fully agreed. I wish the drinker would have brought up that point in this video.

Yeah well, modern audiences would argue that since their not the main characters that it's not good enough.

@@slightlyaboveaveragebutaverage or that there aren’t enough, and they’re all white.

The whole idea is to trample men though. None of this has anything to do with the equality it’s about superiority.

@@slightlyaboveaveragebutaveragefunny enough I was rewatching the Dukes of Hazzard & it was way beyond its time, not only does it have a lot of female characters who are smart, strong and capable also either good or villains, they also have black peoples who are the same too. Which would probably fuck with their minds of modern audiences because of the “racist” car

Yeah, probably just some gammon anyway. Time for me to shine!

Your strawman comment style is facile and childish

strawman?@@quatore-5886

@@quatore-5886The OP describes the modern entertainment industry perfectly.

​@@quatore-5886 g o ba ck to y ou r mary sue

Usually, with things like that I say something like "Yeah, thats a little stretched - its not that bad". But it literally is like that xD Zero Character development in one whole season haha.

Spot on! 😉🙂

Totally agree. I have to admit that as someone who is sober for a long time, that short scene always reminds me strongly of how difficult it is to refuse something so tempting. A weird analogy for most, probably, but that's how I feel about it.

@@JayBigDadyCy Not at all, mate... I can totally understand where you're coming from/what you mean - the strength of that temptation, that people with no understanding couldn't possibly comprehend, which is so all-encompassing/overpowering😉🙂

Superb analysis and well written. When I have a cognitive thought like that I can never seem to put those thoughts into words without writing a novel. GGs

Yeah... Fuck the star wars trilogy.... Tolkien is tha best of the best

@@darkmistico Star Wars is not even 2nd. That would be The Dark Knight. And The Godfather is on par with Star Wars, even if the 3rd part sucks. On the other hand, Star Wars is the franchise I love the most. But that's also thanks to the prequels and games like Jedi Outcast. It's the entirety of Anakin's story and Sheev's rise that makes it great, not just the OT.

No need to budge sir. You are absolutely correct in your assessment!

*pushes up glasses* *breathes in* THE BOOKS WERE BETTER

@@Sandlund93 the star wars game Knights of the old republic when it came out.. it blew my mind.... imagine playing that fucking Masters of Teräs Käsi the shitty fighting game and then they give u a masterpiece like KOTOR

I think that's emblematic of Western society as a whole: we're conditioned to think of people as representative of their demographics, rather than individuals responsible for their own damn actions and prejudices.

And yet, even MORESO tied to that very deeply, is that in the great epics of the Icelandic Sagas and the gorgeous humanity striving within the Romance of the Three Kingdoms from China.... There's a divorce now between those two concepts. The sagas, both as historical accounts of real events and romanticisation of those events, still heavily wrought narratives that idolized the "one" or the "hero," someone who had cast aside self or desire in order to save everyone else... to this day altruism remains the highest ideal written down in *every* culture throughout history, ........ ....if we exclude bathroom stalls and other graffiti. It's not important because we worship "that guy, Duke Nukem" or the Lord I follow. It's important because no matter how fucking stupid we get, this still seems to get written down and rears its incompatible head. It's important to read everything you can find, because propaganda and folklore exist in different spaces if not presentations; there becomes more narrative and less ethos when you're reading/hearing propaganda, compared to lore, folklore.... These identities, these... heck, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms doesn't pull any punches, narrative would suggest the chosen ones were ultimately selfish assholes who failed when it counted, and the manipulators consolidated the realm. For the good of the people, and accidentally themselves? Yet the ethos from the original narrative was indeed the entire point. The stories state very plainly these were extremely real people who sacrificed everything they had to create the world they felt was most beneficial to all, what we'd call "right, just." But the joke, the fact, and the truth lies in that *WE* really are all of these people. We're the selfish asshole. We're the struggling sibling trying to keep her parent's broken family afloat. We're the broken Dad doing everything he can to protect his children, the Mother who doesn't know what to do save for the counsel of her loving Grandma. We're the damn stupid bullshit tales and stories that we listen to every day, and they mean *everything* because we give everything. *waves her hand tired, is very sick and exhausted* Jared, thanks for talking with me. Hollywood has gone out of its way to remove its heroes from their actions, in sort of a bizarre way of absolving everyone from anything. You are your actions because they were your choices, but if *EVERYTHING* around you tells you what/who you are instead of your demonstration of who/what you are? *waves tiredly* Here we are. Again I'm sorry, I'm.... very tired. We're.... at this weird horrifying point where everyone is screaming at all us that reality isn't what it is. Anyone who says reality isn't what it is, Christians, dolphins, anyone, are evil. Except for those who agree reality is what it is. (No exceptions)

@@JohnGardnerAlhadis Which itself is a bit problematic: Western society is far, far too individualistic. We're so obsessed with individual freedom and identity that we're more than willing to sacrifice any sense of collective freedom and identity, and it shows in the media we make.

