FIRST TIME WATCHING!! Lord of the Rings - RETURN OF THE KING!! Part 1/3
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- čas přidán 23. 03. 2024
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20 years, hundreds of viewings and lighting of the beacons still gives me chills.
Natacha: "I want to know who her is?"
Me: "You will see, oh yes, you. will. see."
well, I'd hazard a guess that she does not want to know who "She" is.
About the ”I’m happy for you”: Theoden just assumes that Aragorn is equally smitten with her, because…why wouldn’t he. So he congratulates what he assumes is a love reciprocated. Remember, neither of them knows about Arwen.
Remember Eowyn asking about the Evenstar that Aragorn wears, and he tells her she's sailing to the Undying Lands? She then figures okay, the playing field's open, I'm gonna shoot my shot...
I'd pick Eowyn over Arwen any day.
@@RolandDeschain1 Why not both? 😉
Another part of that I always wondered is if Theoden even knows how old Aragorn is haha
@@shoyupacket5572 he knows about how old he is.
"we forgot the taste of bread, the sound of trees, the softness of the wind. We even forgot our own name."
so sad 😔
@@nataschasummers yeah stay away from the hard stuff
Good weed
@@glumphyStoned there no "weed". These books were written 50 years BEFORE that was a term for pot. Plus Tolkien was a devout Catholic. There is no weed here but tobacco.
@@Eowyn187 lol ok
Pippin’s face after he says “I saw him” will forever haunt me. To witness a being so old that it was awake before the world took form, and so evil that he caused the earth to forever become irreparable bust have scarred him for the rest of his days. 😢
Now that would be Morgoth though, Sauron is but a servant to the evil that scarred the world.
Yeah, the way the scene is written in the book is way creepier.
Pippin drew his cloak aside and gazed at it, looking like a greedy child stooping over a bowl of food, in a corner away from others. The air seemed still and tense about him. At first the globe was dark, black as jet, with the moonlight gleaming on its surface. Then there came a faint glow and stir in the heart of it and it held his eyes, so that now he could not look away. Soon all the inside seemed on fire; the ball was spinning, or the lights within were revolving. Suddenly the lights went out. He gasped and struggled; but he remained bent, clasping the ball with both hands, closer and closer he bent, and then became rigid; his lips moved soundlessly for a awhile. Then with a strangled cry he fell back and lay still. The cry was piercing. The guards leapt from their bunks and soon all the camp was astir. Gandalf knelt by Pippin's body: The Hobbit was lying on his back, rigid, with unseeing eyes staring up at the sky.
"The devilry! What mischief has he done - to himself, and all of us?"
Damn, my boy Sauron was thirsty, took the call immediatley, no playing hard to get here
Gandalf's power is basically "makes you more brave" that's why everyone starts going insane when he dies. He's more like an Angel of Comforting / Mourning than a modern idea of Wizard
Angel certainly, but his natural powers do extend greatly to the control of the world, spells in middle earth are more along the lines of speaking with a divine authority such that the world obeys, the reason we don’t see this that much is because when Gandalf (then called Olorin) and the rest of the Istari (wizards) were sent to middle earth they were forbidden to control the Free Peoples or to match the Dark Lord's power with power.
It should also be noted that Tolkien takes the term of Wizard in very literal and entomological sense to mean wise man, in that it was the role of the wizards primarily to advise and offer council to the free peoples of middle earth as emissaries of the divine powers that govern the world.
Also sorry I meant to write ETYMOLOGICAL, not entomological, a typo that brings about VERY different meanings
Yeah Gandalf is a Mair of Lorien, The Vala of Dreams and Inspiration, who is the brother of Nienna, The Vala of Emo. He was very close to her.
Or does his knowledge and power just naturally inspire confidence? Like having your dad travel around with you
@@cheesedanishable yeah, basically. He's like a good time with family and a hearty bowl of stew. Invigorating and comforting
A couple of points: 1/ Smeagol and Deagol were cousins and best friends, kinf of like Merry and Pippin. That Smeagol was so completely corrupted by the ring shows that after 2500 years the ring was desperate to find a way to get back to it's master. But Smeagol was banished because Deagol vanished, and Smeagol took the ring into the tunnels. The ring waited, then when the Dwarves and Bilbo were close by, it abandoned Gollum, only to be found by Bilbo.
2/ Theoden was unaware that Aragorn was already committed but he was also glad to see his neice was again smiling - she was very unhappy before, when he was possessed by Sauron, and he realised that during that time, he had stopped showing her the love and affection she deserved from her uncle & foster father. But he could not see just how unhappy she had truly become. In the book Aragorn comments to Eomer that "Do you think that Wormtongue's sly words were only a poison to Theoden? Youir sister had to watch her uncle decline and fade away with Wormtongue's words in her hearing, also."
