Watching "The Lord of the Rings" for the FIRST TIME
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Aragorn: **screams**
Dylan: "chill homie"
That actor literally broke 2 of his toes kicking that helmet in that shot so his screams were real 😂😂😬😬
For real. Even if Viggo hadn't broken toes IRL, those soft boots give NO toe protection
...and the emotional anguish
I've been searching for this comment haha
Time stamp?
It's crazy how true that is they made him kick that helmet for hours on end 😂😂😂
also in the scenes where they run together all the actors are badly hurt... Legolas= Broken Rib. Gimli= Dislocated Knee And Aragorn = The 2 borken toes... those guys are insane for pushing thru that
Other people: confuse Dumbledore with Gandalf
Dylan: calls Gandalf Gryffindor
I laughed so hard
calls Gandalf Gollum too
And Ghandi
I’m dying 😂
@@Yu_K_wtf and calls Gollum Gandalf
every lotr fan will tell you this but when aragorn kicked the helmet the actor actually broke his toe which is why he yelled so much and they just kept it in lol
And all Dylan said was "chill homey"
A better tid bit I think, is the fact that all the hobbit feet we see, are actually just shoes made to look like hobbit feet. I find that hilarious.
Fun fact, Peter Jackson couldn't get enough extras for the Helms Deep scene, so he made the controversial decision to hire real orcs as actors. Before that point, orcs were not accepted in Hollywood. But now, most actors are orcs wearing human makeup. It's amazing how much progress has been made in so little time.
I was just debating with myself if I should comment this, so thank you😂
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You may have watched the extended version, but you haven’t lived until you’ve watched the extra extended version of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring but every time Samwise Gamgee takes a step towards Mordor it plays the “This is it” “this is what?” “If I take one more step, it’ll be the farthest I’ve ever been” clip. It’s 9 hours long.
The editing of that video had to have taken forever
I have ptsd from that video🥲
That video was so funny, but sadly it was taken down :(
Omg I want to watch it
That's hilarious!!!!!
"Tree sex" he totally missed the opportunity to say "treesome".
Alexis you fucking genius
Omg amazing
👏
The charcters didn't get hurt but the actors did!
Shut down the comments, we have a winner here!
“She gave up immortality for you? Homie you better stay faithful” truer words have never been spoken
Well aragorn is 89 in the series, and lives up to two hundred and something. They were together since he was about 50, so they stayed together to his death, after 150/160 years. In the end she died a year after him, renouncing her mortality.
He technically cheated on her... ):
Mr Original didn’t he kiss the human princess?
@@danyms4082 yep exactly, hes a loyal guy xd
ALicia c
You mean Eowen? First, she’s not technically a princess, she’s just the heir to the throne of Rohan. And when the heck did she do that? She ended up with Feramir son of Denethor son of Ecthelion so I’m confused as to where that happened.
I love how Dylan doesn’t realise Gandalf is whispering to the animals to bring in backup and thinks he’s making them bigger
This was so painful to watch him talk about. Oh gawd...
He’s a simple man…
"I CALLED THAT!!! OH MY GOODNESS"
Dylan looking at Gollum and going "Is this Gandalf?" was a legendary moment
I screamed with laughter at that one 😂
Dylan: " you're going to trust a guy a named worm tounge?"
Lily and James Potter: *has left the chat*
Thats what lord of the rings and harry potter taught me. Anyone with the name worm in it is not to be trusted 😅
Pretty sure you're thinking of Wormtail.
@@nadiar.4638 Poor Grey Worm though...
😂
barbaro267
You’re right, they are thinking of wormtail, we all are. It’s just that they both have ‘worm’ in their name
"The CG is so bad" - listen, I saw Bilbo's demonic freakout for the first time at 5 years old and that's still a recurring nightmare, no joke. The CG in this holds up and where it needs to, it *slaps*.
a remaster could be done to fix the image tho
When I was a kid my mom skipped that part because it made me cry 🤣😭
thedragon12 To what end? Would it make the films any better? Stories are about writing, characters, suspense, the way they make you feel. It shouldn’t just be eye candy.
starlings bones To be fair to my Mum, she didn’t realise I was there - and even though she skipped over in the future, the damage had already been done 😂
Ari Hovis-Afflerbach Oh, no doubt. But it was 2001, and the rest of it holds up well enough now to not be too noticeable. If Gollum hadn’t been realistic enough for 2001, the second two films would have fallen apart at the seams.
The ring being a hindrance is the point. People want it because it’s a legendary object and they believe it will give them power. It’s part of the lie. Also, the ring has a will of it’s own and can influence people psychically. The greater your desire for power is the easier it is for the ring to influence you. That’s why hobbits make ideal ring bearers as they generally don’t care much for power.
Yes! They make ideal ring bearers bc they don’t thirst for power, as well as them being the lowest on the totem pole of powerful beings.
even gollum after being corrupted never thinks to use its power beyond using it to kill and eat the occasional orc. another interesting thing is while most people are attached to it for the power it gives, the hobbits see it as a precious possession and don’t care about its actual power
Well no the rings power is based on the power of the wearer. And hobbits are the lowest power level species. This is why Gandalf won’t touch it because as he says. It would wield a power to great and terrible to imagine.
Ya, kind of like heroine, or combat.
@@peewee0224i really wish the movie showed Tom Bombodill, but i get the choice of not including him
Dylan: completely breezes over Legolas's and Gimli's relationship
Also Dylan: "Legolas is such a useless character"
"What about side by side with a friend?" is one of the best moments, people can fight me
he was right
Thank you!!!!
He still doesnt have any character just because he had a friend doesnt all of a sudden mean he had depth
@@Camothor10 I disagree. We tend to care about characters that have relationships and matter to other characters
Aragorn also thought his Elf Girlfriend had left. He thought he was single, and still didn't cheat. That is pretty honorable.
I never realized that! Makes me love him even more
He's just the best.
Her name is Arwin.
Kirsten Marie Arwen*
@@Anyankasvids ok, thanks. Been a long time since I read the books.
this was actually Orlando Bloom's first roll. They called him straight outta acting school and offered him the part. He called back and was like what really are you joking
First role in a Major Film. Pretty awsome .His first film was in 1997 when he was still in film school
Really? I thought he looked younger in Troy. 🤔
Also, I don't know if this true or not, but I read somewhere that he first auditioned for the role of Strider then had the Casting people tell him he was more suited for the character Legolas.
he also had a part in the midsommer murders. he was unknown to Americans of course so he didn't really exist ...
