The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [EXTENDED] // First Time Watching
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What an incredible second movie of this franchise, I'm loving every moment of it!! I'm especially glad that I watched the extended edition! My patrons helped enlighten me on what scenes were extended and I was surprised that several of these scenes were ones I really liked! So thanks to all of YOU for voting for me to watch the extended edition! I still think Aragorn is my favorite character, I just love his relationship to nature, love for Arwen, his honor and courage, I can't wait to see him in the next one! Other favorite bits are seeing more of Gollum, getting introduced to Eowyn, and especially seeing the friendship between all the Fellowship members!! So hyped for the final movie of the trilogy! I hope you enjoy this reaction, and if you did please leave a like, sub, comment, or even a super thanks/PayPal donation if you would like to support my channel further!
Viggo bought Brego and kept him until he died of old age. He also bought Arwen's horse and gave it to the stuntwoman that rode it!
That's so awesome
@@YlvatheViqueenwhat country are you from and what country do you life in now?
"Stille nu" sounds like Danish or Swedish or Norwegian. "Stilla nu" = Steady now or something like that :)
@@isasooner5I think she is a Swede living in Canada.
@@lightdampsweetenough2065 English when I was a boy, would sometimes be 'be still now' a warning to not move or make a sound.
The door keeper Hama at Edoras didn't 'fall for' Gandalf's simple trick with his staff (especially as Grima had told them to remove the wizard's staff), but did exactly what Tolkien was after there: he showed that the proud, independent men of Rohan used their own mind and initiative and were not enslaved by authority figures, even kings. This has really deep roots in Tolkien's value system, basically 'saving the whole kingdom' kind. The ancient virtues of courage and pride, common sense and free will were what he sought to show modern people through old, more 'true' language of meaning. So much so that the whole scene at the doors to the hall of King Theoden is borrowed almost entirely from the saga of Beowulf. Tolkien only took stuff from the best.
Sometimes you have to do the right thing even if it's the "wrong" thing.
You say this about the proud men of Rohan, but where was that when Grima banished the homie? They just said "🤷 okay I guess. We'll banish the sole active leader we have"
"Leave none alive" included Eowyn. That's why Grima was crying.
Interesting
When Gandalf died he said “every day was like a life age of the earth” so for Gandalf he had been gone for an inconceivable amount of time. That’s why he forgot his name. Also I love how they reveal him because they actually overlay his voice with Saruman’s voice
I'm not sure why, but I love Aragorn's huge grin after Legolas tells him "You look terrible".
That and Gimli's laugh after Legolas' box comment are just wonderful haha
I love that moment when you see that single tear from the actor playing Worm Tongue. The way that I interpreted that is that he chose to help Saruman because he felt it was going to benefit himself significantly. And in that moment he is figuring it out that Saruman’s aim is the total destruction of mankind, and so begins to regret his actions.
If you entered the Forbidden Pool you would be able to see the entrance to the cave, which was a hideout for those Rangers from Gondor. That is why they would typically kill people who entered it. It was for the protection of those soldiers working with Faramir.
And you are right about the specialness of the elvish items. The reason that the rope was so painful for Gollum was because it was made by the elves. Which is the same reason that the elvish waybread chocked him. Probably the best aspect of the extended version of the Fellowship movie is the farewell scene with the Elves where everyone gets a parting gift. They all get a cloak and the elves tell them, “Seldom do we clothe strangers in our own garb. May these cloaks shield you from unfriendly eyes.” And I’m sure that is not the exact quote. You see that Gandalf has an elven cloak too. They do not explain this in the movie. But in the book when Gandalf returns to life, he visits Galadriel in Lothlorian, as he knew that that was where the Fellowship was headed. And that is why he also has an elven cloak.
Starting with the first movie, the primary reason all the evil creatures zero in on Frodo is because he is carrying the Ring. They can sense some thing. I mentioned this only because so many people tend to wonder why Frodo continues to get in so much trouble, like being attacked by the Watcher in the Water and the Cave Troll, or the dead being in the Dead Marshes. Anytime a group of them are being attacked it seems that Frodo gets the worst of it.
You are totally right about the focus on nature versus industrialization. This was an important issue for Professor Tolkien, who saw the industrialization of rural England as criminal. And he had a particular love for trees. It is said that he saw the Shakespeare play MacBeth when he was young, which contains a scene where soldiers disguise themselves with branches and some guards in the castle see them, and think briefly that the forest is actually moving toward the castle. Apparently, Tolkien was disappointed that the trees were not actually moving toward the castle. And this was the reason that he developed Treebeard and the Ents ability to move the forest.
You're the only person I've seen react with such emotion to the scene where Brego comes to the aid of Aragorn. It's such a beautiful little payoff.
If Brego had been set free, why was he still in a bridle? 🤔
@@michaelhoward142 Who knows? I mean, someone forgot to remove it, yet he was still wearing it as he wandered? Weird question. A dog with a collar might still be freed, yes?
@@DavidAntrobus Animals running free wearing a bridle or collar are generally assumed to have gotten loose or lost.
@@michaelhoward142 Um, okay. I wonder if you're fully up to speed on this fiction thing, though. 🤔☺
@@DavidAntrobus I don't know. I've been reading and writing fiction for almost 50 years now. I wonder how up to speed you are on things making sense. It's not a big deal -- it's just a detail I noticed.
Glad to see someone else who appreciates Eowyn. She's my favorite character from the books.
The bad part is that her "final fate" and marriage to Faramir doesnt really gets shown. The whole "houses of healing" (where "the hands of the king are the hands of a healer" is again shown) simply isnt there, which would have been nice because "the sickness of the Nazgul/darkness" is magical and you need healing magic to cure/halt it.
@@Muck006 it would have needed to be introduced and mentioned a couple of times, as it was in the books, for it to be significant and meaningful in the movie.. and that is just too much time dedicated to a movie where already so much good stuff was struggling to make an appearance at all. I still think they didn't have to do Faramir dirty like they did.. that's my only gripe.
of course, I would also have loved for the movies to be 10 hours long each, and to include all the juicy things.. Bombadil, the scouiring... and so many more things.
🚨NO SPOILERS🚨
*Muck But the extended edition is already a vast improvement.
The dedication the friends have to each other is my favorite part of these films. It's the polar opposite of toxic masculinity
33:28 Gríma didn't really expect that Saruman would try to wipe out all of Rohan. He struck a deal with him hoping to get Éowyn, whom he desired, out of it. He might have wanted Éomer out of the way, but I very much doubt he wanted all the people to die.
All of the gifts Galadriel gave to the Fellowship were elven-magical. Sam tied a good knot to climb down the cliff-side and the "magic" in the elven rope knew he wanted to retrieve the rope, so it magically untied itself. When Sam was half-buried in front of the Black Gate, the elven-magic in Frodo's cloak projected the "illusion" that it was a big rock. The gifts provided by Galadriel to the Fellowship had several positive effects on the quests as a whole (you'll see yet another in Return of the King).
And it's the thoroughly corrupted soul of Gollum that causes these pure elf-made items to hurt him. The rope "burns" him when it is tied around him, and the lembas bread "chokes" him.
I love elven magic, it's so cool
The bad part about the cloaks is that their "magic of concealment" is only shown with the rock, but it would also be apparent when Frodo & Sam are sitting in the rain with Gollum creeping up on them.
