I remember watching this at a full theater: groups of friends, families with kids, you name it. The movies started and the first minutes the kids did what you know they always do: being restless and making jokes. Some more minutes in and the theater was silent as a tomb: every single person was invested in the movie and reacting to the emotional cues, like the kids arriving at Rohan and then finding their mom, Shadowfax appearing for the first time, Treebeard and his slow speech... Full silence for nearly three hours. That's when you know a movie is good.
I'm watching through the trilogy with my young daughters, we've talked about how many names have an almost matching pair. Like Aragon's (potential) love interests, Arwen and Eowen, Boromir and Faramir, Sauron and Saruman, Gondor and Mordor, Theoden and Theodred. To me it's implied an almost yin/yang good/evil aspect, or at least a this or that choice, lol.
Spot on analysis of the Boromir situation. He was pushed by his father, but was a good man who went with the fellowship even if it was against his initial mission. One of the best and deepest characters in the story.
Boromir was also the most "human" character at his core as well. Deep down, he was a truly good and kind man, albeit a flawed one (and all humans are inherently flawed in some way, it's just part of who we are, it's how we overcome those flaws that matters the most). Out of every member of the Fellowship, it was Boromir who focused the most by far on the weaker and more vulnerable members of the group (the four hobbits), hence why he helps to train the Hobbits to fight, and as they try to cross the mountain pass, it is Boromir who warns that the pass "will be the death of the little ones". Boromir only tried to take the One Ring from Frodo because the Ring itself preyed upon Boromir's noble desire to save and protect his people, it twisted Boromir's selflessness and compassion in an attempt to turn him into something that he truly was not: a power-hungry madman. And that's the precise reason why it had to be Frodo to carry the One Ring, and not one of the "stronger" members of the group. As noble and strong as Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, and Gandalf might have been, the One Ring would nonetheless have worn them down and twisted them soon enough. The Hobbits however have an innate resistance to the corruption of the One Ring, the only reason Bilbo & Gollum (who himself used to be a Hobbit) became so twisted and obsessed with the One Ring was because of prolonged and near-constant exposure to the One Ring. Frodo however had really not had any real exposure to the Ring while it was in Bilbo's possession, so the One Ring has to try and wear down Frodo's resolve and willpower the hard way, and as powerful as the One Ring is, that will not be an easy or quick task for it to accomplish.
@@gamester512 THANK YOU. Boromir definitely was the most "human" out of all the members of the Fellowship. He was the one that looked out for the hobbits as well after Gandalf fell in Moria. While the rest did respect and cared for the hobbits, Boromir sympathized the most and even had actual fun with them. If they ever swung by a tavern, I'd imagine he'd be the one learning drinking songs from Merry and Pippin.
@@gamester512 the dwarves thanks to Aulë had absolute resistance to it. It’s in the Silmarillion. Mairon/Annatar tried many times to get at the em but the rings did not work on them. Not at all!! Gimli should have held it for safe keeping inside a pouch of sorts. Believe me. Especially with dwarves runes around and inside it would have definitely done it. I also love Dwarven name for Aulê which is Mahar!
"I watched three hours of that movie. Three hours of this movie... Frodo STILL got the goddam ring!" I'm dying. Can't wait to see your reaction to the climax of the final movie!
"I can't believe I'm contemplating sitting up and watching a third movie. It's killing me, it's eating me up" And thus the One Ring took hold of Mr Video 😂
Bernard Hill’s “No parent should ever have to bury their child.” always gets me. Such an emotional performance of honestly the worst pain anyone could ever endure.
As a long time tolkien fan, I really appreciate your nuanced commentary on Frodo. A lot of people grow incredibly frustrated by Frodo because they don't understand the torture that the ring puts him through. As a young child I was too but getting older I realized how tragic his struggle was. Thanks dude
Huh. As a kid, I just felt sorry for him. I got that he was being tortured and couldn't do much about it. Maybe because I had a similar problem having to deal with undiagnosed ADHD and Asperger's. Spent the first 25 years of my life knowing something was different, something was *wrong,* but had no idea *what.*
It's all about the ring, bout the ring, no battle Is gonna solve a thing, solve a thing, not battles Cause it's all about the ring, bout the ring, not battles Yea it 's all about the ring, bout the ring
Same! I hate when people crap on Frodo as if he was useless and weak. Yeah, Sam was the reason he got as far as he did, but that's all he had to deal with (hard though it was). Frodo was physically and psychologically tortured carrying the ring, that is no small thing. He was incredibly resilient, even going so far as to literally crawl when he felt like he couldn't go any further. Frodo is a beast and deserves as much credit as Sam gets. They were a team through and through.
@brigidtheirish thank goodness for you finally getting a diagnosis. I was about when finally got mine. I hope you've been able to unlock the impressive abilities of your brain 😊
"What can one do against such hate?"....and you respond, "You gotta keep fighting." Truer words were never spoken. Love your channel. So glad your reacting to these movies.
@@ITSMRVIDEO-rg9ms it's the accents from the different races, which is only fitting considering the author of the books was (amongst other things) a professor of linguistics at a highly renowned University who spoke (and wrote) at least a dozen languages and even invented two complete languages of his own. Tolkien made up two elvish languages from scratch, with grammar, declination etc, plus some lines and words for other languages like the one they speak in Mordor, but those are not on the same level as the elvish ones. The books are just the background story for those languages.
Every reviewer: “It’s almost four hours long. It’s a long *ss movie.” Also ever reviewer at the end of the movie: “Wait! That’s it? There has to be more!” 😬
@@Gnossiene369 There is no absolute for anything in life. That’s why you can only prove Beyond a Reasonable Doubt in a court of law. Just embellishing on it. But the last four videos of this series that I’ve watched, the content creators has said as much. In fact, it’s one of the main reasons they never watched it in the first place. It was just too long.
"You can't post anything except these movies!" It's almost like you have been burdened with a great responsibility... a great curse, but also a great blessing... almost like you are now a ring-bearer... One reaction series to rule them all...
@@surprisinglygoodnews3679 Look, the book says it's MOST LIKELY tobacco and that's clearly dried tobacco leaves in those barrels... but we know better.
Then he will get to Return of the King, and all the fans will say "don't bother with the Hobbit movies, they suck! Just end this series! DESTROY IT!" and he will get tempted by it hahaha
Also the actor playing Aragorn broke his toe when he kicked the helmet so that scream he made was real pain lol and you left out the part where he said the hobbits would be mistaken as children by most men. Redeeming you from calling them kids the whole last movie.
It's hard to describe how utterly MASSIVE these movies felt in the theater. Especially this one. The sound of individual raindrops starting to fall at Helm's Deep, building to a glorious squall of noise and carnage. 16 year old me absolutely loved it.
You have no idea how mad I was to be 6 when the first movie came out. We rented them from blockbuster a little while after they came out on VHS, so I've watched them since I was about 8 or 9... but I've always been upset that I never saw them in a theater. :(
@ohifonlyx33 if this is the only reason for them to screen these movies every few years then yes yes yes please do that. Its indeed a crying shame that so many ppl are deprived of this epic journey's experience
25:07 It is. As Legolas said, "That is one of the Mearas!" That was a breed of horses descended from those owned and ridden by a character called Orome, who was basically the Archangel in charge of hunting and the wild. They're the finest and most angelic horses in the world.
"The ring is not supposed to go to Gondor, it's supposed to go to Mordor ... it's a different door!" 😆😂 Your reactions are priceless, the best I've seen! Love watching these films again with you ❤
YESSS, your face when our dog Gandalf pulled up for the charge of Helm’s Deep had me grinning hard with you!! And HA, past 1am and contemplating starting the next one, seems like we’ve got a new one, welcome to the club Mr. V!! 🔥😈
Gollum held the ring for almost 500 years, even in just the course of these movies which I think is like 2 or 3 years we can see the ring have an effect on Frodo. Just try to imagine the extent of poisoning Gollums mind has been through
@@wingmanjohnny50 and FrizzleFry 92 Yes, Frodo was 50 years old (3018) when the companions set out. And from that time he wore the Ring, NOT since he was 33! Before that, Bilbo had it, and had had it since he was 51 until he voluntarily gave it up at 111 (3001). The Ring was in Frodo's possession for those 17 years, but he did not carry it with him! And this is the only way he can spread his "poison". And the journey to Mordor did not take 2 to 3 years, but "only" 11 months. With the return journey to the Shire it was 13 months, Frodo even says that in the movie! You must already pay attention a little while watching a movie.