@@nobodyqwertyu that’s the point. The original commenter meant major film. So midsommer murders is a small role, we’re not talking about small roles
@@nobodyqwertyu No you're absolutely right I thought this was his first role. First role in a major film is still a big deal but I didn't know about Midsommer Murders at all.
I can’t believe he cut out the “I would have followed you, my brother, my captain, my king”… it’s such a great line and so memorable! It shows Boromirs redemption perfectly
Yes when he acknowledges him as King, it was a great moment for Aragorn and Boromir because it told Aragorn that his people still needed a King and he was It.
This guy is an unemotional lolcow NPC idiot as far as im concerned, "I thought they were going to make out", hard dislike from me, this is how youre going to be on your first viewing?He probably doesnt even have the ability to have an internal monologue
@@SonicGold34 then don’t watch him I guess 🤷🏽♀️
@@heliakuhnperez9472 No, it's just that dylan has an issue with media literacy. By wanting to appear contrarian, he ends up seemingly exposing himself as that of a hypocrite.
Personally I can’t believe he cut out Gimli’s “That still only counts as one!” line. Such a crime.
i still find it so cute that after the lotr won an oscar, instead of going to the countless oscars after parties they went to the official lotr fan club after party and spent the night with the franchise's biggest fans. it seems like this movie was definitely hard af to work on but so much fun nonetheless, the reunion in 2020 was all my lotr loving heart needed and more
Dylan: *Went to film school*
Also Dylan: *has never seen literally any movies ever*
Okay but same. We see some of the classics in school but otherwise it’s really up to you to watch the ones you want to watch.
i'm in film school right now and we mostly watch foreign movies. if we watch any american movies they were made before the 70's
I know guys, I'm literally in a film school too, it's a joke. We watch a lot of old classics with great camera work and stuff, but dude's never even seen Harry Potter or Heathers before he started this series 😂😂😂😂 In my country there's only one film school so you have to really know your movies, even the new niche ones to get there. I mean he didn't know Harry Potter, like dude 😂😂😂
@@ninavinterova9875 it's like what's his name from corridor crew 😂
This comment 😂
Aragorn: kicks helmet
Dylan: haha chill homie
me: don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it
me: DID YOU KNOW Viggo Mortensen broke two of his toes kicking that helmet????
Don’t strain yourself from screaming fun facts about the movie!
Lmfao I know me too
thank you for existing with me............i need more people to know this
It was me during this moment 😂
Did you know that he also almost drowned in the river/waterfall scene.
In the books, it's implied that the rings enhance one's inherent abilities, and hobbits are naturally sneaky so the enhancement a hobbit receives is invisibility
In the spiritual world, beings are invisible to those in the physical world. This is why Isildur, Bilbo, and Frodo become invisible when they wear the Ring-because they are no longer in the physical world.
Yeah, what the other guy said. A human wore it and also turned invisible, so I doubt it's hobbit specific.
It's always sad when we need to say "in the books..." 😭 fricking movie from book adaptation man....
And long life
but Isildur turned invisible too?
the confidence with which you called gollum “gandalf,” frodo “hobo,” and aragorn “eragon” 😂😂😂😂
28:05 lets not forget “one dwarf down”😂😂😂😂
Fun fact: they did an open call for horseback riders in New Zealand and most of the Rohan riders are actually women.
I'm told anyone and their sisters auditioned for the movie..these are the sisters.
Wow I didn’t know that. Now when I see the Horse Lords ride I’m just going to try and picture them with their armor off thanks
Daniel Cuevas Could you be more of a degenerate?
Solar Punk I know you are but what am I??
...a degenerate
dylan: “i want to be a hobbit”
also dylan: is 6’4
Just cut him in half duh
Summer Rose then what am I at 5 foot
Nessa A HOBBIT
The actor who plays Gimli the dwarf is 6’1 irl. All about camera work.
Omnisis that one hit home
Dylan was so satisfied he predicted Boromir's death as though Sean Bean doesn't die in everything
Right😅 think the only thing I've never seen him die in is Troy!
He stayed alive in the show sharpe. Damn good show
He's only died a few times 🤣 they just were popular franchises 🤣
@@A5xxxxx I think he lived in Percy Jackson, but honestly, who's counting that
@@A5xxxxxAnd the Percy Jackson movies 🤮
they heard all the complaints about legolas personality or lack of it and promptly decided to give him a whole arc in the hobbit trilogy, even though he wasn’t in the book
Yeah, that was kind of annoying.
That explains so much
It kind of made sense that he was more bold and wild at a younger age, but it wasn't necessary and the cgi was awful. I don't understand what people mean he has no personality in the main trilogy, though
this was just Dylan shipping Aragorn and Arwen for an hour and 10 minutes
Me
And it was absolutely perfect
And I loved it.
I kind of enjoyed that, since I wasn't hugely invested in their relationship (until I read the appendices that is) and seeing them through the eyes of someone who is was actually really nice.
All of us
One of the most emotional scene of the trilogy: "My friends, you bow to no one"
Dylan: "it's so obvious they were green screened"
The DISRESPECT!
Then this guy asks himself why he doesn't have a girlfriend. I guess that might be the answer.
I thought it was practical effects?
AnonymousPiLover nah i mean a lot of stuff in the movie is practical- like the orcs are just dudes in makeup, but they end up using a ton of cgi on various stuff as well. dylan was right, the group is obviously green screened in at the end. sucks that it ruined what is otherwise an amazing moment.
@@KateBelangerPhotography Didn't ruin the moment for most of us.
I mean...he has eyes? It's obviously green screened, and although most of the cgi in these films holds up incredibly well, that scene definitely does not. lotr fans are so easily offended lol
Dylan: “He has rugged good looks, so he’ll fit right it.”
*cuts to gimli*
Dylan: “Well”
When he sees the flag falling and says if that isn’t symbolism I don’t know what is. The best part about that scene is it was completely unplanned. The wind just happened to tear it off the pole and fall in front of Aragorn like that.
That’s a myth. They made the flag to tear off. However, they didn’t plan for the play to perfectly fall down where it did.
@@tovekauppi1616thank you, I didn’t want to have to be that guy again haha. Same with the Gandalf head smack in hobbiton, was on purpose. Not an accident.
@@jamiereid7428 Peter Jackson says in the DVD commentary that he hit his head accidentally.
“This is gonna take like 12 hours”
Just wait for the hobbit...
