The other actor playing a wizard is the legendary Christopher Lee!!! The only cast member to have actually met the author, Tolkien.... he was famous for playing dracula in 50s onwards but has also been a bond villan, and more recently played count dooku in the star wars prequels.... he is a GENUINE legend...
Extended scenes at risk of being missed: 1: opening explaining Hobbits & their culture to the viewers, so they have a better understanding of these peoples we will be following which also was the direct full chapter called Concerning Hobbits. 2• Frodo and Sam's first meeting with the elves, providing context for Valinor and the elves journey there, as referenced throughout the films and seen at the end of the Return of the King(connects to the passing of the elves in the beginning of their leaving the shire when Frodo and Sam are near the Old Forest by the Shire which leads them to eventually bumping into Merry And Pippin! (An epic scene with Gandalf in Rivendell was also removed as well.) 3. Aragorn singing the Lay of Luthien, providing a parallel between the events of the Beren and Luthien and Aragorn's relationship with Arwen of which every reactor channel I’ve seen makes the connection and it pulls them into a deeper understanding of their relationship every single time. 4. Aragorn kneeling at his mother's grave, giving him some additional backstory for the viewer. 5. Gandalf explaining to Frodo about the corruptive power of the Ring, and how it will strain the Fellowship from the inside, foreshadowing Boromir's downfall. 6. Sam singing a lament for Gandalf, providing more emotional weight to Gandalf's death, referencing the start of the movie and strengthening the connection between him and the Hobbits ( also highlights Tolkien's love of song and poetry in the books). 7. Galadriel giving the gifts to the Fellowship, providing context for their appearance in later films, as well as drawing a parallel between Gimli's gift and the events of the Silmarillion (Fëanor & Galadriel). That’s just the beginning. Including several removed scenes between Aragorn & Galadriel and Aragorn with her husband Celeborn!
Sorry for telling you what you want with my last post, lol, calling myself out on that one. I hope you get to watch the extended versions at some point, the additional content is definitely enjoyable, and in some cases damn near vital. Questions get answered in the extended versions that are left to be forgotten in the tide of awesome that is the theatrical version. For analytical types that want to watch movies that damn long, they'll also get questions answered.
Hobbits are clannish (they apparently are the only race in Middle-earth that have last names), so it is important to know who is related to whom. Bilbo isn't really Frodo's "uncle;" it's a courtesy title. If you watch the extended version, this gets explained a little; the book goes into more detail. Frodo's parents Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck were drowned in a boating accident, and Frodo grew up with his Brandybuck relatives. Bilbo was Drogo's second cousin, but he took a liking to young Frodo and adopted him when he was 99 and Frodo was 21 (Hobbits live a little longer than Men, and Frodo wouldn't come of age until he was 33). Bilbo and Frodo happened to have the same birthday, September 22, so the Party wasn't just Bilbo's birthday party, it was also Frodo's birthday, and his coming of age. This isn't important to movie-goers, but it would be to Hobbits!
"Interesting that no one thought to do that..." They dumb it down in the movie but in the book Elendil (the King that Sauron smashed to bits in the film) together with Gil-Galad (the Elven King at the time) actually killed Saurons physical form (and died doing it) and Isildur cut of Saurons finger and took the Ring as compensation for his fathers death
Had it not been for Tolkien, the father of fantasy writing, and LOTR, there probably wouldn't be Harry Potter. If you think about it, the story lines are very similar. A main character with a mission, companions, wizards, a Dark Lord and a prize - the One Ring and the Elder Wand
Clearly, you weren't in the theater in 2001, 2002, and 2003. I now on both the theatrical versions and the extended versions of all three movies. I own the novels in hardback and paperback too. And I own two different unabridged readings of the novels on audio CD and an additional unabridged reading stored digitally on my hard drive. I find _much value_ in the theatrical versions. The theatrical versions of the movies are not "a must"
Extended scenes at risk of being missed: 1: opening explaining Hobbits & their culture to the viewers, so they have a better understanding of these peoples we will be following which also was the direct full chapter called Concerning Hobbits. 2• Frodo and Sam's first meeting with the elves, providing context for Valinor and the elves journey there, as referenced throughout the films and seen at the end of the Return of the King(connects to the passing of the elves in the beginning of their leaving the shire when Frodo and Sam are near the Old Forest by the Shire which leads them to eventually bumping into Merry And Pippin! (An epic scene with Gandalf in Rivendell was also removed as well.) 3. Aragorn singing the Lay of Luthien, providing a parallel between the events of the Beren and Luthien and Aragorn's relationship with Arwen of which every reactor channel I’ve seen makes the connection and it pulls them into a deeper understanding of their relationship every single time. 4. Aragorn kneeling at his mother's grave, giving him some additional backstory for the viewer. 5. Gandalf explaining to Frodo about the corruptive power of the Ring, and how it will strain the Fellowship from the inside, foreshadowing Boromir's downfall. 6. Sam singing a lament for Gandalf, providing more emotional weight to Gandalf's death, referencing the start of the movie and strengthening the connection between him and the Hobbits ( also highlights Tolkien's love of song and poetry in the books). 7. Galadriel giving the gifts to the Fellowship, providing context for their appearance in later films, as well as drawing a parallel between Gimli's gift and the events of the Silmarillion (Fëanor & Galadriel). That’s just the beginning. Including several removed scenes between Aragorn & Galadriel and Aragorn with her husband Celeborn!
Boromir is actually Númenorean like Aragorn but from a different family line through his father but mainly his Mother who was of The Faithful who lived within Dol Amroth.
