LORD OF THE RINGS: The Fellowship of the Ring | MOVIE REACTION & COMMENTARY! ***First Time***
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2023
- Today is that day I REPEAT, today is that day!! Me and Carianna are taking a look at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time! This might be the LONGEST movie I have ever seen at this point but hey let’s get it!!!
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Just so you know, Gandalf most definitely did not pick up a random stack of papers. The movie doesn't explain it, but Gandalf is gone for 17 years trying to find information on the ring. He is hunting through every library in Middle Earth, spending an unbelievable amount of time digging through journals and recollections, trying to find the information that he finally comes across when you see him.
By the way, no one built those statues in the middle of nowhere. Haha. Those are the trolls Bilbo was telling the little kids about at his birthday party. The sunlight struck them and turned them into stone.
Yeah people underestimate the MASSIVE time skip within the first few scenes. I couldn’t believe how long he was gone when I read the books.
Precisely! Also, when he was in Minas Tirith, Faramir aided him, (see later reference by Denethor saying Faramir was a wizard's pupil.)
@@jubilantsleep Well, to be fair, the movie does not give any sort of reasonable picture of how long he was gone. When I first saw the movie, I hadn't read the book, and it seemed like he was gone at most for a couple of months. Then I read the book and was like 'yeah that makes more sense'.
Tbh if the movie had every timeskip it would be atleast 8 hours long if it had every detail including the side stories in that time
@@mohammedshaheen-bj9sv The movie didn't need to fill in the whole time-skip but it would have been nice if they acknowledged it, just a quick line to tell the audience how long it had been. However they would have had to either de-age Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippen in the beginning or age them up once Gandalf returns.
Tolkien used the word black a lot to signify evil. He definitely didnt intend it as racial thing. More so the absence of light. The source of physical light is incredibly significant in the lore of Lord of the Rings.
The word black has been used globally to signify evil, even in African cultures.
@@Makkaru112Pretty much everywhere, really. The Vedanta and Yoga scriptures also talk about the white/black being light/darkness and essence/void. Here in Brazil, same thing with oral tradition from native americans descendants. It has been used as a racial thing, though, for example with Alan Kardec saying that skin colour was a manifestation of spiritual evolution (white being evolved and black not).
And yet black is the colour of Orthanc, built by the Numenoreans. And also the Palantirs are black. Created by Feanor, greatest smith among elves or any other race and thus become 7 treasures of the Numenoreans.
@@vandalayindustries3057 My thoughts exactly. Well said.
Yes which is just connected to our instinctual fear of the dark since predators tend to hunt at night. So people who call it racist are just fully morons.
"Fly, you fools" = "Don't just stand there grieving me, FLEE. Get out of here, they're shooting arrows and you're not close enough to help me."
Yeah I was gonna mention that lol I guess Nordic and Germanic folk tales and Norman would have inspired him but he really took all the creatures and races and gave them a whole new look multiple cultures dude really created a universe to draw inspiration from
Nah it’s
“Dis gonna be fly, foo’s”
Gandalf a real nikka
“Go! Run! Get to da choppa!”
He's saying take the Eagles you idiots.... why have we been walking this whole time!
@@qcrew2938 are you really that stupid? Gandalf NEVER intended them to fly to Mordor.
1) Eagles are basically like angels. They don't do the bidding of anyone just on a whim. They helped Gandalf off Isengard for a specific reason - he was owed a favour.
2) Flying toward Mordor, Sauron would have seen them coming, sent the Nazgul on Fell Beasts and taken them all out IMMEDIATELY. Taken the ring to Sauron. Game over, Middle Earth is taken by the forces of evil.
I cannot believe there are people in 2023 who think the fucking STEALTH MISSION TO MOUNT DOOM would have included FLYING ON THE BACK OF A FUCKING EAGLE
He wasn't a klutz for losing the ring. The film literally says it betrayed him. It purposefully fell of his finger.
Yeah they're not listening. They're gonna miss alot if he keeps talking this much.
for real, that really made me loose interest in this reaction.
Galadriel is one of the oldest, most powerful elves alive. Short version of the significance of Gimli's gift is that long, long ago, one of the greatest elves who ever lived asked Galadriel for a strand of her hair so that he could capture its beauty inside a gem that he was trying to create. She could see into his heart, and rejected him each of the three times he asked.
When Gimli asked, she saw into his heart and knew that his intentions were pure, so she gifted a dwarf the three hairs that she once denied to one of her own kind. Legolas would have known this story. IIRC Gimli goes on to encase the hair inside a clear gem, which becomes a treasure of his people and a symbol of their friendship with the elves.
I'm sure someone will come along who knows the story in far more detail than I do off the top of my head.
I also love how Legolas takes Gimli with him to the undying lands 🥹 he never left him behind and for them to start off like that to end like that 🥹
@@nataliemeyer1587 Why telegraph the story?
@@G11713 how is that telegraphing the story? Nowhere in the movies does that come up ever. It’s backstory.
@@Makkaru112Oh, Jesus Effing Christ ... not YOU again !!! Why don't you join a focus/encounter group or something ???
I don't know why this was never explained in the film because Gimli comes across as a creepy stalker 😂
I feel the same about the witch king's death, to a lesser degree.
In the book, Sam is a young hobbit (around 25) and his family has worked for the Baggins for generations. Yes, the Baggins were rather well to do. Frodo is around 50 when they leave the Shire. Calling him Mr. Frodo is a sign of respect.
