Watching **THE LORD OF THE RINGS** for the first time | THE RETURN OF THE KING

Watching THE LORD OF THE RINGS for the first time | THE RETURN OF THE KING - I LIKE PIPPIN NOW

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Let's watch The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King! This is my first time watching LOTR and I'm really excited!
I need Eowyn to find love.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the third volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The film is the final installment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and was produced by Barrie M. Osborne, Jackson and Fran Walsh, and written by Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson. Continuing the plot of The Two Towers, Frodo, Sam and Gollum are making their final way toward Mount Doom in Mordor in order to destroy the One Ring, unaware of Gollum's true intentions, while Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and the rest are joining forces together against Sauron and his legions in Minas Tirith. It was preceded by The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Two Towers (2002).
The copyright disclaimer under section 107 of The Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
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@michaelmcintyre3871 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Eowyn and Faramir meet in the houses of healing and become an item - there is a scene in the extended.

@thebestofstephx 3 жыл бұрын

The extra scene was so short though :( I wish it had been longer

@michaelmcintyre3871 3 жыл бұрын

@@thebestofstephx yeah, it still isn't much but at least it's there. Regarding her fight with the Witch King, in the lore, there's actually a prophecy that no man could kill him, which is why he's so confident in that.

@aquiamorgan2416 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the scenes in the book of them falling in love are like stupidly adorable. I wish we had more in the films, but it really is more of a side story not needed for the main plot, so I understand the omission.

@Kris7768 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmcintyre3871 The prophecy was slightly different: "Do not pursue him, he will not return to this land. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall." Witch-King just misunderstood the last part, it wasn't informing about his powers, but glimpse of the future.

@Necronomikus 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kris7768 Wasn´t it Merry with the dagger of the Noldor that broke this prophecy protection of the witch king? I mean, he is no (hu)man and Eowyn did the death blow? That is the theory I heard.

@edwardreed67 3 жыл бұрын

Smeagol: "What has Smeagol ever done to him?" Smeagul in Two Towers: *Bites Sam like a vampire when they first meet*

@tristanpetty7173 3 жыл бұрын

And called him "fat hobbit" several times.

@Whimsy3692 3 жыл бұрын

Knowing Sam, he'd probably excuse that behavior as self-defense, and just being hangry.

@thehunter7422 3 жыл бұрын

But in defense he'll act so natural cause it was Gollum that did it . Not Smeagol 😁. He didn't know his own name for like nearly 500 years. Until Frodo mentioned it . So I mean in that instance he wasn't wrong lol 🤣.

@georgechapman9688 Жыл бұрын

@@Whimsy3692 but Sam jumped on them like cats on poor mices

@michaelmcintyre3871 3 жыл бұрын

The reason Denethor went crazy in the books is he had one the palantirs - the orb that Saruman had the Pippin accidently contacted Sauron with. But they don't show that in the movies.

@thebestofstephx 3 жыл бұрын

After I finished the movie I went back and watched a couple of the extra scenes on KZfaq. Including this one! Makes a lot more sense now haha

@boki1693 3 жыл бұрын

@@thebestofstephx Yes the Palantir made Denethor disappear cause the evil lord was showing him only bad things in it. Denethor was not bad. He was proud but corrupted like Theoden was my worm tongue and Saruman.

@nomdecomputer 3 жыл бұрын

I kind of like that they hadn't included that. It kept it from being the idea that people were only bad due to the ring, so to speak. It allowed for the idea that some people are just asses and still have to be dealt with. That's just my two cents.

@matthewpengelly761 3 жыл бұрын

They did sort of mention it. Just not by name. "Do you think the eyes of the White Tower are blind?" He was refering to the seeing stone.

@PhilBagels 3 жыл бұрын

Denethor was a good man who succumbed to despair. And Sauron fed and amplified his despair through the palantir. Imagine if you lived next door to Hell itself. Every day, you look out your window, and you can see the most evil place in the world, and you can see they're growing stronger, while you grow weaker. And you have the burden of being in charge of a whole country, which will be the first country attacked. And then your son is killed... How long do you think you could maintain your courage under those circumstances? In the movies, he comes off like a total douchebag, but he's really more to be pitied. His story was a good one for most of his life, but with the rise of Sauron and the growing power of Mordor, it becomes tragic.

@And-ur6ol 3 жыл бұрын

Something they don't mention in the movies, is that the closer you get to where the ring was made (mount doom), the stronger the ring gets. That is why the ring gets heavier. It is both a metaphor and a literal thing for Frodo. It is also why Mount Doom is so unguarded by Sauron. It is the ultimate "fail-safe" build in, that when you are where you can destory it, the ring is so powerful that whomever wield it, gets taken over. That is why Frodo fails at that point. And that is why the ring only can get destroyed, by an accident. That accident is created by having Gollum there. So Gollums most important role (from a meta-point) was to ensure the rings destruction.

@alphaomegagiant 3 жыл бұрын

Which is also a redemption for Frodo's character, because, while he seemingly failed when it mattered most, it was ultimately his pity and compassion towards Gollum that made everything possible.

@jkranites 3 жыл бұрын

And according to Tolkien Eru ( the god of Middle Earth) was the one that caused Gollum to trip and fall by "accident".

@clap8036 3 жыл бұрын

@@jkranites "For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined."

@VergilArcanis 2 жыл бұрын

Which Bilbo's pity for Gollum also dictated that gollum should live until that time, which is why in the fellowship, Gandalf mentions that Bilbo's pity may rule the fate of all

@tovick1643 2 жыл бұрын

@@VergilArcanis And that gollum might still have a part to play ;-)

@CsnvLsRnst 3 жыл бұрын

Tolkien dedicates a big part of the chapter 'The Houses of Healing' to Faramir and Eowyn's relationship, and ends it by saying: "And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many." ❤

@DestinyAwaits19 2 жыл бұрын

He can't write for shit.

@larrygreen8828 3 жыл бұрын

Gandalf went with the elves because that place is actually like his real home, and he was sent to the mortal realm like 3000 years ago along with the other wizards to help guide the people to defeating evil, and now its done and he can go back home and regain his original angelic form. Frodo has to go because thats the only place evil cannot touch so he will be free of the corruption inside him from carrying the ring.

@stevengentry9396 3 жыл бұрын

The movies necessarily cut a lot of things down. In the books, Eowyn and Faramir are both in the Houses of Healing after the great battle, having both been hurt. Their relationship develops over time, and is much more convincing and natural. The movies, excellent as they are, leave a feeling of abrubt convenience to the pairing.

@HawkKing2000 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but I give them a pass considering the length of the movie :)

@mikelarsen5836 3 жыл бұрын

Movie fans should be forced to read the books and The Silmarillion so they will understand what it is all about.

@enigmamz Жыл бұрын

Well, Fellowship straight skipped FOUR chapters, so we should be used to it already.

@Shadowdancer00 3 жыл бұрын

That one elf that says "My Lady" as Arwen rides off back to Rivendell always kills me. He's like the definition of "Oh no. come back. Well I tried"

@lazyshoggy 3 жыл бұрын

You can feel all the power of English phlegm in it ^^

@user-bf8ud9vt5b 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the actor is Brett (or Br'tt 😆) out of Flight of the Concords.