The movies are masterpieces but they do Isildur some injustice. In the books, while he later ‘succumbs’, he spends his time being a fair ruler who practically gave power away to the people instead of being power hungry. He comes to realize that he is not powerful enough to truly bend the ring to his will. That it will eventually overcome him. Isildur resolves to give the ring to Elrond but is killed on the way to Rivendel. It's a tragic story of a man that tries to right his wrong but ultimately fails. In the books isildur literally repented and was about to bring the ring to Rivendell and apologize as he recognized it was beyond him even for a great numenorean connected to the faithful line of the mighty Elendil I preface the prologue & war, other depictions I LOVE, captured the themes WELL, the vibe of the whole trilogy! The significance of the duel between Elendil & Sauron was Nerffed; (He wasn’t some random old bloke in armour getting smacked around) This man was MIGHTY and gleaming with power which you’ll find out in the great videos you’ll soon react to with joy! * He and Gil-Galad; last true Elven King battled Sauron and slayed Sauron’s physical body and both died in the process. GilGalad was held high by the face for all free peoples to see as he then incinerated his bodily form to a crisp of ash! Isildur was part of the fight too but not as prominently and he just comes up to the body to cut the ring finger off and…. So one example is how easily Sauron is killed in the intro. * He's set up as this super powered badass, but all you have to do is cut off his finger? That's not how it went down in the book, where the greatest man-king and the greatest elven-king had to double-team Sauron to strike down his body, but were killed in the effort (Isildur then cuts the ring from the corpse). Especially for elves the title of king has many meanings & by the Third Age there isn’t a population large enough to even attempt to such a thing as creating a unified kingdom which would put a target on their backs, let alone many of them are beyond all of that anyway as it’s seen as doing more harm than anything good. * They also seen what happened when the elves fell upon the swords of their own hubris and passion no matter if it was for the right reasons some of the time. That it always ended up in some sort of tragedy which sometimes even damaged the earth itself. They had long known about what’s called the Long Defeat as ever since Morgoth’s marring of the land itself; pouring his remnants into it that caused the “magic” to slowly drain away from the land itself which is sad because for ages several clans of elves were born there. even the greatest ancestors were “born” in middle earth awakening to the stars ! Many of who are left have accepted the next phase of their life which is to become councillors, healers and loremasters to those within the heart to listen and the desire to learn. But above all the guardians and custodians of several things and the world itself for as long as they can remain!❤
In Tolkien's books wizards aren't human. In a short version of Tolkien's backstory to all this. Iluvatar (god) created the universe, sent a group of archangels (Valar) and lesser angels (Maiar) to shape the world for elves and humans, the two children of Iluvatar. One of the Valar, Melkor later called Morgoth went rogue desiring to rule Middle Earth and many Maiar went with him, Sauron was one of the most powerful of those Maiar. Morgoth corrupted many creatures of Middle Earth turning into monsters like orcs, goblins, dragons, and many others. Morgoth was eventually defeated but some of the rogue Maiar escaped, Sauron was one of them. The five wizards are Maiar sent by the Valar to help the people of Middle Earth to fight Sauron. Wizards and magic don't function like Harry Potter in Tolkien's world. There's not a lot of bang and flash. The Nazgul, Ringwraiths, are physical but they are trapped in a wraith state by their subservience to the rings and Sauron. When Frodo puts on the One Ring he is in the wraith realm which is why the world looks so strange to him when he puts the ring on. The ring needs a powerful will to control it since it is a part of Sauron. Essentially, you'd have to become a will like Sauron to control it. That's why Gandalf rejected it. Yes, Nazgul are very hard to kill. Christopher Lee had a long career some of his most iconic roles being villains because of his stature and deep toned voice. Many folks bring up Star Wars but he was more famed for playing Dracula before those films. He made many films with Peter Cushing. They were great friends and very hilarious together in real life. They often played serious villainous or heroic characters so it can be hard to imagine they once were thrown out of a movie theater for laughing and clowning too loudly around over the Looney Tunes cartoons being shown.
Smaegol is Gollum's original/real name. I don't know if it's explicitly stated in the movies, but he was once a hobbit before the ring messed him up. The 'wizards' in LOTR are actually ancient beings that have taken human form.
Hobbits are an off shoot of Men but their life cycle is different. They mature more slowly and are not considered fully adult until the age of 33. Frodo turned 33 ( our equivalent of 21 ) when Bilbo turned 111. But since he became Master of Bag End, and took possession of the ring, when Bilbo left he still looks like a young Hobbit when he left for Rivendale at 50. Gandalf spent 17 years researching the One Ring and tracking how it came to Bilbo. Sam Gamgee is about 35. His family have been the gardeners for the Baggings family for three generations. Merry Brandybuck is the eldest son of The Master of Buckland ( on the East side of The Brandywine River ) and is 31. Pippin Took is the eldest son of The Thain of the Shire (somewhere between a chieftain and a king) , and at 29 is still very much an adolescent. As the movies progress you may notice their manners are a little more courtly than the other Hobbits.
Firstly: All 16 rings were meant to go to the elves (300-500years world of infiltration & deception down to the drain) but Mairon of the Maiar(primordial angelic beings in simple terms as they are sort of beyond angels) disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Ñoldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Celebrimbor! Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey? The Rings, in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, and evil, in the form of Sauron, had been defeated. The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements & questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤ There is problem here with the Rings, the Three were supposed to be never touched by Sauron and that's why they were not corrupting…Sauron had not taken part in their making which made the Three more 'pure' unsullied by his dark power, unlike the Nine and Seven Rings! But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted! Even appendices of Lot tell us the order of making the rings, so they didn't even need the righs to more detailed writings in UT or Silmarillion: 1200 Sauron endeavours to seduce the Eldar. Gil-galad refuses to treat with him; but the smiths of Eregion are won over. The Númenoreans begin to make permanent havens. c. 1500 The Elven-smiths instructed by Sauron reach the height of their skill. They begin the forging of the Rings of Power. c. 1590 The Three Rings are completed in Eregion. c. 1600 Sauron forges the One Ring in Orodruin. He completes the Barad-dûr. Celebrimbor perceives the designs of Sauron. 1693 War of the Elves & Sauron begins. The Three Rings are hidden." 'Did you not hear me, Gloin?' said Elrond. 'The Three were not made by Sauron, nor did he ever touch them. But of them it is not permitted to speak. So much only in this hour of doubt I may now say. They are not idle. But they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained. These things the Elves of Middle-earth have in some measure gained, though with sorrow. But all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One." The One Ring’s power over people explained here:As for the rings given to these groups:They were all meant to go to the elves but Mairon of the Maiar disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Ñoldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Celebrimbor! Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey? The Rings, in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, and evil, in the form of Sauron, had been defeated. The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements and questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤ Aside from the three Elven Rings Made In Secret Without Saurons presence or touch upon them through Celebrimbor!
