Something I realized only recently about Lotr is that throughout the series there was no means of Frodo and Sam knowing that Gandalf came back, or that Merry and Pippin were saved, or if Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli survived the ambush back in Fellowship. Frodo and Sam were effectively completely alone. And it was their sheer belief in "good in this world" that kept them fighting.

My favorite part about this scene is that this heartfelt, inspiring speech isn't being delivered by a powerful demi-god, a king of men, or an immortal elf. Just a humble gardener, and a true friend.

"Even darkness must pass..." I'm always amazed by how such a small sentence can be filled with so much hope.

You can tell just how much heart was put into this trilogy. “We had no interest in putting our messages into this movie. But we thought we should honor Tolkien by putting his message into It” -Peter Jackson, 2002 And I’m back to this masterpiece for 2024 :)

This was the story that stayed with me even if I was too small to understand why.

Even Gollum was like "that shits deep, fat hobbit"

The importance of this speech is so sorely missed. Frodo just tried to KILL Sam. His best friend. Someone who’s time and time again shown he will lay his life down for Frodo. And instead of being angry, Sam understands. And he gives him hope. Something to hang onto. Even though Frodo felt too small to understand why. And because of this speech Frodo gets back up and keeps going And goes on to destroy the ring.

This scene saved my life, and I'm not even exaggerating. It got me through a very dark time.

the way smeagol almost turns back to his original self because of a powerful speech makes this scene fantastic

Sean Astin's portrayal of Sam is the most underrated performance in film history.

If there’s ever a monologue that defines the times we’re living through, it’s this one.

“That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.” Such simple words but the weight they carry is monumental. Everything about these movies is just perfect.

I bet by the end of this speech, even The Ring felt a little sad as well.

Sean Astin should have got an Oscar for this

Everytime something bad in the world happens, I come back to this video.

The trilogy was filmed almost 20 years ago and it just doesn't age. They are truly the most earnest movies ever. Shamelessly all about love, friendship and how hope is eternal. Characters having conversations about how much their home, family and friends means to them. How there's so much in the world that's worth living for and good fighting for.

As already epic as this speech is, remember that the author was a WW1 Vet with PTSD, he saw entire armies tuned into nothing, whole towns become nothing but mud, when when he wrote this about how could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happen, he speaks from experience

My parents didn't sign the permission slip to go on this feels trip

“How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?” Watching this in 2022 hits so hard.

In this moment Faramir stood a few feet away, listening to every word Sam said. It was eventually Sam's speech that changed Faramir's mind into doing the right thing in the end. He let Frodo leave with the ring

Look at this scene and tell me this trilogy isn't a masterpiece.

Even Gollum’s heart got touched in this scene

It’s heartbreaking to see that Sméagol is listening, and you can see that he wants to believe what Sam is saying, but he can’t accept that and be able to have what he desires the most.

Quick reminder that Tolkien saw action in WWI, Sam could be describing Tolkien's exact feelings for all we know and the scene isn't even lifted from the book. Peter Jackson *understood* his source material.

J.r.r Tolkien has lost both of his parents as a child, fought in WW1 and saw terrifying things, and been a witness also to WW2 as a human living in that time. Lotr was published 1954. By this time Tolkien has seen and experienced so much of the darkness, sadness, fear, rage and chaos of this world. He suffered pain as deep as one can imagine, with few close ones to support him. He did not run away from this pain, nor supressed it. He dealt with every bit of it through a tough journey. He had many chances to go back, but he held on to something. Somehow- he managed to remember that there's still good in this world and that it's worth fighting for. And he sure won the fight: Tolkien was happily married, a super-great father and the author of one of the best stories humanity has known, a story who still encourages the suffering to keep on fighting for the good.

My mum took me to see this at the cinema when it was first released. She was heavily pregnant at the time and my younger brother is now named after Sam.

The very essence of what Tolkien believed. Keep fighting for the good that is left in this world. A new day will come. A better day.