@@smilingearth5181 How did you arrive at that conclusion? The issues we see today are people being too wrapped up in which victim group they belong to, or which minority demographic they "represent", these are examples of collectivist thinking, and you claim the issue is individualism? If your argument is that we've gotten away from collective identities that matter such as national identity or collective values then I agree with you, but this statement is way too broad.

@@smilingearth5181 believing that individuality is causing these issues of people wanting to lump each other into categories and talk about how wins in the oppression competition between these groups is truly baffling to me. The issue is the opposite, people aren't viewing each other and themselves as individuals anymore. Instead they look at everyone they come across in life, sort them into whatever group they think they belong to, and then base their interactions with them off stereotypes and beliefs that they think befit that person's 'group' so to speak. If people would stop that dumb shit and realize that not every black person is a democrat, not every white person is a racist klan member, not every asian person is a mathematician, etc the world would be a better place. Then people could be seen by their merits, values, and their personal contributions to the world instead of by what boxes they check on some stupid arbitrary form someone creates in their head.

I just got misty eyed reading this.

I am guaranteed to sob, every time.

I feel it in my chest every fricking time!

I bawled my eyes out throughout ROTK but that was where the ugly cry began, lol.

I say that that is the best line ever delivered in film.

Nah not really since it's an actual art form that exists and you could hire an armor smith to make it or to train your people to make it. Live Testing the chainmail while on the actor, that's the insane part. Chain emails were one of the most insane endeavors in human history, I will say that.

It's not really that difficult, I was able to make one in about 2 weeks in middle school, just working an hour or two a day. Of course it was the most Basic, non riveted 4in1 type but still.I bet Expirienced armoursmith could make movie quality one in about 2-3 days, maybe even faster. When I worked on the set of Netflix barbarians all the important aromour and weapons were made by professional armour and swordsmiths for the sake of "accuracy" and then they made a Black woman a Blacksmith of barbaric german village xDD

@@Misqus You are insane. Give us one example of a more impressive reality since.

@@SirMonkeySuit what?

@@Misqus That time with Weta proved how far they were ahead and still to this day are the pinnacle. That isn't a debate.

that must be a terrific memory

@@smpdevelopments it’s one of those moments you don’t think about as a kid but looking back it’s one of the highlights.

@@coookalo that's so awesome

Tolkien adapted that from Satan

@@jub7345 ?

When did he say that tho?

@@mjolnir_swesomething about a quote from the Bible about how Satan can’t create only corrupt and destroy

@@jub7345 Actually I believe Peter Jackson adopted that philosophy from Satan

I hope she found her green fields

I'm sorry to read your story, thanks for sharing it. I hope you're doing okay. Take care :-)

This brought a tear to the eye as it really does show how inspiring the characters struggles can be.

My condolences, buddy. Her soul sailed off to the next adventure. Stay strong!!!!, a loss like this will never heal, but it will get better over time, believe me.

WOW..an epic journey in the real...may your wife rest in peace.

damn, I felt that the moment you realize your parents are just kids themselves who were thrust into adulthood with ever increasing responsibilities and ever decreasing friendships how lonely growing up can be how awesome such small moments are and yet so rare

@@captainwasabi13 he's just a little boy somewhere down in there

Thats both heart warming but saddening that thats how it is for a lot of people, including myself.

I was home on leave in 1970 and had blown a number in my backyard. Mom wanted to talk so we sat on the front porch for a few hours. I fell in love with her that night. I always loved my mother, of course, but that night I loved my sister and best friend from the depths of my heart. She died in 2005 at 83. I'll always miss her until we're together again.

@@indy_go_blue6048 we only see them for who they are after we've grown a bit✨ I'm sure she knows how much she meant to you💙

Oh Lord, she was awful. Never believable as anything other than a super typical late '90s female actress. I didn't know who she was when I saw the movie, and had never read the books. My evaluation was solely on her ability to act in what is essentially a period film. Almost as awful as Keira Knightley in Pride and Prejudice.

@@jhssuthrnmama idk man I just thought she was hot 🤷 she’s an elf princess I mean she’s supposed to be kind of a damsel in distress.

In my head when I think about how an elf woman is supposed to look and Liv embodies that on screen. As for acting it didn’t really matter I thought she was good.

What you’re saying is you found her attractive.

@@HC-kn2sq yes. But I thought she played a good elf too. Is she the best actress in the whole world? No. But I thought she did well

Christopher was the true Tolkien scholar, having met Tolkien on multiple occasions in the past in addition to knowing all the ins and outs, top to bottom, of the author's lore.

@@emirlsanchos6302 Christopher Lee was a real opera and metal bad-ass. I learned about his achievements long after his death. His role in these movies is immortalizing him more than his role in the Star Wars prequels or any other of the over 260 roles (he's a Guinness record holder up until this day).

While they ignored them!