I love The Hobbit. Worth of my time lmao. 😅
Omg i love once upon a time you have it as you profile pic lol i have snow whites ring replica of course and the tea cup and emmes jacket
Mayleen Gonzalez haha I have Emma’s jacket, killians necklace, and a real metal replica of the dagger
The hobbit is going to feel as if its a week long 😅
I don't even want Dylan to watch that garbage
"Enough with your lies, fries, you potatoes in disguise" - Dylan 2019
@@justchilling704 uhh
Dylan is one of the great poets of ouer generation.
PO TA TOES
Modern poetry, AW MAN! xD
Someone tell him about the dishonesty in his ketchup
I love how "why not just the eagles" is SUCH a common question Tolkien himself realized they broke his plot so he added info in the books as to why the eagles wouldn't help most of the time.
"the rings were more of a hindrance than a help" - that, exactly, is the point Tolkien was trying to make
I also think based on many things that Tolkien said, is that he didn’t even think abt the eagles taking Frodo and Sam to Mordor when he originally wrote LOTR because having the eagles take them to Mordor doesn’t make for a story nearly as interesting as Frodo and Sam (and Gollum) having to make the trek themselves. So that’s why he then clarified later that the eagles only came to help Frodo and Sam later is because they’re a race that doesn’t participate in Middle Earth affairs, and only made exceptions as a favor to Gandalf, who is a minor god. So instead of them participating in destroying the ring, they only swoop in after the ring’s destroyed to save Frodo and Sam. And the biggest reason for why the eagles didn’t take them to Mordor was bc the whole mission relied on stealth: Frodo and Sam needed Sauron to not see them, otherwise the mission would’ve failed, and of course, if they in on the backs of huge eagles, Sauron’s gonna be able to spot them and stop them from miles away.
@@lauraroth6630 In the movie, The Eye CLEARLY sees them and Sauron does nothing.
The movie adds a moment or two of Sauron seeing the hobbits, but apparently he doesn’t realize what it is he is seeing. They’re added for dramatic effect and don’t make too much sense, but I just imagine that he doesn’t realize who they are somehow. Near the end, he senses Frodo putting the ring in Mount Doom and sends the Nazgûl
About the eagles, it wouldn’t make any sense tactically to take the eagles to Mordor with the Ring. Sauron would see the eagles and send all his forces after the eagles. The Nazgûl’s flying fellbeasts would fight the eagles, and/or the army of orcs would shoot them down. Sauron’s forces were more powerful than the forces of good, so they had to be stealthy about it.
@@jedimercenary609 the eye sees Frodo at Mt. Doom without him putting the ring on
@@vinnicinhus44 I remember that from the film. I like to think Sauron didn’t realize what he was seeing in that moment because if he did but did nothing about the hobbit with his ring inside Mordor, then he’s the biggest idiot to ever live. The film added that moment to be more dramatic, but it makes Sauron look dumb if he directly looks at Frodo and does nothing.
Either way, if they came in on giant eagles, they’d be much more conspicuous, and not even movie Sauron would ignore that. The mission could only succeed if Sauron did not know about their plan to destroy the Ring and was unaware of the Ring reaching Mount Doom. Sauron’s forces were too powerful to fight directly.
Lol Dylan being surprised they listed the fanclub members but all I hear is "Shoutout to our Patreons who will be listed at the end"
gandalf: "you shall not pass"
dylan: "thats not it"
gandalf: "YOU SHALL NOT PASS"
dylan: "ahhhhh"
i felt that
But then he skipped the whack of his staff on the floor, words without actions are meaningless 😂😂
"why wont Gandalf cast the spells??" I too asked myself this question. Then I took a class on Tolkien and learned the way. Gandalf, and the other wizards, are basically demi-gods. each stands for something. Gandalf's is Wisdom; he guides humanity to their own choices and does not rule over them or bend nature to his whim with his powers (unlike Saruman). And another fun fact. The Balrog used to be one of them! But it got too greedy and was consumed by the power it craved and turned into the Balrog we all hate today.
This is a fun fact
i like the balrog :( leave my boy alone
Balrog were not exactly greedy, they were Mai corrupted by Melkor (Morgoth) the strongest of the Valar who rebelled against the rest of the gods and Iluvatar, he also corrupted Mairon (Sauron), the strongest Maia and made him his first general.
The wizards that came to middle earth were forbidden from using or displaying there true power.
OMG thank you for answering this question! For so long I've wondered about the wizards magic and it's usage! I kinda understood they don't bend nature when in the prequel Gandalf told Bilbo that it'll continue to rain and that it's nothing he could do about that, but didn't fully understood the concept! I also haven't read the books so kimds my fault and the fact about the Balrog!!!
The fact that he watched about 10 hours of LOTR and THEN had to sit through it AGAIN to edit it all says everything. Loved it ❤️
Wizards in Lord of the Rings can be very confusing for people because they are both immensely powerful and very restricted on what they are able to do.
JRR Tolkien: Creates hundreds of incredible names you can't even pronounce, invents multiple languages, builds an entirely new world with so many places and lands, writes books about the backstory of like every character
Also Tolkien:
mount DOOM
Mount Doom is a nickname. The real name of the mountain is Orodruin
Mt. Ordodruin is the proper name, I believe. I think there was another name for it, but it escapes me. Age and medication really fuck with your memory.
TREE BEARD
@@cassuttustshirt4949 I believe it is Amon Amarth -> Also the name of a Swedish Viking metal band
German fits way better for the lord of the rings
“Given to the race of men”
“Oh God”
That’s the whole trilogy summed up right there.
Lmao yep
XD
I mean yeah
why did he have that reaction?
@@crobeastness Cuz humans are fuck-ups
Rings was given to all by the Gift Bringer - Sauron himself to control them all
Dylan accurately predicting a good chunk of the films but saying "what's the trap?" while they're surrounded by spider webs at 57:19 is why I'm here.
Gandalf: "It is in men that we must place our hope."
Dylan: "oh God, well, we're all fucked."
Dylan: doesn't remember Frodo's name
Also Dylan: somehow remembers the name of the chain mail Frodo wears
oh my god i didnt even notice 😂🤣
There have been times when I've forgotten his name too and I've seen the movies at least a dozen times, it's just a weird name, like who has ever had that name
@@meadowfrance, who has ever worn Mithril?
That being said, I can't find words I know really well sometimes, as do we all. And he edits these videos (obviously) so there could be many cuts where he couldn't remember the word "Mithril" but they weren't funny enough by his standards to include in the final product.
@@Ten13Grl Mythril is used in a bunch of video games as an item, it is commonly one of the stronger tier weapons or armor. I think it's even in Kingdom Hearts
@@iwannalaugh2964 he was 100% a runescape nerd
Dylan: "You're gonna trust this creeper? Look how pale he is!"