31:38 I never realised so many reactors go that route. She doesn't 'not want to be immortal'.. She gives up the most precious thing she has to be with this man. She doesn't gain anything other than love in this exchange. Its not selfish, its purely sacrificial.
Immaturity. Not even being rude but some people (like them) just aren’t mature enough to understand complex themes which these movies have a lot of. They’ll come back to these films in a few decades and be able to appreciate them a lot more
@@Theoneeyed_ghoulnot even that complex. That’s the crazy part
@@Theoneeyed_ghoul some people dont pick that up, I picked it up when i first watched it as a teen in theaters. I always thought they underplayed Arwin but the deleted scenes for Two Towers had her there fighting in Helms Deep, a youtuber even pointed out them digitally erasing her (except her shadow for a brief moment) and some Helms Deep overhead view shots.
Imagine if one day, Peter Jackson pulled a George Lucas and make like an "ultimate cut" thats 20 hours long LOL id watch that for sure.
Frodo volunteering to bear the ring to Mordor is probably the most heroic thing that anyone in Middle Earth had ever done.
Give her a break she was tired the whole time
@@qcrew2938 Maybe she should actually take a break then, instead of doing a reaction. 🤔
Frodo sucks 😂
Not heroic. He didn't know what it meant.
@@maurygoldblat8982 Frodo was 50 years old when the Fellowship was formed, so I think he knew what heroism was. However, knowing what heroism is has no relevancy, even young children can be heroic.
Galdalf isn’t just a man. He’s one of the Maiar. Basically he’s an angel but takes the form of an old man. He’s incredibly powerful but he chooses to use his influence and wisdom to help others rather than his power directly. He uses his powers against the Balrog in the cave because that creature is magical and from the first age of the world.
I believe that not using his powers directly was a mandate from the Valar who sent him, not just a personal choice... (and Saruman decides to ignore that order)
@@darthvegan435 Ya it was definitely more of a directive than a choice. He couldn't use his power to interfere directly in world affairs but he could power up to defend himself against attack.
Robert Jordan, the author of the Wheel of Time, actually did get a lot of inspiration for the first book of the series from Tolkien's work Lord of The Rings
As did every single fantasy author since, even the ones trying to subvert it are still inspired by it. :)
Actually he intentionally made similarities between the first book an d Lotr to ease new readers into the series. After book 1 Wot goes on a completely different direction.
when he was trying to get published, fantasy had to be LOTR or it wouldnt get published. Almost all fantasy in that period were LOTR rip-offs. Once he got published he was able to branch out into more of his own story.
@@Lightning_Lance
True that!
This is Genesis chapter one, verse one.
@@robbob5302You should read “The Lord of the Rings and the Eucharist” by Scott Smith.
Yes Frodo is a grown man but Gandalf is like a million years old, it evens out.
You talked through the fact that Gandalf had been there for a while searching through old books.
Okay okay gotcha! Thanks for filling in those details.
-Adison
One thing to consider about Boromir is that he basically grew up on the front line of a war with no end in sight. The Ring preys on your greatest desires and his was to protect his people, he attacked Frodo out of that desperation.
ANYTHING and EVERYTHING is something the ring can, and eventually WILL turn in upon it's bearer, corrupting them - even if it's slow.
Surprised at the lack of attention. I've never seen anyone get exasperated with Gandalf. Shocking. Or find fault with Galadriel. At least you had compassion for Boromir and Sam.
Tolkien was a British soldier during WW1. Writing LOTR in the 1930s he wrote Frodo and Sam as officer and his assistant or landowner and worker, based primarily on his experience in the war.
Strange last time i checked his reasons regarding his books he clearly stated that it had nothing to do with his war memories or that they influenced his world building in any way ... I guess ya'll should do some more reading about this topic ! Tolkien said -> "Personally i do not think that either war... had any influence upon either the plot or the manner of its unfolding" The rest is just assumptions by the so called book experts !
@@BenHatira of course he was influenced by his experiences in the world. Maybe he didn't write his stories as allegories, but his descriptions (like the Dead Marshes part) was very probably similar to what he saw in the war. He also hated industrialization and the destruction of the forests and land near Isengard by Saruman certainly is a reflection of that attitude.
Hate to be pedantic but he actually he wrote the Hobbit in the 1930’s, the LOTR was written in the 1950’s, and 1st published in 1954. However most of the background work to LOTR world, such as languages, mythology of Middle Earth etc…, was actually written in his youth…before WW1. You are right that none of this is based on any world war, but, as you say, that doesn’t mean that the didn’t incorporate some of his own experiences into the books.
Tolkien would absolutely hit you with a book and denying any of this had to do with his time as a soldier, even if it obviously did.
Maybe he created this world to escape his memories but some of them obviously crept up on him. Maybe he didn’t want to be reminded of it.
@@BenHatira Frodo and Sam most definitely reflected the relationship between an officer and his batman. An officer and his batman(personal aide) were often the closest of friends but still maintained the class distinctions of the time between them. As officers were mostly from the Peerage and monied class they would keep their batman in their employ as a personal aide on their estate even after their service in the army.
Half the time the call something dumb or asking for something it is explained a few moments earlier. It's like they are not paying attention at all.
Yeah I agree, these guys talked WAY too much. How are they going to understand any of the lore if they keep talking over it?!
Yeah, i noticed that too. I do enjoy good witty commentary but in this case they missed nearly every explanation they had questions about. Was a bit frustrating.
Atrocious reaction this one
The woman had a very droll attitude . You could have chose a better partner that could pay attention , maybe she was just tired . Terrible reaction .