@captainboromir6958 3 жыл бұрын

He also appears in the Hobbit movies.

@MARYWTHER 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that they brought him back for the Hobbit trilogy because he was so Iconic is also very funny

@jasonschuler2256 2 жыл бұрын

@@MARYWTHER The bloopers of him trying to speak Elvish and devolving into swearing fits every time he messes up is one of my favorite behind-the-scenes moments 😂

@MWSin1 3 жыл бұрын

I love Sauron's reaction when Frodo put on the ring. "Wait. What the hell is the ring doing over there?"

@MWSin1 3 жыл бұрын

@Freerefill He also assumed that anyone who had the ring would first think of using it against him, and thus bring it right to him. He would have expected it to be among the army at the gates.

@Sgrunterundt 3 жыл бұрын

"And far away, as Frodo put on the Ring and claimed it for his own, even in Sammath Naur the very heart of his realm, the Power in Barad-dûr was shaken, and the Tower trembled from its foundations to its proud and bitter crown. The Dark Lord was suddenly aware of him, and his Eye piercing all shadows looked across the plain to the door that he had made; and the magnitude of his own folly was revealed to him in a blinding flash, and all the devices of his enemies were at last laid bare. Then his wrath blazed in consuming flame, but his fear rose like a vast black smoke to choke him. For he knew his deadly peril and the thread upon which his doom now hung." -JRR Tolkien, The Cracks of Doom, The Return of the King. That is one powerful piece of writing.

@emPtysp4ce 3 жыл бұрын

"Wait. You fuckers tricked me. Fuck! Shit, Nazgûl get on it!"

@DenpaRaven 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you can clearly see the fear in his eye

@tovick1643 2 жыл бұрын

@@DenpaRaven I love this :p

@mavornator8615 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful trilogy and acting . “End? No the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one we all must take”

@TheBoondocksaint117 3 жыл бұрын

The song during the credits, "Into the West" was written for a young man named Cameron Duncan, who was a filmmaker and whose work impressed Peter Jackson. Cameron died of cancer at 16, and so Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox wrote the song as a tribute to him.

@sothanatoasted2972 3 жыл бұрын

People always underestimate the cavalry. A well executed cavalry charge can effectively mow down a force 10 times their size

@deltoidable 3 жыл бұрын

True, and a well disciplined line of pikemen can stop a charge in its tracks, but the orcs broken ranks out of fear.

@Aragorn195 3 жыл бұрын

@@deltoidable To be honest, the orcs didnt have pikes but spears, and short ones at that. And there are several instances of cavalry charging spear formations, or musket bayonet in square (Which was an anti cavalry formation), successfully

@princepartee725 3 жыл бұрын

@@Aragorn195 If we are to incorporate some of the more magical aspects of the tale, then Theoden's charge taught them fear, and that most definitely would have the result it did. But yeah, IRL if the Orcs had been more disciplined the Rohirrim would've been murdered. They're not even heavy cavalry

@Aragorn195 3 жыл бұрын

@@princepartee725 Yeah, had the orcs been more disciplined, with a bit longer spears, then the Riders of Rohan (RoR) would've suffered (The Rohirrim are but one group of Rohans force led by Eomer. And you're correct they're not heavy cavalry, they are medium cavalry, armored but still fast. The greatest threat to the RoR would've been the Uruk-hai. Trained and disciplined troops with proper pikes and heavy armor. If Gandalf hadnt planned for the sun to blind them, the Rohirrim would've been devestaded in their counter attack against them. Its almost like the Uruk-hai were trained and designed to take on the RoR hmmmmmm

@pavelturcinovic6491 3 жыл бұрын

True.

@rockmacher 3 жыл бұрын

The little girl at 36:00 really is Sean Astin’s daughter

@thebestofstephx 3 жыл бұрын

I love that!

@craigmccullough7333 3 жыл бұрын

And the child Rosie is carrying is the actress's son.

@defaulthand8488 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh that is so cute

@MichaelAClear 3 жыл бұрын

Frodo went with the elves because he was dying of depression. Part of it was the physical pain he was in from the wound he received from the Nazgul and part because he was suffering from what today we would call PTSD. His three comrades moved on and became family men and leaders of the community but Frodo was stuck in place, basically. The elves left Middle Earth because the destruction of the One Ring took a great deal of their power with it and they took Frodo with them. In the book, 60 years later after Rosie died, Sam sailed to the West himself and he and Frodo were reunited.

@samuelvincent557 3 жыл бұрын

For Frodo, I think a large part of his need to leave was that The Shire, and the Hobbits were one of the last truly good and innocent folk. The never learned war, they only wanted peace, good food and drink, a good pipe, and their friends and family. The thought of getting violent with anyone was almost unthinkable for them. Leaving the Shire was almost as foreign a thought. Frodo came back, with a great deal of darkness in him. What he went through had changed him so deeply that if he stayed, he could pollute the Shire with it. Hence the line, "We did save the Shire, but not for me." At least that is my take.

@WarAgainstCruelty22 2 жыл бұрын

I think frodo may have also been feeling quite burdened by guilt for having given in to the temptation of the ring's power and almost dooming all of his friends.

@depressed_firefly 8 ай бұрын

@samuelvincent557 it may be true for the movie but in the books hobbits knew war too, thanks to Saruman

@Shrilaraune 3 жыл бұрын

SAM BEING A FREAKING REAL ONE AND TELLING NOONE THAT FRODO HAD A LAST MINUTE CHANGE OF HEART

@waynebuckland7879 Жыл бұрын

I don't think that it's possible as there has to be a reason why Frodo is missing a finger.

@Ereldor 3 жыл бұрын

FUN FACT: After Faramir orders his men to the river, the camera shifts to a Ranger handing out spears. The guy playing that Ranger is JRR Tolkien's grandson, Royd Tolkien.

@hafrothunder 3 жыл бұрын

"You bow to no one" Always makes me cry.

@TheOligoclonalBand 3 жыл бұрын

You said to the beacon scene "I can't imagine how this must have looked in theatres" - I was in the cinema the first night the movie was out and it blew the whole audience away. It was a jaw dropping moment.

@Ebhen1 2 жыл бұрын

It sure was! With the music and all it was one hell of a goosebump moment in the whole theater. I remember the feeling today and can sometimes feel it again when I re-watch the trilogy.

@gollumandeowyn 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone else: Watch the Extended Edition for more context. Me: Read the books for more context. Lol

@guyr3618 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously though.

@SuddenReal 3 жыл бұрын

Eh... This is going to be controversial, but in retrospect, the books aren't that great. I mean, go read the part of the Mouth of Sauron again. First his entire backstory is given (which doesn't add to the story but is simply to point out what a bad guy he was before he got that position), and then when he breaks the news of the death of Frodo, unlike in the movies, where the fellowship breaks down and become furious, they laugh at his claims and mock him. I think they even literally kick his ass before sending him back to Sauron.

@johnochiltree1170 3 жыл бұрын

Me: Read the silmarillion for the MOST context!