Also Dylan: literally Casper the ghost himself
What's the joke?
Sorry if I didn't understand XD
@@echidnanatsuki882 that's okay :D Dylan making fun of a character cause they are pale is ironic since he's very pale himself
@@brinasmind9942 ahh ok XD
1:08:00 the funny thing is, Frodo is supposed to be old enough to be Sam's DAD. He looks in his (human) 20s because of the ring but he's middle aged. Sam was the son of Frodo's gardener. So a lot of the shippy stuff is supposed to be read as father-son like. Also, Pippin is literally underaged! Hobbits come of age at 33, Pippin is like 22. If he were a human he'd be a teenager. Frodo was their uncle-friend.
Isn't he also a cousin of theirs?
I mean this makes sense… considering I always saw Frodo as more of a dad then a teenager lmao. He had that old personality to him
@@PizzaLover379 merry and pippin are cousins
Frodo is literally 33. His birthday is the same as BIlbos, September 22nd. Frodos quest is part of his coming of age. Bilbo is 111 when LOTR happens and hes had the ring for 50 years or so.
@@sigstenbockgard8080 frodo is also a couisin of theirs, just more removed.
There’s significant historical significance to asking Galadriel for her golden hair, and that she said yes was actually huge. Legolas understands the history, which is why he looks so pleased about it.
Also, before photography became widespread (so still pretty much during WWI, in which Tolkien fought), it was common for women to give a lock of hair as a token and remembrance. Something the soldiers could hold in the trenches.
Dylan: "Legolas doesnt have any development"
Also Dylan: "Ignores every single bonding scene between Legolas and Gimli" xd
To be fair, Legolas's only piece of an character arc is "become less prejudice against dwarves" which isn't really put in the foreground either. As a life long fan of this trilogy that kinda bothers me too.
@@SaveMeMoon i mean, kinda but that phrase is kind of an understatement, after everything Legolas and Gimli are like bff's nad they go on their own adventures together, and to be fair literally non of the elfs have a real good character arc because i mean, like Dylan said, theyre all almost perfect (and also not that relevant to the story except for Elrond and Legolas even though hes just a cool side character) and that was the point of the race when they were created (even if the silmarillion shows some more dark side of the elves)
I always thought Legolas was eye candy for the series.
@@isabeauwolf562 he has a lot more character development in the books I thought
@@marykay8587 I've only read "The Hobbit" so I wouldn't know. Are the other books good? My husband said that he's read them a long time ago when he was a teenager.
Normal authors: Lemme just make some mythology for my story
Tolkien: Gimme a sec I need to make some story for my mythology
first was mythology for the language(s)!
@@Tom_McMurtry
😂😂 lol exactly
"Hold on a minute, i have to craft an entire culture, cosmology and extended creation-based pagan universe for my
l a n g u a g e s..."
I dont get it
@@knightley5896 tolkien first created the language's and the world and then built the story around it. most authors make a story and than build a world to fit it
@@winz3318 I was going to write that! Thats why he wrote the silmarillion first.
The three hairs she gives Gimli actually have a really cool and sweet backstory.
Thousands of years before the most talented elf craftsman of middle earth demanded a single hair from her head to infuse their 'golden beauty' into three gems he crafted. Those gems were the silmarils and they sparked the second war of power between the original dark lord and the other god-like beings of middle earth that tore the planet apart. But she looked into his soul and saw that he wanted her hair in order to own something unique and of beauty that no other elf could possess and found his reason insufficient so she denied him. She denied this elf who was basically a craftsman so talented he was considered godlike by all others in middle earth. Then thousands of years later a dwarf she did not know came to her kingdom (dwarfs and elves had a long and fraught past) and she offered him anything he wished. He asked for a single strand of her hair to remember the beauty of the time he spent in her kingdom. Touched by his reasoning she gave him not one but three.
I'm a big fan of the movies and the books but so many people are missing the point of you being a comedic commentator and getting hurt. Lmao. This was great tbh. I loved it!!
ikr like why's everyone getting butthurt about it like he's watching for the first time he wouldn't know all the facts people spouting about on the comments section. me too im just casual watcher i wouldn't know about those too if im not in the fandom
IKR. I've never watched these movies or read the books so I'm just a casual watcher here but they take it way too seriously and also how tf do they expect someone to understand everything and every detail the first time they watch
Fr all the diehard Tolkien fans complaining, like dude, he’s supposed to entertain. Also most people don’t know the convoluted lore of these films so why would Dylan
@@MaxAndCheese0917 Eh you don't really need to know the extended lore to catch on. I do get that it would be hard to make a good video taking the movies seriously.
It's just because they love Dylan and they love LOTR. So they want Dylan to love LOTR. So when it feels like he's not really trying.... it sucks.
Fun Fact: When Aragorn kicked the helmet in Two Towers he broke his big toe which is how he was able to scream so well.
i remembered exactl ythis, when i saw that scene xD
no shit 😂
Erika Still The best actor alive
@@assassinealmoris6210 and one of the more attractive actors too haha
He almost drowned because his armour was to heavy & Got caught in an undertow whilst floating down river
& my favorite is when the stunt man blinded by his orc make up throws a real dagger a little to close to viggos face but he just deflects it with his sword
I love how excited he is that Aragorn is a faithful boyfriend 😂😂😂
Even though not all of the CGI still looks good considering the level of detail possible today, I still say the majority of it holds up because the animation, compositing, cinematography, and miniatures were all top notch
Most of the stuff they had to invent for these movies, of course it'll look rough but it holds up better than some movies made in the last couple years 😬
There’s a lot of stuff they don’t have time to explicitly explain, but it’s still in the movies if you read the books. Here’s a few examples:
The other rings DO actually do stuff, but like…..most of the races that have one of the rings of power kinda…agreed not to use them anymore since they found out that the one ring actually has the power to highjack and corrupt all the other ones if Sauron wields it.
The “invisibility cloaks” they have actually are enchanted. They’re elven cloaks that don’t grant “invisibility” per se, but excellent camouflage. Like you saw, they can perfectly mimic the scenery around them and look like rocks or even trees, and grass.
The bread they eat is called Lembas bread and is also enchanted. A single bite or mouthful can sustain a grown man for an entire day. That’s why they don’t TECHNICALLY need any other rations, it’s just kinda boring tasting to have a bite of bread for each meal.
Everyone points out that “why didn’t they have the eagles take them into Mordor?” But you have to realize the eagles are their own race and society that doesn’t really care what happens to the world of men, and they are a very prideful and cynical race. In the prequel, the hobbit, they only BARELY talk to Gandalf and give Bilbo and the dwarves he travels with help like…for a few days before dropping them off and not wanting anything else to do with them.
