@Freedom Call Well you got top keep in mind, that The Hobbit was more of a Childrens book than the Lord of the Rings was, which was more aimed towards a more mature audience. That is the reason the Hobbit is more on the lighthearted side of things.
@@absolutezero6423 Well what do you expect from Benedict Cumberbatch xD he is a damn great actor both for live action characters and as voice actor... I highly reccomend to watch the making off/behikd the scenes on him as smaug that is around on youtibe i think
The nazgul didn’t ride dragons. The things they rode were called “fellbeasts”. Dragons were large, and intelligent. Nearly impossible to kill. And there were very few of them throughout the history of middle earth.
Most dragons stayed in the far north, it is worth noting that Smaug was the last dragon seen/ mentioned in middle earth to our knowledge. The main dragons were Glaurung (father of all dragons), Scathia, Ancalagon the black, the fire drake of Gondalin, and Smaug. Those were really the only dragons that I can think of that really played a huge role in the history of middle earth. There could be more however that I don’t know of or can’t think of.
Chandler Petty There were many dragons in the first age. We know only 2 names from this time (Glaurung and Ancalagon) but it is said that they were dozens in the battle of Gondolin and even more during the war of wrath. Morgoth sent all his forces and the dragons were able to repel the Valar for a time so it is assumed that they were really numerous and a power largely superior of Smaug
I like that a lot and it's right the hobbit was published like a decade earlier than the LoTR which was one book originally, but too large to be published in one so it was split and for good reason, there is a tone shift between the stories... the LotR dealt with the end of magic and possibly the end of the Middle Earth it was supposed to be spectacular and depressing at the same time, and the Hobbit a little more of a fun story for relief and fun fact, this trilogy took a lot of additional information from the fellowship of the ring and Tolkien's letters and journals
Who was Silmmarillion written for then? Adults, to turn into grey-haired old men after reading? 😂 Kidding though, i had no troubles with reading that piece of art. Actually, even now, it's so silly that i can't remember the names of my lectors in university in proper time, but instead always able to recall that Finwe - the great king of Noldor - had 3 sons: Feanor, Fingolfin and Finarfin, and those last two had kids Fingon and Finrod Felagund...
@@zenithquasar9623 So dark and "child friendly" cant be in the same movie? Disney would like to have a word with you on that one. And with the exception of a few things, everything in these movies are canon.
yeah he basically saved Gwaihir. and the reason why they dont just fly them to the end is for two reasons, they arent uber, and they dont get involved with Midearth's affairs, however they will help save Gandalf when he needs help.
@@reedhoward27 that sounds right... though one thing about the eagles i know for sure is that they never land, they are always flying by the grace of the Valar of the sky or sth, i have to read Sons of Hurin and Silmarillion :))))
Fun fact: The tomb you see Gimli running towards when they enter Moria in Fellowship of the Ring is actually Balin's Tomb. And the Dwarf who wrote those famous words "they are coming" in the book which Gandalf reads before the Goblins attack is very likely the dwarf Ori. Actually sad fact....
@@ikoandreas5085 "Although he was of royal blood, the colony was too small for a kingdom-thus Balin could only call himself "Lord of Moria"." Copied from lotr fandom. Balin was never king. He only managed to reconquer some halls.
Andreas Noraberg you complained about spoilers but you literally just wrote who was gonna die no one could have made that connection if you hadn’t pointed it out 🤦♂️
Here's to your question about how Gimli didn't know: After the events of the Hobbit, Balin tried to retake Moria, and he actually did take it. He was crowned king of Moria (that's what it also says on his grave in Moria), but then the Orcs came back (it's better explained in the novels) and I think even the Balrog had sth to do with the dwarfs losing Moria again.
Balin was lord of Moria, not king. He also never reclaimed Moria. He and his companions managed to claim back a few areas before they got trapped and killed by the orcs.
Either way, it wasn't the King we see in the movie killed that Gimli didn't know about, it was Balin who was part of the company of dwarfs in this movie, who does indeed survive to the end (not necessarily a spoiler) only to die in Moria in the years between Hobbit and LotR
Well it was still a 5 year rule. Oh btw there are a lot of interesting story lines here. Soo gloin one of the dwarves on the journey was the father of gimli, gimli wanted to come but his father decided he was to young. And many more. Sadly the films are to short they crammed to many people and storylines in one film series.
Oh yeay so Gandalf came to middle earth with 5 wizards saruman the white and most powerful. Radagast the brown Gandalf the grey and 2 blue wizards. They are like angels from the bible if you have to compare them they are really strong. But they are kinda ordered not to directly interfere with the world with their powers thats why they are given the shape of an old man they are supposed to give counsel and advice. The balrog is basically the evil version of the wizards. They are created from the same biengs that Gandalf is but they where corrupted by melkor the dark lord before sauron who was many times stronger then sauron.
When it comes to how comical the movie is and such compared to the Lord of the Rings, important thing to remember is that the Hobbit books were childrens books. They were made towards a younger audience than the the Lord of the Rings were, a lot of people don't really know this and critize the movie because of it
Book. Singular. It was a short book that should have been one movie. The Lord of the Rings was also one book, but was literally broke into three parts.
Would've been fine if entire movie was childish then. But it tries to be a serious entry in same continuity as LotR movies, and then does "Bombur sucking moths in with his nose" crap.
Fun fact: Smaug is the smallest of the great dragons. The biggest dragon to ever roam middle earth: 'Ancalagon the Black' was as big as mount everest itself. In his fall he destroyed three 10km tall volcanoes, the tallest peaks in the known world then.
You honestly have the best reactions on CZcams. You‘re incredibly attentive and even pick up the smallest hints and callbacks. Amazing. Always drives me crazy when people don’t seem to understand anything thats going on
You mention that Galadriel seems to like Gandalf more, when the White Council was being reorganised in the Third Age (Gil-Galad had been the head of the previous Council before his death fighting Sauron) Galadriel actually wanted Gandalf to lead the Council but was overruled probably because Saruman was the mightiest of the Wizards. Radagast was also part of the Council and Cirdan the Shipwright was too (the Elf who give Gandalf his ring of power). Lord Glorfindel was also a member, he's potentially one of the greatest Elves in existence, as he had been killed during the First Age and was reembodied and sent back to Middle Earth as an emissary of the Valar. He had been given power nearly equal to that of the Maiar and faced down all Nine of the Nazgul during the Fellowship of the Ring (His role in the movies was handed over to Arwen who rescued Frodo and brought him back to Rivendell). And you're right about Gandalf. The Wizards are all Maiar, beings like the Valar but of a lesser order, the same class of being as Sauron. When the chosen five Maiar, known as the Istari, where sent back to middle earth they where given the guises of old men appearing like ancient men. Gandalf's true name was Olórin who became known as Gandalf by Men and Mithrandir by Elves. Saurman likewise was originally called Curumo and known to the Elves as Curunír. Radagast was originally called Aiwendil. Being given the guises of men their powers where *greatly* diminished compared to how they had been in their true spirit forms. This was done so that they basically wouldn't become Sauron 2.0 and seek dominion over middle-earth. Also because they where given the forms of men they suffered the same pains and weaknesses of men (tiredness, hunger, pain, fear and all the other emotions of men). Their spirits where immortal but their human forms aged super slowly. Worth noting all the Istari failed except Gandalf. Saruman became corrupted (interestingly as a Maiar he served the same Valar that Sauron served before his corruption), Radagast became obsessed with nature and "forgot" his mission. While the two Blue Wizards wandered far into the East and we've no idea what became of them. Potentially they founded cults and opposed Saurons power there but we've no idea. The Istari arrived in Middle Earth in the 1000th year of the Third Age so they've "only" been around for 2018 years by the time of the Fellowship of the Ring. Anyway that's my ramblings. Love your reaction series, yeah the Hobbit movie has its issues mostly those caused by it's massive divergence from the books and tying in the additional storylines but I still think it's a fun enough movie to watch.
As Eärnur, the king of Arnor, wanted to persue the Witch-King it was also Glorfindel who held him back saying: "He will not return to this land. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall."
9:30 - Gimli doesn't know Moria has been retaken by the Orcs because the expedition to claim Moria back from the Orcs he's referring to is after The Hobbit, but before Fellowship of the Ring.
Galadreil was born before the First Age in Valinor as described in the "Silmarillion" she is about 7000 years old by the LOTR. Gandalf the other wizards and even Sauron and Balrogs are spirits known as Maiar they existed before the First Age. Tolkien saw them like angels and demons. When Gandalf lived in Valinor in the First age he was known as Olorn to the Valar when the Elves awoke they called him Mithrandir the Dawrves called him Tharkun.
Pointing it out there now. When you get to Battle of the Five Armies, be sure to watch the beginning of the end credits for a feels trip. That song still gets me to this day.
Extended versions, heck yeah! (baby Bilbo with Gandalf is such a cute scene) Impossible to describe the nostalgia effect of the beginning of the movie. Seeing Ian Holm, and then Elijah Wood appear was just overwhelming in theater. Also, Martin Freeman is undoubtely the best part of these movies. And every time I see Thorin, I just think of the fact that Richard Armitage is super huge, like 6′ 2″ and he plays a dwarf. Fili and Kili look different because they're super young dwarves. Like... teenage dwarves. Then you have Ori who is basically baby Dwarf. So glad you kept the parts with Radagast, and about his and Gandalf's staff being similar. How... wEIRD
When bilbo said he can feel the magic of Rivendell it's because the elven ring of power Vilya, it was the strongest of the elven rings and rivendell was constructed partly with it's power The power of Vilya was to heal and preserve(''Vilya wards the decays of time and postpones the weariness of the world''(Tolkien 1977) and Gandalf had another ring of power called Narya witch power was to give hope, so i guess when Elrond and Gandalf were close enough then you could feel the power of both Vilya and Narya(and also very many of the most powerfull elves lived there so in a way i guess you could feel their ''magic'' too) Rivendell, however, is a refuge as well as a stronghold: Tolkien describes it as a verdant''green vale'' and notes, ' 'Merely to be there as a cure for weariness, fear, and sadness. Pippin says about Rivendell that ''it seems impossible, somehow,to feel gloomy or depressed in this place
You're right, except on one thing. Galadriel has Nenya, the ring of water... Gandalf has Narya, the ring of fire (the one whose power is to warm the hearts and give hope as you say), which he obtained from Cirdan the Shipwright.
