Everything GREAT About The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring!
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- Lord of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring! I originally split this video up because of copyright reasons, but I'm a lot bolder these days and I'll fight them to the ends of the earth! And since the Rings of Power is airing episodes right now, I figured, what better time to give you the one stop shop for these 2 parters! Also all 6 videos have been copyright claimed or blocked at one time or another so here's to hoping that doesn't happen again! ...JK it already has a claim before even publishing! Hahahahahahahahahaaaa
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Sir Ian Mckellen once visited my school and at the beginning of the assembly he said “if you don’t study, if you don’t do your homework, and if you don’t listen to your teachers… YOU SHALL NOT PASS” and it’s one of my favourite memories as a kid
That's just hilarious 😂😂
Forever my Gandalf (Magneto too)
Oh man I'm so jealous! I wish that happened at my school too 😭
Found a new dad joke
Can confirm, this was also my school
Hopefully in this trilogy, we'll _FINALLY_ get the well-deserved "Sir Christopher Lee is always a win".
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We'll never know.
@@steel58836 He added a new win when he did the Avengers: Endgame compilation.
His life is a win. Can't think of a more badass.
❤
"Of course the ringwraiths can see Frodo when he's wearing the thing they're hunting."
Cool tidbit about that actually: the ring doesn't turn people invisible, it shunts them into a sort of spirit world, which is why they can't be seen in the normal physical world. The Nazgul are basically always on that plane, since their rings do the same thing for them. So it's not that they could see Frodo because he was wearing the ring, it's that putting on the ring basically just takes him into their home turf.
Which, yes, is *much* scarier than just "they can see you when you wear the ring".
"most stupid draw technique I've ever seen"
That's actually a real technique used to quickly nock and draw an arrow. It has to do with the way an arrow is nocked and how much time it takes to re-arrange your hand to draw the "normal" way: using the admittedly weird-looking "upside down hand" draw saves a few seconds for when you really need to put out as many arrows in a row as possible.
@@anothervagabond No, that is a stupid way to draw an arrow. Because of the angle of the arm and the angle of the bow, you can't draw the bowstring to a full draw, severely limiting the power of your arrows.
But it does look cool, and since the shot was at short range we could attribute it to the Uruk's desire for torture; a low power draw would be a great way to fatally wound a person without immediately killing them.
@@L337N1NJ4L1NK You'll forgive me if I trust the word of the professional archers I've seen talk about this over some random on RUclips.
Basically that. The world is divided into the Seen and Unseen. Spiritual things are in the Unseen, such are the Nazgul (they can only been in the Seen due to their cloaks). Powerful beings like Gandalf or Glorfindel have a presence in the Unseen. As Sauron is a Maiar, a lesser god/angel and most of power was put into the One Ring, using it puts the the wearer in the Unseen and anything in the Unseen can see anything else in it.
@@anothervagabond So, I'll just describe it like this. A full draw on a bow has your secondary arm (the one griping the bow) held out in front of you. Your primary arm then draws the bowstring back as far as it can, which in most people means to just about the ear. The is the maximum distance you can draw a bow back using just your arms unless you have super-human strength and can draw it past your ear by unbending your primary arm at the elbow to draw it to your full wingspan.
The issue comes in how the Uruk has the wrist of the secondary arm tilted, causing the bowstring to get caught on his chest keeping him from getting a good, full draw. Additionally, because of how he is holding the bow the bowstring is going to hit his armor and secondary arm much more than if he had a proper posture.
As far as having a reverse grip on the arrow I don't have much of a problem with that. It is a bit silly but if you have your quiver over the shoulder I can see it being preferred for speed shooting. But for accurate shots you still need to adjust your primary hand's grip and position on the bowstring after knocking an arrow regardless so the time you save by having a reverse grip is negligible.
Not that the Uruk wasn't taking his time between shots.
I love how Aragorn presents a truly perfect example of healthy masculinity. He is powerful, a great fighter, but also gently kisses his fallen comrades on the head and is able to have emotionally intimate relationships with other male characters.
So like... normal masculinity?
@@xenn4985
No. A R specifically mentioned "healthy" masculinity, not 'normal' masculinity.
'Normal' masculinity would have involved Aragorn punching Boromir in the shoulder and calling him a "fgg" instead of kissing him.
@@xenn4985 The one we should normalize.
But if you ask most men if a dude kissing another's forehead is masculine and they will tell you all about how they would never do that because it's gay and what not. So no, this is definitely not normalized yet.
@@Senny_V "if you ask most men" ah yes, because most men in a society that has been waging a war against masculinity for the past 40 years are an authority on masculinity.
You want to normalize it? Literally just stop fighting against it. Being the natural state of men, absent being engineered out of men, they will act that way.
He cries, he's gentle with everyone who doesn't deserve aggression, he knows when he needs help, he's willing to sacrifice himself to help others, he kisses other men, he lifts people up instead of putting them down, he sings, he's well read, he knows poetry, etc.
A fun fact about the "You Shall Not Pass" line: it was most likely a direct reference to the French in WW1 outside of Paris making a desperate last stand where they declared "On ne passe pas!", which served as their rallying cry to ultimately stop the German advance. Tolkien being a WW1 veteran himself paid tribute to fellow allied soldiers with this line.
That was a popular rallying cry and also used at Verdun two years earlier (before Tolkien arrived in France. While he was assigned north and involved in the battle of the Somme, I would not be surprised if he heard it either as a local repeat, or stories coming up from the second battle of the Marne,. The phrase is found on inspirational posters and postcards as early as 1915. Except Gandalf does not say "You shall not pass" in the books. Not so say Tolkien could not have modified it. Jackson is a WWI history enthusiast. He might have changed it in the film because he came across it.
In the book, he says "You cannot pass" twice. After learning that both the wizards (Gandalf) and the balrogs are Maiar, lesser spiritual beings, I interpret Gandalf's whole speech "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor..." as a statement to the Balrog that they are beings of equal power. I hear him telling the Balrog that neither can defeat the other. It's a draw. The best they can hope for is to walk away or mutually destroy each other. There cannot be a victory for either. Either way, the Fellowship continues on it's mission, so it's a lessor or greater victory for Gandalf.
Yes
Otherwise correct, but the line is "Ils ne passeront pas!" On is a low register version of nous, whereas ils is they, which is whom the French were talking about, being the Germans
Or maybe is just Gandalf telling the Balrog that he can't pass? Tolkien said a billion times that there are no allegories in his story, he hated that.
@@JesusProtects Allegory isn't the same as reference. He modeled the Dead Swamp after what he saw in No Man's Land during WWI.
Just FYI, Bilbo wasn't dissing the Hobbits at his speech! Look closely at the words again but just take out all the confusing 'halves.' Bilbo is saying he doesn't know most of them as well as he wants to and that he doesn't like people as much as they deserve to be liked. He's expressing regret that he's leaving his fellow Hobbits without knowing or liking them as much as they deserve to be liked and known!