If anyone’s interested in the excerpt from the Two Towers this speech was based on, it’s posted below. In the book, this exchange between Frodo and Sam took place on the stairs of Cirith Ungul prior to their entry into Shelob’s Lair with Gollum. Gollum was absent during the exchange, likely scouting ahead and corresponding with Her to lay his trap. One thing I will say, as a book Nerd I enjoy the speech in the book better…but the screenwriters for the film did such a fantastic job adopting these long excerpts of dialogue into the movie. It’s like they took the essentials lines from the book and simplified it so the masses could understand but it didn’t lack any of the depth. At no point does the dialogue in the movie seem contrived, rather it’s totally natural and faithful to the source material. Howard Shore’s soundtrack certainly helps as well. Anyway, here’s the quote from the book: “‘I don’t like anything here at all,’ said Frodo, ‘step or stone, breath or bone. Earth, air and water all seem accursed. But so our path is laid.’ ‘Yes, that’s so,’ said Sam. ‘And we shouldn’t be here at all, if we’d known more about it before we started. But I suppose it’s often that way. The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used to call them. I used to think that they were things the wonderful folk of the stories went out and looked for, because they wanted them, because they were exciting and life was a bit dull, a kind of a sport, as you might say. But that’s not the way of it with the tales that really mattered, or the ones that stay in the mind. Folk seem to have been just landed in them, usually - their paths were laid that way, as you put it. But I expect they had lots of chances, like us, of turning back, only they didn’t. And if they had, we shouldn’t know, because they’d have been forgotten. We hear about those as just went on - and not all to a good end, mind you; at least not to what folk inside a story and not outside it call a good end. You know, coming home, and finding things all right, though not quite the same - like old Mr. Bilbo. But those aren’t always the best tales to hear, though they may be the best tales to get landed in! I wonder what sort of a tale we’ve fallen into?’ ‘I wonder,’ said Frodo. ‘But I don’t know. And that’s the way of a real tale. Take any one that you’re fond of. You may know, or guess, what kind of a tale it is, happy-ending or sad-ending, but the people in it don’t know. And you don’t want them to.’ ‘No, sir, of course not. Beren now, he never thought he was going to get that Silmaril from the Iron Crown in Thangorodrim, and yet he did, and that was a worse place and a blacker danger than ours. But that’s a long tale, of course, and goes on past the happiness and into grief and beyond it - and the Silmaril went on and came to Eärendil. And why, sir, I never thought of that before! We’ve got - you’ve got some of the light of it in that star-glass that the Lady gave you! Why, to think of it, we’re in the same tale still! It’s going on. Don’t the great tales never end?’ ‘No, they never end as tales,’ said Frodo. ‘But the people in them come, and go when their part’s ended. Our part will end later - or sooner.’ ‘And then we can have some rest and some sleep,’ said Sam. He laughed grimly. ‘And I mean just that, Mr. Frodo. I mean plain ordinary rest, and sleep, and waking up to a morning’s work in the garden. I’m afraid that’s all I’m hoping for all the time. All the big important plans are not for my sort. Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We’re in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out of a great big book with red and black letters, years and years afterwards. And people will say: “Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring!” And they’ll say: “Yes, that’s one of my favourite stories. Frodo was very brave, wasn’t he, dad?” “Yes, my boy, the famousest of the hobbits, and that’s saying a lot.”’ ‘It’s saying a lot too much,’ said Frodo, and he laughed, a long clear laugh from his heart. Such a sound had not been heard in those places since Sauron came to Middle-earth. To Sam suddenly it seemed as if all the stones were listening and the tall rocks leaning over them. But Frodo did not heed them; he laughed again. ‘Why, Sam,’ he said, ‘to hear you somehow makes me as merry as if the story was already written. But you’ve left out one of the chief characters: Samwise the stouthearted. “I want to hear more about Sam, dad. Why didn’t they put in more of his talk, dad? That’s what I like, it makes me laugh. And Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam, would he, dad?”’ ‘Now, Mr. Frodo,’ said Sam, ‘you shouldn’t make fun. I was serious.’ ‘So was I,’ said Frodo, ‘and so I am. We’re going on a bit too fast. You and I, Sam, are still stuck in the worst places of the story, and it is all too likely that some will say at this point: “Shut the book now, dad; we don’t want to read any more.”’ ‘Maybe,’ said Sam, ‘but I wouldn’t be one to say that.”

1:09 Théoden shouting "Victoreeeeee, we have victoreeeee" gave me goosebumps as a kid, and I still feel the same as a grown man. This trilogy was perfect.

By the way, I had the privilege to meet Sean Astin this year, and it was beautiful! He signed my Middle-Earth map with an arrow pointing to the Shire saying, "Sam lives here."