Your level of active involvement with the material you are watching is going to make you a great reactress. In fact, it already has. You have a gift for this. Keep up the great work. I couldn't enjoy this more.
Wow, thank you ❤️ so kind of you to say!
Not only that, but there's simply not enough Yorkshire accents on youtube. That you for helping to fix this hideous imbalance!
Denethor possesses a palantir (the seeing crystal) and has been using it to see Sauron's plans. Denethor doesn't realize, through his vanity and arrogance, that Sauron controls the palantir and what Denethor can see with it. Even worse, Sauron is poisoning Denethor's mind. This is why Denethor's character seems so evil and corrupt, but in truth, he is quite a tragic figure.
It is also worth pointing out that Sauron could not corrupt Denethor directly through the palantir the same way he did Saruman, because Denethor is so strong willed. This is why Sauron instead shows him biased visions to drive him into believing the war was unwinnable, basically a psyop. The strain of resisting Sauron's overt influence through the palantir also causes Denethor to age prematurely rather considerably.
Also, book Denethor had a good side, unlike movie Denethor.
@wayland76 Jackson takes a lot of filmography license with Tolkien's masterpiece, witness the very truncated demise of Saruman. The point of my post was to educate Natascha to the reason that Denethor appears as a quite unsympathetic character. If Sauron is working on his psyche through the agency of the palantir, it is obvious that Denethor (whose blood is of Numenorian stock - the same stock as Aragorn) started in a better place.
@@AlexanderNecheff no kidding. That's sort of obvious, don't you think?
Glad someone came and commented this so I didn’t have too! Haha well said. I also didn’t love how they portrayed Faramir in the movie. You had an eerie feeling he might try to take the ring at some point in the book, but he never really tries to do it and never plans to take them back to Gondor from what I remember. I’m glad they still made him look like an honorable man tho in the film. I’m guessing it was just another example to show how powerful the ring is, in a movie when you have… less time? lol! …To tell the story.
One thing to really hit the heartstrings is when Arwen calls Elrond "Ada", she's using a very informal version of father. She's essentially using the Elvish equivalent of "Daddy".
kinky
At 30:59 you ask, "Why are all these people working for him?" Sauron controlled all the Men of the East and South, who had been at war with Gondor off and on for thousands of years.
He's basically a god to them.
And some in the west, from the mountains - who served and worshipped sauron but then agreed to fight for isildur, but broke their oaths to isildur and fled.
Also, aragorn - under the alias Thorongil - in service to denethor’s father as steward of gondor, had previously defeated the pirates of umbar to the south. The pirates of umbar were also numenoreans (‘black numenoreans’) and they served as Sauron’s key lieutenants - including the black numenorean who was the lieutenant of the tower of barad-dur, who was so old he was just known as the Mouth of Sauron, because everyone, including The Mouth, had forgotten his name.
I swear 12 hours isn’t even nearly long enough for these films. I always want more!
There's lots of still unseen footage stored away but Peter Jackson says he simply hasn't had time to go through it all to make longer versions of the films.
There's also considerably more in all the books. For one thing, how could they completely leave out Tom Bombardil?!
If I may be so bold, m'lady, it should read "
"Welcome back to 'Elf Maiden Watches Historical, Family Documentary'".
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That whole "we shall have peace" speech of Theoden's is pretty much straight out of the book, and Bernard Hill CRUSHED it. The visual design of the Witchking is notably different from the book, but I'm glad Peter Jackson made the change. In the book, he looks more like the Headless Horseman, with flames coming from his neck, a floating crown, and glowing eyes. When portrayed visually he looks kinda goofy to be honest. This design that Jackson went with looked SO badass on the big screen.
Know what else Bernard Hill crushed? The Titanic...right into an iceberg.
At 21:13 the movie-makers have simplified Tolkien's story in the interest of making an exciting movie. In the book, there wasn't any doubt about Sauron's plan--Sauron was striking EVERYWHERE. Minas Tirith, the Elves of Lothlorien, the Men and Dwarves of the North--Sauron had many more armies than just the one attacking Minas Tirith.