Aragorn isn’t immortal or even have a lifespan as long as an elf, but he is descended from a special line of men that were blessed with long life, but they almost have all died out. Aragorn I think lived until he was about 200-250 years old. Arwen outlived him by a lot tho, I think she was alive for almost 800 years. Although, like….if Arwen was gonna end up with any mortal dude, at least Aragorn lived quite a bit longer than most
Aragorn died at age 212. Arwen travelled to Lorien and died one year later.
thanks for these facts :)
I think the significance of the friendship between Legolas and Gimli is another element that is more fleshed out in the books but is still shown in the films.
As a giant Tolkien nerd, this was both incredibly enjoyable to watch and also the most painful thing I've ever had to watch.
Haha i know exactly what you mean.
I know its like watching a Twilightfan watching your favorite movie trilogy.
What annoys me particularly that he doesn't understand the Ring and the world either because of genuine disinterest or simply not paying attention lollygagging his way through. I'll give him credit though for seeing the extendeds
As some one who literally just watched all these movies for the first time for a film project I relate to this video pretty hard.
Oh yes, I must agree
he originally called gollem Gandalf cringe
"I fear neither death nor pain"
Dylan: "Oh, i fear both. Good on you."
Same lol
A Lakótelepi Bosszúálló good for you, I guess..?
I am so pleased to know that someone else also laughs at Gandalf being spun by Saruman lololol
It was one of the funniest things I have seen I'm literally laughing right now as I'm writing this
Apparently I also laugh at completely inappropriate times during movies. I've gotten a few strange looks
Every time
Yessss my younger sister literally made a meme out of it
is the audio about 10 seconds out of sync with the video or is this just me?
It is for me too
"Your friend gets a wife and what do you get? 9 fingers?"
I felt that
"I cannot see any elf being a terrible partner"
*laughs in Silmarillion* oh boy
somehow his words reminded me of all the elf romances in Dragon Age games lol
Thought the same xDD He needs to read Tolkiens Book asap
Kinslaying niggas be like:
everything is so much funnier with the context that like... no one has ever really seen a hobbit before. The gang just turns up to these wild situations and everyone just looks at them like why did u bring ur kids to this fight ?? whose kids are these ??? quality content
is the audio completely out of sync from the video for anyone else?
Yes it is for me too
Yes it's the same for me as well..
Same
Yes, from about 4 mins in! Thought my laptop was broken...so annoying because this video is a classic rewatch one for me!
Yes same!! Hope Dylan notices
This whole video is just Dylan expressing his thirst for elves
I mean...who doesn't?
and shipping
And I mean I cant blame him
@@@omegasage777
Anyone that is versed in folklore.
I had a legolas poster in my college dorm room
*Fun fact:* The actor who plays Aragon actually broke two of his toes during that “stunt” of kicking the helmet, so uhh.. That is legitimately a scream of pain 28:20
Don't worry, OP is still making fun of the movie and doesn't care.
Josh Koelker all good by me 👌🏼
tall 1.81 thanks, it’s fixed ^^
Tis I actually I wasn’t sure myself, I remembered it as his whole foot. But I Googled it and there it said two toes so.. But if you find something where it says otherwise I’d like to see!
@@chokothedog I think it's in one of the behind the scenes videos where they talk about it, at least that's where I learned about it years ago
The way you just ripped Sauron for putting his ring over his armor ohmygod that was awesome 🤣🤣🤣
As a no-life Tolkien junkie, I love and hate everything about this video.
Take my like, sir.
A couple points:
- The power of the Rings is extremely complicated to explain (Tolkien had a profound knowledge of Catholic Christian metaphysics), but in short it gives different powers to different people. So to hobbits it's just ass, but to Gandalf and Galadriël for instance it would be extremely fearsome.
- Stop hating on Éowyn, mate. She is queen.
- Gandalf has no power over the Great Eagles of Manwë. He just used the moths to kindly ask them for help.
- Also no one can really 'cast magic' in this world. In the books Frodo asks Galadriël how Elves are so magical and she tells him Elves have no concept of magic -- it's just how the world works. This is not Harry Potter with cheap tricks -- magic in Tolkien's world is mysterious, unforeseeable and incomprehensible; although in Tolkien's Legendarium it's all eventually explained based on Metaphysics.
- Legolas is an amazing character in the book. P.J. just forgot to add his personality into the script.
"forgot to add his personality" 😭🤣👏🏼
Peter Jackson probably wrote the least out of the three screenwriters on these movies.
@@allofthepoints9636 Fair point. I said P.J. for simplicity.
@@Thelaretus fair enough.
@@Thelaretus I appreciate you explaining how LotR wizards are not Harry Potter wizards, I didn’t feel like typing that out.
Galadriel: "9 rings were gifted to the race of men-"
Dylan: "oh god"
basically
its pretty sad that literally none of the 9 rings of men turned out to be useful in lotr, the elfs rings at least were used during it xd
@@comandantethorn9929 the nazgul used them. Which was useful to Sauron anyway.
@@rabidsamfan thats fair xd
@@comandantethorn9929 Sauron gave them those nine rings in order to corrupt them. Worked exactly as planned.
@@marchendrawidjaja yep i know, but it is still sad that the race of men, supposedly destined to lead the world after Sauron is gone and none of the kings resisted saurons call even though some of them must have had blood from numenor as Aragorn
Sir he does not turn the butterfly into an eagle.
Nope. He just ordered a Lyft.
@@frutrace underrated comment right here lol
wasnt it a moth ? . Jk.
So what happened?
...one does not?
if there’s one thing that Doctor Who taught me is how to appreciate everything about a movie/tv show, including the CGI even if it’s bad.
Oh definitely! Love DW, but season 1 of the 2005 series was sometimes... 😬
@@doubledorkCrawf0rdThe CGI is questionable, but it's one of the best seasons of the show.
i absolutely lost it at "Chill homie" 28:22, knowing that Mr. Viggo (Aragorn) broke a few bones kicking that helmet, hence the scream
“Yeah see he’s an heir... she’s a water. Badum tss.”
“Aragorn? He’s Ara-GONE”
First of all these are high quality jokes and I want them on my head stone
When he kicked the helmet in the second movie he broke his toe and that's why he screamed. He didn't know it was actual metal and not a prop.
l lawiett He had kicked it over and over, but Peter Jackson wasn’t satisfied so Viggo kicked it again, broke his toe, screamed in pure frustration and Peter was like “YES! That’s it! That’s the one!”
