In Fellowship, Aragorn sings The Lay of Luthien, about an elf princess who saves a man, Beren, from a dungeon. They fall in love and she gives up her immortality to be with him, like Arwen for Aragorn. On the graves of JRR Tolkien and his wife Edith are the names Luthien and Beren.
At 10:43, this scene between Faramir, Boromir, and their father was cut from the Theatrical version of the movie. It is one of the principal reasons why true Tolkien fans prefer the Extended version.
They don't really explain it, but Sarumans voice is his greatest power. Him convincing the wildmen, or hyping up the Uruk's are some examples of it... when they are chasing the Uruks, Aragorn actually says "some evil gives speed to these creatures", alluding to the effect Saruman has on them. Also in the first movie, when Gandalf rides up and Saruman is narrating his arrival, this is actually him speaking to Gandalf from his tower.... another example of what he can do with words.
He also speaks to the fellowship as they are travelling through the mountains, talking to Gandalf to discourage him and calling a storm into the mountains. It didn't happen exactly that way in the book, but I always loved how the movies showed the power of Saruman's voice that way.
At 12:25, you are the first reactor I've watched to comment on the wonderful background matte painting. In the book, Faramir says to Frodo and Sam, "Moonset over Gondor. Fair Ithil, as he goes from Middle-earth, glances upon the white locks of old MIndolluin. It is worth a few shivers." Ithil is the Elvish name for the Moon, and Mindolluin is the tall mountain that rises behind the city of Minas Tirith.
00:52 Aragorn (and Boromir, and Faramir) are descendants of númenóreans (dúnedain), those people were granted long lives because their parents fought alongside elves against Morgoth. As a prize, they got to live in a blessed island. In the case of Aragorn, he is from royal blood, so he lives even more than other dúnedain. At the times of LOTR, a "normal" dúnadan would live 120 years, but Aragorn lived 210. Just as fun fact: In the end, Númenor fell, most of them were corrupted by their envy of elven immortality first and by Sauron later. They tried to invade the Undying lands, so Eru (God) sank the island and made the world round (it was flat before). Survivors of Númenor founded the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor (and some descendants of corrupted númenoreans founded some kingdoms in the south).
There were a lot of people who watched this trilogy for the first time during the Pandemic. They found hope in Sam's speech of a better tomorrow in the Post-Pandemic world.
2:53 It's a 'Warg' as they were originally written they were monstrous wolves, but I think wolves have a better reputation these days, so they made them more Hyena-like. 9:55 They are obviously Hobbits. Gondorians have never seen Hobbits, they are stuff of ancient legend as far as they are concerned. The Shire is far away and no-one from Gondor has been there. 21:20 We see the director's children again! Aragorn lives a long life, it is true, but that's not why he can marry Arwen. Elrond is the son of Beren and Luthien, a man and elf woman. He and his descendants have the choice to be immortal elves or mortal humans.
The first king of numenor; earendil was half-elven. Aragorn, being a descendant of that line has a little bit of elf in him. His race can live 250-300 years.
At 18:10, the screen writers have amped up the odds here. Peter Jackson is said to have modeled the Battle of Helm's Deep on the movie "Zulu," which he greatly admired, in which a small band of British soldiers face an enormous army of Zulu warriors. In the book, the Rohirrim had about 2,000 men, mostly seasoned warriors--long odds, but not as long as in the movie.
Aragorn is a distant descendant of Elrond's brother Elros, who chose to be numbered among Men rather than Elves (they had the choice because they were of mixed parentage - that's why Elrond is called "The Half-Elven" - it's also why Arwen can choose a mortal life. She also has two brothers Elladan and Elrohir who are like Aragorn's foster brothers, but they don't appear in the films)
27:42 The woman who is awkwardly climbing the steps in Arwen who was cut out of the battle of Helms Deep but the editors did not cut her out of this shot probably because they thought we would not notice the sole female elf with a red dress during the battle.
At 10:08, it has always bothered me that Peter Jackson & Co. made Frodo lie here. In the book, his words were, "I do not know where he is. He is only a chance companion met upon our road, and I am not answerable for him. If you come upon him, spare him. Bring him or send him to us. He is only a wretched gangrel creature, but I have him under my care for a while."
Gondor has been fighting Mordor for many years. The dynamic that the brothers Boromir and Faramir have with their father Denethor is not explained in the films but their mother became ill and eventually died after Faramir's birth. Boromir was a proud and great warrior like his father had been. Faramir was tutored by Gandalf as a boy and though he was a good fighter as well, he was also more cultured on many subjects.
John Rhys-Davies (who I believe is actually the tallest actor among the fellowship) also plays Sallah in Indianda Jones 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and 'The Last Crusade. He was also a villain in a spin off film of the 1970s Incredible Hulk series called 'The Trial of the Incredible Hulk' in which he meets fellow super-hero Daredevil.