Years ago, Christopher Lee was sort of earmarked to play Gandalf if live-action LotR movies were ever made. Peter Jackson was unaware of this unspoken agreement, however, and Ian McKellan was cast in the role instead. It was sort of a happy accident. I'm sure Lee would have killed it as Gandalf, but what we actually got was no less epic. And who else could have played Saruman so well?

@@Lennis01 Uh, earmarked by who? I was around long enough to know of message boards in the nineties, it was Sean Connery first and last that people talked about.

This, exactly. Along with the realism and subtle detail of the clothes they wore- because they were effectively clothes, not costumes. Supposedly much of the detail can't be seen on camera... but it absolutely is, in the subtle ways it affects how the actors move, the ways the fabric moves, the different way light scatters on embroidery and detail on armor. Our brains pick all of that up. Lord of the Rings feels real because it is real, because the tiny details our brain expects are there.

i think Legolas was the only clean ish one out of the fellowship but it makes sense. you even see him walking onto of snow when the rest are up to their necks . Ahsoka has that issue where its all to clean and perfect and looks wrong. you know it shouldnt be like that, like with poor cgi faces (despite the other issues it has)

Yeah. Contrast that with Wheel of time, where not only the costumes are ugly as fuck, but there is a time lapse of three fucking months of tracking in the wild but their costumes are as spotless as if they came out of the cleaner, not a speck of dust or mud on them. This series was a complete joke. Adapted properly, the wheel of time has the potential to eclipse LoTR, GoT and Star Wars, in term of cultural impact and money making. Amazon gave it the panderverse treatment, with a director who actively hated the fans and the source and sought to use it to prop up THE MESSAGE, and currently, it sits somewhere between Xena and Hercules. What a waste.

Good analysis, Kowalski. 🐧👍

Only noticed recently but when Princess Leia comes out of the trash compactor her white dress is spotless!

Kiwi are the best! Big fan of your country❤

@@roovodi awww thanks. 🍺

Lambert, it was a big deal everywhere, you all were just blessed to have Pete and a beautiful country. Don't let the lefties destroy you!

It’s unfortunate that these neomarxists have taken over so many important institutions in the US. My parents escaped communist Bulgaria once upon a time and through the years I learned a lot about communist history and ideology. I honestly don’t go to the theaters anymore. So many movies I can predict beforehand to be some DEI driven nonsense. These people can’t even tell good stories anymore. Now all that matters is depicting their stupid class struggle and of course, “socialist realism” with their nonsensical realities and characters. Not sure when these corrupt idiots will be defeated. They’re deeply entrenched in their power positions and there is not much we can do.

Best of all? They didn't include the ghastly songs and poems that so ruined the BBC's excellent radio production, years before it.

We have to give Tolkein a ton of credit for his incredible story and rich history and depth of character. As well as Peter Jackson for his amazing direction and NONE of the garbage "meta" "jokes" like the MsheU

@@strategery101 also Sir Christopher Lee and Sir Ian McKellen were hitting with the "This is what the book says"

@@flyboy6392 Absolutely. They personally loved this story as well. And you can tell from their passion in the acting. Christopher Lee has said how he first read the books in the 50s and fell in love with them

@@flyboy6392 I think Peter Jackson loved Tolkein so having others on set with the same love of the material was probably something special. I get the feeling the love of Tolkein meant they were trying to stay as close to Tolkein as they could.

The moment I watched this, the scene of him bowing came up... Perfect timing 😁

Showing such humility also elevated Aragorn

"He who exalts himself shall be humbled. He who humbles himself shall be exalted."

I agree completely - that beautiful score coming in surely doesnt hinder the emotion in that scene or the viewer either

Yup that part gets me bad every time

same I've watched it multiple times.

Based.

Amen! Can we get that playing on a loop?

And "Rings of Power" was made with the _exact polar opposite_ of that spirit.

Shame he went against his own word and rewrite Return of The King

Movie apologism in a nutshell. PJ literally had Aragorn decapitate a diplomatic messenger during parley.

🥲

Ahhhhh, that's so cute!

Man I had the same experience, and that’s why these movies are so special for so many people

Thats cool. I can ask my dad whether Ungoliant and Shelob are aliens or demons and have a 15 minute discussion about it.

That's the sweetest thing I've read all day.

This is beautiful. May he rest in peace!

Believe it or not, when Return of the King ended in my cinema in my home isle of Trinidad, many of the patrons clapped. That goes to show what a classic the 📼 films were and still is.

Kinda weird, it was just a book.

@@spankynater4242 There are books that change your life, that make you discover ideas, places that do not exist, characters that motivate you and define you as a person, especially when you are very young.

