Doll Face Luckily they didn’t have her walk towards Gandalf as the skirt wrapped round her feet would have her falling flat on her face.

@@CraigTulloch Nevertheless, I'm sure she would've fallen flat on her face in a very elegant and effortless matter.

@@Losrandir 😂

@@Losrandir she gracefully glide

She's just standing on a lazy susan :p

You think so? She is an amazing actress, but not beautiful enough for that role imho.

@@Nash9r I disagree. Though there are more beautiful women out there for sure, its exactly that distant, half cold half warm beauty she displays what makes her perfect for that role, imho :)

@@benjaminschabel4847 goosebumps my friend

@@Nash9r Are you for real? I'm so glad that Peter Jackson and near enough anyone else with eyes disagrees with you. Cate Blanchett is divinely beautiful, and trust me pictures don't even do her justice, as someone who has been fortunate enough to see her in person like myself will attest. Like Jo Schmidt said, she was born to play an elf.

We all getting old . She was gorgeous in LOTR.

EXACTLY. >;3

It's so weird to think that Galadriel is Arwen's grandma.

GILF :D

😂😂😂😂

@@Limpshot_McGee Also odd to think that Elrond is actually the youngest one of them all

shofpollution well, that gave me *goosebumps*

Nani????!!!!??

@@solanaronderos I love the fact she speaks Elvish exactly like you'd expect an immortal being to speak. Calm, measured, each word like a slight wave of a babbling brook. It flows like water

@@Locahaskatexu preach baby

You like that?

Period

And?

amen

Yes, not another MaRey Sue Palpatine. It's like they forgot that Galadriel was born in Aman during the Years of the Trees, before Men had even awakened, much less before Numenor existed.

@Saci Perere - Did you somehow miss her husband Celeborn in LotR?

Which is total BS. Gandalf always respected Saruman, he shouldn't look annoyed at all. Remember when Gandalf rode to Isengard to seek Saruman's council. He bowed his head in reverence to Saruman and looked very pleased to see him.

@@DraculaCronqvist well maybe he was in shock the most powerful being besides Sauron suddenly appeared behind him.

His "annoyed" look is not cuz he meets Saruman. More like "ok, I can say a lot to her and go with the plan, but to him, I need to mark my word". Let me remind you, nobody wishes to move/slay/interrupt Smaug in any way and they think its better that way. And Gandalf is in "let's poke him with a stick and see what's gonna happen" mode xD

@@DraculaCronqvist Gandalf just told Elrond that he does not feel he has to answer to anyone... And Gandalf has to answer to Saruman, that is why he is a bit annoyed. The time when Saruman was a good wizard...

Annoyed look? That's more like 'oh shit busted' look.

+Theodora X Love that little detail!

read it as a slight not bad face

i bet he is tired of hearing that.....i bed even gandalf himself have complimented her thousand times already and it still makes elrond make a face.

"Gandalf, you smooth bastard"

Especially because that’s his mother-in-law... 😂

Yes. She's older than the last flower born from Telperion. She was also around WHEN the two trees were "created" by Yavanna. She was also around when Varda lit Middle Earth back when Melkor destroyed the "lamp" towers. She's been a big part of many tales of the elder days, same with Cirdan, and many more!

Zachary Hawley EXACTLY! Love her

Dan Iel Olorin is NOT Telperion's flower. lol. where did you get that from? Olorin was around WHEN the moon was placed into the heavens.

Makkaru112 I mean it's a maia creature guiding the moon across the heavens.

creature? Lol. But yeah, Olorin is sweet Dan Iel

You mean they charged for a few months work but probably did it in a few days

Still cheaper than rings of Power

😂

​@@einsteinsmonkey8867what?

@@boobye6305There’s more to making a dress than just sewing it. They start out with some concept sketches, and then develop more detailed ones. Then there’s fabric selection and patternmaking. The dress was probably hand sewn, and it looks like there are more complex elements in a few areas-it’s not just a simple dress.

😂😂

Okay, someone is trying to impress Gandalf

Such a virgo

Underrated comment

Wade I mean, it must take a lot to impress a Maia who has existed since the dawn of time

what if saron and gladriel got together then their wouldnt be anymore conflicts

Too extreme on each spectrum, Sauron does not know of love like Galadriel, only malice.

P3shows not as powerful as Christopher Lee though

Just as described in the books.

@@RandyRhoadsRules3 Sarumanˋs Voice was very very powerful. Even the movies showed it when he created a storm to force em into Moria

She looks a little bit different. A little bit.

because she's an elf...

She looks even better!

I suspect she has a bit more makeup on here. Beautiful nonetheless.

Makeup and CG.

why is it ridiculous to be perfect?

That's the House of Finarfin for you. I love it.

