That's just hilarious 😂😂

Forever my Gandalf (Magneto too)

Oh man I'm so jealous! I wish that happened at my school too 😭

Found a new dad joke

Can confirm, this was also my school

That was a popular rallying cry and also used at Verdun two years earlier (before Tolkien arrived in France. While he was assigned north and involved in the battle of the Somme, I would not be surprised if he heard it either as a local repeat, or stories coming up from the second battle of the Marne,. The phrase is found on inspirational posters and postcards as early as 1915. Except Gandalf does not say "You shall not pass" in the books. Not so say Tolkien could not have modified it. Jackson is a WWI history enthusiast. He might have changed it in the film because he came across it. In the book, he says "You cannot pass" twice. After learning that both the wizards (Gandalf) and the balrogs are Maiar, lesser spiritual beings, I interpret Gandalf's whole speech "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor..." as a statement to the Balrog that they are beings of equal power. I hear him telling the Balrog that neither can defeat the other. It's a draw. The best they can hope for is to walk away or mutually destroy each other. There cannot be a victory for either. Either way, the Fellowship continues on it's mission, so it's a lessor or greater victory for Gandalf.

Yes

Otherwise correct, but the line is "Ils ne passeront pas!" On is a low register version of nous, whereas ils is they, which is whom the French were talking about, being the Germans

Or maybe is just Gandalf telling the Balrog that he can't pass? Tolkien said a billion times that there are no allegories in his story, he hated that.

@@JesusProtects Allegory isn't the same as reference. He modeled the Dead Swamp after what he saw in No Man's Land during WWI.

So like... normal masculinity?

@@xenn4985 No. A R specifically mentioned "healthy" masculinity, not 'normal' masculinity. 'Normal' masculinity would have involved Aragorn punching Boromir in the shoulder and calling him a "fgg" instead of kissing him.

@@xenn4985 The one we should normalize. But if you ask most men if a dude kissing another's forehead is masculine and they will tell you all about how they would never do that because it's gay and what not. So no, this is definitely not normalized yet.

@@Senny_V "if you ask most men" ah yes, because most men in a society that has been waging a war against masculinity for the past 40 years are an authority on masculinity. You want to normalize it? Literally just stop fighting against it. Being the natural state of men, absent being engineered out of men, they will act that way.

He cries, he's gentle with everyone who doesn't deserve aggression, he knows when he needs help, he's willing to sacrifice himself to help others, he kisses other men, he lifts people up instead of putting them down, he sings, he's well read, he knows poetry, etc.

"most stupid draw technique I've ever seen" That's actually a real technique used to quickly nock and draw an arrow. It has to do with the way an arrow is nocked and how much time it takes to re-arrange your hand to draw the "normal" way: using the admittedly weird-looking "upside down hand" draw saves a few seconds for when you really need to put out as many arrows in a row as possible.

@@anothervagabond No, that is a stupid way to draw an arrow. Because of the angle of the arm and the angle of the bow, you can't draw the bowstring to a full draw, severely limiting the power of your arrows. But it does look cool, and since the shot was at short range we could attribute it to the Uruk's desire for torture; a low power draw would be a great way to fatally wound a person without immediately killing them.

@@L337N1NJ4L1NK You'll forgive me if I trust the word of the professional archers I've seen talk about this over some random on KZfaq.

Basically that. The world is divided into the Seen and Unseen. Spiritual things are in the Unseen, such are the Nazgul (they can only been in the Seen due to their cloaks). Powerful beings like Gandalf or Glorfindel have a presence in the Unseen. As Sauron is a Maiar, a lesser god/angel and most of power was put into the One Ring, using it puts the the wearer in the Unseen and anything in the Unseen can see anything else in it.