​@@spankynater4242 It was more than a book; it was the embodiment of a way of life. Tolkien viewed Sam as the true hero of the story. “At last they rode over the downs and took the East Road, and then Merry and Pippin rode on to Buckland; and already they were singing again as they went. But Sam turned to Bywater, and so came back up the Hill as day was ending once more. And he went on, and there was yellow light, and fire within; and the evening meal was ready, and he was expected. And Rose drew him in, and set him in his chair, and put little Elanor upon his lap. He drew a deep breath. ‘Well, I’m back,’ he said.”

It's the classic hero's journey, used since the beginning of recorded history to inspire and uplift.

THIS

I watched the extended versions, and the scene with Theoden crying after burying his son, you just felt that anguish of a father. It reminds me that war may have a lot of unknown names and faces, but those who died we loved by someone and they lost that person.

You forgot the most important part, and that is Sean Bean is still Sharpe...

and that whether a single goblin or one giant feckin elephant are both still only count as one

The last TRUE classics to be made. 20 years later not even close to being equaled

All these years later and they still invoke those feelings in me. Few things do anymore.

This story lived in my heart for almost half a century before it saw the theaters (discounting the bakshi horror). I didn’t think any movies could live up to that kind of expectation, but this one did.

Not true. It absolutely can be beaten. Unless people simply refuse to admit the truth.

This makes me so sad. 😟 What golden times these were. How could our timeline go so wrong? I miss the happyness I felt back then.

That's great to hear.

Well to answer her question, you can just say, "Because there's no talent left in hollywood."

I keep ruminating on when to watch the trilogy with my daughters - the oldest is 8 years old now, hard to say when it's time. I also wonder when I might read the stories with her. Reading the Hobbit should be alright anytime, I guess, if she's patient. I wonder - will the beauty here be recognized by future generations? I'm happy to say, at least for now, that my eldest daughter loves Calvin & Hobbes (recently introduced), so she's off to a good start.

I have a 3 year old and 1 year old daughters and I cant wait to watch the extended trilogy with them when they are older. We will make a weekend of it, order pizza, get the missis to stay at her parents and introduce them to the greatest movie trilogy of all time.

It’s shockingly my wife’s favorite series outside of Harry Potter, we watch the extended trilogy twice a year

100%. Modern Hollywood has this obsession of making “strong female characters” which just do ridiculously over the top physical feats - ironically being sexist by portraying strength in a purely masculine way

Absolutely

Arwen and Aragorn were a 19th century couple: Aragorn brings home the bacon and Arwen was the tradwife with the kids. Eowyn and Faramir were a 20th century couple. She was the strong woman fighting the patriarchy and he was the peaceful warrior with the feminine side. *Both* couples were just fine. People are different.

@@fazdoll I prefer Faramir and Eowyn to Aragorn. They both feel much more human to me. Eowyn's strength is presented side by side with her vulnerability, and Faramir is a put-upon son desperately trying to win the approval of his father, sometimes even through actions that he knows to be wrong or unwise. By contrast, Aragorn is a pretty unwavering "good guy": always does the right thing, and usually seems to know what's best. I mean, was it really a struggle for him to "put aside the Ranger"? If it's the move that will save Middle-Earth, you can be sure that he'll do it, no matter what it costs him. However, Arwen, though she doesn't have much screentime, is given a good bit of poignance through her decision to relinquish her immortality out of love for Aragorn.

Even a little girl watching this, he started rustling Jimmies I didn't know I had yet🤣

A real knife, you know. There was an error in the set, and the knife was headed to his face, thrown at full force. The blade struck the knife so hard that the sparkles are real. That was the sign that some superior power was watching over the movie and the actors. Or that Viggo was really Aragorn in another universe. The actor interpreting the Uruk-Hai almost passed away knowing what peril was just avoided.

It's probably thanks to his familiarizing with the sword so much that he survived

Don't forget Sean Bean climbing up a mountain in costume to get to the filming location because he didn't want to take the helicopter again

He also speaks like 7 languages

💯

He even made sure he KNEW how to use a sword, for the part. Viggo is the GOAT.

Aragorn is black now, and im so happy for it. They fixed the problematic books with that, and in rings of power. ROP literally fixed the racist trash from the books

Nobody is falling for that bait lil man

Please, no one bother replying to the melt above us. He definitely lacks the brain cells required for a proper discussion

That's an awesome story. I might do that with my own kids sometime. Thanks.

Sounds like a good father. Gave you something more valuable for your life than that day of school would have My dad once had my principal pull me out of class so he could ask me over the phone if I wanted Mercenaries World in Flames for the PS2. I did.

Man I wish I had that typa experience, I guess my generation has godzilla minus one though which ain’t so bad

I find it strange how people were dressing up as characters of the lord of the rings before they even saw the Jackson films. 🤔

thanks for sharing! 😃

One of the things has to be- from the time we first saw her, she's not some obnoxious chick. She's an underdog, and someone who her brother and uncle both warned her "Don't go joining us out on the battlefield. This stuff is dangerous. Live in case we don't for the sake of the people." When facing the Witch King, she wasn't acting holier then thou. No. She was *terrified* you could see it in her face, her eyes. This is someone we can support because she's just a normal woman.