@@memattia3198 they don't actually mean she is ridiculous they are saying that she Is way too perfect

@@memattia3198 they mean it in a positive way!

Oh really?

Indeed.

Bring back Peter Jackson please 🙏🏽

She's vain but she knows it. So does Gandalf. It's a wisecrack within a compliment. The sort of things friends do. Then, ugh, buzzkill Saruman.

Unlike the Rings of Power where Galadriel is actually being portrayed as an ice cold queen with no social graces.

@@user-nv2wt4hi8t What are you talking about? There is no such depiction. It doesn't exist.

@@filipinowhiteboy You're right. Not in the source material, not Tolkien, not real.

Guys, I see where you’re coming from, but there’s such a thing as character development. They’re deliberately starting with a Galadriel who is a far cry from the movies’ one because that’s where they want to take her by the end of the series.

@@rickblaine9670 Unfortunately, there's no hook to get me to care about Amazon's non-canon series.

Yeah, really mystical, right? Because you're standing in front a being who's thousands of years old and extremely powerful. It's all so surreal. The music gives you time to think about what she is, her story, the wisdom that she's acquired over thousands of years. It's the essence of the ethereal way of life of the elves.

WoeIsCole and then the fucking moon behind her

What's the title of the music for that scene? I loved the way Galadriel just turned around in one motion and said "Mithrandir" in a hard tone. It was haunting.

@@wingedseerwolf8934 It's a section from The White Council

Are you slow or deaf??? The music started playing like 15-20 seconds before she says anything... Gandalf speaks during the music before she does...

I haven't seen this movie in a while, but I never noticed that. Yes, you can hear a quote from "The Caverns of Isengard". Great theme! Good ears!

Yeah, I actually had chills when I first watched this bit in the cinema!

Same thoughts 👍👍👍

Lol.

wow i didnt notice that unitl now .. nice little forshadowning with the music love howards score is so amazing ....

Arwen, at this point in the story, is about 3400 years old. Other than that, I agree. Elrond did seem to enjoy Gandalf's surprise and his answer to Galadriel. I have a copy of the Simarillion and am unsure of what Wikipedia says on this. I seem to remember Arwen was Galadrial's daughter, not Celebrian's. Kinda got a surprised chuckle out of that one. However, I and the book are 75 mi. removed at present and will therefore give a nod to Wikipedia.

Arwen is Galadriel's granddaughter. Elrond married her daughter (galadriel's daughter).

Yeah...make me wonder how beautiful and graceful Elrond wife might be if her mother look like Galadriel 😁

@@ronaldsmith6829 nope. I'm pretty sure Arwen died at age of 2901. Maybe 1 or 2 years earlier or laterbut surely she wasn't 3400 old.

​@@thomasjuniardi3559 she probably was fair but not as fair as Galadriel or Arwen or Luthien. It's implied that Galadriel was the most beautiful elf-woman in the dawn of elvendom (the Morning Star) and only Luthien surpassed her and then in Arwen Undomiel her beauty manifested again, who - according to Aragorn or Arwen herself - was very similiar to Luthien (and she should know, because there were elves in Middle-Earth still that actually knew Luthien, like Galadriel for example - and was related to Luthien, who was her grand grand grand mother) - and was called the Evenstar.

I think that was at 0:42...

@@necrosiskoc9617 to be fair, he was more answerable to the leader of his order- a fellow maia

@@necrosiskoc9617 shut ya mouth. She below him

@@necrosiskoc9617 Nope

@@ChristianProtossDragoon Yep

Adrijana Radosevic Don't ruin it for me...in any case there was no CGI involved for that move, I saw how it was shot.

Cate Blanchett is a real elf.

shofpollution Quite!

LMAO!

Sounds legit

renkar820 i read somewhere that he wanted the role of Gandalf and he had secured thay role from Tolkien himself.

Yeah Sir Christopher Lee will always be both Saruman (LOTR) & Count Dooku (SW) may he rest in peace.

You are not alone friend

Hell no! I screamed OMG 5x when I saw it was him alive again

Along with ‘duh duh duhhh, duh duh duhhh’ that Isengard ting

🤣

😂😂😂

LoL...hope you've the looks to go with it.😂

😭😭

L Andre he's probably seen a lot of people try to sweet talk Galadriel

everyone saw the face of Gandalf ;)

I cried a little even now

I cried a little even now

Alexander Ringler i

Fr tho it perfectly foreshadows saruman's future and possible betrayal (It's hard to say which side saruman serves at this moment)

Perfect

I agree wholeheartedly

Like 'oh shit, really, do YOU have to be here???' lol

Oh crap, the boss is here. Lol

jokersbane321 Saruman isn't really 'the boss' he's just the head wizard of the Istari, but they all have their own powers.

