowing that all who have slain a balrog also dies in the process, but is sent back in new form, like Glofindel and Ecthelion
@@ronweber1402 Thanks for the added context! It's been almost 8 years since I studied the mythology of Middle-Earth in college so a lot of the details are fuzzy at this point.
@@smisswax Absolutely! Tolkien's lore is so varied and layered, I'm still discovering new things about it 20 years after being introduced to the world. I love that about it.
@@beanmarie4887exactly! There’s ALWAYS more!
Ok Mr Valentine - I have two words to add to your next Lotr movie:
Mordacious
Defenestration (this one might be difficult 😮)
Love your verbosity!
Oh wow I never encountered Mordacious! Thank you for the enlightenment :)
You are very welcome - I have great respect for your extensive lexicon and look forward to your next presentation...
@@MrValentineReacts
"Aragorn don't crack" dead 🤣
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Reading the books! 💪🏼 I will skip my missing-the-Fellowship-extended edition rant then, that I’m sure you have gotten your full of from others 😆
oh for sure lol. I'm a quarter of a way through Fellowship :)
I’m noticing some high quality vocab in the comments, most definitely inspired by our host.
simpatico!
there is this dilemma in the topic of Rohan and Dunland - as Dunland people are those guys who sided with Saruman to take back their land, becouse many centuries ago Gondors king gave part of Dunland area to newly arrived ally of Gondor - Rohan riders. Dunland was earlier part of Gondor. So we can think of it as 3 parties dilemma - Gondor thinks that some land (Dunland) is theirs and they give it to another party (Rohan) who realy can not be blamed for taking this gift. Dunland and Rohan warred many times for this land since the arrival of Rohan. So Saruman uses Dunland's sad history and desparate population as pretext and as tools to destroy Rohan.
Dang 1:30 am my time UK, I gotta be up for work at 7am. But I can’t waitttttttt
Same. 2:30 am in Germany :(
ohhhhh that sounds stimulating
@@MrValentineReacts yup let’s chat more about it ha
I love the care you take to listen to the dialogue. Picking up on Gollum’s “we” so quickly was brilliant :)
such a sophisticated character!
@@MrValentineReacts truly! Sympathetic and yet there’s a constant undertone of threat
You'd be doing yourself a disservice by not going back to watch the extended scenes from the first film. Absolutely worth it.
I did, and you were quite right lol
So happy to hear you've picked up the books. The beginning is the hardest part and is much more enjoyable on a reread. But after Strider arrives, it picks up and by God I can't put it down. I'm currently on the third novel in my yearly reread.
Dont know if anyone already mention. But when Aragorn kicked that helmet standing before the pile of burnt Uruk-Hai bodies, he actually broke his foot IRL. And they kept his actual reaction in movie.
TOE! He broke a toe!
I like his vocabulary. At times, he sounds quite England English, so to speak, with his word choices.
It doesn't discombobulate my grey matter at all. In fact, it sounds pulchritudinous at times.
how preternaturally generous!
pulchritudinous is one of my favorite words btw lol
Funny, I thought you recognized Karl Urban as other creators I watched reacting to The Lord of the Rings, but it was Brad Dourif! Are you going to make a video of One Flew Over or The Shining? Or Psycho maybe? You mentioned The Birds from Hitchcock while watching The Fellowship. I would really enjoy watching your commentary of those movies. Great video, thank you for the reaction!
appreciate you watching! I've seen all the aforementioned films numerous times lol ; maybe later I will transition to reviews/analysis of my favorite films
@@MrValentineReacts That would be amazing!
Gandalf and the Balrog, as well as Sauron, are all Maiar. They are lesser Ainur who are children of Iluvatar (God). Sauron and the Balrog were both corrupted by Morgoth (originally Melkor), one of the chief and one of the strongest Ainur.
Your reactions are a joy. Eloquent and observent.
man I wish you showed your reaction during the balrog vs gandalf fight. to me the best opening scene to a movie ever
Kudos for recognizing Brad Dourif from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In spite of a long career as a character actor and starring roles in films like Wiseblood most people under thirty only know him as the voice of Chucky. That sort of thing annoys me to muderous levels.
Any man as erudite as you are is clearly well read. I was going to suggest it's time you read the trilogy, glad to see you are well ahead of me. Enjoy!
Okay, nerd time! How on God's middle-earth did Gandalf return? Well in Tolkien's legendarium, wizard's aren't just humans with magical powers. They're actually primordial celestial beings called Maiar, sort of like low-level angels in human form. There are five wizards (of which the books and movies only show two), but Gandalf is the only one who stuck to his purpose in Arda (the physical world), hence why he was sent back. The books feature lots of instances of divine intervention like that, but unfortunately this is the only one that really translates clearly to film. At least they nailed it.
and another thing that seemed like it threw you - yes, Aragorn is 87! Aragorn is one of the Dunedain, a line of people descended from an ancient civilization called the Numenorians, whose people had been blessed with long life before the downfall of their society. This was thousands of years before the events of LOTR. Tolkien's world is huge and the events of LOTR are actually only a small part, but there are lots of little references in the books and movies to the broader historical context, like Aragorn being 87 years old.
You'll love the books, as a lifelong fan of the movies, my mind was absolutely blown away by the books, even when compared to these exquisite movies
Loving these reactions! ❤
The commentary is great 😊
Seeing you fall in love with the world makes me feel so happy! I have read these books regularly since I was 11 years old, and they are so full of love, philosophy, brotherhood, courage, selflessness...plus your imagination can run free in this magnificent world that Tolkien built. It's great to see someone else getting a similar vibe from watching the movies!
And I must say that even uf they changed quite a bit from the books to the movie, they did such a GREAT job of capturing the essence of the story and translate it to the screen. ❤
This trilogy is such an obvious work of love. It's amazing 🎉.
"Is that admissible?" 🤣
the way you talk is awesome man. vernacular off the charts
Just started your reaction and already gave a thumbs up, can't wait for you to see this through to the end! Glad you are enjoying them
I'm having a blast! Kind of don't wanna watch Return of The King so soon. I know it's glorious
I absolutely LOVE your reactions! I am learning new words every single time!
Highly recommend the books. To anyone who hasn’t yet but seen the movie. The movies introduced me but there are so many changes minor and small that make a huge difference.
Your reactions are splendid!! I'm so happy that the algorithm helped me discover your channel. 😊
much obliged to you and the algorithm 🤌🏽
14:49 "...the ring wants to be found."
I really hope you read the books! My favorite character is Eowyn. I hope your love of languages will let you grab a heartstring or two in this movie. She’s so much better in the books, btw
Hey, I'm glad to hear you are reading the books! Love them. This is probably one of my favorite books.
I love how easily creeped out by things you are. It's very entertaining lol
Worth the wait :) Enjoy your adventure the first time seeing it all is fantastic
We also find your reviews appealing. 🙂
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My man must have a word of the day callender in the bathroom
I love your word play--never use a short word when there's a longer word available!
Extended edition yes!!! 👏🏼
I’m so excited for your reactions. You are so thoughtful and intelligent with your reactions. Nothing seems to get past you. Can’t wait to see the rest!
truly grateful for your viewership
I’m just here for the vocabulary lesson.
13:15 "...the ring betrayed him."
I am SO here for it. Your commentary is so smart. You are incredibly observant. I love every second.
much obliged