@@anothervagabond So, I'll just describe it like this. A full draw on a bow has your secondary arm (the one griping the bow) held out in front of you. Your primary arm then draws the bowstring back as far as it can, which in most people means to just about the ear. The is the maximum distance you can draw a bow back using just your arms unless you have super-human strength and can draw it past your ear by unbending your primary arm at the elbow to draw it to your full wingspan. The issue comes in how the Uruk has the wrist of the secondary arm tilted, causing the bowstring to get caught on his chest keeping him from getting a good, full draw. Additionally, because of how he is holding the bow the bowstring is going to hit his armor and secondary arm much more than if he had a proper posture. As far as having a reverse grip on the arrow I don't have much of a problem with that. It is a bit silly but if you have your quiver over the shoulder I can see it being preferred for speed shooting. But for accurate shots you still need to adjust your primary hand's grip and position on the bowstring after knocking an arrow regardless so the time you save by having a reverse grip is negligible. Not that the Uruk wasn't taking his time between shots.

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We'll never know.

@@steel58836 He added a new win when he did the Avengers: Endgame compilation.

His life is a win. Can't think of a more badass.

❤

Lol, even reading that sentence is confusing.

Yeah! But he words it as confusingly as possible because the whole farewell was planned as a massive practical joke.

Also Ian Holmes was completely drunk when he read that line, which didn't help.

@@twixxbar07, you mean Bilbo Baggins. 😆

@@hallaloth3112 He is saying he wants to know more of the Hobbits there, and that he likes some better more than they deserve... it is an obvious compliment, worded in a way that was meant to sound like an insult, or perhaps just confusing

Best jump scare ever. Most pure jump scare

I was like... idk 8 or so when this came out and that part along with Gollum looking through the ladder in Moria were 2 scenes that gave me such bad nightmares my mom made me look away during those shots for about 2 years afterward 🤣🤣

And this movie is PG! When PG actually meant something!

@@shelby4771 when I saw it in the theatre in 2001, when Bilbo went 👹, I went 😱 (and I was 32 at the time - and I look away even now).😆

The way he reacts emotionally afterward and apologizes to frodo always gets me

Looks like Bilbo was a pretty good thief, after all.

To be fair, it's quite conclusive that the Arkenstone isn't a silmaril when you consider their stated history (Nerd of the Rings has a great video on it) and Sting, while technically magical, was never considered to be of much importance. The sword itself was given its name by Bilbo and everyone treats the sword like it was just a large even letter opener. It became significant because it was special to Bilbo and what Bilbo accomplished. Why Gandalf never really considered the possibility of Bilbo's ring being the One Ring is just because it'd be like finding the worst of evil artifacts lost to time so he had to be 100% sure of what it was. All of the rings of power had a connection to Sauron as well and the dwarven rings that weren't destroyed had been lost. There was too much uncertainty and the One Ring is one thing you can't afford to be uncertain about.

@@seandobbins2231 Honestly the Arkenstone probably could be a Silmaril. Think about it, Maedhros threw himself and the Silmaril he was holding into lava. The lava hardens into stone and becomes part of a mountain. The dwarves dig super deep into the mountain… it’s a stretch but not impossible.

​@@seandobbins2231 It's possible that the Arkenstone was _inspired_ by the Silmarils. Dwarven craft can rival Elven craft after all.

Agreed. Sean Bean *_really_* delivered in this one. He knew he'd screwed up and was afraid he was lost because of it - instead of sinking, and wallowing in despair (like his dad) however, he got back up and made it *_count._* The redemption was really _earned._

He also was the only human in The Fellowship (the actual group not the movie)

@@gammagames1413 No, Aragorn was/is human too. A slightly different _kind_ of human maybe, but human nonetheless.

@@stickiedmin6508 he was a Dunedain that's like saying a chicken and rooster are the same. While they have many similarities, they are different. Humans don't casually live 100's of years and be immune to diseases. While he is similar to a human, the fact is that he is not.

@@gammagames1413 Professor Tolkien disagrees with you I'm afraid. A rooster is a type of chicken, just as the Dunedain were/are a type of human.

"Be at peace, Son of Gondor. They will look for his coming from The White Tower, but he will not return."

Boromir is the poster boy for the old adage: "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."

That's a very good point. That never occurred to me before. "Then what are we waiting for?" 💥

In lore, Sauron was never able to sway the Dwarves, so he just sort of... left them alone. So it makes sense that a dwarf is the first to tey to destroy it.