@@jonathanj.1955 Thanks bro for pointing that out, i was a living lotr lore encyclopedia 5 years back and readed lotr through atleast once a year for like 7 years straight, i corrected the wrong info;3(an honest mistake:D)
@@jarilaukkanen8487 I started reading the Hobbit and LotR in 1968 and have read them well over 20 times since. As you can probably imagine, the first three attempts to depict the world of Middle Earth where huge disappointments. "The Hobbit" came out in 1977 and was an animated feature for TV, it was directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass. In 1978 Ralph Bakshi directed the rotoscoped/animated film adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings". That movie ended after the Battle of Helm's Deep, another huge disappointment. Then in 19i80 Rankin /Bass released for TV the animated musical titled "The Return of the King", there are no words for me to explain that disappointment. Peter Jackson's LotR trilogy was a great joy for me. Sure there were a lot of missing chapters and characters, but I understood why he made the changes he did. Still, Frodo was supposed to be 55 when he started his journey, not in his tweens. Then Peter Jackson made this CGI intensive mess of a "Hobbit" trilogy. Oh well!
@@dinodasbunce6224 yes, the earlier adaptations were horrible :) Still I m glad that we havent seen the realisation of the screenplay of John Boorman from the 80ties - with Arwen shown as teenage charachter, with Aragorn married to Eowyn, and with Galadriel and Frodo erotic scenes. Frodo was 50 during the quest. Though the film explanation of his age is ok. He was 50 which is about 30-35 for a hobbit. But he was 33 when Bilbo left him the Ring. And 33 is a year of formal adulthood for a hobbit. So its like 18-21 for humans. So he simply stopped aging at 33 (18-21) becouse of the influence of the Ring. The Ring gives such thing to mortals, longer life and younger aprearance. And in the movie it seems like the time between Bilbo's birthday party and the main quest is not more than half a year or maybe a year - so Frodo could not seemed much older. In some of first scenes of FOTR Gandalf is amazed about how well Bilboo looks for his 111 years. And 111 for hobbits is like more than 80 for humans. Becouse 100 for hobbits is smt like 70 for humans. Becouse hobbits average age is 100, and some few lived to 130. So I guess that their 130 is our 100, and their 100 is our 70 :)
@Mr. Al I am aware of all that, but from the information that I could find on the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit trilogy, the facts support what I said. The Lord of the Rings trilogy used 480 FX shots, the Hobbit trilogy used 22,000 FX shots. I guess what bothers me the most is all the extra stuff they put in the Hobbit that wasn't in the book just so they could make three movies and rake in a whole lot more money.
There's something magical about seeing someone experience these movies for the first time. Wish I could forget everything about the LOTR series so I can watch it like a first time viewer again!
Yes! I don't remember the first time I watched LotR, I was very very young and I saw them so so many times when I was a kid. When An Unexpected Journey came into the cinema I felt like I was thrown right back into my childhood and I wanted to crawl into the screen. Never going to forget my Hobbit premiere, it was magical.
In both hobbit and Lord of the rings there’s a lot of poems, poetry and Elvis songs in the text… The Lord of the rings excised most of them but they’re so Integral to the hobbit that they decided to adapt them into the story
When Gandalf mentions a 'dark power once ruling these lands' when they beat the three trolls hes talking about The Witch-king of Angmar, not Sauron. When Sauron was defeated in the first battle of the Lord of the Rings, he sent the Witch-King to Angmar, which was a realm above Arnor (Arnor being the realm where Hobbiton is). The Witch king brood an army in Card Dum in Angmar and led his attack to Arnor, and he succeeded in destroying one of the kingdoms of man leaving only Rohan and Gondor left. However once the elf army showed up being led by Glorfindel (an elf strong enough that he defeated a balrog, like Gandalf) the witch king was forced to flee back to Minas Morgul his realm next to Mordor as his army had been defeated and his goal had been completed.
wasn't Glorfindel the elf that was replaced in Fellowship of the rings by Arwen? Glorfindel was supposed to come and surprise Aragorn when he was looking for athelas Nerds all over...:)))
@@1vhn187 naaah, he just put Frodo on his horse and set him ahead, alone, then at the river, Frodo faced the Nazgul, helped by the magic of the river that's how i remember reading
Also the high frame rate, the soft focus and the different colour grading seemed kinda odd to me. An Unexpected Journey is my favorite one of these three - I don't like the other two at all - but it's still worse than Lord of the Rings imo
Petfama Smaug scenes were good. The barrel river escape was too much CGI overkill. The battle of the 5 Armies was a let down for a climax, especially the assault against Azog
Gimli knew Balin was on an expedition to the mines in order to retake it from the orcs. He allways assumed, as the proud Dwarf he is, that Balin would succeed in his mission, hence the reaction in The Fellowship.
They had received communications from Balin and the other dwarves when they reached Moria, but after a few years, those stopped. They were worried and were hoping to get advice on what to do, which is why they were in Rivendell for the Council of Elrond. Gimli wasn't expected some grand welcome or feast in the books.
Fun bit of movie trivia: the first roar of Smaug you hear is actually a seven year old girl. The sound editor did a project for daughter’s career day at school. He had his daughter roar into a mic and then turned it into the sound of a dragon and they ended up using it in the film.
"Agent guy from the Marvel movies" = Everett Ross (no relation to Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross). His real name is Martin Freeman, & he also plays Watson on Benedict Cumberbatch's "Sherlock."
I have so many good memories of this franchise. It’s easily my favourite franchise of all time. I can literally just rewatch all the movies in my fucking head because i know them all so well. And especially this movie. Cause though i like LOTR way more than the hobbit, Journey is probably my most watched movie of all time. I just couldnt get enough of it back when i first saw it 2 years ago.
The battle of Moria you saw here was another this happened before the one when balin and other two dwarfs from Thorins company reclaimed it that's what gimli talked about , it happens after movies :)
Maybe i missed it in this video but i don't recall a battle in Moria in the Hobbit. But just in case the goblins here were not in Moria. Moria was further south.
I love your attention to every single detail as well as your appreciation of the incredible musical scores and brilliant soundtracks in your Movie Reactions!!!
The reason The Hobbit feels more "comical" in a way is because The Hobbit was originally written by Tolkien as a children's book, and then he later wanted to write LOTR as sequels but wanted them to be for an older audience. I've actually read somewhere that apparently, he actually regretted writing The Hobbit the way he did because it ended up having such a different feel than the later trilogy and he felt that they didn't feel cohesive together.
He actually started LOTR to have the same whimsy and tone as The Hobbit, which is why the earlier chapters are just that. If you read the HoME volumes for LOTR, you can see he tried to keep that lighter tone far longer in his various drafts than in the final product. It just quickly turned much more serious and darker in tone than he expected. He did start to make changes to The Hobbit to get the tones to match but soon gave it up, and only really changed Riddles in the Dark, and a few things related to the ring that come up after that. He then retconned things in LOTR that allowed him to retain the parts of the original story that he didn't change, but did it so masterfully that it barely feels like retconning. He did indeed regret the tones of the books not being the same.
I like to imagine that the LOTR is what actually happened but The Hobbit is Bilbo's stories as HE told them. That's why at the beginning he's telling the story.
One of Galadriel's names was Nerwen, which basically translates to "man-woman." It was given because of her exceptional height & strength; she was a match for almost any man.
I know the Hobbit movies are somewhat divisive, and whilst i see some of the issues people have - i still really enjoy them all. I really like the extended editions in particular (Dol Guldur EE scene is god tier) I just adore spending time in middle earth, both tolkien and jacksons - so even if some bits are a bit on the nose or touch too much fan service I still can't help but enjoy them. Also having read the novel itself back to back with the movie in order to compare & contrast, they actually fill in a lot that you don't ever find out in the book. The battle of the five armies in most of its entirety - bilbo doesn't see shit there so it doesn't even get covered in the book, also Smaug is woefully underused in the book imo (and benedict cumberbatch does a great job with him in the movies).
Same here. I like all the bits they add from the additional material Tolkien wrote. I even like how they made it a little more serious since Tolkien had tried rewriting it more in the LotR's style. C.S. Lewis told him it was very good, but not The Hobbit anymore. I think Peter Jackson did rather well following Tolkien's intent while still keeping the heart of the story.
The ring has its own personality and its own ability to use magic, the ability to slip out of a pocket, or off or onto a finger; to influence people and to show its power to those who it wishes to transport it to its master. It also tricks them offering them all they desire but corrupts them, that was fundamental to all the rings Sauron made. The nine that Sauron gave to Men and created the Nazgul, the Seven he gave to Dwarves, so their gifts are always booby trapped. Only the Elvish rings one that Elrond had, One that Mythrandir had, and one the Galadriel had; were not touched or made by Sauron, and so were not cursed by him and thus did not corrupt their possessor. Never get something for nothing.
“Last homely house” refers to the last safe, civilised dwelling in the direction east of the sea before you cross the misty mountains and go into the wild. This is why, in the novel, when on the return journey they call it the “first homely house”. However, it’s ironic since there are many civilised places east of the most mountains (lothlorien, dale and erebor before Smaug, Gondor, Rohan, lake town, and others). There are also dangerous places west of the misty mountains.
I love how this guy picks up on small details which fit in the greater picture so well on his first viewing, that even his like/dislike ratio is approving by giving him almost no dislikes
The music and epicness, i simply love that shot of Gandalf on the falling tree and the eagles came. You have no idea how nostalgic we felt when we finally saw the Hobbit trailer after a decade of the end of LOTR
You are seriously one of my most favourite reaction youtubers. Your reactions seem genuine and not fake. You also pay attention and your questions while watching are always really smart and to the point.
