GROWN MAN TEARS! Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King (2003) | Movie Reaction Part 2
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Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King (2003) | Movie Reaction
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In Frodo's defense, Tolkien states in a letter that the rings corruption grows as it approaches mt doom, and that no living being could willingly throw it in the volcano once they were there.
Tolkein was a very devout Catholic, and credits Bilbo's mercy towards Gollum (not killing Gollum in The Hobbit) as a direct act of destroying the ring. (Sure, those events are decades apart, but God, being in eternity, sees all things at once) If somehow they could have gotten there without Gollum, then Frodo would have needed to die instead. Therefore, Frodo's instinct of mercy towards gollum redeemed himself, but gollums wickedness is still leads him to destruction. (I mean, he's literally cast into the fire).
Tolkien also states that the reason Bilbo and Frodo could resist the corruption for so long is that they took it with mercy, but Gollum took it after murder.
Sorry for long comment lol.
Nah I love these top of comments lol. I thought that was the case with him getting closer and closer cause he seemed to be getting worse. And wow that makes sense. It’s a good thing they decided not to kill him cause if Frodo woulda died my eyes woulda fell out😭😂 felt bad for gollum but he needed to go lol
From the book appendices:
Sam and Rosie have 13 children, and Sam is elected mayor multiple times. When Rosie dies on a midsummer's eve, Sam gives the Red Book to his oldest daughter and is never seen again. The story is told in her family that he went to the Gray Havens and took a ship, the last of the ring-bearers to pass over the sea.
Frodo never fully healed from his wounds, which means he could never stay happy in Middle-Earth. He, Gandalf, Bilbo, and the rest are going to the undying lands (Elf heaven essentially), where mortal beings usually aren't allowed. An exception is made for Frodo and Bilbo because they were ring bearers. In the appendices we learn that Sam becomes mayor of the Shire and lives a long and happy life. After his wife dies, he also sails west to the undying lands because he was briefly a ring bearer. So Frodo and Sam do meet again. Merry and Pippin spend their days with Aragorn in Gondor, and when they die they are buried next to Aragorn's grave. Legolas and Gimli remain friends, and their friendship heals the rift between Dwarf and Elf. When they reach their end, they also sail to the undying lands together. It's a massive honor for Gimli, being a dwarf, and never a ring bearer. Once they leave, the fellowship is gone from Middle Earth forever.
Wow. This is both amazing and sad. It’s cool they can be at peace now especially Frodo. I’m assuming Sam’s kids were most likely old enough to live on their own as he left to see Frodo? Also nice knowing merry and pippin stayed together in the end with Aragorn and I enjoyed seeing the friendly but competitive relationship between Legolas and Gimli grow to what it is especially since they both held a lot of animosity towards one another’s race.
Frodo went to the Undying Lands. It's sort of like heaven on earth. The elves went there because living forever means having forever to accumulate trauma, so the Undying Lands gives them some place where everything is happy and safe. Frodo's wounds never healed right and the ring took a toll on him physically, mentally, and spiritually, but he can find healing and peace where he's going. He gets to chill with Bilbo and Gandalf for the rest of his life.
Ohh ok ok thank you lol. It’s nice knowing they’ll be there safe and happy. This is so reassuring😭 glad my boy Frodo will be good and at least he has bilbo and Gandalf. It sucks he had to leave but now that I know why it makes sense. Sad but can’t imagine the pain he was in due to the blade and having the ring on him as long as he did.
Faramir’s father had one of the “seeing stones” and had been seeing what Sauron wanted him to see: an inevitable defeat. Thats what weakened his mind.
Ohhh ok that makes sense, he was still a terrible father tho😪
@@AmariMorris Truth.
These were such pure hearted and genuine reactions! Thank you for sharing your journey with us. You’ve got a like and subscribe from me, and I hope these videos get the numbers they deserve! Good luck with your channel!
I appreciate you! Really just have fun doing these and comments like this make it all worth it🙏🏾
Movies in the last 20 years have become power fantasies; Tolkein wrote mythologies centered on virtues. You can feel the difference.
THATS WHY HES THE GOAT…. THE GOAT!
Frodo, Bilbo, the Elves, and Gandalf are going to Valinor, basically the Middle Earth version of Valhalla, which is an actual, geographic location there. And Gandalf did die (that is, his spirit was parted from his body and his body was destroyed) but wizards are technically spirits from heaven to begin with, so heaven just sent him back. That's why his hair is so different when they meet him again: he has a totally different body. What makes Elves immortal vs mortal Men is that the parting of the soul from the body is the natural end for Men, while soul parting from body is highly unnatural and deeply traumatic for Elves. The natural end for an Elf is for body and spirit to gradually meld together, causing the Elf to Fade from physical view and basically become "good" wraiths who stay in the physical world while the spirits of Men fly to heaven. Those Elves who want to escape the Fading or the spirits of Elves who have been killed go to Valinor for healing.