Although my personal guess would be that it definitely would be otherwise if he made the same journey as Frodo did. What also makes me curious is if his decision would have been the same if he knew about Morias fate back then

Sauron _could_ corrupt Dwarves, just not deeply. He could make their bad habits worse, but not tempt or control them.

Apparently the dwarves are too stubborn to be swayed by the power of the ring

I was looking for this! It's amazing he was able to deflect the knife. He's extremely lucky.

@@rachelbaexo a thrown knife wouldn't do any damage against what he was wearing. Lose fabric also stops a thrown knife with ease

He covers it at the end of Two Towers Review if I remember correctly. Incase you didnt know, this is a merge of a part 1 and 2.

@@pyropulseIXXI You never know it could bounced off and cut anything exposed, he could tried dodging instead and taken the knife to the face or throat. Even if the danger was minimized by his apparel it still existed. Luck and a lot of sword practice.

He talked about it in the two towers video. These vids came out in 2018 as part 1 and 2s and are being reuploaded as full vids.

Aragorn also has a longer life spawn than the average human because of his bloodline

It could also be suggested that having lost people before he doesn’t want to lose more than one this day. And he knows enough to keep that from happening.

Think we’ll ever get an Aragorn prequel series/movie?

@@SweetCandyDragon --That’s another great addition in the extended version where Aoewyn finds out he’s 87 years old. They could’ve cut out that fall of Aragorn’s and put the Ranger scene back in.

From the book lore, they were friends for like 50 years Gandalf asked him to focus the Rangers on protecting the shire while he went off to find the ring. They captured Gollum together on an entire epic journey Aragorn knew him more than anyone else. Frodo knew him for longer, but Aragorn spent more time with him doing things. Gandalf showed up in the Shire every now and then, but went on a whole adventure with Aragorn They trusted eachother enough that Gandalf wanted them to go with Aragorn, and Aragorn took them to Rivendell because they knew Gandalf

Great Info thanks 😊😊

Yes! I like that scene too. Also because you see Legolas smile in response to Gimli's last line "And she gave me three" as if he was pleasantly surprised by the whole thing as well.

@@zanite8650 yeah! the three hairs part is actually refference to another elf lord who was considered a great warrior and demanded 3 of her hairs but she refused because she knew he was vain and knew gimlis heart and words were true^^

@@redclover8387 specifically it refers to Fëonor, a master craftsman and maker of the silmarils. He was inspired by the light and beauty of Galadriel’s hair and begged of her a single strand in order to create his gems. She refused him three times, seeing into the darkness of his soul. When she met Gimli, whom was similarly struck by her beauty, she saw how pure and loving his heart was and so she granted his request three times over. That line from Gimli gets me every time.

@@MKucheran thanks^^ I'm bad at remembering everything but yeah I love the extended edition

@@redclover8387 --So cool with the ‘Easter Eggs’, my favorite is Gollum winning the MTV award and then cursing at everyone😆

The score in this movie is unbelievable

Ikr, an amazing scene for sure

Especially when Sam says “this is the farthest from home I’ve ever been “ and then every step he takes it cuts back to that moment. What that wasn’t the version you watched?

Howard Shore is by far one of the best music writers ever!

I could be wrong but I believe it's a whistle not a flute

You’re right but not completely he is a master fighter, an expert archer, he is beyond a peak normal human, he is a numenorean descendent the stronger better longer lived humans that had an island kingdom that sank, it’s just that with elf’s like Legolas it’s shown that he is nowhere near the peak power of Middle Earth. As for healer, he is actually one of the most accomplished healers we see in the series, definitely the most accomplished that’s human. That’s because he is descendent of Numenorean kings and their lineage has a blessing that Kingsfoil, the herb he used to help Frodo, which is usually just a weed in a kings hands is an incredibly powerful healing tool. After the Battle for Minas Tirith he used that same herb to help heal the injured of the city. That’s actually what proved to the people that he was really the rightful king, not him winning the battle and saving the day, because they had a saying leftover that “ The Kings hands are a Healers hands”. They have a deleted scene in the third film. That said, all your points are still extremely valid and he absolutely is a progenitor for the Ranger archetype

Sauron was scared of Aragorn claiming the ring bro, he absolutely is the best out there but I get what you're saying. I reckon what you're referring too is how the people in Bree refer to him as Strider who is almost his own character. TLDR: "Aragorn" is next level "Strider" is the classic ranger guy.

