Frodo is fighting an internal battle 24/7 against the power of the Ring. He has no rest. AND the closer he gets to Morder, the worse it gets. The Ring is gaining strength...and a Hobbit (Frodo) is fighting it every step of the way. He's being torn apart. He making the ultimate sacrifice of his very soul to try to save Middle Earth. BTW, no blame to you. Most people do not really understand that Frodo's battle is entirely internal. It is not flashy like everyone else (even Sam's). It's going to get much worse for Frodo...and again, it is all internal.

My favorite bit of trivia is at the start when Saruman is stabbed, Jackson wanted Christopher Lee to let out a yell. Lee's response was, "That's not the sound a man makes when he is stabbed in the back. There's only a gasp, a release of air in the lungs." Lee knew from experience as he was practically a secret agent during his time as a Nazi hunter during and right after WW II. One thing the movies left out is that Faramir's father Denethor has one of the seeing stones and has been using it. Sauron has been poisoning his mind slowly for years. He's not evil himself, but he is compromised and corrupted.

Pippin singing to Denethor while Faramir and his men charge for Osgiliath is one of the most hauntingly beautiful scenes ever put to screen

I love Pippin's smile "I lit the fire for the beacon!!!" Then he realizes..."Oh I lit the fire!"

Legolas was trolling Gimli during the drinking contest. 😂. Legolas is very familiar with alcohol. His own father, Thranduil, brings in barrels of wine from the east that are aged for thousands of years. A Rohan ale would be like Kool Aid to Legolas. 🤣🤣🤣

Fun fact about Pippin, dispite him being a total fool who always gets the fellowship into trouble, he is actually the heir to the thane of the Shire. While the Hobbits have no official king (technically loyal to the fallen kingdom of Arnor) they do have a hobbit family with the noble title of Thane. Pippin's Father is the lord of the Shire, and he is set to inherit the position when his father steps down or passes.

people don't understand when Elrond said Arwen is dying, he meant that she's no longer inmortal, she's dying as a normal mortal.

Don’t be so harsh on Frodo. If the places were exchanged and Sam was the one carrying the ring, he would be acting just like Frodo is. Tolkien made it clear in his writings that not a single living being in middle earth could resist the power of the ring. It poisons the mind of anyone and everyone who bears it.

Merry basically becomes a nephew to Theodin. They had one of the most wholesome relationships, and it seemed like for a little while that Thedoin had his son back. Pippin however in Gondor is a celebrity and treated like a lord of "the little people"

I get that Frodo's actions at times are frustrating but ask that you try and remember in those moments that the ring is powerful and wants to be found. So when there is an opportunity, it screams into Frodo's mind and tries to take over. Frodo has been wearing the ring at this point for months, and it has been eating away at him that whole time. Look at what it did to Smegal in only a few minutes, Frodo has a very strong character, but he is tired and worn down, when he says the ring is getting heavier, that was not just metaphorical, it literally gets heavier. To the point where it is gouging bruises into his neck. Frustration is fair when he falters and the ring takes control, but it is the ring doing the frustrating action. Frodo is to be pitied; he is sacrificing himself little by little every moment he continues to carry that ring. Respectfully.

11:09 😂😂 Pippin is now officially known and referred to as 'Pimpin' 😂😂

LET’S F*CKING GO!!! I’m so stoked for this! Lord of the Rings is why I started watching your channel! I’m so excited! And on my day off and payday! Gonna grab a meal and drinks for this one!

I love the beacon sequence, the music, the incredible mountain scenes - really get to feel the epic scale of this world, of this war!

At 31:11 you say, "He lit the beacon himself and he spilled the water." What Pippin spilled was oil, to make the fire catch right away.

Best trilogy ever made. It's absolutely timeless. 20+ years old and still looks amazing.

Da Kids: Whose Merry gonna fight!? Merry: Hold my ale.....