@jessicarichards7263 3 жыл бұрын

The movies take out a lot of the pacing problems that the books have, but the books are such good bedtime reads. One chapter a night with the wholesome hobbits is really quite nice. Never mind the detail of the world is really fun and the side characters are much more fleshed out.

@cleanserofnoobs4162 3 жыл бұрын

Just like how there isn't some bit of the books in the movies, there's some bits in the movies that aren't in the books.

@Shritistrang 3 жыл бұрын

Lighter fluid, also known as oil. ;) "They're all back together." Except for, well... you know. Boromir. Cause he's dead.

@thebestofstephx 3 жыл бұрын

Ope

@theblackestvoid 3 жыл бұрын

Not in our hearts.

@JoeMama410 3 жыл бұрын

Of course Aragorn and Arwen “just really went for it.” They’ve been waiting almost 70 years. While Arwen gets a lot less focus in the book, you get the full story of their courting in the appendices at the back of Return of the King. (They met when he was 20 and she was 2700+)

@TBoring 3 жыл бұрын

The conversation in Mordor after the Battle at Minas Tirath: “Wait we lost? How?” “Someone summoned a million ghosts to fight us.” “But ghosts are our thing. It’s specifically most of what we do. That’s bullshit!” Credit to Dimension 20: Escape from the Bloodkeep

@Dan-B 3 жыл бұрын

Arwen is Half Elf like her father, and so can choose her Mortality. In ages past Half Elves were given the choice by spirits called the Valar of whether they wanted to be counted among the people of Men (Mortality) or Elves (Immortality) as reward for fighting in the war against Morgoth (A fallen Valar and previous master of Sauron) Elrond chose Elfkind and his brother Elros chose Mankind; who Aragorn is descended from.

@Dan-B 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kingofthehill674 It’s Arwen’s birthright due to her mixed parentage and the choice given by the Valar to be able to choose her mortality, not down to genetics. It’s true that Elves can die of sorrow, but Elves never truly die and return to the Undying Lands to take a new or similar form. Arwen chose a mortal life, and died like a mortal would after Aragorn death.

@evilproducer01 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kingofthehill674 the reason why Elrond is against Arwen marrying Aragorn is because she would truly become mortal when she made that choice, and when she died, her spirit would not return to the Halls of Mandos to be reincarnated, but would rather leave the circles of the world to reside where the spirits of men go. Therefore, Arwen would be parted from Elrond forever. He loved Aragorn as a son, but refused to allow him to marry her unless he reclaimed the kingship of not only Gondor, but Arnor as well. Only then could Elrond foresee something positive coming about by losing his daughter to mortality.

@DannySisto 3 жыл бұрын

Arwen is absolutely immortal until she decides to give up the gift of the Eldar. The name "Halfelven" given to Elrond doesn't represent genetic descent. It's just a descriptor to show his line can choose to be Elven or Men (though Men of Westernesse and not just basic humans).

@K4316 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kingofthehill674 Not sure where you're getting that from. The Silmarillion clearly explains that at the end of the First Age, the Half-Elven were given the choice of choosing which race they wanted their fates tied to. Earendil and his wife Elwing as well as their son Elrong chose the fate of Elves, whereas Elrond's twin brother Elros chose the fate of Men and became the first King of Numenor. That choice extends to Elrond's sons Elladan and Elrohir as well as Arwen who chose to delay their choice till the end of the 3rd Age. Arwen chose the fate of Men to be with Aragorn and her brothers choices are left unclear.

@earendilthemariner5546 3 жыл бұрын

Only Luthien, Elwing, Eärendil, Elrond, Elros, Arwen, Elladan, and Elrohir could choose

@Cerridwen7777 3 жыл бұрын

Eowyn and Faramir are adorbs in the books. Faramir asking Merry for the scoop on Eowyn so he can get to know her.

@Mikcha212 2 жыл бұрын

*Pippin because in the books, Pippin and Merry go to the opposite in the movies for some reason.

@ericstoverink6579 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mikcha212 No, it was Merry. It may have been a while since you've read the books, but their roles are not reversed at all. In the books Merry actually does not go to the battle at the Black Gate because of his wounds from stabbing the Witch-King

@michaelmatejka1068 3 жыл бұрын

When Frodo was asking for the ring back Sam was actually struggling to give it. He wasn’t hesitant for Frodo’s sake. He was being tempted.

@michaelmatejka1068 3 жыл бұрын

@Samuel Astic he resisted the temptation. Exactly

@VergilArcanis 2 жыл бұрын

@Samuel Astic i loved that info on sam because the ring made an attempt and failed because sam called bs. It should also be noted it enhanced his hearing while he was getting to Frodo

@justinm4497 3 жыл бұрын

the Battering Ram, Grond, named after the Hammer of Morgoth, the First and true dark lord (of whom Sauron was a Lieutenant) and made in the shape of a Wolf because Sauron used to take the form of a great wolf.

@dr.demontale3250 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know, but I get the feeling she doesn't appreciate those indepth fun facts haha :D

@justinm4497 3 жыл бұрын

@@dr.demontale3250 probably not.

@mikelarsen5836 3 жыл бұрын

@@justinm4497 They would be list on someone like her anyway 😂

@donq4483 3 жыл бұрын

calling it now before the premiere: she's going to absolutely love Merry, Pippin, and Sam. and she's going to cry at a certain scene involving bowing ;)

@jeffburnham6611 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't see her shed a tear once during this movie, especially the scene where Sam carries Frodo, or the goodbye scene. I did see her make quite a few overly dramatic facial gestures and groans though during certain other scenes lol.

@Mr.Sequiro 3 жыл бұрын

I don't trust anyone that doesn't shed a tear at at least the bowing scene. :P

@dr.demontale3250 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffburnham6611 Quite right, I can safely say, that in my opinion this is not a "good" reaction to LOTR, but I'm a hardcore fan and I'm expecting everyone to be and get emotionally involved. After this popped up in my recommended yesterday I had to click it in order for it to go away :'D

@whade62000 3 жыл бұрын

Legolas: I know, my bowing is awesome.

@bmoak 3 жыл бұрын

To see what happens to Saruman and Wormtongue, and why the palantir is just sitting in the water for Pippin to find, you need the extended edition...

@thebestofstephx 3 жыл бұрын

I went back and watched the extra scene on youtube!

@SImrobert2001 3 жыл бұрын

@@thebestofstephx How was it?

@joelberry3937 3 жыл бұрын

I watched the trilogy in cinemas yesterday and it was the theatrical cuts and holy god, I did not realise how much stuff got cut. Like I know a lot of stuff got left out but damn.

@Steve_Stowers 3 жыл бұрын

...although what happens to Saruman and Wormtongue is significantly different in the books than in the movie (for arguably good reasons).

@SuddenReal 3 жыл бұрын

@@Steve_Stowers I have to say, a lot of things were improved in the movies, like the Mouth of Sauron. In the books it's just a farce, while in the movies it's a huge emotional moment.

@webx135 3 жыл бұрын

"What happened to Eowyn?" "Oh, so Eowyn and Faramir are just a thing now?" And THIS is why you watch the extended editions. You should wait a few months to a year and then rewatch the trilogy extended editions.

@aerynoftalyn1307 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, THIS is why you read the books! But yes the extended editions definitely help.

