Where do you think you'd both live in Middle-Earth? For me and my preferences I'd live either in the Shire or Rohan

The beacons are based on ones that actually existed (and some still do) when the vikings invaded the UK, they would light a chain of them as warnings... (I live near the old location of one myself in the English Midlands called beacon hill)...

@@user-pu9bj2qi3wthey’ve been very clear that she has seen it and he hasn’t. So it is his first time watching.

@@user-pu9bj2qi3wBecause it is Ari's first time watching it. They make it very clear that Denise has watched it before in both the video itself and in the description.

Reaction to the 3 films’ appendices would be equally entertaining, enlightening and well worthwhile. They truly are amazing. The dedication to detail, love of the story and commitment to make all three films spectacular make these special features second to none. Some on the Return of the King movie are also quite moving. Recommended viewing.

Christopher Lee, what a legend!

In general... Christopher Lee is such an amazing and interesting person. If I remember correctly, he was a spy in ww2 and also almost married a princess he denied because he loved someone else. Not sure there. But he definitely has a lot of interesting stories in his life.

His Wikipedia page is ridiculous. He lived enough interesting life for fifteen people. In addition to knowing what it was like to kill someone he was the only member of the production who had actually met Tolkien.

False, he wanted Christopher Lee to scream in pain to which he ASKED "Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when someone is stabbed in the back? Because I do." Don't dishonour with false quotes.

@@SilverViper1000 if I remember correctly, he is also a knight as well.

For real.

The best thing to take away from these stories, hands down. Be a Sam.

Came here to say exactly the same thing! I *literally* (and, being of a certain age, I use the word "literally" correctly) threw both fists in the air and yelled "YES", when she said that. Sorry, first time viewer - and new subscriber- to this channel, so I don't know any names yet.

Literally brought a tear to my eye when she said it!!! ❤

I've read 'em all from Gilgamesh to Sun Wukon to Hercules to Arthur to Superman and the greatest hero in human literature is Samwise the Hobbit. And one of the greatest things about Sam the Hero, is you don't have to have amazing martial arts skills, or superhuman strength to be a Sam. You just have to be an indefatigable friend and we can ALL do that.

That theme is so damn good!

I love the line itself, emphasized by Theoden's realizing that, despite his anger at Gondor in Helm's Deep, he cannot abandon his country's ancient ally.

And also when the Nature’s Reclamation theme starts to swell when Theoden is having his inner monologue and then Eomer starts rallying the Rohirrim. I love how they gave the Nature’s Reclamation theme to many epic Rohan moments

It’s the first time we hear the Gondor theme so close to the Rohan theme, only separate by a moment of silence. Later , we hear the themes meshed during the charge of the Rohirim. This particular theme of unity of men builds from the very first movie, so it hits hard thematically when we see it.

@@BobBlumenfeld They put so much unseen attention to detail in these movies, an example being king Theoden's Tunic being heavily embossed on the inside.

Yeah his life was so interesting!

Well put. I’ll have to remember that.

He got the Heaven DLC

Thank you for the insight! Aside from grief we were wondering why he was acting a bit strange. I guess it was more of a nod to the fact that he was using the Palantir off screen!

The fact that the influence of a Palantir not being included in the film leaves a HUGE plot-hole in my opinion. Thank you so much for this information! This explains a LOT about Denethor.

The thing about Denethor is that he was a very strong man, and had the will to use the palantir and Sauron could not dominate him directly through it. But he could subtley direct Denethor's gaze, ensuring that he only saw the worst of every situation. For years this slowly sapped Denethor of all hope. The final straw was when Sauron allowed Denethor to see the Corsair ships, sailing up the river to join the battle, but not that it was Aragorn and company who were on those ships. That was what finally broke him to the point where he wanted to die in despair, with his son. John Noble's performance is magnificent, but movie Denethor is a pale charicature of the real Denethor. He was a great Steward, without whom Gondor would not have stood as long as it did. But for Denethor, there would have been no kingdom for Aragorn to reclaim.

I was literally checking the comments so I could say this

@@Murdo2112 this is exactly what I came to say!! The continuous mental battle he fought with Sauron eroded his sanity and pushed him further and further into despair. Really quite a tragic figure.

One does not simply wake up in Mordor.

@@drafezard7315😅😅😅😅

​@@drafezard7315true, you crawl there on your hands and knees shitfaced 🤣

​@@drafezard7315 not without a lot of Elven wine that is

@@drafezard7315 LOLOL .