Its impressing that the battle alone cost as much as entire movies and they built Helms Deep for real in different scales. Also the making was pretty hard for the actors because it rained for real and many people got hurt or sick. Thats passion for the work. Funfact: the Elven actors were students who got hired for the movie because they needed young pretty people. Because they were unexperienced with marching in formation and other stuff they've got military training by a former instructor.
30:00 That’s not a dragon here in this fantasy. That’s called a Fell Beast. Winged creatures with beak & claws, similar to birds. Naked body without feathers, a long neck and a vast hide between its horned fingers.
The Elves are all sailing to what is essentially Heaven... so its like say in Middle-Earth where evil is out of control, or go to Heaven with the other Elves.
Not really heaven, the undying lands Aman are just home to immortal beings, the Valar, Maiar, and elves live there but it is a continent just like Middle Earth. At the end of the 2nd age it was removed from the world and can only be accessed by immortals taking the “straight road”. Before then you could sail to Aman by just going west but mortal beings were forbidden to set foot on the land of Aman or suffer the punishment of the Valar. Some exceptions were made, for example Earendil visited to request the help of the Valar to help with Melkor/Morgoth. Near the end of the 2nd age, Numenor mustered a great armada and tried to challenge the Valar but their host was eliminated and Numenor was sunk into the sea as punishment for denying the ban of mortals from Aman.
@@HellNaught I don’t think mortal beings can find the way now, they would simply sail to other side of the world like we do today. Sauron was Maiar and could return to Aman when his spirit was still whole and in the world. In fact he was supposed to return to Aman at the start of the 2nd age to repent to Manwe for his actions in the first age as Lt. of Morgoth. He instead fled and hid in Middle Earth then suffer the humiliation. Of course now with the destruction of the ring he can no longer form a body so he is essentially just an evil spirit on the wind.
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A big fault in the movies is that nobody explains what it feels to be in the presense of a nazgul. Your blood begins to boil and freeze at the same time, the dread you feel from them makes you lose rationality, courage etc.
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In Fellowship, Aragorn sings The Lay of Luthien, about an elf princess who saves a man, Beren, from a dungeon. They fall in love and she gives up her immortality to be with him, like Arwen for Aragorn. On the graves of JRR Tolkien and his wife Edith are the names Luthien and Beren.
Their story is so tragic. They lived a long and happy life after they've suffered hard times. Also all their descendants got killed by Feanors sons.
At 10:43, this scene between Faramir, Boromir, and their father was cut from the Theatrical version of the movie. It is one of the principal reasons why true Tolkien fans prefer the Extended version.
It completely changes the dynamic of his character.
They don't really explain it, but Sarumans voice is his greatest power. Him convincing the wildmen, or hyping up the Uruk's are some examples of it... when they are chasing the Uruks, Aragorn actually says "some evil gives speed to these creatures", alluding to the effect Saruman has on them. Also in the first movie, when Gandalf rides up and Saruman is narrating his arrival, this is actually him speaking to Gandalf from his tower.... another example of what he can do with words.
He also speaks to the fellowship as they are travelling through the mountains, talking to Gandalf to discourage him and calling a storm into the mountains. It didn't happen exactly that way in the book, but I always loved how the movies showed the power of Saruman's voice that way.
@HellNaught In contrast, Gandalfs greatest power is in his counsel. He, however, doesn't force his will on people. "Let the Ringbearer decide."
At 12:25, you are the first reactor I've watched to comment on the wonderful background matte painting. In the book, Faramir says to Frodo and Sam, "Moonset over Gondor. Fair Ithil, as he goes from Middle-earth, glances upon the white locks of old MIndolluin. It is worth a few shivers." Ithil is the Elvish name for the Moon, and Mindolluin is the tall mountain that rises behind the city of Minas Tirith.
00:52 Aragorn (and Boromir, and Faramir) are descendants of númenóreans (dúnedain), those people were granted long lives because their parents fought alongside elves against Morgoth. As a prize, they got to live in a blessed island. In the case of Aragorn, he is from royal blood, so he lives even more than other dúnedain. At the times of LOTR, a "normal" dúnadan would live 120 years, but Aragorn lived 210. Just as fun fact: In the end, Númenor fell, most of them were corrupted by their envy of elven immortality first and by Sauron later. They tried to invade the Undying lands, so Eru (God) sank the island and made the world round (it was flat before). Survivors of Númenor founded the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor (and some descendants of corrupted númenoreans founded some kingdoms in the south).
There were a lot of people who watched this trilogy for the first time during the Pandemic. They found hope in Sam's speech of a better tomorrow in the Post-Pandemic world.
2:53 It's a 'Warg' as they were originally written they were monstrous wolves, but I think wolves have a better reputation these days, so they made them more Hyena-like.
9:55 They are obviously Hobbits. Gondorians have never seen Hobbits, they are stuff of ancient legend as far as they are concerned. The Shire is far away and no-one from Gondor has been there.
21:20 We see the director's children again!
Aragorn lives a long life, it is true, but that's not why he can marry Arwen. Elrond is the son of Beren and Luthien, a man and elf woman. He and his descendants have the choice to be immortal elves or mortal humans.