"Fly" in the sense of "flee." Check how far away the others were when they were watching Gandalf confront the Balrog: they were not close enough to help him.
Yeah, they were like 100 yards away from him at the time.
It’s crazy that no one seems to get the use of the word, ‘fly.’ I thought it’s use, as in “See you guys later, I gotta fly.” was pretty common.
Yeah, they were like 100 yards away from him at the time.
It’s crazy that no one seems to get the use of the word, ‘fly.’ I thought it’s use, as in “See you guys later, I gotta fly.” was pretty common.
They had no chance against the Balrog flame whip wrapped snug about Gandalf's foot. It's not like they can pull him up as a result or douse the flame with a water skin.
@@G11713 Are you suggesting that the Balrog was dangling below, hanging from the fire whip that was still attached to Gandalf's foot, kind of swinging back and forth, just waiting for the wizard to drop? I think it was enough for Gandalf to have been pulled down, and ofr reasons I won't go into here, he decided it was best to just drop, or maybe the firewhip put a sort of spell on him, making it impossible to climb back up.
Also orcs were firing arrows... wished they'd show that in the movie
They announce full names because it’s important and it signifies who they are.
Aragorn, son of Arathorn gives context in the world itself that he is a descendant of Isildur and not just some dude name Aragorn.
Galadriel is introduced as Lady Galadriel, because in that world, those who has never heard of her knows that “Lady” means that she’s a very respected and powerful woman. It also gives context that the other elves refer to her as Lady and not just simply her name.
It’s not so much of “first name last name,” it gives meaning who they are in relation to the entire world itself.
Cariana, the reason you might not like Elrond's vibe is because the actor, Hugo Weaving, also played Agent Smith in The Matrix.
It didn’t hit me till yesterday that it was him!!!
-Adison
Film Elrond is more harsh than book Elrond, who is described to be "as kind as summer " Still Elrond is one of the most powerful and significant elves existing in this world, heck, how many elves can claim a daddy who is "the elves most beloved star"?
Going back in time it's interesting how language and the meanings of words have changed. In Tolkien's lifetime (1890s-1970s) African-Americans would have been "Colored" or "Negroes", so the word "Black" in LOTR would not have had a racial meaning when he wrote these stories. Same with the words like "queer" and "gay" in his books, which have totally different meanings now.. Tolkien was a British linguist and Oxford Professor with a passion towards Icelandic and Old Norse mythology. Growing up he also had an Icelandic nanny who probably inspired him with old fairy tales from her country.
Sam calls Frodo 'Mr Frodo' because he's working class and Frodo is his upper middle class employer. This reflects the customs of Tolkein's era.
And Frodo is older (in his '60s during the journey).
I think Frodo is 50 in the book. Which I calculated as 32 for a human and Sam is 38 (24).So the ages for both should be reversed. I have tried to imagine Sean Astin as Frodo and Elijah Wood as Sam and some things would make more sense. ( Not that that would necesserily be a better film.)
@@bernice6867 sometimes i wonder if there were infinite alternate universes, how weird it would be to tap into others and watch the film where it actually is reversed. I like to think what it would be like to watch films from a universe slightly different than ours... how would the art of those worlds turn out in comparison with ours. I think too deep sometimes lol
The 20 minutes of credits at the end of "Fellowship" included everybody that had been involved in the fan website that was launched when the movie series was announced. Anyone that took part in online discussions was given the opportunity to have their name listed. I was one of those fans. I won tickets to the Fellowship premiere in Orlando,Fl. I have a 18" replica statue of Gandalf that I won on-line. I have a replica "Sting" sword that looks and is as heavy as a real sword. But when you slide a switch, it glows blue and hums! My wife an I attended a LOTR marathon when the "Return of the King" was released. It included the Extended editions of the first two movies as well. It started @ 9:30 am, included meals & breaks between the movies and movie related giveaways. It ended the next morning at 1:30 am... and 10 years later we did the "Hobbit" movies at the same theater the same way!!!
Wait. What??? I was on that! I was desperately wanting to get hired as ANYTHING to work on the movie. Then it was announced that they would only hire New Zealanders 😢😢😢😢😢. I was on that forum when Benicia del toro was supposed to be a part of it and then he left to do another project.
Frodo - professional hurt-looker is like.. the best description for him over all three movies
😭 that man has the best hurt face I’ve ever seen!
-Adison
bruh I can't get over how much you miss while you joking XD you fr miss entire plot points
Hobbits aren't children they are their own species, approximately 3.5ft tall with a slightly longer average lifespan than humans though nowhere near as long lived as elves (immortal unless killed), dwarves (lifespan measured in centuries), or wizards (basically angels sent down to earth to guide the people without overly interfering in their choices. As for Pippin he's what we'd consider a teen.
52:00 by giving gimli 3 hairs she pretty much said he is a better person than one of the greatest elves to ever live.
It's been 17 years between Bilbo's birthday party, and when Frodo left Bag's End and saw Bilbo at Rivendell. So Bilbo is 128 years old then. Also, the ring increases their lifespan, so when Bilbo left the ring, he started aging faster than he was before. Frodo is in his 50s when he leaves the Shire, I believe, but I could be remembering wrong.
When it comes to horses, the Nazgul's horses are full size horses, probably of a larger breed that stands 6' at the shoulders, while the one that same takes out of the town is just a pony, which is close to half that height.
They trimmed down the timeline for the movie. It's probably anywhere from a few months to a couple years.
