*this is a reupload after the wrong version got uploaded yesterday!

"The friendship between Frodo and Sam is such a loyal one!" You ain't seen nuthin' yet.

Boromir is typically one of the least understood characters in fellowship. He is not an evil man nor would i say he is even bad, he is a proud and honorable man who was by the point the ring even briefly claims him was desperately trying to find a way to save his people from a doom he thought certain. In a moment of weakness the Ring which he had been around for months at this point managed to seize him. But it was Boromirs choice to then go to the aid of Merry and Pippin who he was clearly very fond of as it was he who trained the two hobbits on basic swordsmanship. In battle he restored his honor, in death he found repentance. In the book it was not three arrows but described simply as many, he was found leaning against a tree as if resting. His first words to Aragorn where not cries for help but telling him the orcs had two of the hobbits and which direction they went. He dies shortly after acknowledging Aragorn as his rightful lord. The three remaining companions who did not have time to built a mound or pyre agree to give Boromir's body to the Anduin so no roaming orcs or beasts could defile his body. They laid him in one of the elven boats his sword at his side, his broken shield at his knees and the weapons of the orcs he slew at his feet symbolically showing his conquering of his enemies. As the current took him to the falls the Aragorn and Legolas sing of the wind bringing the news of Boromirs death to his people, of the North wind and the West wind. And for Boromirs ultimate fate? well i'll let the professor answer that himself "But in Gondor in after-days it long was said that the elven-boat rode the falls and the foaming pool, and bore him down through Osgiliath, and past the many mouths of Anduin, out into the Great Sea at night under the stars."

The Argonath (the giant statues) are of Isildur and Anárion. They were brothers, and sons to the High King of Gondor, named Elendil (the guy who died at the hands of Sauron in the prologue). Isildur is the one who cut the ring from Sauron, and who refused to destroy it.

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Sean Bean is the guy who every casting director thinks of when they're like "we need someone to die really dramatically here...can we get Sean Bean? Is he available?"

she reacts adorably. she still has that child inside of her

this trilogy is peak cinema

Loved your deep engagement, enthusiasm, and emotionally charged energy. Thanks for sharing your reaction with us...

Best trilogy of all time. We will never get anything better and I’m so fine with that

I always stay for the credits. Not just to listen to the end title music, but also, as corny as it may be, to, I don't know, thank or honor everyone who participated in making the movie I just watched. Wonderful reaction!

You have no idea what you’re in for. There is only one “first time I ever saw (or read) The Lord of the Rings.” Few ever forget it.

The actor playing Boromir, Sean Bean, is also in Patriot Games, 007: GoldenEye, National Treasure, Troy and Game of Thrones. The actors playing Gandalf and Saruman are also in X-Men and Star Wars respectively. The actor playing Gimli is also in Indiana Jones

“There lie woods of Lothlórien! That is the fairest of all the dwellings of my people!" - Legolas. "There are no trees like the trees of that land. For in the autumn their leaves fall not, but turn to gold. - “The grass in this clearing is as green as Springtime in the Elder Days,” and it seemed to Frodo “he had stepped through a high window that looked on a vanished world.” This is the what the world is like for elves; the flowers and trees, re-enchanted, recall the very real wonder of the world.”

Boromir was honorable. He was tempted but fought bravely with three arrows in him.

I always believed Borimir is shortchanged in reactions , Even Gandalf and the Lady Galadriel didn’t want it in fear of the evil it would do. Borimir was no less wanting to protect his people and the ring used that to manipulate his thoughts .

I love it when Gandalf tells Harry to use the Force. So powerful.

Even appreciating the credits. Excellent. 👏

I think the real star of these films is New Zealand.

The soundtrack for these movies is incredible!

You may very well be the first reactor to NOT yell at Pippin in the tomb scene. Seeing this in the theater, the crowd mostly groaned and laughed too. Other reactors lost their minds! Props to you, Amelia 😊

"Celeborn gazed at the Dwarf in wonder, but the Lady smiled. ‘It is said that the skill of the Dwarves is in their hands rather than in their tongues ' she said; 'yet that is not true of Gimli. For none have ever made to me a request so bold and yet so courteous. And how shall I refuse, since I commanded him to speak? But tell me, what would you do with such a gift?” “Treasure it, Lady,' he answered, 'in memory of your words to me at our first meeting. And if ever I return to the smithies of my home, it shall be set in imperishable crystal to be an heirloom of my house, and a pledge of good will between the Mountain and the Wood until the end of days.” Then the Lady unbraided one of her long tresses, and cut off three golden hairs, and laid them in Gimli's hand. "These words shall go with the gift,' she said. 'I do not foretell, for all foretelling is now vain: on the one hand lies darkness, and on the other only hope. - But if hope should not fail, then I say to you, Gimli son of Gloin, that your hands shall flow with gold, and yet over you gold shall have no dominion." Prophecy and gift are one; Galadriel is recognizing Gimli's nobility of characte for all elves to understand, explicitly, and finally. In doing so she formally ends any grievance the elves of Lothlorien have with the people of 'the Mountain'. This is why Gimli wears the titles of 'Elf-Friend' and 'Lock-Bearer' in lore.

Awesome reaction. I always sit through the credits and collect soundtracks. These are some of my favorites.

We can thank John Howe and Alan Lee for many of the good shots in movies because of the illustrations they made prior and during the filming, many shots are even close to frame perfect to some of their illustrations!

When I watch and enjoy a reaction, but then it's re-uploaded later due to reasons, I always watch again and reprovide my like.

Great reaction, Amelia! These movies are very near and dear to me- they got me througj a dark time in my life. I'm looking forward to your reations to the next two films.

You're in for a really big treat.!! This was just the beginning & you said you love the landscapes/scenes...It gets so much more... bee-u-tee-fuller..!! And the MUSIC/SCORE is totally fulfilling in every way..!! You'll love part 2 & then the 3rd part is....immense..??!!! The 3rd part of The Trilogy is one of a very few (like "Ben-Hur" or the Original "West Side Story ) that received 11 Academy Awards..!!!?!!! Amazing.!!! Of course, it's hard to follow-up with, "The Hobbit Trilogy" but I think it does a Truly (Better Than) Admirable Job & it's so beautiful & rewarding to see where & how the "Origin Storie's" come into being..!!! After "The Hobbit Trilogy"...you'll probably want to see the "LOTR Trilogy" all over again..???!!!! (I do & I've read the books, too..!!) ENJOY..!! (I really enjoyed your "reaction" BTW..!! ) Thanks..!!!

I saw this when it first came out. At the end, a woman in the theater cried out, "That can't be the end!" I thought, "What, you don't like a cliffhanger that lasts a year?"