There is this phrase that I like… “Words mean stuff.” Had = owned, possessed. I never said he wore the ring for 17 years but he WAS in possession of the ring for 17 years before the journey, No? Are we to assume that this did nothing to his aging, for example? I was trying to point out the timeline for those who might not understand how long Frodo was in possession of the ring and I’m not wrong.
"It's not supposed to go to Gondor, It's supposed to go to Mordor! It's a different door!" I've seen these movies a dozen times and you made me enjoy it all over again. Thanks man can't wait for Return of the King
In The falcon and the winter soldier they say, "Someone who loses their spouse is a widow. Someone who loses their parents is an orphan. What do you call someone who loses a child?" Broken. They're broken and it's a pain that never heals. It just hurts less
Yeah, that scene of Theodan's grief after losing his son is powerful and gut-wrenching to watch. I know the feeling. Losing my babygirl at only 22 years old nearly nearly killed Me, the pain goes so deep. The acting in that scene was superb 🎭
Theodan was doing his best to present a strong face, he knows his soldiers are terrified, and a terrified defending force is as good as dead. So he was strutting about proud and confident to give them a sense of courage.
I love that the only one who has the ability to do such a thing is Eru themselves. The Flame Imperishable, The Secret Fire. God himself brought our man back and powered him up.
The Ents actually move at a pretty good clip. Yeah, their steps are slow, but one step for Treebeard is like four feet. It's their deliberation that's slow as molasses (until they get pissed off)
Looks to me like their steps are closer to 10 feet than 4 at a walking pace because most of them are so tall. So a full stride would be nearly 20 feet meaning a full grown man would have to jog if not run to keep up with them.
The reason Gollum was freaking out while tied up was left out of the movie, the rope was given to Sam by the elves when they lefy Lothlórien, Gollum is so totally corrupted due to his time with the ring that even the touch of something elven made was painful.
If you think about the two horses given, it's as an apology for each of their friends presumed dead. Horses from the rohirrim are really good, so that's quite a gift, which ahows how bad Eomer felt
In the Books if I remember correctly Gandalf's horse can run at like 70 miles an hour for multiple days. So if Gandalf is traveling alone he can travel at freeway speeds.
"They suiting up kids to go to battle?" "I hope these are kids." Outta all this exciting upload that comment made me pause & laugh for a min. So many levels of funny in that statement. Thx
Gran Torino was a pleasant surprise. One of my favorite films actually. This of course is something I was anticipating since you posted the first one. Though these films are hefty, so I can't imagine doing them all in one go (At least for movie commentary reasons) Don't let anyone sway you in how to do things, you do just fine in posting a variety of movies between sequels. Great commentary as always. Keep at it!
23:57 "How he just been sent back?" Gandalf isn't actually a mortal. He's a type of spirit called a Maiar, as is Saruman (and Sauron and the Balrog, for that matter). He just has the body of an old man. He was sent back by the Valar, who are the gods of Middle earth, because his purpose is to oppose Sauron
When given the cloaks from Galadriel, they said, "may these cloaks help shield you from unfriendly eyes," is a bit of a subtle hint toward them being magical. That's why the cloak disguised them as a rock from the two soldiers who are helping Mordor.
Scenes like that are explained in the Extended version per Galadrias gifts and what they are for...Also we missed out on so much about the mountain and" The dead who dwell here " in the theatrical versions, and so much more important info in the Return of the king.
The robes are not technically magical, they are woven so that they blend with their surroundings. It is due to the elven crafting ability and some of those weavers having been making these robes for 20K years.
@@VadulTharys yah it's something Galadriel hints at in the book, when she talks about the Hobbits' use of the word 'magic' , and how they apply it both to the ability of the Elves, and the "devices of the Enemy" . The Elvish skill - especially the Noldor, Galadriel's set - is of such height that to mortal races it's beyond understanding, and as you say it's partly innate, and partly that they have been at it a /real/ long time. Galadriel particularly for pretty much as long as time existed.
It's so interesting that you said "an Angel of Gandalf", because that's exactly what Gandalf is. He's one of the Maiar - Angelic beings who helped to create the world, but less powerful than the Valar. It is the Valar who sent Gandalf back. Crash-course in the cosmology of the legendarium: Eru Iluvatar (God) created the Ainur, who all sung a vision of the world into existence. Eru then told them that they could enter into the world and make it real, but they would be bound to it. Thirteen of the most powerful Ainur entered the world (Ea, or Arda), and set about getting it ready for the coming of the Children of Iluvarar (Elves and Men). These Ainur are known as the Valar. One of those Vala was Melkor, who became the first Dark Lord, rebelling against the designs of Eru. He is basically Tolkien's version of Satan, a fallen angel. Many weaker Ainur entered Arda to help the Valar, and these are known as the Maiar. Gandalf and the other Wizards are Maiar who were sent to help Middle Earth in human form, about 1,000 years into the Third Age, 2,000 years before LOTR takes place. Sauron and the Balrogs are also Maiar, who sided with Melkor before he was defeated.
@@QueenCloveroftheice I wouldn't say it's allegory; more just pulling from his experience in ww1 to inspire some of the more horrific sides of the wars in lotr.
21:17 Gandalf told Frodo Gollum’s original name. In the film it was told to him in Moria, in book it was in Bag End. 23:07 Gandalf already was an angel from the get-go. Him, Saruman, Sauron and the Balrog are all angelic beings called Maiar. The Five Wizards (1 white, 1 grey, 1 brown, and 2 blues) were sent to Middle Earth to help defeat Sauron, with the White Wizard being the one in charge, and the arch-nemesis of Sauron. Since Saruman wasn’t doing his JOB, Gandalf got to come back with said job and the power that comes with it, hence why he’s “Saruman as he should have been.” 26:04 he’s the heir of Isildur he’s the great-great(add 32 more greats)grandson of the dude who fucked up him the first time. Also if he becomes king and unites the people, they’ll be harder for Sauron to conquer. 27:38 when they departed Lorien and Galadriel gave them gifts, they also gave them cloaks that work like camouflage. 43:28 Arwen will lose her immortality and she will eventually die, but Aragorn will still die much sooner than her. The natural lifespan of his people are around 200, but Arwen would live for another 300 years after his natural passing.
@RespectTheSpirits The Valar (like higher angels/demigods) sent Gandalf, Saruman, Rhadagast, and the two blue wizards in the 3rd age to help guide the free people in the struggle against Sauron. Gandalf didn't "transform" exactly, it's more like how he chooses to look or was directed to look. Gandalf takes the mantle of "the white wizard" since Saruman basically abandoned his role in allying with Sauron.
Hi since you're talking about laundry I'm sure you've probably seen the Hobbit and Radagast the Brown and he has bird poop all over his head. It's all dried up, a Big blob and nobody ever mentions it I just thought that was funny.
😂😂 i know he'd be fresh white all the time. Of course in the book its all written, his maic is the reason he is always fresh white. No other colours can be attached or be on him. Even if he got a blood spilled on him. He is gandalf the white. But for Saruman he will later known as Saruman the many colours or something like that name can't remember his exact name. For now he is The white wizard. With DARK magic he will be called many colours something like that nane
@@giannag4581 i think they made Radagast way to silly. He is a maiar after all and should have some serious wisdom. But he makes Snoop Dogg look like a amateur when he smokes Gandalfs pioe.
If Gandalf could pour his laundry secret into a bottle, it would be the biggest selling item at Walmart. People would stand in line for days waiting for its arrival on the shelves. It would be bigger than the newest IPhones, Popeyes chicken sandwiches and Harry Potter books.
The being that Gandalf fought was a Balrog, one of the deadliest servants of Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Sauron was actually the lieutenant of Morgoth
A friendly tip, you can split your microphone audio from your desktop audio, so can keep your microphone audio when you become copyrighted for a soundtrack. Plenty of step-by-step tutorials with different programs, works well with streaming aswell.
I notice sometimes you call the orcs “elves”, both regarding the troop that captured Merry and Pippin, and the goblins that fled the Balrog in Moria. You aren't wrong though, because the ancestors of the orcs used to be elves that were twisted and mutilated into monstrosities by Morgoth, the first dark lord.
The scene where Aragorn and the elves charge to defend the breach in the wall is fucking awesome. This is definitely one of the greatest movies ever made. It's my favourite trilogy too. No reboots or remakes will ever do it justice so I just ignore them.
The Spirit of Sauron fears Aragorn because his ancestor Isildur defeated him when he cut the ring from his finger. Sauron fears that Isildur’s heir will also have the strength to defeat him.
