This is Tolkien's Galadriel.

I can't believe I finally understood this scene after all these years. We see images of the fellowship in the mirror, all giving Frodo suspicious looks. The Galadriel says that he will try to take it, and that one by one it will tear the fellowship apart. Frodo understands what he must do, but is afraid. This scene sets up Frodo's decision to leave the Fellowship, and go solo. I always felt bad about the Fellowship breaking up, but now I realize that if those 8 had remained together, the Ring would have torn them apart. But as three different groups, they managed to accomplish much more, without the temptation of the ring looming over them. Frodo was lucky that the Fellowship had to break up, and he was lucky that only Sam came along.

Galadriel perfectly embodies the spirit of Tolkien’s elves. Beautiful and powerful yet with a hint of avarice. Even Galadriel who has witnessed most of Sauron’s evil still on some level yearns for the ring that has caused her people so much harm.

*_Galadriel: _**_3:13_* *_Elves trying to sleep nearby:_* 👁️💧👄💧👁️

When she said "ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR!!!" that was one of the most terrifying lines she said.

Cate's face when she says, "I know what it is you saw." 👌

We were all so young when this came out. Not just the fans but the cast as well. This was a special part of my childhood.

Cate Blanchett has taken the art of creepiness to a new height. Making it irresistible.

"To be a Ring-bearer is to be alone..." "...This is my bling, by the way."

Cate Blanchett was great as Galadriel, even the minor roles are just perfectly cast in these movies. Also I’m high key terrified of what Galadriel would do if she became the ring master..

"There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet" - Admiral William Halsey

This shows that even the virtuous will eventually become corrupted by the ring. It doesn't matter how the ring is used, the source of its power is malicious and malevolent. In the end, even Frodo failed. The ring was destroyed because he and Gollum happened to be fighting over it near a cliff.

Jackson Galadriel's ethereal creepiness conveyed so much more power, respect and dignity than the Amazon Armored Girlboss version. This one doesn't have to tell you what she's seen - you just KNOW. That's what comes from great writing, faithful adaption and respecting your lore.

Notice how even when Galadriel goes into crazy power hungry god mode, Frodo still has his hand open for her if she wishes to have the ring. Even after seeing that he still thinks she’s the best person for it. I wonder if he was scared of her or just thought she was proving she’s powerful enough to carry the ring. She’s such an interesting character bc of her pride and her flaws. Too many times the character of some ethereal lady in white whose seen as some kind of goddess is just a perfect person, with no flaws or real personality. She’ll always be my fav noldor elf!

Artanis Nerwen Altáriël/Galadriël, daughter of Arafinwe Ingoldo and Eärwen (the Swan-Maiden of Alqualonde) left the Immortal Lands seeking a kingdom in Middle-Earth; there is no coincidence, then, this was her trial. That's why she said 'I passed the test'; as an Exiled Ñolde, the Doom of Mandos fell also over her, and she felt unworthy of returning to the West until finally triumphing here. By this act, she redeemed herself.

In refusing the One Ring, the Noldo Galadriel, wisest and oldest Elf (together with Celeborn) in Middle Earth, is forgiven by the Valar for breaking their Ban, and may return to Valinor in the West.

I cannot understand those who do not get goosebumps when viewing this scene. I still do even after seeing it so many times

3:52 That look on Frodo's face is almost like he's realised there really is no one else that can carry the ring to Mordor, he has to do it.

'This task, was appointed to you. If you do not find a way, no one will.' 'Then I know what I must do. It's just, I'm afraid to do it.' 'Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.'

Egalmoth, "I'm glad you're back"

When Frodo offers Galadriel the ring and her reaction showing that even with her power and goodness the Ring would corrupt her and Gandalf has the same reaction to it

I love how she loses a little bit of reserve when she says “and some things that have not yet come to pass” even her tiny minuscule sign of weakness shows how scared she really was of the future of Sauron had retrieved the one ring

The plume of steam above the mirror at 2:15 was such a nice touch

I truly love the editing to Galadriel that makes her literally glow and you do get the sense that looking at her is like seeing the sun or bright light and it forces you to look away or you’ll be blinded. Like she’s so beautiful that it can hurt you haha.