Amelia, I'm very glad you are getting into these films. They are so well done. Ian Holm, who plays Bilbo Baggins was also Ash in Alien 1979, the traitor robot. A great actor. Also, Liv Tyler who plays Arwen is the daughter of Aerosmith Frontman Steven Tyler. If you want to see another film with her I recommend "That Thing You Do". A great 1996 film that is a great fictional tribute to 60s rock bands. The soundtrack and music to it is beautiful. Tom Hanks stars and it's also his directorial Debut. Also stars Tom Everett Scott, Steve Zahn and Liv Tyler. For Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) I highly recommend "Green Book". A 2018 biopic on concert Pianist Don Shirley and his driver Tony Lipp. Mahershala Ali , who won an Oscar For portraying Shirley and Mortensen was nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Tony Lipp. A great film relating to their story together. A well done film. I always enjoy your reactions. Hope you and the family have a very Happy Independence Day.😊

On the enemy side, you have goblins, orcs, trolls, and Urukhai (high orcs). The differences between goblins and orcs aren't really described well in the books, but they are usually portrayed as smaller than orcs. Orcs are in the middle, usually kind of hunched in nature. The Urukhai are the very tall muscular orcish creatures they fight at the end of the first film here. They were created specifically by Saruman by crossbreeding orcs with "goblin men". And finally you have Trolls, which are usually huge in stature, like the cave troll they fought in Moria.

Gandalf is actually the only one who can fight a balrog in the fellowship because they are the same creature

Anor is an elvish word for the Sun. Minas Tirith (The Tower of Guard) was originally named Minas Anor (The Tower of the Sun). The Elvish words in the chorus of Enya's song at the end mean "Darkness has come" and "Darkness has fallen".

Seeing Ameila's reactions says it all. Your journey is just beginning.

If you like Elijah Wood, watch Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. You'll love it! "Everything is connected."

You reacting to this movie is why I just subscribed. IMO, this story is the best since I don't know, maybe Shakespeare. It's a great ride that you'll really enjoy. Thank you for your reaction.

If you look Balin's Tomb after watching The Hobbit trilogy, it gives much more sadness when you get to know Balin in those movies. Also, the skeleton that holds The Book of Mazarbul is Ori, one of Thorin's company in The Hobbit.

You have brought me back to the shire for another journey against a evil ring ty Amelia Kisses

amazing! loved that it was live

Heh this one really made Amelia unload with the Disneyisms when trying to articulate the emotion!! I like first-timer reviews like this as it's so nice to see someone discover something many of us love and loving it too even decades later. Also why I don't believe in spoilers and deciding for someone else what they will or won't enjoy even a bit. And out of interest what does Amelia do "working in film" - and if so she'll now understand exactly why some people sit through all the credits (easter eggs and Marvel ads aside)!

I stay at the end of films but it's more to listen to the music than to check out the credits: 1. I sometimes discover great songs or artists I'm unfamiliar with (I listen to a lot of music but nothing compared to what the people who score films do.) 2. It's a very different sound system than I usually get to listen to. 3. It's part of the entertainment I paid for, may as well enjoy it.

I always (well, almost always) stick around for the full credits; always have. Usually, even if I have to rush out to "dispose of" the extra large Coke I drank, I come back to the theatre to finish out the credits. I know that none of those listed will ever actually know that I stuck around, but if my name were on that screen, I'd like to think that someone sometime might actually read it. I consider it a sign of respect for all those who make these films happen.

One of the few reactors to comment on the end credits song !!! All 3 movies have poignant and fitting end credits music that are themselves works of art. They channel the mood and soul of each film.

If you look carefully at the start of the Caradras avalanche scene, you can see Legolas is actually walking ON the snow. It's from the book and shows how light elves are.

Wait until the 3rd movie. This is just a taste of Sams MVP energy.

She, the elven ruler Galadriel already has a ring. You see her very breifly at the very start of this movie.

Guess I need to tell you again, 1st time watching. Instantly gave you a sub.

05:03 - Your "underneath" comment is a good one. One of the key factors in writing a classical epic is a journey through the Underworld. You'll see this in epics like "The Odyssey" and "The Aeneid". Here the mines of Moria fill that role. Tolkien certainly knew what he was doing. 26:23 - Uruk-hai in this scene. I suppose you could call them the alpha predators among the orc kinds. Tolkien tended to use "orc" and "goblin" interchangeably and never set down clarifications, but those who've interpreted his works, including these movies, tend to show differences. From most physically powerful to weakest: Uruk-hai > Orc > Goblin. Those that fought in the mines of Moria were goblins. There's also half-orcs. They're literally half orc / half human, and it is not pleasant how they were created. Half-orcs, though evil like orcs, often look close enough to humans that they can move among human populations, though a good look at their faces will reveal their half-orc nature.

FYI: Fellowship of the Ring won best cinematography at the 74th Academy Awards. However, the following two films, Two Towers and Return of the King, weren't even nominated for cinematography, although Return of the King won Best Picture.

Saw LOTR in theaters. Loved all the movies, Return of the King was my favorite of the trilogy. 👑🗡️

about being hit with arrows, according to an expert on medieval combat, it was typical in battles that a man could be still standing with as many as 8 arrows in them because although the damage from the arrows might kill you, it would not kill you quickly.

Legolas agreed to be blindfolded along with Gimli as Dwarves for various reasons were not allowed to know where the heart of Lothlórien reside. The scene ended up not making it into even the original uncut edition. In the morning, the Company walks further into Lórien, reaching the river Silverlode. At one point, the Elves tell Gimli that he must be blindfolded so that he does not know where he is walking, especially because the Dwarves and Elves have not gotten along since the Dark Days. Of which I’ll explain more in your next upload.

Such a magnificent movie in every respect.