" But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted!" The show is heresy! I am pretty sure Ar-Pharazôn was a consultant on the show.
Corruption is gradual, depending on how tempted the individual would be by desire for power and domination. Gandalf knew of the "One Ring" but also believed, due to expert advice, that Bilbo's ring could not be that ring, even though it did turn out to be.
One line I never really "took for real" is Gandalf's "there are many magic rings" ... because only the 9+7+3+1 = 20 rings are ever talked about ... and "turning invisible" is a significantly major magical power in a world where magic is subtle.
Everybody is always saying that new viewers need to watch the extended editions, but I disagree. The theatrical versions are already very long, but they’re more palatable and show you everything you need to love the series. Some people find it hard to accept that some might not love the movies like hardcore fans do (me included). However I honestly think your first time viewing should be the theatrical release, and if you like it, watch the extended version on a second viewing. If you like lotr you’ll honestly appreciate the extended editions more on a second viewing.
Interesting thing is that the Dwarves are rather immune to the rings power as when they had the 7 of what was meant to be the 16 elven rings redistributed to them it had no effect on them. Especially due to the fact their forefathers were created by the hands of Aulë of the Valar. And they are not greedy! They are highly noble and strong. Their ancestors could take out dragons. You can go into detail in reactions like moviejoob did. She’s the only one aside from a few channels that’s making it popular and it’s working as hundreds more are falling in love with it all. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I've almost watched this whole reaction and yes it's Liv Tyler 😃😍 Looking forward to see you continue with the LOTR-reactions 😊 and even if i know it can be difficult to get reaction-videos out there sometimes without having them beeing taken down, i still think you can show more than you do 👍 i've seen alot of LOTR-reactions and they often show more than this but i don't blame you 🙏 And please watch the extended versions of the next two movies ❤️
Black Cats are the best. Gingers and Voids are always so special. I found my little guy in a cinder block super teeny, far too young to be weened with the sun rising fast. I wasn't even suppose to go out but decided to go for a quick morning bike ride. Now he's been my little baby man for 6 years. He's a big round chungus now but he's forever my baby man.
Hobbits are more resistant to the ring because in general what they want power can’t give but Bilbo and Frodo are a little more susceptible because Tooks tend to be adventurous. Another note is that the elven rings weren’t made by Sauron so they could be used if Sauron wasn’t wearing his ring. The rest of the rings couldn’t be wielded without risk. Gandalf, Elrond and Galadriel are the three elven ring bearers, which is something that pissed off Saruman And Bilbo is frodos uncle
Bilbo and Frodo are actually cousins -- Frodo's father Drogo Baggins being Bilbo's second cousin, and Frodo's mother Primula Brandybuck being Bilbo's first cousin. But when Bilbo took young Frodo in after Drogo and Primula died in a boating accident, Frodo grew up calling Bilbo "Uncle" as a sign of respect and affection.
The whole "message" of the story can be summed up easily: *_Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely ... and the corrupt are drawn to power!_* Hobbits DONT "desire power" and for this reason they are the least corruptible. Boromir "desires power to save his country" and thus is corruptible. Gandalf, Aragorn and Galadriel (and Faramir ... in the book) are WISE ENOUGH to know that they SHOULDNT TRY TO USE THE RING.
@@Muck006 Beautifully said! The only hobbits that tend to break that are the tooks because I’d guess power and the desire for adventure can wall the same path. But a hobbit like Sam can’t be corrupted by it… just makes Sam that much better. It does make me wonder, if Sam was the ring bearer would he have been fine or would it have destroyed him too even if it couldn’t lure him
@@user-mg5mv2tn8q Cousins! Thank you! My brain always said uncle but I prefer being corrected to what is the truth. Huh… cousins. Yeah, uncle works better for sounding respectful cause Bilbo is his elder
@@Catherine.Dorian.The closer the One Ring gets to the place where it was created, the more powerful its influence grows. Gollum found it and took it into his secret lair in the Misty Mountains, and over a period of 500 years its influence drove him out of his freaking mind. Then Bilbo got hold of the Ring and took it home with him to the Shire, which is more than twice as far from its place of origin as the Misty Mountains, so the Ring's power over him during the next 60 years was pretty weak, all in all, at such a distance. Even so, you could see how much Bilbo hated to part with it, so it was still having some effect on him. Frodo, on the other hand, is taking the Ring to Mount Doom itself, whose cursed fires forged the One Ring in the first place, and it's highly doubtful that anybody, either Frodo or Sam or anyone else this side of Tom Bombadil, could resist the Ring's corruption there.
Nothing would exist without Tolkiens books and PJs movies where everyone was inspired from. Tolkien wasn’t creating something random. He was restoring ancient knowledge back to the world. Giving back especially to England which had its mythologies and cultures and original languages destroyed and scattered for centuries.
Thanks for sharing your reaction of LOTR. I love watching first time reactions to Jackson's film versions of Tolkien's classic literature. The theatrical versions are okay by me. Big thumbs up!