Trivia info for you regarding the filming of Saruman's death. When filming the scene where he is stabbed in the back by Grimmer, Christopher Lee lets out a gasp and Director Peter Jackson asked Christopher Lee to cry out in pain instead. Christopher Lee smiled darkly and asked Peter Jackson how many time he had heard the sounds a man makes when he is stabbed in the back with a fatal stab that kills them. He then regaled Peter Jackson of his experience during World War 2 where he worked covertly behind enemy lines where he stabbed many German soldiers in the back at night killing them instantly and that the gasp he made was accurate.
Suffice to say Peter Jackson yielded to Christopher Lee's hands on experience on this issue.
Emphasis on "Hands on". Although he was never so overt as to outright confirm he'd DONE IT. He merely told Jackson he knew what it sounded like. He kept some secrets of those days to his grave.
Cool reaction!! The scene when Saruman falls and gets impaled, was a slight joke between actor Christopher Lee and director Peter Jackson. Christopher Lee played Dracula many times throughout the 50's, 60's, and 70's, thus was impaled numerous times. Peter Jackson joked that he wanted to be the last director to impale Christopher Lee and this was a homage to Lee's version of Dracula.
The script originally called for Saruman to scream in agony when Grim a stabbed him in the back, but Christopher Lee refused to follow that direction. He was in the commando special forces during World War II, and he did more than his fair share of sneaking up on enemies and stabbing them in the back, and he knew that if it's done right, the enemy literally can't scream, but can only let out a rattling sigh.
You're 100% correct!! Sir Christopher Lee was also a Nazi hunter after WW2 throughout Europe. He's one of my favorite actors and a total badass. I'm a huge fan of his Dracula movies.
A few other facts about Lee ...
1)He spoke something like 6 languages
2)He witnessed the last public execution by guillotine in France.
3)He was the only cast member to have ever met JRR Tolkien and made it a point to read the LOTR once every year in January.
4)He held numerous Guinness World Records, at one point starring in more movies than any other actor.
He was a cousin of Ian Fleming, which makes Lee the only member of Fleming's family ever to appear in a film adaptation of Fleming's writing, i.e., The Man with the Golden Gun.
The LOTR is a bit darker of a story than you get from the movies. Even though this movie probably has the most in narrative changes it was a reminder that the story is pretty dark from what most people think. The changes in Aragon and the massive changes in Denethor create a good movie watching experience. We also miss out on how wide ranging the war of the ring is. The action is just following our characters but the story involves every part of the world of Middle Earth and the armies of Sauron are everywhere. The best change the movie does is handling the story of Saruman. For the movie it is best to end his story here because we don't have time to go into what really happens to Saruman and the hobbits after the events of The Two Towers.
When I watched this movie in the cinema on opening day I don't think I wept more than during the 'lighting of the beacons' sequence. It was simply overwhelming. As perfect a piece of film-making as has ever been made.
15:00 "Do Elves get drunk?" Yes, in fact, they do! I don't want to say anything more on that count other than that Legolas's father, King Thranduil, imports some _super_ potent wine for his own table, so Legolas is used to much stronger stuff than this. In effect, he's really just trolling both Gimli and the Rohirrim by participating in the drinking game.
Also in The Hobbit, Bilbo is only able to help the Dwarves escape because the Elven guards were all way too drunk to notice anything at first.
"I was there when my father laid down these casks...2000 years ago. I was there when the sobriety of Man and Dwarf FAILED!"
@@gundamgunpla4685dude, shut it. She ain't seen it yet.
@@seosamh.forbes That is from the books my man, the did not include that in the movies. In the movies it was an entirely different scene.
@@gundamgunpla4685 🙄 still a spoiler alert.
You were sent back, until your task is done!
correct 😂 ❤️
The reforging of Anduril is so powerful. That's Aragorn coming into his own. And that part of the soundtrack is gorgeous. Just powerfully uplifting. Prob my favorite part of the soundtrack.
If you count the flashbacks, Sean Bean managed to die in all 3 movies. 💀💀💀
You know, everyone always seems so excited and awed by the lighting of the beacons across miles and miles of wilderness. All I can think is what a sucky job to have to sit on top of freakin' cold mountain watching for another couple of idiots on top of another mountain to light their beacon. And what if some dude just accidentally tossed a cigarette and the whole pile of logs went up...oops, explain that one to Denethor. Couldn't pay me enough to do that job.
That's what I always thought. Whose boots did you have to piss on to pull beacon duty? You have to go to the top of a cold, windy lonely mountain where you have to take everything up with you to man beacons that hadn't been lit in hundreds of years. So it was either punishment or something new recruits had to do to prove their worth or both.
Now that being said the book versions of the beacons are apparently at a much more favourable elevation and not nearly as cold and remote as the more dramatic movie versions are.