About, how you 'call these things or being friends with Eagles' actually Gandalf sends a fast message in Maia language to Manwe, king of the Valar and owner of the Eagles. Only when he agrees the Eagles can show up. Nice reaction tho! Keep up the good work!
The kinds of elves are dark elves(who never followed the Valar), grey elves (who followed the Valar but stopped half way to Valinor),the high elves (who followed the Valar but got banished) and the elves who never left Valinor
oh I just realized^^ when the dwarves smash heir heads to say hello at the beginning of the movie, actually that was an inside "joke/tradition" between the actors of the Lord of the Ring where they would head-bump each other all the time ^^ I bet that's why they made the dwarves do it in the hobbit^^ i had never realized it before and now it "hit" me ^^
Your reactions are great cause you remember all of details from previous movies like the map and trolls. ❤ Also i really like this trylogie. It is not LOTR but it is really good.
Tolkien originally made The Hobbit for his children as a bedtime story, so naturally it's not as dark as Lord of the Rings was. When they made the movie adaptation they tried to add that whimsical nature of The Hobbit, but also added a lot from the expanded universe that Tolkien wrote, and made it more serious to connect it with LOTR posthumously. Does make the movies a bit messy, although still enjoyable.
13:48 Fun fact: The sword that Gandalf finds and keeps is named Glamdring and it was once the sword of the king of Gondolin called Turgon. Gondolin was a stronghold of the first age and a city so magnificent that even Minas Tirith would pale in comparison.
In regards to why they didn't just fly - the Eagles of Manwë aren't just birds, and they aren't Gandalf's servants. They're fully sentient and capable of speech, and the Lord of the Eagles isn't going to send however many eagles it would take to carry a bunch of dwarves, a hobbit, a wizard and all of their remaining supplies across many miles of potentially hostile territory. Beside that, eagles aren't flying pack mules made to carry heavy loads across long distances. Even irl eagles have a hard time carrying heavy objects for extended periods of time. They just happen to be willing to do their boy Gandalf a solid now and again and carry him/his allies out of *immediate* danger.
Ian McClellan? Bag End (especially the pantry)? The fact that they rebuilt the entire Shire with permanent materials? The entire country of NZ? Orcrist? Gollum?
Majin Vegeta yeah i guess. But there just arent that «so do all who live to see such times» scene or him «talking to Pippin about the afterlife» scene. His dol guldur thing was also kinda pointless.
Saskk there are some new amazimg songs. The elven theme, the dwarf theme, the opening theme, the fun and lightharded songs by the dwarves, and yes the songs from lotr, but it doesnt change that they are still amazing.
Don’t forget the “special” Orcs that could go out in daylight, and were so much bigger & stronger than others were engineered by Saruman using magic & likely some dark magic or forces from his alliance with Sauron. He corrupted the Orcs more than they already were as simple beasts. That is why they looked so different as well.
I love how they portray Lady Galadriel. Glorious, goodly, powerful, and mysterious. Coupled with her nature as a third generation High Elf, her Ring makes her almost Maiar-level in power. She's also of incredible noble pedigree; if the Elves were not in such a diminished state she would have been recognized as High Queen.
The eagle Gandalf always "calls" is called Gwaihir and he is the lord of the great eagles. The reason why he always comes to Gandalf's aid is he has a special bond with him because Gandalf healed him from a poisonous arrow ages ago and Gandalf actually doesn't call him with the moth, first he was sent by Radagast to Isengard to find Gandalf and tell him about the Nazguls, Orcs and Gollum's "escape" but instead finds him imprisoned and saves him, then he was searching for Gandalf by the request of Galadriel and finds him at the top of the mountain where Gandalf fought the Balrog and brings him down to Rohan.
Gandalf is a servant of the secret fire (the fire that Eru Illuvatar used to give create life) and a "wielder of the flame of Anor" which is the Sun. So really, he has power to control and manipulate light. So when he uses his magic to intimidate people and darken the room, he isn't creating darkness so much as draining light from the room. Oh, and Gandalf is good friends with the Eagles. The one that rescued him from the top of the tower of Orthanc was their leader, Gwaihir the Windlord. Chad pigeon right there.
About Moria: after evens of Hobbit Balin leaded army that takes back Moria and estamblished colony there. Remember that grave in Lotr 1 in moria. It was his grave.
Hey man, I’ve only recently discovered your reactions but can I just say I absolutely love them! You’re definitely one of the more perceptive and analytic reactors I’ve seen, and that’s definitely helpful for movies like these. Keep it up, and stay safe 😊
The issue of Moria: the fight in this film was when Thorin, his father and Grandfather tried to take back the original homeland of the House of Durin (Eldest house of the Dwarves) but failed. Thror (Grandfather and King) died, and Thrain left with Thorin. Thrain dies after, then eventually Thorin takes his gang of Dwarvish misfits (plus a Hobbit) to take back Erebor. After the events of "The Hobbit" and before "The Lord of the Rings", Gimli's uncle, Balin (one of the 13) takes a group and again tries to retake Moria. They succeed for a while, but then all contact is lost. That is why Gimli was not fully aware that Balin's group had failed and died in "LOTR". As for the Eagles: Lord of the Eagles was the title specifically reserved for Gwaihir the Windlord, who led the Eagles of Middle-earth as Thorondor went back to Valinor. Thorondor was referred to as the King of the Eagles, Lord of Eagles and King of Eagles of the Eagles of Manwë. These Eagles were not normal creatures (likely a type of Maiar - lesser Angelic being), and therefore were under the authority of the Valar (greater angelic powers). The Valar and Maiar were sent into Middle Earth at the very start to order it ready for the coming of the Two Children of Eru-Iluvatar (Elvish for God). The First Born, the Elves, and the Followers, Men. Manwë is the King and Lord of the Valar, the Lord of Middle Earth, and the brother of Melkor, who fell and became Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Sauron was a Maiar who fell. Gandalf was originally called Olorin, also a Maiar, and was sent by the Valar into Middle Earth for the Far West to aid men against Sauron, but not to confront by power. As such, Gandalf was able to appeal for help from Gwaihir the Windlord when needed. Also, side point, but Gandalf and Saruman were both far, FAR older and more innately powerful than even Galadriel, but in their "Istari" form, wizard form, they were limited. Galadriel was one of the few remaining High Elves left in Middle Earth that originally come OUT of Valinor (the Far West), and were therefore far more powerful than their kin who had never journeyed there. Hence her power. She had seen the light of the Two Trees, and so could stand even against a Maiar like Sauron for a limited time.
They drew a lot from the appendices that Tolkien wrote after the hobbit to flesh out certain events that happened during the hobbit and the like. So there's more material used than just the hobbit book. There's a ton of stuff from the last 100 some pages in return of the king that they used as well.
Im absolutley loving these reactions, you pay attention and remember all the small details from every film, great to see someone share the same passion
Goblins and orcs are the same kind and can be used interchangably. But usually, term goblins is reserved for orcs who are not militarized by Sauron, but rather live hidden in the mountains. Because they mostly live underground they are shorter and have bigger eyes than most orcs. But overall, they are roughly the same species, and have the same origins.
"That'll be the door." is a Kiwi in joke. It originated back in1975 in a TV show by New Zealand comedian John Clarke. Whenever his character Fred Dagg received a knock at his door, he would always say, yes, you guessed it, "That'll be the door". Kiwis still quote that line today. When New Zealand theatre goers laughed at it in "The Hobbit", you could tell who grew up in the 70s.
You should react to Christopher Nolan's movies, like Memento, The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar and The Dark Knight trilogy if you haven't seen those already. The first 4 movies and especially first 2 are mind blowing movies that i think you would apprectiate.
I've been a Tolkien fan for as long as I can remember. Read the Hobbit as a kid and all other books as I got older. I am thoroughly enjoying you taking in these films. You're the sort of person I wish I could watch them with in person for your first time. All Tolkien fans want to share these movies with people who not just are entertained by them, but respect and understand the deeper meanings. Your keen observations in connecting things between the movies and stories is spot on. I also enjoy watching you figure things out on your own without a "Tolkien Scholar" there to just tell you everything. I hope you keep enjoying them and become a Tolkien fan. Cheers.
I love how you read a little bit before you watch. Knowing what you are looking at makes it even better. Nearly none of my friends even know the Time between those Stories and so on.
i read the hobbit when im in junior high school, i remember read the issue about they are making this movie when im in high school, i remember the hype when the trailer is up at youtube, i remember when i wait every movie to come out at theater, and i still remember the feels when the battle of five army is end and pippin sing "the last goodbye" and deep in my heart i know that this is the goodbye, there will be no more LOTR movie and it feels like im losing my best friend, like one phase of my live has passed and thats feels so nostalgic and sad, and all i can do is just to let go. the hobbit is not perfect but its always have place in fans heart.. thank you
The Hobbit was a book for children with a lot of songs etc. Orcs and Goblins are way different, also Uruks are different from Orcs. But you have different factions of Orcs, Gundabad Orcs, Angmar Orcs etc Gandalf can’t force the eagles to go anywhere. He can ask them for help and the reason the eagles didn’t bring them to The Lonely Mountain is because 1 They didn’t know thats where our group is supposed to go and they are scared of Smaug
I wish more people remembered that the Hobbit was a book Tolkien wrote for small children. Its supposed to be more light hearted and simple. Glad you're having fun with these flicks.
After seeing all your reactions, I simply had to subscribe. You have probably the best reactions I have seen so far on this website (and I have seen a ton of reaction videos in these Covid times). I like how you actually pay attention to what is happening and try to make sense of the stuff without relying on googling or just plain guessing. Also thumbs up for paying attention to the music, so many people just focus on what is on the screen when they react. Keep up the good work. Btw. I would like to see your take on Hunger Games franchise, if I can be so cheeky to request something. Greetings from Czech Republic (aka not quite Middle-Earth but middle of Europe)!