I was joking lol

jokersbane321 LOL

why would that be odd? odd would be thinking galadriel was the youngest (yet she was the oldest

Elrond was born in the last years of the first age and Galadriel was born in the Years of the Trees in Valinor.

@@kentrix9376 what's that supposed to mean? lol

@@Miro. Galadriel was born before the creation of sun and moon, before the first men exist. Gandalf and Saruman were angelic spirit that were born before the entire universe creation. Elrond? well..he's just a half elf that was born in the first age. Mean he was born after men exist in the world. He might be very old compared to other character from young races like bilbo, thorin, or even wood elf like legolas but compared to 'higher beings' like Galadriel he's just young puppy. Galadriel was not the oldest, yet she has saw everything and pretty much basically living her exile, so she gotta be wise enough to be included in this kind of council.

@@cool06alt Legolas is not a wood-elf. He's a Sinda like his dad. Thranduil is older than Elrond.

Yes, she is also mystical, bright, and fair. She is 1 of the Calaquendi - Elves of Light. The 1 who held the lights of the 2 trees and she witnessed the birth of the moon and sun.

@@donpula6349 that Amazon series did her no justice

Lee did an amazing job as Thranduil

Right 😊

Actually, no. It was because her hair could be used to do sorcery, and an elf was known for ages to ask for her hair, and was always rejected for Galadriel can see into the hearts of people. Gimli's intention's were pure, to have a memento he could boast about, so she gave him the strands.

Cate Blanchett perfectly shows what a Elf should look and sound like. That ethereal feeling just oozes off her. It is horrible what Amazon has done to her character

She doesnt need to be empowered.... SHE WAS POWERFUL BY HERSELF!!!

i liked the new Galadriel she is strong, tough, powerful, beautiful

@@graveborn8766 she was immature and rash, even manipulates others to do her biddings. Also the argument that she was young is bs because she's thousands of years old at that point. The way they wrote her was just wrong.

This IS Galadriel . . . . one of the firstborn Elves that Eru Illuvatar created --- and here, if you'd ask me, she has the air of something mightier even for an Elf, but she seemingly has the air of a goddess. . . . .And true enough, if by some twist in space-time and ancient Greeks or Romans may have beheld her, they would have worshipped her right away either as Demeter or Gaea.

4000 years and a ring of power changes a person.

@@danielandrews1801 Wasn't she several thousands of years old already when RoP takes time?

@@danielandrews1801 she is not a person, she is an elf, and time can change an old man but not the lady of Lothlorien, as Galdalf said. She is immortal and has Nenya which she uses just to keep things the same. Elves have an aversion to change, they do not change and suffer from the change in the world.

@@Hesselgrenify Yes... She was 5000 years old. But here she is 9000 years old...

@@joseIBhugo Don't be silly. Elves get wiser with age. There's a big difference between Galadriel and Arwen. Gandalf was only referring to her appearance.

And it's not like the hobbit films were masterpieces without problems. So that is really saying something.

Incel

@@cancerino666they were masterpieces, your whining is utterly baseless and you have no ground to stand on.

Perfectly played by the sublime Ian McKellen, that look tells so much more than any stupid cgi barrel riding scene,

Carl Sixsmith McKellen is such a wonderful actor. But I felt this was too much at this stage in Middle Earth history and Ian wants to show too much that there "will be" something bad going on later in LOTR. At this stage, respect, yes, but not "o no, it's Saruman". Just my opinion though. ;)

Gandalf was already dubious about Saruman's meddling at this point in history.

Carl Sixsmith maybe Gandalf has always been annoyed by Saruman's generally haughty attitude? love the way his face grimaced, like a kid getting caught in the hall by the school's most hated teacher.

redDL89 Not according to Tolkien. At some point Tolkien was planning to have Gandalf been aware of Saruman's treachery long before he originally did. There was a scene during a council, when Gandalf was taunting Saruman by smoking, making smoke rings, and then catching those, or rather trying to catch those, just to show he's aware of Saruman's plan, and to demonstrate how futile those were. You can read all about it in "Unfinished tales". Though in the end Gandalf was full of respect for Saruman, which you could've observed during their meeting in Fellowship of the Ring. His expresion here was probably much more about Gandalf doing things on his own, while Saruman was a leader of Istari Order, so the expression we are all looking for here is: "Busted".

Rop galadriel was cringe

Morfydd Clark is not here to replace Cate. They play the same character at different times in her life. And Morfydd didn't do a bad job in my opinion

you right! in amazon galadriel so childish, arrogant, and selfish

So you like slow motion?😂👀

Galadriel cannot be destroyed.

True

She’s from valinor , it’s her body ,it’s her choice!

Yes, it is awesome!

Relieved that a nice old friend who is good with words drops by to handle a mother-in-law with ancient powers?