Also, re: the Giant Eagles. Large birds in the real world have a *great* deal of difficulty taking off from ground level. The larger they are, the more difficult it is, while smaller birds like sparrows can take off faster than you can snap you fingers at them. Because of this, bald eagles will find very tall firs to nest on top of and even larger birds will just straight up nest on cliffsides. That way they can just push off of the nest and already be airborne. The Giant Eagles in Middle Earth are the size of small planes. The only place they can nest are the tallest mountains on the continent. Unfortunately, those mountains are also home to hordes of orcs. The eagles can't just fly off and leave their nests unguarded or orcs will get their chicks. They have to wait until the orcs have left on a raid. They don't tell you in the movies, but the orcs from the Misty Mountains left to attack Lothlorien and Erebor (Gimli's home) at around the same time Mordor was attacking Minas Tirith, so the eagles can afford to lend a hand, since they have a vested interest in those orcs not coming back to the mountains. They also don't get around to telling you that the reason the eagles are so willing to do Gandalf a favor in the first place is because Gandalf once healed their leader from a poisoned orc arrow wound. So it's not like the orcs aren't a real threat to their nests.
These reactions got a subscribe from me. Thank you for reacting to this trilogy. I appreciate your insights and how quickly you picked up on things. Great job, sir.
Also, never feel uncomfortable showing emotion in this trilogy or any other piece of media. Keep being you, thats what we're all here to see, your reaction.
Ay I appreciate you watching with me on this journey! It’s been fun and comments like these are why I love doing them. Appreciate the support and absolutely will always be myself🙏🏾
Next Trilogy The Hobbit Extended Edition Of The Adventures Of Bilbo Baggin:
(1) An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition
(2) The Desolation Of Smaug Extended Edition
(3) The Battle Five Armie Extended Edition
It would be nice to experience the hobbit for the first time again but I’ve already seen them. Preciate your comment tho! Any other suggestions?
When Frodo left on the ship with Gandalf, Bilbo, Elrond, Galadriel & Celeborn, they went across The Sundering Sea to The Undying Lands. The Undying Lands are a kind of eternal paradise inhabited by The Elves, The Valar (Gods) & The Maia (Angels). Because of their deeds as Ring Bearers, Frodo & Bilbo were both granted the honour of being the first non-elves to be allowed to enter The Undying Lands.
Also, Frodo had suffered great trauma from his quest to destroy The One Ring, not least the wound he received from the Morgul Blade of the Witch King on Weathertop. He never fully recovered so it was decided the only place he might find rest was in the Undying Lands.
It is implicated that Sam, having outlived his wife &, having been a Ring Bearer, albeit it for a short while, was also allowed passage to The Undying Lands.
Legolas & Gimli spent the rest of their time as friends, traveling Middle Earth together. So great was their bond that, when it was time for Legolas to leave for The Undying Lands, Gimli, because of his service to The Fellowship, & his part in the downfall of Sauron, was also allowed to go. He was the only Dwarf ever to be allowed to enter The Undying Lands.
What a great review!! You did an excellent job! Also, well said on it being two trilogies, but all one story. If I am not mistaken, I believe that is how Professor Tolkien said he saw his work as well. Superb!
Thank you I appreciate you for watching fr! And yeah this whole franchise is amazing. Cool to know Tolkien sees it that way as well🔥
Most people forget when Frodo wakes up to Gandalf, last he saw of him was the fight with the Balrog. He didn’t know he came back until that moment
Omg you’re right🤯 for them it was so long since they last seen one another so Fodo was just thinking he’s been dead since then. Damn
There was Eru Iluatar the One, in the Timeless Halls. Two types of spirits, the offspring of his thoughts. The Ainur were the most powerful and the Miyar were the lesser. At first they were concerned only with that part of Eru's mind from which they had sprung. Then they began to converse with their fellows, so Eru could find out more about his thoughts and what else might spring from these interactions.
But Melkor ( later Morgoth ) began to move away from the other Ainur to explore The Void, and began to have and cherish thoughts strange to them. But underneath he sought The Flame Imperishable or Secret Fire, which Eru Illuvatar used to instill life and free will in his thinking creations. Melkor wished to do these things for himself but couldn't find The Flame Imperishable for it is with Illuvatar.