The Statues of the Argonath were of Elendil and Isildur (Elendil was the King of men, slain by Sauron and Isildur was his Heir - the one took the ring.) Fun Fact: King Isildur was travelling north from Gondor to Rivendell, when he too lost the ring in an Orc ambush Beside the same river that the Argonath is sited. Both are Numenorean men, which means they, by virtue of elvish blood, live longer than other men, early Numenoreans lived for 4-500 years Aragorn would live for 220 odd years, because the elvish component in his blood is more dilute. Elves kind of consider that Men begin to die at birth because Elves (with very few exceptions) do not die. If they are killed in combat their spirit journeys "into the West" to the Halls of Mandos where, after some time, they will be reborn in new bodies. Elrond himself is also called "Half Elven" as he was one of two children born to a mixed marriage - 1 elf parent and 1 human. His brother Elros, chose to be human and was the first Numenorean King. Elrond chose to be Elf and became the Lord of Imladris (Rivendell in the common tongue) In a sense Aragorn is directly as remote descendant of Elros (over 100 generations later) and Arwen is Elrond's daughter. Her grandmother is Galadriel and her mother was married to Elrond. In the books, there is a mighty ElfLord named Glorfindel who had been reborn after he was killed in a Battle in the First Age. -He is not in the films.) The fate of men is unknown to the elves (and Maiar and Valar) because God, Eru-Iluvatar, reserved that knowledge to himself. Maiar (think Archangels) are lesser spirits that aided Eru and the Valar in the creation of the Worlnd. Valar are DemiGods, one of whom, named Melkor, envied Eru, and wanted a bigger role in this, which was denied to him. He grew angry and spitefully set out to despoil creation, marring the world and creating hideous and evil beings. Long Story later, an Elf Lord cursed Melkor and renamed him Morgoth "Enemy of the World", but Morgoth had already suborned some Maiar to his cause, the chief of them was Sauron, who became his most deadly servant. At the End of the First Age (LOTR is set at the ending of the 3rd Age) The Valar made war on Morgoth and Eru cast him into a void beyound his creation and sealed him out. Sauron repented and was imprisoned a while, but was forgiven and released, wherupon he set about doing his Master's bidding all over again.... Saruman, and Gandalf are Maiars, who appear physically as Old Men, but both appear early in the third age, along with 3 other wizards (also Maiar) who do not come into LOTR. Other Maiar who appear are evil Maiar, who chose a terrible form - the Balrog. Most were destroyed in the fall of Morgoth but some (unknown how many) escaped and hid themselves in Middle Earth. Oner apparently his deep under the Misty Mountains, and the Dwarve's mining awoke him. This may seem like a lot of background but Tolkien was melticulous in linking and explaining the history and lore of his creation. (one reason why it was so difficult to film, because information like this is hard to translate to film without boring the a$$ off the audience

Galadriel's gift to Gimli has deeper meaning behind it, like most things in this movie & reflects the expanded lore of the middle earth universe. She is one of the 2-3 most powerful & wise elves remaining in Middle Earth since the time the land was young. She was born in a place called Valinor, or the Undying land... which is basically the place of residence of the Valar, the local pantheon, the local "gods" as you may call them. (Essentially the land that be untouched by Morgoth and where the holy ones still yet reside.) Back then, the world was not illuminated by the sun&moon, (only the stars, but rather by 2 trees of gold and silver, Telperion and Laurëlin that lit the world before the sun & moon were born from their last flower & fruit as they were basically killed by Melkor when he struck them with his Lance and Ungoliant the primordial Eldrich Terror vampirized the life force of the two trees. Ungoliant she was named by the Eldar/Elves). It is said that Galadriel's hair had enmeshed some of the shine and power of those two trees within her tresses. Her uncle Fëanor, who was a great king of the Elven people after his father Finwë was slain by Morgoth(Formally known as Melkor). Fëanor arguably was their greatest craftsman and warrior to ever live, asked if she could give him a lock of hair, so that he could use it to fashion 3 gems that would shine of the same light as the trees. Sensing his pride & a shadow that wasn’t exactly belonging to him brewing from within, she refused his request 3 times. He stopped asking and made the gems anyway, managing to complete the task he had set for himself even without her hair. Around these 3 gems, the possession of which became the driving force for many of the great events in the world, entire wars that lasted for centuries exploded, and other events. The gems actively shaped the fate of the races of middle earth to the point that the aforementioned Valar got involved directly. During these times, events surrounding the gems brought about the traditional enmity between Dwarves and Elves... the same enmity that Gimli still feels towards them. That enmity however does not survive his encounter with the wise Galadriel, whom Gimli basically falls platonically in love with. By giving him 3 of her hair, Galadriel is opening a door, offering an olive branch that might one day close the gap that divides these two races. Legolas, himself being an Elven prince and centuries old, knows of the story through his father Thranduil & grandfather Oropher, as it shaped the lives of all Elves, and his subtle smile is possibly the first act of acknowledgment and reconciliation. it is also a way for Peter Jackson, the director of the film, to give a nod to all of the fans who know these facts and backstories... a way to make us feel seen, and to make us appreciate just how deeply the makers of the film respect the books and larger universe created by Tolkien. The thing with the hair may seem weird, but there is a significance to it in real life as well as in the lore of the story. In real life, it was not uncommon for wives, fiancés, or even girlfriends to give their men (who were going off to war), a lock of their hair as a keepsake, particularly in WWI, which Tolkien fought in. The lore part of it comes into play in The Silmarillion, Tolkien's tales of the creation of Arda, the Undying Lands of Valinor, and Middle Earth. Galadriel is many, many thousands of years old, & was born in Valinor before the sun & moon were even created. At the time, the world was lit by two trees, one gold and one silver which would shine at different times from each other, but would shine together once a day when one would fade and the other brighten. Galadriel's hair was said to look like the light of the mingled light from the two trees, which may have inspired Feanor, a master craftsman and heir to the high king of the Ñoldor, to craft the Silmaril's which were three jewels that captured the light of the two trees, one golden light, one silver light, & one co-mingled light. Fëanor had a bit of a thing for Galadriel and begged her for her hair three different times, which she rejected because she could perceive the inner darkness of his heart and rejected him, which made them "un-friends" after that. There is a lot more to the lore than that, so this is the super crib-notes version. But the point is, it was VERY significant that she granted Gimli three of her hairs to a dwarf, when she would not to the son of her king (great uncle) over 10,000 thousand years ago of which she is related to all three kings who were brothers and Elu Thingol of Doriath was one of the brothers that didn’t stay in Valinor even though he was one of the elven ambassadors along with his three brothers and that king I mentioned was VERY close friends with Thingol.)

Epic lembas history incoming! - written by Elf LoreMaster named Pengolodh. Lembas was made first by the Vala named Yavanna from special corn that grew in Aman, and Oromë gave it to the Elves for the purpose of the Great Journey. For this reason, it was an Elven custom that only women should make lembas; they were called Yavannildi who knew the secret of its recipe from Oromë. Also, the custom mandated that only an Elven Queen should keep and distribute the lembas; for this reason she was called also massánië or besain. - Only on rare occasions was it given to non-Elves, because it was believed that mortals who ate it would become weary of their mortality and would desire to live among the Elves. The corn was an enduring plant that needed but a little sunlight to ripen and could be sown at any season and then sprouted and grew swiftly. Yet it was harmed by north winds, while Morgoth dwelt there. The Eldar grew it in guarded lands and sunlit glades. The ears were harvested without scythe or sickle but each one was gathered by hand, and the white stalks were drawn from the earth and used to weave baskets in which the grain was stored. Melian, as the queen of Doriath, was one who held the recipe from Yavanna. By giving lembas to Beleg for Túrin, Melian showed him great favour because it had never before been given to Men and seldom was again. Later it was passed to Galadriel and other Elves. When ships had been sent forth, at the behest of Turgon, towards the West, its mariners carried a sealed wallet with waybread for their voyage. Voronwë, after surviving the wreck, shared it with Tuor throughout their journey to Gondolin. Dúnedain, inspired by the elves, made a similar kind of waybread (although it was not true lembas), that they carried on long journeys. So each of Isildur's soldiers on their way north from the War of the Last Alliance "carried in a sealed wallet on his belt a small phial of cordial and wafers of a waybread that would sustain life in him for many days". The Galadhrim had a large store of lembas in Lothlórien. Galadriel gave some of it to the Fellowship of the Ring upon their departure. Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee subsisted on it through the majority of their journey from there into Mordor. The tradition of farming the Western Corn and the making of waybread was lost for ever in Middle-earth after the departure of Galadriel and the death of Arwen. One of the only places left where this untouched holy wheat can be grown is the groves within Lothlórien.