I'm so excited Mithrandir is his elvish name. Gandalf once healed Gwaihir (the Lord of the Eagles) from an arrow wound. So he is considered a friend. In the book Gwaihir is actually just on patrol flying around and sees the fire and goes to investigate with his guards. They are also taken to the Eagles eiries and camp out there before being taken on their way. The music and songs are a reflection of the book, thought the song the dwarves sing in Rivendel "The Merry old inn" Is actually sung by Frodo in the fellowship of the Ring in the prancing pony.. to distract the people from Pippin talking about Bagginses.. and then he falls off a table and the ring slips on.. it's one of my favorite tolkien songs so I'm glad they at least included it this way.
People can say what they want about Hobbit 2 & 3, but Smaug is easily my favourite part of the trilogy. I just think they created him so well... he's genuinely threatening, the way he moves and speaks is unsettling (I legitimately find him scary), and I think he's just a beauty to look at (no matter how much people hate the amount of CGI in these movies lol). Benedict Cumberbatch did a GREAT job as Smaug. I can't wait to see your reaction to seeing him for real in the next one.
Deffenetly. The part with Bilbo and Smaug talking is probably the highlight of the series. I guess that's what's disappointing in a way. So many good elements and actors. I just think If they were reedited into something resembling their original plan then they really would be great.
@@MissCaraMint Yeesss! They got such a great cast that had such good chemistry, it's a shame that they ended up creating something so... off? I definitely still enjoy the Hobbit movies, but in comparison to LOTR? No contest.
@@bookofdaisy9124 You should check out some of the fanedits out there tbh. They aren't perfect (and I'd love a recut by Peter Jackson himslf), but they do fix some of the issues I had with them.
I've binge-watched all of your videos and love them! I don't understand how you can remember so much and pick up on things I haven't even picked up the 5th time watching the movie, and your reactions are so genuine. Keep it up!
With the Goblin/Orc thing, Tolkien goes back and forth early on regarding differences, but eventually settled on them being different. Goblins are specifically creatures living in the Misty Mountains and the mountains of the north, underground. They hate light, can't move during the day, and are frail, but fast, and agile. Orcs are creatures more directly enlisted by Sauron. They're a bit bigger, sturdier, and can move and fight during daylight. A big plot point of LoTR, is that Sarumon bred orcs and goblins together to create the Uruk Hai. Big, strong, fast, durable creatures that could move during the day quickly, but fight with more strength than a goblin.
A few tidbits others haven't cleared up: Gandalf's sword, Glamdring, might be the most potent yet in middle earth, it was designed to fight balrogs, and it is largely why he was able to destroy the balrog of Moria. It belonged to Turgon, Elrond's grandfather, the king of Gondolin, the last great elf city to fall to the dark powers in the first age. That he allows Gandalf to keep the sword rather than claiming it for his house shows Elrond's wisdom. Mithrandir is the elvish name, Gandalf is derived from old Norse. In his original form he was known as Olorin and his closest friend was Nienna, the Vala of grief and empathy. Gandalf is close with Galadriel in part because he gravitates to women and smaller people, he's a softie.
Yup, that is indeed the Nazûl theme when Thorin is walking down the branch. One of the two most perplexing uses of music in the film, the other (though somewhat more understandable) being the use of the Lothlórien war theme when Elrond's elf cavalry arrives to kick orc ass. I believe both are because Howard Shore had considerably less time to write music for the films and things got shifted around a lot with reshoots etc.
That's the Witch King! It means that Sauron is not far away ;) Remember that Sauron was defeated and everyone thought he was gone forever...everyone but Gandalf. At the time of this story all elven cities were destroyed, the only places left were Lothlorien, Galadriel's forest, The Grey Havens, ruled by Cirdan the shipbuilder and where elves went to sail to Valinor, Mirkwood, ruled by Thranduil who is Legolas father and Rivendell where many elves gathered seeking refuge after loosing their cities because of Sauron, hence the name The Last Homely House. It's basically the last refuge for the Noldor elves in Middle Earth and although he is not King of the Eldar ( the elves) he somehow is their highest representative both by his ancestry, he is in Middle Earth the only heir of both Noldor and Sindar kings and because he was Gil-galad's most trusted man.Gil-galad had been the last High King of the elves in Middle Earth. Both Lothlorien and Mirkwood were very shut from the rest of the world but also they were not Noldor, except Galadriel, who is also daughter and sister of Kings, they were Silvan and Sindarin. Galadriel never liked Saruman ( remember that she has powers of insight and even if she doesn't exactly know why she never trusted him and wanted Gandalf to be the Head of the Order but he declined so Saruman was chosen) Radagast is also one of the wizards but he eventually with the millennia lost touch with all that was around him and only really cared for the forests and animals. What I don't like about these movies is how much the story was changed from the original, and I mean the essence of it , this is Bilbo's story and his friendship with Thorin and that should be the focus and they lost track of that, but they are good entertainment
I am really amazed by amount of details you are picking up. They took me few watches until I notice them. Well done, makes it really enjoyable to watch your reactions.
Gimli is surprised no one lives in Moria because after this battle shown here, Balin led an expedition to moria.. Balin is the very dwarf, who tells the story of Thorin Oakenshield battle in Moria here in this film... he was buried in Moria, Gimli kneels and weaps at his grave in Lotr
I did watch all 3 Hobbit films in the theaters despite the very, very low expectations due to rumors. In this first movie, the 48 FPS shooting technology made the film look nearly "unwatchable". The motion of objects was oddly sharp but disorienting. The warmth of Gandalf and Bilbo in the LotR is just missing here as well and that would've been essential to carry the film.
And Gandalf (can't remember itf it was explored int he hobbit book or TlotR books... havent red the Silamarillion yet) has done the Eagles some deed in the past that made him so close to them and because of which the Eagles will help him if he asks for their help.
Martin Freeman is the best thing about these movies. Perfect Bilbo imo
Still kinda pissed he never won an Oscar
Yeah, even 'CinemaSins' took off one sin for Freeman, saying, 'Whenever he is on screen, he elevates these films.'
@Freedom Call Well you got top keep in mind, that The Hobbit was more of a Childrens book than the Lord of the Rings was, which was more aimed towards a more mature audience. That is the reason the Hobbit is more on the lighthearted side of things.
I agree.. I also liked how well Smaug's voice was done. Mckellen and Serkis did a amazing job reprising their roles as well.
@@absolutezero6423 Well what do you expect from Benedict Cumberbatch xD he is a damn great actor both for live action characters and as voice actor... I highly reccomend to watch the making off/behikd the scenes on him as smaug that is around on youtibe i think
1:49 "This guy's got the Legolas hair going on"
Oh you have no idea...
I laughed so hard at this 😂😂
The nazgul didn’t ride dragons. The things they rode were called “fellbeasts”. Dragons were large, and intelligent. Nearly impossible to kill. And there were very few of them throughout the history of middle earth.
Most dragons stayed in the far north, it is worth noting that Smaug was the last dragon seen/ mentioned in middle earth to our knowledge. The main dragons were Glaurung (father of all dragons), Scathia, Ancalagon the black, the fire drake of Gondalin, and Smaug. Those were really the only dragons that I can think of that really played a huge role in the history of middle earth. There could be more however that I don’t know of or can’t think of.
I would call what the nazgul rode a wyvern its definitely not a dragon...fell beast is cool tho
Chandler Petty There were many dragons in the first age. We know only 2 names from this time (Glaurung and Ancalagon) but it is said that they were dozens in the battle of Gondolin and even more during the war of wrath. Morgoth sent all his forces and the dragons were able to repel the Valar for a time so it is assumed that they were really numerous and a power largely superior of Smaug
Also:
4 legs 2 wings = Dragon
2 legs 2 wings = Wyvern
GoT got it wrong ofc.
Fell = evil. "fell beasts" is just a description not the name of the creature (which is never named by T)
the Hobbit was written for Children, LOTR was written for those Children who became adults.
I like that a lot
and it's right
the hobbit was published like a decade earlier than the LoTR which was one book originally, but too large to be published in one so it was split
and for good reason, there is a tone shift between the stories... the LotR dealt with the end of magic and possibly the end of the Middle Earth
it was supposed to be spectacular and depressing at the same time, and the Hobbit a little more of a fun story for relief
and fun fact, this trilogy took a lot of additional information from the fellowship of the ring and Tolkien's letters and journals
One could argue that LOTR was written for those children who avoided turning into adults.
And this film was a horrible mismatch of tones as a result! When you tried to make the Hobbit films same as Lord of the Rings, you get this!
Who was Silmmarillion written for then? Adults, to turn into grey-haired old men after reading? 😂
Kidding though, i had no troubles with reading that piece of art. Actually, even now, it's so silly that i can't remember the names of my lectors in university in proper time, but instead always able to recall that Finwe - the great king of Noldor - had 3 sons: Feanor, Fingolfin and Finarfin, and those last two had kids Fingon and Finrod Felagund...
@@zenithquasar9623 So dark and "child friendly" cant be in the same movie? Disney would like to have a word with you on that one. And with the exception of a few things, everything in these movies are canon.
"Is this the guy from the flashbacks, just older?"
Balin: "Yes, yes it is"
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I also noticed this!!🤣🤣🤣
Gandalf was a friend of Gwaihir, the leader of the eagles. I believe Gandalf at one point saved Gwaihir's life when Gwaihir was shot with an arrow.
He also serves under Manwe, Valar of the sky and all that flies therein.
yeah he basically saved Gwaihir. and the reason why they dont just fly them to the end is for two reasons, they arent uber, and they dont get involved with Midearth's affairs, however they will help save Gandalf when he needs help.