@mikelarsen5836 3 жыл бұрын

@@aerynoftalyn1307 But unfortunately many movie fans don't have the intelligence to read books!

@lumenx7499 3 жыл бұрын

@Chris Bergsten He revolutionized filming, bringing new techniques and compositions. The film, for its time, uses amazing cgi that holds up even today. The way they directed the battle of helms deep is awe inspiring in how convoluted and beautiful the process is. The movie is so gorgeous it’s breathtaking. He may make mistakes but he’s a legendary director, this shown by him directing one of most loved trilogies of all time. You book fans really need to cool it with the arrogance and disrespect of anything you deem of less value than another. Some people don’t have time to read the books, and some people don’t want to read the books- it doesn’t mean they’re any less intelligent than you.

@Cameron5043 3 жыл бұрын

The main problem with the scene cuts and edits in the Return of the King is that by that time, Jackson was utterly blind exhausted from wrapping up filming the three movies plus call backs, simultaneously, and he made some bad decisions on the editing process. Every time I watch the editing process in the extras to the return of the king, I just want to say, dear God, lock the man in a dark room for about a month with a soft mattress and let him get some SLEEP, and THEN let him do the editing, omg. He's so blind exhausted!

@MARYWTHER 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's why I don't like people arguing that "the theatrical versions are how it's meant to be consumed" no it's not. Originally, Peter Jackson wanted 3 movies per book, they had 24 rush hours for the first movie. *The studio* forced him to make tons of cuts and that's how we ended up with theatrical versions and the studios went bonkers about these movies being, still, "too long". That's just when they realized fans were hardcore and couldn't care less about spending 9 hours watching the same movie that they decided to cash in on it even more. Had PJ had his way, "as it's meant to be consumed" as he wanted to make it, there would be MUCH more content, even more than in the extended versions.

@Alice_Tiburcio 3 жыл бұрын

A few years ago New Zealand launched a "Get NZ on the map" campaign (Peter Jackson even appeared on one of the videos) because they are often left out of maps for some reason.

@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's actually pretty horrible. Did not know.

@cirrusB612 2 жыл бұрын

9:03 So elves are really intriguing creatures. Their emotions are felt so strongly that it affects their livelihood. Not only can they die of a broken heart, but in giving Aragorn that necklace in the first film, she basically bound herself to him, promising to give her life to him--literally. When he passes, she will soon follow. She chose a mortal life with Aragorn instead of immortal life. And it gets sadder--in Tolkien's world, elves and humans have different afterlives. So by choosing to live a mortal life with Aragorn, she will go to the afterlife of men when she dies. Elrond, her dad, won't even see her in the afterlife if he is to "die" as well. It's complicated, but basically, now Arwen is completely out of Elrond's reach and it's heartbreaking for him. Also, in short, they're not going to the afterlife in the end. They're going to the elves' original home, a place rich with magic, where Frodo will be able to fully heal and die happy.

@RyanCunningham 3 жыл бұрын

It's kind of hard for Elrond, his brother chose a mortal life and now his daughter

@ardaturhaner9307 3 жыл бұрын

A sad fact : Gandalf brought 3 eagles to save Frodo Sam & "Smeagol". Cuz he thought Smeagol still can be saved from his 2nd identity Gollum.

@James_Loveless 3 жыл бұрын

WRONG Read the Books

@htsbrickreviews 3 жыл бұрын

@@James_Loveless do you think that they would want to read 1137 pages worth of LOTR just to get to around that point?

@obenohnebohne 3 жыл бұрын

"I can’t carry it for you, but I can cary you." It. Gets. Me. Every. Time.

@Noahsampeer 3 жыл бұрын

As an aside, Sam and Rosie had a total of 13 kids. Elanor the Fair, Frodo, Rose, Merry, Pippin, Goldilocks, Hamfast, Daisy, Primrose, Bilbo, Ruby, Robin, and Tolman.

@dlweiss 3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree that it was an odd choice for Andy Serkis to already have the "Gollum" voice in the opening flashback; felt out of place considering he was just supposed to be a "normal" Hobbit at that point. Brilliant performances regardless, of course. Thanks for these reactions! :)

@JayMallow 3 жыл бұрын

"What has Orlando Bloom been doing lately?" Um... Katy Perry?

@Le0r0x 3 жыл бұрын

Troy, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry... HAAHHA

@PhilBagels 3 жыл бұрын

What else does Orlando Bloom need to do? Having been prominent in two very successful film franchises, he could probably retire and be set for life.

@bluebird3281 3 жыл бұрын

@@Le0r0x who is this guy Troy ? /s

@Le0r0x 3 жыл бұрын

@@bluebird3281 Páris prince of Troy, Hector's brother.

@bluebird3281 3 жыл бұрын

@@Le0r0x Son of Priam and Hecuba, I put the /s at the end to signal sarcasm. I was joking as if there was a guy named Troy in Mr. Blooms past

@jimpemberton 3 жыл бұрын

Aragorn grants Faramir and Eowin to rule Ithilien. That's the area of Gondor between the river and Mordor where Faramir met Sam and Frodo and took them to his hideout behind the waterfall. Eowin's brother Eomer ended up ruling Rohan. All of Gondor, Rohan, and the land between the Misty Mountains where Moria is all the way to the sea, including the Shire, were part of Aragorn's kingdom. However, he granted the Hobbits the right to rule themselves. He came to visit, but would only come to the border and wouldn't enter signifying their rule. Sam became the mayor, Merry became the Master of Buckland and was called "Meriadoc the Magnificent", and Pippin became Thain of the Shire, kind of the leader of the Hobbit military. He was also still a Knight of Gondor and served as special counsel to King Elessar (Aragorn). So Pippin grew up.

@BilboTav 3 жыл бұрын

35:34 - It is not that he will turn into Gollum, that danger already passed when Ring was destroyed. But Frodo was really affected by the mission much more than other hobbits. He carried the Ring the whole time (except tiny bit when he was captured and Sam took it for him) which took huge tool on him physically and mentally. Plus the stab injures from Witch King, cave troll in Moria and poison of Shelob... so when he returned home, it was not the same as before, because the journey changed him. Tolkien based this a lot from his own experience of PTSD, when he returned back from World War 1, seeing and expericening horrors and lost many friends there.

@kccgurl 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, and apparently they filmed Eowyn and Faramir's wedding but never included it even in the extended edition. I feel so cheated!

@Olochgu 3 жыл бұрын

"I can't carry it for you. But I can carry you!" tears! allways tears!

@Starsaber222 3 жыл бұрын

No one could willingly destroy the Ring in the heart of Sauron's power. If Bilbo or Frodo had killed him earlier on, the Ring wouldn't have been destroyed and Sauron would have won. Frodo was injured a lot in the trilogy. Stabbed by a Wraith and almost turned into a Wraith himself at Weathertop, then stabbed by Shelob the spider (daughter of the primordial darkness in Middle Earth mythology), then had his finger bitten off by Gollum after being corrupted by the ring. The book goes more into depth on it, but being allowed to sail into the West was a mercy for him. And remember, Gandalf died and was "sent back until his task was done".