I felt bad for Smeagol til the end, because he did not choose to be corrupted by the ring. None of the people did. Considering how long he was under the influence, there was no saving him, like some others. So in my mind, he deserved to be put to rest

Not me. I was already rooting for Gollum to die already in The Two Towers!

@@nishal8020real

Just so you know - you get that many upvotes and relatively little in the way of comments because - what the hell else could follow that up? Heh. 🤣

Gohst King to Aragorn "Sorry, Mate. Force of habit.."

LOL I love it

Ahahahah you just see it in his eyes, he'd just like smdh 😂

I don't think "pipeweed" was supposed to have been anything but tobacco in the books, although obviously the movies imply otherwise.

​@@rbrtck yeah the movies pretty strongly imply that it's weed, not tobacco that they smoke.

@@OfficialMediaKnightsThe books (not really a trilogy but a novel which the publishers made T divide into 3 books, which themselves r each divided into 2 books. Now one book of The Wheel of Time is about as long as TLOTR. How times change) richly deserve their reputation as a source of inspiration for many writers. Truly great stuff

True, but the scene in the book is lovely - Treebeard informed the hobbits that King Théoden was coming and directed them to welcome him with as honorable words as they could think of, and they tried their best.

Andy Serkis is not winning an oscar in this scene counter : Ding!

Also the CGI for Davey Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean still look top notch

Pippin did a good deal of bleathering to Sauron about multiple breakfasts elevenses, lunches, afternoon teas, dinners and suppers and told him just as much again about pipe weed and beer he's the ultimate hobbity distraction 😂😂😂😂

​@@Garrystephens92 I could imagine Sauron rubbing his temples as Pippin explains why second breakfast is important

sauron: what do u know about frodo? pipin: he's my 3rd cousin twice removed sauron: where is he? pipin: somewhere in middlearth that's for sure sauron: (argh) where is the ring?! pipin: it's with frodo of course sauron: son of b***ch, tell me something useful now!! pipin: did u know that 2nd breakfast was invented in hobbiton in the year.... sauron: @##£@%@#

​@@vkdeen7570 S: where's the ring? P: which ring would that be? S: THE ONE RING P: well that could be alot of rings y'see S: MY RING P: did you lose it? Aye that was careless S: IT WAS STOLEN P: still seems careless if it means that much to ye

I actually love one react series of these movie that had a great theory about the destructive potential of Pippin, that if they just tossed him at the black gate, like a day would go by and the dark tower and sauron explode. And the more i think about it it actually seems plausible. Pippin is mostly responsible for 3 Maiar being destroyed. By causing a clanging in Moria he caused Gandalf's death but with that he also led the Balrog to death. And then it was Pippins plan to "Head south" towards Isengard with Treebeard to get them into action, with the destruction of the fires of Isengard and Saruman being trapped, angry and murdered. So really i feel that joke plan could actually work XD

Ultimately, as great a character as she is, Eowyn would've made a shit queen for Aragorn. She fits a million times better with Faramir.

He is such an amazing actor! I'd love to see him pop up in more projects!

It's so upsetting he's never been nominated for all his wonderful motion capture work. He's given multiple animated characters their soul.

@@OfficialMediaKnightsand he's the coolest guy someone could meet in real life

I have always thought whose boots did you have to piss on to get beacon duty. Perched on top of a cold, windy mountaintop where you have to carry up all your food and supplies to tend beacons that hadn't been lit in hundreds of years. Either that or it was initiation for new recruits to prove their mettle.

It's my favorite. The song is so epic

Legit thought I was having a heart attack watching it in the cinema

The music!!!

Mine as well, was blown away when I saw it the first time

Ikr?! His eyes and whole face expressions tell so much ❤️

I've a cute gay Asian friend in London who has a prized photo of himself with Ian and Patrick Stewart (an old buddy of his) in the street at London Pride about ten years ago, with Ian wearing a colourful Nobody Knows I'm Gay t-shirt. Delightfully himself, always.

Although it's tied for most Oscars for a single film, it's the only film to go 11 for 11. It won every Oscar it was nominated for that year.

Titanic and LotR are featuring Bernard Hill ! The only actor who was in 2 movies which won 11 Oscars !

Ahahah gotta love that banter!

​@@OfficialMediaKnights the Ring can amplify it's lustful powers even if you're just looking at it.... An easy snare for even the innocent

​@@OfficialMediaKnights Andy serkis stole the show as Golem.....

​@@OfficialMediaKnights there are tons of Christian messages in this story it's ridiculous

​@@OfficialMediaKnights this interaction between Gandalf and Sarumon, insane.