Eru began his greatest creation by setting three different musical themes before the host of Ainur and Myar. The first two where derailed into chaos by Melkor still wanting to make and master things for himself, but Eru stopped them when they got too far off track. The third theme was made by Eru alone.
Then he told to see what their music had made, and there was light where before there had been only sound. He showed them Arda or the Earth. And then the vison of the coming of the elves, the First Born and Men the afterfollowers.
And he said, " Ea! Let these things be!" So the Ainur who best loved the things in the vison, or had had great part in the songs went to Arda, but found it empty. Eru explained they would have to build it according to their songs and visions, consulting each other where their voices were blended.
The spirits because the Valar, or Powers of the World, and began their labor with the assistance of the Mayar. And guess who was among them? Melkor pretended he also wanted to make and order the World for the coming of The of Children of Illuvatar. That didn't last long for Melkor wanted Ea as his own to rule over in defiance of Illuvatar and the demigods. Illuvatar had a hands off attitude for Arda trusting the Valar, the Music and the Vision to guide the Powers.
Melkor hated the idea that someone else had created him. He hated the other Valar. And since he couldn't have Arda for his own, he destroyed all of the progress they made. During the Music he had confused and persuaded many lesser spirits to follow him. Much of that early destruction happened on the continent that would become Middle Earth.
The Valar removed to a continent to the West of there called Aman and fortified it and guarded it as best they could. In the west of Aman was an area set aside to receive the Fea, or spirits, of Elves and Men when their physical bodies die. It's called the Halls of Mandos.
In the Halls of Mandos after rest, healing and judgement the Elves get new bodies, unless they're evil. And go back to their lives in Aman. Some even choose to go back to Middle Earth, but that's rare. That's how immortality works for them. The Fea of Men after healing and judgement join Eru Illuvatar in The Timeless Halls. No one knows what happens to them after that except Illuvatar. He alone made the third theme.
Of course, there are many more people, places and things in the Undying Lands. Mortal bodies burn out quickly since they can't withstand the great spiritual boost from being there. From Mandos they go to the Timeless Halls. Since they are timeless it doesn't matter when they entered because Timeless. From the time Bilbo, Frodo, Sam and all the rest of the Fellowship companions, save Legolas and Gandalf, they've always been there. I mention this because some folks get upset at the idea that there were delays from our perspective.
But that's where the ship carrying Galadriel, Elrond, Cirdan, Gandalf, Bilbo and Frodo went.
Of course, Gandalf is a Myar. He's never liked having a physical form.
This is the basic context of where they were going in the ship.
Very detailed explanation! Thank you🙏🏾
Soldiers don't really come home whole. But friendship and honor and duty and love can fill those missing pieces more than anything else can. Home is never the same, but fellowship is a balm in Gilead.
Bilbo is 132, if my calculations are correct. There were actually 17 years that passed between Bilbo's 111th birthday party and Frodo's departure from the Shire, so Bilbo was 128 when they saw each other in Rivendell. Frodo says it's been four years since he was stabbed by the Nazgul on Weathertop, making Bilbo 132. Frodo turned 33 (a Hobbit's coming of age) when Bilbo turned 111. He was 50 when he took the ring out of the Shire and is now 54. He says in the book that he's been wounded with knife, sting, and tooth and will never fully heal. But it's the deeper inner scars of carrying the evil of the ring for so long that are the worst and the reason he leaves Middle Earth for the Undying Lands where he will be whole and healthy in the company of the Elves. He will not be immortal, but will likely have a very long and happy life there.
The sword Merry used to stab the Nazgul King came from Aragorn's distant ancestors (Dunadan) and was enchanted against the Nazgul. That and Eowyn's face stab did him in.
Ohhh ok that’s pretty cool🔥
When they came back before Sam gets up has been a bit of a tribute to people who have fought in wars. There are certain things that nobody else could ever know.
Oh nice that’s really cool they did that. I wonder if this is stuff you’d have to look up/hear from the creator and or director or just something you can kinda assume from watching or reading🤔
In the books, Saruman actually escapes the tower and goes to the Shire and takes it over. When the hobbits get home, they have to organize a rebellion to overthrow him and that's his actual ending. Because the movie was already 3-4 hours long, Peter Jackson and Co. had to leave that out. Great reaction - I enjoyed watching you experience this incredible story.
At preciate you for watching! And that’s crazy to think about damn. Wouldn’t mind a 10 hour cut of these movies with a lot more details and scenes tbh😂
Probably someone has already told you that Gollum isn't CGI. He's motion capture. The actor's name is Andy Serkis.