@@Crazy_Diamond_75 yeah, it looks like a few months at most in the movie. Even if hobbits age a bit slower than humans it doesn't feel like much time passed at all. Merry and Pippin are still behaving exacly as childishly as at he start of the movie.
Could be wrong it's been awhile since I read the books, I believe Frodo is 42 when he's introduced.
@@riskyd5276 No, he's 33 when introduced, which is the coming of age year for hobbits. It's one of the reasons that Bilbo's birthday party was so special, as since they have the same birthday it doubled as both Bilbo's 111th birthday and also Frodo's coming of age party. Over the course of the next 17 years Gandalf does a bunch of investigation, including finding Gollum with Aragorn and I think some dealings with both Theoden and Denethor. (I believe this is also the time when he befriends Shadowfax. And, I'm pretty sure this is the time in which Barad Dur was rebuilt.) By the time Gandalf returns with news and further instruction, he's only a little ways out from his 50th birthday. So in the final stretch of those 17 years, he moves out to the eastern reaches of the Shire as cover for his upcoming journey, and resolves either to wait for Gandalf to return once more from his meeting with Saruman, or leave on his 50th birthday (whichever comes first) and then meet up at the Prancing Pony. Waiting until he's 50 was also Frodo paying an intentional homage to Bilbo, who was also 50 when he started his journey.
@@Crazy_Diamond_75 Thank you, like I said it's been awhile.
You guys need to seriously pay attention to the details of this trilogy. 😂 I wouldn’t want to watch this with y’all the first time 😅
You'll soon realise Sam is the realest homeboy on the planet.
Wait until you watch the third one (extended). I'm not gonna give anything away but sam is honestly the realest friend you could ever ask for.
I can see it being developed! As soon as I saw him dive into that water knowing he can't swim I saw loyalty written all over him!
-Adison
@edn yeah man. Loved your reaction btw. Weird as it sounds these get me in the zone at the gym.
Love Sam. Ride or die type of friend.
@@skepkatt Couldn't have put it better myself.
Don't forget or drown type as well! 😂
-Adison
This is the first reaction I have seen where they talk nonstop. They are asking questions that the movie actually explains. Because they are talking nonstop they are missing a lot of what is being explained.
In that case, don't watch the reaction of Rico Presents. They talk non-stop on there too.
In Tolkien's book, Gandalf is gone for 17 years before he returns to the Shire with news of the ring. so he didnt just picked up a stack as soon as he left, he was literally gone for 17 years.
No wonder you are so confused if you mistake a sentence like "ride hard" in the context of it original meaning. The time it was written and the time this story is supposed to take place in, does not relate to sexual intercourse. Put on your big glasses and hold on. This going to be a long one. Slang should not dictate a language, UNLESS you don't take the conversation serious, you may let sarcasm and slang dictate it. I gotta ask you guys this, is the word black inappropriate now? And I want an answer. Because I paint, I do it quite often, and people come to buy my paintings, and so, next time I have to discuss the preferences of what a customer want, before starting the process of painting it. - Then I will not be able to say I will use black as a background to enhance lighter colours and details? Dark doesn't exclude the contrast of light, so if I was to say also "that will be a star, that will be the constillation of Orion and his belt and in the background is space with a dark hole".. LANGUAGE. That in itself is a bridge of time and efford spend to learn. We can't treat the language without dignity. That's one of the last things we have the intelligence to use, to interact with one another is as important as it is fundemental. And it's going to stick with us till the day we realize that is the only thing we may posess that reminds us the slightest we are still a human. And when that day comes, I hope I can buy my paint without the fear of getting shot, because the clerk was dark and thought I was came to bust his knees, and commit a robbery. How do we express ourselves if we start deviating from original concept and understanding? If you don't have the imagination to understand that, then I don't know what to tell you because then those days are now.. I wanted to watch something I kind of hold these movies dear, as I grew with them and the written books by the author, - a man that fought in the first world war, and survived the bloodiest battle during that conflict. This is his art and most likely depicts his view of good and evil, and reflects his imagination from his life. So how does one earn respect in this world, if the work and sacrifice doesn't mean anything though everyone praises the concept of fulfilling a responsibilty? The only thing that matter to many people is, talking about corruption but they end up empowering their ego on social media.
You are addicted to this lifestyle and it will destroy you if you don't do something about it. You decide what you wish to look at. No one else. I would like to see real values be restored, and people around me feel good, and hopeful, not condescend values like storytelling. That's what makes old people feel young. It's pure, and untarnished art in lifeform, and bring joy and warmth to the little things, like kids. Or heat to your toes on your feet when you are cold and sitting in front of a fire.
I am sad to see life has tested you to the point where every individual with a white skin colour is the most cruel thing you ever laid your eyes upon.. We need each other as who we are, it's part of a bigger philosophy, my father taught me this. What he also did was indirectly show me that's part of storytelling. It's concept is our legacy that extends down the family tree of humanity. Don't let values waste to hate. Storytelling is the opposite of racism, quite litterally. You young souls have your youth, your head and a future somewhere in that same space too, I imagine.
That future will be determined by your intellect, and honestly as I feel I must be, you must change your mentality if you wish for a happy ending to whatever future finds you. And you better look within yourself very carefully. Hate is a different kind of corruption and does not care about propaganda, or the colour of your skin. And your despise for life shows with what little respect you express for it. I hope you took your time reading this. This was written with effort, care and respect for life.
Take some walks in the forest, smoke some weed if that's your thing and its legal where you live. Maybe some even if it is not. Life can be so much more. And you have each other, that's perhaps something you would want to practice to value. Times can be hard when you are on your own. And soon it is christmas. You remember a certain christmas song written depicting a brief seize of peace during the first world war? Try to go out and see the world, in order for you to change you mind about it.