Lol, even reading that sentence is confusing.
Yeah! But he words it as confusingly as possible because the whole farewell was planned as a massive practical joke.
Also Ian Holmes was completely drunk when he read that line, which didn't help.
@@twixxbar07, you mean Bilbo Baggins. 😆
@@hallaloth3112 He is saying he wants to know more of the Hobbits there, and that he likes some better more than they deserve... it is an obvious compliment, worded in a way that was meant to sound like an insult, or perhaps just confusing
That scene where Bilbo lunges for the Ring scared me half to death as a kid. Definitely win worthy.
Best jump scare ever. Most pure jump scare
I was like... idk 8 or so when this came out and that part along with Gollum looking through the ladder in Moria were 2 scenes that gave me such bad nightmares my mom made me look away during those shots for about 2 years afterward 🤣🤣
And this movie is PG! When PG actually meant something!
@@shelby4771 when I saw it in the theatre in 2001, when Bilbo went 👹, I went 😱 (and I was 32 at the time - and I look away even now).😆
The way he reacts emotionally afterward and apologizes to frodo always gets me
About the whole doubting it’s really the One Ring bit: when you consider how Bilbo got his hands on magic swords and the Arkenstone (which some speculate is a silmaril) pretty much by accident, Gandalf was probably thinking “Come on, there’s no way, right? There’s no way it’s THAT ring, no one’s that good at finding magical artifacts of great importance…right?”
Looks like Bilbo was a pretty good thief, after all.
To be fair, it's quite conclusive that the Arkenstone isn't a silmaril when you consider their stated history (Nerd of the Rings has a great video on it) and Sting, while technically magical, was never considered to be of much importance. The sword itself was given its name by Bilbo and everyone treats the sword like it was just a large even letter opener. It became significant because it was special to Bilbo and what Bilbo accomplished.
Why Gandalf never really considered the possibility of Bilbo's ring being the One Ring is just because it'd be like finding the worst of evil artifacts lost to time so he had to be 100% sure of what it was. All of the rings of power had a connection to Sauron as well and the dwarven rings that weren't destroyed had been lost. There was too much uncertainty and the One Ring is one thing you can't afford to be uncertain about.
@@seandobbins2231 Honestly the Arkenstone probably could be a Silmaril. Think about it, Maedhros threw himself and the Silmaril he was holding into lava. The lava hardens into stone and becomes part of a mountain. The dwarves dig super deep into the mountain… it’s a stretch but not impossible.
@@seandobbins2231 It's possible that the Arkenstone was _inspired_ by the Silmarils. Dwarven craft can rival Elven craft after all.
One bit that always gets me is the singing in the background of Boromir's death scene is from the books: "I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend" which is a line in the books from Boromir's brother Faramir.
"Be at peace, Son of Gondor. They will look for his coming from The White Tower, but he will not return."
I'll always defend how much Boromir kept fighting. He realized how much he fucked up and was fighting to stop both what he caused and to stop the ring from getting taken and to protect Frodo. Hell, his first words when dying is just that they took the little ones. Always makes me sad. Boromir was always the most "human" in this film which is why I love him. Especially when you find out how much pressure he was under from someone to take the ring
Agreed. Sean Bean *_really_* delivered in this one.
He knew he'd screwed up and was afraid he was lost because of it - instead of sinking, and wallowing in despair (like his dad) however, he got back up and made it *_count._*
The redemption was really _earned._
He also was the only human in The Fellowship (the actual group not the movie)
@@gammagames1413
No, Aragorn was/is human too.
A slightly different _kind_ of human maybe, but human nonetheless.
@@stickiedmin6508 he was a Dunedain that's like saying a chicken and rooster are the same. While they have many similarities, they are different. Humans don't casually live 100's of years and be immune to diseases. While he is similar to a human, the fact is that he is not.
@@gammagames1413
Professor Tolkien disagrees with you I'm afraid.
A rooster is a type of chicken, just as the Dunedain were/are a type of human.
One of my favorite details about this film/ book, which I missed at first, was that of all the people who had any contact with the ring, only Gimli willingly attempted to destroy it.
That's a very good point.
That never occurred to me before.
"Then what are we waiting for?" 💥
In lore, Sauron was never able to sway the Dwarves, so he just sort of... left them alone. So it makes sense that a dwarf is the first to tey to destroy it.
Although my personal guess would be that it definitely would be otherwise if he made the same journey as Frodo did. What also makes me curious is if his decision would have been the same if he knew about Morias fate back then
Sauron _could_ corrupt Dwarves, just not deeply. He could make their bad habits worse, but not tempt or control them.
Apparently the dwarves are too stubborn to be swayed by the power of the ring
They weren't filmed back to back, they were filmed concurrently. My favorite story about that is that Gimli's line "NO ONE TOSSES A DWARF" was filmed AFTER the scene at Helm's Deep where he told Aragorn to toss him, but don't tell the elf.
Aw you forgot about the knife deflection during the final fight scene. That throw was done completely unintentionally yet Viggo managed to deflect it flawlessly, shocking everyone.
I was looking for this! It's amazing he was able to deflect the knife. He's extremely lucky.
@@rachelbaexo a thrown knife wouldn't do any damage against what he was wearing. Lose fabric also stops a thrown knife with ease
He covers it at the end of Two Towers Review if I remember correctly.
Incase you didnt know, this is a merge of a part 1 and 2.
@@pyropulseIXXI You never know it could bounced off and cut anything exposed, he could tried dodging instead and taken the knife to the face or throat. Even if the danger was minimized by his apparel it still existed. Luck and a lot of sword practice.
He talked about it in the two towers video. These vids came out in 2018 as part 1 and 2s and are being reuploaded as full vids.
I think one point that really shines in the extended edition is Boromir. For me there are many scenes cut out in the theatrical that show Boromir is the most identfiable of the Fellowship. A man who just wants to save his people and has the pressure of his father uppn his shoulders, who told him that the ring could solve their problems. So he immediately has worse chances of resisting than the others.
Boromir is the poster boy for the old adage: "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."
One thing that gets missed sometimes is after Gandalf catches Sam eavesdropping and he says "Don't turn me into anything unnatural" and Gandalf says "No, I have a better use for you" it jump cuts straight to a pony. If you hadn't seen the movie before or read the books, you might think for a second Gandalf turned Sam into the pony! (It's definitely not unnatural!) 🤣
Also, can we just give a shoutout to quite possibly *the* eponymous Ranger that spawned an entire subset of distinguish RPG classes?
He may not have powerful magic or be a master fighter, but Strider is a man comfortable leading people through the woods, has exceptional knowledge of dark creatures, can fight competently as a swordsman or as an archer, helps the characters get where they need to go, and not only that but knows enough about herbalism to the point he can help the main characters recover?