Signe if that’s the case I hope he was paid more cause of it o.o
Actually, he did know. He kicked it in improvisation, Peter Jackson liked it but wanted to reshoot it, so he did it a couple more times, but the last time he broke TWO of his toes. So... yeah.
l lawiett No he was supposed to scream anyway, and he already knew it was metal. But on the last shot (because he already filmed kicking it multiple times), he broke two toes doing it, so the end part of his scream was even louder and longer (since he was in pain).
fucking battle of the fans
If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone think that Gandalf turned the moth into a giant eagle I'd have like... a dollar or two.
Wait he doesn’t do that ??
@@Mother_Of_Gays no, he gives the moth a message, which it takes to the eagles. From my understanding the eagles are basically sentient and have their own culture so that moth was basically like the fantasy living "mum come pick me up Im scared" text
@@dwightlangdale4132I love this
Or when someone comments "is he gonna eat it" after he catches it.
28:18 - The real reason Aragorn screams like that is because in that shot of him kicking the helmet, Viggo Mortensen (the actor who plays Aragorn) actually broke two of his toes, and that take is the one they used in the movie. So, it's actually a scream of pain.
@@hihiglug I did the thing. 👍👍
@@caseyurich9190i stopped the video at that exact second to look for this comment
What makes it even better was not just that he broke his toes, but that that was like the 20th take they’d done because the helmet wasn’t flying in the right way.
"Sam really is the best character."
You're goddamn right he is.
If he hadn't been there Frodo would never have reached mordor
Sam saves Frodo’s ass so many times.
Does the name Gandolf mean nothing to you
Lord of the rings is the history about same, about loyalty and friendship.
hes the best, but not the most Important
Litterally any scene: exists
LotR fans: DID YOU KNOW IN FILMING...
im so thankful you didn't finish that sentence because I already finished it for u
It makes me hyper conscious of myself when I watch the movies with someone who's seeing it for the first time. I want them to be immersed in the movie so I don't want to talk to them while watching and I don't want to be that annoying person who ruins the scenes by throwing LOTR trivia around. But at the same time I always want to tell them that Viggo Mortensen broke his toe when he kicked that helmet that's why his scream of pain was so realistic. So I compartmentalize my hopefully fun facts after we finish the movie and that's when I bombard them with my highly unnecessary LOTR knowledge. lol.
Stop attacking me XD
I'm the LotR fan tho so my sister hates watching movies with me lol
@@ilsavil me 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I've been holding off on watching this for 3 yrs because I hadn't seen the lotr movies and knew this video would make zero sense to me. I watched them this year and can finally watch this video
My disappointment with the movies that they didn't show enough of Faramir and Edwyon together. There was so little of them together.
Ppl in 1919: we're gonna have flying cars in 100 years!
2019: *my laser just lit my candle!*
Emma Schuyler re-read your sentence for this year again. At least people in 1919 knew what a car was, unlike a laser. It probably would sound WAYYYYY more futuristic than a flying car. Just my thought on it, who really knows.
@@charlesedwards2856 You win the internet today , sir.
Dylan: How is Aragorn 87 year old? I need more history.
JRR Tolkien: I'm so glad you asked!
Chloe Omelchuck exactly
i think Tolkien would have said "Jolly good!"
In the lore of the Middle Earth, Aragorn is a Dunedain, a hair of Numenor people, who have a long life.
@@zadagaming5121 how did he become a hair?
@@seangaming5480 Elrond reveal his descendance : he is descending of Valandil, the last son of Isildur, the last heir of the Thrones of Arnor and Gondor.
I love how Dylan purposely makes intense moments less intense with his jokes or off-handed comments. I love LOTR but this was so funny 😂
Dylan: Just give them all to the elves. The elves are positive people.
Me: Shall we move on to the Silmarillion
Omg, YES. I was cry laughing everytime he said that
"The ring was more of hindrance than a help." And that IS the power of the ring.
Which is exactly why it had to be destroyed
I feel like Dylan is the kind of person who pisses on Batman because Batman has no superpowers compared to Superman.
It also has a will of it's own. A will that corresponds with that of Sauron. It let's him know where the bearer of the ring is - when used, and will intentionally slip away if it does not desire to be carried anymore. It also seduces everyone around it to desire it beyond anything else, like a severe drug - while keeping the carrier alive indefinitely like it did with both Bilbo and Gollum. Not quite sure why Gollum was not aging the same way as Bilbo rapidly did however after losing the ring, considering Bilbo was ringless for a much shorter time than Gollum was. It's however evil and destroying it was the whole point of the book, as the existance of it was the only thing maintaining Sauron's seat of power and ability to take form on Middle Earth. And it's absense from Sauron's hands is the only thing making it possible to actually defeat Sauron. Only a few individuals in the world of Tolkien can wield it's full power, such as Gandalf, Saurman or Galadriel and a handful of others - but even then it will twist and corrupt them into brutal monsters as they do, to the point of controlling them. The reason a hobbit was chosen for the task of carrying the ring was because they were considered much more difficult to corrupt as they were innocent and mostly powerless by nature, not to mention inconspicuous due to their small size and less than intimidating stature, thus possibly able to sneak past the formidable defences of Mordor without much of a fight. The other rings had their own magical powers of a less extreme nature - and could be controlled by Sauron if he held the main ring of power himself as I understand it (as was the purpose of those rings - to be tools for puppeting the most powerful individuals in Middle Earth by seducing them with magical powers).
@@samilou I'm no huge Tolkien scholar, but Bilbo aging while Gollum doesn't could be due to Bilbo willingly giving up the Ring, while Gollum lost it through theft.
@@cathsaigh2197 Does sound plausible.
Dylan: "Give all the Rings to the Elves, they'll be positive people!"
Me: *laughs in Silmarillion*
"They just seem so peaceful."
...tell that to Olwë
Oof honestly 😂
This actually got me to tears 😂
😂
😂🤣🤣 I laught tho , and that is important !
I would just like to say that I am massively impressed that he watched over 12 hours of LotR content in one sitting. I love these movies, and I wouldn’t have the capacity to do that. And it’s for that reason I can completely understand why he doesn’t react exactly the way a fan might hope he would, or understand certain details, or even come to wild conclusions (moth turning into eagles). This is A LOT of movie.
As a huge Tolkien and Dylan fan, this was both a very entertaining and excruciating video to watch 😂😂
I'm just going to clear up some questions for those who are interested:
1. The wizards aren't what you think they are. They're not really spell-using people, they're almost a type of angel and were made by the Gods to look after the world they created. Also, Gandalf didn't turn the moth into an eagle. The eagles are creatures created by a god just like any living creature in Middle-Earth, but he called upon them for help.