Wow that was a lot…I’ll try to keep my responses simple. 1. Please do understand that we are often sarcastic in some of the things we say. If this is your first video watching us you may or may not pick up on that as quickly as others. 2. There is nothing wrong with the word black. Peep the name of my actual RUclips Channel. 4. I don’t need to smoke weed to appreciate life, I will completely pass on that recommendation. Lastly thanks for watching! I understand we won’t see eye to eye on everything but thanks for taking the time to watch the video and leave a comment!
-Adison
I was excited to watch this reaction, until I saw the comments. so I'm good.
Don’t miss out on a good time!
-Adison
Disrespect to these movies
53:08 boromir worries about his people and his city who constantly fights the orcs of mordor so the ring acted on that and made him stress more and more about his people's survival
A couple of interesting things!
Remember: hobbits aren’t known for being great warriors “nor counted among the very wise”. Pippin Took is just an exceptionally foolish hobbit, hence why Gandalf called him “Fool of a Took”
Speaking of him, two of the hobbits voice characters in The Legend of Vox Machina: Billy Boyd (Pippin) as Garmelie in season 2 and Dominic Monaghan (Merry) as Archibald Desnae in season 1. Unless i’m mistaken, they want to try to cast Elijah Wood and Sean Aston at some point to “complete the set”
There are 5 wizards, each with a job:
- the two blue wizards are explorers
- the brown wizard is the guardian of nature
- the grey wizard is the ally of man and good people of Middle Earth
- the white wizard (the highest of the wizard order) is the Enemy of Sauron
That’s why Gandalf went to Saruman for help and why the last thing he was expecting was the white wizard to want to join Sauron
Gandalf cracked that portion of the bridge to the point where it could have crumbled at any moment. The fact that it broke right at his feet was basically just luck.
The Gimli hair thing is actually a pretty significant thing lore-wise (I’m sure someone else will explain), but you may not know that throughout history women would often give locks of their hair to their husbands/boyfriends when they went off to war as a comforting momento.
57:34 real punch… real headbutt… REAL KNIFE.
The actor playing the big ass orc got a bit too carried away and he actually threw a REAL knife and Viggo Mortensen ACTUALLY hit it away with his sword. Fucking wild.
It's "MISTER Frodo" because Frodo is the master and Samwise is the servant. PJ's films don't go into the details, but there is a hierarchical relationship going on here.
Yeah in the books Sam calls him Master Frodo and it’s uncomfortable. Tolkien based it off the relationship between Officers in the British Army and their Batmen (personal servants). So Sam is Frodo’s gardener and I guess Frodo is like a Nobility or something. As an American it’s weird, like my mom cleaned houses when I was a kid and she’d never call anyone master or Mr. First name. Like kids call adults Miss first name, like your friend’s mom but like, not adults calling other adults Mr. First name let alone master. It’s weird.
I think Americans are just more about being equal or at least pretending they do. It would seem like jerkish if you made someone who worked for you call you Mr. First name.
Like my dog sitter has me call her Aunty. This class divide British thing romanticizing master/servant relationships is just kind off…alien
@@CameoAmalthea Tolkien was into classism. He' was born in the 19th century, a time when classes were still strongly separated in England where he grew up (but not where he was born.)
@@CameoAmalthea it was a reality of the time and English society is still kind of based on it. But Sam's loyalty makes him the best character in the story imo.
Sam was Frodo's gardener. Bilbo is very wealthy, so he and Frodo lived as men of leisure.
@@Lightning_Lance he is the best.
I’m just saying reading the book as a kid it was very jarring to read Sam calling Frodo Master Frodo. I was like is Sam his slave? WTF is going on here. And that just might be my American kid experience.
Hahahaha the face Carianna made when she thought she saw the troll's baby maker 3000 was amazing!
😂😭🤣 it’s funny how to people can see one thing and mistake it for two completely different things. She had me rolling at that part.
- Adison
This is one of the best movie trilogies of all time, hands down. Also, Gimli said "I spit on your grave" to Haldir.
In my opinion, the movies only get better from here ❤
The translation I've seen is "I shit on your smooth baby-faces." :))
Well, Haldir wanted to watch a controversial cult classic revenge movie, so Gimli was just recommending one. That wasn’t so discourteous.
The part about Galadriel’s hair.
Back in the old days, soldiers didn’t really have easy access to phones or photos. Oftentimes, a man would ask a woman for a “lock of their hair” and they would put it in a locket and wear it as necklace. It was a gift that was given to men from their lover, as a parting gift, sending men off to war and hoping that they will return.
Hobbts, while classified as an off shoot of Men, have a different lifecycle. Firstly, they take longer to mature not considered to be physically and mentally adult until the age of 33. Frodo, who has the same birthday as Bilbo, turned 33 ( our equivalent of 21 ) when Bilbo turned 111. It's not uncommon for a Hobbit to live to the age of 100 or little beyond, but not still as healthy and energetic as Bilbo, and look their age.
In the book it was 17 years that Gandalf spent tracing how the ring came to Bilbo, and Frodo was master of Bag End. He still looks like a young Hobbit at 50 because he came into possession of the Ring. Sam is about 35, and his family have been the Baggins's gardeners for three generations. Master, like Mister, is just a polite form of address. Butterburr the innkeeper addresses the Hobbits that way, and the Half-elven Lord Elrond often calls Bilbo little master.