Total chill.......tbh he couldn't give a fuck. He's not interested in Middle Earth just wants to fire off to the Grey Havens

I love it

that's the whole point......Are you the same person you were when you were young and passionate?

Warrior Galadriel would have been more fitting for a show set in the First Age. In Tolkien's writings she was already more of a stateswoman in the Second Age. But even there she seems much more of an "ordinary" Elf ruler and much more an active participant in the everyday affairs of Middle Earth. By the end of the Third Age she had become this powerful, remote legend that few people had ever even seen with their own eyes.

Hard to believe 5000 years is enough time to change an individual in a way that gives them grace and benevolence? Imagine how much a person can change in just 100, in just a couple of decades a person can go from a kind individual to an angry bigot or from someone with anger issues to an individual with a lot of patience. To assume she didn't learn anything or change over the course of 500 human lifetimes is kind of improbable. Besides, RoP isn't a one to one adaptation thats expecting us to put it in the same cinematic universe as the movies, it's a new interpretation of the character. I enjoy both for what they are. In the Jacksonverse we get the side to them that others in the universe might see them as in this time period, reclusive and ancient beings from another world whom possess eons of knowledge and wisdom to bestow upon mortals like benevolent spirits. In RoP we see what they were like in a time of conflict and empire. Harsher, more commonly seen and encountered, a history mingled with the other races rather than separate from. A race that hasn't yet been mythologised and spiritualised like what we see in the Jackson films. A race of people, not spirits fading from the world. Fading forest Elves vs War of Wrath Elves

Sorry Cate is Tolkien's Galadriel. Rings of Power is Lore Breaking and Non-existent 😒😌.

@@cjisawesome3686 So is Vigos Aragorn. Book him was eager and confident in his claim to the throne who had little reservations about his kingship. Denethor was very different as well. So was Gimli big time, he went from a poetically spoken warrior to comic relief. The entmoot worked in the books but failed in the movies. Sure some character changes throughout these adaptations were better than others but it doesn't necessarily mean its bad, its a different interpretation. I will agree Kate knocked it out of the park though.

What do you think of Rings Of Power?

@@f3rrmz262 a bastardisation of Tolkien

Trying to turn a 304 page book in to a 8.5 hour trilogy (not including the extended editions) is a feat all of and unto itself. Too much CGI, a love story that wasn't needed (Tauriel and Killi) and the Arkenstone basically becoming the One Ring to tempt Thorin and cause 'Dragon sickness' which it only did this in the films. With The Hobbit trilogy being nowhere the story, characters and on some levels, practical effects, the film did deliver on hair and make up, costumes, weaponry, some set pieces and some CGI. With only six months time in pre production (Jackson got 3 years for the OG trilogy) and the films being shot simultaneously, it's a miracle Jackson and his teams even pulled any of this off. Screenwriting and directing were also rushed and many elements that heavily deviates from the book were previously added by Del Toro (such as Azog the Defiler* or Tauriel) who was initially hired to direct. He later was fired by WB because his vision for the trilogy was thought to be too chaotic and far from the original tone of Jackson's LoTR trilogy. I will say, the latest 4k versions of The Hobbit Trilogy (LoTR, as well) made massive improvements on the coloring of the film and the CGI.

Hobbit was much better considering what's taking place now.. can't ask for better actors and visuals

Hobbit trilogy is bastardised a bit more than needed but awesome selection of cast saves it...

That epic turn she did is actually what she'd do if you entered her home.

*Cries into hands* Weep for our future…

Hopefully we see character development. 3500 years is a long time to grow. ☺️

@@deepreflections6891Yeah but that’s the thing. In ROP she’s already thousands of years old and still acts like a teenager. And, unfortunately, they blurred the second age, thousands of years, in decades or even just years.

@@robbsclock2675 Happens when you only have rights to the appendices, and specific mentions to crucial things in the second age are copyrighted. Why are we seeing any of the istari, stuff like that is rather annoying. But new content I'm happy for.

@@deepreflections6891 If you only have rights for appendices, don’t make a show out of it!

Don't forget the horse riding

"there's a tempest in meeeee" 😡

And by extension Arwen's grandmother.

Really? So who's Arwen mom? Why didn't she show up like ever?

@@cnovikamaharani Arwen's mom/Elrond's wife is named Celebrian. She's the daughter of Galadriel and Celeborn. She is away in the Undying Lands (where Frodo and Bilbo went at the end) and she went there because she was attacked by a group of Orcs and was so traumatized that she went there for spiritual healing.

Although he really wanted to play Gandalf, him playing Saruman works out a lot better. He likely would have been recast for The Hobbit films due to his age.

That would be the correct order :-)

🤭😂👏

Tolkien estate will never sell the rights

Doesn't look like they're even trying lol. Their depiction of Galadriel is like it's just a normal woman

Exactly