Unless there's a Middle Earth Netflix or something
@@ronweber1402Well, at least you weren't on the front line fighting orcs. And some people just don't do well with other humans and would appreciate the time alone.
At 13:02, Saruman's death is quite different in the book. I won't provide any spoilers for those who want to read Tolkien's version, just a quote from the aftermath: "To the dismay of those that stood by, about the body of Saruman a grey mist gathered, and rising slowly to a great height like smoke from a fire, as a pale shrouded figure it loomed over the Hill. For a moment it wavered, looking to the West; but out of the West came a cold wind, and it bent away, and with a sigh dissolved into nothing."
At least she is watching the Extended Version as he just doesn’t appear in the Theatrical release
Perhaps the Misty Mountains are made of thousands of Sarumen 😋
Following you on your journey of LOTR reactions has been amazing to witness & I look forward to seeing the final two parts of this marathon reaction.
Can’t wait to see more tea fuelled (Yorkshire Tea of course) reactions from you; so good seeing a fellow Northerner on YT!!!!
thank you so much for being here and for your lovely comment ❤️ always good to see a northerner in my comments 🥰
The king of the dwarves, Eitri, *made* Thor's hammer (Mjolnir). So your mug is even more well-suited than you realized. Must be that wizardly intuition. ;)
And since you mentioned Game of Thrones, I may as well also note that Eitri was portrayed by Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) in Avengers: Infinity War.
There's this really cool Lord of the Rings x Avengers crossover fanfiction called Avengers of the Ring. Feel free to check it out.
@@DanSolo0119 Shards of Narsil, ASSEMBLE!
Do elves get drunk? Yes, actually. In Mirkwood where Legolas is from, a past time of the guards (because they have had little to do until recent years) is to get drunk off of human made wine. Like, black out drunk. It's quite possible that Legolas is both familiar with elvish drinking games and can handle very large quantities of alcohol.
yes, as Prince of the Greenwood , Legolas was quite familiar with the headiest vintages of the finest wines in ME and drinking Gimli under the table wasnt even a challenge
14:55 Elves drink wine, and it's pretty strong. The other races are more into beers.
29:30 I feel like that's something Tolkien himself thought quite a bit during WW1.
Even without the preview of the aftermath, I knew that the roll of tissue would be your best friend for watching "Return of the King" for the first time! No disrespect to "Rodney", of course. Incidentally, I have a cousin of that name, who happens to be a big fan of LOTR, to the point that when we once visited a place with a large water wheel, he insisted on getting a picture in front of it, with him doing a hilarious impression of Saruman's expression just after Saruman landed on the spiky wheel in the movie!
Denethor was a much more tragic figure in the books than in the movies. Instead of being evil and weak from the start, he was so powerful that he was able to use a Palantir (the same kind of stone that Saruman was corrupted by) without being enslaved to Sauron like Saruman was. Denethor was a competent leader (though he was still not friendly toward Gandalf and was just as awful to Faramir as the movie version was) until he finally broke when the siege began and Sauron tricked Denethor into thinking the situation was hopeless and drove him mad from despair, which made his downfall far more tragic and ruinous.
The reason Sauron has so many human armies fighting on his side was due to the fact that he had spent thousands of years tricking their ancestors into thinking he was some kind of god-like being. As a result, many peoples in the East and South of Middle Earth have religions that worship Sauron, so from their point of view, they're fighting in a "holy war".
Frodo is drawn to Minas Morgul (the "Dead City") because it is ruled by the Ringwraiths, and the power of the Ring draws him to them.
Can't wait to see the next part! I'm really enjoying your reaction!
I just knew that scene with Saruman being impaled was going to get you.
The way you reacted to that was actually a lot better than I thought
ahahaha i really was NOT expecting that 😂 😂
Lovely cosplay as always, "Natascha the White" - simply radiant!
I don't much care for how they treated Faramir and Denethor in these movies, it's the one thing that really sticks out for me apart from the books. You're absolutely right that this version of Denethor is a horrible, broken, power-mad man. As usual, the books gave us more of the story, and a better understanding of why. Sadly, the presence and counsel of Gandalf was unable to save him from the terrible influence of Sauron over many years.
Thoroughly enjoy how you engage with these movies, and I'm looking forward to re-experiencing them with you and everyone else here! Can't wait for part 2!
Wizard as Tolkien’s uses it and in many older writings just means “a wise man,” in the same way “drunkard” means “a drunk man” or “dullard” means “a dull man.”