I love how closely you follow the plot and try to predict what is going to happen based on what you know already! I think yours are the most intelligent reviews I've seen and am really looking forward to part 2 and the conclusion of this epic tale!! You're both awesome!!!

Every time a man cries in these movies, the cries are absolutely justified. There's no weakness besides desiring power more than anything. Those are strong men.

Frodo is lot tougher and bolder in the books than the movies. Jackson compressed the effects the ring has on the bearer, which makes sense for the sake of time, but still gets the point across.

Please don't wait too long to post the second half. Ya'lls reaction and attention to detail is up there with the best for this series, keep it up!

37:01 Movie-Denethor is portrayed more over-the-top than book-Denethor. He'd been holding Mordor at bay for _years_ and in a desperate attempt to find anything he could to gain an advantage, used the Palantír that was in Minas Tirith. Sauron gained the upper hand in this way and wore down Denethor's resolve and hope. He's a shadow of his former self at this point, and shown further gone and more cruel to his son, for cinematic purposes, of course. He most certainly favored Boromir, but didn't hate Faramir as intensely as the movie shows.

The ring takes over whomever possesses it from Gollum to Bilbo, to Frodo. It's the ring that wants to be found, so it's making Frodo more irrational as they go along their journey.

At 18:00, you ask, "They twins?" No, they are cousins; Merry is eight years older than Pippin. What Merry said was "since before we were Tweens." Tolkien writes in FOTR about the young Frodo, "At that time Frodo was still in his "tweens," as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three." Since Tolkien's time the word has acquired a different meaning, referring now to pre-teen children.

When I saw the first movie, it was great. When I saw the second with a friend who read the BOOKS and informed me, it was amazing. When I recognized Smeagol by his eyes...this story changed my life. In love forever.

Absolutely love ur reactions, but y’all should give Frodo some credit, no one would’ve resisted this much to the power of the Ring, everytime he does something “weird” or “annoying”, it’s the Ring, not him

This one is by far the most important to watch the extended version of. Entire story beats, like the fate of saruman, get cut.

It's not Frodo It's the power of the Ring

10:04 ...in case nobody's mentioned it, Eowyn is not speaking Elvish. Whoever did the captioning didn't know what they were writing about 😀. She's saying "Westu Hal" in the tongue of Rohan.

49:55 *BOMBASTIC SIDE EYE*

Poor Frodo is a natural wanderer and finds peace in solitude and books. His nature is non-violent so the Ring preys on his instincts to wander and uses it against him.

So happy for you guys to see this, one of those movies I wish I could see for the first time again. I remember leaving the theater feeling like I just went through something lol

Cannot wait till your react to the second half!

One big reason why Arwen came back is that even though she is/was immortal, elves can only ever fall in love once so she would be grief stricken whether she left or not. Fun fact as well and I dont know if someone has already said, but Christopher Lee was the only actor in the trilogy to have actually met Tolkien in real life

Love your reaction! Gimli, is great at breaking the tension, great actor and character!

Hail the victorious dead... RIP Bernard Hill

Fun fact about the Saruman stabbing scene. Peter Jackson (the director) originally wanted Christopher Lee to scream. Christopher told him that it was unrealistic, people being stabbed from behind dont scream like that- he took part in WWII, and has...experience.

One thing I didn't like about how Faramir's dad treated him is the movie doesn't show why. Faramir's dad was under the influence of the same kind of sphere that Sarmon was. So his brain was corrupted.

So happy you are enjoying these movies! Always feel like I'm watching for the first time again thru y'alls reactions. Love you guys 🤍

you guys ARE total Elfs.. thats a compliment. Love watching with you gentlemen, see you next time.. THANK you (edit, since they were tweens, not twins) I wont get on your neck, but keep in mind, Frodo is wearing the ring of power, something that corrupts SO easily, he is fighting for his life every moment of every day.

It’s dope how you take notes and actually read comments for info on the movies. Great stuff my guys, keep it up!