@@WaddIes naaah, Nah, Nah, in the Books Gwaihir was afraid of Smaug, or I just understood the thing unproperly
@@thundertrap4163 He was afraid of "Men and their great bows of yew, thinking we purposed to raid their flocks."
@@reedhoward27 that sounds right...
though one thing about the eagles i know for sure is that they never land, they are always flying by the grace of the Valar of the sky or sth, i have to read Sons of Hurin and Silmarillion :))))
Fun fact: The tomb you see Gimli running towards when they enter Moria in Fellowship of the Ring is actually Balin's Tomb.
And the Dwarf who wrote those famous words "they are coming" in the book which Gandalf reads before the Goblins attack is very likely the dwarf Ori.
Actually sad fact....
@@ikoandreas5085 Im pretty sure its not explained in the movies?
@@ikoandreas5085 "Although he was of royal blood, the colony was too small for a kingdom-thus Balin could only call himself "Lord of Moria"."
Copied from lotr fandom.
Balin was never king. He only managed to reconquer some halls.
@@ikoandreas5085 Im pretty sure it said "LORD of Moria" and not King though
Andreas Noraberg you complained about spoilers but you literally just wrote who was gonna die no one could have made that connection if you hadn’t pointed it out 🤦♂️
Im almost certain it was his brother Dwalin, look at the beard and armor,
Here's to your question about how Gimli didn't know: After the events of the Hobbit, Balin tried to retake Moria, and he actually did take it. He was crowned king of Moria (that's what it also says on his grave in Moria), but then the Orcs came back (it's better explained in the novels) and I think even the Balrog had sth to do with the dwarfs losing Moria again.
Balin was lord of Moria, not king. He also never reclaimed Moria. He and his companions managed to claim back a few areas before they got trapped and killed by the orcs.
@@tuub1281 Ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying that, I havent read LOTR in years, so that was just vaguely there.
Either way, it wasn't the King we see in the movie killed that Gimli didn't know about, it was Balin who was part of the company of dwarfs in this movie, who does indeed survive to the end (not necessarily a spoiler) only to die in Moria in the years between Hobbit and LotR
Well it was still a 5 year rule. Oh btw there are a lot of interesting story lines here. Soo gloin one of the dwarves on the journey was the father of gimli, gimli wanted to come but his father decided he was to young. And many more. Sadly the films are to short they crammed to many people and storylines in one film series.
Oh yeay so Gandalf came to middle earth with 5 wizards saruman the white and most powerful. Radagast the brown Gandalf the grey and 2 blue wizards. They are like angels from the bible if you have to compare them they are really strong. But they are kinda ordered not to directly interfere with the world with their powers thats why they are given the shape of an old man they are supposed to give counsel and advice. The balrog is basically the evil version of the wizards. They are created from the same biengs that Gandalf is but they where corrupted by melkor the dark lord before sauron who was many times stronger then sauron.
When it comes to how comical the movie is and such compared to the Lord of the Rings, important thing to remember is that the Hobbit books were childrens books. They were made towards a younger audience than the the Lord of the Rings were, a lot of people don't really know this and critize the movie because of it
Book. Singular. It was a short book that should have been one movie. The Lord of the Rings was also one book, but was literally broke into three parts.
@@greyngo Lord of the Rings was 6 books in 3 volumes. Pedantry fail.
Would've been fine if entire movie was childish then. But it tries to be a serious entry in same continuity as LotR movies, and then does "Bombur sucking moths in with his nose" crap.
@@alextrill5829 I agree. The films were not made to be children films, but for adults. So the mix just doesn't work (in my opinion)
@@greyngo yeah I know, I just say books cuz its 3 movies and I get confused lel sry
Fun fact: Smaug is the smallest of the great dragons. The biggest dragon to ever roam middle earth: 'Ancalagon the Black' was as big as mount everest itself. In his fall he destroyed three 10km tall volcanoes, the tallest peaks in the known world then.
Smaug was far smaller than Ancalagon, but he was the biggest dragon of his time (and probably the greatest dragon since Ancalagon).
Cor je heb helemaal gelijk ouwe
it is estimated that Smaug (one of the smaller dragons), is the size of about 2- 747 airplanes.
@@MFV030 Aha, meer NL'ers haha
Speculation is fun when your imagination is way too large. A 30-150 km dragon? If that's what Tolkien intended...LOL!! on him.
You honestly have the best reactions on CZcams. You‘re incredibly attentive and even pick up the smallest hints and callbacks. Amazing. Always drives me crazy when people don’t seem to understand anything thats going on
So much yes to this.
Same it just gets ridiculous
Very much agree.
Honestly its cuz people are stupid
You mention that Galadriel seems to like Gandalf more, when the White Council was being reorganised in the Third Age (Gil-Galad had been the head of the previous Council before his death fighting Sauron) Galadriel actually wanted Gandalf to lead the Council but was overruled probably because Saruman was the mightiest of the Wizards.
Radagast was also part of the Council and Cirdan the Shipwright was too (the Elf who give Gandalf his ring of power).
Lord Glorfindel was also a member, he's potentially one of the greatest Elves in existence, as he had been killed during the First Age and was reembodied and sent back to Middle Earth as an emissary of the Valar. He had been given power nearly equal to that of the Maiar and faced down all Nine of the Nazgul during the Fellowship of the Ring (His role in the movies was handed over to Arwen who rescued Frodo and brought him back to Rivendell).
And you're right about Gandalf. The Wizards are all Maiar, beings like the Valar but of a lesser order, the same class of being as Sauron. When the chosen five Maiar, known as the Istari, where sent back to middle earth they where given the guises of old men appearing like ancient men. Gandalf's true name was Olórin who became known as Gandalf by Men and Mithrandir by Elves. Saurman likewise was originally called Curumo and known to the Elves as Curunír. Radagast was originally called Aiwendil. Being given the guises of men their powers where *greatly* diminished compared to how they had been in their true spirit forms. This was done so that they basically wouldn't become Sauron 2.0 and seek dominion over middle-earth. Also because they where given the forms of men they suffered the same pains and weaknesses of men (tiredness, hunger, pain, fear and all the other emotions of men). Their spirits where immortal but their human forms aged super slowly.
Worth noting all the Istari failed except Gandalf. Saruman became corrupted (interestingly as a Maiar he served the same Valar that Sauron served before his corruption), Radagast became obsessed with nature and "forgot" his mission. While the two Blue Wizards wandered far into the East and we've no idea what became of them. Potentially they founded cults and opposed Saurons power there but we've no idea.
The Istari arrived in Middle Earth in the 1000th year of the Third Age so they've "only" been around for 2018 years by the time of the Fellowship of the Ring.
Anyway that's my ramblings. Love your reaction series, yeah the Hobbit movie has its issues mostly those caused by it's massive divergence from the books and tying in the additional storylines but I still think it's a fun enough movie to watch.
I love reading this info's about the characters summarized without needing to read the books.
I thank you good sir.
I was unaware that Sauron was on the White Council. I suppose he'd know best how to beat Sauron though... :P
@@MysterClark We only make the most crucial typos 'round these parts.
@@MysterClark Hah! Sent the best to take out the best :P Cheers for pointing that out!
As Eärnur, the king of Arnor, wanted to persue the Witch-King it was also Glorfindel who held him back saying: "He will not return to this land. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall."
Dude, I love how you remember every little thing from Lord of the Rings. I see these films really had a impact on you. Love to see that!
9:30 - Gimli doesn't know Moria has been retaken by the Orcs because the expedition to claim Moria back from the Orcs he's referring to is after The Hobbit, but before Fellowship of the Ring.
"Here lies Balin, son of Fundin." 😭
Galadreil was born before the First Age in Valinor as described in the "Silmarillion" she is about 7000 years old by the LOTR. Gandalf the other wizards and even Sauron and Balrogs are spirits known as Maiar they existed before the First Age. Tolkien saw them like angels and demons. When Gandalf lived in Valinor in the First age he was known as Olorn to the Valar when the Elves awoke they called him Mithrandir the Dawrves called him Tharkun.
Let me correct you a little bit: Gandalf's name is Olórin originally.
Galadriel was born in YT. The First Age began when her uncle Fingolfin set foot upon the shores of Middle Earth, and the sun rose for the first time.
Pointing it out there now. When you get to Battle of the Five Armies, be sure to watch the beginning of the end credits for a feels trip. That song still gets me to this day.
Last goodbye....so awesome
Yep that song is so beutiful. I love Billy Boyd's voice
I love that they brought him in tie the two stories/trilogies together even more. It’s a shame that they did LOTR first
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Extended versions, heck yeah! (baby Bilbo with Gandalf is such a cute scene)
Impossible to describe the nostalgia effect of the beginning of the movie. Seeing Ian Holm, and then Elijah Wood appear was just overwhelming in theater.
Also, Martin Freeman is undoubtely the best part of these movies. And every time I see Thorin, I just think of the fact that Richard Armitage is super huge, like 6′ 2″ and he plays a dwarf.
Fili and Kili look different because they're super young dwarves. Like... teenage dwarves. Then you have Ori who is basically baby Dwarf.
So glad you kept the parts with Radagast, and about his and Gandalf's staff being similar. How... wEIRD
When bilbo said he can feel the magic of Rivendell it's because the elven ring of power Vilya, it was the strongest of the elven rings and rivendell was constructed partly with it's power
The power of Vilya was to heal and preserve(''Vilya wards the decays of time and postpones the weariness of the world''(Tolkien 1977) and Gandalf had another ring of power called Narya witch power was to give hope, so i guess when Elrond and Gandalf were close enough then you could feel the power of both Vilya and Narya(and also very many of the most powerfull elves lived there so in a way i guess you could feel their ''magic'' too)
Rivendell, however, is a refuge as well as a stronghold: Tolkien describes it as a verdant''green vale'' and notes, ' 'Merely to be there as a cure for weariness, fear, and sadness. Pippin says about Rivendell that ''it seems impossible, somehow,to feel gloomy or depressed in this place
You're right, except on one thing. Galadriel has Nenya, the ring of water... Gandalf has Narya, the ring of fire (the one whose power is to warm the hearts and give hope as you say), which he obtained from Cirdan the Shipwright.