@@Muck006 The cloaks don't provide total invisibility or complete, perfect camouflage. Gollum can sense the presence of the ring, and he knows exactly who and what he's looking for.
In the books, Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas are wearing their cloaks as the riders of Rohirim go right past them because the cloaks concealed them so well. They weren't hiding in the books. That may have been too hard to film convincingly, though
The Ent wives preferred open meadows and gardens rather than enclosed woods, so over time the Ents and Ent Wives drifted apart geographically and only visited one another once in a while. Bare in mind that once in a while to an ent could be thousands of years. Thousands of years before LOTR, during the final battles of the Second Age, Morgoth, Sauron’s old boss, burnt the Ent Wives gardens. No one knows for sure if they were destroyed with their gardens, or if some fled to distant lands. Loving your reactions. Got a new fan. ❤
There's a hint in the books that there's possibly an ent wife in the shire.
It's not confirmed one way or the other
It's great that you chose to watch the extended versions! Two of the scenes you really enjoyed - with Treebeard reciting poetry to Merry and Pippin until they fall asleep, and Théoden meticulously donning his armour in Helm's Deep - are actually part of the extended cut. It's funny, because those two scenes aren't usually the ones people think about when recommending this longer version; it's primarily the Boromir-Denethor-Faramir interaction in Osgiliath - which is only included in the extended cut - that people think gives better context to Boromir breaking his oath and succumbing to the temptation of the Ring. That's by far the most popular addition among the fans, but it's great that you found so much that interested you in the quieter, more atmosphere-focused extended scenes.
The friendship of Gimli and Legolas is indeed quite memorable. It is so masterfully written by Tolkien. After establishing the deep racial animosity between Dwarves and Elves, it is such a joy to watch how close they grow over the course of the story. Peter Jackson's adaptation does an incredible job of capturing the growing respect and mutual admiration of these two characters.
Your fascination with Sméagol/Gollum as a character is wonderful to see, and it is actually quite common among those who read/watch LOTR. Truth be told, one of the questions fans love to endlessly ponder is whether the character of Sméagol is ultimately redeemable or not, considering how long he had the ring and how much it corrupted him, and then knowing how he came into possession of it in the first place. I won't spoil anything by going into the details of the arguments on one side or the other, but if you take a minute to give your thoughts on the possibility of Sméagol's redemption at the end of watching the trilogy, there are many fans like myself out there who will be interested in hearing what you have to say, and will be eager to share our thoughts in response as well.
If Éowyn, the fiery and fierce shieldmaiden of Rohan, is already one of your favourite characters, then all I have to say is: you are going to absolutely love the next movie! I can't wait to see your reaction to how her story - and that of Rohan - concludes in Return of the King. You're definitely in for a treat.
Tolkien had an unparalleled love of myth, language, culture, and history. Knowing a little of your own interests from watching your RUclips content, it's not a surprise that you would find so much to enjoy in this story. I'm counting down the days to the release of your final LOTR reaction video!
Théoden donning his armor was in the theatrical version!
@@ViJoker1 Yes, a shorter version of Théoden's preparations in Helm's Deep was indeed in the theatrical release. However, the extended sequence where the donning was done in slow motion, with the bright backlighting to highlight each individual armour piece being fitted to his body, was only fully shown in the extended version from my recollection.
@@RoryMitchell00And one of the most significant aspects of that scene, especially for this reactor, is the poem that Theoden is reciting while donning the armor. If my recollection is correct, I’m pretty sure that poem is out of some classical Norse myth or poetry. As I have not watched the theatrical version of these movies in years I’m not really sure how the scene differs from one to the other. But I would expect that if the theatrical version is shorter, they probably didn’t include the poem.
Lmao I was thinking "how can you not tear up through the whole first movie even when Boromir dies, or when Sam goes into the water to stay with frodo, and not when Theoden is burying his son etc..." and then the horse finding Aragorn is what made you tear up. 😂
You aren't the only one who likes horses. The actor for Aragorn, Viggo Mortensen, also loves horses. Loved them so much that he purchased both horses that he rode in the movies and took care of them afterwards. He also bought Brego, the horse in this film, for the horse caretaker/stunt rider of the film who fell in love with the horse.
That's so awesome, I love Viggo!
Not quite. Viggo bought "Brego" for himself because he bonded so strongly with him. He bought "Asfaloth" for Arwen's stunt double because she could've never afforded a horse like that.
A bit of Tolkien lore: When Treebeard rescues Merry and Pippin from Old Man Willow, we see, transposed, a scene from the first book, The Fellowship of the Ring, where a much different character, Tom Bombadil, does the same thing back near the Shire. Tom is perhaps the most mysterious character in Tolkien's writing. The Ring, for instance, has no effect on him and he can even see Frodo when Frodo has it on. Tom has not made it into any production of Lord of the Rings that I know of, largely because he slows the story down with little real progress.
The wizards colours have different meanings but White Wizard is to counter the evil. Since Saruman didnt adhere to his task and joined the evil side (due to looking into the glass balls too much which Sauron corrupted) Gandalf was remade to be white and lead the middle earth foces to fight Evil. Blue and Brown Wizard also are named besides Gandalf the Grey.
He never really fully joined Sauron and hated him the most. And Sauron may or may not have realized Saruman would attempt to usurp the power over Sauron one day. But yeah. A lot goes into his decision. He was noble and strong for ages
@@Makkaru112 Oh, Sauron knew. He thought it was funny. That is what the line about Barad-Dur not suffering rivals and laughing at comparisons was about.
Saruman also restyled himself as "Saruman of many colors", so he abandoned the post, moreso than it being "taken away". Also, Saruman was "dominated" via the Palantir, but saying he was "corrupted" is a stretch imo. Even before then, he had concealed Sauron's impending return and had lied saying the one ring had "washed out to sea". He wanted it for himself.
I love it when Gandalf grabs his sword on the fly and no qualms goes right after the Balrog like a clash of titans. That's the way you do it baby. Props to Peter Jackson for capturing that awesomeness.
The Ring is utterly evil, being essentially part of Sauron's being, it stirs up evil and attracts it, so strong it even affects a simple hobbit like Frodo. And it gets stronger as it gets closer to Mordor.
Tolkein envisioned the men of Rohan as what if Anglo-Saxons of England were a horse based culture. In the books they came from the North where much of the Hobbit takes place, so in essence they were kind of like the Vikings. Jackson I thought visually portrayed them well.
Though the Elves weren't at Helm's Deep in the book, one thing I loved was when Haldir dies, the last thing he sees is all the dead bodies of his fellow Elves. Tolkien alluded to the Long Defeat of the Elves, those who stayed in Middle Earth after the First Age to fight Sauron, knowing in the end if they did so they'd lose everything and Middle Earth would be turned over to Men. Nicely done even if not canon.
Finally someone commented on the horn of Helm's Deep. I'd love to have a horn like that, even if just to announce dinner.
Like Viggo Mortensen's broken toe and Ian McKellan's bumped head back in Bag End, the flying off of the Rohan flag was an accident that worked within the story.
No, the flag was intended to detach. The way it flew away perfectly was the happy accident. I imagine if they couldn't get it to look right, they would have done a cg replacement.
@@ebreshea1337 That's not what I've heard.