"Are they in a giant tree? O yeah, they are!" You didn't know they were Keebler elves, did ya?

Can't WAIT to see Amelia's reaction to the rest of the trilogy.

Those creatures in the end are Urukhai. They are like super orcs (stronguers, more resistent and the can walk at the light of sun)

The statues (where you thought one of them was Gandalf) were Elendil and Isildur. Elendil was the king who was killed by Sauron and Isildur was his son who cut the ring off Sauron's finger. In the book the statues were Isildur and his brother Anarion, but since Anarion is not mentioned in the movie, they changed that to Elendil and Isildur.

Boromir is such a great and tragic character. Look up on YT why he's the most human character in the films. The ring was just too powerful of an influence. Notice how he's the first one to take into account the hobbits' well being and to give them a moment after Gandalf's fall. Boromir's the death is the only death that makes me cry.

“I shall NOT be dark, all EVIL will despair” part 2 - All creatures whose flesh are nourished by the matter of Arda have a tendency towards Melkor AKA Morgoth, for greater or lesser. Since Melkor poured his evil power into the very existence and essence of the world(Morgoth’s Ring” book explains a lot including how and when he put a portion of his remaining power into the earth itself. Sure, Galadriel was born in the Undying Lands where there was supposed to be no evil (souls of the Elves are greatly less subject to making faulty decisions), but Galadriel & the rest of her father's kin were directly targeted by the Evil Lord himself. Melkor corrupted a decent portion of the Noldor, basically telling them things along the lines of “My Valarin kin are cooping you all up in Valinor.”, which wasn’t their ancestral homeland to begin with, like Middle Earth was, Some were affected little, most were affected to greater degrees, and Galadriel was the least affected woman by the lies of Melkor, which were “sweet but poisoned honey" as she’d call his words. Her natural pious tendency towards goodness & kindness as shown by her ability to read the hearts of everyone and all living beings around her which aids her to provide what anyone truly needs. Due to the magic bleeding from the world as the ages went on; thanks to Morgoth’s Ring poisoning the earth long ago; lead to a what if scenario in her mind as she’d be the only living creature left with the skills & power to even use the ring. She didn’t need her ring at all to block him out of her realm telepathically as well as read his mind from afar without him knowing. But there is a difference between good people who are a bit morally challenged and the evil people. The evil folk act upon their impulses and unlawful desires, while the good folk overcome such flaws within themselves (and for some not always they can masterfully do this). Galadriel WOULD NEVER listen to Melkor and tread the path of toxic pride and ambition. Galadriel has a Fëa spirit that’s only grown larger as the ages passed on and on. Enough to channel into an effect that threw down fortress walls, without tiring her at all. And with that much Fëa, she is capable of holding her own against Maiar for a good long while, much like her brother Finrod did against Sauron, or her uncle Fëanor did against Balrogs. Fëanor effectively lost all claim to the crown when he rebelled and dragged his entire house to Middle Earth. Where he promptly died a heroic death after slaying several Balrogs at the Dagor-nuin-Giliath; The Elves first encountered Lord Of Balrogs named Gothmog in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath; (meaning “the battle fought under stars”) before the first rising of the Moon. In that battle, Fëanor's fury had caused him to draw forward of the main force of the Noldor, and so he came upon Gothmog with only a small guard left around him that rushed so deep into enemy territory. Fëanor slayed 2 or 3 balrogs at once & Gothmog slayed him after one bound him suddenly with its primordial flame whip when he was supposed to have an uninterrupted “one on one” duel with Gothmog but one wasn’t wanting to play fair. But he was fatally wounded and so his sons and host moved him away to a safe place where his body burned up from the fires of his own spirit. Even with a lesser ring like Nenya, Galadriel had enough of a boost in her Fëa(spirit) , that she could sustain an unassailable magical realm against Maiar and virtually anything on Middle-Earth. Only problem was when Sauron wore the one ring, she had to take off Nenya, and had to lose that Maia level Fëa spirit from the modernly termed “boosted power up” With the one ring, Galadriel would have such a boost in her Fëa spirit, that she’d literally become stronger than the foundations of the Earth. Due to Galadriel’s immense native Fëa, she was prone to a super healthy pride and a small lust for dominion/ but not domination, her goodness kept this pride from going over to the dark side. Galadriel at heart was extremely good so she’s definitely not evil. She never once is called queen or desires to be called such a thing, she and her husband Celeborn became the wiseman and wisewoman of that realm; after the previous elven lord Amroth died and his wife Nimrodel disappeared ontop of the fact Amroth’s Successor later died as well in the “Last Alliance”, (same battle shown in the prologue to Fellowship Of The Ring), All Evil Despairs at her presence let alone hearing her name on the wind. The Nazgûl themselves avoid her realm every chance they get to the point of choosing to go the long way around for over 100 miles just to avoid her. (So she’s definitely scary to foul entities that have turned away from Eru Îlluvatar the one AllFather.) She’s a totally good character. Aragorn even says to the Fellowship as they enter Lothlórien, “There is in her and this land no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware!” If you’re going by her portrayal in the movies, you might think she has an evil element to her character, but that came from Peter Jackson’s portrayal of the addictive, coercive power of the Ring. When Frodo offered her the Ring, it presented her with visions of herself as the all-powerful Goddess of Middle-Earth. Luckily, she was smart & intuitive enough to realize that the Ring was totally evil, and despite the best of intentions, it would have turned her evil in the end-but she still would have appeared to be beautiful and good. I don’t agree with Jackson’s “drowned Galadriel” portrayal of her being tempted by the Ring-I think she’d have appeared as a supernatural being of divine beauty, and her regular appearance was close to that already, but how do you show that in a movie? Apparently, in her youth in Valinor, she was somewhat of a rebel, but that’s not necessarily evil. She certainly could have fallen into the same trap as her uncle Fëanor did, of thinking that everyone was entitled to her opinion-but she kept her ego in check. (If you’re not sure what I’m referring to there; please read The Silmarillion and “Unfinished Tales”.) No matter how noble her reason was to use the ring as a last resort, especially if said fellowship fell off the “edge of the knife” as she called it. she had a change of heart which happened in the middle of talking to Frodo. Galadriel left Valinor(The Undying Lands) for a reason - and it was different from most of the other elves. She wasn’t with her uncle Fëanor, who wished to make war against Morgoth and retrieve the Silmarils - she was not wishing to go to war, and had no interest in the Silmarils in which Melkor stole from Fëanor which was the surviving light of the two trees of Valinor within them that the only Fëanor; the master of all elven smiths could have accomplished but it could not be done a second time as is any pure creation of one’s heart, especially in regards to the elves and Valar alike. Though she traveled with her other uncle, Fingolfin, her goals were not aligned completely with his either despite her full support of her noble and regal uncle Fingolfin in general. - They both wished to keep an eye on Fëanor and make sure the Noldor were in good hands - Galadriel wasn’t interested in Fëanor and wanted her own realm. After spending some time in Doriath, Galadriel and her husband Celeborn passed to the east out of Beleriand and passed eastward through Eriador and over the Misty Mountains; to where she founded her own realm in what became renamed as Lothlórien. Her motivation and goal was to preserve her realm, possibly at any means necessary. With Sauron’s return in the Third Age, Galadriel was forced to ask herself how far she would go to preserve her realm. If Frodo failed, she must forsake her own ring & her realm. If he succeeds, her ring will lose power and her realm will fade. Would she seize the ring, taking Sauron’s power for her own, to save her realm? She decided she would not. She had decided to “test” the Fellowship, to find some flaw that would allow her to justify seizing the ring, and she did find a flaw - in herself. She stated to Frodo, that by telling her that he would offer her the ring if she asked, that she had come to test his heart, but found that he was testing hers. She had a change of heart, she would pass into the West, and remain Galadriel. Which one is better? Being born completely good and living your whole life without any evil inside, or having a character growth ?