@@roukerasati9611 Not only that, she brings Merry along with her. Two characters, who have no right to be in the battle in the first place, Theoden explicitly forbids them from riding with him. But in the end, they are the ones who defend his broken body from the Witch King and bring down one of the most terrifying villains in the story.

I think that line epitomized the prophesy that “no man can kill” that Ring Wraith until she revealed “I am no man!” Dead. Loved that scene.

Agree with what's being said here. Her character earned the audience's respect through how she was written to how she was acted. Furthermore, the rest of the trilogy didn't try to push a pro-female message, so a little bit of that "you go girl" in and overall brilliant trilogy didn't annoy anyone.

She was a strong female character, not a female strong character.

The "Everyone's so blandly agreeable, so non-confrontational and careful not to say anything offensive" at 6:20 is entirely by design. The "Communist" East (China & Russia/USSR) embarked on the "puzzyfication" of the Progressive West starting before WW2, and we've seen it come to fruition with modern "woke" culture.

Already is dark, i was watching a report, yesterday in modernity with Paul jhosef watson, that in western countrys young adults are nervous even ordering food, they cant face even a remotee challenge, and feel threaten by everithing, and worst, now, thanks to the constant feminism things, only one in three men are having sex, and majority of men no longer even desire any kind of relashionship, is the end, a cicle will start and there is nothing to stop it, is mouse utopia

This might explain why zoomers are such a mess.

those cruel enemies are now hiding under rainbow flag

That is a beautiful quote, and one I never knew of before now. And it's very, very true.

Agree, the more human character, Sean is GOAT

I think the reason Boromir is such a successful character, with such a potent and powerful death, is because he's the true "everyman" insert; making human mistakes with the RIGHT intentions - finding the BEST of himself at the end - giving EVERYTHING he is for what he believes, for his position It is _ourselves_ we see dying in that forest... and it hurts

Hearing the cast and crew watched Sean In costume as Boromir hiking as they flew past over him is hilarious.

@@unbearifiedbear1885so true! He is very relatable because he is the most fallible. He doesn’t have any magic or special abilities. I love his character for much the same reason I love Theodin. I still get misty eyed every time I see the final scene with Boromir in Fellowship. His courage and strength even while he’s dooming over the fate of men, only for Aragorn to finally recognize him as a brother, it’s all just pitch perfect, and sadly something current media is incapable of producing.

If there's one death I wish I could reverse in LOTR, it would be Boromir's. I understand it's important for the story, but man would it have been a treat to see 3 movies of Sean Bean in Middle Earth! I feel like he's such an underrated and forgotten actor

_Meet the Feebles_ may just be my favorite Jackson film. "I got one leg missing... how do I get around?"

You don’t know how jealous I am that you got that experience haha

Thank you for your service!!! Everyone loves Kiwis for this and for FOTC!

Super cool brother :)

What an amazing experience.

Fantastic! What a great job you all did.

Thank you for your contribution to these wonderful movies. It means a lot to me, these films are so special to my heart.

Do it. Make a video with some of the stories, doesn't have to be hours long. Then do more when we keep pestering you for it.

It's so bloody awesome all you kiwis crushed it soooo hard. My friends, you bow to no one.

We thank you for your service.

Steven Seagal is far and away the greatest action movie star in history. There will never be another actor who effortlessly portrays the tough guy while introducing the world to a wide range of Oriental fighting styles.

I don’t know if “heroic” identities is quite the right word though

Love how triggered you get by just having a non white straight male in a lead...b

@@Zenigundam I'm not sure if you're high, delusional or trolling. I'm going to go with trolling.

@@Zenigundam definitely trolling, fail trolling at that

Same! It was a really magical moment getting to see those films in theaters with my dad. It's still a good time when we sit down to watch the Extended Editions during Christmas time.

Same, though because we knew the books, certain things in the movie were sad to see changed, the one that really got us was Isealdor's sword, in the books Arogorn reforges and renames it himself in the first book when he first sees it in Rivendell but in the movies the elves reforge it for him and he doesn't get it till towards the end of the 3rd movie. In the books that sword scared the orcs so bad that in the second book during the battle of helms deep, just pulling the sword out scared a whole battalion of orcs away from the battle

How old were you when he read them to you? Was it too young or? I have kids and want to read it to them someday.

@@djvranish my dad read The Hobbit to me when I was 5 or 6.

@@wcw2793 My family does the same too. Every Christmas we Watch the Extended edition's on Blu-Ray. Good thing for the holidays considering each movie is around 3 and a half hours long. lol 🙂

Now more than ever!

So true! And they lived together in a small town for 18 months, on the other side of the world, so the bonding which took place was real.

Not to mention that hilarious "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard" song and subsequent meme lol.