@jeffburnham6611 3 жыл бұрын

@Starsaber never does explain how Shelob managed to stick him with her stinger either. Frodo was still wearing the mithril, and it covered all the way to the neck. You notice on Frodo where the stinger pierced him, in a place that was protected and should not have been punctured.

@maelstrom8088 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffburnham6611 Chain mail is not the best for stopping piercing weapons. It probably stopped the injury itself from being fatal, but enough of the stinger obviously penetrated to deliver the venom.

@And-ur6ol 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffburnham6611 i may misremember, but didn''t shelob sting frodo in his shoulder, an area where stinger could more easily pass by the edge of the shirt and sting him? I tend to chock up things like Shelod stinging him in the stomach to "movie drama", and just ignorer it. I am sure Tolkien had an easy fix for this whole thing.

@Louis-mr5ml 3 жыл бұрын

In the book as Sam is sneaking around Mordor after the spider incident, he had to put on the ring to evade the orcs. Sauron tried to tempt Sam by showing him a world in which he is a mighty ruler and that the whole world is going to be his garden. Then Sam took off the ring and said "No, I'm pretty happy with my kitchen garden." That is to show how much of a badass and a humble person he is with a good soul.

@kumakuroi5502 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen this movie like a hundred times and I'm still crying with the final scene

@justinm4497 3 жыл бұрын

also, the Ring gets Heavier the closer you get to Mordor, so he can't go faster. and the reason why he is running later, is because the ring itself is giving him strength, he's starting to give into it.

@boki1693 3 жыл бұрын

Harry Potter took inspiration from the BOOKS not the movies. The two series of movies actually came out at the same time. The same month in the case of the first two movies. Orlando Bloom dosn't do much now. He was in some sort of fantasy series (Carnival Row) last year on I want to say netflix that wasn't bad. But it wasn't renewed or was delayed for the virus for season two. just googled it. Season two later this year. He did a lot of stuff around the time period of these movies though. He was in a movie called "kingdom of heaven" that was pretty good around this time. That was about one of the first Crusades and the Knights Templar. The Hobbits were basically "chillin" in the Shire. They changed it for the movies but Saruman was not killed where he was killed in the extended version. They actually let him and worm tongue go and they went to the Shire were Saruman had a secret mob like organization. Thats how he was getting the Pipe Weed Merry and Pippin were smoking. When they got there the two of them and their gangsters corrupted the Shire and took control of it and imprisoned or killed many Hobbits. In the books, the four Hobbits go back to the Shire and "cleanse it." They head an uprising and at the end of the uprising worm tongue kills Saruman and a hobbit shoots worm tongue with an arrow. By the way, two important scenes you want see in this version. One, is the Witch King kicking Gandalf's butt. Two Eowyn and Faramir become a couple. Faramir from the books is actually one of my favorite characters and they expand even more on their romance in the books.

@jmhaces 3 жыл бұрын

Some people think Elrond is a bit hard on Aragorn, but the dude literally raised him and cares for him like a son. It's not that he doesn't believe in him or that he doesn't want his daughter to be with him, it's that he saw his ancestor Isildur fail to destroy the ring and feared Aragorn himself would not be strong enough when the time came. Plus, you know, Aragorn's line is directly descended from Elrond's brother Elros who chose to be mortal, so it must kind of suck for him to see his brother's progeny fuck up. Eowyn was made ruler in Theoden's stead while they were away at war, so she was supposed to go back home and rule until he came back. Since she went with the army she never ruled Rohan, and when Theoden died, since his son was also dead, the heir to Rohan's throne is automatically her brother Eomer. But don't worry, while recuperating from her injuries she meets Faramir who's also there healing form his own wounds and they fall in love and end up getting married, Faramir becomes Seneschal for Aragorn and they remain close and on good terms with both the King of Gondor and her brother the King of Rohan. The book explains it, and the extended version has a scene of Aragorn healing her at the hospital after the battle and then of her and Faramir meeting there while they're getting better, basically, and getting together.

@davidjones272 3 жыл бұрын

The reason elrond is hard on aragorn is because he is literally the reason why his daughter will die. This is a massive deal for an elf, elrond would have anticipated that arwen would have lived until the end of days, instead his time with her was limited.

@kolapon6832 3 жыл бұрын

There is actually a scene of Faramir and Eowyn bonding in the extended edition. It is a bit short and it happens cause both of them were injured and couldn't participate in the last battle in front of the gates of Mordor. Also some fun epilogue facts (spoilers obvi): Sam lives his life in the Shire until his wife dies and his kids grow up. Once that happens he passes the book to his daughter and sails to the Undying Lands where Frodo and the elves went. Sam was technically a ring bearer so it stands to reason for him to join them. Gimli and Legolas travel together for a time, visiting different places in Middle Earth and later Gimli establishes a dwarven realm in a place called the Glittering Caves. Once that is done and once Arwen and Aragorn pass away, Legolas and Gimli sail for the Undying Lands. Since only elves and ring bearers are allowed there, Legolas sort of smuggles him in 😂. Their friendship is truly something else. As for Merry and Pippin, both of them become important leaders. The former becomes master of Buckland and the latter becomes the Thain of the Shire. Once they become old, they travel together once again and finally live out the rest of their lives in Gondor with Aragorn. They are even entombed alongside him and Arwen.

@Iceman-135 3 жыл бұрын

Eowyn finds love, in an extra scene in the extended edition :)

@thebestofstephx 3 жыл бұрын

I know! I saw the extra scene aftewards! Still wish it had been longer.

@Iceman-135 3 жыл бұрын

@@thebestofstephx this is mainly why the EE's are better than what came out in the theatre. They add a lot more on the story and make it make more sense. But you can always rewatch given you have time.

@folcotook3049 3 жыл бұрын

And there is even more about Eowyn and Faramir in the book. Suffice it to say they are a well-matched couple and each found the love they were missing.

@Lyrazel 3 жыл бұрын

The fundementals for the viewer on the Aragorn and Arwen love story is almost entirely cut out of the theatrical versions. To understand them on a deeper more emotional level you need the scenes from the extended movies. Otherwise you're right, Aragorn and Eowyn have more screen time and are built up better in the theatricals. Something that unfortunately isn't clearly communicated in either versions though is that Eowyn isn't Really in love with him, it's like he says she loves "but a shadow of a thought". He's this super badass, noble and respected warrior that waltzes in and does all sorts of heoric shit And he totally respects here as a person and as a warrior from the start. What she is in love with isn't actually Aragorn, it's the way he treats her and sees her for who she really is which isn't something the men in her life up to that point do. He treats her like an equal and she loves him for it but it's more adoration mixed with a crush because.... lets face it, he's hot. Her relationship with Faramir is woefully underdeveloped in the movies and much better constructed in the books. In the movies Faramir feels like a consolation prize because Aragorn was taken but really it's a relationship that grows over a lot of time being spent alone together in the infirmary in Gondor.