@@jonathanj.1955 Thanks bro for pointing that out, i was a living lotr lore encyclopedia 5 years back and readed lotr through atleast once a year for like 7 years straight, i corrected the wrong info;3(an honest mistake:D)
@@jarilaukkanen8487 I started reading the Hobbit and LotR in 1968 and have read them well over 20 times since. As you can probably imagine, the first three attempts to depict the world of Middle Earth where huge disappointments. "The Hobbit" came out in 1977 and was an animated feature for TV, it was directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass. In 1978 Ralph Bakshi directed the rotoscoped/animated film adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings". That movie ended after the Battle of Helm's Deep, another huge disappointment. Then in 19i80 Rankin /Bass released for TV the animated musical titled "The Return of the King", there are no words for me to explain that disappointment. Peter Jackson's LotR trilogy was a great joy for me. Sure there were a lot of missing chapters and characters, but I understood why he made the changes he did. Still, Frodo was supposed to be 55 when he started his journey, not in his tweens. Then Peter Jackson made this CGI intensive mess of a "Hobbit" trilogy. Oh well!
@@dinodasbunce6224 yes, the earlier adaptations were horrible :) Still I m glad that we havent seen the realisation of the screenplay of John Boorman from the 80ties - with Arwen shown as teenage charachter, with Aragorn married to Eowyn, and with Galadriel and Frodo erotic scenes.
Frodo was 50 during the quest. Though the film explanation of his age is ok. He was 50 which is about 30-35 for a hobbit. But he was 33 when Bilbo left him the Ring. And 33 is a year of formal adulthood for a hobbit. So its like 18-21 for humans. So he simply stopped aging at 33 (18-21) becouse of the influence of the Ring. The Ring gives such thing to mortals, longer life and younger aprearance. And in the movie it seems like the time between Bilbo's birthday party and the main quest is not more than half a year or maybe a year - so Frodo could not seemed much older. In some of first scenes of FOTR Gandalf is amazed about how well Bilboo looks for his 111 years. And 111 for hobbits is like more than 80 for humans. Becouse 100 for hobbits is smt like 70 for humans. Becouse hobbits average age is 100, and some few lived to 130. So I guess that their 130 is our 100, and their 100 is our 70 :)
@Mr. Al I am aware of all that, but from the information that I could find on the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit trilogy, the facts support what I said. The Lord of the Rings trilogy used 480 FX shots, the Hobbit trilogy used 22,000 FX shots. I guess what bothers me the most is all the extra stuff they put in the Hobbit that wasn't in the book just so they could make three movies and rake in a whole lot more money.
There's something magical about seeing someone experience these movies for the first time. Wish I could forget everything about the LOTR series so I can watch it like a first time viewer again!
exactly!
Yes! I don't remember the first time I watched LotR, I was very very young and I saw them so so many times when I was a kid. When An Unexpected Journey came into the cinema I felt like I was thrown right back into my childhood and I wanted to crawl into the screen. Never going to forget my Hobbit premiere, it was magical.
In both hobbit and Lord of the rings there’s a lot of poems, poetry and Elvis songs in the text… The Lord of the rings excised most of them but they’re so Integral to the hobbit that they decided to adapt them into the story
When Gandalf mentions a 'dark power once ruling these lands' when they beat the three trolls hes talking about The Witch-king of Angmar, not Sauron. When Sauron was defeated in the first battle of the Lord of the Rings, he sent the Witch-King to Angmar, which was a realm above Arnor (Arnor being the realm where Hobbiton is). The Witch king brood an army in Card Dum in Angmar and led his attack to Arnor, and he succeeded in destroying one of the kingdoms of man leaving only Rohan and Gondor left. However once the elf army showed up being led by Glorfindel (an elf strong enough that he defeated a balrog, like Gandalf) the witch king was forced to flee back to Minas Morgul his realm next to Mordor as his army had been defeated and his goal had been completed.
wasn't Glorfindel the elf that was replaced in Fellowship of the rings by Arwen?
Glorfindel was supposed to come and surprise Aragorn when he was looking for athelas
Nerds all over...:)))
@@thundertrap4163 Ye Glorfindel was meant to be the one to carry Frodo to Rivendell
@@1vhn187 naaah, he just put Frodo on his horse and set him ahead, alone, then at the river, Frodo faced the Nazgul, helped by the magic of the river
that's how i remember reading
@@thundertrap4163 Nah it was obviously Frodo who summoned the horses, get it right G :)
@Punkfuk I guess, but just for a better understanding :)
Rivendell is protected by Elronds magic, aided by the fact he had one of the three elven rings mentioned in LOTR.
Out of all of them, this is the best one. Too much overkill with CGI throughout trilogy killed it for me
yeh to much CG but the smug animation was beautiful imo
Also the high frame rate, the soft focus and the different colour grading seemed kinda odd to me. An Unexpected Journey is my favorite one of these three - I don't like the other two at all - but it's still worse than Lord of the Rings imo
Idk man, most people i think would say the second one
Petfama the scenes with Smaug were great 👍 but the river escape in the barrels killed it for me, too much
Petfama Smaug scenes were good. The barrel river escape was too much CGI overkill. The battle of the 5 Armies was a let down for a climax, especially the assault against Azog
"not a soul"
*Smaug has entered the chat*
"........one soul"
LOL
Gimli knew Balin was on an expedition to the mines in order to retake it from the orcs. He allways assumed, as the proud Dwarf he is, that Balin would succeed in his mission, hence the reaction in The Fellowship.
They had received communications from Balin and the other dwarves when they reached Moria, but after a few years, those stopped. They were worried and were hoping to get advice on what to do, which is why they were in Rivendell for the Council of Elrond. Gimli wasn't expected some grand welcome or feast in the books.
Fun bit of movie trivia: the first roar of Smaug you hear is actually a seven year old girl.
The sound editor did a project for daughter’s career day at school. He had his daughter roar into a mic and then turned it into the sound of a dragon and they ended up using it in the film.
In the fellowship... They go into Moria and see a tomb... That tomb is balins just so you know 👀
The other elf house we saw in The Lord of the Rings was Lothlorien, other houses include Mirkwood and Imladris
That agent guy from the Marvel movies is Martin Freeman and you shall RESPECT HIS AWESOMENESS 😂😂 nah but seriously he's great. Watch Sherlock too!
"Is Gandalf friends with the top eagle?" haha well done mate. You could not be more right! :D he is exactly that! :D
"Agent guy from the Marvel movies" = Everett Ross (no relation to Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross). His real name is Martin Freeman, & he also plays Watson on Benedict Cumberbatch's "Sherlock."
Never been this hyped for a video being posted before, your reaction videos are awesome!
The extended editions make the movies shine, especially in desolation of smaug and battle of the 5 armies
I have so many good memories of this franchise. It’s easily my favourite franchise of all time. I can literally just rewatch all the movies in my fucking head because i know them all so well. And especially this movie. Cause though i like LOTR way more than the hobbit, Journey is probably my most watched movie of all time. I just couldnt get enough of it back when i first saw it 2 years ago.
We just have to wait few more years for the Netflix to give us the TV series we all deserve
Mari S I thought Amazon was doing the show?
Aaron Kluetz they are. I think this guy is just high AF.
@@ikoandreas5085 not high... Just tired lol it's 01:03 am here...
Mari S lol
The battle of Moria you saw here was another this happened before the one when balin and other two dwarfs from Thorins company reclaimed it that's what gimli talked about , it happens after movies :)
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Maybe i missed it in this video but i don't recall a battle in Moria in the Hobbit. But just in case the goblins here were not in Moria. Moria was further south.
@@LOTRFAN33 the battle where thorin cut azogs hand ,that's Moria and it was the gate from which fellowship run away after Gandalf fell.
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Ok. Thanks. It has been awhile since i saw this movie.
I love your attention to every single detail as well as your appreciation of the incredible musical scores and brilliant soundtracks in your Movie Reactions!!!
The reason The Hobbit feels more "comical" in a way is because The Hobbit was originally written by Tolkien as a children's book, and then he later wanted to write LOTR as sequels but wanted them to be for an older audience. I've actually read somewhere that apparently, he actually regretted writing The Hobbit the way he did because it ended up having such a different feel than the later trilogy and he felt that they didn't feel cohesive together.
He actually started LOTR to have the same whimsy and tone as The Hobbit, which is why the earlier chapters are just that. If you read the HoME volumes for LOTR, you can see he tried to keep that lighter tone far longer in his various drafts than in the final product. It just quickly turned much more serious and darker in tone than he expected.
He did start to make changes to The Hobbit to get the tones to match but soon gave it up, and only really changed Riddles in the Dark, and a few things related to the ring that come up after that. He then retconned things in LOTR that allowed him to retain the parts of the original story that he didn't change, but did it so masterfully that it barely feels like retconning.
He did indeed regret the tones of the books not being the same.
I like to imagine that the LOTR is what actually happened but The Hobbit is Bilbo's stories as HE told them. That's why at the beginning he's telling the story.
One of Galadriel's names was Nerwen, which basically translates to "man-woman." It was given because of her exceptional height & strength; she was a match for almost any man.
I know the Hobbit movies are somewhat divisive, and whilst i see some of the issues people have - i still really enjoy them all. I really like the extended editions in particular (Dol Guldur EE scene is god tier) I just adore spending time in middle earth, both tolkien and jacksons - so even if some bits are a bit on the nose or touch too much fan service I still can't help but enjoy them. Also having read the novel itself back to back with the movie in order to compare & contrast, they actually fill in a lot that you don't ever find out in the book. The battle of the five armies in most of its entirety - bilbo doesn't see shit there so it doesn't even get covered in the book, also Smaug is woefully underused in the book imo (and benedict cumberbatch does a great job with him in the movies).