“Power attracts the corruptible.” - Frank Herbert The race of Men, being quite corruptible, had little to no chance of resisting the power of the Ring. Even the Hobbits, who were the most peaceable race in Middle Earth, were not fully immune.

He was already a petty thief and a big trouble to his grandma ...

​@@Stogie2112No one is immune. Men are not necessarily weaker than elves or hobbits. Each race is tempted in it's own way. The only race said to have greater powers of resistance are dwarves. Because they came during the time of Morgoth. Their maker Aule made them hard to mentally dominate.

@@bobc538 But they are more susceptible to the want of riches...

That is the insane amount of commitment that made me fall in love with these films. Waiting till the right moment to lock the perfect shot! This trilogy was something else ❤️

​@@OfficialMediaKnightsthe behind the scenes videos are almost as amazing as the movies.

@@OfficialMediaKnights Oh yea Watch the Behind the Scenes when you can. There is a lot of insight on everything that went down during the filming process!

I love these fun facts. I didn't know about this one. Cool to know!

And one of the heroes is a Woman

@@krisfrederick5001 but not THE hero, who lectures us about her heroism

Haha thank you so much that's a huge compliment!! Stay tuned for Part 2, it's just around the corner!

If only the Hobbit stood up to this lofty standard...

I was one of them. I didn’t want to see it because I was convinced there’s no way they could do justice to such an epic story and rich world. I finally went to the theatre when all people literally sang praises who saw it. Never been so happy to be proven wrong.😊

Well don't speak for all fans of the books, there are many who have serious issues with the movies. But we can agree that it's definitely not terrible:)

I enjoyed the movies, seen them more than once, have the extended versions box set, but Jackson could have done much better. For me he did a poor job on his portrayal of the characters and "assassinated them" IE Gimli as comic relief, Aragorn having doubts about his destiny, Legolas as some super mutant ninja elf, the portrayal of Denathor and Faramir, Froda getting made at Sam and dismissing him based on the words of Smeagol, not enough of Eomer and didn't establish the close bond he and Aragorn came to have. Ok I also had a huge issue with why Jackson had the ridiculous idea to tie Arewen's fate with the One Ring and she would die if the quest failed. What the hell was that all about? We will never know cause it was not explained. I don't think Jackson had any idea either, he just needed a reason for Elrond to come and give Aragorn a kick in the ass, which book Aragorn certainly didn't need. But of all my criticism of the movie compared to the book, I really enjoyed the movies.

@@nataliestclair6176 Yes, you listed many of the issues I had as well. Add to that the ridiculous scene of the Witch King breaking Gandalf's staff, and making the Gandalf v Saruman duel in the first movie into pure comedy. There's a lot of questionable decisions by Jackson. I've reconciled with the movies over the years, but I will always be reminding people that it's the Tolkien part which is a masterpiece while Jackson's part is merely decent.

What a trooper! I can't imagine how difficult it must've been to act under those circumstances!

You're in for a treat because Part 2 is sitting at the hour and 24 min mark!

You just gave me such a case of chils!!!!

Haha Part 2 is coming during Christmas time to honor the real atmosphere there was back in the day waiting a year for these 😂 in all seriousness thank you! We put a bunch of work into these putting in as much as we were allowed. Really pushed the limits with these. ❤️

@@OfficialMediaKnights hahahaha!🤣 Oh my god having to deal with that once was enough! I can't wait for RotK til Christmas twice🤣

@@OfficialMediaKnightsYou scared me!!! LOL!!! I’m not sure I can wait a few hours..let alone months…. I can’t even imagine the amount of work that you put into these. Y’all are just wonderful. ❤. Watching with you it almost seem like watching it for the first time. Your reactions are the best on KZfaq.

@myroselle6987 Thank you for watching these and giving us so much love and support. You guys are truly the best ❤️

Estel

Ikr?! Especialy when someone say so to him that he brings/gives hope ❤️

Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't the elves who reforged the sword Elrond's sons?

It's been forever and a day since I read the books, but I know Elrond wasn't the one who came to the Rohan camp that day. In my fading memory I remember it being a Dunedain ranger who brought Aragorn the sword, but it's possible I'm just getting my memory twisted, and that he didn't bring a sword so much as came to encourage Aragorn to go see the oathbreakers.

I think he changed it for simplicity's sake. The thing that commanded the wraith's loyalty wasn't the sword, it was the Ring of Barahir, which you see Aragorn wearing throughout the films. But the sword is a more visually powerful symbol, better to get the point across in a movie, so a change was made.