@christophewhit 3 жыл бұрын

Three facts for you, two of them might make you think different of two caracters : First yes, Eowyn and Faramir get together, and it's in the extended version. Second fact, in the extended version of the second movie you see how Boromir is actually genuiely a nice guy and a hero, and he love his little brother and defend him against his father, it's the ring that make him go nuts against Frodo, which he deeply regret. And third fact, actually Denethor (Boromir and Faramir father) had also a Palantír (the black globe that Saruman has) and was being kind of manipulated by Sauron trought it the same way Theoden was by Saruman, just instead it make him super paranoie and crazy. He wasn't an actual crazy as******, but that's just in the book.

@christophewhit 3 жыл бұрын

Sauron is depicted as a powerful being, but in the story of middle earth, Sauron main strenght is actually manipulation and deception. While he is very powerful, power was more his master attribute. So in the movie you don't realize how actually Sauron is the one pulling the strings.

@ruzapaluza 3 жыл бұрын

there's a really lovely scene in the extended edition of Eowyn and Faramir recovering from their wounds together - which makes it more implied that they get together (which they do in the book and it's adorable

@stt5v2002 3 жыл бұрын

A bit of book lore. Denethor also has a palantir, one of the crystal balls that allows communication over long distances. Sauron has one too. Denethor was using it to try to mentally assail Sauron and see his intentions. Saruman was doing the same. Both has good intentions but underestimated the power of Sauron, who was able to corrupt their minds via the connection and bend them to his will. I point this out because it allows them to be seen in a somewhat more sympathetic light.

@Dameduse823 3 жыл бұрын

I mean Orlando Bloom has been in a lot of tv and movies through the years but if your legacy comes down to Lord of the rings and Pirates of the caribbean I'd call that a good career

@SelvesteSand 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of actors from The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc. were already well-known actors before and basically just known for that one thing now. I wonder if someday Orlando Bloom or one of the others, maybe in 50 years, will star in something that'll be a huge success and young people will know him just for that.

@etepeteseat7424 3 жыл бұрын

Arwen, in choosing the fate of humans, still has the extended life of elves relative to humans, but instead of living forever, she's going to kind of just wither and die of sorrow eventually, rather than go to the continent to the west of Middle-Earth where the gods/angels of the One God keep the elven "heaven", where the rest of the elves are going. The two groups basically have two separate kinds of afterlife; even dead elves don't die the same as humans, in the books, unless they choose a mortal fate, and even then, only "half-elves", or elves that are part human like Elrond and Arwen-or Elrond's "human" brother, and Aragorn's bajillionith great-grandfather, Elros-get the option, iirc. It's complicated, but it's dealt with in the Silmarillion, which is kind of like the Elven Iliad about the *really* great heroes that fought the *real fight* against Sauron's old boss millennia earlier, as well as being Tolkien's "Big Worldbuilding Book". It's a good book, but it's less a novel and more a prose epic, which tends to throw people off at first.

@christopherbacon1077 3 жыл бұрын

I like to refer to it as "the Bible according to Tolkien"

@etepeteseat7424 3 жыл бұрын

Ha, yeah. More than a bit. There's plenty of pagan myth, epic poetry, language nerdery, and a touch of British chauvinism in there, too, just to keep things interesting.

@jucr9925 3 жыл бұрын

In the Book the Shire actually got invadet and when Frodo,Sam ,Merry and Pippin came Back they Had to recapture it.

@pillmuncher67 3 жыл бұрын

Sam's the hero of this story. Tolkien admitted as much.

@zrifepsych 3 жыл бұрын

No, people need to stop spreading that misconception. Tolkien was talking about Aragon being the chief hero.

@pillmuncher67 3 жыл бұрын

@@zrifepsych Tolkien wrote in a letter to Milton Waldman: "I think the simple 'rustic' love of Sam and his Rosie (nowhere elaborated) is absolutely essential to the study of his (the chief hero's) character, and to the theme of the relation of ordinary life (breathing, eating, working, begetting) and quests, sacrifice, causes, and the 'longing for Elves', and sheer beauty."

@CulturedDegenerate 3 жыл бұрын

That anti-copyright singing killed me XD

@drtruth8 3 жыл бұрын

I was talking to someone about LOTR and it took a minute for me to realize they thought the fade after the volcano stuff was the end of the film. They turned off the tv at that point.

@jeweetzelf734 3 жыл бұрын

Worst thing about the theatricle version is they don't show what happens to Saruman

@tovick1643 2 жыл бұрын

Doesnt treebeard adress this, and gandalf says he should stay there under treebeards watchfull eye? But it is true though... Never seen again..

@Mira-mb6lt 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, experiencing beacons lighting scene in theaters was magnificent!

@Mira-mb6lt 3 жыл бұрын

p.s. highly recommend “In Deep Geek” yt channel! He has lots of great videos on LOTR!

@cogidubnus1953 3 жыл бұрын

And by extension, I found the musical accompaniment enormously uplifting at times of pain and depression...

@S16E1 3 жыл бұрын

"My friends, you bow to no one..."

@Unbrokenangel23 3 жыл бұрын

Return of the king ever since I first watched it has been my favorite because the trilogy came full circle and it has some of the best scenes whether extended or theatrical. I have so many fave scenes so I'll list my top 3 from the theatrical cause I don't want to spoil any of the Extended scenes for you, 1. the 'I am no man' scene. 2. Aragorn getting the Anduil sword from Elrond. 3. You bow to no one scene. BTW Smeagal eating the fish at the beginning was always disgusting to me as a kid and thank you for sharing your reaction to these movies with us. - From a huge LOTR fan

@colinhamilton3033 3 жыл бұрын

When Gandalf leads the eagles to save Frodo and Sam, you can see he brought three eagles. I like to think he was holding out hope that Smeagol had survived. In case it wasn't clear, the ring gets more powerful the closer it is to Mt Doom. Of course you wanted them to move faster toward the end, but the ring just got harder and harder to carry. I'm pretty sure Tolkien said at some point that when you're actually in Mt Doom, the ring is so powerful that it would be impossible for literally anyone to willingly destroy it. That's why it turned out to be a good thing that Gollum wasn't killed earlier; he creates a condition where it can fall in basically by accident. As for why Frodo has to sail away at the end, while the Weathertop wound is part of it, I think you were actually onto something with your original comments about the ring still having a hold on him. I don't think he was going to turn into Gollum, since the ring had been destroyed, but I generally think of it like there was a part of him that got destroyed along with the ring. You can see the same sort of thing happened with Bilbo -- at the end he's still asking if he could see the ring one last time, which indicates that longing is never going to go away. So Frodo sailing off is the only way he'll ever be able to be at peace. "What are all the other hobbits up to back in the Shire?" -- I'm pretty sure most in the Shire weren't even aware anything important was going on. Most hobbits keep to their own business, and I think they just don't worry about foreign affairs. Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin are really exceptional in that regard. In the book, though, there's an extra arc that drags out the epilogue even farther: Saruman, after Sauron was destroyed, went back to the Shire to try to take over, so the hobbits had to defeat him again.