This is such an epic scene. Beautiful rendered by Jackson & Co. Cate Blanchett just nailed it as Galadriel - not a perfect and two dimensional character but a fully developed individual with her own pride and frailty - confronting her own demons just as each member of the fellowship must do

I don't want to pollute everything with ROP, but it's genuinely so so refreshing to return to this Galadriel. I'm so tired of seeing the bratty entitled selfish Galadriel.

Props to the elves for knowing so much horror and still being able to remain calm and collected.

What a great actor Elijah Wood is. In his great blue eyes we can see all the fear, anxiety, weight, tension and loneliness that being the ringbearer brings. What a perfect cast this movie has

No pressure Frodo

Notice how she appears to glow. Notice how she moves, how she speaks. Ethereal, almost like what you'd expect from angels. Now compare that to the arrogant brute that is "Galadriel" from Rings of Power. "Lady" doesn't just mean "woman"

Can we all take a moment to appreciate Elijah Wood's gorgeous eyes?

After Silmarillian I can finally appreciate the amount of information that goes into this scene.. I appreciate that Galadriel and Celeborn are shown as majestic but not fully righteous figures. After thousands years of exhausting resistance against dark lords and bloodshed among kinship and allies, they have grown weary and cautious about the torrents of power struggles. I finally appreciate “I passed the test. I will diminish, and sail to the West, and remain Galadriel”, for ambition and revenge brought her back to Middle Earth, but finally she recognizes that greatness comes not from domination, but from love, trust, and humility. And for Frodo, Galadriel’s trust and guidance urges him to mentally take up the burden of the Ring bearer, to press forward with strength, wit, and will till the very end. Beautiful scene.

I can never get tired of these movies for real.

How can somebody so beautiful exist?

Galadriel's portrayal of her role is so good.

2:15 That steam comming from the wather was caused only by the Sauron's immage. Nice detail.

The one true Galadriel

Such beautiful and wise eyes ! This Galadriel is sublime!

I'm here because I miss this Galadriel. IDK what's going on right now on Amazon 😩

And now we finally learned how she knows that she will be stronger than the foundations of the earth!

Now with the rings of power released, its really shown me just how great these movies were. I now have the urge to even buy the books and give them a read.

Just seeing the Shire burned, and corrupted is extremely depressing

Even today this scene gives me the chills

I always loved the way she pours the water. I do it with my tea.

i use to love this woman when i was kid , after 20 year later i still love her !

Imagine having a psychotic break while looking at jewelry and thinking you 'passed the test'.

It's quite lugubrious the prediction that Galadriel gives Frodo. She warned about Boromir (which turned out to be true), but she also says "one by one it will destroy them all". No matter if there's a great friendship or a big brotherhood, Frodo knows that he could be stabbed by anyone while sleeping to get the ring.

Amazon's version of Galadriel would have taken the ring and stunningly and bravely marched to Mt. Doom and tossed it in herself!

In this moment Frodo saw one of the most powerful and wizest people of Midle-Earth being seduced by the ring's will and he realized how the One ring is so powerful and able to corrupt even the most pure creature. So he comprehends that he needs to leave the Felowship

I love how the hair of Galadriel in the movie glows, for it is said that her hair captures the light of the two trees in Valinor when she was still there long before the First Age even began. Hence why Feanor wanted strands of her golden hair but was denied 3 times.

I remember seeing this movie in cinema. It was a delight. I never forget this scene in particular...it scares me. I hope they release it again in theaters for some anniversary or something...I would go again.

I find it fascinating that this scene clearly shows Galadriel can do telepathy and uses this magical trick often, yet in a weird way it's ignored in favour of the Mirror. I like it. Elegance, yet powerful. That is our Galadriel.

"One by one it will destroy them all" - chills to think what if the Fellowship wasn't broken

A powerful and compelling part of the story. It is what puts this movie among the greatest.