You can just feel the heart and soul poured into the movies. Watching all the extras and behind the scenes stuff just further emphasizes how absolutely committed the whole crew was to portraying Tolkien’s vision as best they can. It wasn’t about them, it was about Tolkien.

Especially cause he didn't get a lot of dough for it

It was the trickle-down effect from great leadership: PJ, Phillipa Boyens, and Fran Walsh. They cared deeply, they hired others who cared that deeply, and they led everyone else to care that deeply.

Too bad little effort was put in the script.

If I recall correctly they filmed only Two Towers and Return of the King back to back...

​@@Dan_Dos_ all three filmed at the same time

@@reek4062 Well you're a wet blanket. Shoo. Shoo. Begone! Let people enjoy something beautiful without you spilling mud around it!

@@reek4062 Wrong trilogy, bud. This isn't about the mediocre Hobbit films but is about the multi Oscar winning LOTR trilogy.

yeah the Lurtz actors Makeup made it so he couldn't see properly, think he was supposed to throw the dagger to the side or at a tree and instead launched it right at Viggo by mistake.

The guy nearly concussed himself doing headbutts with the Maori stuntmen after they did a Haka for him out of respect, purely because he didn't want to disrespect them.

The prop dagger? How brave No Daisy Red Ryders allowed on set!!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p82ag8Rmr9HJk3U.html

@@cmln2413 bravery was never the point, the point was that he had the wherewithal to accurately swat it away, he could have been injured even if it was a prop. ....Helen Keller is face-palming hard right now. Good job.

​@@cmln2413A prop made of metal, it might not be sharp but still equals a rock being thrown at you.

"But you've left out one of the chief characters. Samwise the brave! I want to hear more about Sam.... ...frodo would never have gotten far without Sam.." :)

That line taught me a valuable lesson, instead of wanting to have a friend like Samwise Gamgee; I should strive to BE a friend like Samwise. 😌

Probably the stupidest moment in film history. Jackson is a poor director. That scene was dripping with overwrought melodrama unfit for even the cheapest soap opera. But PJ is incapable of anything remotely resembling subtlety.

@@junglemoose2164: Please! Peter Jackson accomplished more with these three movies than the vast majority of film makers will or have accomplished in their entire lives. He’s a genius.

Dammit, goosebumps.

Glad to see this comment- so many interviews where he talks about how had to 'educate' Jackson throughout the process. I particularly love the iconic one about the sound someone makes when they're stabbed....since he'd done it himself😂 what a man

I remember a post-wrap interview with him after Return Of The King was finished where he expressed dismay at learning his character's death scene was cut from the theatrical version. Despite the extended editions, Christopher figured it wasn't the same if it wasn't witnessed on the big screen.

Christopher Lee was also meant to be playing Gandalf rather than Saruman, at least according to *Tolkien himself.* Though, it still worked out in the end.

@@jackdimambro484he hadn’t been stabbed himself, he did the stabbing. He was the real life inspiration for James Bond, which his nephew wrote.

@@TheCreamRisesToTheTop shit yeah you're actually totally right, my bad

Which one? Lol I feel like each film had an epic Samwise speech

@@NeilTo30Twin Towers for me.

​@NeilTo30 the one that goes "PO-TA-TOES!"

LOTR is full of epic speeches, from "not all that wander are lost", to "I can't carry the ring for you, but I can carry you!", or " End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take."

@@TheCivildecay Totally agree, I would add my personal favourite and meaningful: "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." It's just so f***** inspiring

I cried at the end of the trilogy. I was simply sad that the films were done.

I agree 100%. I cannot think of another trilogy of movies that even comes close.

It’s a shame that The hobbit trilogy didn’t live up to the greatness of LOTR. It had the potential to be the second greatest thing. It should’ve been. The book is actually great, and I promise you that your imagination does a better job at bringing that story to life than the movies.

@@DarthCoviderI disagree here. The Hobbit movies are as awesome as LotR, except there are no dumb moments in it.

I like the hobbit. But I didn't when they were released. In retrospect I was being unfair to them because nothing could compare to the LOTR trilogy which came before it. And it still doesn't. But it's better than I gave it credit for at the time.

What an awesome guy :D

The hobbit is a great watch these days… the standard has fallen so far the hobbit is pretty much a masterpiece.

@@LizardSkin nah, The Hobbit is still a travesty.

I don’t think he’d approved of 48fps and a story once fitted in a pamphlet stretched into an 18 hour movie.

@@LizardSkin Ouch... so true it hurts. Kinda like looking back on the Star Wars Prequel trilogy in the light of the Sequels, except they actually had some great things about them

No but seriously…look at them - I’m genuinely not being mean however they actually look like they might burst into tears and break down at any second, even though they look happy, there’s something off about it, like it’s way too forced and you can tell they genuinely hate the characters they’re supposed to be portraying and would rather talk about the diversity angle. The whole thing is just so…strange.

Apropos

Perfect comment!!!