33:29 The credits on the extended edition DO go by a bit faster because they're about 25 minutes long. Partly through them, a list of EVERY SINGLE member of the LOTR fan club is listed.

If you liked the end credits song to this, listen carefully to the one in The Two Towers. The lyrics are about Gollum, and it's one of the most hauntingly beautiful and sad songs ever written.

There is an entire set of clans of elves with variously different histories depending on when they branched off from the main three. Noldor, Teleri>Sindar and Vanyar (of which Galadriel is of this branch more than her Noldorin percentage. She is of the Calaquendi. Means The elves of light in Quenya. Some of the earliest Elves to come into existence, the Calaquendi dwelt in Valinor with the gods during the halcyon/zenith Years of the (Two) Trees, which predate even the First Age of Middle-earth. They are the exalted living ideal version of what the elves were meant to be like in this version of the world before Melkor/Morgoth’s poisonous malice poisoned and damaged the world to where it’s been slowly bleeding it’s magic away for thousands of years. It’s why everything is dying outside of Lothlórien & Rivendell. The rest of the elves are Nandor, Silvan, Falathrim which I think are those of the Falmari… Umanyar, & Avari & more. Moriquendi are the original elves long before ever living in Valinor. Waking to the stars by the Cuivienen River. The elves origins is shrouded in mist. Just like their ethereal existence that’s connected to the earth itself and it’s fate. Oromë (one of the Valar.) called them Eldar, that means "People of the Stars", the Elves that chose to follow him, because when they awoke the stars were the only lights in the sky and for this reason they loved Varda and her creations

Hi Amelia. At 24:35 it is not meant to be Gandalf but rather Elendil and his son Isildur, guarding the Northern approaches to the Kingdom of Gondor. In the books however, the two statues are Isildur and his brother Anarion, who rule Gondor from the twin cities of Minas Tirith and Minas Ithil. Their father, Elendil rules the Kingdom of Arnor in the West closer to where the whole journey started. (The Shire/Bree/Etc) The movies essentially wrote out Anarion, focusing mainly on Isildur and his father Elendil. Aragorn is a direct descendant of Isildur, hence why he says "Long have I wished to look upon the Kings of old, my kin."

In the books. There was way more. The Uruk was HUNTING Boromir. Each arrow hit vital organs in a way to where they wouldn’t infect the blood and make him less delectable to devour. Hunters do this.

Aragorn responds to the fellowship as they enter Lothlórien: “There is in her and this land no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware!” If you’re going by her portrayal in the movies, you might think she has an evil element to her character, but that came from Peter Jackson’s portrayal of the addictive, coercive power of the Ring. When Frodo offered her the Ring, it presented her with visions of herself as the all-powerful Goddess of Middle-Earth. Tolkien stated in other works and letters between others and himself that she essentially could subdue Sauron especially so with the one ring but the true scary part would be that all would love her so genuinely to the point of it being uncanny. The forests would expand throughout what’s left of middle earth as it begins to reflect the elder days to some degrees it’s hard to explain and I don’t have Tolkiens exact words on hand right now but yeah. It's not quite shown in the movies but Boromir's brother was meant to go show up for the council which ended up being about the ring, all kindreds were showing up for separate matters. The dwarves mainly because one of the Nazgûl had come offering the remaining dwarvish rings they had received long ago that were reclaimed by sauron. But even those thousands of years ago their forefathers were NOT effected by their rings even though those were infused with Sauron's malice. If anything it just increased their hoarding of wealth and resources. Though the echoes from the nameless ones deeper in the mountains had caused certain groups and clans to grow a bit greedy but othet than that they remained fully strong and noble. (English below) - Moria gate Gandalf said : Annon edhellen, edro hi ammen! Fennas nogothrim, lasto beth lammen! “Elvish gate, open now for us! Doorway of the Nargothrond dwarf-folk, listen to the word of my tongue!”

You are in for a great ride.

Everyone should aspire to be like Samwise.

Galadriel is inspired by Nordic female characters who are usually in charge of peaceful kingdoms. Important factor: she's not a common Noldor, her grandmother is a Vanyar princess, the wisest and less numerous among the elves, and her mother a princess of the Teleri (Thingol's niece indeed) the more connected to nature and magical ones, so Galadriel has top blood of the three clans, **(Vanyar’s golden hair, Teleri/Sindar Silver hair)** , when Noldor are dark haired. Noldor are the most well known elves as they are the proficient craftsmen, scholars of everything and the warriors of legends. As they learned everything they could from the Valar themselves. Literal ArchAngels of sorts. Beyond that. They had a disposition and knack for debating and even questioning the Valar and what’s been going on between them and Melkor/-Now Morgoth. In Tolkien's standards when you mix families or races, you get more powerfull-special beings, like you see in the lineage of Lúthien, gets you things like granddaughter Elwing who’s the wife of Eärendil and their sons Elrond, Elros(first king of Númenor), Elrond’s twin sons Elladan & Elrohir, etc

It's hard to see but The Watcher in the Water have three fingers on each tentacle which it uses to search Frodo for The Ring, being an agent of Sauron.