It’s not necessarily a guy going around blasting fireballs and thunderbolts out of his wand or even a magic user in general. Gandalf IS a magic user, but this is why he differs from what we would generally expect from a high fantasy wizard. His main magical power is that he inspires comfort in those around him, but it does appear he has some control over light and fire (although Gandalf actually bears the Elven Ring Of Fire during the events of the LotR so some of these magics may come from the ring rather than his own nature) as well as various other powers
Hard not to look Elf-like when you're young, wearing white flowing robes, and naturally beautiful. You may be interested to know though that in his true form Gandalf, or Olorin as he would be known, looks much younger and Elf-like than he does in his current form.
Hee hee hee. Legolas was entirely sharking Gimli in the drinking contest. Those living in the Mirkwood know that his father, King Thranduil, has a reputation for keeping vast wine cellars of legendarily potent spirits. So yes, elves can get drunk, but not easily -- and Legolas far less easily than most others.
looks like Natascha has come back, at the turn of the tide, until the task is done
This reminds me of the times I had to wait a year for the next movie to come out. Great reaction but please I need part 2 and 3!
Ah yes... good times. It was painful to wait for so long, but in retrospective it made it even more worthwhile when you finally get to the cinema and watch the next installment of this beautiful story.
You have outdone yourself in the cosplay department, looking more beautiful and captivating than ever.
Simp
@@BirdLadyy if it wrong to be a simp and enjoy the look of a beautiful and talented woman, then i dont want to be right
Creepy.
1:00 back and beautiful as ever! I did not pick the white wizard on my cosplay guess, darn.
2:30 I approve!
2:55 it's mjolir! (well "Mjölner" to be Swedish about it, but "Mje mje" as Kat Dennings said is fine) and yes, Dwarfs do use hammers.
14:01 indeed, however the Palanír isn't really dangerous in and of itself. The seeing-stones are connected though and since one of the seven has fallen into the hands of Sauron, the other ones have become corrupted through his power. In olden days, the Palatíri were used for seeing far further than your own eyes could see, you could also communicate with another stones user over long distances. (this is how Sauron and Saruman communicated without a "paper trail" and thus Sarumans betrayal went unnoticed for so long.)
26:29 Yes, you and Gandalf are one and the same!
28:25 It's so funny that Denethor says this while sitting on a chair placed litterally at the foot of the stair leading up to the Kings throne.
32:27 Yes, that's the reaction I was waiting for, it's one of my favourite moments to see reactors, like "That is supposed to be stairs?!"
42:50 they have climbed a long way, and the orcs are still marching out of the gates, that army is huge!
3:01 - Yes, Dwarves do, in fact use hammers, and if you would like a cool music recommendation, then check out a Darvish Song called "When the Hammer Falls" by Clamavi De Profundis. And if you want to see Dwarves in action wielding Hammers, axes, and swords, then move on to "The Hobbit" trilogy following this film and continue your Middle Earth journey.
Tremendous reaction! Aside from what must be a tremendous collection of wigs, any partner of Ms Summers is a lucky person.
Great part 1 reaction! In the theatres when the Witch King screamed so that Mordor's armies started moving, at that green thing when Frodo and the rest were hiding, that scream was SO LOUD! I still remember it to this day. Anyway, great reaction as usual!
Two films I saw that I'm glad I saw in a theater and not at home... hey, both are Spielberg films. Both have a moment where a terrifying sound physically SHAKES the ground and your actual guts. I guess a Woojer haptic harness would do the trick! But I'm afraid the volume was dialed down a LOT on DVDs/streams.
- Jurassic Park/ roar of the T Rex
- War of the Worlds/ the trumpet of doom (won't elaborate in case she hasn't seen it)
The guys from the wonderful Tolkien channel "The Broken Sword" are making a Tolkien movie, right now, in the UK. One week ago they were still looking for crew and extras. I am sure that they would be very happy to hire a real Elf :)
The Broken Sword are wankers and fake Tolkien fans.
sign me upppppp 😂 😍
@@nataschasummers get paid but don't trust them
@@nataschasummers You are just as pretty as any of the elves in this movie. You would fit right in!
@@nataschasummers ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!! Don't take this as a joke! Any movie would be changed from having you in it, especially as an Elf! You could be noticed by a casting agent!!!!!
42:49, i like how the if you look all the way down, the orcs are still marching out, and they've climb really high, almost a whole day since the they first started marching out, and they just keep coming.
At 14:57 you ask, "Did Elves get drunk?" Not on ale, it would seem. If you read The Hobbit or watch the Hobbit movies, Bilbo escapes a tight place by getting some Elven jailers drunk on wine.