The Guild Wars 2 Ranger's entire melee skillset is a giant homage to Aragorn.

But who is his animal companion? Boromir?

@@Justanotherconsumer Rangers don't have animal companions as a default.

That hobbit shade lmaooo

Is a bit of a long film

"authenticity to the source material" - i raise you: the percy jackson movies

@@laurenpatrick4609 well is a bit of a long book

@@shar3859 yeah inknow. I'm just saying

I think the extended editions of Two Towers and Return of the King are nice but unnecessary. But to me, the extended Fellowship is the only version. Part of that is the extended edition was the first version I saw. But there's not really any scenes that are added, it's just more added to the existing scenes. The concerning Hobbits voiceover, the grave of aragorns mother, the extended fellowship scenes, especially in moria, galadriels gifts, discussing gollumn. The extended version is hands down my favorite movie.

@@samuelwallace2782 I'd argue the extended edition treats boromir much better: He shows compassion to the hobbits after gandalfs drop. He tells frodo not to carry the burden of the dead as he already carries enough (when they are caught by the border guard in lothlorien). It shows us his fears and desperation in the evening and him sharing it with aragorn, making the words at his death less sudden. probably more i forget.

@@Swodah I agree, it really is a shame that some of Boromir's best scenes were cut from the theatrical releases, not just in the first movie either. The flashback scene between him and Faramir in the extended edition of the Two Towers is the main reason why I always watch that version. It shows us everything we need to know about their family relationship in a short amount of time, I wish they had found a way to fit it into the theatrical cut.

@@prescottperfection6354 True, it's also better for the other films, sure there are probably a few extended scenes that don't fit right with the tempo or seem unnecessary, but for many characters, especially Boromir and aragorn, they help build their character so much.

@@Swodah definitely. Whilst the pacing might not be as smooth at some points as the theatrical editions, the depth it adds to characters is more than worth it.

A far green country

​@@smorrow . . . under a swift sunrise? That doesn't sound so bad.

And bitcheesssssssss

The wizards are also called Istari, and they and the Balrog are Maiar. :)

Sauron's a Maiar too

It is a very good shot. Gandalf always suspected it was going to have to be Frodo to take the ring that doesn't mean he wanted to be right.

We saw the trilogy at a special showing, so the audience were company employees. As we were leaving after the ‘Fellowship’ a guy was saying they wouldn’t come back for ‘Two Towers’ “because my daughter hates it!” I was floored! I held back from telling him his daughter’s taste in movies is questionable. Hate the battle at Helm’s Deep?? Miss the ‘potato’ speech? Clearly the daughter is nuts!

Amongst my friends and family it's actually a common consensus that Two Towers is the best film of the trilogy. Its also my favourite book in the trilogy

Considering Gandalf's angelic origin, it's (highly) probable that he basically already knew what was going to happen (or that it was one of several probable timelines). And he clearly didn't *want* that to be what happened, since he genuinely loves the Hobbits, but at the end of the day, he has to do the job he's given. Sir Ian pulled that scene off so incredibly well. Just that couple of seconds was a masterclass in emoting and nonverbal acting. AFA Two Towers, it's probably my favorite as well. I love the setup/road movie vibe of Fellowship, and I love the epicness of Return, but Two Towers is a straight up badass war movie, and, like you, I'm a sucker for those. Everyone involved in TT just absolutely and utterly nailed it (I mean, they pretty much nailed everything in the trilogy, but they *especially* nailed it for Towers).