I love that he's never exactly THE best out there, but throughout all the movies he changes how he approaches problems to cover the weaknesses of the people he travels with. He's no exceptional healer, no distinguished warrior, no expert marksman - He can do everything competently, but his specialty is getting people where they need to go.
You’re right but not completely he is a master fighter, an expert archer, he is beyond a peak normal human, he is a numenorean descendent the stronger better longer lived humans that had an island kingdom that sank, it’s just that with elf’s like Legolas it’s shown that he is nowhere near the peak power of Middle Earth.
As for healer, he is actually one of the most accomplished healers we see in the series, definitely the most accomplished that’s human. That’s because he is descendent of Numenorean kings and their lineage has a blessing that Kingsfoil, the herb he used to help Frodo, which is usually just a weed in a kings hands is an incredibly powerful healing tool. After the Battle for Minas Tirith he used that same herb to help heal the injured of the city. That’s actually what proved to the people that he was really the rightful king, not him winning the battle and saving the day, because they had a saying leftover that “ The Kings hands are a Healers hands”. They have a deleted scene in the third film.
That said, all your points are still extremely valid and he absolutely is a progenitor for the Ranger archetype
Sauron was scared of Aragorn claiming the ring bro, he absolutely is the best out there but I get what you're saying. I reckon what you're referring too is how the people in Bree refer to him as Strider who is almost his own character.
TLDR: "Aragorn" is next level "Strider" is the classic ranger guy.
The Guild Wars 2 Ranger's entire melee skillset is a giant homage to Aragorn.
But who is his animal companion? Boromir?
@@Justanotherconsumer Rangers don't have animal companions as a default.
One thing no-one ever talks about is that though Frodo’s grief is indeed “frightening” after Gandalf’s fall, Aragorn is both the last to leave the bridge and the first to urge them on. Of all of them he’s the one who’s known Gandalf the longest, and whilst we aren’t given many details of his life as a ranger it’s fair to say he’s seen friends die before. He knows it never gets any easier, but he also knows wallowing in grief never does any good - they just have to keep going and make sure his sacrifice means something. Such a simple but brilliant demonstration of the combination of compassion, wisdom and resolve that makes him such a great hero.
Aragorn also has a longer life spawn than the average human because of his bloodline
It could also be suggested that having lost people before he doesn’t want to lose more than one this day. And he knows enough to keep that from happening.
Think we’ll ever get an Aragorn prequel series/movie?
@@SweetCandyDragon --That’s another great addition in the extended version where Aoewyn finds out he’s 87 years old. They could’ve cut out that fall of Aragorn’s and put the Ranger scene back in.
From the book lore, they were friends for like 50 years
Gandalf asked him to focus the Rangers on protecting the shire while he went off to find the ring.
They captured Gollum together on an entire epic journey
Aragorn knew him more than anyone else.
Frodo knew him for longer, but Aragorn spent more time with him doing things. Gandalf showed up in the Shire every now and then, but went on a whole adventure with Aragorn
They trusted eachother enough that Gandalf wanted them to go with Aragorn, and Aragorn took them to Rivendell because they knew Gandalf
The part where Frodo and Sam leave for Mordor always gets me, especially with the flute music!
The score in this movie is unbelievable
Ikr, an amazing scene for sure
Especially when Sam says “this is the farthest from home I’ve ever been “ and then every step he takes it cuts back to that moment. What that wasn’t the version you watched?
Howard Shore is by far one of the best music writers ever!
I could be wrong but I believe it's a whistle not a flute
Liv's riding double in that shot was not Sonia Duncan, but my childhood hero Jane Abbott on the Andalusian stallion Florian, who played the Elven horse Asfaloth. Jane's riding as Arwen in the Flight to the Ford scene is some of the best horse work ever put to film, and in some shots she also played one of the Nazgûl riders and was "chasing" herself. It's pretty well-known that Viggo Mortensen bought Florian for Jane after shooting, but he also stabled his other horses purchased from the shoot (a bay Dutch Warmblood stallion Uraeus, who played Brego, and a chestnut stallion Kenny, who played Hasufel) at the New Zealand ranch owned by Jane and her veterinarian husband. The two of them kept up the horses' daily care and exercising, and Florian, although retired, often performed dressage and skipping routines at local equestrian events. As of January 2023, all of these horses have passed away after long and comfortable retirements.
Great Info thanks 😊😊
my favorite aspect of Boromir has always been how much he cared for the hobbits, the scene after gandalfs "death" when Aragorn tries to get the party moving again only for Boromir to tell him to give the hobbits a bit more time to grieve always makes me sad but also makes me love Boromir even more as a character
What about a scene from the extended edition where Gimli asks her for just a strand of hair so he may always remember her beauty? that is such a good characterizing moment for him and proves hes deeper then his bias towards elves right at the begining^^ freaking love Lord of the Rings!
Yes! I like that scene too. Also because you see Legolas smile in response to Gimli's last line "And she gave me three" as if he was pleasantly surprised by the whole thing as well.
@@zanite8650 yeah! the three hairs part is actually refference to another elf lord who was considered a great warrior and demanded 3 of her hairs but she refused because she knew he was vain and knew gimlis heart and words were true^^
@@redclover8387 specifically it refers to Fëonor, a master craftsman and maker of the silmarils. He was inspired by the light and beauty of Galadriel’s hair and begged of her a single strand in order to create his gems. She refused him three times, seeing into the darkness of his soul.
When she met Gimli, whom was similarly struck by her beauty, she saw how pure and loving his heart was and so she granted his request three times over.
That line from Gimli gets me every time.
@@MKucheran thanks^^ I'm bad at remembering everything but yeah I love the extended edition
@@redclover8387 --So cool with the ‘Easter Eggs’, my favorite is Gollum winning the MTV award and then cursing at everyone😆
Peter Jackson's attention to detail in visual storytelling and world building created an authentic experience of the source material. That dedication made a once in a generation adaptation for one of the most renown pieces of literature ever created is something to behold. You could watch these films and never have to read the books to appreciate them. They still can't be topped, even when he turned "The Hobbit" into a trilogy. It's a shame we will never see his (and Neil Blomkamp's) vision of "HALO."
That hobbit shade lmaooo
Is a bit of a long film
"authenticity to the source material" - i raise you: the percy jackson movies
@@laurenpatrick4609 well is a bit of a long book
@@shar3859 yeah inknow. I'm just saying
In regards to Theatrical vs Extended, I think Theatrical is better for introducing someone new because of the better pacing and shorter runtime, but Extended is always my preferred choice for rewatches. Extended has a lot of great scenes that help tie things together, but they sometimes mess with the pacing or take away from a dramatic reveal (like with the Mithril Shirt).