Slight correction: Elrond is the *Great* *Grandson* of Beren & Lúthien. 😁👍
@@elainebagpuss6407 Of course you are right,I should have said descendant, not Son.
The first king of numenor; earendil was half-elven. Aragorn, being a descendant of that line has a little bit of elf in him. His race can live 250-300 years.
Slight correction…Elros, Earendil’s son who chose mortal life, brother of Elrond, was the first king of Numenor.
At 18:10, the screen writers have amped up the odds here. Peter Jackson is said to have modeled the Battle of Helm's Deep on the movie "Zulu," which he greatly admired, in which a small band of British soldiers face an enormous army of Zulu warriors. In the book, the Rohirrim had about 2,000 men, mostly seasoned warriors--long odds, but not as long as in the movie.
Aragorn is a distant descendant of Elrond's brother Elros, who chose to be numbered among Men rather than Elves (they had the choice because they were of mixed parentage - that's why Elrond is called "The Half-Elven" - it's also why Arwen can choose a mortal life. She also has two brothers Elladan and Elrohir who are like Aragorn's foster brothers, but they don't appear in the films)
27:42 The woman who is awkwardly climbing the steps in Arwen who was cut out of the battle of Helms Deep but the editors did not cut her out of this shot probably because they thought we would not notice the sole female elf with a red dress during the battle.
At 10:08, it has always bothered me that Peter Jackson & Co. made Frodo lie here. In the book, his words were, "I do not know where he is. He is only a chance companion met upon our road, and I am not answerable for him. If you come upon him, spare him. Bring him or send him to us. He is only a wretched gangrel creature, but I have him under my care for a while."
Gondor has been fighting Mordor for many years. The dynamic that the brothers Boromir and Faramir have with their father Denethor is not explained in the films but their mother became ill and eventually died after Faramir's birth. Boromir was a proud and great warrior like his father had been. Faramir was tutored by Gandalf as a boy and though he was a good fighter as well, he was also more cultured on many subjects.
John Rhys-Davies (who I believe is actually the tallest actor among the fellowship) also plays Sallah in Indianda Jones 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and 'The Last Crusade. He was also a villain in a spin off film of the 1970s Incredible Hulk series called 'The Trial of the Incredible Hulk' in which he meets fellow super-hero Daredevil.
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Its impressing that the battle alone cost as much as entire movies and they built Helms Deep for real in different scales.
Also the making was pretty hard for the actors because it rained for real and many people got hurt or sick. Thats passion for the work.
Funfact: the Elven actors were students who got hired for the movie because they needed young pretty people. Because they were unexperienced with marching in formation and other stuff they've got military training by a former instructor.
It was so miserable that the cast and crew got t-shirts made that said I survived the Battle of Helm's Deep.
@@ronweber1402why is this miserable? I think thats kinda funny
30:00 That’s not a dragon here in this fantasy. That’s called a Fell Beast. Winged creatures with beak & claws, similar to birds. Naked body without feathers, a long neck and a vast hide between its horned fingers.
Arwen is about 2,800 years old
Aragorn really does go for those older women!
Do you think it's a little strange that one of the tallest cast members was John Rhys-Davies, who played the part of Gimli, a dwarf?
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Even though the half-elves like Arwen can choose mortality they would still live a lot longer than humans (even the Dunedain).
The Elves are all sailing to what is essentially Heaven... so its like say in Middle-Earth where evil is out of control, or go to Heaven with the other Elves.
Not really heaven, the undying lands Aman are just home to immortal beings, the Valar, Maiar, and elves live there but it is a continent just like Middle Earth. At the end of the 2nd age it was removed from the world and can only be accessed by immortals taking the “straight road”.
Before then you could sail to Aman by just going west but mortal beings were forbidden to set foot on the land of Aman or suffer the punishment of the Valar. Some exceptions were made, for example Earendil visited to request the help of the Valar to help with Melkor/Morgoth.
Near the end of the 2nd age, Numenor mustered a great armada and tried to challenge the Valar but their host was eliminated and Numenor was sunk into the sea as punishment for denying the ban of mortals from Aman.
@@RetroHondo67 yea I was oversimplifying it. Would Sauron be able to sail there? I knew the men couldnt and were punished for trying.
@@HellNaught I don’t think mortal beings can find the way now, they would simply sail to other side of the world like we do today.
Sauron was Maiar and could return to Aman when his spirit was still whole and in the world. In fact he was supposed to return to Aman at the start of the 2nd age to repent to Manwe for his actions in the first age as Lt. of Morgoth. He instead fled and hid in Middle Earth then suffer the humiliation.
Of course now with the destruction of the ring he can no longer form a body so he is essentially just an evil spirit on the wind.
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The elves call death the Gift of Men because the go to spend eternity with Eru Illu star, the One Father. Elves live forever in a beautiful sameness.
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A big fault in the movies is that nobody explains what it feels to be in the presense of a nazgul. Your blood begins to boil and freeze at the same time, the dread you feel from them makes you lose rationality, courage etc.
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