2. What the rings do is they give the carrier the power to protect what they desire most. The dwarves desire treasure so they kept finding more and more gold until dragons came and ate them and their rings, basically. The elves love nature and the world around them, so their rings preserve their cities and basically make them livable for the elves. Kind of weirdly explained probably but basically as the world was created there was a certain amount of magic in it and it's declining over time. Elves feed off that so when at the end the rings lose their power after the one ring is destroyed and don't preserve that anymore, all the elves leave the world to go to Valinor (Heaven kinda). Men care about their lives the most, so the rings stretched it so thin until they became wraiths basically. The one ring is different since it wasn't forged with the others. It was made from malintent and basically only exists to oppress others and it only listens to Sauron. That's why it's continuously trying to be worn or escape or be found, so it can get back to Sauron.
3. Aragorn is a special human-ish. Basically, his bloodline has some elf blood so he's blessed with a longer life, but he's still mortal. The Evenstar (the necklace he got from his elf girlfriend) does protect him but doesn't necessarily grant him more life.
4. It was Tolkien's vision for the hobbits to be simple creatures. They're not accustomed to life outside of their safe shire, so going out and doing this mission was their big storyline and their main character points. You could give Frodo powers with the ring but he wouldn't really use it since that's what hobbits are like. That's also why they wanted a hobbit to carry the ring and why they can resist it for so long. There's also something to say for Tolkien using his experiences in the war as inspiration, simply being a normal guy but being forced into this big battle with nothing.
If you want to know more about Middle Earth and the story I suggest reading the books, it's an amazing experience. Apart from the three books in the The Lord of the Rings trilogy, there's also the Simarillion which is basically a book about the mythology and societies of Middle Earth.
I thought Aragorn had longer life because he was a Dúnedain. I don't think it had anything to do with being related to elves.
@@psychobratt The Dunedain were men who were given longer life by the Valar to live on the island of Numenor. So yes they weren't ever really any part elvish technically, just elevated genetically by blessing and proximity to the kingdom of the elves. I can't remember though if very very very very distantly Aragorn is a descendant of Elrond who is Half-Elven.
Does it also talk about the origins of Voldemorts' ancestry?
@@ArthurDeaville Elrond is Half-Elven; he and his brother Elros were the children of Two Elf-Human pairs. They were each given the choice to be human or elf. Elrond chose Elf, Elros chose human. Elros vecame the first king of Numenor-the Numenoreans although human were given a gift of long life. Aragorn is like 3,000 years descended from Elros. Elrond's children (Arwen had twin brothers) were also given the choice to be human or elf. Ordinary elves don't get to choose. Yes, Arwen was Aragorn's distant cousin.
you forgot gandalfs ring tho, and Wizards of middle earth are forbiden to go full power blasting everybody(they can go ham but only to beings that are like them for example Balrog)they are kind of a guide to people helping mostly
Dylan: Lagolas has no depth
Also Dylan: Proceeds to not include any scene that Lagolas talks or does anything big in
THANK YOU!!!
Linnéa Not really, aren’t they usually equal? For me, Legolas and Gimli’s development are tied together. They start out hostile towards each other, unable to understand each other’s point of view - and then they become friends. They represent the ability to break down boundaries and overcome prejudice. I’m kinda surprised he missed it, considering the theme is present in nearly every scene either of them speak in.
Yeah and in the books Legolas is kinda the goofy one and Gimli more the serious one of the duo :D
IKR when I first watched this series Legolas was one of my favorites like his aim is literally always perfect and like how can you not think he’s epic
Also he was like the first fictional character I had a crush on lol 😂
To be fair, whether or not he adds Legolas's scenes to the video, he has in fact seen the scenes and so his opinion still counts. That said I totally disagree with him but he's welcomed to his wrong opinion.
I'm still in awe of this bit of trivia I recently found out: That iconic meme where Boromir says "one does not simply," the reason he has his head down and his hand over his face was b/c they had just revised the script not long before, so he was reading off of a paper that was on his arm! Knowing that, I can't unsee it: you can totally tell what he's doing. (15:39 for reference)
The amount that Tolkien drew from Norse mythology is incredible. Many names of characters, particularly in the hobbit are directly copied from the poetic edda. Examples: Kili, Fili, Durin, Gandalf, Thorin, Oakenshield. Middle earth even roughly translates to Midgard, which was the old Norse term for the realm of men.
Aragorn kicks helmet
Dylan: Haha Chill Homie!
Us as fans: knowing that Viggo Mortensen broke his toe when he kicked that. So the scream is actual pain....
pfyoda EXACTLY !!!
Exactly what I thought hahaha
Lmao right? 😂
Love that story. On the extras on the dvds/blurays. Really great extras on those. Really happy he did the extended versions.
I just know about it since a few minutes ago XD
Some interesting lore concerning Galadriel's hair. LONG before the events of the books, the most badass elf to ever live asked Galadriel for a hair. She never gave it to him because he only wanted it out of vanity. He asked her three times. She still said no. But Gimli, a dwarf of no great significance, asks her for a hair. She gave him three. Gimli fell in love with Galadriel. In the books he cries when leaving Lothlorien because he knows he's never going to see her again. Which is also why he asked for a hair.
Aw
This. It was NOT an ebay creeper gesture. It was deeper. Man's turned from spite to admiration, we love him for that 🥺
Before modern times, people would often keep locks of hair from their loved ones, to remember them and feel connected to them. Especially if they had passed or if they were moving far away since there was no photography or telephones or anything. So definitely not an abnormal creepy thing.
I was looking for this comment lol, I didn't want to write it myself xD
Although he does see her again in the undying lands.
I know this is now 3 years ago, but thanks for watching the whole trilogy back to back!
There are a few points that's worth clarifying for someone like you who hadn't read the books: -
1. The books obviously expand a lot more on a lot of the things you were wondering about. But mainly that the Three Elven Rings are there as protective magic, to maintain and preserve, they're not offensive weapons. The One Ring is wholly evil and is like the ultimate heroin - so if you use it it will not only let Sauron know where you are but it takes over your soul. Like heroin it induces a craving that cannot be lost, even after the Ring moves on to someone else - hence Bilbo and Gollum's cravings for it. The One Ring is there to allow Sauron to enslave those who use any of the lesser Rings (including the Three) - hence the Nine Nazgul fell under his spell. The Elves did not because they realised his plan and took their Three Rings off when Sauron still had his One Ring, only using them after he was cast down in the prologue of the film. The One Ring though allowed him to put forth his power into his servants and even into buildings like the big black tower in Mordor - hence when the Ring was destroyed, not only did his servants run amok, suddenly without the power of their Master but also the buildings collapsed. Sauron didn't actually die at the end of the film, but was so reduced by the destruction of the Ring that he could never again have any kind of power and was essentially a bodiless spirit.