Man, Sean Astin really deserved an Oscar for this role

In my most depressive hours I've turned to this speech to lift me up and it has never failed.

Such a well done scene, but the part that moves me most is the expression of poor Sméagol at the end. He just looks... lost. And confused. Like he doesn't know WHY he's become so bad and that deep down he wants to be good again, but at the same time he knows that he can't.

"There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."

My son was diagnosed with cancer for the second time after 5 years in remission. His odds of survival are quite unfavorable. This scene has been one of the sole things to bring me hope and peace during this time. Sam's speech hits so different than it ever has after all these years.

Game of Thrones ended up being a story that didn't matter. Glad Lord of the Rings remains a timeless trilogy.

Back in 09, i was hit with a serious bout of depression. At 14, I was so tired, sad and mad. I didnt ever want to leave my bed, or talk to people. i was angry, heartbroken, and miserable. one day, I stayed home from school and decided to watch The two towers. This scene...Frodo saying "I can't do this Sam" that was me. Then, it seemed as if Sam spoke directly to me when he gave this speech. It was that day, and this scene, that caused something in me to change. I decided to fight. And i slowly recovered from my depression. Since then, I've had rough times, and amazing times. But I've always been hopeful, even in the lowest moments. Thanks Sam. Thanks Jackson. Thanks Tolkien.

Even darkness must pass.

Even after all these years I come back here for hope.

“Even darkness must pass, a new day will come…folk in those stories had lots of chances to turn it back only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something…there’s still good in this world…and it’s worth fighting for.” My people who are struggling with addiction. No matter what it is. Keep fighting and have hope. Thank you Sam for helping me understand and to keep fighting for myself and my family…because that’s “worth fighting for.”

I love how Sméagol's old self flashes by for a moment. As if he reflects upon his choices and seems to repent his ways for a moment, realizing that he is beyond saving. A beautifully tragic character.

I'm going through such a terrible time right now. Absolutely nothing is going right, but I ended up watching this clip just to hear this speech to give me hope.

This is honestly the most beautiful and most important scene in the movie history to me.

Samwise Gamgee was the true MVP of the Lord of the Rings.

When you feel like giving up remember Sam's words: "Folk in those stories had lots chances to turn back, only they didn't, they kept going" Keep fighting for what little good remains in this world, it's worth fighting for it

This is the one scene in which Sméagol seems completely sane to me, completely free of his duality. It’s nothing more than that one, heartbreaking look he gives, but I don’t see the overly childish Sméagol in it, nor the overly villainous Gollum. Just Sméagol as the individual he once was, as if he regained his senses for just long enough to understand both Sam’s words and the fact that it’s too late for them to mean something to him.

The LOTR trilogy became my favorite movies when I was only 8 years old They meant something "even if was too small to know why"

Here's what I drew from Sam's speech: Bad things may last a long time, but they do not last forever. If you work hard to change the world for the better, then, you can.

After my mother passed away I watched this scene and committed to memory what Sam said. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come.

I like that even Smaegol is hit by Sam's speech.

When life become almost unbearable, I turn to this scene. Thank you Samwise the Brave.

Sam was the only person who didn't succumb to the Ring's power , He is my favorite character !!!!!

They wont probably never film any movie like this.Hobbit was good but there is no better movie then LOTR.This is just such a master piece.. Thank you J.R.R. Tolkien,thank you Peter J. Thank you for leting us to witness such a beautiful story!

The world needs Sam right now.

"There's good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for!" I need to hear this every time I lose faith in humanity, which has become more and more frequent, recently.

"How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?" I ask myself the same question all the time, Sam. "But in the end, it's only a passing thing. This shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines, it'll shine out the clearer."

I remember seeing this in the theater when I was ten years old, Sam's words brought tears to my eyes. I'm still surprised by how much this speech affected me at such a young age.

This hits home. I’m an aspiring writer currently on his way to getting an English degree, and this scene so perfectly encapsulates exactly why I love fiction so much. The ability for characters in situations you have never been in going through things you have never gone through to guide you and give you hope, because it reminds you that, in the end, “a new day will come” and the sun *will* shine while simultaneously inspiring you to continue on and not turn back. Incredible speech. My favorite of the whole trilogy, which is saying something.