You WOULD'NT HAVE Harry Potter or ANY other fantasy if it had not been for the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, the man who went through both WW1 and WW2. He was a Christian Scholar who had colleges who would sit for hours in the library's of each others homes and schools and through the fellowship and horrors of war came this whole other life called Middle Earth, which being also a linguist was capable of creating vast language for various cultures he created. He brought these books into our society and no one has ever been able to create the homage to Tolkien in the way that Peter Jackson did by taking up the mantle to share it with us visually
(Was in the extended) The song heard when the elves were spotted in the forest by Frodo&Sam near the beginning of the movie: here is the song the Elves were singing & chanting a very special Hymn along their journey:(With English translation) * Á Elbereth Gilthoniel “o Elbereth who lit the stars” * silivren penna míriel “from glittering crystal slanting falls with light like jewels” * Ò menel aglar elenath “from heaven on high the glory of the starry host” * na-chaered palan-díriel “to lands remote I have looked afar” ò galadhremmin ennorath “from tree-tangled middle-lands” * Fanuilos, le linnathon “and now to thee, Fanuilos, bright spirit clothed in ever-white, I will ... sing” * nef aear, sí nef aearon “here ... beyond the Sea, beyond the wide and sundering Sea” * Ã Elbereth Gilthoniel² “o Elbereth who lit the stars” * Ò menel palan-diriel “from heaven gazing far” * le nallon sí di’nguruthos “here overwhelmed in dread of Death I cry” * Á tiro nin, Fanuilos “o guard me, Elbereth” (The elvish name given to Varda is Elbereth Gilthoniel is one of the main Valar who are of the main group of entities known as the Ainur who sang the world into being and helped shaped it further from within after some entered into the young world. She is most loved & honoured by the elves for many reasons) It’s very important as regarding the elves history that spanned over 40,000+ years. Because even one of the three high kings within Valinor was 30,000 years old well before the third age. Galadriel is his granddaughter just do you know. Yeah. She’s very important throughout the entire histories. They are passing away with what’s left of their kin to the undying lands. Many thousands had their home in middle earth just like the high kings ancestors that woke to the stars. Their birth is shrouded in mist as is their entire existence itself. That in itself is a whole story. You’d love to react to the immersive and entertaining lore videos like moviejoob & OmarioRPG have done. It’s ever vast and rewarding to let touch your soul.❤❤❤❤ Varda is a Quenya name of Valarin origin meaning "Sublime", "Exalted" or "Lofty" Elbereth is name given to her by the elves meaning ‘Star Lady’ Gilthoniel essentially means Star Kindler An original title of Varda, meaning 'the Kindler', and deriving from her making of the first faint stars in ancient times which was to light the dark world which had no sun yet and they loomed over the original Dark Lord (Fallen Valar named Morgoth by the elves) who he feared most above all even as supposedly he was the mightiest and first of all Ainur to ever exist (Ainur is the ultimate race of both Maiar and Valar) When, long afterwards, she used the dews of Telperion(one of the two sacred trees that predated the Moon of which it birthed later on) to kindle brighter stars still, this surname seems to have fallen out of favour. After that time she was called instead Elentári, the Queen of the Stars.
Yeah you should go extended... it is the best made films probly of our life times.. even if its not really your thing the effects.. music.. writing.. acting ..props.. sets.. are just top notch.. even at over 20 years old now. and even the most ardent H.P fans know that without L.O.T.R harry would never have existed so 🤷♂️
Wizards in Tolkien universe are very different to Harry Potter There are only 5 wizards and they are lesser gods (same level as Sauron) in mortal form as old men with beards
About the incredible set design: Much of it was actually implemented with green-screens, where the actors did their stuff on a stage with no background other than a sheet of green. In post-production, a true background is then projected wherever green shows up. Same thing happens on TV weather forecasts. Much cheaper than real sets.
Going into this trilogy the Lord of the Rings is a fantastic story & each movie represents a book. It's a wonderful, expansive story. I can't say the same about The Hobbit. Though the book itself is a fun prequel to the LOTR that I read when I was a child the movies are not worth watching or reacting to.
eh I think you have to take it for what it is and it’s a work of art compared to rings of power. The hobbit was a bedtime story and it’s more kid like then the adult LotR based on his time in war so I find the tone shift fine
"Is it his son?" :D:D ( after 3000 years ) , i mean Aragorn is older than he looks, but he is not this old, also Arwen just 5 sec before that said that he is his Isildurˇs heir. Sorry but some of your notes makes me think you r not watching that movie :D
Hobbit films are rubbish. The books are fantastic, you should read The Hobbit book first before the LotR. A guy called Rob Inglis did the audiobooks, he's much better than the films:) The LoTR films are pretty good but not a patch on the books.
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The other actor playing a wizard is the legendary Christopher Lee!!! The only cast member to have actually met the author, Tolkien.... he was famous for playing dracula in 50s onwards but has also been a bond villan, and more recently played count dooku in the star wars prequels.... he is a GENUINE legend...
Extended scenes at risk of being missed: 1: opening explaining Hobbits & their culture to the viewers, so they have a better understanding of these peoples we will be following which also was the direct full chapter called Concerning Hobbits. 2• Frodo and Sam's first meeting with the elves, providing context for Valinor and the elves journey there, as referenced throughout the films and seen at the end of the Return of the King(connects to the passing of the elves in the beginning of their leaving the shire when Frodo and Sam are near the Old Forest by the Shire which leads them to eventually bumping into Merry And Pippin!
(An epic scene with Gandalf in Rivendell was also removed as well.)
3. Aragorn singing the Lay of Luthien, providing a parallel between the events of the Beren and Luthien and Aragorn's relationship with Arwen of which every reactor channel I’ve seen makes the connection and it pulls them into a deeper understanding of their relationship every single time.