Yep, that's why Sir Ian McKellen is always a win - dude can *_ACT._* As for Two Towers, that one's always been my favourite of the trilogy as well. It's the movie where we meet Théoden (who is far and away my favourite character), Éowyn and Éomer (who are my second and third favourites), and also where the musical themes that go with those characters are introduced. "Fell deeds awake! Now for wrath, now for ruin, and a red dawn! FORTH ÉORLINGAS!!"

It's okay. You shall be punished accordingly. Time to add pepper to your breakfast!

Didn’t you guys do LOTR already? How about doing the Hobbit trilogy?

No worries dude! Looking forward to it! 😁

Good to know. Btw, since you just uploaded a new video today, even though it is a re-upload of something else, I’ll be making a shoutout for you pretty soon if you don’t mind.

@@bobbysanders8715 i think it's a comped version of the original video which was in two parts.

That's some real wholesome stuff. Good job Dad. If the DVDs were in the thrift stores when you were 9, that means these movies came out when he was in middle school or high school or something. That means, while he wanted to have a good time with you guys, he probably also was using the movie Marathon to cope. It was fun for you, but it was therapy for him. Again, great move Dad. I know I have done the same. It's about the coziest thing you can do. Those movies are so important to the childhood of a lot of people about my age.

@@oogalook So, my dad was 25 when Return of the King came out. I was only 5 myself. He did love the books, having read them in high school. When he and my mom split up, he was almost thirty. He and my mom got married right out of high school, had two kids by the time he turned twenty, and we had moved around a lot because he was in the military and relocation was part of the job description. So yeah, it was fucking difficult for him and I do not envy him. All at once, he his twenties were over, he was single for the first time in over a decade, he had to build up a life from scratch with no idea where his career would take him. On top of that, he had to maintain some form of relationship with his two sons even at the most uncertain point in his life. And I can't even begin to ask him how he felt at the time. He found the DVDs while thrift shopping for some furniture, someone had apparently donated them along with a huge box of other films. He waited until the next time we saw him and decided to show them to us. And while we watched, I didn't even realize where we were. We weren't in a tiny two bedroom apartment sitting on a secondhand couch. That's how it felt to me. I can only imagine he felt the same. My dad's 44 now. I'm almost 24. And in spite of the fact that I couldn't be around him a lot thanks to him being in the military, I'm proud of the person he's become.

Well said..although for a ancient being like Tom Bombadil (who I think at one point was described as older than the mountains )good and evil, life and death are just part of the cycle, Round and round like the changing of the seasons.The musings of lifeforms at any particular point in time don't interest him. He was there at the beginning and will be there at the end.

Wasn't he also restricted to his realm or whatever? maybe by choice?

@@Joshirwin01 yes. It was stated at the council of Elrond that, while Tom could have probably done something, as far as anyone knows the majority of his power is concentrated on his land.

Without Tom Bombadil, we don't have the Barrow Downs. Without the Barrow Downs, Sam, Merry and Pippin, don't get their Numenorean blades. Without the Numenorean blade, Merry's stab into the Witch King's knee would not have been as efficacious, grr :(

Bingo

Its why the new Dune works. Keep the major plot, keep the feel of the book, lose the excess, keep the details.Tom Bombadil works in the book because of pacing. Reading is slower than watching, so there's room to breathe with smaller side plots.

Couldn't agree more, I absolutely love The Shire theme, sometimes when I'm feeling depressed or just agitated, playing The Shire theme always seems to lift my spirits and calm me down.

It represents everything good in life

They're taking the hobbits to Isengard

I feel so old. I was in *college* when these movies came out.

I'm trying to time when I show this movie to my kids to give them the wonder I felt

If anyone ever invents a drug, or some sort of machine that lets you forget specific things so you can experience them for the first time all over again, then they'll probably end up *_drowning_* in all the money they'll make ...