Merry is 31, and the eldest son of The Master of Buckland. Pippin at 29 is still an adolescent and the eldest son of The Thain of the Shire, something between a Chieftain and a King. Both of the younger Hobbits threw their futures to the wind to help their cousin and friend Frodo.
If you watch closely you'll see that their manners are a little more courtly than the other Hobbits.
The reason Gimli yells out when they enter the Mines of Moria....is that his kinsmen (dwarves from his clan/family members) were in Moria and had not been heard from in a long time. That is why the dwarves had come to Rivendell (home of the Elves)...to see if they had any news of what happened to the Dwarves that had gone to retake Moria. So he is crying out from grief/anger.
@@Makkaru112 ...that as well, yes. But they went there to find out about Moria as well.
Frodo was born in 1368. When he sets off from the Shire on his journey, he is 50 years old. Samwise Gamgee was born in 1380, making him 12 years younger than Frodo. But it's possible they looked similar in age, since the ring keeps the bearer from aging, also the reason Sam says Mr Frodo is becaue he works for Frodo as his gardner. Merry was 37 and Pippin 29 so they are not kids.
IIRC from the books, Hobbits are considered adult at 30 years old, making Pippin still underage.
"Why did they not save Gandalf?" - Now, tell me.. Would you run to save him knowing there's 100's of goblins ready to fire at you with the Bow and Arrow?
Y'all didn't even know you're being disrespectful😂. The hobbits are grown men. In their 30s!
y'all make fun of apparent plot holes about plot points that you just completely missed XD
lol damn, yall couldn't go 2 seconds without saying something
That’s how reaction videos work. They’d be pretty dull if they just sat there and stared at the screen silently.
The full video was 4 hours long.
It’s always so fun to see new people experience this story for the first time. I firmly believe this story has something for everyone. Maybe it’s a character, or a quote, or a greater theme you can personally relate to, but I promise you’ll find your own meaning during your journey to Middle Earth.
May the Blessings of Men, Elves, and Free Folk go with you!
FWIW, Sam calls Frodo “Mr. Frodo” because he actually works for Frodo as his gardener. Frodo inherited quite a fortune from Bilbo.
I thought it was also because he’s much older than Sam in spite of his appearance, though not necessarily the case in the film
@@NoelleMar that may have been a factor as well
All of the credits at the end are the distinguished fans who supported the film. Imagine everyone of the dusty wheel getting a shout out at the end of the series. Boromirs death breaks me everytime I read or watch The Fellowship. I am new to the wheel of time but this is my strong suit.
I didn't know that, that's awesome.
Too much talking friends while there’s dialogue going on.
5:37 lol. Wasn’t expecting that one.
15:49 he was Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequels.
30:11 the ring was keeping him young. Now he’s catching up to his age.
42:07 loved the debris falling on the screen. Cool editing choice.
42:28 lol
Great reaction. Love this series.
A lot of people have already added fantastic points, so I'll add a random one about the book moment in the mines. Gandalf didn't turn to a random page that happened to be correct, he turned to the final entry. Every page after was unused, so they wouldn't have been broken in while that was the last pages that were broken in.
You are definitely right about the Wheel of Time similarities, that was intentional by the author of WoT, here's a quote:
In the first chapters of The Eye of the World, I tried for a Tolkienesque feel without trying to copy Tolkien’s style, but that was by way of saying to the reader, okay, this is familiar, this is something you recognize, now let’s go where you haven’t been before. I like taking a familiar theme, something people think they know and know where it must be heading, then standing it on its ear or giving it a twist that subverts what you thought you knew.
What’s hilarious is that you watched WOT before LOTR. LOTR books were the basis for so much of fantasy.
Sharp! Good job bringing another lost soul to the Secret Fire. Excited to have her go through some of the wiiild moments in The Two Towers.
In the old times, prior to internet and people having easy access to photos, soldiers asked their girls for a lock of hair to remember them
In Merry's and Pippin's defense they didn't know Gandalf told Frodo not to use the name Baggins, Sam calls Frodo Mr Frodo out of respect for him😊
It's so cool to see you be introduced to LOTR, which is the source of all of this sort of fantasy: books, shows, games. These are my favorite books, miles ahead of WOT at #2. This movie made me so happy because they did such a wonderful job of bringing the book to life. As soon as the first time I saw Gandalf roll into the Shire I knew they got it right.
It is interesting watch black Americans reactors watching these sort of movies. I don't know is it is an American thing or a product of cultural influences but the majority are very cynical and sceptical which leads to a completely different reaction. It is interesting to see.
Are you all sure this movie isn't too advanced for yall? Shouldn't yall watch spongebob or something?
Ps. If yall could have stopped running your mouths for one second, you would have understood the movie alot better.
I see you wanted some sort of response so here you go...God bless! 🙏🏽 I hope you have a great week!
-Adison
The point of a reaction video is for people to react! If they just sit there and say nothing they’re not adding content. I liked this video, and I’ve listened to the audio versions of the LOTR books. These people are some of my favorite reactors and I was delighted to see them respond to something I’ve actually watched. Thanks for the video, guys.
@melissagiroux1631 But, isn't the reason we watch other people's reactions to the movies that we've already seen is that we're hoping that they would like the movie just as much or a little like we did ? I'm just saying they didn't give it a chance.
@@mic88edI thought they did give it a chance. It’s not like they stopped watching halfway through. They were touched by some of the stuff that happened towards the end. Besides that, some of the point of watching a reaction video is seeing someone’s understanding of something grow over time. They don’t know everything about the movies (or books) yet, and that’s okay. They’re probably still going to watch the other two movies, and I hope they do.