4. Aragorn kneeling at his mother's grave, giving him some additional backstory for the viewer.
5. Gandalf explaining to Frodo about the corruptive power of the Ring, and how it will strain the Fellowship from the inside, foreshadowing Boromir's downfall.
6. Sam singing a lament for Gandalf, providing more emotional weight to Gandalf's death, referencing the start of the movie and strengthening the connection between him and the Hobbits ( also highlights Tolkien's love of song and poetry in the books).
7. Galadriel giving the gifts to the Fellowship, providing context for their appearance in later films, as well as drawing a parallel between Gimli's gift and the events of the Silmarillion (Fëanor & Galadriel).
That’s just the beginning. Including several removed scenes between Aragorn & Galadriel and Aragorn with her husband Celeborn!
You're gonna want to do the extended version for the rest
Sorry for telling you what you want with my last post, lol, calling myself out on that one. I hope you get to watch the extended versions at some point, the additional content is definitely enjoyable, and in some cases damn near vital. Questions get answered in the extended versions that are left to be forgotten in the tide of awesome that is the theatrical version. For analytical types that want to watch movies that damn long, they'll also get questions answered.
Hobbits are clannish (they apparently are the only race in Middle-earth that have last names), so it is important to know who is related to whom. Bilbo isn't really Frodo's "uncle;" it's a courtesy title. If you watch the extended version, this gets explained a little; the book goes into more detail. Frodo's parents Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck were drowned in a boating accident, and Frodo grew up with his Brandybuck relatives. Bilbo was Drogo's second cousin, but he took a liking to young Frodo and adopted him when he was 99 and Frodo was 21 (Hobbits live a little longer than Men, and Frodo wouldn't come of age until he was 33). Bilbo and Frodo happened to have the same birthday, September 22, so the Party wasn't just Bilbo's birthday party, it was also Frodo's birthday, and his coming of age. This isn't important to movie-goers, but it would be to Hobbits!
To get the full experience of these films, you need to watch the extended version.
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... and READ THE BOOKS (including the Hobbit and the Silmarillion).
"Interesting that no one thought to do that..."
They dumb it down in the movie but in the book Elendil (the King that Sauron smashed to bits in the film) together with Gil-Galad (the Elven King at the time) actually killed Saurons physical form (and died doing it) and Isildur cut of Saurons finger and took the Ring as compensation for his fathers death
Had it not been for Tolkien, the father of fantasy writing, and LOTR, there probably wouldn't be Harry Potter. If you think about it, the story lines are very similar. A main character with a mission, companions, wizards, a Dark Lord and a prize - the One Ring and the Elder Wand
Extended version is a must on all 3 movies
Clearly, you weren't in the theater in 2001, 2002, and 2003.
I now on both the theatrical versions and the extended versions of all three movies. I own the novels in hardback and paperback too. And I own two different unabridged readings of the novels on audio CD and an additional unabridged reading stored digitally on my hard drive.
I find _much value_ in the theatrical versions. The theatrical versions of the movies are not "a must"
Extended scenes at risk of being missed: 1: opening explaining Hobbits & their culture to the viewers, so they have a better understanding of these peoples we will be following which also was the direct full chapter called Concerning Hobbits. 2• Frodo and Sam's first meeting with the elves, providing context for Valinor and the elves journey there, as referenced throughout the films and seen at the end of the Return of the King(connects to the passing of the elves in the beginning of their leaving the shire when Frodo and Sam are near the Old Forest by the Shire which leads them to eventually bumping into Merry And Pippin!
(An epic scene with Gandalf in Rivendell was also removed as well.)
3. Aragorn singing the Lay of Luthien, providing a parallel between the events of the Beren and Luthien and Aragorn's relationship with Arwen of which every reactor channel I’ve seen makes the connection and it pulls them into a deeper understanding of their relationship every single time.
4. Aragorn kneeling at his mother's grave, giving him some additional backstory for the viewer.
5. Gandalf explaining to Frodo about the corruptive power of the Ring, and how it will strain the Fellowship from the inside, foreshadowing Boromir's downfall.
6. Sam singing a lament for Gandalf, providing more emotional weight to Gandalf's death, referencing the start of the movie and strengthening the connection between him and the Hobbits ( also highlights Tolkien's love of song and poetry in the books).
7. Galadriel giving the gifts to the Fellowship, providing context for their appearance in later films, as well as drawing a parallel between Gimli's gift and the events of the Silmarillion (Fëanor & Galadriel).
That’s just the beginning. Including several removed scenes between Aragorn & Galadriel and Aragorn with her husband Celeborn!
But she did not even get that Bilbo is the uncle of Frodo, so maybe should begin watching the short version again
If you want the entire story you need to read the book. Even the extended version of the movie is almost a poor imitation of Tolkien's genius.
Boromir is human, like Aragorn(Strider). Gondor is currently ruled by Steward (Boromir's father), and has been for several centuries.
Boromir is actually Númenorean like Aragorn but from a different family line through his father but mainly his Mother who was of The Faithful who lived within Dol Amroth.
The movies are masterpieces but they do Isildur some injustice. In the books, while he later ‘succumbs’, he spends his time being a fair ruler who practically gave power away to the people instead of being power hungry. He comes to realize that he is not powerful enough to truly bend the ring to his will. That it will eventually overcome him. Isildur resolves to give the ring to Elrond but is killed on the way to Rivendel. It's a tragic story of a man that tries to right his wrong but ultimately fails.
In the books isildur literally repented and was about to bring the ring to Rivendell and apologize as he recognized it was beyond him even for a great numenorean connected to the faithful line of the mighty Elendil
I preface the prologue & war, other depictions I LOVE, captured the themes WELL, the vibe of the whole trilogy! The significance of the duel between Elendil & Sauron was Nerffed; (He wasn’t some random old bloke in armour getting smacked around) This man was MIGHTY and gleaming with power which you’ll find out in the great videos you’ll soon react to with joy!