I think the extended editions of Two Towers and Return of the King are nice but unnecessary. But to me, the extended Fellowship is the only version. Part of that is the extended edition was the first version I saw. But there's not really any scenes that are added, it's just more added to the existing scenes. The concerning Hobbits voiceover, the grave of aragorns mother, the extended fellowship scenes, especially in moria, galadriels gifts, discussing gollumn. The extended version is hands down my favorite movie.
@@samuelwallace2782 I'd argue the extended edition treats boromir much better:
He shows compassion to the hobbits after gandalfs drop.
He tells frodo not to carry the burden of the dead as he already carries enough (when they are caught by the border guard in lothlorien).
It shows us his fears and desperation in the evening and him sharing it with aragorn, making the words at his death less sudden.
probably more i forget.
@@Swodah I agree, it really is a shame that some of Boromir's best scenes were cut from the theatrical releases, not just in the first movie either. The flashback scene between him and Faramir in the extended edition of the Two Towers is the main reason why I always watch that version. It shows us everything we need to know about their family relationship in a short amount of time, I wish they had found a way to fit it into the theatrical cut.
@@prescottperfection6354 True, it's also better for the other films, sure there are probably a few extended scenes that don't fit right with the tempo or seem unnecessary, but for many characters, especially Boromir and aragorn, they help build their character so much.
@@Swodah definitely. Whilst the pacing might not be as smooth at some points as the theatrical editions, the depth it adds to characters is more than worth it.
This Trilogy is always going to be timeless. It is so visually stunning, practical effects everywhere. Peter Jackson's finest work without a doubt. It's the kind of film you can show to your grandkids 40 years from now and will still hold up. So special.
Also, if there's a Heaven and it's what you want it to be, I want it to be Hobbiton. No worries, just comfort, food, beers, festivals and pipeweed 😂
A far green country
@@smorrow
. . . under a swift sunrise?
That doesn't sound so bad.
And bitcheesssssssss
My father showed me these films back when I was 9. He picked them up from a thrift store a few months after the divorce and decided to spend one of his weekends with my brother and me watching them. Two Christmases later, he gave me a copy of The Hobbit. It sparked a lifelong love of fantasy, and I still have the book and his DVDs, even if they did get a little scratched up and skip in parts.
That's some real wholesome stuff. Good job Dad.
If the DVDs were in the thrift stores when you were 9, that means these movies came out when he was in middle school or high school or something. That means, while he wanted to have a good time with you guys, he probably also was using the movie Marathon to cope. It was fun for you, but it was therapy for him. Again, great move Dad.
I know I have done the same. It's about the coziest thing you can do. Those movies are so important to the childhood of a lot of people about my age.
@@oogalook So, my dad was 25 when Return of the King came out. I was only 5 myself. He did love the books, having read them in high school. When he and my mom split up, he was almost thirty.
He and my mom got married right out of high school, had two kids by the time he turned twenty, and we had moved around a lot because he was in the military and relocation was part of the job description.
So yeah, it was fucking difficult for him and I do not envy him. All at once, he his twenties were over, he was single for the first time in over a decade, he had to build up a life from scratch with no idea where his career would take him. On top of that, he had to maintain some form of relationship with his two sons even at the most uncertain point in his life. And I can't even begin to ask him how he felt at the time.
He found the DVDs while thrift shopping for some furniture, someone had apparently donated them along with a huge box of other films. He waited until the next time we saw him and decided to show them to us. And while we watched, I didn't even realize where we were. We weren't in a tiny two bedroom apartment sitting on a secondhand couch. That's how it felt to me. I can only imagine he felt the same.
My dad's 44 now. I'm almost 24. And in spite of the fact that I couldn't be around him a lot thanks to him being in the military, I'm proud of the person he's become.
Gandalf's face when Frodo volunteers to take the ring ALWAYS gets me. Although, no. It probably didn't the first time I've watched it, but ever since then, because from then on I knew what Gandalf knew this decision meant. A scene that literally gets better and deeper on a rewatch. Astounding.
My favourite piece of acting in perhaps the entire trilogy is Gandalf's reaction to Frodo volunteering. It's not subtle, but the "crap, I was trying to stop this" genuine sorrow and the "guess we're on this timeline now, we're doing this" determination are so readable. It's that Hitchcockian concept of what each character knows informing what they do and how they act without us having to be told. And yeah, the "which way" exchange in the EC is a great cap to that same concept. Gandalf doesn't question it or scold him, just points in the right direction. I was so anxious about that whole sequence before the movies were out and it was so great to see it actually work on the screen.
I am of the unpopular opinion that the best of the three movies is The Two Towers. I'm just a sucker for a war movie. But I have to say I've come around on Fellowship. At the time I thought it was a competent adaptation and that was enough but I wasn't extremely excited about the whole thing until Two Towers happened. These days I recognize that the first film does a lot of great work, which is helped by not having to wait a year between episodes.
It is a very good shot. Gandalf always suspected it was going to have to be Frodo to take the ring that doesn't mean he wanted to be right.
We saw the trilogy at a special showing, so the audience were company employees. As we were leaving after the ‘Fellowship’ a guy was saying they wouldn’t come back for ‘Two Towers’ “because my daughter hates it!”
I was floored! I held back from telling him his daughter’s taste in movies is questionable. Hate the battle at Helm’s Deep?? Miss the ‘potato’ speech? Clearly the daughter is nuts!
Amongst my friends and family it's actually a common consensus that Two Towers is the best film of the trilogy. Its also my favourite book in the trilogy
Considering Gandalf's angelic origin, it's (highly) probable that he basically already knew what was going to happen (or that it was one of several probable timelines). And he clearly didn't *want* that to be what happened, since he genuinely loves the Hobbits, but at the end of the day, he has to do the job he's given.
Sir Ian pulled that scene off so incredibly well. Just that couple of seconds was a masterclass in emoting and nonverbal acting.
AFA Two Towers, it's probably my favorite as well. I love the setup/road movie vibe of Fellowship, and I love the epicness of Return, but Two Towers is a straight up badass war movie, and, like you, I'm a sucker for those.
Everyone involved in TT just absolutely and utterly nailed it (I mean, they pretty much nailed everything in the trilogy, but they *especially* nailed it for Towers).
Yep, that's why Sir Ian McKellen is always a win - dude can *_ACT._*
As for Two Towers, that one's always been my favourite of the trilogy as well.
It's the movie where we meet Théoden (who is far and away my favourite character), Éowyn and Éomer (who are my second and third favourites), and also where the musical themes that go with those characters are introduced.
"Fell deeds awake! Now for wrath, now for ruin, and a red dawn! FORTH ÉORLINGAS!!"
Fun fact: the strings at the beginning are the Ring"s theme. If you watch all of the movies, whenever the ring is tempting someone or is talked about, they tend to use that for the ring.