26:30 Those are kind of like... uber Orcs. Saruman used his magic to create them. They're called Uruk-Hai and they can travel in broad daylight, where other orcs cannot. Kind of like an Orc special forces if you will.

@8:25 ... The Mines of Moria ...

Well durn. I saw the thumbnail and thought "wow, she's already putting up The Two Towers". No such luck, but I don't mind watching again. I was going to anyway. I thought there were a couple of iconic scenes (You Shall Not PASS) that she left out that would be in here but no. Anyway, be sure to watch the extended version of Two Towers. It gives more background on Boromir who was a great and honorable man. He was under tremendous pressure, as you will see. Happy 4th!

You’ll love the full scene with Frodo+Sam &Galadriel the great Peter Jackson & team didn’t seem to include.. which all this little stuff lead to that scene in the movies which gave it more meaning; & the”one who has seen the eye” thing was a mistake by the team. It gave the wrong message and was not needed as it lead some reactors to be like “so creepy lol” which diminishes how much farther that well done scene could have gone especially in the extended to do it properly as in the books that lays it out perfectly.: •[Frodo] stepped back shaking all over & looked at the Lady. “I know what it was that you last saw”, she said; 'for that is also in my mind. Do not be afraid! But do not think that only by singing amid the trees, nor even by the slender arrows of elven-bows, is this land of Lothlórien maintained and defended against its Enemy. I say to you, Frodo, that even as I speak to you, I perceive the Dark Lord and know his mind, or all of his mind that concerns the Elves. And he gropes ever to see me and my thought. But still the door is closed!' She lifted up her white arms, and spread out her hands towards the East in a gesture of rejection and denial. Eärendil, the Evening Star, most beloved of the Elves, shone clear above. So bright was it that the figure of the Elven-lady cast a dim shadow on the ground. Its rays glanced upon a ring about her finger; it glittered like polished gold overlaid with silver light, and a white stone in it twinkled as if the Evenstar had come down to rest upon her hand. Frodo gazed at the ring with awe; for suddenly it seemed to him that he understood. 'Yes,' she said, divining his thought, 'it is not permitted to speak of it, and Elrond could not do so. But it cannot be hidden from the Ring-bearer, and one who has seen the Eye. Verily it is in the land of Lórien upon the finger of Galadriel that one of the Three remains. This is Nenya, the Ring of Adamant, and I am its keeper. 'He suspects, but he does not know - not yet. Do you not see now wherefore your coming is to us as the footstep of Doom? For if you fail, then we are laid bare to the Enemy. Yet if you succeed, then our power is diminished, and Lothlórien will fade, and the tides of Time will sweep it away. We must depart into the West, or dwindle to a rustic folk of dell and cave, slowly to forget and to be forgotten.' Frodo bent his head. 'And what do you wish?' he said at last. 'That what should be shall be,' she answered. 'The love of the Elves for their land and their works is deeper than the deeps of the Sea, and their regret is undying and cannot ever wholly be assuaged. Yet they will cast all away rather than submit to Sauron: for they know him now. For the fate of Lothlórien you are not answerable but only for the doing of your own task. Yet I could wish, were it of any avail, that the One Ring had never been wrought, or had remained for ever lost.' 'You are wise and fearless and fair, Lady Galadriel,' said Frodo. 'I will give you the One Ring, if you ask for it. It is too great a matter for me.' Galadriel laughed with a sudden clear laugh. 'Wise the Lady Galadriel may be,' she said, 'yet here she has met her match in courtesy. Gently are you revenged for my testing of your heart at our first meeting. You begin to see with a keen eye. I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired to ask what you offer. For many long years I had pondered what I might do, should the Great Ring come into my hands, and behold! it was brought within my grasp. The evil that was devised long ago works on in many ways, whether Sauron himself stands or falls. Would not that have been a noble deed to set to the credit of his Ring, if I had taken it by force or fear from my guest? 'And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!' She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illuminated her alone and left all else dark. She stood before Frodo seeming now tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring, terrible and worshipful. Then she let her hand fall, and the light faded, and suddenly she laughed again, and lo! she was shrunken: a slender elf-woman, clad in simple white, whose gentle voice was soft and sad. 'I pass the test,' she said. 'I will diminish, and go into the West and remain Galadriel.' They stood for a long while in silence. At length the Lady spoke again. 'Let us return!' she said. 'In the morning you must depart for now we have chosen, and the tides of fate are flowing.' 'I would ask one thing before we go,' said Frodo, 'a thing which I often meant to ask Gandalf in Rivendell. I am permitted to wear the One Ring: why cannot I see all the others and know the thoughts of those that wear them?' 'You have not tried,' she said. 'Only thrice have you set the Ring upon your finger since you knew what you possessed. Do not try! It would destroy you. Did not Gandalf tell you that the rings give power according to the measure of each possessor? Before you could use that power you would need to become far stronger, and to train your will to the domination of others. Yet even so, as Ring-bearer and as one that has borne it on finger and seen that which is hidden, your sight has grown keener. You have perceived my thought more clearly than many that are accounted wise. You saw the Eye of him that holds the Seven and the Nine. And did you not see and recognize the ring upon my finger? Did you see my ring?' she asked turning again to Sam. 'No, Lady,' he answered. 'To tell you the truth, I wondered what you were talking about. I saw a star through your finger. But if you'll pardon my speaking out, I think my master was right. I wish you'd take his Ring. You'd put things to rights. You'd stop them digging up the gaffer and turning him adrift. You'd make some folk pay for their dirty work.' 'I would,' she said. 'That is how it would begin. But it would not stop with that, alas! We will not speak more of it. Let us go!' When at last all that [Galadriel] had desired in her youth came to her hand, the Ring of Power and the peaceful rule of Middle-earth which she had dreamed... her wisdom was full grown and she rejected it.... Meaning definitely by now it’s become trivial to her. Even back in the day he couldn’t find her or pierce her mind and whenever he went looking for her presence he boils t find her ALL AT THE SAME TIME AS HER BEING ABLE TO READ HIS OWN MIND WITHOUT HIM KNOWING! Often times even from a great distance. That’s power. Just one calm look from her is all it takes to send even the Nazgûl run away from her. They even avoid her realm entirely, opting to travel hundreds of miles around her realm; both because of its own power as well as they know exactly who she is and her exact lineage through themselves being very old. 4000+years old. Especially the WitchKing(head Nazgûl). Remember Númenorean men are not like other average men. They were known to be rather superhuman & very tall. Between 6-8 feet.

Why this reupload? And why sound is not good anymore??

24:45 No. It's not Gandalf. Those are statues of Isildur and Anárion, first kings of Gondor, sons of Elendil and ancestors of Aragorn.

The score is amazing. Howard Shore rules.