@joenight9693 2 жыл бұрын

You're right about the ringbearers and the elves leaving middle earth. It is hinted at in the Return of the King and cleared up later in the Silmarillion. Each ring of power corrupts it's bearer over time. This is, why leaving Samwise behind is cosidered to be such a big gamble, because he might have carried the ring only for a few hours, but he still legitimately possessed it and nobody can be a hunred percent certain, that this hasn't tainted him. As for Gandalf, he was the "Wielder of the Flame of Anor" in short a ringbearer. As the Flame of Anor is an Alias vor Narya the Ring of Fire. Meanwhile Galadriel was bearing Nenya and Elrond was responsible for Vilya. At least Nenya can bee seen on Galadriels hand in the Films, if only for a brief moment though. And you can catch a glimpse of Narya at the end of the third movie in the grey havens scene. That's the three rings of the elves taken out of the picture. The nine of the Nazgul got destroyed with their master when Barad-Dur got destroyed. And the seven rings of the dwarves... well, let's say they "misplaced" them somehow and only three survived into the age of the ringwar. Sauron offered them to Dáin if the Dwarves would help him find the one ring. But for some reason good ol' Dáin was having none of it. So the remaining three dwarven rings also shared the fate of the nine and Barad-Dur. ;-)

@ariochiv 3 жыл бұрын

They pumped up the screentime of almost all of the minor characters from the books (Arwen, Galadriel), but strangely, they reduced the importance of the one female character in the books that actually had a strong part; namely, Eowyn. Even the extended version doesn't have much more Eowyn in it. Eowyn and Faramir met while they were both recovering in Minas Tirith's houses of the healing, and yes, they are a thing.

@drtruth8 3 жыл бұрын

Someone confirmed that Eowyn and Faramir's wedding was filmed, but never included in the film or deleted scenes. I keep hoping some footage is out there and will someday make its way to me

@timgreenwald1043 3 жыл бұрын

Kind of wish she had seen the scene in the second film that showed Boromir and Faramir. But the theatrical-cut nerds won out.

@kellymarie7272 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite scenes!

@shakir2893 3 жыл бұрын

You were wondering about Gandalf final destination, well he is just returning to it. Gandalf is, in Tolkien's mythology a maiar, a spirit being, as old as the world, his name is Olorin, he only came to middle earth in year 1000 of the 3rd age, taking the form of an old man, he is no man, but is male, as there are female maiar too.

@taddy_mason4197 3 жыл бұрын

I don't understand how people see any sexual tension between Aragorn and Eowyn. Obviously Eowyn feels an attraction to Aragorn, but he doesn't really do anything to reciprocate those emotions. His focus is completely on fulfilling his duty, and restoring honor to his forefathers. Romance is an after thought for him.

@thomasfort1013 3 жыл бұрын

In the book Merry, Eyowen, and Farimir were in the houses of healing. Farimir went up to Merry and asked him for information about Eyowen so he could court her. The book goes deeper in Farimir's and Eyowen's relationship. They end marrying each other and their son becomes the next Steward of Gondor serving Aragorn and helps restore peace and recapture lands that was taken from Gondor and Arnor. Then his son(Farimir's grandson) wrote the tale of Aragorn and Awren and how they first met.

@Ayshir 3 жыл бұрын

"What has Orlando Bloom been doing lately?" This means you've missed Carnival Row. Fortunately, at the moment we have only season one.

@TheTerranscout 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for being one of the few reactors that brought up that merry isn't a man either, and was therefore able to hurt the witch king. The books go even deeper. Merry had a special dagger that had a spell or enchantment on it that helped break the power of the witch king, and that's what he stabbed him with.

@chriscross2473 3 жыл бұрын

I loved that. You should watch the extended version, tough. Would answer most of your questions. Even better: Read the books. I would give you my copy but I am not sure if that would help as it is in german. ;)

@HawkKing2000 3 жыл бұрын

True. The theatrical version doesn't even show the final confrontation between Gandalf and Sauroman...

@mikelarsen5836 3 жыл бұрын

Even if it were in English she would never get through it.

@Cameron5043 3 жыл бұрын

Yep...scenes with Aragorn and Arwen in the establish their relationship further are in The Two Towers. Scenes with Eowyn and Faramir, same in Return of the King. And what happened to Saruman. And more about Faramir and Boromir and the relationship with their father... And...and... Basically this is why, most of us usually are screaming for the love of all, watch the extended editions! I hope you do go back and watch them. Soon. Thank you for sharing this journey with us! I'm so glad you loved them!

@christopherbacon1077 3 жыл бұрын

At this point most of the hobbits in the Shire weren't even aware that the War of the Ring was going on.

@susanmaggiora4800 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, they have no idea. It’s an apt description of Tolkien’s England during WWI. The soldiers came home & most of the families had absolutely no idea what they’d actually been through. Only those who were there & went through it could truly understand.

@LakayFTW 3 жыл бұрын

Bookwise thats not true. Saruman takes the war to the shire. Peter Jackson hints on that in a scene from the first movie where frodo sees the shire in flames and his friends being held slaves in the mirror of galadriel

@mrfantastic407 3 жыл бұрын

So there's only two ways elves can die, according to Tolkien: either being killed in battle, or dying of grief. Arwen's separation from Aragorn is causing her to die of grief, which is why Elrond finally sees reason and realizes his daughter's only hope is for Aragorn to defeat Sauron.

@simoncooper6752 3 жыл бұрын

Le Mont-Saint-Michel in France is a Church, not a castle. That said, that's what Minas Tirith reminded me of first time I saw Return of the King.

@patrickvanduyse6471 3 жыл бұрын

Since there are multiple (partial) explanations of the Palantir, let me expound. The Palantir were stones made by the Elves as a means of seeing the past, present, and future. Seven were given to the men of Numenor who went to Middle Earth (Aragorn's ancestors). Of the seven, four were held by Gondor, the other three by it's northern brother Kingdom (Arnor). After Sauron's first defeat, Gondor kept each of its stones in one of four fortresses, to be used in the defense of that part on the land: - Osgiliath (Capital of Gondor, later abandoned. These are the ruins Faramir tried to defend in the last two movies. The Palantir held here was lost.) - Minas Ithil (Meant to keep an eye on Mordor, it was captured by the Nazgul and renamed Minas Morgul. The Palantir held here was taken by Sauron.) - Orthanc (Later named Isenguard, it became Saruman's home after Gondor abandoned it. Saruman communicated with Sauron using the Palantir held here.) - Minas Tirith (Capital of Gondor during the movies. Denethor couldn't resist peering into its Palantir, but he did not have the mental will to control it, and so instead he only saw what Sauron wanted him to see. By the Return of the King, he had abandoned all hope.)

@tasia2174 3 жыл бұрын

Orlando Bloom was recently in an Amazon show called Carnival Row. It's a fantasy show, and is really good, IMO. There's only one season at the moment, but there are plans for a second.

@joeymorrissey5916 3 жыл бұрын

Your cover of the beacons being lit is probably the best thing I've seen in a while

@LOTRFAN33 3 жыл бұрын

They are not sailing off to the afterlife. Valinor is a place where the Valar (greater spirits) and Mair (minor spirits) reside with elves that never left Valinor. Only Elves could go there now and the Wizards (Maiar) out if which only Gandalf was left in MiddleEarth. Bilbo and Frodo were given permission to go to due to them being ringbearers and as a means to heal. It is true that Valinor also serves as a sort of heaven for the Elves, more specifically the halls of Mandos, but that is not where they are going. Eventually even Frodo and Bilbo will die there and go to wherever their kind go.