For the record, Merry and Pippin are not twins, though of course they are related as just about everyone in the Shire is- Hobbits love tracking their relations and cousins. Merry and Pippin have been together since before their *Tweens*, which is the hobbit term for being a 20-something and foolish. Hobbits, living longer than humans, come of age on their 33rd birthday. (Which is what Frodo was turning on the same night of Bilbo's 111th, the big party was for both these momentous events!) Tweens are when a hobbit is full grown, but not at all settled, and prone to running all over, stealing from Farmer Maggot, potentially going on silly little adventures... So about the 18-21 range for humans, when yeah, okay, they're adults *kind of*, but not really yet.

My brother read this book and said that as Frodo gets closer to Mordor, the ring gets heavier and heavier. The ring is symbolic for a burden only Frodo can carry.

54:18 yall reaction to who picked him up was great lol. Enjoyed part 1. Looking forward to part 2.

Watched the other two and was waiting for this to come out!

Just for the defense of Frodo, he wasnt doing those things by his own will. The ring was overriding his will and forcing him to do things to risk being caught. Always remember the ring wants to be found

Them showing us how Sméagol turned evil so fast shows us the power of the ring and the strength required from Frodo & Bilbo. Especially Frodo as he gets closer to his final destination. Non of them can handle the power of the ring, don’t underestimate Frodo’s strength

At 10:10, Eowyn isn't speaking Elvish. In Tolkien's book, the Rohirrim speak their own tongue, which Tolkien translates as Old English or Anglo-Saxon. Peter Jackson & Co. wisely decided not to complicate things by including this in the movies, except in a few places, such as here. Note that most of the other Men of the West speak the Common Tongue, which is translated as Modern English; the leaders of the Rohirrim, such as Theoden and Eowyn, also know the Common Tongue. Tolkien was probably the world's leading expert on Anglo-Saxon in his day.

About Frodo... your reaction is understandable because it's really hard to portray someone's internal struggle without the narration and descriptions we got in the books. It's easier to get excited about battles and action scenes because the motives and objectives are clearer. The movie tried to make us understand Frodo's torment through Elijah Wood's acting without overloading us with descriptions and infodumping. Frodo was just a hobbit, an introverted little book nerd who wanted a peaceful life. He was thrust into an overwhelming surreal situation where everybody expected him to save the world while he was being torn up inside. He gave it his best, his all.

i really hope you release part 2 soon guys great reaction

epic content guys cant wait for pt 2

Good to see you boys

51:20 fun fact. When you mentioned gimli and legolas hating each other at the start now they are riding on the same horse and seemingly friends. It is revealed in the books/writings that legolas and gimli became best friends and after many many years gimli became old and eventually sailed west to the undying lands where the elves live/go to with legolas and I THINK he was the only drwarf to be given this honor. So not only did he get galadriels hair he was also given the honor of being the only drwarf in the undying lands. Where he lives out the rest of his time until he finally died.

Great reaction! Looking forward to part 2 :)

I guess you didn't understand the power of the ring and how it affects everyone. The fact that Frodo made it that far with that thing around his neck speaks a lot of his strength and pure heart.

I think something to help understand the influence of the Ring is to think of it like a Horcrux. Remember how wearing the necklace just turned Ron into an ass cause it was constantly flooding him with bad thoughts? The Ring is like that cranked up to 11, going after Frodo 24/7. Not only that but it’s physically taxing too. By the end of the movie Frodo’s neck is bloody and bruised from how heavy the chain is on him. The guys been mentally and physically attacked basically every step of the journey and it takes his toll on him.

The beacons being lit has always been one of the most emotionally moving scenes for me, in part because that is something I can see myself doing if I was from this world. And that head Orc that killed Faramir's second in command? That dude looks like a damned rotten potato, or a puffball past its prime.

You guys do my heart good to watch.