Funny that you said Galadriel is like The White Witch in Narnia, as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis were friends and colleagues at Oxford and were critiquing each other's works. Both movie series (at least the two first of Narnia, for the most part) was shot in New Zealand and had Weta Workshop doing the weapons and armor.

I try to stay through the credits, primarily to give honor and remind myself of just how much goes into making a movie and all the unrecognized roles who are involved.

Galadriel’s Gift To Gimli part 2 - ever wondered how old Galadriel is during the War of the Ring? I have looked in many different sources and depending on where you look, she’s anywhere from 17,000-20,000 elf-years old. 6,000 seems too young as it would make her close in age to Elrond, who I know is much younger than her even though he’s 6000-8000 by the third age, which wouldn’t make sense for her at all even if she was (“690 elf-years older” as some kept repeating on the internet making 6960!)As she was around long before Elrond was even born and time was experience differently to say the LEAST as there is a lot to go into on that subject lol.) She was born during the Years of the Trees & back then the years were something like 9X longer than a solar year so I understand the math is hard, especially since she isn’t given an exact birth year. But it is said that Finarfin, her father, was born in Y.T. 1230, so I would assume she was born sometime within 1000 years of then (being generous). Basically, I’m wondering what the most accurate range is for her age during the events of Lord of the Rings. I’ll also add that Galadriel is was around before the ents even existed (of which Treebeard is 15,000 years old so she’s OLDER than Treebeard/Fangorn) or very close to when they were “created” by Yavannah and probably had much knowledge to do with such things and or direct knowledge of what happened. Probably through an early prototype of her mirror or simply another dream that made her long for middle earth all over again ontop of the yearning she already had to go there and explore. Nothing to do with Fëanor’s oath and all that jazz. (So by this current era in HUMAN solar years she’s like. 150,000 to 180,000 years old. Now that makes more sense if she’s going to be older than the sun and moon. Tolkien was always reiterating his manuscripts with the growing scientific discoveries.) though Treebeard/Fangorn in the deeper writings is older than Galadriel as he was one of first brought into life by Yavanna to help protect nature while it was put into enhanced hibernation by Yavanna to protect them from Morgoth’s Ring (the poisoning of the world itself which caused it to bleed its magic away over the ages called The Long Defeat by the elves.) Just going from the Appendices (and maybe Silmarillion) she would have to be at least 9000+ years older than Elrond, Elrond was born near the end of the First Age, Galadriel was adult before the destruction of the Trees. Actually, more than that: I just checked, and the Second Age ended in SA 3441. So an elf born literally at the end of the First Age (FA 590) is 3441+3018 = 6459 years old when Frodo leaves for Rivendell. Elrond was born in FA 532, so adds 58 years to get 6517. Elves are mature at 100, so Galadriel adds at leas 632 to Elrond's age, to be at least 7149, and possibly quite a bit more (as attested by other comments.) One fic had Maglor(Elrond’s Adoptive Father, Maedhros was also adoptive father alongside Maglor, they were the eldest sons of Fëanor) - One fic had as much older than Galadriel; I wondered how we knew, and it was pointed out to me that Maglor was the second oldest son of the first son of Finwë, while Galadriel is the youngest child of the third son of Finwë. So, yeah. Note that the second age was the LONGEST and again time was experienced very differently back then too aside from the internal clock of elves working very differently, she’s definitely older as far as the world and the other beings that age far faster around her. I also remind you all that she’s older than the sun and the moon and witnessed & most likely even helped in the Valar’s crafting what would be the vessels of the last fruit & flower of the two trees of Valinor. She was the most involved with learning everything possible from them and it was stated that she learned all there was to learn from ALL of the Valar that they could teach and she mastered all at a deep level. (Wow hey?) She’s 25th generation from Tata one of the elven forefathers to wake to the stars. Their birth was rather shrouded in mist. Only those of her grandfathers ilk have a chance of knowing the origins a bit better as they are closer to that culture that stemmed from the beginning. The Years of the Trees were the second of the three great time periods in Arda that followed the Years of the Lamps and preceded the Years of the Sun&Moon. They were known to be comprised of several Ages and lasted in total around 1500 Valian Years or 14,373 solar years. Time flowed differently back then and time flowed differently within them too for the elves live as long as the world does. Epic hey?❤❤ The Dúnedain said that Galadriel’s height was two rangar, or "man-high" - some 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm). However, Galadriel's most striking feature was her beautiful long silver-golden hair. The Elves of Tirion said it captured the radiance of the Two Trees Laurelin and Telperion themselves. Galadriel was said to be the tallest female in Middle Earth, at 6'4”. But then Thingol was the tallest elf ever to live, and he's estimated to be almost 9' (274 cm) Thingol was also a very very prominent figure within the Silmarillion and other books. He’s the great ancestor of Elrond+Arwen and through Aragorn being directly but distantly related to Elronds Twin Brother Elros it makes him loosely connected to Thingol as well. Let’s just say he died a tragic death long long ago. In a continent that doesn’t exist anymore. The events I spoke of in my earlier story of Elrond about his fathers deeds, which lead to the Valar helping with putting a Stop to Morgoth for good so to say and that War Of Wrath lasted 80 years straight and it left the landmass torn asunder from the clash of gods and the holy host of Vanyar elves that were closest to the Valar than all other elves so you can imagine what a bunch of mighty elves men and Maiar fighting a bunch of fowl creatures and beings for 80 years would do to a continent. It all fell into the sea. Galadriel barely made it over the mountain before that part of the story officially broke out.

You should check out the two towers and return of the king with extended cuts next.

More of this Amelie, please

Some things I missed in these movies though I've owned the extended versions of the DVDs since they were released: Legolas walking on top of the snow while the others were knee deep in it and more and Aragorn putting on Boromir's leather vambraces before 'hunting Orcs'. These were pointed out by reactors I watched. One thing I noticed myself after innumerable reactions will have to wait or be a spoiler. Just notice that Frodo says, "I'm glad you're with me", and Merry has looked after Pippin most of their lives.

I hate how they made Boromir weak in the movie... Gondor had been fighting the forces of Sauron for 2,500 years, Gondor and Denethor II and his sons were getting desperate and feeling hopeless, they had been the tip of the spear for so long, seen so much death and pain...

I live in Middle Earth it's great! Okay, it's New Zealand

I'm going to Mordor alone... Of course you are and I'm coming with you! gets me every time!!!