@@BobBlumenfeld ruclips.net/video/CxoM_dNb-L0/видео.html "The flag ripped off - we made it rip off - but then the flag blowing in the wind and going over rooftops is done for real, it just happened. It was so windy that it did a perfect flight path".
@@ebreshea1337 Interesting. Every other reference I've seen has it being a very fortunate accident. Thanks.
They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard was a top 10 hit some years back, that's where it's ringing a bell for you. Great track.
It's hard to find any holes in a story created from the ground up. The invented languages are a favorite but getting deeper into the lore of the 'Creator' and the hierarchy of creation which follows shows how much thought went into this and why everything feels organic - because it is.
Freaking love The Two Towers. The diverging stories and Gollum! What a great performance by Andy Serkis. The bad ass opening with Gandalf and the Balrog. to kick it off and the battle of Helm's Deep! Lots of extended bits with the whole Ent thing.
The problem with that is that you also NEED THE MAP to really understand where everyone is. With Fellowship you can get by without it, but since there are 3+ separate teams in Two Towers ... it is simply confusing, especially since Aragorn & Co. and Merry & Pippin are going in the opposite direction ... away from Mordor / Frodo & Sam.
Horses are amazing. A friend from the barn told me she once took a bad fall while out in the fields. She lost consciousness, and woke up from her boy prodding her helmet with his hoof, trying to wake her up.
I'm only just ten minutes into the video but you said you were uncertain why the Orcs were keeping Merry and Pippen alive. Remember - Saruman's orders to his Uruk Hai troops were that there was a halfling carrying something of great value and that they were to be brought to him alive and "unspoiled". They were not told what the object might be but the Uruk Hai are making sure that Saruman's orders are carried out.
Only goes to show she wasn't paying attention, which isn't surprising! 🙄
"What are you, his bodyguard?" Sneering.
"His gardener."
I’m watching this with a mild but consistent thunderstorm going on and it keeps lining up with epic moments and it’s adding such a fun atmosphere!
Also, I’m only half way through but, as with the first, awesome reaction!
Well, I’m back to say that basically every bit of thunder lines up with something appropriate so let’s just go with LotR is PACKED with epic moments.
Great reaction Ylva! Loved you picking up on Brego, and the parallels of the story to World War and Industrialism; both things weighed heavily on Tolkien. Looking forward to your reaction to the third part, skål!
Thank you! Excited for the next one 😁
I love the way the Hobbits were beaning the orcs at Isengard. In the lore, they were dangerous at throwing rocks.
I think you would also really like the movie Hidalgo, its not fantasy but it is Viggo Mortensen and a bunch of horses
Sam’s speech - oh boy, I feel it every time. Now, I can’t wait for the next film in the series.
Everyone always mentions Sam and Frodo's friendship but I personally loved Legolas and Gimli's friendship it's so underrated
Aragorn is such a badass at Helm's Deep. He had a holstered dwarf warrior.
The Istari were 5 Maiar that come to Middle Earth to aid in the war against Sauron. They appeared to be old men, but were powerful in various ways. Saruman was the leader, joined by Gandalf and Radagast. There were two blue wizards that went into the east and did not enter into these tales.
A lot of the mythology around Lord of the Rings starts to make sense when you realize that Tolkien was a devout Catholic. Gandalf was sent back by the creator. The wizards are loosely based on Angels in human bodies.
Eru Illuvatar is the over God so to speak. The Valar are the arch angels, the Maiar spirits like Gandalf and Saruman (Olorin and Curumo) are lesser angels, and they don't retain their knowledge and memories when they are sent to middle earth. They are also subject to hunger and weariness and thirst just like other mortal / immortals in middle earth, it's very complicated. Gandalf's spirit in Valinor was so afraid of Sauron, that he refused to go at first, and his master Manwe said "this is why you MUST go."
Yet all of this is present lots of mythology that predates Christianity, it's far from exclusive to it. Its said he was actually heavily influenced by Norse mythology.
@@jdspencer60 Sauron and the Balrogs are also Maiar.
@@znk0r
Well all the writings we have of norse muthology are dated around the 13th century or later like the Edda by Snorri Sturluson.
Tolkien straight up copied names from that material, including the ones of the Erebor Dwarves and Gandalf which are names of dwarves also in the Edda.
Anyway in his letter number 142 he wrote that LotR was a "fundamentally Catholic" book so I see why many people bring that topic out. It's coherent with what we know about Tolkien and highly likely to be the main inspiration for certain things.
@@stefanomartello3786But he also hated allegory and argued with his friend, C.S. Lewis, who wrote allegorical Christian fiction.
An interesting aspect of Tolkien's writings is the apparent belief that the nature of your character, ie whether you are good or evil, can be affected by, or even effect, that with which you come in contact or even your appearance. Take the elven rope, for example.There was something about the fact it was elf made that damaged him while Sam and Frodo could touch it with no problem. The same thing applied to the cloaks Frodo and Sam wore; it is mentioned in the books he shies away fro their touch, as if there is some conflicting energy contained within the material that he could not tolerate. Sauron's appearance changed radically, from appearing like a sort of elevated Noldo (ie attractive, wise, etc) which is how he tricked Celebrimbor and the other smiths of Eregion, an ara that bordered the mountains under which was Moria. After spending a lot of his power in making the One Ring, and manipulating most of the Numenoreans into attack the Valar in Valinor, he lost his shape when the Island of Numenor was swallowed into the Sea, and could never take human shape again.
The reverse seems to be true too, as Frodo believed Smeagol could be deemed after his long exposure to the One Ring. As we saw in the movie, Smeagol couldn't eat the lembas bread, something he described in the books as being like ashes that choked him. Frodo tried to encourage Smeagol to eat some, telling him it would do him good, before stating, "maybe you can't even do that yet." The implication is clear; the longer Smeagol led a decent life, the more it would be mirrored in his physical state.
Gollum had been corrupted by the ring over 500 years ... which is why he eats RAW flesh and why the elven rope hurts him.
8:45 Saruman's orders were "Bring them [the halflings] to me alive, and unspoiled. Kill the others."
I say this to every reactor for this movie. Faramir and his men do not abuse Gollum in the book. and Faramir doesn't take the hobbits to Osgiliath. He is much more honorable in the book, a warrior of deep integrity.
I LOVE that LotR resonates so well with you that you still remember small but beautiful details from some weeks ago, like Gandalf looking sad when Frodo said he will take the ring
Whole LotR Love ❤
Frodo & Bilbo going to the Undying Lands is kind of like hospice. They will be comforted and healed as much as possible, and die when they are ready [according to Tolkien, probably less than a year.
Legoland and Gimli pass to the Undying Lands quite a bit later. To my knowledge, they are the only dwarf & elf to do so.
The Gandalf sitch is simple really. He was sent back by Iluvitar(god) imbued with a bit more of his full strength until his task is finished. Which his task is to AID and GUIDE the people of middle earth in the fight against Sauron that’s why you only see him use his “magic” against other “magical” beings I.e. Saruman, The Balrog, etc. he’s not there to carry everyone to victory. That’s why he always lets the people of middle earth decide what they’re going to do Frodo choosing to go to Moria and Theoden choosing to fall back to Helms Deep. Love the vid keep it up!
28:19 "Give it to me raw!"
Phrasing!
Careful somebody doesn't quote mine that...