2. Magic in Tolkien's story is much more subtle than is often portrayed in Fantasy Fiction that came after it. The act of casting spells is much, much harder than is commonly the case elsewhere and therefore you don't see Gandalf overtly casting magic very often. There are also relatively few magic-casters, so that's why you don't see an army of evil mages counter-acting Gandalf, Galadriel and so on.
3. You kept referring to "oil" and how it should be used. It's worth remembering that before our modern era of digging oil out of the ground or from under the sea with miles of subterranean drilling, the only oil you could get easily was from plants or animals. You just wouldn't have had enough to set light to an entire plain in order to defend a castle.
4. You're right that Legolas' character was relatively poorly-developed compared to others. But I suppose his greatest character achievement is that through his friendship with Gimli, he put an end to thousands of years of enmity between Elves and Dwarves. Again, this is better portrayed in the books - naturally the films would have been even longer than they were if they had attempted to cover that.
5. The power of the One Ring cannot be "used" by anyone easily, unless it's someone like Gandalf or Saruman, who already has a lot of magical power. But for them, the risk is that it completely corrupts them and that is why Gandalf was almost afraid of being offered the Ring by Frodo in the first film and doesn't even pick it up. He knows it would turn him evil and would make him into a new Dark Lord essentially. That is why the Ring had to be carried by the most innocuous, seemingly-powerless bearer, a Hobbit. Men are too easy to corrupt, even Elves and Dwarves would be corrupted too. But the books tell that Hobbits due to their much more simple and innocent nature are harder to turn than other races. Even then, Frodo did fall to the Ring in the end at the last moment, but none of the others in the Fellowship would have done any better, and the non-Hobbits would have fallen to the Ring sooner.
6. Some of the false deaths you refer to were more shocking at the time, because while the films were shot back-to-back, there was still a significant gap (about a year) between the theatrical releases. So for instance while you said you knew Aragorn hadn't died by the fact his image is on the Return of the King merchandise, this would not have been in existence yet back at the time of the Two Towers. So in the middle of the Two Towers, when Aragorn "falls", you don't know that he was going to come back for that particular reason. Of course, you know by then that Gandalf is back so Aragorn can be brought back too, and you never see Aragorn's dead body, but other than that, it's not quite as obvious as it seems now.
7. Again, the books cover this better, but Aragorn is from a race of higher men called the Numenoreans who have by this time dwindled in number to a handful. This is why he is so epic in fighting, so noble in character and is long-lived (he actually lives to over 200 years of age). This race was epic because they were early on in the history of Middle Earth blessed by the Gods for helping them in the fight against the early Big Bad Morgoth (Sauron's old boss). They also have some elf-blood within them - Aragorn for instance is distantly related to Elrond, as Elrond's late twin brother Elros was Aragorn's distant forefather thousands of years back.
Thank you for this explanation! I always wondered a lot of the points he made so this helped a lot.
"Oh wow! Little Gremlin saved him"
I started dying of laughter at that part
Cant believe he skipped: ''THAT STILL ONLY COUNTS AS ONE''
Yessss!!!
Yeah, but there's a lot to react to.
Danterik I was thinking the same 😂😂😂
😂👌👌👌 a classic
literally me
No one:
Dylan: perfectly remembers stuff like "mithril" throughout all of the movies, but keeps calling main hero "Hobo".
tbf mithril is a pretty popular fantasy metal so i can't blame him too much
@@BlackWACat and Frodo isnt a popular fantasy protagonist? xd
Frodo isn't in basically every fantasy novel/game/movie
@@comandantethorn9929 mythril appears in a lot of games and novels. Even Harvestmoon (farming simulator) has mythril in it lol.
@jamie sharpe oops, my bad, in my native language (russian) we say "main hero" instead of "main character", so it just got mixed in my head.
I've watched this like 5 times and every time he calls Frodo by his true name Hobo I cackle out loud. Honestly so freaking funny!
Is it desynched for everyone?
No, try resetting your phone.
No not for me
"the CG is so bad"
Blasphemy
I mean, if he were talking about the hobbit crap movies, then sure... Haha
It is bad, but at the time it was incredible
he should watch VFX Artist react to Lord of the Rings . By the corridor Crew, so he will understand how this movie has amazing effects!!
Well, the first movie was published in December 11th of 2001. Almost 20 years ago. Of course you see it "bad", but it was not bad at all. Nowadays movies have worse CGI...
@@freakpandor It does hold up even now
A few fun facts to LOTR:
-Tolkien actually said, that he likes Sam more than Frodo
-Aragorn isn't aging because he's related to the Dúnedain who live three times longer than normal men
-In the books there's not a lot said about Legolas or his backstory. I think the main reason he's in there is because he and Gimmly represent two groups, who originally didn't like each other but were able to overcome their differences and become friends.
Well, not 3 times longer per se, since their life expectancy is shrinking (Elros lived 500 years or more, Aragorn only 200 something, and he had the longest life-span in a loooong time (but I guess a lot of his ancestors got killed rather than died))
I wanna add in that Sir Christopher Lee (Saruman) knew J.R.R. Tolkien and he said that if his books were ever converted into a physical medium, he wished that Lee would play the role of Gandalf.
Also the " three strands of your hair" thing is actually a call back to when Feanor (asshole supreme) demanded a strand from her and she refused. Gimli on the other hand asks politely, as a compliment to her, and she gives him three as a sign that she honors him above even other elves.
He IS a Dúnedain. The Blood of Numenor is giving him a long life.
Reading these comments remind me how little I ever bothered to know about lotr. Idk where to begin trying to understand it all
When my parents weren't at home, we used to order some food and watch the lotr trilogy with my sister. I kinda miss those times and this video reminded me of them, so i really appreciate it. Also i gotta say, i wouldn't really recommend the extended edition for a first time watch.
@@misscraycray777 i think because the normal editions are more tightly paced. I love the extended editions but it was so much fun seeing the theatricals cuts and then seeing all these extra scenes when I got the extended editions.
@@david-jonballinger6638 Oh is that so? I watched the extended ones back to back for the first time and loved it.
@@misscraycray777 I must admit I think I would have found the extended versions a little intimidating as a 9 year old 🤣