@bmoak 3 жыл бұрын

Eowyn met Faramir ant they had scened together in the extended edition.

@nemesis4852 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, in The Fellowship of the Ring, (The Book) the weapons that Merry and Pippin receive, are when they are in the Barrow-downs which is not included in LOTR's movies. In the books, it is in the chapter regarding Tom Bombadill. Specifically, these weapons are from the North Kingdom of Arnor, (where the Dunedin remain) and these weapons have been specifically enchanted by elven spells ensuring the destruction of the witch-king of Agmar. When Merry uses this weapon and stabs the Witch-King, it opens him to the blow from Eowyn which destroys him.

@briansgamesandanime 2 жыл бұрын

What some people don't get is that Frodo didn't actually save Middle Earth. He put the ring on his finger and wanted to keep it for himself at Mount Doom. If Golem hadn't attacked him and bit it off, Frodo would have become just like Golem and Middle Earth would have been destroyed. So technically Golem saved Middle Earth even though it was unintentional.

@117dragonking 3 жыл бұрын

I was really looking forward to seeing your reaction to "but it is not this day". That part always gives me chills and when I re-watched all 6 middle-earth movies this past year, that speech was the one part I can't stop quoting.

@jaytucker7873 3 жыл бұрын

The film's did Denethor & Faramir dirty, Denethor really is a noble and good man but we see him at his weakest moment when he gives into deapair. It's like if you knew nothing about Borimir except the scene where he tries to tale the ring... Faramir's chatacter is condensed for the sake of the movie and comes off as abused child, but in the books has a lot more backbone.

@michaelmcintyre3871 3 жыл бұрын

They do a much better job of setting up the family dynamic in the extended version. And while I first disliked it, when I heard the explanation for why he didn't immediately help Frodo in the films, I agreed it was a better choice. And was really disappointed not even the extended version showed that Denethor had a palantir and that's why he went crazy/paranoid. Would have taken only several extra seconds to put that in.

@ragnhildwrightousland8884 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t like Faramirs choice in the movie at first (still not a big fan of bringing the ring to Osgiliath), but think it gives more strength to Aragorns choice of closing Frodo’s hand and saying no to the ring.

@lazyshoggy 3 жыл бұрын

Denethor is indeed a better man in the books, but still has strong flaws. He is shown as proud, suspicious about others' power (especially Gandalf and Aragorn), and even if he doesn't openly say so he clearly makes Faramir understand that he would have prefered see him die instead of Boromir ...

@oswinoswald42069 3 жыл бұрын

Denethor is a Noble😂😂😂😂😂

@russg9845 3 жыл бұрын

the end of this movie gets me every single time

@ignaciogarcia2517 3 жыл бұрын

The hobbits don't know anything going on outside the shire

@MedusaLegend 2 жыл бұрын

11:52, it was absolutely epic in theaters. I am so glad I managed to bring all of my cousins to this after the Christmas party back in 2003.

@shakir2893 3 жыл бұрын

LOTR and the Hobbit make up about 1% of the history of the world that JRR Tolkien created. The new Amazon series will be set in the second age, 3441 years, very eventful. Yet, I still find the years of the trees, and the first age even more fascinating. All part of the "silmarillion"

@liamlove8830 2 жыл бұрын

Long after the events of LOTR, after Sams wife had passed and his children were grown, a ship came for Sam and took him to the Undying Lands because he had been a ringbearer albeit for a short time. He then reunited with Frodo(who had healed from his wounds and the corruption of the ring) in the Undying Lands.

@jonathonfrazier6622 3 жыл бұрын

To answer your question the hobbits in the shire had no clue any of this was happening. By this point though, Saruman has seized the Shire and created a totalitarian state out of it. Oh and hes running this operation while living in Frodos house.

@ladychrya9379 3 жыл бұрын

Stephanie turns into Gandalf when Pippin is on screen 😂

@VergilArcanis 2 жыл бұрын

Theoden's first and last conversation in the movies with his unfettered mind both started with "I know your Face, Eowyn."

@kanyekubrick5391 3 жыл бұрын

11:28 let me point out that the Byzantines (Romans of Greece, Egypt and Middle East ) did this in real life. Soundtrack of Stephanie singing included

@ericg7183 3 жыл бұрын

It was also done by the Brits during WW2. And many times in the past.

@youn333s 3 жыл бұрын

So, Aragorns father was killed by orchs when he was 2 years old. After that his mother took him to Elrond in rivendell and he was basically raised there. During his youth, Arwen lived with her grandmother (her mothers mother is Galadriel, Cate Blanchetts character). Arwen and Aragorn first met when he was 20 years old and she had just returned back home and they basically fell in love with eachother from the get go. Bear in mind that Aragorn is 87 in the lord of the rings. Aragorn was a Dunedain, a race of men that had a life span three times longer than normal men.

@rask004 3 жыл бұрын

Just to note, when Frodo, Bilbo, et al go to the undying lands, it's not the land of the dead, it's literally the land of the Gods where they will be immortal (in Unfinished Tales I think it is called Aman). I called the undying lands the Land of the Gods in a previous video, because it is where the Gods of middle earth reside.

@generaldreagonlps6889 3 жыл бұрын

I did see a video explaining that while Frodo is the protagonist, it is Sam who is the hero and goes on the hero's journey. And I don't think Gandalf minded that he had to carry the entire conflict. It was literally his job. But he wasn't supposed to carry it this hard because he originally had the help of four others. Although Gandalf did get a power boost after he died, possibly because the others were useless.

@prettynightshade 2 жыл бұрын

There is a scene in the extended cut where Eowyn and Faramir meet each other in the halls of healing and have a very metaphorical and kind of deep conversation (which is why the scene was cut I think) about how Eowyn found fighting and war to be very different than her expectations where she decides to spend the rest of her life peacefully (basically "I've done plenty, I can rest now"). Also the appendices of the novels have more about Aragorn/Arwen and their backstory. Basically Aragorn is the descendant of Elrond's twin Elros who chose to become mortal the same way Arwen did (by like 20 generations or something) so his people have much longer lives than a normal human. Despite looking about 30-ish he's 87 when the LoTR takes place. He was raised by Elrond after the death of his father when he was about 3 and met Arwen when he was about 20 (she'd been in Lothlorien with her grandmother till then) basically falling in love at first sight. Eventually Elrond found out they were in love and told Aragorn that the only way he'd ever allow him to marry his daughter was if he became king. The reason Elrond's line can become mortal is because he's descended from an elf who fell in love with a human on his father's side and an elf/maia (which is basically an angel and is what gandalf is) who fell in love with a human on his mother's so all of his family are called "Paradhel" meaning half-elven. They have the unique gift that they can forsake their immortality and choose the "gift of men" which is to be mortal and reincarnate instead of live forever. Most of this comes from the silmarilion so it doesn't actually matter all that much for the sake of the LoTR but I still find all the lore fascinating. Sorry for the tangent.

@KamikazeWeed 3 жыл бұрын

Tolkien based LOTR somewhat on his experience in the first world war, thats why Frodo leaving in the end is important, showing the fact that not all scars fully heal, as in post trauma for soldiers in war etc.