Durin 4th certainly did….
Love and respect for Prof. Tolkien, and Peter Jackson's vision of this story is brilliant. These films will be embraced forever. Thanks, Ylva, looking forward to the next one.
Though the movies are certainly great cinema, they change what Tolkien wrote. Too many fans of the movies have never even read Tolkien.
@@mikelarsen5836 Yes, sad but true. I grew up with the books and hold them in such high regard. My hope is that the films inspire more people to read Prof. Tolkien's masterpieces.
36:04 "Kind of similar?!" They look a LOT similar, Ylva, lol! Just like two brothers, and their father. Look at the shape of their noses, the three of them-some of the best casting in the film!
30:33 Elves (and men, to some degree) can use a power called Osanwë-Kenta that basically allows for telepathic communication. Elves are generally better at it. I don't remember the exact details, but I think it works best with people who are close to one another, and it doesn't work with unwilling minds.
Because of your comment at the beginning of your Fellowship of the Ring reaction about being an English Literature major and someone who is a fan of Vikings, I wanted to point out a couple of things about this movie. I’m sure that plenty of people have already pointed out how Rohan and their culture is based on Vikings, just with an emphasis on horses and calvery. Fun fact, Tolkien began his military service in the calvery. He would actually break in horses. He apparently complained about just getting them well trained and then they got passed on to other soldiers and he would have to start over with a new horse. So just like he was known for his fondness of trees, he was also a big fan of horses. The war he served in, World War I was known for its mechanization of warfare, with the first widespread use of tanks and the horrors of poisonous gas. But it was also the last major war to use calvary. Back to The Two Towers - the song that Eowyn sang at her cousin’s funeral was in Old English and it is inspired from Beowulf. Beowulf was something that Tolkien wrote a translation for as one of his academic projects. And in the scene at Helm’s Deep where King Theoden is being dressed in his armor the voice over is another poem. It is a snippet of what is in the book and I believe that Tolkien was inspired by a couple of Old English poems to write this.
You also said you enjoyed Treebeard’s poems. There are a lot more of those in the Two Towers book. As far as what happened to the Ent Wives, the book explains that the Ent Wives loved gardens and places where they could plant and grow flowers and vegetables and such, while the Ents loved the deeps of the forests and wild places. The Ents would roam and periodically return to where the Ent Wives dwelt. Over time they would stay apart for longer and longer times. And eventually the Ents returned and could not find the Ent Wives. It is left is a bit of a mystery. During this time there were many terrible wars and upheavals going on. So we don’t know if the Ent Wives were killed or if the Ents simply couldn’t find them anymore. This is why Treebeard asks the Hobbits if they have seen any Ent Wives in the Shire. From what Merry and Pippin tell Treebeard about the Shire it makes him think that sounds like a place that the Ent Wives would like.
In the new series on Amazon, the Rings of Power, to Tolkien fan’s delight, there is a very brief shot, in either the first or second episode, where you have a brief glimpse of an Entling (a child version of an Ent). Because as Treebeard said, the Ents are not trees. They are as he said, Shepherds of the Forest. I find that some reactors to these films seem to have a hard time with that. I get the impression that some of them just think that Treebeard is confused about being a tree. Especially when Legalos and Gandalf talk about the trees waking up. I would suggest you look up the story behind the origin of the Ents. It is told in the early chapters of the Silmarillion.
The last thing that I would like to add is to make sure that you know that there is a new film coming out about Rohan. It is based on a very early war of the Rohirram. It is going to be a full length animated feature film. And it is going to be voiced by the actor who played Eowyn. So be on the lookout for that.
48:26 Finally someone who understands war tactics! Most reactors think the sun is shining out of Gandalf's arse. 👏
It's both. He describes himself as a "wielder of the flame of Anor" against the Balrog, which is the sun. And he clearly conjures magical light, both in fangorn forest and against the nazgul in RoTK.
The Ring is always getting Frodo into trouble.
Everyone is so ready to blame Pipin, who is Hobbit years is just a child, (Frodo being in his early fifties at this time), but many credit him with the intelligence to drip something for Aragon and the others to follow.
33:14 I've always interpreted it as him being in awe, touched by the power and macabre beauty of the horror... but I've been told I'm wrong.
Gimli is the only Dwarf to ever go to Valinor, which is where all Elves go in the end. This is because the bond of friendship between him and Legolas was so strong that an exception was made for Gimli.
Wait, so Gimli basically went to HELL?? 😯 I can't imagine he could be happy there. No smoked meat, no beer, no little hairy women, all those arrogant posh Elves around...he didn't deserve that. 🙁
Aragorn is also a teensy bit elf himself (he's actually Arwen's very distant cousin)
The pool was forbidden because it was a way inside a secret military installation.
Just so you know, Gandalf isn't human. He's a angelic being/lesser god sent to Middle Earth in a mortal form (along with 4 others, including Saruman) to advise the free peoples in order to resist evil and any eventual return of Sauron. His access to his true power was greatly diminished (out of fear of creating another Dark Lord). Gandalf is the only Wizard to keep to their mission, even to his death. For this, he was sent back, rewarded with higher station and more access to his power (aka, Gandalf the White).
The Balrog is the same kind of being who followed Melkor (the original Dark Lord, whom Sauron served as lieutenant for).
(Clarified) Let me share about Elrond & his daughter Arwen (& Aragorn by extension) therefore we must look at Elrond’s Twin Brother Elros, they both were half-elven brothers who can choose to be mortal or immortal because of their parents(Eärendil and Elwing) both half elven made a great sacrifice and went to Valinor to ask for help which lead to the greatest events in the early first and second age. Instead of being punished, the valar listened to them, that led to a great hosts of Valar and Maiar And Vanyar Elves went to Middle Earth that laid waste to Beleriand. After the War Of Wrath, the valar rewarded them for their sacrifices. They can choose to be elf or men, including their children. They chose immortally, but never return to Middle Earth because they thought that their twin sons had died. But they didnt die. Elrond chose to be immortal while his twin brother Elros chose to be mortal. He founded the Kingdom of Numenor. He lived in Numenor Island and blessed with a long life that include his descendants Those men who fought for the war were rewarded a long life but not their families or children. Only the family of Elrond can choose to be immortal or mortal in which Arwen did. Aragorn is the direct descendant of Elros, thats why he has a long life. The average lifespan of a Numenorean at their height was a few thousand years maximum! Now remember too that half elves are a common thing and whenever they did come together it was always significant !❤❤❤
Remember this is the SHORT version, there are so many moving parts that will make you want to dive into the books or the audio books or even do reaction videos to the famous lore videos by the biggest lore channels out there!