Cate Blanchett was bloody terrifying

using this clip for my rings of power video and people get mad at the show because THIS is how Galadriel is. Not a Xena knockoff. She's regal and powerful and intimidating, not because she's wielding a sword

This is the galadriel that I want in the screen

and that is Galadriel, how Tolkien had seen it, not amazon👿

this movie is a masterpiece!

I've found out to miss this Galadriel so much after I watched the teenage Galadriel in rings of power.

Ah Egalmoth. A surprise to be sure. But a welcome one

Best galadriel ever ... she is perfect

3:30 Frodo be like: "On second thought, maybe I should keep it..."

Galadriel: "don't touch the water..."

Be grateful Frodo, there are things far worse than what you must endure .....such as ending up on Amazon LOTR !!!!!!!!

In my opinion Galadriel is one of the best characters ever, even tho she might come off somewhat monotone but it embodies the years of wisdom and experience she has lived through.

She was truly terrifying during the test. What a movie

“I can't believe I finally understood this scene after all these years. We see images of the fellowship in the mirror, all giving Frodo suspicious looks. The Galadriel says that he will try to take it, and that one by one it will tear the fellowship apart. Frodo understands what he must do, but is afraid. This scene sets up Frodo's decision to leave the Fellowship, and go solo. I always felt bad about the Fellowship breaking up, but now I realize that if those 8 had remained together, the Ring would have torn them apart. But as three different groups, they managed to accomplish much more, without the temptation of the ring looming over them. Frodo was lucky that the Fellowship had to break up, and he was lucky that only Sam came along” ~*comment by user: Legato DeadWinters

I like how Peter subtly covered the elf ears with hair in a lot of instances because Tolkien said they didn't have pointy ears, but then later said the hobbits ears where kind of point like elves, so he split the different.

Galadriel owns one of the 3 rings that we see created at the beginning of the film and Frodo has the one thing that can control her

You’ll love the full book scene with Frodo+Sam &Galadriel that even 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 latex 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 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.

this scene scared me so much when i was a kid

But Frodo had the one thing no expected, or could plan for, his gardener (and future ring bearer) Samwise Gamgee. Sam, perhaps one of the few in Middle Earth who could resist the siren's call of the Ring.

This is the real Galadriel, not that awful fake from Amazon.

gah the end when she bends down to speak to him and says that xD gets me every time. shes so good.

this right here is so good! I just dont believe amazon's prime galadriel is going to reach this point of epicness. just no way

These movies are so great. Tolkien would have been proud.

Sauron wanted to use the power of the mirror and see the future through the Ring.

Galadriel is so wholesome .. as she projects the dark goddess of destruction and instantly capable of turning back to her true majesty 🤝👍😳✨👌

This scene always tears me up.

The real Galadriel, Lady of Light

i wish i could have seen this in the theatre

Good thing not everyone desires power over others. Imagine everyone desired the ring of power and would use any means to obtain it.

Glad to see you man after this long time

"all shall love me and despair' makes a wonderful wedding vow, lol

"I do not deny that my heart has greatly to desired this"... Ok that's a nope lol

3:18 My wife whenever she awakes to find that I did not clean the bathroom sink after shaving.

The return of the king!

You're a ring bearer, harry

If she is Galadriel, what we are watchin on Rings of Power?

Amazon so stupid, they're not watch this moment, Galadriel rings are different. Rings of power and here

When she said "And reamaine Galadriel" she said it with such a relief...

Most actors would act all proud here like they would a little bit act like they want it, and then just move head fast away, and say no! There is tempest in me, but I do not desire it! That's why I love this, more honest and she would genuinely long for the ring, you can feel the change in her inner personality, showing how weak we all are, and how ring is strong. Two different worlds of acting.

This is Nenya... as in Nen ya business...

"Do not touch the water..."

Galadriel in all her glory, don't piss her off!!!

The return of the king

Sam Elliot said "It's ok to do a small part, as long as it's a good part". Love Boromir

3:22 I've always asked me how Gandalf and Galadriel will be in absolute power.

Nice quotes hela, unfortunately thor wasn't listening your true beauty