So true, so true; I mean he was scripted to scream anyway but the broken toe pain just made the scream all the more primal and real. I half expected to hear him yell "MOTHERFUCKER!" LOL.
Aragorn was a descendent of the Numenorians who were granted extended long lives by the Valar(The ruling spirits of Middle Earth who serve Eru Iluvatar the supreme being. Gandalf and Saruman were Maia spirits (servants of the Valar). Sauron or Gauthor (The Abhorred) was originally a lieutenant Of the Spirit Melkor(He who arises in might) or Morgoth (The black enemy of the land) who succumbed to evil and was cast into the outer darkness.Sauron / Gauthor took over his kingdom when Melkor/Morgoth was banished. These and many other tales are recounted in the book The Silmarillion which tells the history of Middle Earth long before The Lord Of The Rings.
I hadn't seen gran torino in ages so that was a nice surprise. Post things in whatever order you see best man, this channel is as much for your enjoyment as it is ours, if not more.
Yup. Watching the Movies we had to wait a year between each. The LOTR was first published in 1954. They were read to me in 1958 when I was eleven. So I waited 43 years to see this epic on-screen. And I never lost hope. Keep on keeping on. This is a classic that holds deep truths about life, human nature, and the struggle of good against evil. Totally support your reactions and insight. 💕
@@marvelsandals4228 learn to accept the fact that the things you’re embarassed about and regret are things only you think about and that nobody else cares really.
Stop saying you waited 43 years to see it on screen. You didn’t put down the book and just WAIT for movies to come out. You loved your life and then it was produced. Lite fans are the most spoiled and delusional fans after Star Wars.
"Three hours and 55 minutes and Frodo still got the damn ring". Lol. You sound just like my wife when I made her watch it! Can't wait for your reaction to part 3.
@@hilaryc3203 Yeah, I know they redesigned Gollum between the 1st and 2nd film, but I liked that first glimpse we got in Moria because it reminded me of the Rankin Bass animated film.
"An angel of Gandalf?"... I love your reaction. What's funny about that is that wizards in Tolkien's world are a literal analogue for angels. They are angels put into the world to guide the natural order.
@@OneArmedRetroGamer yeah it's almost like, in the fantasy genre, dwarves are funny proud warriors and elves are graceful and agile or something. imagine that...
The poem that King Theoden recites as gets armed is called "The Lament of the Rohirim" and Tolkien based it on a real life poem. The poem was written in the early medieval ages and is Anglo-Saxon based. It deals with a lonely figure, riding aimlessly through the world, after his kin, his people and his lord have been killed in a war. He laments his loneliness and describes how it is to be last of his kin, how it is to loose your lord after you have sworn unbound fealty to him. Finally, he concludes that all earthly kingdoms are of fragile matter, destined and doomed to eventually crumble. The only kingdom that is eternal is the kingdom of heaven. Only in god, the heavenly father, can you find eternal love that will last forever. It is quite a long poem, but certainly worth the read
the battle of helms deep is legendary! it was the longest battle scene in a movie ever until game of thrones season 8, and it's usually what all fantasy battles are compared to because of it's exellent pacing and storytelling
Having read the books, hearing Gollum say "We could let HER do it..." at the end gave me shivers. And listen to the lyrics of the song that follows; Gollum's Song.
Everyone falls in love with Aragorn! :D It is so damn fun to watch you watch these. And yes - it WAS freaking torture to wait a year for the next movie! Even for those of us who knew the story, it was absolute hell. Cannot wait for you to see the conclusion!
In the extended version of the first film, Aragorn sings The Lay of Luthien, a (true) story about a mortal man who falls in love with a elf princess and the lengths he went to in order to be with her. Aragorn sees himself in the story, and he knows that it ends in death. That's why he wanted Arwen to go to the undying lands.
LOTR is pure EPICNESS my dude... Even after all these years it still gives me chills. I watch it every year around Christmas and the viewing experience is still always amazing
"you cant post nuthin' until this trilogy is finished, otherwise be like when's the next one." Me: such happens to anyone coming across a fandom, especially one as passionate as the Tolkien fandom.
I really enjoy your reaction and commentary. Fyi, Frodo's mithril chain mail was very rare and very expensive. Mithril is a metal that when woven into armour is lighter and more efficient than normal chain mail. Gandalf describes it in the book "Mithril! All folk desired it. It could be beaten like copper, and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel. Its beauty was like to that of common silver, but the beauty of mithril did not tarnish or grow dim."
Leo, here is a interesting observation that most people don't notice. When Smeagol/ Gollum has conversations with himself when he's speaking as gollum the pupils in his eyes are pinpoint and when he's talking as Smeagol the pupils get big and round. And a big shout out to the actor Andy serkis who plays Gollum. I'm loving your reactions. ❤️
Andy Serkis more than deserved the oscar for his performance, one of the greatest of all time. But the academy was not ready for what motion capture would bring, they didn't know how to differentiate this from voice acting for a cartoon or if it even should be. So he was never considered for it.
'I can only imagine how burnt Elves smell' LOL He kept calling the Hobbits kids in the first movie and now he keeps calling the Orcs, Elves. LOL Edit: Also, 'them trees are working for Salamander' line 22:30 killed me haha.
"Gandalf an animal!" lol!! I love that you're getting into the Lord of the Rings movies Mr. Video! This movie reaction channel has the best variety. You know how to mix it up.
Interestingly enough, that “dragon” isn’t a dragon. It’s a literal demon called a Balrog. And that thing and Gandalf are actually spirits but we real bodies. If Gandalf turned evil, he would’ve eventually turned into a Balrog. And those flying monsters the Nazgül are riding aren’t dragons. They’re Fell Beasts.” A combo of dragons and snakes.
It's so refreshing to see your reactions Leo, your sense of humor combined to a certain "inocence" (such when you said "an angel of Gandalf?") brings joy to my days! I am a big fan of LOTR and it's such a blessing having you (my favorte reviewer) watch these amazing movies.
Yeah you can see movie buffs explain every detail of these stories but having a response by a completely unfamiliar guy is so fun. I totally agree he;s an innocent and yes that Angel reaction was hilarious, so cute. Though it all also makes it obvious how much I already knew as I had read the books before the movies that I take for granted knowing and he doesn't at all. haha.
@@Iflie I absolutely agree! Small things like his surprise when he saw the Ent open it's eyes brings back that magical feeling of seeing a tree talk for the first time :D Man I wish I could forget all about the books and movies and just do the whole thing again xD
@@boboca20 Exactly, he doesn't even have the basics down like elves and orcs like us who have always watched and read fantasy and sci fi. He's totally unspoiled.
The weird thing is, it was remarkably perceptive. Gandalf essentially _is_ a kind of Angel. He is one of the Maiar, who have existed since before the world was even created (and who helped to create the world). He's been given human form and has been limited in power, but he's still basically an Angel.
Your comment about the Two Towers & Twin Towers really brought me back…this movie came out about a year after 9-11. As a teenager, wondering what kind of world my generation would live in, wondering how many wars we would have to fight, and whether any of them would be worth it…Sam’s monologue at the end really resonated. And still does.
When Aragorn kicked the helmet and screamed, he wasn't acting. The actor broke his toe by kicking the helmet. And again, watch what you want, ignore the complainers.
@@Gnossiene369 There are pictures of his broken toe, and here is a video where Peter Jackson dicussses it happening: ruclips.net/video/unHW5-FagHM/видео.html
Your sensitive and thoughtful analysis and your natural uninhibited humour and reactions are a real pleasure to listen to and watch and make the movie even more enjoyable to watch. Thank you 😊 👍
One thing I've always appreciated about these characters is how loyal there are to each other. Legolas was straight up prepared to die defending Gimli just because his life was threatened, even though they clearly disregard each other since dwarves and elves haven't been the greatest friends throughout history. It's a great detail that you can spot multiple times throughout the movies, AND the books. Love the reactions bro, cant wait for number three!
The food storage of Saruman is one of the details we love from books :) and its also connected to a part of the book which was not filmed at all, sadly :( After the war Saruman went to the Shire and destroyed it in revenge with the help of group of hired ruffians and occupied it for a while and so the returning hobbits made insurection against him. But even years before the war Saruman used the greed of some of the hobbits - esp. Frodo's stupid and bossy cousin Lotho - to buy big amounts of food from the Shire for his growing army. Saruman creates his army feeding it with Shire produces. So this food storage is part of those Shire shoppings of Saruman :)
Well "TREE-BEARD" IS NOT "a tree" Just because the word tree is IN his name THAT doesn't make him a tree. I mean women named Catherine have CAT in their names, does that make the felines?????