When you’re done the trilogy try doing reaction videos just like Moviejoob did now with the lore recently as well as OmarioRPG. I recommend videos by GirlNextGondor and The Red Book, and Tolkien Untangled and especially Men Of The West. Many other cool ones I’ll recommend in the comments section of those reaction videos you do from Tolkiens Legendarium lore videos. They are super engaging. You’ll be in love. Nothing would have existed if Tolkiens works never hit the light of day as they were meant to stay private and sometimes be shared with his children and so on. No Game Of Thrones. No Skyrim. No ElderScrolls, No World Of Warcraft, no Dungeons&Dragons. None of it. Not even Star Wars. Not even Harry Potter! They took inspiration from his works which were souly to give back a forgotten history of the Anglo Saxons that had their culture & history destroyed as the larger empires were riding around them. His works reflect the Elder Edda(Norse) The Kalevala(Finnish) and the Welsh people from Wales as well as Irelands cultures of the Tuatha De Danaan as well! His languages are fully fleshed out too resembling Finnish & Welsh
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By the way Elrond is around 6870-8000 years old & nearly a full Elf year (as they age very very differently to Men) is close to 144 man years(solar years for them). but if you want a more true age you must realize that he may be 8000 but in human years after the sun and moon were created from the flower from of the two trees of Valinor as well as one fruit from the other of the two trees; they experience the TIME and the way men experience it but their clock is different! They live as long as the world/Arda/Ëa does. Essentially. Which is why they are so in synch with the world around them and the nature responds to them ! Think of when Legolas walked ontop of all that snow on the Mountain of Caradhras!! They continue to endure as long ad the world itself does. (Arda) and speaking of age, Legolas is also 3000+years old by the time he becomes a member of The Fellowship Of The Ring! If you look back on the original trilogy movies: The fellowship had a 3000year old Elven PRINCE in their party. And a clandestine angelic being who was Gandalf originally known Olòrin to those such as Galadriel who knew him when she lived in Valinor, Elrond also knew would be one of the only others who’d know this save Círdan The Shipwright(Oldest Elf in the world but even he was a few generations down from the original elvish peoples to awake to the stars) & kin to Thingol who also is a semi distant cousin to Legolas as Legolas’ grandfather was the close cousin to Thingol(same with Galadriel’s Husband Celeborn through his father, their capital within Lothlòrien was named after his father(Caras Galadhon) Galadhon being the name indicating that which belongs to the father. And a 87 year old Númenorean man named Aragorn!, a 335 year old Dwarven Prince named Gimli. And as a microcosm they resembled the coalition of all the races of middle earth uniting under one banner which is another reason it sort of metaphysically set into motion the world uniting at the macrocosm !
Galadriel's Phial (gift to Frodo) is something really special. light & dark have a spiritual dimension in Tolkien. way back before the First Age Valinor was lit by two very special Trees that waxed & waned in opposition to each other. a master craftsman Elf named Fëanor fashioned three gems that captured their light, the Silmarils. (And it’s same power and light was drawn into it from the very firmament where it now stands amongst the stars as Eärendil himself (Elrond’s father stands watch over The Doors Of Night where Melkor still is held until fate holds him no longer.)
Everyone who saw them was captivated by them, even the Melkor(Morgoth); the first Dark Lord. Wars were fought over them called the Kinstrife after Morgoth had the Trees destroyed the Silmarils were the only light from them left and he stole them as you may remember, they changed hands a few times & eventually one was left after one fell into the sea & another was lost in a pit of magma. a Half Elf named Eärendil (the first one! Who was Elrond’s father.) came into its possession & sailed it to Valinor as a gift to the Valar to ask for their help in defeating Morgoth, which they did. the Valar turned it into a star & hung it in the sky with Eärendil as its guardian. the fountain of Galadriel's
Mirror is lit by light captured from the star Eärendil & her Phial has water from the fount. I've left out about 90% of the story but it's quite important & central to the story of Middle Earth. for her to give the Phial to Frodo is quite extraordinary. its light does burn & blind Shelob (that's the spider's name) but doesn't kill her outright. oh also, before he was put in the sky to guard the last Silmaril Earendil had two children, Elrond & his brother Elros the first King of Numenor. Tolkien's lore is deep & vast & the Silmarils are at the center of it.
The Star of Eärendil is the light that shines in the horizon both in the morning and the evening. It consists in a boat raised by the Valar and led by Eärendil, who carries a shining Silmaril while watching the Doors of Night. The Door of Night was a portal in the distant Uttermost West that leads to heaven, and/or the Void. Eärendil's ship Vingilot was taken by the Valar from the rim of the world, passed through the Door and was lifted into the "oceans of heaven". PS: Eärendil is ELROND’s half Vanyar Elf half human father, that father was the son of the great Tuor of the great stories of The Children Of Húrin book!❤❤❤❤
Aragorn is a CLOSE descendant of a direct bloodline to Elros(Elrond’s Twin Brother)
The title of half elven (Peredhel) was due to the combined history of Beren&Lúthien, his mother Elwing was the granddaughter of Lùthien! Eärendil was the husband of Elwing. The true half elf; son of the best elvish women ever who rescued hundreds from the highest of elvish kingdoms(Gondolin); her name is Idril & one of the best most powerful men around named Tuor. Who later on when they went to Valinor together through their own way lead to him choosing to be counted as One Of The Eldar for Idril. Eärendil did the same for Elwing. ❤
The entwives left because they love, more than anything, a well-ordered garden. And the entmen love most of all the wild woods. There is some sense that Sauron or the Wtich-King hemmed them in to a walled garden, then burnt the gardens, but I don't know if that's what happened. I don't think Tolkien ever provided a solution to the mystery of where they went, but he did say "I think they really are gone" in a letter.
First rule of battlefield strategy is attack downhill with the sun at your back.
Charge!!!!
5:24 Before exotic spices were imported into Europe, people would use salt, sometimes mixed with herbs or flowers, as seasoning. In fact, there are cities that got insanely wealthy because of their salt mines, to the point where salt was referred to as the "white gold". It was extremely valuable. Sam's salt appears to have herbs in it.
But it was replacing the other gift Galadriel gave him which was in a box like that…. Fully detailed in the books. Guess what it was !
People seem to keep forgetting that the ring is constantly influencing Frodo AND those around him. Not wholly his fault that he wanders into trouble, not wholly Boromir's fault he tried to take the ring, not wholly the troll's fault he concentrated on Frodo instead of the greater threat of the warriors, and so on.
He walked to the edge of the dry land in the marsh most probably because the ring MADE him want to look. This is most likely the cause of an intelligent and level-headed hobbit doing so many dumb things.
Great reaction to the movie 🎉 fun fact about the movie.viggo actually broke his toe in that shot where he kicked the helmet. Used the pain to make that yell
10:56 "Wow, he's such a good tracker."
Yeah.
He should be.
He's been practicing it for about 70 years.
He's a northern ranger.
Contrary to just about every modern video game, "ranger" doesn't mean "guy with a bow and arrow."
It means "guy who lives in and protects the wilderness."
Like modern park rangers in just about every national and state park in North America.
Tracking is part of the job; finding injured animals or dangerous predators by following their tracks is a mandatory skill for rangers.
Practicing it for 70 years might make one very, very good at it.
The part about the dead marshes includes Legolas’s Father; Thranduil, & Thranduil’s father Oropher, were to join the Last Alliance in from a different angle to achieve a certain war tactic but Oropher and others got waylayed by orcs & many corrupted men which lead to eventually Oropher dying there, this loss effected Legolas’s father so very deeply forevermore. The bond between he and his son is the same bond Thranduil has with Legolas. And the braid he wears is to honour his grandfather. I believe after his death braids became less common. A sort of respect thing I believe. Both his father and Grandfather lived in Doriath(Elu Thingol’s domain[Elwë], which was heartbea of middle earth; Aside from Gondolin which held this mantle until it’s secret location was given up by a tortured elf who was the son of a very important mother who was the sister of the high king Turgon). All on a landmass called Beleriand that sunk under the sea after a set of disastrous events that lead to many greater outcomes much later on in the legendarium. This here is a whole set of stories of which also includes a quite a bit of Galadriel too but moreso other characters during this era. Of Beren And Lùthien comes to mind and Children Of Hurin!! You’ll fall in love even more after the third movie. Then you can enter into the lore videos like Moviejoob and OmarioRPG have done reaction videos too. Amazing stuff.