Smeagol's first act upon seeing the Ring was to commit murder. He hadn't even touched it yet, before he strangled his best friend Deagol, to death. Smeagol began the transition to Gollum with terrible speed. The dream Eowyn was having of a "of a giant wave" which she couldn't escape, was a vision of Numenor, the island where Aragorn's ancestors were kings and queens. Numenor suffered the same fate as Atlantis - total destruction for breaking faith with the gods. Aragorn and Boromir's ancestors escaped because they remained faithful to the Valar (gods).

You guys have such an instant understanding of the emotional and rational side of every scene. I am in awe! I love this story since I read it first as a child, about 52 years ago. Seeing you react to this great movie made me happy today. Thank you!

17:55 Tweens. For us that's ages 10, 11, 12. For hobbits, it's in their "irresponsible 20's" as they age more slowly than us.

Been watching the breaking bad reactions. Need to go back and catch the other LOTR movie reactions.

😂 oh my gosh. 11:07 did you say Pimpin? lol that made me laugh.

you dont understand the friendship between Legolas and Gimli, until you read/see the hobbit and realise some of those dwarfs are Gimli's family

Smeagol and Deagol were cousins

49:50 that side eye tho 🤣

The Fool of a Took. I love all the memes about how Pippin is always testing Gandalf's patience.

Im pretty confident she would have followed him into battle regardless of him turning her down.

the reason Gandalf covers the Palantir and tries to keep it hidden is because its basically a 2 way camera. Part of the reason that Denethor acts the way he does is because he is also in possession of a Palantir, and used it to essentially stare down sauron, which broke his spirit and mind a little bit. Denethor and Pippin have directly seen into the mind of the most evil thing in existence, which as you can imagine, fucks ya up a bit!!!

As far as each movie is concerned, I really can't think of a better trilogy. Sure there are classics where maybe 1 or 2 are peak (Godfather, B2TF etc), but this here..all 3 straight bangers. My boy Sam still the MVP. Andy Serkis deserves sooooo much more praise for his role as Golum.

Love watching reactions to lord of the rings

About Longbottom Leaf, alot of people say its Weed. Alot of people say its tobacco. Either way Tolkien lived in an era where pipes, tobacco and weed were quite often distributed and enjoyed casually. The movies hint to it as Weed (DAT GREEN SHIE) while also is mentioned as Tobaccon twice in the Two Towers. The one thing we know for sure is that is a strain of Nicotiana and it does get "a high" effect on Hobbitses. Its also really well for its dense smoke and thus used to make elaborate smoke rings. Also in a BBC interview with tolkiens son, he confirmed that it has Hallucinogenic effects in the Hobbits, so take it as you want and enjoy more :D its a really not that big deal in the grand scheme of things, but as a stoner myself i do like to think that Merry and Pippin was tribbing hobbitballs while ruining Isengard :D

Its not frodo's fault. As closer he gets to mordor , more strengh he looses by the ring.

46:02 What you're describing is called "posting." It's done in English style riding. If you look closely, you'll see everyone doing it, except Aragorn. Viggo as Aragorn is riding Western style. He was raised in Argentina for a time, and learned his riding skills there. This Western style of riding works well for the character, I think. It's a more practical style, leaving a hand free for roping cattle, or in this case, wielding a sword. It works well for Strider, but I imagine that King Aragorn (aka Elessar) would ride English.

Frodo is the protagonist, but not the hero. He's a sacrifice for the life of Middle-earth, like Jesus in ours (Tolkien was a devout Catholic). Tolkien knew he couldn't get away with a quest-novel that has a non-heroic protagonist alone; hence, Aragorn, who fulfills the "heroic" function. Of course, others have opportunities to be heroic too, including Sam. In any case, it's hard to be heroic when you literally have a DARK LORD around your neck, effing you up, and the Ring IS Sauron, more or less.

King Theoden will forever be written in song and tale. He is the best king in the LoTR. He rode with his men into battle and death. He fulfilled his oath to the kingdom of Gondor. RIP to the actual actor who played him.