@@melissagiroux1631 I just hope they take the time to listen and understand it.
So great that you got emotionally involved with the story at the end! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 The movie was made with heart and soul. Can’t wait for the two towers and the return of the king!!!!!!!!!
Eye of the World was particularly modeled on Lord of the Rings. The books afterwards diverge a lot, but the first book is very LotR :)
"How old are they, you think?"
Frodo is actually 33 at Bilbo's birthday in the beginning of the movie. By the time Gandalf comes back to tell Frodo to go to the Inn he is 50 years old! Hobbits do age a lot slower than humans though.
So the whole thing with Gandalf speaking to the Balrog is important. He is telling the Balrog not only WHO he is, but WHAT he is. In the easiest explanation to give, they're both the same kind of creature just one stayed on the path of goodness and the other is corrupted by evil. "I serve this God, and I wield this weapon." And when the Balrog tried to cross the bridge anyway is when he finally whipped out some of his power to destroy half the bridge.
47:00 if they tried to reach Gandalf, there is a possibility Frodo and the Ring fall, and it is recovered by the Balrog, who would immediately wield it with all the power of a god
2:34 i will admit the book version of the fight was much more badass. The high king of the elves and isildurs father went toe to toe against sauron and were whooping up on him. But before he was defeated, he grabbed the high king and made him burst into flames and i believe beat down isildurs pops before he lay defeated. Thats when isildur cut the ring from his hand and took it as a war guild for the death of his father and brother. Whats so sad is isildur was a great man but the ring is so corrupting that he kept it rather than destroy it.
(For anyone who remembers better, please correct anything i was wrong on. )
First book of Wheel of Time is HEAVILY based on LotR. 2 and onward it finds its own path but you’ll notice a ton of similarities initially.
loved how she started to understand what's goin on she was growin on me, but the dude was oblivious tryna make jokes nd failing every. single. time.
When Gandalf said "fly you fools," it's the present tense of flight, meaning to run away. So when an army take to flight--it runs from a battlefield.
Y'all didn't pick up on a lot of the movie, def worth a rewatch with less banter and giving it more attention because this trilogy is a masterpiece
There were arrows flying through the air in Moria where Gandalf was hanging from the cliff. The mission was to protect the ring bearer and no one thought Gandalf would fall into the abyss like he did.
Pretty similar to Obi Wan in Episode IV of Star Wars.
You are gonna find a lot of similarities between WoT and LotR. LotR is the grand daddy of fantasy.
Let me find out that Gandalf makes a cameo in WoT! lol
-Adison
@@edn y’all remember Thom Merrilin?😂
Robert Jordan is the daddy though.🙃
Tolkien was English, and from an earlier era. The Shire is very much like rural England from his youth (and earlier). Frodo is a gentleman, and Sam was his gardener. That's why he always refers to Frodo as Mr. Frodo.
This is my first time watching your channel, and it's obvious that you are both Wheel of Time fans (or are familiar with Wheel of Time, anway), but I'm wondering now if that's from the books or if you've just been watching the show on Amazon?
Your comparison to Wheel of Time is absolutely spot on. Robert Jordan wrote much of the Eye of the World as a tribute to Tolkien. In the books, Moiraine even has a staff.
Samwise calls him Mr. Frodo because while they are friends, he is his long time employee and in the book 12 years younger than Frodo. It was also based on an old school English thing from back when the author was in the British Army with officers and subordinates,
In regards to Gandalf just “picking” up the correct papers immediately…in the book he looked for information on the ring for 30 years! They cut this from the film as it would slow things down immensely. Bilbo had actually left Hobbiton 30 years earlier…he hadn’t just conveniently left.
Wow, I am VERY hyped for you guys to get into Lord of the Rings!!! I read the books multiple times as a kid before the movies came out; I hope you enjoy these as much as I did! This is the prime example of how to adapt a book series to film!
Is this the Extended Version they watched? Because if so, then it is a very long movie indeed.
Yep we watched the extended version! 😅
-Adison
@@edn You're in for a very long series!
@@TheDanEdwards very lol
@@ednThe true and best version!
That's the only valid choice when one watches the LoTR.😌
Thanks for the reaction, awesome as always! One of my favourite movie series of all time. Hopefully Carianna will be more awake for the next one :)
The movies can only include so much explanation. Just gotta remember that the writer, without gasing him up, was an actual genius. Many things that dont make sense in the movies have very good explanations in the books.
..and other things that don't make sense in the movies aren't even in the books (made up by Jackson and Company..)
Galadriel's uncle was one of the greatest elf of all time he created jewels of unparalleled beauty that contained the light of the Two Trees, which is a kind of pure divine light made by the gods. This greatest craftsmen of the elves, who created the most beautiful jewels in all of history, was so enamored by Galadriel's hair that he begged her multiple times if she would just give him a bit of her hair. She refused him every time, the implication being that his desire was selfish and prideful. When Galadriel gives Gimli her hair, the implication is that Gimli's desire is pure and he respects the hair for its beauty, not for a selfish desire to possess that beauty.
There's a ton more detail that could be added, not least that elves and dwarves don't really get along since the elves maybe ate some of the dwarves and the dwarves slaughtered an entire kingdom of elves - water under the bridge really - but the short answer is Galadriel denied even her uncle her hair, but was willing to gift Gimli three locks of her hair because he was pure of heart.