I watched these films in theaters, and I've been enjoying them as my favorite movie franchise ever since. I've shared them with friends and family, read and talked about them endlessly, and have watched more than my fair share of reactions. You're doing a great job bro. People tend to forget that we all come from different backgrounds and experiences, and that just because a certain genre or topic may be very familiar to one person it may be totally foreign to someone else. For a guy who's fairly new to the fantasy genre, you're really doing an amazing job with the reactions and I know I speak for thousands of LOTR fans when I say we're really enjoying watching these films with you. Keep it up man! Can't wait for ROTK!
The scene before Isildur took the ring in the books was pretty interesting, because his father didn't die the way he died in the movie.. The father actually was more powerful than that and the scene itself was pretty darned cool i must say!
As a hardcore geek, I love this video like a noob. People who get mad, straight up dumb. I love new fans of the ring. After all, One ring to bind them. We're bound in our love for common interests.
I wasn't going to watch any. But I'm glad I ended up watching the first one when the third one was about to come out. I was able to watch the second one straight away, then only had to wait a couple of weeks to see the third.
"NO! The ring is not supposed to go to Gondor, it's supposed to go to Mordor! It's a different door."
I died laughing lol!
We need some more likes over here.
I want to get two great Danes and nam them Gondor and Mordor and then get two tiny dogs names Pippin and Frodo or Gimli.
@@ninawest8 That's awesome.
That shit was funny as hell 😂 😂 😂 😂
What made it even funnier to me is that it reminded me of the video "Faramir can't read maps"... :D I recommend looking it up
"They're working for the Salamander" from here on out he'll be known as Salamander the White for me
Same!
I was wondering if anyone else caught that 🤣
Larry Salamander
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I believe the first time in this video he called him Solomon, then he became Salamander after that :P
I remember watching this at a full theater: groups of friends, families with kids, you name it. The movies started and the first minutes the kids did what you know they always do: being restless and making jokes. Some more minutes in and the theater was silent as a tomb: every single person was invested in the movie and reacting to the emotional cues, like the kids arriving at Rohan and then finding their mom, Shadowfax appearing for the first time, Treebeard and his slow speech... Full silence for nearly three hours. That's when you know a movie is good.
Awesome... Lord of the rings is a masterpiece. Just like Mona Lisa, Rumi poems, the blue danube by Johann Strauss etc.
"It's not supposed to go to Gondor, it's supposed to go to MORdor! It's a different 'dor!" God I love your commentary. You're in it with us now!
I snorted! I really needed this.
I'm watching through the trilogy with my young daughters, we've talked about how many names have an almost matching pair. Like Aragon's (potential) love interests, Arwen and Eowen, Boromir and Faramir, Sauron and Saruman, Gondor and Mordor, Theoden and Theodred. To me it's implied an almost yin/yang good/evil aspect, or at least a this or that choice, lol.
I loved that! It sounded like "it's another door" which made it even funnier 😁
Hodor?
This had me rolling!!!
Another great line from another great reaction!
"That ring better go to MOR-DOR, or I'm gonna show up at YOUR DOOR" This has got to be the best reaction to the LOTR Trilogy *EVER*
Fr 😂😂😂
Bars, bars, bars ....
With Hodor
What door?
@@PharmDMarKai He'll hold the door.
Spot on analysis of the Boromir situation. He was pushed by his father, but was a good man who went with the fellowship even if it was against his initial mission. One of the best and deepest characters in the story.
Boromir was also the most "human" character at his core as well. Deep down, he was a truly good and kind man, albeit a flawed one (and all humans are inherently flawed in some way, it's just part of who we are, it's how we overcome those flaws that matters the most). Out of every member of the Fellowship, it was Boromir who focused the most by far on the weaker and more vulnerable members of the group (the four hobbits), hence why he helps to train the Hobbits to fight, and as they try to cross the mountain pass, it is Boromir who warns that the pass "will be the death of the little ones".
Boromir only tried to take the One Ring from Frodo because the Ring itself preyed upon Boromir's noble desire to save and protect his people, it twisted Boromir's selflessness and compassion in an attempt to turn him into something that he truly was not: a power-hungry madman. And that's the precise reason why it had to be Frodo to carry the One Ring, and not one of the "stronger" members of the group. As noble and strong as Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, and Gandalf might have been, the One Ring would nonetheless have worn them down and twisted them soon enough. The Hobbits however have an innate resistance to the corruption of the One Ring, the only reason Bilbo & Gollum (who himself used to be a Hobbit) became so twisted and obsessed with the One Ring was because of prolonged and near-constant exposure to the One Ring. Frodo however had really not had any real exposure to the Ring while it was in Bilbo's possession, so the One Ring has to try and wear down Frodo's resolve and willpower the hard way, and as powerful as the One Ring is, that will not be an easy or quick task for it to accomplish.
@@gamester512 THANK YOU. Boromir definitely was the most "human" out of all the members of the Fellowship. He was the one that looked out for the hobbits as well after Gandalf fell in Moria. While the rest did respect and cared for the hobbits, Boromir sympathized the most and even had actual fun with them. If they ever swung by a tavern, I'd imagine he'd be the one learning drinking songs from Merry and Pippin.
Yes. Watch Karliene do a vocal cover of the full poem of Boromir! And by the Tolkien ensemble
@@gamester512 the dwarves thanks to Aulë had absolute resistance to it. It’s in the Silmarillion. Mairon/Annatar tried many times to get at the em but the rings did not work on them. Not at all!! Gimli should have held it for safe keeping inside a pouch of sorts. Believe me. Especially with dwarves runes around and inside it would have definitely done it. I also love Dwarven name for Aulê which is Mahar!
And him pledging his allegiance to Aragon as his king on his death bed 🥺
Best line - "If he doesn't take that ring to Mordor, I'm gonna pop up at Yourdor."
spittin bars
20 years of watching these movies over and over again and I never had the sense of humor you did to mockingly call Saruman, "Salamander" 😆
same here,,lol
I think it's hilarious when he keeps calling orcs elves
I usually watch his reactions while I'm eating dinner. His salamander comment almost made me spit my drink on the keyboard.
@TechnicalHotDog technically orcs were once elves…
You mean Gan-dorf?
"I watched three hours of that movie. Three hours of this movie... Frodo STILL got the goddam ring!"
I'm dying. Can't wait to see your reaction to the climax of the final movie!
He's going to explode. On camera.
I know; it's priceless.
and yet theres MORE walking... but sooooo worth it!
Hey frodos was dying first dammit lol get in line guy🤣
"I can't believe I'm contemplating sitting up and watching a third movie. It's killing me, it's eating me up"
And thus the One Ring took hold of Mr Video 😂
Yessss
@@AyeItsGabo yessss, my precioussss 🤣
Bernard Hill’s “No parent should ever have to bury their child.” always gets me. Such an emotional performance of honestly the worst pain anyone could ever endure.
Gets me teary eyed all the time
As someone who's gone through that, I can only agree. Also gets me every time.
Cause a child burying their parent is any better. In the end it's a human burying a human.
@@ItApproaches It is a little better, in the sense that thats the natural order of things. But its never easy either way
@@weepingscorpion8739 I'm sorry for your loss.
As a long time tolkien fan, I really appreciate your nuanced commentary on Frodo. A lot of people grow incredibly frustrated by Frodo because they don't understand the torture that the ring puts him through. As a young child I was too but getting older I realized how tragic his struggle was. Thanks dude
Huh. As a kid, I just felt sorry for him. I got that he was being tortured and couldn't do much about it. Maybe because I had a similar problem having to deal with undiagnosed ADHD and Asperger's. Spent the first 25 years of my life knowing something was different, something was *wrong,* but had no idea *what.*
It's all about the ring, bout the ring, no battle
Is gonna solve a thing, solve a thing, not battles
Cause it's all about the ring, bout the ring, not battles
Yea it 's all about the ring, bout the ring
Same! I hate when people crap on Frodo as if he was useless and weak. Yeah, Sam was the reason he got as far as he did, but that's all he had to deal with (hard though it was). Frodo was physically and psychologically tortured carrying the ring, that is no small thing. He was incredibly resilient, even going so far as to literally crawl when he felt like he couldn't go any further. Frodo is a beast and deserves as much credit as Sam gets. They were a team through and through.
This is why Frodo needs Sam. Sam is the person Frodo would be without the Ring's influence. Sam gives the encouragement we all need.