“badass goodguys” is one of the things i really like about lotr, theyre just good honestly heroic people and it comes in a range of ways from great warriors to “i cant carry for you but i can carry you!” just dam sam ❤️ hell yea, theres a lot of good stories to tell that are more complicated but it feels like so many just have a clinical view that ignores the realities that are pointed out being core to the themes of something like LOTR, lotr sees the world brought to its knees, but through friendship, mercy, and yes sometimes the awesome power of a thousand horsemen lol, a better time can come again short of a few outcomes things will get better in real life to, its a logical impossibility for things to be all bad all the time forever, and the cynical media that feeds into that is honestly irisponisble just feeding into the same voice that mentally ill people have in their head, its compelling but its wrong, its easy to become delusionally hopeless, so we need things like lort to bring us back into reality and be like oh yea and even in worst case scenarios like nuclear war, it would be a sad thing for humanity to end, but new life would come about, other life exists in the universe and will have many great things about them and happy times so even if earth was full on gone it wouldnt be the end of everything that can be good, and as for the heat death of the universe stuff, theres been a big bang before, what caused it idk but its only reasonable to assume that unfortunate outcome would be a temporary state that something new will happen and itll be really cool

Mauler could manage that. :D

I always wonder how JRR Tolkien would have reacted to these films if he could have seen them. I'll bet he would have loved that line.

@@rozieredz I bet he would’ve, but I never met him so I can’t know for sure.

This is mostly incorrect. "shall" was not in the books. It was "You cannot pass," which is said 2x, and with deadly calm. The wielder of the Secret Fire was in the books too. He is revealing himself to the Balrog - they are both ancient, basically angelic beings (though the Balrog is a fallen one). The Secret Fire is the ultimate forge of creation in Ea (the universe in Tolkien), that Eru (God) controls. Gandalf also has one of the three Elven rings of power, the Ring of Fire. Gandalf is literally telling him, "This isn't going to work." It IS a slight bluff though - as Gandalf (in the book) acknowledges "A Balrog... (in the book he doesn't know it's there before they find it), and I am already weary." The breaking of the bridge is not done to avoid the fight because he cannot win, but for time. A fight with a Balrog would be a very long, drawn out affair (and it is - their fight after the fall lasts DAYS), and the Fellowship does not have that kind of time. He knows they will not flee while he fights. So he breaks the bridge as a trap (it is also how Balrogs always die - literally every Balrog is killed with a fall in Tolkien's books). It's also why Gandalf lets go (this is more clear in the book that he chooses to let go long before his strength gives out) so that the Fellowship would finally leave. As Aragorn DOES point out, they have to reach Lothlorien quickly now that the orcs know their presence. It is a beautiful, badass scene in both formats. I like them both for different reasons, but Gandalf has plenty of cool, dramatic things to say in the book too.

@@theagingnerd3437It appears I should re-read the Simarillion before posting any more risky LOTR comments

Welcome Dude! Welcome home. You're one of *_us_* now.

I think its forgivable in the fact that the movie needed to get the ball rolling but I do agree. I just re-read Fellowship and love how insistant his closest friends are on making sure he doesn't go alone. Not just out of the Shire but Pippin and Merry basically flat out telling Elrond that they'll follow behind the company if they aren't a part of it.

I agree. But if I had to pick the most egregious fault in the be trilogy, it would be when Sam temporarily gave up on Frodo when Golumn framed him for eating all the food.

Bree: We're following the Hobbits. They're pretty sheltered, and this is their first time among humans. It's mostly alright, but it should feel a little uncomfortable.

Clench up, Legolas

Most likely given these are supercuts of pre existing multi parters

@@SgtScorpious so this is just a reupload right?

@@UlfMTG yeah. It's a combination of what was originally two vids

He’s already done these movies before, but each one is in two parts because he had to split them up because of their length. A good chunk of Lee’s videos this year have been reuploads of past 2 or 3 parters into longer videos

Over? These videos already existed

It is made especially better because, in the Silmarillion, one of the greatest elves ever asks for a single hair three times, and each time she refuses. So her giving a dwarf three hairs is even better.

I live in Florida, about 45 minutes out from Universal. We only go about once every 3-6 months, but they have this theater called "cinemark" and sometimes they will play older films, including but not limited too, Harry Potter, original Jurassic Park, etc. Unfortunately, as Universal doesn't own LOTR they can't show it.