One thing to add though is this scene resembles a lot from the other battle Tolkien was involved in called The Battle Of Somme. Look into it and tell me your thoughts.
If I could change one thing about the movies it would be how they changed Faramirs character. They've really done him dirty.
Gandalf died and his bosses (which we can sort of consider the good gods of Middle Earth) sent him back to finish his job of helping defeat Sauron, and since Saruman had turned evil and joined Sauron, they gave him an upgrade and Saruman's old job as the White Wizard, who is the top wizard in Middle Earth as well as the most powerful. That means he's also not exactly the same person he was back when he was Gandalf the Grey before he died, and that's why he acts a bit differently and at first he didn't remember he used to be Gandalf the Grey until Aragorn called him by his old name. Sir Ian McKellen has said that he liked playing Gandalf the Grey better than playing Gandalf the White because he felt the "weaker" version of Gandalf is more human and more fun.
Keeping the hobbits alive cause they don’t know who has the ring. They only know it’s a halfling.
16:35 Gandalf is basically an Angel. His true name is Olórin; “Gandalf” was simply the name given to him by the Men of the North (translated from Old English as “Wand-Elf”). His Elvish (Sindarin) name is Mithrandir (translates to “Grey Pilgrim”), and his Dwarvish (Khuzdûl) name is Tharkûn.
“A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.”
If he were separated from the force of destiny, it would always seem that way, wouldn't it?
The lament at the funeral for theodred is actually words directly from Tolkein, and is authentic old English. But Tolkein adopted old English as the language old Figure if for Middle Earth.
Yeah quite relevant, considering Tolkien took a lot of inspiration from the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Mercia for Rohan.
Obligatory comment that Aragorn broke a bone in his foot kicking the helmet. There were various other injuries, Orlando Bloom cracked a rib or two and Sean Astin cut his foot while wading, plus all the standard cuts and bruises.
It's not really Hobbit food he can't eat, it's the elvish bread, like the elvish rope, it hurts him.
14:07 Not technically a dragon, there is a Dragon in the forerunner to this story 'The Hobbit and it is very different. This is described as a 'Fell Beast'.
I think there is more of the Ents in this extended version than the theatrical release.
23:13 It's more important in the book that they do not kill Grima Wormtongue at this time.
28:32 "The Last War just reminds me of World War, right?"
Yes.
Tolkien fought in World War One also known as The Great War (though it was very much not great) but also known as The War to End All Wars.
That last one sounds a lot like "The Last War".
Tolkien saw the horrors of war and and wrote a lot of that into this trilogy.
Peter Jackson didn't include much of that. Just glimpses.
My guess is he felt that Steven Spielberg nailed it 3 years earlier with Saving Private Ryan so Jackson just focused on the main story here.
Gollum can't stand the taste of the elvish bread for the same reason he reacted so badly to the touch of the elvish rope. In this world, the elves were to created before humans, and therefore are closer to the creator, more filled with magic and goodness. The things they create carry some of that spiritual energy (for lack of a better word). Gollum has spent 500 years soaking in the evil spirit of the ring. He's fundamentally corrupted by it, in his soul, so he can't stand the touch of something like that.
So as part of his transformation from his long exposure to the Ring, Gollum developed an aversion to all things made by elves. This is probably a side effect of Sauron's hatred for elves being infused into the Ring (as they were his main adversary for millennia). It's like an extreme allergy
They were ordered to capture the halflings because they (Frodo)had the ring, they did not know what Frodo looked like and did not know he escaped with Sam, so they assumed either Merry or Pippen had it.
Before he was Billy Butcher in The Boys, he was Eomer in Lord of the Rings ❤
He was also the lead in 2012's "Dredd".
@@michaelhoward142 -lead- he IS "Dredd".
@@Muck006 Yes. That's what "lead" means. The main or title character.
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21:18 Yeah, the people of Rohan are basically Vikings with horses.
You keep saying that the theme here is hope. A nice tidbit in that regard is that Aragorn, when he was a kid, was called "Estel", which means "hope" in Sindarin, to hide him from his enemies. Aragorn is hope.
I love that tidbit!
love her eyes tbh, good reaction, looking forward to see the return of the king ^_^
Eowyn is a badass beauty who can sing a funeral song and ride and fight better than most men, making good stew is outside her skill set.
39:43 We see Peter Jackson's children again.
I have not had Swedish salt liquorice, but I have had the Finnish version (I had some Finnish friends at University). I love it!
The idea that the eponymous "two towers" are Barad Dur (Sauron) and Isengard (Saruman) are unique to the films. In the novel, they referred to Minas Tirith, formerly Minas Anor, and Minas Morgul (where the Nazgul hang out when off the clock), formerly Minas Ithil. The capital of the Kingdom of Gondor is actually Osgiliath, the ruins of which Faramir and his company were defending in this film. The two towers were forts to the east and west of the city. However, Sauron's armies ended up taking Minas Ithil, renaming it Minas Morgul, before the events in The Lord of the Rings; a few hundred years before this, following a period of civil war (in which the city was sacked) and a plague, the Gondorians more-or-less abandoned Osgiliath and moved the capital to Minas Anor, renaming it Minas Tirith, taking a sprig of the White Tree with them.
Ackshyally, the two towers are Orthanc, at Isengard, and Cirith Ungol, where Frodo was captured and Sam used the Ring to rescue him.
@klaptongroovemaster Indeed? Did I misremember it? It is possible.
@@hanng1242 Frodo and Sam pass by Minas Morgul in book two, but all the action is in Cirith Ungol at the end. (This stuff got put in movie 3). Gandalf and Pippin arrive at Minas Tirith in the beginning of book 3.
Great reaction! Peter Jackson picked the two towers as barad dur (sauron) and orthanc (saruman) but its a bit more ambiguous in the books. The original book cover was of orthanc and minas morgul (where the nazgul live). Its the city Gollum is leading them past at the very end. (The book includes a bit more of that journey which is shown in the next movie. But other Book editions have also included minas tirith (where boromir is from) and occasionally barad dur on the covers. They are all staging points for the gathering armies... Get ready for the epic conclusion!!!
Minas Morgul isnt really mentioned in the movies, people only know about its importance unless they read the books. It is the "opposing city" to "the white city" ... both of them surrounding Osgiliath in/on the river. Both of them are CITIES, so it is pretty clear that the second tower is Orthanc.