The balrogs roar is one of my favorite pieces of sound design, it's so low register yet impactful, and it's just "roaring" fire like the furnaces of the dwarves whose home he's inhabiting. Just epic
The Concerning Hobbits intro for the extended edition is quite possibly the most charming part of the series and I adore it
Fun fact: I forget the proper name for them, but Gandalf and the other wizards are basically angels in mortal form, so when he fought the Balrog(which are effectively fallen angels) he was crossing blades with an old traitorous comrade
The wizards are also called Istari, and they and the Balrog are Maiar. :)
Sauron's a Maiar too
25:08 There's a reason films based on books are called "Adaptations."
One does not simply plug in a mathematical formula and "convert" a book into a movie the same way you might convert feet into meters.
There have to be modifications and adjustments when moving from one artistic medium to another.
Bingo
Its why the new Dune works. Keep the major plot, keep the feel of the book, lose the excess, keep the details.Tom Bombadil works in the book because of pacing. Reading is slower than watching, so there's room to breathe with smaller side plots.
I'm still working on the one that was teased last week but we had some editing issues and just couldn't quite get it done in time. So that will be next week.
It's okay. You shall be punished accordingly. Time to add pepper to your breakfast!
Didn’t you guys do LOTR already? How about doing the Hobbit trilogy?
No worries dude! Looking forward to it! 😁
Good to know. Btw, since you just uploaded a new video today, even though it is a re-upload of something else, I’ll be making a shoutout for you pretty soon if you don’t mind.
@@bobbysanders8715 i think it's a comped version of the original video which was in two parts.
The opening speech from FOTR by Galadrial is actually said in the books but not by her, nor any elf for that matter, but by treebeard in ROTK after the Battle at the Black Gate.
At 4:09 that "cutest hobbit ever" is actually Peter Jackson's kid! :)
Both of his kids each have a short moment in each of the LOTR films
Samwise Gamgee is the greatest literary character to exist and these films did him justice.
14:11 Another win for the score in this scene is that Shore briefly slips in the theme for Minas Tirith when Boromir is talking about it, even though it wouldn't be heard in full for two more movies. He seems to have planned out all the motifs ahead of time, even those not used in FOTR.
But yeah, these are special to me too. I was in college when FOTR debuted, but I'd been following its development closely throughout HS, ever since the first annoucement that Jackson was doing it. It's basically the only time in my life that I've been absolutely over-the-moon hyped for a movie, with years of anticipation, and it 100% lived up to my hopes. I actually started crying when I saw the Shire for the first time, and Shore's music swelled with the Hobbit theme, because it was REAL. And it was everything I'd wanted.
The shire theme is one of the upbeat themes ever, I love how much it contrasts with themes like saurons theme and the elves theme
Couldn't agree more, I absolutely love The Shire theme, sometimes when I'm feeling depressed or just agitated, playing The Shire theme always seems to lift my spirits and calm me down.
It represents everything good in life
They're taking the hobbits to Isengard
Another win for the 'One does not simply walk...' line, Sean Bean actually got an amended version of that scene the very day they filmed it. The reason he looks down with his palm over his eyes whilst saying that dialog is because he is reading the lines off of a script attached to his knee. And he nailed it. The fact that was a last minute addition to the film and became a key part of meme culture is a big win for me!
I have conflicted feelings about the removal of Tom Bombadil. On one hand, his role in the story was mainly as a lighthearted break between the Nazgûl chase so children don’t get too scared being read the book to bed, and it kinda screws with the pacing and wouldn’t have made sense in a short form movie like the trilogy.
At the same time, Tom Bombadil represents his own subtle form of “evil”, in being a good man choosing to do nothing, complacent with evil’s triumph. There’s something to be said about the importance of having agency in things you wish to change, and that refusing to participate doesn’t make you above the issue.
Well said..although for a ancient being like Tom Bombadil (who I think at one point was described as older than the mountains )good and evil, life and death are just part of the cycle, Round and round like the changing of the seasons.The musings of lifeforms at any particular point in time don't interest him. He was there at the beginning and will be there at the end.
Wasn't he also restricted to his realm or whatever? maybe by choice?
@@Joshirwin01 yes. It was stated at the council of Elrond that, while Tom could have probably done something, as far as anyone knows the majority of his power is concentrated on his land.
Without Tom Bombadil, we don't have the Barrow Downs. Without the Barrow Downs, Sam, Merry and Pippin, don't get their Numenorean blades. Without the Numenorean blade, Merry's stab into the Witch King's knee would not have been as efficacious, grr :(
I grew up on the extended versions of these films. I never had the chance to see them in theaters, and actually for years even after they were released I never saw them. But then one day, my step dad sat me, my mom, and my sister down on the couch and said (mostly to me bc he knew I’d be the one to really get these films) “I’m going to show you what you’ve been missing. And that whole day we watched the entire extended trilogy, stopping only to make lunch, and reheat leftovers for dinner. And my mind was Blown. From then on, I watched the extended versions whenever possible. I watched the hours of the behind the scenes content repeatedly, I even convinced my sister to learn bits and pieces of Elvish with me so we could talk without our parents being able to know what we were saying. These movies inspired me so much growing up, I’m never in a bad place when I’m immersed in this world.
All that being said, all your reasons for mostly using the theatrical versions make total sense, and I’m just really happy to see this trilogy get the CinemaWins treatment. Can’t wait for more.
This trilogy remains one of the great cinematic experiences of my life.
I was a kid when this came out and I was immediately hooked. If I could forget everything and relive all of the wonder, heart, and emotion of these movies, I’d do it in a heartbeat.
I feel so old. I was in *college* when these movies came out.
I'm trying to time when I show this movie to my kids to give them the wonder I felt
If anyone ever invents a drug, or some sort of machine that lets you forget specific things so you can experience them for the first time all over again, then they'll probably end up *_drowning_* in all the money they'll make ...
I love how nonsubversive these movies are. At it's core it's a simple story of good versus evil, humility and friendship overcoming greed and the desire to conquer. Too many movies now a days seem to really want to "put a spin" on classical narratives, but that's been the case for so long that critique and parody have become the mainstream.
Sometimes people just need the good guys to be the good guys, and the good guys to be the guys that win in the end.
“badass goodguys” is one of the things i really like about lotr, theyre just good honestly heroic people and it comes in a range of ways from great warriors to “i cant carry for you but i can carry you!” just dam sam ❤️ hell yea,
theres a lot of good stories to tell that are more complicated but it feels like so many just have a clinical view that ignores the realities that are pointed out being core to the themes of something like LOTR, lotr sees the world brought to its knees, but through friendship, mercy, and yes sometimes the awesome power of a thousand horsemen lol, a better time can come again
short of a few outcomes things will get better in real life to, its a logical impossibility for things to be all bad all the time forever, and the cynical media that feeds into that is honestly irisponisble just feeding into the same voice that mentally ill people have in their head, its compelling but its wrong, its easy to become delusionally hopeless, so we need things like lort to bring us back into reality and be like oh yea
and even in worst case scenarios like nuclear war, it would be a sad thing for humanity to end, but new life would come about, other life exists in the universe and will have many great things about them and happy times so even if earth was full on gone it wouldnt be the end of everything that can be good, and as for the heat death of the universe stuff, theres been a big bang before, what caused it idk but its only reasonable to assume that unfortunate outcome would be a temporary state that something new will happen and itll be really cool
My favorite part about the YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!! scene is that that line wasn't in the books. In the books(at least the earlier editions) it just said that "Gandalf cried aloud and smote the bridge with his staff." In the movies they decided to give him something to actually say to add drama, and holy crap did it make the scene 100000x cooler.