I haven’t seen LoTR entirely before (or can’t remember them well, if I don’t know if I’ve seen them it probably counts as haven’t seen) and came to this video after my brother told me a cinema in Paris was showing the entire saga and I went to see the first with him !

i was to young to see them in theaters, if i had the chance id watch them so fast lol

Same

I was literally about to watch these videos last night and just decided to watch fellowship instead it’s wierd

Funny you should say that. One of my biggest frustrations with the LotR (despite it still being my favourite series of all time) is how backwards-looking it is: all the best things have passed, and no matter what we do the world will never be as good as it once was. I always want to ask the characters: how do you know that? How do you know the future won’t hold wonders even greater than what there was before? So yes, I do agree that there has yet to be a better fantasy movie than this even after 20 years, but perhaps there will be one day. And won’t that be something to see?

@@haflaen I live for the day we see something like that. Part of LotR makes me sad because I wonder if we'll ever reach those levels again. At the same time I'm glad that it happened with all the stars aligning to make it happen.

" . . . abysmal movie standards . . ?" Huh? What are you talking about? With every year that goes past, more and more absolutely amazing movies get released, and the list of truly amazing films that can be watched again and again and again just gets longer.

And the effects hold up still.

@@hallaloth3112 The CGI in particular is impressive given the progress in the medium over the last 20 years. While alot of Gollum's expressiveness can be attributed to effective use of mo-cap (the translation of which is phenomenal), the texturing on his model is still really impressive.

Not sure I agree. There's a ton of CGI overall, but maybe not if you compare to The Hobbit or current blockbusters. It's overall used better as well (dark, rainy setting) so it's less noticeable. All the practical stuff looks great and aged well obviously, but I don't think the CGI aged particularly well personally. Even a lot of the comping is just more noticeable today than it was back then especially on higher res editions. Of course, it doesn't really take away from how quality it was for the time and how much effort was put into everything. No trilogy production has been this involved ever AFAIK.

@@Ayoul Exactly, I meant it in comparison to other movies of that time and especially nowadays. Of course not everything was possible to be made physical but they reduced the CGI to a bare minimum and I still appreciate that~

He also stepped on a large piece of glass in that shot that went right through his Hobbit foot shoe and out the top of the foot.

And on the same lines as reading Gandalf's emotions at the Council of Elrond, the look on the face of the innkeeper Barliman Butterbur, a mix of praying he won't be found whilst thinking he's probably already dead the moment they entered his tavern, sells the terror of the Nazgul brilliantly.

I think he was making a joke there.

I think its more that Jackson was paying tribute to the Hobbit Book and it winds up being a reference to the series he would make later. I think the video was just poking fun

Same

I'd disagree with Gandalf's confrontation with the Witch King since in the book Gandalf was struggling to keep the men together, which does make things seem bleak yet the Witch King never actually crosses Gandalf since Gandalf's presence is just that great, then the Rohirrim shows up and he must back his army. The only seeming purpose to the scene in the extended edition is to put the Witch King over so that Eowyn's triumph looks better. The thing is that's unnecessary and just makes Gandalf look weaker than he should. Sure, both the book and movie maintain great tension, but I argue the book does it better and without making any character look worse than they are.

@@seandobbins2231 but that’s what’s so great about the scene. It accomplishes so much in a fairly short scene. It’s the first time we’ve really seen the full power of the king of the Nazgul so the scene starts off incredibly bleak. By defeating Gandalf, it makes the battle seem utterly lost. But, a battle such as that isn’t decided by a single person, no matter how strong. The Rohirrim arriving really drove home that unity and trust in each other would be what won the battle. Now, it does also make Eowyn look better by defeating someone that not even the most powerful man could beat, but that’s not its sole purpose. The scene managed to accomplish three very complex things in a rather short amount of time and it’s super impressive how well it does it.

Well you can see if it got winned. These are reuploads so you go back and see the older videos on the trilogy

He did the whole trilogy a few years ago (2018?), if you look in the channels' playlists there is one with all the episodes :)

@@DarkSerapheim Koo. Will do. 👍🏾

This is one of my favorites as well! One of Ben Stiller's best.