Peter Jackson’s crew and Weta Workshop. Absolutely legendary, all star combination of a team that can not be beat.

Jackson also made The Hobbit trilogy. So yeah...

Yet bend over for every $

That opening sequence set the scene so well and the film that followed was and is the best out of the three.

Gave me goosebumps just reading the beginning of the quote :D

Rings of power blows ALL of that away. Im so happy we have it, ROP will be hailed from hundreds of years and noone will ever talk about the racist jackson films

@@frankspeakmore7104Nah FOTR or ROTK was the best. Hard to choose though. TTT was also excellent no doubt.

@@jonathansoko1085Crack is bad for you obviously by the nonsense you typed.

Christopher Lee was the link between Tolkien's old world and the present day. The knowledge and experience of older generations is priceless.

“Lord of the Rings” premiered in December 2001 - and all I could think about was my co-worker/friend who went on and in about How Peter Jackson was gonna “DO THIS RIGHT!” He perished in the rumble of the North Tower and never had a chance to see the FANTASTIC result…. Perhaps? If there is a Heaven and some dramatic Justice in this Universe….

Raised morale? The movie's ending is probably the saddest I've ever seen haha.

@@Ditronus. Yes... but we all knew there was much more to come, and the day would eventually become brighter.

Damn I had forgotten about that

So that's why the second movie is called the two towers

Instant classics.

LOTR and the ORIGINAL star wars trilogy were the best of all trilogies

@@strategery101 Have you not seen the Godfather? 😯

You sure write like you have read those books. You write well. God bless

And Tolkien considered that his weakest scene. Hail the professor! Long may his works be remembered.

@@adamjenkins7653 a brilliant man cannot be right about everything, can he? I'll take the modest popularity of this comment as an opportunity to invite everyone to read the rest of his work. Poems, short stories, and of course The Silmarillion. It's a treasure trove of beauty. Tolkien was a genuinely good man, and through fantasy he conveyed truth about the world in a more meaningful way that our modern obsession with "realism" could ever dream about. When I read Tolkien, I thought that I was a big fan of the fantasy genre. After reading other authors, I realize that I actually dislike fantasy as a genre. But I like Tolkien. Because it's not just fantasy, but a higher rendition of reality. Tolkien uses knights, dragons and dark lords to speak clearly of truth that is often muddied in our complicated lives. It's not just fantasy books, but actual wisdom like is found in the stories of old. Perhaps that is how fantasy ought to be, after all.

@@cfban Yeah, that's a good point. Tolkien was trying to write a Myth for Britain much like King Arthur, iirc. He wasn't doing D&D.

I tell people that Tolkien's trilogy of LOTR books are my 67th, 68th and 69th favorite books after the Bible. I sometimes wish I was old enough to have seen the films in theaters, but I was like 2 or 3 when Fellowship dropped lol.

A lot of effort went into the score, the sets, costumes, visuals and the acting and performances. Unfortunately, little effort went into the most important thing of them all: the script.

The chainmail guy alone was worth watching the behind the scenes. The fact he sat at a table for hour upon hour to hand make everything is unreal.

I swear to god - the attention span thing has crept up on us as a society… parents don’t even watch movies anymore - they browse for a movie for ages just to go on their phones and “listen” to it.

18 months ago, I did a marathon, playing all three extended cuts of the movies in a single day and I had zero issues getting through that one either. Weird, because I struggle to get through a single 35 minute episode of modern tripe...

​@@TheSmuey i keep meaning to do this.

Lots of people are being diagnosed with “ADHD” these days. I think it’s more of minds just being corrupted and distracted by cellphones, texting, social media, extreme politics, and a lot of other garbage that wasn’t around back in the 80’s and 90’s.

@@ihaveafettfetish9348absolutely true,they say history repeats itself but this is a phenomenon unseen,but the only factor also unseen is internet and phones

linky??? never heard it!!

@@Seronns Same.. Gotta have it ^^

LINK, NOW

I'd love to hear that too

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Always thought he was wrong for the role. Aragorn in the books was a big man with a commanding build and voice. Mortensen’s voice is whispery and weak and he’s not exactly a commanding figure. You could tell how he struggled in his supposedly inspiring talk to the troops before the battle. I always thought the role would have been much better played with an actor like Liam Neeson.

I am one critic who still felt LOrRs could have been much better than Peter Jackson's world. I still think real dwarves should have been used to really express the physical struggle of Dwarves and Hobbits at a level the miniaturized actors could never show. Some of the script changes were also a disappointment…and the music soundtrack wrecked many scenes, which should have been just scenes of silence. Many of the battle scenes were excellent, but the movie should have gone darker and scarier than it did, instead of placating to young children. I also would have liked the cinematography to be more Harry Potterish…more fantastical. LOTr was the greatest fantasy book of all times and with any decent attempt...could not fail…and could only be great. Then the question would become "How great will the movie be in comparison to the book?" And in my opinion, the movie was 70% to the book's greatness level.