Same here. I like all the bits they add from the additional material Tolkien wrote. I even like how they made it a little more serious since Tolkien had tried rewriting it more in the LotR's style. C.S. Lewis told him it was very good, but not The Hobbit anymore. I think Peter Jackson did rather well following Tolkien's intent while still keeping the heart of the story.
The ring has its own personality and its own ability to use magic, the ability to slip out of a pocket, or off or onto a finger; to influence people and to show its power to those who it wishes to transport it to its master. It also tricks them offering them all they desire but corrupts them, that was fundamental to all the rings Sauron made. The nine that Sauron gave to Men and created the Nazgul, the Seven he gave to Dwarves, so their gifts are always booby trapped. Only the Elvish rings one that Elrond had, One that Mythrandir had, and one the Galadriel had; were not touched or made by Sauron, and so were not cursed by him and thus did not corrupt their possessor. Never get something for nothing.
“Last homely house” refers to the last safe, civilised dwelling in the direction east of the sea before you cross the misty mountains and go into the wild. This is why, in the novel, when on the return journey they call it the “first homely house”. However, it’s ironic since there are many civilised places east of the most mountains (lothlorien, dale and erebor before Smaug, Gondor, Rohan, lake town, and others). There are also dangerous places west of the misty mountains.
I love how this guy picks up on small details which fit in the greater picture so well on his first viewing, that even his like/dislike ratio is approving by giving him almost no dislikes
The music and epicness, i simply love that shot of Gandalf on the falling tree and the eagles came.
You have no idea how nostalgic we felt when we finally saw the Hobbit trailer after a decade of the end of LOTR
You are seriously one of my most favourite reaction youtubers. Your reactions seem genuine and not fake. You also pay attention and your questions while watching are always really smart and to the point.
Fun fact: Smaug is one of the smallest dragons...and he's still huge lol.
Every middle earth movie so far takes place in the 3d age. Return takes place in the last year of the 3d age.
Indeed. Only the battle scenes at the beginning of Fellowship give us a glimpse of the end of the Second Age.
About, how you 'call these things or being friends with Eagles' actually Gandalf sends a fast message in Maia language to Manwe, king of the Valar and owner of the Eagles. Only when he agrees the Eagles can show up. Nice reaction tho! Keep up the good work!
Yes, basically he "tweets" or well in this case "moths" him.
"There is one I could call king."
**dramatic music swells**
Neat.
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The kinds of elves are dark elves(who never followed the Valar), grey elves (who followed the Valar but stopped half way to Valinor),the high elves (who followed the Valar but got banished) and the elves who never left Valinor
oh I just realized^^ when the dwarves smash heir heads to say hello at the beginning of the movie, actually that was an inside "joke/tradition" between the actors of the Lord of the Ring where they would head-bump each other all the time ^^ I bet that's why they made the dwarves do it in the hobbit^^ i had never realized it before and now it "hit" me ^^
"You will try"
Good homage to Anikin Skywalker lol.
Thanks for react to the Extended Edition 😍 you're awesome dude!
Your reactions are great cause you remember all of details from previous movies like the map and trolls. ❤ Also i really like this trylogie. It is not LOTR but it is really good.
11:35 - oh well spotted. That's because it WILL be Gandalf's staff...
Tolkien originally made The Hobbit for his children as a bedtime story, so naturally it's not as dark as Lord of the Rings was. When they made the movie adaptation they tried to add that whimsical nature of The Hobbit, but also added a lot from the expanded universe that Tolkien wrote, and made it more serious to connect it with LOTR posthumously. Does make the movies a bit messy, although still enjoyable.
13:48 Fun fact: The sword that Gandalf finds and keeps is named Glamdring and it was once the sword of the king of Gondolin called Turgon. Gondolin was a stronghold of the first age and a city so magnificent that even Minas Tirith would pale in comparison.
In regards to why they didn't just fly - the Eagles of Manwë aren't just birds, and they aren't Gandalf's servants. They're fully sentient and capable of speech, and the Lord of the Eagles isn't going to send however many eagles it would take to carry a bunch of dwarves, a hobbit, a wizard and all of their remaining supplies across many miles of potentially hostile territory. Beside that, eagles aren't flying pack mules made to carry heavy loads across long distances. Even irl eagles have a hard time carrying heavy objects for extended periods of time. They just happen to be willing to do their boy Gandalf a solid now and again and carry him/his allies out of *immediate* danger.
Bilbo and the soundtrack really are the only two things about this trilogy everyone agrees is amazing.
Ian McClellan? Bag End (especially the pantry)? The fact that they rebuilt the entire Shire with permanent materials? The entire country of NZ? Orcrist? Gollum?
Howard Shore is amazing but he frankly recycled alot of LoTR leitmotifs, like the producers/writers recycled lines and themes
Majin Vegeta yeah i guess. But there just arent that «so do all who live to see such times» scene or him «talking to Pippin about the afterlife» scene. His dol guldur thing was also kinda pointless.
Saskk there are some new amazimg songs. The elven theme, the dwarf theme, the opening theme, the fun and lightharded songs by the dwarves, and yes the songs from lotr, but it doesnt change that they are still amazing.
@@ikoandreas5085 I added a few things to my original comment. Also, the Smaug dialogue?
Don’t forget the “special” Orcs that could go out in daylight, and were so much bigger & stronger than others were engineered by Saruman using magic & likely some dark magic or forces from his alliance with Sauron. He corrupted the Orcs more than they already were as simple beasts. That is why they looked so different as well.
I love how they portray Lady Galadriel. Glorious, goodly, powerful, and mysterious. Coupled with her nature as a third generation High Elf, her Ring makes her almost Maiar-level in power. She's also of incredible noble pedigree; if the Elves were not in such a diminished state she would have been recognized as High Queen.
The eagle Gandalf always "calls" is called Gwaihir and he is the lord of the great eagles. The reason why he always comes to Gandalf's aid is he has a special bond with him because Gandalf healed him from a poisonous arrow ages ago and Gandalf actually doesn't call him with the moth, first he was sent by Radagast to Isengard to find Gandalf and tell him about the Nazguls, Orcs and Gollum's "escape" but instead finds him imprisoned and saves him, then he was searching for Gandalf by the request of Galadriel and finds him at the top of the mountain where Gandalf fought the Balrog and brings him down to Rohan.
Gandalf is a servant of the secret fire (the fire that Eru Illuvatar used to give create life) and a "wielder of the flame of Anor" which is the Sun. So really, he has power to control and manipulate light. So when he uses his magic to intimidate people and darken the room, he isn't creating darkness so much as draining light from the room.
Oh, and Gandalf is good friends with the Eagles. The one that rescued him from the top of the tower of Orthanc was their leader, Gwaihir the Windlord. Chad pigeon right there.
And you're quoting Fellowship from memory. Well done sir. You have my respect, and my subscription.
About Moria: after evens of Hobbit Balin leaded army that takes back Moria and estamblished colony there. Remember that grave in Lotr 1 in moria. It was his grave.
Hey man, I’ve only recently discovered your reactions but can I just say I absolutely love them! You’re definitely one of the more perceptive and analytic reactors I’ve seen, and that’s definitely helpful for movies like these. Keep it up, and stay safe 😊
The issue of Moria: the fight in this film was when Thorin, his father and Grandfather tried to take back the original homeland of the House of Durin (Eldest house of the Dwarves) but failed. Thror (Grandfather and King) died, and Thrain left with Thorin. Thrain dies after, then eventually Thorin takes his gang of Dwarvish misfits (plus a Hobbit) to take back Erebor. After the events of "The Hobbit" and before "The Lord of the Rings", Gimli's uncle, Balin (one of the 13) takes a group and again tries to retake Moria. They succeed for a while, but then all contact is lost. That is why Gimli was not fully aware that Balin's group had failed and died in "LOTR".
As for the Eagles:
Lord of the Eagles was the title specifically reserved for Gwaihir the Windlord, who led the Eagles of Middle-earth as Thorondor went back to Valinor.
Thorondor was referred to as the King of the Eagles, Lord of Eagles and King of Eagles of the Eagles of Manwë.
These Eagles were not normal creatures (likely a type of Maiar - lesser Angelic being), and therefore were under the authority of the Valar (greater angelic powers). The Valar and Maiar were sent into Middle Earth at the very start to order it ready for the coming of the Two Children of Eru-Iluvatar (Elvish for God). The First Born, the Elves, and the Followers, Men. Manwë is the King and Lord of the Valar, the Lord of Middle Earth, and the brother of Melkor, who fell and became Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Sauron was a Maiar who fell. Gandalf was originally called Olorin, also a Maiar, and was sent by the Valar into Middle Earth for the Far West to aid men against Sauron, but not to confront by power. As such, Gandalf was able to appeal for help from Gwaihir the Windlord when needed.
Also, side point, but Gandalf and Saruman were both far, FAR older and more innately powerful than even Galadriel, but in their "Istari" form, wizard form, they were limited. Galadriel was one of the few remaining High Elves left in Middle Earth that originally come OUT of Valinor (the Far West), and were therefore far more powerful than their kin who had never journeyed there. Hence her power. She had seen the light of the Two Trees, and so could stand even against a Maiar like Sauron for a limited time.
I think the hobbit was dragged out a lot in the movies because the book is so much shorter but it’s still definitely worth watching
They drew a lot from the appendices that Tolkien wrote after the hobbit to flesh out certain events that happened during the hobbit and the like. So there's more material used than just the hobbit book. There's a ton of stuff from the last 100 some pages in return of the king that they used as well.
Im absolutley loving these reactions, you pay attention and remember all the small details from every film, great to see someone share the same passion
Goblins and orcs are the same kind and can be used interchangably. But usually, term goblins is reserved for orcs who are not militarized by Sauron, but rather live hidden in the mountains. Because they mostly live underground they are shorter and have bigger eyes than most orcs. But overall, they are roughly the same species, and have the same origins.