OMG! You haven't seen it yet?!:O This is bloody amazing! Looking forward to this. It's only the best fantasy on screen EVERIt was an event I don't think we'll ever see again. 1 movie every year for 3 years, events all through December, so many ppl celebrating the movies, the actors interacting with OneRingnet and fans in general. Hope you'll feel some of those vibes.🥰
At 51:50 according to the appendices at the end of ROTK, Gimli encased the three hairs in clear crystal as an heirloom of his house.
To your question of what level of elf is Galadriel: she is one of, if not the oldest living elf in Middle Earth. She is from a time and place where the elves lived amongst the gods.
Roughly 20,000 years old, which is complicated to work out since she is actually older than the sun.
One older than Galadriel in Middle Earth could be Cirdan the Shipwright. The bearded Elf. AMBA
@@WJS774 No Cirdan is the oldest and is about 12000 years, so she is younger
@@nicco-sixty Who says that he is only 12,000 years old?
Damn these two really just complained and misunderstood throughout the whole movie huh?
LOl at 27:23, thats actually not a statue, but a troll that Bilbo tricked into staying out of its cave until the sun rose, permanently turning it to stone. That happened in The Hobbit.
I really hope you finish the series. I loved the commentary. Frodo by the way is 50 years old when his journey begins, Bilbo looks so old because the ring is no longer extending his life. Galadriel is the mother-in-law of Elrond the elf who named the fellowship and who is Arwen's father.
You guys are very observant! 1) This reminds you of The Wheel of Time because EVERY new classic it's based upon these books; most fantasy is. Just like Dune is the grandfather of Star Wars, and any other space odyssey. You have to watch The Hobbit movies, including the classic cartoon; every '80s kid did. That way, you'll understand Bilbo's story, how he got the ring and how those large statues Frodo was laying under came to be.
I concur
If anything Foundation is the grandfather of the space opera.
Dune is the disenfranchised but hip adult son. Somewhere is the Hitchhiker's series to be the hipydipy stoner of the family.
Observant? You mean oblivious. You can see two empty thought balloons over their heads. They're hearing but not listening.
@lazerx1828 nah, they just took bad advice about watching the extended edition. The theatrical cut has better pacing for people unfamiliar with this style of fantasy. And there's no version with Tom Bombidil so what is even the point of watching more?
@@lazerx1828 far from oblivious! And if you see empty thought bubbles above our head then you may need to go seek medical attention IMMEDIATELY. Because I edited this video and I can guarantee you that I didn't add any "thought bubble" animations in this video.
-Adison
Sam was Frodo and Bilbo's gardener. Ergo, MR. Frodo.
Plz watch the other two as well, that was fantastic! “He an orc from the hood” 🤣✊💯 And Carianna with a comfy bunny hoody and battery indicators was A VIBE! Loved it! I feel you about Boromir during most of the film, and I’m so glad you came around to be so affected by his death, as I was. So sad!
“Fly, you fools.”
The modern translation is: “Run, get out of here, you fools.”
LONG before the airplane was invented, “to fly” was used as a synonym for getting up outta somewhere as fast as possible. There are lots of books from back in the day that use this word for getting on a horse and riding fast.
One of the things to remember about these movies is that there is literally a mountain of backstory from these and other books and even a bunch of stuff left out from these books when they made the movies. There are also a few changes in the movies from the books, like certain characters aren't so prominent in the books so other characters were cut and their parts given to the other character to make them have a bigger part. The movies are great and cover the story well so that people who aren't familiar with the books can enjoy it.
Great reaction! ❤😊So happy to catch you guys watching this! My all-time favorite re-watch franchise. Can’t wait the Tow Towers!
the line about the tear dropping into his mouth... I almost choked. thanks for the laughs!
"I feel like that moment was supposed to be more sad" - Well you're kind of talking A LOT and a bunch of it, is not in connection to the movie. Respectfully - if you were more immersed you likely would have felt it.
You also lack a lot of LOTR universe lore - Gandalf were pretty much the second strongest among the good guys - That is a TERRIBLE loss...
Back when it came out, people in the movie theater were crying A LOT when it happened.
I’m just gonna be real with y’all. It’s ticking 😡 me off you don’t know anything about this movie…… 🎦 🎥 🍿😢
Yeah... it almost seems deliberate to not know about the bloody movie here..ignoring it at least... it's annoying definitely...
I have to say that while I know you need to talk during a reaction to make it interesting you would do better if you spoke less and listened more. I am truly sorry to put it that way but after only 20 min it is more than apparent that you missed half the introduction to the story and a truck load of information you will need to truly understand what is happening. Your random theories and conjectures about things clearly explained that you missed while wondering about something entirely different that had also been explained is annoying as heck. Wish you luck but I’m out.
Ok I found this you all with the WoT reactions and I'm loving this one!! Thank you, you guys are awesome!!
Much love! Thanks for tuning in again!
-Adison
It's weird to me to think of people who haven't watched Fellowship. It's such a huge and impactful movie, and so beloved. I went to see it in theaters and bought the dvd the day it came out (only for the extended edition to come out a couple of months later).
I did the same. But at the time it also seemed strange that there where so many people who hadn't read the book.
You aren't kidding anyone. Don't act like you wouldn't have bought both theatric and extended anyway. ;) Just like we all have multiple copies of the books. (Said with love 💛).
I saw it in the theaters when I was 10 and it bleeeeeeeeeeew my mind
I actually waited for the Extended Edition because I did some research and found out there was going to be an Extended Edition with a ton of bonuses and a nice case.
@@Lunzatis_Palemoon I did that with the other two.