@brigidtheirish thank goodness for you finally getting a diagnosis. I was about when finally got mine. I hope you've been able to unlock the impressive abilities of your brain 😊
"What can one do against such hate?"....and you respond, "You gotta keep fighting." Truer words were never spoken. Love your channel. So glad your reacting to these movies.
Black people know...
@@vanyadolly All people know.
@Teth Polish people know.
I love all the names for Saruman. 😂 “Salomar, Cimarron, Solomon, Salamander…” Another awesome reaction!
Bro it sounded like his name was different everytime they said it 🤣
@@ITSMRVIDEO-rg9ms it's the accents from the different races, which is only fitting considering the author of the books was (amongst other things) a professor of linguistics at a highly renowned University who spoke (and wrote) at least a dozen languages and even invented two complete languages of his own. Tolkien made up two elvish languages from scratch, with grammar, declination etc, plus some lines and words for other languages like the one they speak in Mordor, but those are not on the same level as the elvish ones. The books are just the background story for those languages.
That was my favorite part 😂
I caught that "Salamander" too.😁 It's all good. 😂
@@ITSMRVIDEO-rg9ms It's confusing but Saruman (wizard) is the puppet that Sauron (the Boss eye) is controlling.
I love how you intuitively understand everything in the movies and react in the most simple ways...
"an angel of Gandalf!?"
"ummm... Yes."
Every reviewer: “It’s almost four hours long. It’s a long *ss movie.”
Also ever reviewer at the end of the movie: “Wait! That’s it? There has to be more!” 😬
Everyone? That’s crazy? Nobody dislikes this ever? Absolutely crazy, just crazy. You are crazy.
@@Gnossiene369 There is no absolute for anything in life. That’s why you can only prove Beyond a Reasonable Doubt in a court of law. Just embellishing on it.
But the last four videos of this series that I’ve watched, the content creators has said as much. In fact, it’s one of the main reasons they never watched it in the first place. It was just too long.
@@Gnossiene369 Did your teachers fail to teach you hyperbole?
Its what an epic story looks like.
@@pheenobarbidoll2016 I think the joke is that every reaction channel likes everything that the see because it’s a fraud for views and likes
"You can't post anything except these movies!"
It's almost like you have been burdened with a great responsibility... a great curse, but also a great blessing... almost like you are now a ring-bearer... One reaction series to rule them all...
He is Leo Baggins of the Shire, the reaction-bearer...he knows where to find that good Hobbit smoke.
@@surprisinglygoodnews3679 Look, the book says it's MOST LIKELY tobacco and that's clearly dried tobacco leaves in those barrels... but we know better.
This channel is our own, our precious
Then he will get to Return of the King, and all the fans will say "don't bother with the Hobbit movies, they suck! Just end this series! DESTROY IT!" and he will get tempted by it hahaha
@@hunterlawson227 (Video gets delayed or taken down for copyright)
"They tooks it from us! Those filthy little moderatorses!"
"He's flying on a flying dinosaur!" and "it's a different door" are hillarious. You should get someone to make a compilation of those one-liners.
Nah that would be boring
"They're working for the salamander"
Finally someone who doesn’t call fellbeasts dragons
@@yehudisfriedman8459 I mean they do kinda look likes drakes
I mean compared to dinosaurs 🦕
It's a different door XD
Also the actor playing Aragorn broke his toe when he kicked the helmet so that scream he made was real pain lol and you left out the part where he said the hobbits would be mistaken as children by most men. Redeeming you from calling them kids the whole last movie.
I loved that though... That he called them kids... Wouldn't you? If you didn't know?
@@snaps7130 its actually in the lore of the books that most people within Middle earth didnt know what Hobbits were so they mistook them for children.
Yep and Legolas broke a rib falling off a horse
I scrolled for a while looking for this comment I knew someone had to say it
Somebody always does.
It's hard to describe how utterly MASSIVE these movies felt in the theater. Especially this one.
The sound of individual raindrops starting to fall at Helm's Deep, building to a glorious squall of noise and carnage. 16 year old me absolutely loved it.
Exactly how I felt. Watching T2T in theaters was AMAZING 🤯
For me it was the massive bass rumble of the wall being blown…
Gash I miss it. Why aren't in-theater LOTR marathons a thing?
You have no idea how mad I was to be 6 when the first movie came out. We rented them from blockbuster a little while after they came out on VHS, so I've watched them since I was about 8 or 9... but I've always been upset that I never saw them in a theater. :(
@ohifonlyx33 if this is the only reason for them to screen these movies every few years then yes yes yes please do that. Its indeed a crying shame that so many ppl are deprived of this epic journey's experience
25:07 It is. As Legolas said, "That is one of the Mearas!" That was a breed of horses descended from those owned and ridden by a character called Orome, who was basically the Archangel in charge of hunting and the wild. They're the finest and most angelic horses in the world.
As Legolas said in 9:46 though...
Leo: "It's a different door!" Leo in my head: "It's different links!"
Your reaction when Legolas swung himself up on the horse was everyone’s in the theaters back in 2002. 😂😂😂
Just wait until that OTHER Legolas moment in the NEXT movie...
"The ring is not supposed to go to Gondor, it's supposed to go to Mordor ... it's a different door!" 😆😂 Your reactions are priceless, the best I've seen! Love watching these films again with you ❤
“It’s 1:30 in the morning, and I’m contemplating staying up 4 more hours to watch the next one”
Welcome to the Tolkien fandom, my friend!
YESSS, your face when our dog Gandalf pulled up for the charge of Helm’s Deep had me grinning hard with you!! And HA, past 1am and contemplating starting the next one, seems like we’ve got a new one, welcome to the club Mr. V!! 🔥😈
Oh shit Andy & Alex... two of my favorite channels coming together in one comment section. About LOTR no less... righteous 🤘🙌
An alliance...A Fellowship?
How very...Prescious.
Dang never expected to see you here boys. You guys got great taste in music annnd movies!
Gandalf? Don't you mean Gandorf!?
Are you watching the extanded edition?
Gollum held the ring for almost 500 years, even in just the course of these movies which I think is like 2 or 3 years we can see the ring have an effect on Frodo. Just try to imagine the extent of poisoning Gollums mind has been through
11 months I think.
I’m pretty sure Frodo had the ring for about 17 years before leaving The Shire.
He got it when he was 33 and left The Shire when he was 50.
@@wingmanjohnny50 but he didn't have it on his person all that time. Only the months they were traveling. Which was less than a year.
@@wingmanjohnny50 and FrizzleFry 92
Yes, Frodo was 50 years old (3018) when the companions set out. And from that time he wore the Ring, NOT since he was 33!
Before that, Bilbo had it, and had had it since he was 51 until he voluntarily gave it up at 111 (3001).
The Ring was in Frodo's possession for those 17 years, but he did not carry it with him! And this is the only way he can spread his "poison".
And the journey to Mordor did not take 2 to 3 years, but "only" 11 months. With the return journey to the Shire it was 13 months, Frodo even says that in the movie! You must already pay attention a little while watching a movie.
There is this phrase that I like…
“Words mean stuff.” Had = owned, possessed.
I never said he wore the ring for 17 years but he WAS in possession of the ring for 17 years before the journey, No?
Are we to assume that this did nothing to his aging, for example?
I was trying to point out the timeline for those who might not understand how long Frodo was in possession of the ring and I’m not wrong.
"It's not supposed to go to Gondor, It's supposed to go to Mordor! It's a different door!"
I've seen these movies a dozen times and you made me enjoy it all over again.
Thanks man can't wait for Return of the King
"no parent should ever have to bury their child" as a parent of 3 amazing kids, this line always makes me tear up, so true every parents nightmare.
In The falcon and the winter soldier they say, "Someone who loses their spouse is a widow. Someone who loses their parents is an orphan. What do you call someone who loses a child?" Broken. They're broken and it's a pain that never heals. It just hurts less
Yeah, that scene of Theodan's grief after losing his son is powerful and gut-wrenching to watch. I know the feeling. Losing my babygirl at only 22 years old nearly nearly killed Me, the pain goes so deep.
The acting in that scene was superb 🎭
@@joshritz7067 That't the truth. The pain never goes away.
Fun Fact: About 1/4 of LoTR fans apparently can't help but post the same "fun fact" about Aragorn breaking his toe. Thank God he only did it once.
I'm still waiting for someone to mention Dominic's splinter in the first movie
@@vanyadolly I love that one. Or the story about the game of tig.