No actually! At least I don’t remember lol but that’s actually really cool🔥
Theoden is Eowyn's Uncle, not her father.
Ohhhhh lol. They have such a father daughter relationship at least that’s how it looked to me
@@AmariMorris Don't feel bad about it. From everything I've seen in the movie, Theoden was a surrogate father to her.
I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying!
Great reaction 💜 -x-
🤧 thanks for watching!
I ball like a baby when the hobbits say the final goodbyes to Frodo!
Really sad but good scene fr!
Loved watching these videos. I've read the books but these movies did a great job of turning it into Hollywood. It's not easy to do that with a much loved bit of literature and they obviously needed to change a few things so it worked as a film. Anyone moaning about the movies needs to understand this and the books are 2 different things, equally good. Thanks for your uploads!!
Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching them! It does make sense they had to leave a lot out seeing as how big the world is lol and from what comments have told me about events that happen in the book these movies did a great job at portraying a good amount of it🔥
I read the entire series from 'The Hobbit' to 'The Return Of the King' the first time in 1971 when I was 11. Nothing else has impressed me that much since.
Only a wizard can whip a kings butt and not get in trouble. 🤣🤣
The Mouth of Sauron is just frickin' creepy!!
The inscription on the One Ring says: "One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."
Frodo was the main Ring bearer and everyone pulled their weight and more, but Samwise Gamgee is the hero of this story!!
"My friends. You bow to no one." and the parting at The Grey Havens. 😭😭😭😭 Gets me every damn time!
BTW. Gimli is the son of Gloin. One of the 13 dwarves of Bilbo's company in The Hobbit.
Wow that’s crazy! I believe it lol😂 yeah the mouth is crazy! Sam is the GOAT FR. Looking back at that quote from Aragorn always gets me now lol and ohhhh Gloin that’s firee wow didn’t know that preciate your comment🙏🏾
Frodo probably represents war veterans with PTSD, which became a massive social problem for the first time after WWI (before which it was a series of individual tragedies. PTSD was as old as warfare, but WWI saw armies the size we had never seen before). Tolkien would have known men who couldn't mentally recover from what they went through, and who bowed out of life, via suicide or withdrawal. Meanwhile Sam is the war veteran of lower birth (class was a massive thing at the time of writing, especially in rural England, on which the Shire is closely based) whose experience helped propel him up the social ladder. He'd eaten with kings and princes: he can manage Shire social conventions.
(Also, King Theoden was Eowyn's uncle, not her dad. She and Eomer (Karl Urban) were the children of Theoden's sister Theodwyn. They grew up with Theoden's own son after their parents' death.)
Sam pulling Frodo up through the fire parallels Frodo pulling Sam out of the river in Fellowship. Fire and Water both purifying elements.
yooo thats so fire I forgot about that scene from fellowship🔥
We all cried
The books are even better. And that’s saying something since these LOTR movies are among the best ever made, period. And you will weep at the end of the books, also. I did 49 years ago when I first read them (I’ve read them multiple times since!). I didn’t want to leave Middle Earth or these characters, we had gone through so much together! Although I’m not sure the books will have the same impact on you since part of the wonder, charm, and drama of the books will not hit you with the same impact as when you are reading and discovering Middle Earth for the very first time. On the other hand, the way Tolkien writes about the Black Riders, and Sauron, and Mordor - well, these evil and terrible things come across with biblical levels of malevolence & hellishness. A sort of Abandon Hope All Ye Who Encounter Them. Remember in “Fellowship” when the spider and centipede and worms were crawling on Frodo and the hobbits under the tree trunk? It wasn’t by accident. The Black Rider there was a being so terrible and loathsome that all living things in nature abhorred them. They were an abomination of god’s creation, unlife, and all living things, men and creatures, could hardly stand even to be in their presence, let alone touch one. Thus the bugs scurried away. That also is why Eowyn and Merry were near death after facing off with the Lord of the Nazgul. They had actually struck him with their blades and would have died if not for the healing power of the King. As far as the ship at the end, it was sailing to Valinor, an island near, basically, Heaven. This was a place only the immortal Elves were allowed to go to. Frodo and Bilbo, due to their heroic actions in keeping the One Ring allowing for the eventual defeat of Sauron, were allowed to live out their days in peace and security there.