@@Vimdraa The sword was reforged before the fellowship left Rivendell. The rangers brought a banner from Arwen 🙂

@@markfoshee4768 If I remember it correctly, yes.

If I recall, it's because he's allergic to the latex they were made from. He had a perpetual itchy, scratchy rash all over his face. The show must go on. That's dedication.

Allergic reactions tend to get worse with continued exposure. I heard an interview, where he was talking about filming the stair scene in Moria. He said that the line "Not the beard!" was genuine. He meant, "Don't rip off my makeup!"

Such an epic moment! That scene jolted my hopes back up 😄

I was thinking the same thing. haha

Some of those side-eyes are gif-worthy.

Extended cut is WILDLY different from the theatrical cut. It has enough extra material for the whole extra regular length movie.

Yeah, they gave him more of an emotional journey, which makes for a far more interesting character.

Sure, but in the books he never questioned his destiny (at least once he got older) as becoming king or considered the blood of Numenor as a "weakness".

Fun Fact: the design of this orc in particular was based on Hollywood Producer and general all-around sleazeball Harvey Weinstein...

Wow... Thank you so much for opening up and sharing this with us. It's definitely a story worth sobbing to. I'm (Denise) so glad you got to keep your promise to your dad, and though I don't know if there is anything beyond this mortal coil, I am certain he was so proud and happy. Having this kind of comfort movie is truly a fantastic way to cope! I have my own comfort movies and it's amazing how they sometimes make it through those mental barriers that protect us from feeling the grief in our day to day. I hope you keep singing that song for yourself and for your dad ❤️

@@OfficialMediaKnights Thank you.

That was ...oh my heart! Thank you! You are very brave to share this with us! We honor you and your father! I don't know when his birthday is, but the next time I watch Return of the King, I will think of you and remember him!

And I believe the sword forging scene was two real blacksmiths, not actors, from New Zealand.

And each of them is so well deserved it's crazy!! What a masterpiece!

I think it wasn't nominated in all categories, but it won the Oscar of every category it was nominated in. I think there were only 3 movies with a clean swipe and return of the king was the one with the most actual won Oscar's. Sorry for beeing too lazy to look this up. Just Google clean swipe and Oscars 😅

We got you guys! Thank you for watching ❤️

A slight correction, Saruman wasn't actually manipulated in any form by Sauron like Denethor. He grew an obsession over the ring. Where he willingly chose to side with Sauron but secretly planned to attempt to take the ring for himself.

@@jenniferhamels1176 ok, but I also remember how sure he was about the power of Sauron, thinking he would never going to be defeated, most of the time he's scared of Sauron, even when it's obvious Eru will never allow Sauron to succeed

@@TheLaFleur Saruman was fascinated about this trinket, this ring, long before obtaining a palantir. He simply wanted the ring all to himself. He feared Sauron's power because he knew if Sauron found out his actual intention of keeping the ring, Sauron would have taken him out immediately before the ring would have ever gotten to Isengard.

I wish I had a better memory because there’s been around 3 films or so that perfectly captured books in my opinion. If I could remember them I would have said what they were right now. Maybe they will come back to me later, but I’m open to hearing opinions of anyone who knows films like this. Comment left, waiting for replies.

The green mile is a good example I would say@@DarkKnightBatman420

A lot of that comes down to having the filmed helmed by someone who is actually a fan of the original material. So often, the Hollywood adaptations that fail are ones that are produced and directed by people who don't really know the IP and don't care about it. Or, worse yet, people who actively think the IP is stupid and can't resist changing things around just to put their own stamp on it (because ego). After the success of Marvel and the LotR movies, I'd kind of hoped studios would learn the lesson that the core audience for these types of movies - the people who will set the tone of the buzz that spreads to the larger populace - are the fans of the IP and those fans want a faithful version of the IP they love. And the best way to get that is to put someone in charge who knows and loves the IP and ALSO wants a faithful version of it. But, as always, that lesson seems to fade from their consciousness pretty quickly and we get right back to schlocky, remixed versions of beloved material being made and then the studios get all salty that the fans are upset. It's like, man, people love the IP for a reason. Meanwhile, they don't care about Joe Director-for-hire's original vision that he wants to lay over the top of it, so, y'know, stick with what made the property magic in the first place. Classics are classics for a reason. I worked as a Game Designer for Activision and EA for many years (and several of their satellite studios) and I've run into that issue several times myself. I once turned down a leadership role on a snowboarding game so I could work as a designer on a Marvel game based on a comic I'd been reading and loving since I was a kid. We had one of the writers of the comics doing the script and I was so excited to bring this thing to life. And then, day after day, I sat in meetings with producers and the studio head in which horrifying things were said. They talked about how they thought the characters' superpowers were stupid so, instead, they wanted to give them weapons (grenades for one, double bazookas for another, etc) when the characters VERY specifically don't use weapons. One of the producers kept referring to one of the male superheroes as "she" because that producer didn't actually know anything about the characters and couldn't remember their names (but was full of notes and story "ideas"). At one point, they decided to stop working with the actual writer of the comics because the head of the studio's wife decided she wanted to try her hand at writing and so, despite her not knowing the comics or having any experience, he had her write the story for the game. I ended up leaving halfway through the project and, thankfully, it crashed and burned on release, getting one of the lowest ratings for a game I've ever seen. Anyway, yeah, you're never going to get a good movie (or game) when the people making it actively look down on the original material and think they know better than the original author. The LotR movies were full of talented people who cared about what they were doing and had reverence (or at least respect) for the IP, but having Peter Jackson at the helm made all the difference, imo.