Or the knife or the running in the mountains
Fun fact: Orlando Bloom broke a rib after falling off his horse and complained about it for the rest of the filming
Obligatory Aragon kicking helmet comment
Saruman: "together we will rule this Middle Earth."
Mr. Video: "Shut up, chump!"
That had me LOL “shut up chump!”
The best line from this reaction
“Undying lands sounds pretty nice. No ones dying.”
His rando one liners kill me🤣
*laughs in kinslaying*
Facts though!! 😂👍
Theodan was doing his best to present a strong face, he knows his soldiers are terrified, and a terrified defending force is as good as dead. So he was strutting about proud and confident to give them a sense of courage.
“Did Gandalf survive that?”
Me: Well, no, but actually yes.
I love that the only one who has the ability to do such a thing is Eru themselves. The Flame Imperishable, The Secret Fire.
God himself brought our man back and powered him up.
More like,he level up ⬆️ with all the those exp!!damn 🧙♂️ wizard hahah
But no
sadly, gandalf died. but he lived!!
"They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard!" I always expect a song after this.
On second thought, let's not go to Isengard. 'Tis a silly place.
@@zoeynell1281 I was thinking the exact same thing.
What did you say?
Stupid fat hobbits
@@norXmal the hobbits the hobbits the hobbits the hobbits to Isengard to Isengard
The Ents actually move at a pretty good clip. Yeah, their steps are slow, but one step for Treebeard is like four feet. It's their deliberation that's slow as molasses (until they get pissed off)
Looks to me like their steps are closer to 10 feet than 4 at a walking pace because most of them are so tall. So a full stride would be nearly 20 feet meaning a full grown man would have to jog if not run to keep up with them.
The reason Gollum was freaking out while tied up was left out of the movie, the rope was given to Sam by the elves when they lefy Lothlórien, Gollum is so totally corrupted due to his time with the ring that even the touch of something elven made was painful.
Something everyone who watched the Extended Edition would understand.
He says it right there though, with the rope around his neck. “Nasty elves twisted it.”, referring to the rope.
For the same reason, he can't eat the elvish lembas bread.
"Here, take these horses."
He looking out for them. Now they don't have to run through the mountains anymore. LMAO
If you think about the two horses given, it's as an apology for each of their friends presumed dead.
Horses from the rohirrim are really good, so that's quite a gift, which ahows how bad Eomer felt
In the Books if I remember correctly Gandalf's horse can run at like 70 miles an hour for multiple days. So if Gandalf is traveling alone he can travel at freeway speeds.
They really should have shown that horses strength more. Would have been cool to see that
@@el34glo59 idk that may have been too goofy seeing a horse just zoomin
@@gabesworld3188 with race car sounds in the background
@@gabesworld3188 better not mention those rabbits pulling the sleigh of Radagast, then.
@@redbandita020 pain
"They suiting up kids to go to battle?" "I hope these are kids." Outta all this exciting upload that comment made me pause & laugh for a min. So many levels of funny in that statement. Thx
Gran Torino was a pleasant surprise. One of my favorite films actually. This of course is something I was anticipating since you posted the first one. Though these films are hefty, so I can't imagine doing them all in one go (At least for movie commentary reasons) Don't let anyone sway you in how to do things, you do just fine in posting a variety of movies between sequels. Great commentary as always. Keep at it!
At least you added for commentary reasons, because I watch the Extended Edition back-to-back about twice a year.
@@TheGrimmCommoner Ya I do the same. Though it's more monthly for me. XD
“He flying on a flying dinosaur!” 21:50 Had me dying. I love the energy you bring to reactions and I will definitely be subscribing
I loved 9:46 too!
23:57 "How he just been sent back?" Gandalf isn't actually a mortal. He's a type of spirit called a Maiar, as is Saruman (and Sauron and the Balrog, for that matter). He just has the body of an old man. He was sent back by the Valar, who are the gods of Middle earth, because his purpose is to oppose Sauron
His purpose is to assist and encourage the free people of Middle Earth in their opposition to Sauron. Small point, but significant.
@@thisspaceforrent5737 yep. and in the books, Saruman declares himself "Saruman of Many Colors" and Gandalf responds "I liked white better".
Man needs to read these comments, the lore dump in here is flawless
Is that in the Silmarillion?
@@johnmiller8553 It's been ages since I read the Silmarillion, but I'm pretty sure it is.
When given the cloaks from Galadriel, they said, "may these cloaks help shield you from unfriendly eyes," is a bit of a subtle hint toward them being magical. That's why the cloak disguised them as a rock from the two soldiers who are helping Mordor.
Scenes like that are explained in the Extended version per Galadrias gifts and what they are for...Also we missed out on so much about the mountain and" The dead who dwell here " in the theatrical versions, and so much more important info in the Return of the king.
The robes are not technically magical, they are woven so that they blend with their surroundings. It is due to the elven crafting ability and some of those weavers having been making these robes for 20K years.
@@VadulTharys yah it's something Galadriel hints at in the book, when she talks about the Hobbits' use of the word 'magic' , and how they apply it both to the ability of the Elves, and the "devices of the Enemy" . The Elvish skill - especially the Noldor, Galadriel's set - is of such height that to mortal races it's beyond understanding, and as you say it's partly innate, and partly that they have been at it a /real/ long time. Galadriel particularly for pretty much as long as time existed.
It's so interesting that you said "an Angel of Gandalf", because that's exactly what Gandalf is. He's one of the Maiar - Angelic beings who helped to create the world, but less powerful than the Valar. It is the Valar who sent Gandalf back.
Crash-course in the cosmology of the legendarium: Eru Iluvatar (God) created the Ainur, who all sung a vision of the world into existence. Eru then told them that they could enter into the world and make it real, but they would be bound to it. Thirteen of the most powerful Ainur entered the world (Ea, or Arda), and set about getting it ready for the coming of the Children of Iluvarar (Elves and Men). These Ainur are known as the Valar. One of those Vala was Melkor, who became the first Dark Lord, rebelling against the designs of Eru. He is basically Tolkien's version of Satan, a fallen angel.
Many weaker Ainur entered Arda to help the Valar, and these are known as the Maiar. Gandalf and the other Wizards are Maiar who were sent to help Middle Earth in human form, about 1,000 years into the Third Age, 2,000 years before LOTR takes place. Sauron and the Balrogs are also Maiar, who sided with Melkor before he was defeated.
Yes this looked for this specifically.
^ This guy Silmarillions
"I don't do those kind of numbers!"
Apparently you do, keep up the good work!
Fun fact : The corpses in the marshes were inspired by when the author Tolkien was in the trenches of the Somme in the first world war.
Considering Tolkien famously hated allegory, he sure put a lot of his own experiences in his writing lol
"Fun fact" doesn't seem appropriate somehow.
@@QueenCloveroftheice I wouldn't say it's allegory; more just pulling from his experience in ww1 to inspire some of the more horrific sides of the wars in lotr.
21:17 Gandalf told Frodo Gollum’s original name. In the film it was told to him in Moria, in book it was in Bag End.
23:07 Gandalf already was an angel from the get-go. Him, Saruman, Sauron and the Balrog are all angelic beings called Maiar. The Five Wizards (1 white, 1 grey, 1 brown, and 2 blues) were sent to Middle Earth to help defeat Sauron, with the White Wizard being the one in charge, and the arch-nemesis of Sauron. Since Saruman wasn’t doing his JOB, Gandalf got to come back with said job and the power that comes with it, hence why he’s “Saruman as he should have been.”
26:04 he’s the heir of Isildur he’s the great-great(add 32 more greats)grandson of the dude who fucked up him the first time. Also if he becomes king and unites the people, they’ll be harder for Sauron to conquer.
27:38 when they departed Lorien and Galadriel gave them gifts, they also gave them cloaks that work like camouflage.
43:28 Arwen will lose her immortality and she will eventually die, but Aragorn will still die much sooner than her. The natural lifespan of his people are around 200, but Arwen would live for another 300 years after his natural passing.
@RespectTheSpirits I believe, I could be wrong and don't feel like looking it up, it was a Valar called Manwe.
@RespectTheSpirits The Valar (like higher angels/demigods) sent Gandalf, Saruman, Rhadagast, and the two blue wizards in the 3rd age to help guide the free people in the struggle against Sauron.
Gandalf didn't "transform" exactly, it's more like how he chooses to look or was directed to look. Gandalf takes the mantle of "the white wizard" since Saruman basically abandoned his role in allying with Sauron.
@RespectTheSpirits The valar Aule, Yavanna, Manwe and Orome.