The hardest wine in middle earth
This is so well done! Bring your tissues and get ready for "her"!
❤️ tissues at the readyyyy
I am impressed with Arwen in this one she chose to be mortal so she could be with Aragorn, so they could depart this life together
After so many years of being a fan, watching your reactions makes feel like I’m seeing the movie with fresh eyes again!
awh i'm so glad - this is something i personally love about watching reacitons too!
@26:00 When she says "CGI that was a bit..." as if to say bad or obvious... when it wasn't CGI at all. She did this in one of the earlier movies as well lol.
So excited for the next two! The last 40 minutes of this movie are the most incredible story unfolding! It s really enjoyable seeing you get into it.
Popping looking into the stone is HUGELY fortunate. A few things happen. Sauron being evil is always suspicious someone will use his ring against him. When he sees a hobbit looking in the stone he presumes Saruman has found the hobbit and has the ring. He sends a nazgul to isengard and finds it completely overthrown by men, and so he now thinks a man has the ring. They all realize they need to act as though they DO have the ring, which would make them challenge sauron. in the book, aragorn then takes the stone and challenges him, declaring himself isildurs heir. The thing is, they don't have the ring. They can't use its power, but they need to act like they do. So basically, they need to bluff knowing sauron will use all his force against them and likely destroy them to keep sauron unaware that they intend to destroy the ring. Pippin using the stone gives them that chance to really trick sauron.
The growth in your confidence and demeanor is palpable as the movies progress. I think with FOTR you were a bit concerned over your reaction since you know how beloved this series is, but I love how you can tell how much fun you are having, and how you are genuinely enjoying the movies since your goofiness and costumes get better and better with each watch. I have truly enjoyed this journey with you, and can't wait for more reactions and fun costumes! **SUBSCRIBED**
awh thank you so much - this has made my day ❤️
Saruman's death in books was different but similar although still at the hands of Grima. It took place closer to the end of the book in the chapter titled "The Scouring of the Shire" which was left out of the movies. It deals with Saruman's revenge against the shire folks as he largely blamed them for interfering in his plans and having him thrown from the order of wizards (when Gandalf broke his staff)
If Gandalf wasn't so mysterious about the eye of sauron...and just told everyone what it was...no one would have looked. But Pippin seeing it actually helps; Gandalf leaves for Gondor weeks before he was supposed to...giving them time to prepare.
Amazing video! Really enjoyed it :)
In the theatrical version, Saruman dies offscreen. That entire sequence with him on top of the tower and falling onto the spiked wheel is only in the extended cut.
Saruman's end is a touch more dramatic in the movie. But better timed than in the book so I liked it.
31:00 You don't understand why "all these people are fighting with him" well... ask the soldiers who fought for Hitler, or any other "evil" leader. Some people fight out of fear, some from misguided faith, and some fight in hopes of rewards or power... a story as old as humanity.
One thing about Golum... he knows the effect the ring has on the one who holds it... even though he barely knows Frodo he can guess his thoughts and moods better than Sam... at least at times.
Ooh Natascha I have a fun idea for a couple of reactions you could do after you complete these movies! There are a couple of much older adaptations of Tolkien's work. There was an animated film version of "The Hobbit" from the '70's made by Rankin-Bass, the same production company that made clay-mation versions of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". I loved this version of The Hobbit when I was a little kid, and I used to check it out from the local library on VHS on a regular basis!
Also, Ralph Bakshi made a notoriously terrible animated version of the Lord of the Rings in the late '70's, but it's still fun to watch as a weird artifact of film history! Ralph Bakshi was a somewhat famous animator, who made a lot of weird and fringe animated movies like "Wizards" and "Cool World". Before the Peter Jackson version, these were the only renditions of Tolkien's stories ever put to film!
Ok these are just some ideas for you! You're already on this Lord of the Rings journey, why not go all the way? 😛😉
If you enjoyed these movies, try giving the audiobooks a chance! Andy Serkis, aka, Smeagol/Gollum, does a reading of both the Hobbit & the LOTR, his delivery & voice acting is FANTASTIC.
As far as movies to watch, Willow is right up there. I think you'd love the story AND the cosplay potential!
Cant wait this should be a lot of fun!!
Hope you enjoy lovely 🥰
my partner: We have already watched for 7 hours and it's getting late. Let's just watch the last one tomorrow.
me: AUTHORITY IS NOT GIVEN TO YOU TO DENY THE RETURN OF THE KING!
Always love to view another person first reaction to these films. Hope you enjoyed this as much as we have.