“I shall NOT be Dark. (All evil) will despair”, The elves (Galadriel especially is one of the few remaining that existed before the sun & moon. They pre-existed day & night.) How utterly, completely terrifying do you think it would be for your whole world to irrevocably change in a matter of an hour? For the thousands of years of (what you would come to know as twilight to be abruptly ended in a profundity of genuinely painful light and an infinity of colour? Of the joy, wonder and terror of distinguishing the difference between green and blue for the very first time in your whole life?) She is talking about the immediate, majestic sublimity of reality that one experiences in it's totality for the very first time. How on earth could that not be so terrifying as to threaten one's sanity? Galadriel with the ring would be exactly as beautiful and horrifying. I personally would not know whether to weep bitterly and perfectly, or claw my eyes out through the sheer, unutterable terror of her being in such a circumstance. But know this: she was showing Frodo what would happen if someone else got the ring. She wasn’t tempted at all. Gandalf tells. Galadriel shows. See the difference now. Two sides of the same coin. Both were needed. (But yes there was a more fluid beauty full of colour before the rise of the sun. Her uncle, Fingolfin, whilst in middle earth beheld the first rising of the sun and to see this wide field before him in even more definition than before while he was in Middle Earth. This was also the beginning of the dominion of men.) - • “Beautiful & Terrible as the dawn” Galadriel was quite correct to call the morning and night both “beautiful and terrible…”. In truth the physical and metaphysical natures of morning and night were both by turns beautiful and terrible. First the morning. Physically the morning is the result of the golden fruit of Laurëlin, transformed into a vessel by Aulë’s craftsmen, hallowed by Varda and piloted by the fiery Maiarin spirit Arien. The sun was so terrifyingly powerful that its radiance instilled fear even into Melkor’s heart and defied the assault of his minions. She literally gave up her physical form to take her original form and enveloped the sun; becoming its flames we see today. Physically the sun is a beautiful golden orb yet it is simultaneously terrifying in its intensity and cannot be observed directly for more than an instant without pain. Metaphysically the morning is beautiful because it diminishes the evil power of those creatures who haunt the night, gives strength to the righteous and because it illuminates the serene loveliness of Valinor and Middle-earth. Metaphysically the morning is terrible because it obscures the light of the stars and sheds light on the ugly reality of Arda Marred, whose very substance is corrupted by the power of Melkor. Last the night. The night is the Void surrounding the globe of Arda, which existed even before the creation of the Ainur at the beginning of time itself. Physically the beauty of the night lies in the fact . Physically the terror of the night is that it conceals the beauty of Arda and limits the senses of the elves and gives strength to the creatures of evil such as orcs, trolls and the Ringwraiths. Metaphysically the night is beautiful because it is during the hours of darkness that the stars of Varda, the most beloved creations for the elves, shine most brightly. Metaphysically the terror of the night for elves, who are irretrievably bound to the world of Arda, is that the Void represents the interstellar coldness which is the prison of Morgoth. Terrible in its more original archaic form didn’t always mean “bad” (the sun stuff was to move it into a place where Melkor couldn’t go by virtue of how the Valar and Maiar are bound to the world until it’s ending; (which isn’t the true end either. It’s deep stuff. There ends up another song of creation which all kindreds take part in and working with the powers of that long ago past of our world to rebuild everything. Even the Mountains too, healing it after Dagor Dagorath, Also known as the final battle, the worlds ending. Becoming the greater version of the original form before Melkor’s discord into the first music and so forth which dictated eventually what all ended up ensuing when they entered the world the first time which also was interesting because when they entered it after seeing the complete version it hadn’t been done yet so that was millions of years of work which lead to Middle Earth and the other lands being the remnants of it. Including Valinor being the only remnant of an even older world. At that time of building and tending to the world when the world was young.)

Boromir regained his honor in the end. He would follow his Captain, his King. It's little known, Legolas initially wanted to go into Cave troll tracheotomy. Then settled on archery. Two trolls with one stone. When the academy told him..."YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" It only gets better and worse from here I promise.

I'm always on Cthulhu alert near open water.

Great reaction, Please do “streets of fire” starring Michael pare Diane lane and willem Dafoe

After watching this trilogy, did anyone else think about a THE LEGEND OF ZELDA trilogy. I mean it would such a cool movie adaptation.

Bilbo is telling the kids about his actual adventures (The Hobbit) not folklore.

Saruman: "Cuiva nwalca Carnirasse; nai yarvaxea rasselya!" (Wake up cruel Redhorn! May your horn be bloodstained!) Gandalf: "Losto Caradhras, sedho, hodo, nuitho i 'ruith!" (Sleep, Caradhras, be still, lie still, hold your wrath!) Saruman: "Cuiva nwalca Carnirasse; Nai yarvaxea rasselya; taltuva notto-carinnar!" (Wake up cruel Redhorn! May your bloodstained horn fall upon enemy heads!) The two wizards are using different Elvish languages, which is why the mountain has two different names (Caradhras and Carnirasse). Saruman is speaking in Quenya, an old tongue considered the "latin" of Middle Earth. Gandalf is speaking Sindarin, which is the language spoken by most elves currently in Middle Earth. The "common speech" they all use is called Westron, a version of the language spoken by men in Numenor. Tolkien (by profession a philologist) developed the languages first, then wrote the stories to give them life. Tolkien 'claimed' that he discovered a copy of Bilbo's red book and translated the contents into English; The Hobbit was written by Bilbo, and The Lord of the Rings was written by Frodo. In the 'original manuscript', some characters actually had different names -- Frodo Baggins was really named Maura Labingi, Bilbo was Bilba Labingi, Samwise Gamgee was Banazir Galbasi (called Ban), Meriadoc Brandybuck was Kalimac Brandagamba (called Kali), Peregrin Took was Razanur Tuk (called Razar). These names were also translated... for example "kali" means "happy" in the original Westron, and "razar" means "apple".

The genius Andrew Lesnie, director of photography, unfortunately passed away I think in 2015. The world lost one of the greatest.

When do we get more? Probaply someone has asked but not going to read whole chat. Thanks!

Tolkien created the languages of Middle Earth then created Middle Earth so they would have somewhere to be spoken. The various languages in the story are actual languages with their own alphabets, etc. Khazad-Dum (Moria) is one of the oldest places in Middle Earth, predating even the creation of the Sun and Moon. The Balrog that Gandalf fights on the bridge had been hiding underground for several thousand years after Morgoth (Sauron’s master) was overthrown. The dwarves woke it up and were driven out. The phrase “Fly, you fools,” is often misunderstood. Gandalf was telling them to run. After Sauron, Gandalf and Saruman, Galadriel is the most powerful being in Middle Earth. She was born before the Sun and Moon. She and Gandalf both resisted the temptation of the Ring. The statues of the Argonath are the brothers Isildur and Anarion. Anarion died in the same battle as Sauron’s defeat. Isildur cut the Ring from Sauron’s hand. Aragorn is the last decendant of Isildur. There are ruins strewn everywhere in Middle Earth and thousands of years of history. You should read the book.

Boromir was the first Gondorian to call Aragon his king

Unfortunately Andrew (the director of photography) has since passed away from cancer :(

Hobbit feet are build different so no the rocks don't hurt. Or the snow. 😃