I think you might be the first person I've ever heard ask about Gandalf's laundry routine! Love it! :)
Hi since you're talking about laundry I'm sure you've probably seen the Hobbit and Radagast the Brown and he has bird poop all over his head. It's all dried up, a Big blob and nobody ever mentions it I just thought that was funny.
😂😂 i know he'd be fresh white all the time. Of course in the book its all written, his maic is the reason he is always fresh white. No other colours can be attached or be on him. Even if he got a blood spilled on him. He is gandalf the white. But for Saruman he will later known as Saruman the many colours or something like that name can't remember his exact name. For now he is The white wizard. With DARK magic he will be called many colours something like that nane
@@giannag4581 i think they made Radagast way to silly. He is a maiar after all and should have some serious wisdom. But he makes Snoop Dogg look like a amateur when he smokes Gandalfs pioe.
If Gandalf could pour his laundry secret into a bottle, it would be the biggest selling item at Walmart. People would stand in line for days waiting for its arrival on the shelves. It would be bigger than the newest IPhones, Popeyes chicken sandwiches and Harry Potter books.
The being that Gandalf fought was a Balrog, one of the deadliest servants of Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Sauron was actually the lieutenant of Morgoth
A friendly tip,
you can split your microphone audio from your desktop audio,
so can keep your microphone audio when you become copyrighted for a soundtrack.
Plenty of step-by-step tutorials with different programs, works well with streaming aswell.
"The trees are working for the salamander." I'm ded
I notice sometimes you call the orcs “elves”, both regarding the troop that captured Merry and Pippin, and the goblins that fled the Balrog in Moria.
You aren't wrong though, because the ancestors of the orcs used to be elves that were twisted and mutilated into monstrosities by Morgoth, the first dark lord.
My thoughts exactly!
That was probably the nicest way to handle that.
Well done.
Ehh he’s not wrong I’ll
Roll with it haha
The scene where Aragorn and the elves charge to defend the breach in the wall is fucking awesome. This is definitely one of the greatest movies ever made. It's my favourite trilogy too.
No reboots or remakes will ever do it justice so I just ignore them.
not gonna lie, I refreshed RUclips probably 15 times today waiting for this. TWO TOWERS LETS GOOOO
I did the same thing.
Do you not have notifications on? I don't hit the bell for too many, but his shit is too fun to not know it dropped
@@shaneisbetterthanyou facts
I've got notifications on but was still refreshing
@@shaneisbetterthanyou I get so many notifications that I just would rather check his page.
damn this reaction is longer than some whole movies lol. and i'm here for it
keep it up Leo!
Seriously man !!! I was so excited when I saw it was an hour & 8 minutes. Makes my day so much better when I come home from work to a video like this.
@@zacharyhornbeck6589 💯
@@zacharyhornbeck6589 same. I hate like 10 min reaction videos - Mr Video is a real one.
Aragorn's longevity is due to his pure bloodline. The necklace Arwen gave him is just an heirloom to show that she is waiting for him.
The Spirit of Sauron fears Aragorn because his ancestor Isildur defeated him when he cut the ring from his finger. Sauron fears that Isildur’s heir will also have the strength to defeat him.
Actually, he fears him not for that, but be cause h's the rightful Gondor King and can unite all the free people of west against him.
@@johnstark8516 Well considering he's the rightful heir to Gondor because of his bloodline you're both sort of right lol
And that on top of seeing how he dealt with all the Nazgul in Fellowship, I certainly don't blame Sauron for keeping his eye on him
16:00 the actor Viggo Mortensen actually broke his toes when he kicked the helmet , that was a legit scream of pain
You did the thing :)
Lol, someone had to do it.
So true, so true; I mean he was scripted to scream anyway but the broken toe pain just made the scream all the more primal and real. I half expected to hear him yell "MOTHERFUCKER!" LOL.
The voice of Treebeard, was the actor portraying Gimli, there’s another thing.
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Aragorn was a descendent of the Numenorians who were granted extended long lives by the Valar(The ruling spirits of Middle Earth who serve Eru Iluvatar the supreme being.
Gandalf and Saruman were Maia spirits (servants of the Valar).
Sauron or Gauthor (The Abhorred) was originally a lieutenant Of the Spirit Melkor(He who arises in might) or Morgoth (The black enemy of the land) who succumbed to evil and was cast into the outer darkness.Sauron / Gauthor took over his kingdom when Melkor/Morgoth was banished.
These and many other tales are recounted in the book The Silmarillion which tells the history of Middle Earth long before The Lord Of The Rings.
I hadn't seen gran torino in ages so that was a nice surprise. Post things in whatever order you see best man, this channel is as much for your enjoyment as it is ours, if not more.
Yup. Watching the Movies we had to wait a year between each. The LOTR was first published in 1954. They were read to me in 1958 when I was eleven. So I waited 43 years to see this epic on-screen. And I never lost hope. Keep on keeping on. This is a classic that holds deep truths about life, human nature, and the struggle of good against evil. Totally support your reactions and insight. 💕
A 73 year old with a username of Nemesis, who watches reactions on youtube of lord of the rings. Crazy
It’s actually incredible we got them with only a year’s wait.
Nemesis, do you have any advice for a young man? Anything you wish you could've told your younger self? I'm pretty lost and confused rn
@@marvelsandals4228 learn to accept the fact that the things you’re embarassed about and regret are things only you think about and that nobody else cares really.
Stop saying you waited 43 years to see it on screen. You didn’t put down the book and just WAIT for movies to come out. You loved your life and then it was produced. Lite fans are the most spoiled and delusional fans after Star Wars.
"Three hours and 55 minutes and Frodo still got the damn ring". Lol. You sound just like my wife when I made her watch it! Can't wait for your reaction to part 3.
Ahh Leo the commitment to doing these is 💯
You’re smashing it 🙌🏻
"take that salamander!" :D
These are the one-liners we’re all here for 🤣
I never could get over how much Gollum was just like I pictured him when reading the books!
There have been a number of animated Gollums, but the one in the 1980 Return of the King animated film was very much like the new movie Gollum.
@@hilaryc3203 Yeah, I know they redesigned Gollum between the 1st and 2nd film, but I liked that first glimpse we got in Moria because it reminded me of the Rankin Bass animated film.
Mocapped and acted by the man, the legend, Andy Sirkis.
Even Rob Inglis reads him similarly. Really great stuff.
Oh, Samwise... Sam Sam Sam....
"An angel of Gandalf?"... I love your reaction. What's funny about that is that wizards in Tolkien's world are a literal analogue for angels. They are angels put into the world to guide the natural order.
In Fellowship, Extended Version, they show the elves give the fellowship cloaks. That’s why Frodo and Sam are able to camouflage and look like a rock.
It’s also why Gollum hated the rope around his neck early on. It was Elvish rope so it burns his skin. When he says, “It burns us.” He’s not lying.
One thing I've always loved about this franchise is the friendly rivalry between Legolas and Gimli.
I disagree. Gimli is just a clown and legolas is just pulling ridiculous stunts.
@@OneArmedRetroGamer yeah it's almost like, in the fantasy genre, dwarves are funny proud warriors and elves are graceful and agile or something. imagine that...
Like an earlier version of the buddy cop thing
@@OneArmedRetroGamer The books weren't like that, their friendly rivalry was absolutely there, but Gimli was no joke.
Better in the book for sure. One of the best aspects of the story, actually.
"Gollum did get tortured, though, so he going through a lot in his mind."
Your compassion and kindness is so sweet!
The poem that King Theoden recites as gets armed is called "The Lament of the Rohirim" and Tolkien based it on a real life poem.
The poem was written in the early medieval ages and is Anglo-Saxon based.
It deals with a lonely figure, riding aimlessly through the world, after his kin, his people and his lord have been killed in a war.
He laments his loneliness and describes how it is to be last of his kin, how it is to loose your lord after you have sworn unbound fealty to him.
Finally, he concludes that all earthly kingdoms are of fragile matter, destined and doomed to eventually crumble. The only kingdom that is eternal is the kingdom of heaven. Only in god, the heavenly father, can you find eternal love that will last forever.
It is quite a long poem, but certainly worth the read
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"I don't do those numbers" you deserve to!
My man.. post what you want when you want
the battle of helms deep is legendary! it was the longest battle scene in a movie ever until game of thrones season 8, and it's usually what all fantasy battles are compared to because of it's exellent pacing and storytelling
Having read the books, hearing Gollum say "We could let HER do it..." at the end gave me shivers.
And listen to the lyrics of the song that follows; Gollum's Song.