I always wonder how JRR Tolkien would have reacted to these films if he could have seen them. I'll bet he would have loved that line.
@@rozieredz I bet he would’ve, but I never met him so I can’t know for sure.
This is mostly incorrect. "shall" was not in the books. It was "You cannot pass," which is said 2x, and with deadly calm. The wielder of the Secret Fire was in the books too. He is revealing himself to the Balrog - they are both ancient, basically angelic beings (though the Balrog is a fallen one). The Secret Fire is the ultimate forge of creation in Ea (the universe in Tolkien), that Eru (God) controls. Gandalf also has one of the three Elven rings of power, the Ring of Fire. Gandalf is literally telling him, "This isn't going to work." It IS a slight bluff though - as Gandalf (in the book) acknowledges "A Balrog... (in the book he doesn't know it's there before they find it), and I am already weary." The breaking of the bridge is not done to avoid the fight because he cannot win, but for time. A fight with a Balrog would be a very long, drawn out affair (and it is - their fight after the fall lasts DAYS), and the Fellowship does not have that kind of time. He knows they will not flee while he fights. So he breaks the bridge as a trap (it is also how Balrogs always die - literally every Balrog is killed with a fall in Tolkien's books). It's also why Gandalf lets go (this is more clear in the book that he chooses to let go long before his strength gives out) so that the Fellowship would finally leave. As Aragorn DOES point out, they have to reach Lothlorien quickly now that the orcs know their presence.
It is a beautiful, badass scene in both formats. I like them both for different reasons, but Gandalf has plenty of cool, dramatic things to say in the book too.
@@theagingnerd3437It appears I should re-read the Simarillion before posting any more risky LOTR comments
Honestly, a video talking about all the good things of any one of these movies could probably last hours longer than the movies themselves 😊
Mauler could manage that. :D
The impact J.R.R Tolkien's work has had on literature, film, philosophy, and religion is unparalleled. And the fact that the films were created in a time before an over abundance of CGI and modern sensibilities, by a director that genuinely cares about the books still amazes me. Bravo for acknowledging and praising this brilliant trilogy, keep up the great work!
And the effects hold up still.
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The CGI in particular is impressive given the progress in the medium over the last 20 years. While alot of Gollum's expressiveness can be attributed to effective use of mo-cap (the translation of which is phenomenal), the texturing on his model is still really impressive.
Fan Fact: the lights in Cate's eyes were done with hanging christmas lights off screen and, according to Peter Jackson, to show she had beheld the light of the two trees in Valinor before their destruction.
One thing I love that really show who Merry & Pippin are is when they see Frodo get Stabbed the first thing they do is jump on the trolls back with their swords and start stabbing. The fact the movie also ends with them getting captured because they were being Frodo's distraction is just perfect.
The wait is finally over! This is gonna be good! The entire trilogy is so iconic and I know I’m gonna love these videos
Most likely given these are supercuts of pre existing multi parters
@@SgtScorpious so this is just a reupload right?
@@UlfMTG yeah. It's a combination of what was originally two vids
He’s already done these movies before, but each one is in two parts because he had to split them up because of their length. A good chunk of Lee’s videos this year have been reuploads of past 2 or 3 parters into longer videos
Over? These videos already existed
7:48 I'm going to have to disagree with you here: it's a defining moment for Sam NOT because Gandalf asked, but because he cares more about Frodo than his own desires. If there's a fault in the Jackson trilogy, it's how ALL the hobbits are kinda hand-waved into joining Frodo instead of cunningly plotting this journey for months!
And also that he made Bree dark and intimidating instead of a very hobbit-friendly town
I think its forgivable in the fact that the movie needed to get the ball rolling but I do agree. I just re-read Fellowship and love how insistant his closest friends are on making sure he doesn't go alone. Not just out of the Shire but Pippin and Merry basically flat out telling Elrond that they'll follow behind the company if they aren't a part of it.
I agree. But if I had to pick the most egregious fault in the be trilogy, it would be when Sam temporarily gave up on Frodo when Golumn framed him for eating all the food.
Bree: We're following the Hobbits.
They're pretty sheltered, and this is their first time among humans. It's mostly alright, but it should feel a little uncomfortable.
“Gimli got stuck with an elf” was a good laugh, I still don’t forgive calling the first fellowship shot a rival to the avengers; it’s like the fun uncle
Clench up, Legolas
i just watched this trilogy for the first time last weekend and it’s really astounding how much of a cultural touchstone they are!! i enjoyed them, but this video really made me appreciate how much nostalgia and meaning they must hold for so many people and i really love that
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love that scene where the skull , then the skeleton , then the chain , then the bucket all fall down the well in the mine , properly laughed out aloud. been looking forward to these for a while, i missed watching them in the cinema, but they are one of the reasons i bought a really big display panel for my small lounge and great speakers. always worth a rewatch.
"I asked for a single hair from her head...she gave me three."
That may be my favorite bit from the extended. Gimli often comes off as a comic relief character. To see this moment really helped flesh him out.
It is made especially better because, in the Silmarillion, one of the greatest elves ever asks for a single hair three times, and each time she refuses. So her giving a dwarf three hairs is even better.
I was really hoping these movies would get a 20-year anniversary theatrical re-release. I would love for my kids to be able to see them in the theater.
I live in Florida, about 45 minutes out from Universal. We only go about once every 3-6 months, but they have this theater called "cinemark" and sometimes they will play older films, including but not limited too, Harry Potter, original Jurassic Park, etc. Unfortunately, as Universal doesn't own LOTR they can't show it.
I haven’t seen LoTR entirely before (or can’t remember them well, if I don’t know if I’ve seen them it probably counts as haven’t seen) and came to this video after my brother told me a cinema in Paris was showing the entire saga and I went to see the first with him !
i was to young to see them in theaters, if i had the chance id watch them so fast lol
17:30 I've said it for a while now. The theatrical versions are best for first time viewers, but the extended are absolutely better
The LOTR series means so much to me. One a year during fall I love to listen to the books and movies, watching it. Spending a week to just focus purely on it.. Listening to the music from the movies whilst reading the books..
Its like a ritual I have gotten myself into every year and I love it.
Ever since I was a boy and watched LOTR with my older siblings.. It blew my mind and it had forever inspired me of fantasy and to become a writer
Man, this makes me want to binge watch the trilogy again. There will be no fantasy movie more epic than this, considering our abysmal movie standards these days (especially the writing).