To react to your question, why so many different kinships of people follow Sauron. Sauron is the same kind of being as Gandalf, they are both Maia. (As is the Balrog in Moria btw). That means, they are viewed as angels and in Sauron's case as a god. Many people, especially men of the south (Harad, Far Harad, Umbar etc.) follow Sauron, because they see him as their savior or their god, as he brought them vast power and riches in the past ages of the world. They also do not like Gondor, because Gondor in the past was much larger and bordered or even occupied their lands (Especially under King Hyarmendacil II.)
why do millions of people in the all too real present world believe the lies of a warmonger that threatens the world with the annihilation of civilization... all caught in Stockholm Syndrom, so afraid to displease the Master they try to embrace his poison in their very souls... they root for their Sauron, applaud their Wormtongue, boo the Aragorns and Faramirs and Gandalfs...
More than EVER, we need great tales like Tolkiens to inspire us and remind us that there are Wormtongues, Gollums and "ah! Whatever happens outside of the Prancing Poney ain't my problem, amirite?"... but there IS some good in this world and it IS worth fighting for.
Girl, yes! The Gandalf cosplay is perfect! 😂
ahahah thank you, Natascha the White appreciates ❤️
A little over a minute in, and you look positively enchanting! Can't wait to see the whole reaction (and spill the vast torrent of lore l've been holding back, cos spoilers).
You are very tender hearted. I don’t know that I feel sorry for Gollum as much as you do. Some of what he does is because of the Ring, but he was starting down the wrong path even before he got the ring and the ring just made it easier for him to continue & become worse until his clan kicked him out.
Yay we are finally here❤
2:32 "a whole roll of tissues" Oh nooo that isnt enough!
Chistopher Lee is staked...I see what you did there XD
Saw this with you on Patreon. Love you so much
You're the best! ❤️ thank you so much my Angel 😘
You are such a darling, one of my favorite reactors to this series. It’s been a joy watching you experience this
Wow, thank you!
Love to see someone so invested in the story already when they reach TROTK!❤. Im sure hat teary eye when Merry and Pippin get splitted is a teaser for what's next to come in 2nd and 3rd part haha
oh gosh, much tissue was used for the rest 😂
I was going to suggest you audition for the upcoming series about THE HEDGE KNIGHT which takes place roughly halfway between the events of GOT and HOTD. Lots more Targaryans left to cast in THK. Just sayin'.
24:14 This is Eldarion, Aragorn's son and heir.
27:58 The films did Lord Denethor dirty. In the book he had already gathered a large army and more were arriving. Denethor had proven a wise and strong leader, but increasingly grim as well as unwilling to listen to others. In the book we learn he ALSO had a seeing stone (like the on Saruman had) but his will was too strong for Sauron to overcome. But struggling with Sauron aged him, and convinced him there was no hope. More, he seems to have lost something when his wife died--and it didn't help Faramir looked like her.
31:03 Sauron is a superhuman being of enormous power. He spent thousands of years persuading various peoples all over the place to worship him as a god. Others simply don't want to be on his bad side, given he commands a vast empire.
37:31 Wish you could have seen this sequence in the cinema. It was GLORIOUS to behold!
Hehe love your reactions. If the Pippin and Merry scene caused you some tears then wait till you get to the most epic parts of this movie hehe
The Easterlings, Haradrim, and Corssairs of Umbar are all ancient enemies of Gondor. There’s a lot of history behind all of it but to keep it short, the men of the East have been worshipping Sauron for Thousands of years
At 10:28 it was impossible for the movie-makers to convincingly reproduce Saruman's primary weapon: his voice. Tolkien writes, "Suddenly another voice spoke, low and melodious, its very sound an enchantment. Those who listened unwarily to that voice could seldom report the words that they heard, and if they did they wondered, for little power remained in them. Mostly they remembered only that it was a delight to hear the voice speaking, all that it said seemed wise and reasonable, and desire awoke in them by swift agreement to seem wise themselves...For some the spell lasted only while the voice spoke to them, and when it spoke to another they smiled, as men do who see through a juggler's trick, while others gape at it...But none were unmoved; none rejected its pleas and commands without an effort of mind and will, so long as its master had control of it." Think of Adolf Hitler at a Nazi Party rally, times a thousand. Christopher Lee gives it his best shot, but it's a pale imitation.
In the book Saruman and Wormtail do not die till the very end and die in the shire in the final battle, omitted from the film. Probably the most major changer they made to the story.
This epic film got eleven wins for eleven nominations at the 2004 Academy Awards, tying it with Ben-Hur and Titanic, a tie which so far hasn't been broken!