Emiliana Torrini's voice is so beautiful
Everyone falls in love with Aragorn! :D It is so damn fun to watch you watch these. And yes - it WAS freaking torture to wait a year for the next movie! Even for those of us who knew the story, it was absolute hell. Cannot wait for you to see the conclusion!
In the extended version of the first film, Aragorn sings The Lay of Luthien, a (true) story about a mortal man who falls in love with a elf princess and the lengths he went to in order to be with her. Aragorn sees himself in the story, and he knows that it ends in death. That's why he wanted Arwen to go to the undying lands.
LOTR is pure EPICNESS my dude... Even after all these years it still gives me chills. I watch it every year around Christmas and the viewing experience is still always amazing
What a great tradition
"you cant post nuthin' until this trilogy is finished, otherwise be like when's the next one."
Me: such happens to anyone coming across a fandom, especially one as passionate as the Tolkien fandom.
Wait till he starts star wars
I really enjoy your reaction and commentary. Fyi, Frodo's mithril chain mail was very rare and very expensive. Mithril is a metal that when woven into armour is lighter and more efficient than normal chain mail. Gandalf describes it in the book "Mithril! All folk desired it. It could be beaten like copper, and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel. Its beauty was like to that of common silver, but the beauty of mithril did not tarnish or grow dim."
Leo, here is a interesting observation that most people don't notice. When Smeagol/ Gollum has conversations with himself when he's speaking as gollum the pupils in his eyes are pinpoint and when he's talking as Smeagol the pupils get big and round. And a big shout out to the actor Andy serkis who plays Gollum. I'm loving your reactions. ❤️
Omg, LotR is my favorite movie of all times, I've seen it countless times and yet I never noticed this! 😮🤯
Gianna G thank you for saying that I thought I was the only one that noticed. lol
His ears changed as well the top of them became more rounded and the earlobes became a little bit bigger and swayed back and forth. 🐢🦅🤠
He reads the Hobbits audio book and is doing lotr soon. Very good.
Andy Serkis more than deserved the oscar for his performance, one of the greatest of all time. But the academy was not ready for what motion capture would bring, they didn't know how to differentiate this from voice acting for a cartoon or if it even should be. So he was never considered for it.
King - "They will break on this fortress like water on rock"
...funny thing about water, it always finds a way through with time 😉
Mr. Video’s editing is amazing. He edits a four hour movie into one hour with all the important parts intact
Agreed
'I can only imagine how burnt Elves smell' LOL He kept calling the Hobbits kids in the first movie and now he keeps calling the Orcs, Elves. LOL Edit: Also, 'them trees are working for Salamander' line 22:30 killed me haha.
Bruh I died laughing at salamander
"Gandalf an animal!" lol!! I love that you're getting into the Lord of the Rings movies Mr. Video! This movie reaction channel has the best variety. You know how to mix it up.
Interestingly enough, that “dragon” isn’t a dragon. It’s a literal demon called a Balrog. And that thing and Gandalf are actually spirits but we real bodies. If Gandalf turned evil, he would’ve eventually turned into a Balrog. And those flying monsters the Nazgül are riding aren’t dragons. They’re Fell Beasts.” A combo of dragons and snakes.
It's so refreshing to see your reactions Leo, your sense of humor combined to a certain "inocence" (such when you said "an angel of Gandalf?") brings joy to my days! I am a big fan of LOTR and it's such a blessing having you (my favorte reviewer) watch these amazing movies.
Yeah you can see movie buffs explain every detail of these stories but having a response by a completely unfamiliar guy is so fun. I totally agree he;s an innocent and yes that Angel reaction was hilarious, so cute. Though it all also makes it obvious how much I already knew as I had read the books before the movies that I take for granted knowing and he doesn't at all. haha.
@@Iflie I absolutely agree! Small things like his surprise when he saw the Ent open it's eyes brings back that magical feeling of seeing a tree talk for the first time :D Man I wish I could forget all about the books and movies and just do the whole thing again xD
@@boboca20 Exactly, he doesn't even have the basics down like elves and orcs like us who have always watched and read fantasy and sci fi. He's totally unspoiled.
The weird thing is, it was remarkably perceptive. Gandalf essentially _is_ a kind of Angel. He is one of the Maiar, who have existed since before the world was even created (and who helped to create the world). He's been given human form and has been limited in power, but he's still basically an Angel.
@@monkeymox2544 correct, the Istari (wizards) are as close to "angelic" as you get in this world.
Your comment about the Two Towers & Twin Towers really brought me back…this movie came out about a year after 9-11.
As a teenager, wondering what kind of world my generation would live in, wondering how many wars we would have to fight, and whether any of them would be worth it…Sam’s monologue at the end really resonated. And still does.
Here here!
“Ima need two backs” 😂 you got some goated one liners man, some shit that has me rollin!! 😂
When Aragorn kicked the helmet and screamed, he wasn't acting. The actor broke his toe by kicking the helmet.
And again, watch what you want, ignore the complainers.
It’s still acting. Otherwise he would actually show pain and probably swear. It’s so embarrassing when people get delusional.
@@Gnossiene369 There are pictures of his broken toe, and here is a video where Peter Jackson dicussses it happening:
ruclips.net/video/unHW5-FagHM/видео.html
"No, it's not supposed to go to Gondor. It's supposed to go to Mordor. It's a different door." HAHAHAHAH! That was great!
Your sensitive and thoughtful analysis and your natural uninhibited humour and reactions are a real pleasure to listen to and watch and make the movie even more enjoyable to watch. Thank you 😊 👍
One thing I've always appreciated about these characters is how loyal there are to each other. Legolas was straight up prepared to die defending Gimli just because his life was threatened, even though they clearly disregard each other since dwarves and elves haven't been the greatest friends throughout history. It's a great detail that you can spot multiple times throughout the movies, AND the books. Love the reactions bro, cant wait for number three!
Legolas and gimli actually are best friends by the end and they go of on adventures just the two of them
@@thickasabrick2293 yep true that's what makes it even better!
In the books the hobbits despite being 50’s are still considered young for hobbits. Tolkien basically writes them as kids
They’re probably early 20s or late teens cognitively/in Hobbit years
The food storage of Saruman is one of the details we love from books :) and its also connected to a part of the book which was not filmed at all, sadly :( After the war Saruman went to the Shire and destroyed it in revenge with the help of group of hired ruffians and occupied it for a while and so the returning hobbits made insurection against him. But even years before the war Saruman used the greed of some of the hobbits - esp. Frodo's stupid and bossy cousin Lotho - to buy big amounts of food from the Shire for his growing army. Saruman creates his army feeding it with Shire produces. So this food storage is part of those Shire shoppings of Saruman :)
"I AM NOT A TREE!!"
Moments later...
"Treebeard some call me..."
Bruh
Well "TREE-BEARD" IS NOT "a tree"
Just because the word tree is IN his name THAT doesn't make him a tree.
I mean women named Catherine have CAT in their names, does that make the felines?????
Tree beard is what you call an Ent
Blackshaved people call me
@@patrickcromwell7554 Word.
He says in the book his real name only the wind and the leaves can pronounce....deep.
I watched these films in theaters, and I've been enjoying them as my favorite movie franchise ever since. I've shared them with friends and family, read and talked about them endlessly, and have watched more than my fair share of reactions.
You're doing a great job bro. People tend to forget that we all come from different backgrounds and experiences, and that just because a certain genre or topic may be very familiar to one person it may be totally foreign to someone else. For a guy who's fairly new to the fantasy genre, you're really doing an amazing job with the reactions and I know I speak for thousands of LOTR fans when I say we're really enjoying watching these films with you.
Keep it up man! Can't wait for ROTK!
in the main three books Boromir took dozens of arrows actually! and Faramir in the book is such a sublime character. truly noble!
"That's what you get for joining the side of evil, Solamander!" Love you Leo you're the best dude
"He flying on a flying dinosaur" you got me rolling over here my guy.
The scene before Isildur took the ring in the books was pretty interesting, because his father didn't die the way he died in the movie.. The father actually was more powerful than that and the scene itself was pretty darned cool i must say!
Would have made a cool scene in extended edition!
As a hardcore geek, I love this video like a noob. People who get mad, straight up dumb. I love new fans of the ring. After all, One ring to bind them. We're bound in our love for common interests.
Facts ❗️💯
I wasn't going to watch any. But I'm glad I ended up watching the first one when the third one was about to come out. I was able to watch the second one straight away, then only had to wait a couple of weeks to see the third.