@@wplains He also kicked a helmet so hard that he broke some bones but played it out like he was angry and frustrated that he lost sight of the hobbits, The man has some amazing talent and there no actor better for the role then Vigro.

@@TecknoNinja Sorry I don’t agree. But you’re welcome to your opinion, of course.

@@wplains I truly shudder at the thought of Liam Neeson as Aragorn. I loved the books and knew them well, and for me Mortenson was perfect in the role. A type like Neeson could never have been the king the trilogy needed.

Those words had me hooked from the very start in ways I could never have understood as a young 12 year old sitting in a cinema, after having stood for 2 hours in a que to get the ticket and then wait for another week before I could sit my butt in front of the big screen. Ah, those were the times!

❤️YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FEAR DEATH IF YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, AND TRUST IN HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART, BECAUSE HE ATONED FOR YOU FOR ALL YOUR INSULTS, THAT YOU WOULD OBTAIN PEACE WITH ALMIGHTY GOD, AND GO TO HEAVEN BY HIS GRACE!🎉

@@josepoika5388amen❤

​@@josepoika5388tolkien was a devout catholic and the christian influence in lotr is obvious snd beautiful.

Very well said

​@@josepoika5388Ohh, F off with your beliefs. Stop making this about religion when it shouldn't be.

It was a rare source of positivity by The Critical Drinker, especially since he seems exceedingly jaded these last few episodes.

The book told the story extremely well. The PJ movies however did not.

I'm patiently waiting for the 4k 25th anniversary extended editon. If it ever comes out.

H​@reek4062 how could PJ have made them better tho ?

Indeed, its a comforting notion :)

the quality of the writers go downhill so drastically. Clearly most competent authors are got ridden from studio for "diversity" quota

Similar experience with me, except I went with a group of friends who had all read the books. I didn't know a thing about it. I didn't even know it was a trilogy until the movie ended and they explained that we'd see pt 2 in a year.

Hear! Hear!

I only knew the name and some friends had said it was a good book. But the moment I heard the prologue narration by Galadriel.. Wow.. I knew it was going to be something special. ... and in the blink of an eye I was in Middle Earth and time seemed to fly. Suddenly the movie ended and I had not realized how much time had passed. I was hooked and eagerly with great anticipation went to the next films. I got the special extended editions on DVD and they were beyond amazing. Sadly with the mind diesease infecting Hollywood and entertainment today. This kind of experience and real true-to-the-source adaptation will not happen again.

I knew. Group went to the first one with a packed theater. Once credits hit, whole place stood and clapped. I have never before or since experienced that.

There was a film reviewer who told the story of how an elderly guy in front of him was in tears at the scene of Rohan’s arrival at Minas Tirith. The reviewer leant over and asked why he was crying. The guy smiled and said ‘I’m crying because I will never get to see this for the first time again’

I consider myself a hard-core LoTR-book-fan, but I would rather punch some nit-picker in his face than listen to him ripping apart this master-piece-without-an-equal of a movie

For anal retentives who are literarily defunct. They cannot read anymore.

@@arturleperoke3205 Yeah, you look REAL scary.

Yup, I have run into a few that try to pick apart these movies and they suck. You cannot turn the book's into movies with some changes, you just do not have the time unfortunately. I think Peter Jackson did an amazing job and making the best movies you can while still retaining the spirit of what Tolkien created. I don't care what his estate says, especially since they seem ok with the Rings of Power that basically rapes Tolkien lore.

@@D3voidofsoul Tolkien never wrote ANY stories that had Galadriel or Celebrimbor in it. In point of fact you CAN adapt the story, because it reads as almost LITERALLY a script with a storyboard described. Jackson just chose not to. Faramir is a different character completely and anybody whose read the book knows there are entire scenes of dialogue that were removed. And the studio that made this claimed that they made NO money, so they didn't pay a dime in royatlies to EITHER the Tolkien estate OR Jackson, who both had to sue them to get a nickel. Then they went on to make gambling machines out of their characters, so the estate had to sue them again and finally gave the green light for Rings of Power, figureing the company couldn't 'rape' the source material -beause there was none. And certainly not nearly as much as they had done to The Hobbit. They were well made movies there's no doubt in that, but now people are just online using them as a springboard to bitch about Rings of Power. Which is ironic because the creators of Rings of Power said they were SPECIFICALLY using the Lord of the Rings as a model- both for visuals, and for dumbing down the literary merits for a grade school audience. So most people either hate rings of power because they've now grown up, or else they just have a mysogynistic axe to grind. Even the ANIMATED movie stands out for the fact that its as singular as the books. Happily, or hopefully, the world won't end soon and given the capabilities there WILL be another version of Lord of the Rings which will be much closer to the original, if not based on it directly. In the nineties there were all kinds of scripts done FOR FREE by fans that were ranked as for how close they were to the original. Anyway, nuff said.