@@johnplaysgames3120 Dld you work on Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects? Because I just wanna say that the character play in that game was great. It felt like playing the actual marvel characters with respect to their power sets. It was absurdly difficult and broken with ways to abuse getting in damage but I liked it. You had to do it to win. I find it rare that people like that game but I’m among the ones that do. 😁

Hahahah whaaat?? How did I never hear that that's hilarious 😂😂😂

Weren’t they all filmed at the same time?

@@NsTheName Kind of but they obviously weren’t filmed “in order”. They were still working on “Two Towers” and “Return Of The King” when “Fellowship” was released. Apparently there’s a lot of redoing and “pick up work” done in films of this magnitude. Then there’s the editing which, on these films was almost life changing because of how complicated and difficult it was. There’s a story of the film makers going to one of the premieres and finding out that Peter hadn’t even seen the whole finished product. I can’t remember which one it was but I know that with “Return Of The King” they barely made the deadline so that might have been the one. They were working on it right up to the very last second. There are lots of commentary tracks and “making of” appendices along with the extended edition videos and they’re really fun. Sorry for the run on reply….lol!

@@OfficialMediaKnights LOL!! I’m just filled with lots of useless….but FUN information. I read and think too much. Like a female Spencer Reid on “Criminal Minds” but without the intellectual brilliance. I have to be careful because when I get going on something peoples eyes tend to glaze over…lol!

OK, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks!@@myroselle6987

Amazing input, thank you!

😂 Dude was UGLY! Thank you so much for watching this with us. You guys are the best ❤️

@@OfficialMediaKnights There are some people I used to LARP with that called that orc "Tumorco" (I'm from Spain. The name is a mixture of tumour and orc)

​@@aryblack Well, I could be mistaken, but if my memory serves me right, at least in the original release version of the movie, he was listed as "Leper Orc", referring to the condition (illness) of leprosy, a sickness that gives you swelling and boils, to the point of changing your appearance from what it originally was. Now, I'm no expert on this, and I'm just giving my description based on my knowledge, and what I've heard through the years. But please, don't take my description as facts, and if you really want to know precisely, look up 'Leprosy' for yourself, if you want the textbook definition of the disease. And I know at least in the west, leprosy is kind of an old disease, not so common these days. But in some poor countries, leprosy and lepers, can still be found.

@@JarodMoonchild1975 I do know what leprosy is and I don't know why you decided to info dump when I have just mentioned what some of my friends used to call that orc.

Whoooa that's one helluva job to book fresh after drama school, good for him!! We're glad that it didn't work out with Russel Crowe because Viggo Mortensen did such an incredible job as Aragorn - we couldn't picture anyone else!!

@@OfficialMediaKnights They tried, they even started filming with another actor and Jackson had to fire him because he felt he didn't fit. Viggo got the offer and was filming scenes 3 days later if I recall correctly. I believe there was a "I said yes because my children told me to" component but I'm not sure, suffice to say he fell in love with the role and gave everything he got.

@@LordBaktor am I making it up or the other actor was Stuart Townsend? I'm trying to remember from back then.

​@@LordBaktor Yeah, you'd be right. Viggo's son Henry is a huge fan of the books and had read them by that point. He had heard about the film's and convinced his dad to take the job. So we all have to give a big thanks to him.

@@aryblack I seem to remember the surname Townsend, so it was probably him.

Wait what!? They were related!?

Ahh that makes sense! Sheesh, Smeagol just was ready for corruption!