* He and Gil-Galad; last true Elven King battled Sauron and slayed Sauron’s physical body and both died in the process. GilGalad was held high by the face for all free peoples to see as he then incinerated his bodily form to a crisp of ash! Isildur was part of the fight too but not as prominently and he just comes up to the body to cut the ring finger off and…. So one example is how easily Sauron is killed in the intro.
* He's set up as this super powered badass, but all you have to do is cut off his finger? That's not how it went down in the book, where the greatest man-king and the greatest elven-king had to double-team Sauron to strike down his body, but were killed in the effort (Isildur then cuts the ring from the corpse).
Especially for elves the title of king has many meanings & by the Third Age there isn’t a population large enough to even attempt to such a thing as creating a unified kingdom which would put a target on their backs, let alone many of them are beyond all of that anyway as it’s seen as doing more harm than anything good.
* They also seen what happened when the elves fell upon the swords of their own hubris and passion no matter if it was for the right reasons some of the time. That it always ended up in some sort of tragedy which sometimes even damaged the earth itself.
They had long known about what’s called the Long Defeat as ever since Morgoth’s marring of the land itself; pouring his remnants into it that caused the “magic” to slowly drain away from the land itself which is sad because for ages several clans of elves were born there. even the greatest ancestors were “born” in middle earth awakening to the stars !
Many of who are left have accepted the next phase of their life which is to become councillors, healers and loremasters to those within the heart to listen and the desire to learn. But above all the guardians and custodians of several things and the world itself for as long as they can remain!❤
You're one of the very few first time reactors that gets Bilbo's roasting the Hobbits in his speech, immediately. 👍
In Tolkien's books wizards aren't human. In a short version of Tolkien's backstory to all this. Iluvatar (god) created the universe, sent a group of archangels (Valar) and lesser angels (Maiar) to shape the world for elves and humans, the two children of Iluvatar. One of the Valar, Melkor later called Morgoth went rogue desiring to rule Middle Earth and many Maiar went with him, Sauron was one of the most powerful of those Maiar. Morgoth corrupted many creatures of Middle Earth turning into monsters like orcs, goblins, dragons, and many others.
Morgoth was eventually defeated but some of the rogue Maiar escaped, Sauron was one of them. The five wizards are Maiar sent by the Valar to help the people of Middle Earth to fight Sauron. Wizards and magic don't function like Harry Potter in Tolkien's world. There's not a lot of bang and flash.
The Nazgul, Ringwraiths, are physical but they are trapped in a wraith state by their subservience to the rings and Sauron. When Frodo puts on the One Ring he is in the wraith realm which is why the world looks so strange to him when he puts the ring on. The ring needs a powerful will to control it since it is a part of Sauron. Essentially, you'd have to become a will like Sauron to control it. That's why Gandalf rejected it. Yes, Nazgul are very hard to kill.
Christopher Lee had a long career some of his most iconic roles being villains because of his stature and deep toned voice. Many folks bring up Star Wars but he was more famed for playing Dracula before those films. He made many films with Peter Cushing. They were great friends and very hilarious together in real life. They often played serious villainous or heroic characters so it can be hard to imagine they once were thrown out of a movie theater for laughing and clowning too loudly around over the Looney Tunes cartoons being shown.
Smaegol is Gollum's original/real name. I don't know if it's explicitly stated in the movies, but he was once a hobbit before the ring messed him up. The 'wizards' in LOTR are actually ancient beings that have taken human form.
Hobbits are an off shoot of Men but their life cycle is different. They mature more slowly and are not considered fully adult until the age of 33. Frodo turned 33 ( our equivalent of 21 ) when Bilbo turned 111. But since he became Master of Bag End, and took possession of the ring, when Bilbo left he still looks like a young Hobbit when he left for Rivendale at 50.
Gandalf spent 17 years researching the One Ring and tracking how it came to Bilbo.
Sam Gamgee is about 35. His family have been the gardeners for the Baggings family for three generations.
Merry Brandybuck is the eldest son of The Master of Buckland ( on the East side of The Brandywine River ) and is 31.
Pippin Took is the eldest son of The Thain of the Shire (somewhere between a chieftain and a king) , and at 29 is still very much an adolescent. As the movies progress you may notice their manners are a little more courtly than the other Hobbits.
Firstly: All 16 rings were meant to go to the elves (300-500years world of infiltration & deception down to the drain) but Mairon of the Maiar(primordial angelic beings in simple terms as they are sort of beyond angels) disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Ñoldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Celebrimbor! Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey? The Rings, in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, and evil, in the form of Sauron, had been defeated. The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements & questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤
There is problem here with the Rings, the Three were supposed to be never touched by Sauron and that's why they were not corrupting…Sauron had not taken part in their making which made the Three more 'pure' unsullied by his dark power, unlike the Nine and Seven Rings! But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted!
Even appendices of Lot tell us the order of making the rings, so they didn't even need the righs to more detailed writings in UT or Silmarillion:
1200
Sauron endeavours to seduce the Eldar. Gil-galad refuses to treat with him; but the smiths of Eregion are won over. The Númenoreans begin to make permanent havens.
c. 1500
The Elven-smiths instructed by
Sauron reach the height of their skill.
They begin the forging of the Rings of Power.
c. 1590
The Three Rings are completed in Eregion.
c. 1600
Sauron forges the One Ring in
Orodruin. He completes the Barad-dûr. Celebrimbor perceives the designs of Sauron.
1693
War of the Elves & Sauron begins.
The Three Rings are hidden."
'Did you not hear me, Gloin?' said Elrond. 'The Three were not made by Sauron, nor did he ever touch them.
But of them it is not permitted to speak. So much only in this hour of doubt I may now say. They are not idle. But they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained.
These things the Elves of Middle-earth have in some measure gained, though with sorrow. But all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One."