Same
I was literally about to watch these videos last night and just decided to watch fellowship instead it’s wierd
Funny you should say that. One of my biggest frustrations with the LotR (despite it still being my favourite series of all time) is how backwards-looking it is: all the best things have passed, and no matter what we do the world will never be as good as it once was. I always want to ask the characters: how do you know that? How do you know the future won’t hold wonders even greater than what there was before? So yes, I do agree that there has yet to be a better fantasy movie than this even after 20 years, but perhaps there will be one day. And won’t that be something to see?
@@haflaen I live for the day we see something like that. Part of LotR makes me sad because I wonder if we'll ever reach those levels again. At the same time I'm glad that it happened with all the stars aligning to make it happen.
" . . . abysmal movie standards . . ?"
Huh? What are you talking about?
With every year that goes past, more and more absolutely amazing movies get released, and the list of truly amazing films that can be watched again and again and again just gets longer.
"Keep it secret, keep it safe" is a phrase I use all the time. And even though it rarely comes up in everyday conversation, I can't help but quote Gimli if someone says anything about a mine.
Did I just tear up over Galdalf and Boromir? Yes. I did. Also, sad detail, but Sam's look as he drowns is probably a reference that in the book, Frodo's parents drowned. I dunno, that look always said to me, "no, don't let him go through this again. Please."
He also stepped on a large piece of glass in that shot that went right through his Hobbit foot shoe and out the top of the foot.
And even for a fantasy movie (trilogy) there is so little CGI. They tried to do as many physical makeup and effects as possible. And yet the bare CGI still looks good considered its age! That's why you still can enjoy those movies in a technical way~
Not sure I agree. There's a ton of CGI overall, but maybe not if you compare to The Hobbit or current blockbusters. It's overall used better as well (dark, rainy setting) so it's less noticeable.
All the practical stuff looks great and aged well obviously, but I don't think the CGI aged particularly well personally. Even a lot of the comping is just more noticeable today than it was back then especially on higher res editions.
Of course, it doesn't really take away from how quality it was for the time and how much effort was put into everything. No trilogy production has been this involved ever AFAIK.
@@Ayoul Exactly, I meant it in comparison to other movies of that time and especially nowadays. Of course not everything was possible to be made physical but they reduced the CGI to a bare minimum and I still appreciate that~
This was one of the best trilogies ever made!
Every minute was worth it sometimes I even was cool with watching the extended versions that added an extra 30-45 minutes
11:00 - one of my favorite scenes of the entire trilogy. The way they just silently glide in one after another like ghosts.
And on the same lines as reading Gandalf's emotions at the Council of Elrond, the look on the face of the innkeeper Barliman Butterbur, a mix of praying he won't be found whilst thinking he's probably already dead the moment they entered his tavern, sells the terror of the Nazgul brilliantly.
I was one of those kids that saw every film in theaters as they were released. Will never forget those days. The spectacle was something I'd never seen before or since honestly.
Looking forward to you covering the other parts.
I agree there’s not much in the extended version in Fellowship but the extended versions of Two Towers and Return Of The King has important scenes that should have been put in the final film. They completely took out Boromir’s scene in Two Towers and that gives us far more depth into not only his relationship with Faramir but his father, it really explains why Boromir was trying to get the ring so much. And in Return they completely removed not only Saruman’s death but Grimer’s as well and we never know what happened, they just gave a weak excuse about how he’s defenseless now, so he just gets away with killing hundreds of people. Those scenes needed to be in there in my opinion.
I learned to appreciate Boromir. He was a great man, which committed a mistake but gave his life for his friends. This is true love. Anyway, I love this movie to death.
As cool as the eagle theory is it never held any water the whole “fly you fools” is mostly just the sort of language Tolkien used. He just meant flee, flee and flight have the same roots and one could be was used for the other often, you can still see it in some names we use like the Fight or Flight response
One I was very sad to see you missed was the quarries where the rock came from beside the Argonath (colossal statues). The designers thought deeply about how everything in this world would have actually worked or been built and that’s a great example.
The actors were paddling the boats. They took lessons first. The size double for Frodo didn't know how to swim and only told Viggo after they started filming, nearly causing him to break character.
That shot of Frodo in Rivendell is a combination of a set, a painting, and CGI.
The reason the CGI still holds up in LotR despite 2 decades is primarily because it's usually a mix of practical and digital effects.
I love this series deeply, I'm a massive fan of the books and the movies do such a fantastic job adapting them. My favorite background detail is that one of the many injures on-set happened in that river scene. Sam's actor, Sean Astin, stepped on a shard of glass in the water that pierced through his prosthetic foot and landing him a one-way helicopter ride to the nearest hospital. Astin also had a harp in Rivendell fall right onto his head. He's such a trooper
The "Darth Bilbo" scene scared the shit out of me as a kid 😅
For quite a few years after my first viewing of the film, I had to avert my eyes from the screen every time that scene played haha
Every time Gandalf yells at bilbo I get goosebumps and my hairs stand up on end. One of my favorite scenes. Another reason why The Fellowship of the Ring is the best in the trilogy
THANK YOU for pointing out that Legolas had that moment of confusion when he sees that Boromer is dead! Orlando Bloom isn't the greatest actor, but that moment was perfect, and so easy to miss! The other great moment was at the beginning of the Battle of Helm's Deep, where the lightening flashes and his face shows shock and horror. Yeah, it looks bad to the audience too, but he's an elf, and he's seeing the ENTIRE army, we're only seeing the front of it! So his reaction being bigger than everyone else's makes sense, he alone of his friends sees the entirety of what they are facing.
Yes, most of the time he can't act his way out of a wet paper bag, but in those two moments he perfectly embodied what it was to be an elf.
One thing I noticed about the metaphors that characters used in these films was that the metaphor tended to have an element of the speaker's culture in it. Hobbits tended to reference food (butter spread over too much bread), Treebeard talks about trees and forests (The roots of the mountain), Gimli talks about mining, jewels and treasure (comparing Galadrael to a precious jewel), and so on. Nice little touch, I thought.
THE WHOLE "WHAT ABOUT SECOND BREAKFAST!" scene was quote by me and my siblings all the time and I do remember seeing this in theaters. Funny enough i call these my Christmas movies and we always saw them in theaters usually on Boxing Day. I can still remember the goosebumps with those opening notes, the fear seeing Bilbo when he gets mad at Frodo covering the ring. The tears when Gandalf fell. UUGHHH these movies literally changed my life
Being born and raised in NZ I am so excited you're covering these films. I was a wee baby at the time when they were finishing making the movies but I still remember the cultural impact it had having a production of that scale shot here, I remember hearing about people my family knew being called in to be extras or set builders. Great stuff
Surprised you didn’t include Viggo actually batting the knife away that was thrown at him
a win that should be added is, when Sean Bean is doing the "one does not simply walk into Mordor" bit, when he's looking down, he's actually reading his lines off of his lap. Ingenuity win disguised as amazing acting... which it is
5:35 Bilbo Baggins, of Bag End. The only being in all of Middle Earth to willingly relinquish the One Ring. Rest in Peace, Ian Holm.