This scene hits even closer to home considering I was a child when I first saw it, I truly was too young to fully understand the depth of it yet it still made me tear up and it still does to this day.

This is possibly the greatest piece of writing, directing, acting and storytelling. Ever.

Whoever you are reading this, whatever darkness you are going through, it will pass and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer. There is good in the world, and there is good in you. Hold on to it. Know at least that you are not alone in this. I'm right there with you.

This speech has honestly helped me deal with my depression

It’s like in the great stories Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy. How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad happened. But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something. Frodo: What are we holding on to, Sam? Sam : That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.

We all should thank god that none of the WW1 bullets finished on Tolkien´s head. We would have lost this masterpieces.

This scene has given me a big surge of hope during this time of uncertainty with the Coronavirus. Thank you J.R.R. Tolkien!

We all feel like Frodo, but we are all like Sam. It's only a passing thing, we have it in us to continue.

The swell in the music for this scene is ingrained in my brain. Exactly 57 seconds into the song. It makes me break down and cry. Deep, ugly crying every single time without fail. Everything about this scene in pure genius. I revisit it every so often when I know I need to cry.

Fucking invisible ninjas cutting onions around my eyes...

Everytime i hear this speech i end up crying, as the last ten years of my life have been the darkest, but as Sam said, darkness can't last forever, and the sun will shine in the sky brighter than ever when those dark clouds will fade away.

This scene is especially relevant these days.

Tolkien survived a battle that killed a million men in a war that killed all but one of his closest friends (and even that friend was so scarred that they never really reconnected). If he came out of that believing in this kind of message so feverently he included it in his lifes work, then there must be something true about it.

I feel like this is relevant now more than ever

This and Gandalf’s speech about why he chose Bilbo in Unexpected Journey are two moments that show how intensely these filmmakers understood and respected Tolkien’s work, so much that they write these things that weren’t in the books, but feel so much like they do.

*There some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for* This quote helped me so much times when bad things happend to me and when I see only evil in humans .. when I heard this quote I always remember that many good things happend to me and not all humans are evil . Thanks for that mr.Tolkien

‘I don’t like anything here at all,’ said Frodo, ‘step or stone, breath or bone. Earth, air and water all seem accursed. But so our path is laid.’ ‘Yes, that’s so,’ said Sam. ‘And we shouldn’t be here at all, if we’d known more about it before we started. But I suppose it’s often that way. The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used to call them. I used to think that they were things the wonderful folk of the stories went out and looked for, because they wanted them, because they were exciting and life was a bit dull, a kind of a sport, as you might say. But that’s not the way of it with the tales that really mattered, or the ones that stay in the mind. Folk seem to have been just landed in them, usually - their paths were laid that way, as you put it. But I expect they had lots of chances, like us, of turning back, only they didn’t. And if they had, we shouldn’t know, because they’d have been forgotten. We hear about those as just went on - and not all to a good end, mind you; at least not to what folk inside a story and not outside it call a good end. You know, coming home, and finding things all right, though not quite the same - like old Mr. Bilbo. But those aren’t always the best tales to hear, though they may be the best tales to get landed in! I wonder what sort of a tale we’ve fallen into?’ ‘I wonder,’ said Frodo. ‘But I don’t know. And that’s the way of a real tale. Take any one that you’re fond of. You may know, or guess, what kind of a tale it is, happy-ending or sad-ending, but the people in it don’t know. And you don’t want them to.’ ‘No, sir, of course not. Beren now, he never thought he was going to get that Silmaril from the Iron Crown in Thangorodrim, and yet he did, and that was a worse place and a blacker danger than ours. But that’s a long tale, of course, and goes on past the happiness and into grief and beyond it - and the Silmaril went on and came to Eärendil. And why, sir, I never thought of that before! We’ve got - you’ve got some of the light of it in that star-glass that the Lady gave you! Why, to think of it, we’re in the same tale still! It’s going on. Don’t the great tales never end?’ ‘No, they never end as tales,’ said Frodo. ‘But the people in them come, and go when their part’s ended. Our part will end later - or sooner.’ ‘And then we can have some rest and some sleep,’ said Sam. He laughed grimly. ‘And I mean just that, Mr. Frodo. I mean plain ordinary rest, and sleep, and waking up to a morning’s work in the garden. I’m afraid that’s all I’m hoping for all the time. All the big important plans are not for my sort. Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We’re in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out of a great big book with red and black letters, years and years afterwards. And people will say: “Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring!” And they’ll say: “Yes, that’s one of my favourite stories. Frodo was very brave, wasn’t he, dad?” “Yes, my boy, the famousest of the hobbits, and that’s saying a lot.”’ ‘It’s saying a lot too much,’ said Frodo, and he laughed, a long clear laugh from his heart. Such a sound had not been heard in those places since Sauron came to Middle-earth. To Sam suddenly it seemed as if all the stones were listening and the tall rocks leaning over them. But Frodo did not heed them; he laughed again. ‘Why, Sam,’ he said, ‘to hear you somehow makes me as merry as if the story was already written. But you’ve left out one of the chief characters: Samwise the stouthearted. “I want to hear more about Sam, dad. Why didn’t they put in more of his talk, dad? That’s what I like, it makes me laugh. And Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam, would he, dad?”’ ‘Now, Mr. Frodo,’ said Sam, ‘you shouldn’t make fun. I was serious.’ ‘So was I,’ said Frodo, ‘and so I am. We’re going on a bit too fast. You and I, Sam, are still stuck in the worst places of the story, and it is all too likely that some will say at this point: “Shut the book now, dad; we don’t want to read any more.”’ ‘Maybe,’ said Sam, ‘but I wouldn’t be one to say that.