The One Ring’s power over people explained here:As for the rings given to these groups:They were all meant to go to the elves but Mairon of the Maiar disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Ñoldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Celebrimbor! Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey? The Rings, in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, and evil, in the form of Sauron, had been defeated. The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements and questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤ Aside from the three Elven Rings Made In Secret Without Saurons presence or touch upon them through Celebrimbor!
" But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted!" The show is heresy!
I am pretty sure Ar-Pharazôn was a consultant on the show.
It had been 17 years since Uncle Bilbo had left the Shire
Corruption is gradual, depending on how tempted the individual would be by desire for power and domination. Gandalf knew of the "One Ring" but also believed, due to expert advice, that Bilbo's ring could not be that ring, even though it did turn out to be.
One line I never really "took for real" is Gandalf's "there are many magic rings" ... because only the 9+7+3+1 = 20 rings are ever talked about ... and "turning invisible" is a significantly major magical power in a world where magic is subtle.
Everybody is always saying that new viewers need to watch the extended editions, but I disagree. The theatrical versions are already very long, but they’re more palatable and show you everything you need to love the series. Some people find it hard to accept that some might not love the movies like hardcore fans do (me included). However I honestly think your first time viewing should be the theatrical release, and if you like it, watch the extended version on a second viewing. If you like lotr you’ll honestly appreciate the extended editions more on a second viewing.
You really need to watch the extended versions
Saruman the White is played by Christopher Lee. He also played Count Dooku in Star Wars
Oh okay, never seen Stars Wars
@tileux not just movies but was a literal Nazi Hunter/killer and inspired the creation of James Bond
Interesting thing is that the Dwarves are rather immune to the rings power as when they had the 7 of what was meant to be the 16 elven rings redistributed to them it had no effect on them. Especially due to the fact their forefathers were created by the hands of Aulë of the Valar. And they are not greedy! They are highly noble and strong. Their ancestors could take out dragons. You can go into detail in reactions like moviejoob did. She’s the only one aside from a few channels that’s making it popular and it’s working as hundreds more are falling in love with it all. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I've almost watched this whole reaction and yes it's Liv Tyler 😃😍 Looking forward to see you continue with the LOTR-reactions 😊 and even if i know it can be difficult to get reaction-videos out there sometimes without having them beeing taken down, i still think you can show more than you do 👍 i've seen alot of LOTR-reactions and they often show more than this but i don't blame you 🙏 And please watch the extended versions of the next two movies ❤️
Bilbo only had the ring for 60 years. Gollum had it for for over 500. That’s the difference in how much it’s corrupted Bilbo in comparison
Black Cats are the best. Gingers and Voids are always so special. I found my little guy in a cinder block super teeny, far too young to be weened with the sun rising fast. I wasn't even suppose to go out but decided to go for a quick morning bike ride. Now he's been my little baby man for 6 years. He's a big round chungus now but he's forever my baby man.
Every ginger needs a void partner in crime, lol. It's a perfect pairing.
Hope you enjoy!
What an excellent reaction! You picked up on the Tolkien world very quickly. You have a new subscriber.
Hobbits are more resistant to the ring because in general what they want power can’t give but Bilbo and Frodo are a little more susceptible because Tooks tend to be adventurous. Another note is that the elven rings weren’t made by Sauron so they could be used if Sauron wasn’t wearing his ring. The rest of the rings couldn’t be wielded without risk. Gandalf, Elrond and Galadriel are the three elven ring bearers, which is something that pissed off Saruman
And Bilbo is frodos uncle
Bilbo and Frodo are actually cousins -- Frodo's father Drogo Baggins being Bilbo's second cousin, and Frodo's mother Primula Brandybuck being Bilbo's first cousin. But when Bilbo took young Frodo in after Drogo and Primula died in a boating accident, Frodo grew up calling Bilbo "Uncle" as a sign of respect and affection.
The whole "message" of the story can be summed up easily:
*_Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely ... and the corrupt are drawn to power!_*
Hobbits DONT "desire power" and for this reason they are the least corruptible. Boromir "desires power to save his country" and thus is corruptible. Gandalf, Aragorn and Galadriel (and Faramir ... in the book) are WISE ENOUGH to know that they SHOULDNT TRY TO USE THE RING.
@@Muck006 Beautifully said! The only hobbits that tend to break that are the tooks because I’d guess power and the desire for adventure can wall the same path. But a hobbit like Sam can’t be corrupted by it… just makes Sam that much better. It does make me wonder, if Sam was the ring bearer would he have been fine or would it have destroyed him too even if it couldn’t lure him
@@user-mg5mv2tn8q Cousins! Thank you! My brain always said uncle but I prefer being corrected to what is the truth. Huh… cousins. Yeah, uncle works better for sounding respectful cause Bilbo is his elder
@@Catherine.Dorian.The closer the One Ring gets to the place where it was created, the more powerful its influence grows. Gollum found it and took it into his secret lair in the Misty Mountains, and over a period of 500 years its influence drove him out of his freaking mind. Then Bilbo got hold of the Ring and took it home with him to the Shire, which is more than twice as far from its place of origin as the Misty Mountains, so the Ring's power over him during the next 60 years was pretty weak, all in all, at such a distance. Even so, you could see how much Bilbo hated to part with it, so it was still having some effect on him. Frodo, on the other hand, is taking the Ring to Mount Doom itself, whose cursed fires forged the One Ring in the first place, and it's highly doubtful that anybody, either Frodo or Sam or anyone else this side of Tom Bombadil, could resist the Ring's corruption there.
34:40 I agree; Liv Tyler looks like Liv Tyler to me as well.
Sorry, I started to watch but I can't handle the helium voices.
The study session lasts 17 years in the book.