Honestly my favorite thing about the movies vs the books, beside the lack of a certain Tom, is the fact that they made Arwen more involved in the story. I know it's a more modern mindset but it was awesome to see.
These films were literally the spark that awakened my love of fantasy. They hold a very special place in my heart and they always will.
One of my favorite movies as a kid and still as an adult
Same
Fellowship is my favorite one. It just has more of that journey feeling which I love.
that opening theme is goosebumps every. single. time.
I still fondly remember seeing this in theatre for the first time with my sister- who hadn't read the books. I had, and I knew that it was going to be three movies. She was outraged that it ended as it did and that she had to wait *a year* for the next part. Lol She wasn't even a big fan of fantasy, so the fact that she had sat through a _very_ long fantasy movie and was disappointed (to say the least) that it was over is quite something!
I think I went 6 or 7 times to see it in theatre with different people. (Thank goodness the manager was a friend who would let me in for free if I stayed after to help clean. I would've never been able to afford to do so otherwise. Lol) I'd seen it so much that one viewing I mostly paid attention to the masterful score. Still love it so much!
23:29 Also, during Boromir's death, it's the first time Aragorn acknowledges that the people of Gondor are also * his * people. He finally accepts that he should take up the mantle of a king, something that has frightened him before. He acknowledges that he should be king, and Boromir accepts him as his king.
I loved the ring hitting the ground moment too. They made so many different rings for different parts of the movie and I love that they made a really heavy one for just that shot.
This was the first movie I got to see in theaters, I have so much emotion attached to these films that when I saw the last Hobbit movie I cried at the end! As soon as Concerning Hobbits started and seeing Bilbos home from where the first movie takes place made everything come full circle!
I still remember when you first uploaded these. I had just moved cities, and was feeling pretty lonely, and was so impressed by the quality of the uploads that it inspired me to watch the trilogy again. It got pretty emotional, and many of the scenes (too many to list) hit differently than usual. Seeing this re-upload in my subscription feed took me back to that time, so many thanks, my friend :)
It was actually the actors in the boats! Viggo Mortensen even told a story about how in the middle of filming, the scale double for Frodo told him that if the boat capsized Viggo should save himself, as the smaller actor did not know how to swim. I guess this made Viggo pretty attentive to his paddling
“You cannot hide. I see you. There is no life in the void. Only death.”
Sauron’s first words in English, spoken to Frodo, and they have stuck with me. God I love him as a villain; he’s so terrifying, intimidating and badass. Wish he could’ve had even more of a presence in the movies aside from the Eye.
As someone currently growing out their beard, I have to say I am absolutely jealous. Yours was, truly, a beautiful beard. But I'm sure one day, once your kids are off to college and you and your wife have retired to a homestead in a Shire of your own, you'll get to grow out your beard again. Throw on a robe and a Wizard's hat and wander the nearby forests in search of young fellowships in nead of your wisdom to guide them toward their epiphanies and you'll truly be a Maiar. At least, that's my retirement plan and I think it would be a good fit for you too.
The one thing I hope gets winned from the extended edition is Gandalf’s confrontation with The Witch King. Despite it not really representing the books correctly, the scene really exemplifies just how terrifying an opponent the Witch King is. On top of that, it’s just a much better set up for the Ride of the Rohirrim. In the theatrical cut, they just kinda show up as the orcs breach the city. In the extended edition, the Rohirrim arriving undercuts the Witch King’s threat of “The Age of Man is over.” It really adds a layer of hopefulness and satisfaction that the theatrical cut just does not have.
I'd disagree with Gandalf's confrontation with the Witch King since in the book Gandalf was struggling to keep the men together, which does make things seem bleak yet the Witch King never actually crosses Gandalf since Gandalf's presence is just that great, then the Rohirrim shows up and he must back his army.
The only seeming purpose to the scene in the extended edition is to put the Witch King over so that Eowyn's triumph looks better. The thing is that's unnecessary and just makes Gandalf look weaker than he should. Sure, both the book and movie maintain great tension, but I argue the book does it better and without making any character look worse than they are.
@@seandobbins2231 but that’s what’s so great about the scene. It accomplishes so much in a fairly short scene. It’s the first time we’ve really seen the full power of the king of the Nazgul so the scene starts off incredibly bleak. By defeating Gandalf, it makes the battle seem utterly lost. But, a battle such as that isn’t decided by a single person, no matter how strong. The Rohirrim arriving really drove home that unity and trust in each other would be what won the battle. Now, it does also make Eowyn look better by defeating someone that not even the most powerful man could beat, but that’s not its sole purpose.
The scene managed to accomplish three very complex things in a rather short amount of time and it’s super impressive how well it does it.
Well you can see if it got winned. These are reuploads so you go back and see the older videos on the trilogy
I didn't understand what Gandalf was doing when he says "You shall not pass" when I was younger. Later, and having a better understanding of the books, I realized he was writing a rule of the universe. As one of the Maiar, in wizard form, he's essentially a (minor) god. It was part of their job description to create things in the world and the universe.
It's like God in the Bible declaring let there be light. He spoke the words, and it became so. Gandalf did the same thing, by declaring that the balrog shall not pass, it became impossible for the balrog to do it. He does it again when he tells Sarumon his staff is broken. He declared it to be so, and it was. It's not a spell, it's him creating a fact. I just love that.
This movie trilogy literally became my new comfort series as soon as I watched it. The LOTR world is truly unlike any other despite having so many fantasy tropes. I love these movies so much.
One of my favorite things about this movie is how there is a shot parallel with 19:48 in Return of the King when Frodo leaves to go to the Gray Havens - he's on the opposite side of the frame smiling with sun behind him.
Could you do a video on “the secret life of Walter Mitty”? It is my favorite movie and is filled with beautiful story telling and cinematography. The score is also incredible.
This is one of my favorites as well! One of Ben Stiller's best.
20:15 the reason Galadriel has bright lights reflected on her eyes is actually because she was the last Elf in Middle-Earth to have set eyes on the Light of The Trees Of Valinor from The Silmarillion which is an amazing attention to detail:D
I still cry at the end where Aragorn comes to Boromir..my brother,my captain, my 👑 King. 😿I prefer the extended editions but understand why you chose the theatrical cuts. I’m a LOTR nerd from way back in the early 80s when I read the books.. I adore Viggo Mortensen, and have since the 80s, so when it was announced he would be Aragorn I was ecstatic! Of course I knew most of the rest of the cast. But that made me so happy. Thanks for these examinations of positive description.