The final episode/ movie of the story was on earlier
The seasoning thing seemed to replace Galadriels other gift which was soil from Lothlòrien and Nut/seed of a Mallorn Tree and he was to plant it in the shire and the main one replaced the giant party Tree. ❤ and to basically be the only trees that grow in middle earth besides the undying lands in the far west. Valinor. ❤
At 16:00 you ask if Gandalf is reborn. Well - you have to know who the magicians - Gandalf, Saruman and three others (Ragagast the brown and the two blue magicians Alatar and Pallando) - really are: In Tolkien's world there are the so-called "Ainu": spirit beings, perhaps comparable to mythological gods or archangels. The highest among them are the Valar. Subordinate to these Valar - and effectively serving them - are the Maiar. One of the first of these Maiar was Curumo, subordinate to the Vala of Blacksmithing - Aule. Because he was the eldest of the small group of Maiar, which were sent later to Middle-earth, he was always considered the highest in rank. He was sent to Middle-earth as a magician (Istar) in the 3rd age in order to intervene in the affairs there. This is Saruman. But other Maiar were sent to Middle-earth as magicians (Istari), including Gandalf. Gandalf was previously subordinated to the highest of the Valar - Manwe - under the name "Olorin". This is interesting in that it basically makes it clear from the start that not Saruman but Gandalf will one day be the highest of the magicians (Istari)! Gandalf is also called "Mithrandir" by the Elves. Legolas calls him so when Gandalf reappears in the Forest of Fangorn as "Gandalf the White", and Galadriel always calls him "Mithrandir" (meaning "grey pilgrim"). It's also important to know that the Dark Lord Sauron is a Maiar too! He was the servant of the former Vala Melkor, who defected from the "gods" (Valar) and became Morgoth. Morgoth is sort of a "Lucifer" figure in Tolkien's world, and Sauron is his servant. So basically Gandalf and Sauron are on the same level - and the war for Middle-earth actually decides between Sauron and Gandalf as equal - highest - opponents.
Thanks for the insights! Note that the Balrog of Morgoth is a Maiar too, and the fight against Gandalf in the movie gave a glimpse of their powers and physical abilities.
You're right, Arwen was supposed to arrive with the elves to help but she was cut cause reasons.
The way I understand it is there are wizard levels, which is pretty much what you said. Think of it like Gandalf leveled up from grey to white. I think white is supposed to be more powerful than grey.
The Wizards in this world are not just old, wise men with magical powers. In fact, they are not even humans nor Elves, but very powerful, immortal spirits called "maiar" taken a physical form. Sauron and that demon Gandalf fought with are also from the same "race", but fallen into evil during the beginning of this world eons ago when they were corrupted by the original Dark Lord called Melkor. Sauron was his mere lieutenant, until Melkor was defeated by the forces of good.
Gandalf after his "resurrection" was closer to his true maiar form, and the ban to use his true power in a form of a mortal man was partly lifted upon him.
Back in the day, salt was very expensive. It was surprisingly hard to get, and a precious commodity. And I believe Roman soldiers actually got salt as part of their pay of memory serves.
The word "salt" is where we get the word "salary".
At 39:53 you missed that Legolas's speech.. He said " Three hundred, against 10 thousand?" Because of this, all people that our have were hopeless.. :(
"I don't know whether to be scared or just feel bad for Gollum."
Both.
This will help make sense of the movies. Gandalf is the same species of being as the Balrogs/Sauron before twisted by Melkor[Morgoth]. They are all Maiar (primordial spirits). Gandalf named Olórin created by Eru’s Thought (extensions of Eru Îlluvatar himself whilst they had their own free will & individuality. He essentially got the chance to experience and study other parts of himself through this.) among the other Ainur before the Years of the Lamps roughly 9,000+ years before arriving in Middle-earth; In Valinor he was known as Olórin.(Remember though he formally existed before the world existed and his form becoming Gandalf hadn’t happened yet. He was sent to Middle-earth in human form around the year 1000 of the Third Age. So his many forms had different ages in length of existing. He’s very cool right! Could he get any cooler!? 😎❤️ Another thing is when he arrived in middle earth he was disguised as an elf & lived among them whilst they were unknowing & he became to be known as Mithrandir to the Quendi/Eldar❤️ He could have very well dwelled with the elves far earlier just do to his curiosity & simple desire to explore and be around the firstborn (TheElves)
Gandalf The Grey/White
Estimated at 15,000 years old (following his quote "300 lives of men, I have walked this earth"), It says that Gandalf was the wisest of the Maiar besides Melian herself. There were a lot of Maiar that were considered really great and powerful.
However, there is a much longer answer. Like Sauron(former name is Mairon) & the other Istari (the order sent around the same time & of which he was appointed leader but he being who he is & a student of the Vala by the name Nienna & Lorien(Irmo). Gandalf was a Maiar, an angelic spirit created by Eru at the beginning of time and therefor one of the many Ainur who sang the world into being & Eru just helped their creation take shape and basically stated “behold YOUR creation” & basically what happens in that world goes sort of preordained as by that song eons ago so really only the ages after Dagor Dagorath will truly be an age that isn’t full of strife and sadness and longing.
Also. These lamps are what were before even the two trees. These were Giant mountains but also like light houses but housing a great power but it may have also been where two special Maia lived that helped in the creation in the sun and moon after Melkor With eldrich terror Ungoliant killed the trees, so yea “Arien” is the Maia who basically exists with the sun and her brother and or lover of sorts is the one who wanders with and guides the moon. Of which that other Maia was “Tillion”
References to 'Dwarf tossing' is an 'in joke' in these movies. Dwarf tossing was a 'sport' which had a thankfully brief life in the early 1980s, practiced in some pubs (bars) in which persons of small stature, clothed in garments coated in velcro, were thrown by full-sized participants at targets to which the projectile dwarves would adhere. Sort of human darts. What can I say?! It was not the best example of pub culture.
To clarify things about Elrond & his daughter Arwen (& Aragorn by extension) therefore we must look at Elrond’s Twin Brother Elros, they both were half-elven brothers who can choose to be mortal or immortal because of their parents(Eärendil and Elwing) both half elven made a great sacrifice and went to Valinor to ask for help which lead to the greatest events in the early first and second age. Instead of being punished, the valar listened to them, that led to a great hosts of Valar and Maiar And Vanyar Elves went to Middle Earth that laid waste to Beleriand. After the War Of Wrath, the valar rewarded them for their sacrifices. They can choose to be elf or men, including their children. They chose immortally, but never return to Middle Earth because they thought that their twin sons had died. But they didnt die. Elrond chose to be immortal while his twin brother Elros chose to be mortal. He founded the Kingdom of Numenor. He lived in Numenor Island and blessed with a long life that include his descendants Those men who fought for the war were rewarded a long life but not their families or children. Only the family of Elrond can choose to be immortal or mortal in which Arwen did. Aragorn is the direct descendant of Elros, thats why he has a long life. The average lifespan of a Numenorean at their height was a few thousand years maximum! Now remember too that half elves are a common thing and whenever they did come together it was always significant !❤❤❤
Remember this is the SHORT version, there are so many moving parts that will make you want to dive into the books or the audio books or even do reaction videos to the famous lore videos by the biggest lore channels out there!