G'day fellow Aussie, unless I miss my guess. Read the books. That's all else I'll say. It's only 1/2 a million words :D
It's soooooo much better than Harry Potter!!
Nothing would exist without Tolkiens books and PJs movies where everyone was inspired from. Tolkien wasn’t creating something random. He was restoring ancient knowledge back to the world. Giving back especially to England which had its mythologies and cultures and original languages destroyed and scattered for centuries.
Thanks for sharing your reaction of LOTR. I love watching first time reactions to Jackson's film versions of Tolkien's classic literature. The theatrical versions are okay by me.
Big thumbs up!
You WOULD'NT HAVE Harry Potter or ANY other fantasy if it had not been for the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, the man who went through both WW1 and WW2. He was a Christian Scholar who had colleges who would sit for hours in the library's of each others homes and schools and through the fellowship and horrors of war came this whole other life called Middle Earth, which being also a linguist was capable of creating vast language for various cultures he created. He brought these books into our society and no one has ever been able to create the homage to Tolkien in the way that Peter Jackson did by taking up the mantle to share it with us visually
You will see how Gollum got the ring in the Return of the King
(Was in the extended) The song heard when the elves were spotted in the forest by Frodo&Sam near the beginning of the movie: here is the song the Elves were singing & chanting a very special Hymn along their journey:(With English translation)
* Á Elbereth Gilthoniel
“o Elbereth who lit the stars”
* silivren penna míriel
“from glittering crystal slanting falls with light like jewels”
* Ò menel aglar elenath
“from heaven on high the glory of the starry host”
* na-chaered palan-díriel
“to lands remote I have looked afar”
ò galadhremmin ennorath
“from tree-tangled middle-lands”
* Fanuilos, le linnathon
“and now to thee, Fanuilos, bright spirit clothed in ever-white, I will ... sing”
* nef aear, sí nef aearon
“here ... beyond the Sea, beyond the wide and sundering Sea”
* Ã Elbereth Gilthoniel²
“o Elbereth who lit the stars”
* Ò menel palan-diriel
“from heaven gazing far”
* le nallon sí di’nguruthos
“here overwhelmed in dread of Death I cry”
* Á tiro nin, Fanuilos
“o guard me, Elbereth”
(The elvish name given to Varda is Elbereth Gilthoniel is one of the main Valar who are of the main group of entities known as the Ainur who sang the world into being and helped shaped it further from within after some entered into the young world. She is most loved & honoured by the elves for many reasons)
It’s very important as regarding the elves history that spanned over 40,000+ years. Because even one of the three high kings within Valinor was 30,000 years old well before the third age. Galadriel is his granddaughter just do you know. Yeah. She’s very important throughout the entire histories. They are passing away with what’s left of their kin to the undying lands. Many thousands had their home in middle earth just like the high kings ancestors that woke to the stars. Their birth is shrouded in mist as is their entire existence itself. That in itself is a whole story. You’d love to react to the immersive and entertaining lore videos like moviejoob & OmarioRPG have done. It’s ever vast and rewarding to let touch your soul.❤❤❤❤
Varda is a Quenya name of Valarin origin meaning "Sublime", "Exalted" or "Lofty"
Elbereth is name given to her by the elves meaning ‘Star Lady’
Gilthoniel essentially means Star Kindler
An original title of Varda, meaning 'the Kindler', and deriving from her making of the first faint stars in ancient times which was to light the dark world which had no sun yet and they loomed over the original Dark Lord (Fallen Valar named Morgoth by the elves) who he feared most above all even as supposedly he was the mightiest and first of all Ainur to ever exist (Ainur is the ultimate race of both Maiar and Valar)
When, long afterwards, she used the dews of Telperion(one of the two sacred trees that predated the Moon of which it birthed later on) to kindle brighter stars still, this surname seems to have fallen out of favour. After that time she was called instead Elentári, the Queen of the Stars.
Yeah you should go extended... it is the best made films probly of our life times.. even if its not really your thing the effects.. music.. writing.. acting ..props.. sets.. are just top notch.. even at over 20 years old now. and even the most ardent H.P fans know that without L.O.T.R harry would never have existed so 🤷♂️
It’s true… Liv Tyler does look a bit like Liv Tyler 😂😂😂
Aragorn can’t be Isildur’s son if Isildur lived 3,000 years ago. Humans don’t live that long.
Highest age the superhuman otherworldly Númenoreans was 500 beyond the children of Tar-Minyatur. Elrond’s Twin Brother (Elros) ❤
The lord of the rings 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Wizards in Tolkien universe are very different to Harry Potter
There are only 5 wizards and they are lesser gods (same level as Sauron) in mortal form as old men with beards
About the incredible set design: Much of it was actually implemented with green-screens, where the actors did their stuff on a stage with no background other than a sheet of green. In post-production, a true background is then projected wherever green shows up. Same thing happens on TV weather forecasts. Much cheaper than real sets.
Please lord of the rings twp tower reaction 😍😍
Going into this trilogy the Lord of the Rings is a fantastic story & each movie represents a book. It's a wonderful, expansive story. I can't say the same about The Hobbit. Though the book itself is a fun prequel to the LOTR that I read when I was a child the movies are not worth watching or reacting to.
eh I think you have to take it for what it is and it’s a work of art compared to rings of power. The hobbit was a bedtime story and it’s more kid like then the adult LotR based on his time in war so I find the tone shift fine
"Is it his son?" :D:D ( after 3000 years ) , i mean Aragorn is older than he looks, but he is not this old, also Arwen just 5 sec before that said that he is his Isildurˇs heir. Sorry but some of your notes makes me think you r not watching that movie :D
Son of a son of a son etc 👍🏾
Hobbit films are rubbish. The books are fantastic, you should read The Hobbit book first before the LotR. A guy called Rob Inglis did the audiobooks, he's much better than the films:) The LoTR films are pretty good but not a patch on the books.