"That'll be the door." is a Kiwi in joke. It originated back in1975 in a TV show by New Zealand comedian John Clarke. Whenever his character Fred Dagg received a knock at his door, he would always say, yes, you guessed it, "That'll be the door". Kiwis still quote that line today. When New Zealand theatre goers laughed at it in "The Hobbit", you could tell who grew up in the 70s.
You should react to Christopher Nolan's movies, like Memento, The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar and The Dark Knight trilogy if you haven't seen those already. The first 4 movies and especially first 2 are mind blowing movies that i think you would apprectiate.
Yeah I feel like this guy actually smart enough to handle more than just pure popcorn movies unlike most other reaction channels
I've been a Tolkien fan for as long as I can remember. Read the Hobbit as a kid and all other books as I got older. I am thoroughly enjoying you taking in these films. You're the sort of person I wish I could watch them with in person for your first time. All Tolkien fans want to share these movies with people who not just are entertained by them, but respect and understand the deeper meanings. Your keen observations in connecting things between the movies and stories is spot on. I also enjoy watching you figure things out on your own without a "Tolkien Scholar" there to just tell you everything. I hope you keep enjoying them and become a Tolkien fan. Cheers.
Another great choice of movie! I’ll be doing these after I finish my Star Wars series I’m releasing tomorrow and then LOTR before the hobbit trilogy
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yani argirov hey Yani thank you so much. I really hope you enjoy the content!
26:14 "It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand" Gandalf to Frodo
Í am so glad you are always watching the extended edition, makes it so much better
I love how you read a little bit before you watch. Knowing what you are looking at makes it even better.
Nearly none of my friends even know the Time between those Stories and so on.
i read the hobbit when im in junior high school, i remember read the issue about they are making this movie when im in high school, i remember the hype when the trailer is up at youtube, i remember when i wait every movie to come out at theater, and i still remember the feels when the battle of five army is end and pippin sing "the last goodbye" and deep in my heart i know that this is the goodbye, there will be no more LOTR movie and it feels like im losing my best friend, like one phase of my live has passed and thats feels so nostalgic and sad, and all i can do is just to let go. the hobbit is not perfect but its always have place in fans heart.. thank you
The Hobbit was a book for children with a lot of songs etc.
Orcs and Goblins are way different, also Uruks are different from Orcs. But you have different factions of Orcs, Gundabad Orcs, Angmar Orcs etc
Gandalf can’t force the eagles to go anywhere. He can ask them for help and the reason the eagles didn’t bring them to The Lonely Mountain is because 1 They didn’t know thats where our group is supposed to go and they are scared of Smaug
I wish more people remembered that the Hobbit was a book Tolkien wrote for small children. Its supposed to be more light hearted and simple.
Glad you're having fun with these flicks.
After seeing all your reactions, I simply had to subscribe. You have probably the best reactions I have seen so far on this website (and I have seen a ton of reaction videos in these Covid times). I like how you actually pay attention to what is happening and try to make sense of the stuff without relying on googling or just plain guessing. Also thumbs up for paying attention to the music, so many people just focus on what is on the screen when they react. Keep up the good work. Btw. I would like to see your take on Hunger Games franchise, if I can be so cheeky to request something. Greetings from Czech Republic (aka not quite Middle-Earth but middle of Europe)!
I'm so excited
Mithrandir is his elvish name.
Gandalf once healed Gwaihir (the Lord of the Eagles) from an arrow wound. So he is considered a friend. In the book Gwaihir is actually just on patrol flying around and sees the fire and goes to investigate with his guards. They are also taken to the Eagles eiries and camp out there before being taken on their way. The music and songs are a reflection of the book, thought the song the dwarves sing in Rivendel "The Merry old inn" Is actually sung by Frodo in the fellowship of the Ring in the prancing pony.. to distract the people from Pippin talking about Bagginses.. and then he falls off a table and the ring slips on.. it's one of my favorite tolkien songs so I'm glad they at least included it this way.
People can say what they want about Hobbit 2 & 3, but Smaug is easily my favourite part of the trilogy. I just think they created him so well... he's genuinely threatening, the way he moves and speaks is unsettling (I legitimately find him scary), and I think he's just a beauty to look at (no matter how much people hate the amount of CGI in these movies lol). Benedict Cumberbatch did a GREAT job as Smaug. I can't wait to see your reaction to seeing him for real in the next one.
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Deffenetly. The part with Bilbo and Smaug talking is probably the highlight of the series. I guess that's what's disappointing in a way. So many good elements and actors. I just think If they were reedited into something resembling their original plan then they really would be great.
@@MissCaraMint Yeesss! They got such a great cast that had such good chemistry, it's a shame that they ended up creating something so... off? I definitely still enjoy the Hobbit movies, but in comparison to LOTR? No contest.
@@bookofdaisy9124 You should check out some of the fanedits out there tbh. They aren't perfect (and I'd love a recut by Peter Jackson himslf), but they do fix some of the issues I had with them.
I've binge-watched all of your videos and love them! I don't understand how you can remember so much and pick up on things I haven't even picked up the 5th time watching the movie, and your reactions are so genuine. Keep it up!
With the Goblin/Orc thing, Tolkien goes back and forth early on regarding differences, but eventually settled on them being different. Goblins are specifically creatures living in the Misty Mountains and the mountains of the north, underground. They hate light, can't move during the day, and are frail, but fast, and agile. Orcs are creatures more directly enlisted by Sauron. They're a bit bigger, sturdier, and can move and fight during daylight.
A big plot point of LoTR, is that Sarumon bred orcs and goblins together to create the Uruk Hai. Big, strong, fast, durable creatures that could move during the day quickly, but fight with more strength than a goblin.
A few tidbits others haven't cleared up: Gandalf's sword, Glamdring, might be the most potent yet in middle earth, it was designed to fight balrogs, and it is largely why he was able to destroy the balrog of Moria. It belonged to Turgon, Elrond's grandfather, the king of Gondolin, the last great elf city to fall to the dark powers in the first age. That he allows Gandalf to keep the sword rather than claiming it for his house shows Elrond's wisdom. Mithrandir is the elvish name, Gandalf is derived from old Norse. In his original form he was known as Olorin and his closest friend was Nienna, the Vala of grief and empathy. Gandalf is close with Galadriel in part because he gravitates to women and smaller people, he's a softie.
Yup, that is indeed the Nazûl theme when Thorin is walking down the branch. One of the two most perplexing uses of music in the film, the other (though somewhat more understandable) being the use of the Lothlórien war theme when Elrond's elf cavalry arrives to kick orc ass. I believe both are because Howard Shore had considerably less time to write music for the films and things got shifted around a lot with reshoots etc.
I can't explain why but i just love these videos so Bad, probably my favorite thing to watch lately, everytime i get the notification i'm so glad
I'm hooked on your reactions, you are actually involved in the whole story and you pay attention. Easily the best reaction channel out there!
Gandalf gets to call in the eagle after he gets a 25 killstreak
lol .. nice one
That's the Witch King! It means that Sauron is not far away ;) Remember that Sauron was defeated and everyone thought he was gone forever...everyone but Gandalf. At the time of this story all elven cities were destroyed, the only places left were Lothlorien, Galadriel's forest, The Grey Havens, ruled by Cirdan the shipbuilder and where elves went to sail to Valinor, Mirkwood, ruled by Thranduil who is Legolas father and Rivendell where many elves gathered seeking refuge after loosing their cities because of Sauron, hence the name The Last Homely House. It's basically the last refuge for the Noldor elves in Middle Earth and although he is not King of the Eldar ( the elves) he somehow is their highest representative both by his ancestry, he is in Middle Earth the only heir of both Noldor and Sindar kings and because he was Gil-galad's most trusted man.Gil-galad had been the last High King of the elves in Middle Earth. Both Lothlorien and Mirkwood were very shut from the rest of the world but also they were not Noldor, except Galadriel, who is also daughter and sister of Kings, they were Silvan and Sindarin. Galadriel never liked Saruman ( remember that she has powers of insight and even if she doesn't exactly know why she never trusted him and wanted Gandalf to be the Head of the Order but he declined so Saruman was chosen) Radagast is also one of the wizards but he eventually with the millennia lost touch with all that was around him and only really cared for the forests and animals. What I don't like about these movies is how much the story was changed from the original, and I mean the essence of it , this is Bilbo's story and his friendship with Thorin and that should be the focus and they lost track of that, but they are good entertainment
I am really amazed by amount of details you are picking up. They took me few watches until I notice them. Well done, makes it really enjoyable to watch your reactions.
Gimli is surprised no one lives in Moria because after this battle shown here, Balin led an expedition to moria.. Balin is the very dwarf, who tells the story of Thorin Oakenshield battle in Moria here in this film... he was buried in Moria, Gimli kneels and weaps at his grave in Lotr
the way he notices small details is amazing, most people don't see those details, especially not when watching it for the first time
I did watch all 3 Hobbit films in the theaters despite the very, very low expectations due to rumors. In this first movie, the 48 FPS shooting technology made the film look nearly "unwatchable". The motion of objects was oddly sharp but disorienting.
The warmth of Gandalf and Bilbo in the LotR is just missing here as well and that would've been essential to carry the film.
Eagle Master is Manwë,one of the Valar,and Gandalf's friend lol
And Gandalf (can't remember itf it was explored int he hobbit book or TlotR books... havent red the Silamarillion yet) has done the Eagles some deed in the past that made him so close to them and because of which the Eagles will help him if he asks for their help.
@@NorokVokun I think he heals the king of the eagles.
well mostly Gandalf´s boss tho :)
With Sylvester McCoy in this, I like to think this is what the Seventh Doctor was doing during the Wilderness Years of ‘Doctor Who’.
"when he's talking to fancy people he's mithrandir but when he's talking to normal people it's gandalf." oh boy! wait until he finds out about olorín!
The Dwarf with the long white beard is the dwarf who’s grave Gimli cries over in fellowship