When you’re done the trilogy try doing reaction videos just like Moviejoob did now with the lore recently as well as OmarioRPG. I recommend videos by GirlNextGondor and The Red Book, and Tolkien Untangled and especially Men Of The West. Many other cool ones I’ll recommend in the comments section of those reaction videos you do from Tolkiens Legendarium lore videos. They are super engaging. You’ll be in love. Nothing would have existed if Tolkiens works never hit the light of day as they were meant to stay private and sometimes be shared with his children and so on. No Game Of Thrones. No Skyrim. No ElderScrolls, No World Of Warcraft, no Dungeons&Dragons. None of it. Not even Star Wars. Not even Harry Potter! They took inspiration from his works which were souly to give back a forgotten history of the Anglo Saxons that had their culture & history destroyed as the larger empires were riding around them. His works reflect the Elder Edda(Norse) The Kalevala(Finnish) and the Welsh people from Wales as well as Irelands cultures of the Tuatha De Danaan as well! His languages are fully fleshed out too resembling Finnish & Welsh
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By the way Elrond is around 6870-8000 years old & nearly a full Elf year (as they age very very differently to Men) is close to 144 man years(solar years for them). but if you want a more true age you must realize that he may be 8000 but in human years after the sun and moon were created from the flower from of the two trees of Valinor as well as one fruit from the other of the two trees; they experience the TIME and the way men experience it but their clock is different! They live as long as the world/Arda/Ëa does. Essentially. Which is why they are so in synch with the world around them and the nature responds to them ! Think of when Legolas walked ontop of all that snow on the Mountain of Caradhras!! They continue to endure as long ad the world itself does. (Arda) and speaking of age, Legolas is also 3000+years old by the time he becomes a member of The Fellowship Of The Ring! If you look back on the original trilogy movies: The fellowship had a 3000year old Elven PRINCE in their party. And a clandestine angelic being who was Gandalf originally known Olòrin to those such as Galadriel who knew him when she lived in Valinor, Elrond also knew would be one of the only others who’d know this save Círdan The Shipwright(Oldest Elf in the world but even he was a few generations down from the original elvish peoples to awake to the stars) & kin to Thingol who also is a semi distant cousin to Legolas as Legolas’ grandfather was the close cousin to Thingol(same with Galadriel’s Husband Celeborn through his father, their capital within Lothlòrien was named after his father(Caras Galadhon) Galadhon being the name indicating that which belongs to the father. And a 87 year old Númenorean man named Aragorn!, a 335 year old Dwarven Prince named Gimli. And as a microcosm they resembled the coalition of all the races of middle earth uniting under one banner which is another reason it sort of metaphysically set into motion the world uniting at the macrocosm !
Galadriel's Phial (gift to Frodo) is something really special. light & dark have a spiritual dimension in Tolkien. way back before the First Age Valinor was lit by two very special Trees that waxed & waned in opposition to each other. a master craftsman Elf named Fëanor fashioned three gems that captured their light, the Silmarils. (And it’s same power and light was drawn into it from the very firmament where it now stands amongst the stars as Eärendil himself (Elrond’s father stands watch over The Doors Of Night where Melkor still is held until fate holds him no longer.)
Everyone who saw them was captivated by them, even the Melkor(Morgoth); the first Dark Lord. Wars were fought over them called the Kinstrife after Morgoth had the Trees destroyed the Silmarils were the only light from them left and he stole them as you may remember, they changed hands a few times & eventually one was left after one fell into the sea & another was lost in a pit of magma. a Half Elf named Eärendil (the first one! Who was Elrond’s father.) came into its possession & sailed it to Valinor as a gift to the Valar to ask for their help in defeating Morgoth, which they did. the Valar turned it into a star & hung it in the sky with Eärendil as its guardian. the fountain of Galadriel's
Mirror is lit by light captured from the star Eärendil & her Phial has water from the fount. I've left out about 90% of the story but it's quite important & central to the story of Middle Earth. for her to give the Phial to Frodo is quite extraordinary. its light does burn & blind Shelob (that's the spider's name) but doesn't kill her outright. oh also, before he was put in the sky to guard the last Silmaril Earendil had two children, Elrond & his brother Elros the first King of Numenor. Tolkien's lore is deep & vast & the Silmarils are at the center of it.
The Star of Eärendil is the light that shines in the horizon both in the morning and the evening. It consists in a boat raised by the Valar and led by Eärendil, who carries a shining Silmaril while watching the Doors of Night. The Door of Night was a portal in the distant Uttermost West that leads to heaven, and/or the Void. Eärendil's ship Vingilot was taken by the Valar from the rim of the world, passed through the Door and was lifted into the "oceans of heaven". PS: Eärendil is ELROND’s half Vanyar Elf half human father, that father was the son of the great Tuor of the great stories of The Children Of Húrin book!❤❤❤❤
Aragorn is a CLOSE descendant of a direct bloodline to Elros(Elrond’s Twin Brother)
Tolkein used inspirations from Celtic, Germanic, Nordic, Greco-Roman, Slavic and Judeo-Christian themes of stories to form his world.
The place that became the marshes is where Legolas’ grandfather died! ❤❤❤
The thing about Wormtounge is that he's following a literal angel. Yeah he's fallen but Grima probably doesn't understand that.
the Maia (Wizards) are servents of the highest gods. Why would they be bad ?
that tear i think is the true moment it's sinking in....What he's done....What side he's on....He was also under a sort of illusion but it was mostly awe of the angel.
Awesome reaction as always!
The Two Towers is my favorite of the Rings movies.
When the Elves show up to Helm's Deep, it's a goosebumps inducing moment!
King Theodan is my favorite character in this, all the emotions he goes through..... it's an awesome character progression.
Again, great reaction!
P.S.....you have an awesome guitar collection.
Such a great movie for sure! Thanks for watching, and glad you like my guitars! Hoping to do some more music soon 🎸
Sounds travels faster in solid rock or metal than it does through air, you can hear movement from very far away (gangsters used to listen to trains by puting their ear on the rails, they could hear them from miles away and set their trap).
Gandalf, like Saruman are angels sent to Middle Earth in magician form to help and counsel. Gandalf was sent back after his body was killed and promoted to White to replace Saruman.
Numenorians were part Elvish, before the went down Atlantis style for wanting to invade the West continent of Valinor from where the Elves come.
Watch for Gollum's eye pupils are very small while the Smeagol side are wider and bigger.
Cool effect...
Enjoying your reaction.
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Saruman has a palantir - a "seeing stone" - and plenty of spies, birds and other creatures. There's nothing Wormtongue can tell him that he doesn't already know. The things he tells him are exposition for the audience, not news to Saruman. There really wasn't any harm in letting him go. Also, it would look bad in the eyes of his people if the first thing he does when he comes out of the spell is to kill someone who had been his advisor.
Brego the horse - Aragorn says, "Your name is kingly." Brego was the name of one of the old kings of Rohan.
"To enter the Forbidden Pool bears the penalty of death." - this isn't just some arbitrary rule. The waterfall that feeds the pool conceals the entrance to the cave that Faramir and his men are using as a secret base in the no-man's-land between Gondor and Mordor. They are what in the modern world would be called guerilla fighters, and they can't risk their base of operations being exposed.
And that creature the nazgul was flying on was not a dragon. Dragons are much bigger, and much worse. They are intelligent and proud, and would not allow themselves to be used as mounts. The thing shown is referred to in the books as a "fell beast". It's just a beast - twisted and corrupted to evil. I think Tolkien intended them to look like pterodactyls. Or just really ugly featherless birds.
Lesser dragons who were bred with lesser drakes. Lost their magic and speech
Smaug: “Release me at once. Get that saddle off me knave” ahahah
I had salted licorice from someone of Dutch descent. I describe the taste as similar to that of Satan's ball sweat.
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