Tolkien said about the pipe weed that it was “probably a type of nicotiana” aka tobacco, but that “probably” he threw in there definitely left some room for interpretation lol. In Unfinished Tales, a collection of stories and notes published by Tolkien's son, Christopher, Gandalf's description of pipe-weed suggests the herb produces mind-altering effects and euphoria. Following criticism from Saruman, Gandalf replies, "If you used this herb yourself. You might find that smoke blown out cleared your mind of shadows within. Anyway, it gives patience, to listen to error without anger. But it is not one of my toys. It is an art of the Little People away in the West." I like to think it’s somewhere in the middle between tobacco and weed 😂

I love how everyone I've seen has the exact same reaction when Saruman falls from the tower of Orthanc.

Put it this way The ring is such a corrupting force that even sauron wouldn't be able to resist it. Like let's say for some reason he had a chance to become good. The ring would keep him from doing that. That's how powerful the ring is. So the fact that frodo resists it so well for most of the journey is just insane

49:55 that side eye could pierce a mountain XD

"I wish I could muster a fully armed legion of Dwarves, Fully armed and filthy" 😂😂😂😂

I was so excited to see this pop into my notifications this morning. Yippee❤

"The 'L'est dad in the history of pops" 40:34 That's some poetry right there!

When the director, Peter Jackson, was explaining to Christopher Lee what he wanted from the scene where Wormtongue stabs Saruman in the back, Lee said, "Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody’s stabbed in the back? Because I do.” Lee was a veteran of World War II, so Jackson let Lee decide what to do in that scene.

Suddenly hearing the streetwise hard voice switch to an amazed 5 year old saying "There's still hope!" as the sunlight strikes the statue head's flower crown... That is when you know you have fallen totally into the world Tolkien created 🙂

Narciel (Aragorns Sword) was actually Dwarf made before the Elves used the shards to make Unduril

8:49 There is no "arresto momentum!" in the LotR, lol. 😜

Almost sure someone already commented about it but Andy Serkis, the guy who plays both forms of Smeagol is known as the go-to actor for CGI roles. He plays Cesar in The Planet of the Apes franchise. He found his purpose. It is inspiring to watch in action. Y'all about to make me dust off the blu ray and load up the special features gain LOL

8:40 "Gandalf, you can catch him, save him." ... Thud.... ohhhhhh. I'm dead too XD

Funny that you mentioned The Goonies. Idk if anyone pointed out to you that Sean Astin (Sam) was the main character

11:08 pippin for sure pimpin’

35:51 ...most of us fans are good about not sharing spoilers while offering up details.

That ring is so powerful that Gandalf was terrified to touch it. This ring is basically pure evil. That corrupts a lot “stronger” folk than a Hobbit. The fact he is not completely insane or drawn toward Sauron is the greatest physical feat ever in the history of this world.

YOOOOO wheres part 2?!!? Hyped for the part 2

18:00 Tweens, not twins. Hobbits refer to the twenties as the tweens, essentially means the same thing as teens, but their youth lasts longer.

Rings Corruption is too strong, the closer they get to Mordor the stronger its influence. It isnt simply ignoring it, its almost like fighting an unbearable posession, that constantly gets stronger n stronger.

you guys are the best "reactors" i've seen around, you are honest and pure in your reactions, love from france

HOLY SHIT VVIDEO 3 LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, posting this before i walk but im so damn excited to see you guys react to this closing part!!!!

The first scene with Smeagol and Deagol: Tolkien was very much a devout Catholic. It's meant to mirror the first murder, Cain and Abel, but instead of a murder out of envy and jealousy, it's for the RIng, which is the physical form of temptation itself.

Next Trilogy The Hobbit Extended Edition Of The Adventures Of Bilbo Baggin: (1) An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition (2) The Desolation Of Smaug Extended Edition (3) The Battle Five Armie Extended Edition

The creepy guy with the dark hair, Grima, is the voice of Chucky!