Yes, Arwen can assume a family matriarch position after the death of Aragorn, helping the line of kings.
At 32:34 you say, "It's literally vertical." In the book the Stairs of Cirith Ungol were steep but not vertical; they just went on for miles and miles.
I appreciate this new Natasha.
I could see her as Rhaenys in an Aegon the conqueror series
just need to find me a contact for HBO 👀
Just here to like the video, gonna watch it later when the rest is dropped 😊
Just remember what Gandalf told Frodo... Gollum may still have a part to play.
Before you think too badly of Denethor...the Palantir, the Seeing Stone of Numenor that Pippin looked into..there were seven originally and by the time of the War of the Ring; most were lost. Sauron had one in Barad-dur; Saruman had one in Orthanc and there was one in the White Tower...Denethor had looked into it; more often as Sauron grew in strength and his mind was corrupted by what he was shown...
I literally can’t get over Natascha’s costume!
awh really ahah imagine if i actually turned up in my usual standard of cosplay and not closet cosplays haha ❤️
Saurmans death, being impaled on the water wheel spikes, is a nod to Sir Christopher Lees famous role as Count Dracula in the B&W movies of the 50-60s. Count Dracula could only be killed by a wooden stake driven through his heart.
Every one of Lee's Dracula movies was filmed in color.
@@user-mg5mv2tn8q Really? Admittedly, it's been 40 years or more since I've seen them, but I remember them being in B&W. I'm likely mixing them up with other movies.
Okayy the em intro was fire 😜
Yay! Our Nightingale of the North is back! 😊
It’s going to be my new nickname for you. That or The Northern Nightingale. 😊.
I've always believed that Gollum/Smeagol is the living representation of addiction. The ring is his version of heroin. You see here how he fell and how he struggles with it but he's never truly free of it.
The lighting of the beacons is one of my favorite scenes
it's so moving! ❤️
Quite becoming in white, Natascha! 🌟
The evil creatures on the flying "fell beasts" (NOT dragons, though you will see one in the prequel movies, "TheHobbit"!) are the same ringwraiths that attacked Frodo&Co on WeatherTop in the first film... They are the Nazgul who were once mighty kings that fell under the spell of Sauron's one ring, and are now "neither living or dead"...
Cheers!
Another great reaction to my favorite movie trilogy. I've discovered your channel via these reactions and have quickly come to appreciate and enjoy your vibe, energy and investment in the stories you watch (also, I love your accent and it seems familiar... are you a Scouser or am I way off?). Anyway, you've deservingly gained a subscriber. Keep up the good work!
Welcome aboard! I'm actually Mancunian but i'll forgive you ahah ❤️ thank you so much for your kind comment 🥰
@@nataschasummers My bad. I promise I'll learn to differentiate various and to me very interesting English accents better. :)
Thank you for the welcome. I'm here to stay and will be recommending your channel to the people I know.
Funny trivia. the orc with the gammy face at 39:47 is modelled after Harvey Weinstein. Peter Jackson and Harvey had a falling out after Harvey tried to shorten the script down to one film. I think the film makers captured both his likeness and personality.
I think Gothmog has a better personality lol
Many of Gandalf's and the elves' powers are not limited to them, but shared in some degree by anyone with great spirit and virtue. Perception, foresight, telepathy, persuasion, manifestation, ability to use magical artifacts etc. Galadriel is clearly very powerful in these ways, but it's not nothing that Frodo was able to reply to her in his mind. The human leaders in Lord of the Rings also have some of these powers in lesser degrees, because they are generally spirited and virtuous. That side of Denethor was largely removed for the sake of the movie, but it's good to recognize this difference in the wider lore. There is a positivity and hopefulness in the world.
"The crownless again shall be king. ... Reforge the sword." -- Arwen after leaving the entourage heading to the Gray Havens.
At 13:02 this is why we don't put spikes on our water wheels!
ahahaah i was so surprised 😂
Sauron always had some members of the race of men loyal to him. There was a time when Sauron was a servant of Aule, the creator of minerals and father of the Dwarves. Despite Sauron's treason, some of the peoples still held respect for Sauron's might.
Part 1 of 3?? Alright, I'll be back once they're all out. Lol
Hate waiting for multiple uploads of one movie. I understand and appreciate that you get to cover more of the film that way, it just destroys the vibe/immersion when I don't get to watch them back to back, for me at least.
I hope the rest come out soon so I can start watching!
tomorrow for moreeeee ❤️
@@nataschasummers Awesome! Gonna binge them all! 😁
Great reaction to the beginning of this incredible movie.
thank you so, so much ❤️