Anyone else here for some hope with all the craziness in the world right now?

im not crying, you are crying

2:25 Sam's speech so touching it's making Gollum reconsider his addiction

These Films are just masterpieces, Nothing will ever top them

Whenever I'm discouraged and feel like giving up, I come back here to have Sam pick me up again.

I feel like this is such a good speech for someone contemplating suicide... there is some good in this world and it is worth fighting for

I keep coming back to this quote whenever I'm at my lowest...it gives me hope.

I will love this trilogy for eternity. Nothing comes close to it and nothing ever will, imagine if it was never made, how much hope this film has given the world, especially now.

Been watching this everyday during the Coronavirus Pandemic. This is what people need to hear.

It's 2020, and the world is falling apart and this scene has been on my mind constantly.

Can't help but wonder if Tolkien knew a guy like Samwise back in the trenches of WW1.

“There is still some good in this world Mr. Frodo, and its worth fighting for!”

After all that's happened in the world these past few days, this scene is something that I think we all needed.

I needed this. Going to bed hopeful tonight. God bless everyone.

I feel so lucky to have experienced these masterpieces. Thank you Tolkien, Peter Jackson, and everyone involved!

When I was young I was just watching for the battles and zoning out most of the rest of the movie. Now that I'm older I mostly zone out during the battles and really appreciating the majority of the movie.

' there is some good in this world and it's worth fighting for' ❤️

Without Sam the whole quest would have failed, he was the backbone & never gave up hope, a lesson to us all !!!

What heartless bastards thumbs-downed this video? This speech is incredibly powerful, whether or not you enjoy LOTR. It's meant to help those who feel they are at the end of the line. For those struggling in life with depression, anxiety, or any personal demons, "even darkness passes." Keep up the good fight.

I like how Gollum ponders on that last bit; like there's still something left of Smeagol in there. But alas, Gollum overtook him, to his fiery end.

You know your speech was epic when even Gollum is touched by it.

It's been exhausting, and the future's looking pretty bleak. For the past few weeks, my friends had said they saw me look tired and sad but honestly I felt nothing. Every smile that came out feels fake and disgusting. Then I came upon this, and for the first time in weeks, I felt something, I felt the tears rolled down. I had a good cry and decided that I would always remember, whenever I feel like when I couldn't do anything anymore. I would always say to myself that there is some good in this world, and it's more than just worth fighting for.

With all going on in the world right now, this hits Hard.

Everyone talking about sam doing a great job(which he did) but Elijah Wood in 2:31 showing how he was moved by what Sam said and Gollum's face as he looks down in shame because he knows he can't be like sam

There are few scenes in film history that are more relevant to today than this. As this world gets more chaotic, more disturbing and more evil, it is all too easy to believe the lie that life can never be better. But we have to understand the truth that we are so often blind to: There is good in the world worth fighting for. Hiding away and watching the world burn while we stay in our little shells is not the answer. It's time we started fighting for all we hold dear.