I’m really excited to start the books for sure. Knowing all this and other information yall have provided is really mind blowing. Like this isn’t just the typical fantasy world. It’s much bigger and more thought out than I could have ever imagined starting this trilogy🤯 thanks for the insight on all these things, especially about the bugs and just how evil the force of Sauron is to the point even tiny little creatures like spiders are fleeing in fear even though they aren’t even a target. Man that’s terrifying😂
@@AmariMorris And there is a being in the book even older than almost ALL of the beings shown in the LOTR movies. He is the earth as a spirit in the flesh who comes across as comical, but who can even handle the One Ring, see Frodo when Frodo is wearing it, and not be affected by it at all. Thus he is not interested in it. Which is why the Council of Elrond considered giving it to him for safekeeping. But they did not, fearing he might not be careful enough with it, and might even lose it. And, in the end, even HE would probably not be able to withstand Sauron’s full strength focused solely on him, after everyone else had been defeated. Thus, the Council reasoned that the best course of action would be to try to destroy the Ring in Mt. Doom. But, yeah, there are a LOT of things that couldn’t be included in the movies as it would be days long instead of hours. Enjoy!
Yep, it's a book! Enjoy. Thank you for sharing your reactions to these films.
Books are definitely next for me! Thanks for watching🙏🏾
Now you are ready to hear Tolkien himself read the Ride of the Rohirrim, its here on YT. Take the best of both worlds with the movie in the background and the man who fought and survived WW1.
It's recording is here on YT.
Oh firee could you link it?
Sam and Rosie go on to have 13 beautiful Hobbit children 🥰 And one of their daughters later marries Pippin's son - whom he named Faramir
Wow that’s so cool. Happy for Sam and that’s a nice way to honor faramir🙌🏾
The one thing I didn't like about this movie is that the Witch King would never in EVER have the power to break Gandalf's staff. He simply does not have that power.
I don’t even know much about the which king but even that had me confused lol like just that easily???😭 knew it had to be for the shock factor and suspense of the war cause that’s wild😂
Ya, no. Gandalf is WAY more powerful than him. @@AmariMorris
I read the book first, and I have to say that Peter Jackson stayed very close to the original... with the exception of Saroman's death and the state of the Hobbitland when the four hobbits returned. It was destroyed, Saruman had had all the old trees cut down, discord and greed and resentment had set in, ... it was Saroman's revenge for the conquest of Isengard... it was exactly as Galadriel's mirror had predicted.
The four had to fight for it To liberate their homeland... and Saroman also died in Auenland... and much more miserable than in the film.
But do you remember Galadriel's gift to Sam?
It was a mysterious box...it contained a gray dust...and Sam was a gardener...he put some of the dust in the soil of every tree he planted and scattered the rest into the wind...in the next year all was green again .... .that is very symbolic.
Tolkin had a preference for working class people, Sam symbolizes this...
Yes, he is Frodo's friend, but also his employee... Pipin and Merie are Frodo's cousins... none of the four except Sam is such a hard-working simple man with that simple desires like a home, a loving wife, a family....no warrior, no king, no superior can do what the simple hard working people do when a war is over...they take up life again and heal with their hands work the world.
I love that, ....unfortunately it doesn't get enough attention in the movie.
Wow. Thats sad to know but also very rewarding for sam. Cool to know he was able to bring back the life and greenery tho! My goat🔥
I think the army from Mordor on the Pelennor Fields before Minas Tirith was more like 200K-250K, MUCH larger than Saruman’s Uruk-Hai army at Helm’s Deep (10K - 15K). There was also more fighting of the Orcs by the troops from Gondor/Minas Tirith (and a few other small kingdoms) in the Pelennor Fields as they joined with the Riders of Rohan in battling Mordor. Just some small details that one wouldn’t know as there is only so much that can be shown in these fantastic movie adaptations.
Wow that’s crazy. It makes sense though like of course there’s gonna be way more than what they can show lol. A great battle indeed I sometimes think to myself how cool it would be if there was a 10 hour cut f these movies and even the hobbit going into depth of all the small details lol. Would be cool to see all the perspectives and even just locations of Mordor to really appreciate it even more seeing them visuallly🔥
The guy on the boat that was shot by the arrow was the director over acting, Peter Jackson! That's why gimli put his hand to his mouth and said oops...
Ohhhh ok that’s fire lol😂
At 5:23 The dude who gets shot is Peter Jackson, the director himself
Nah now that’s fire🔥
I recommend you start with the Hobbit as it was written. Tolkien wrote it for his children and it was the first story published from The Legendarium. It's not like the movies, which could have been saved a lot of shade by the purists by titling it Peter Jackson's The Hobbit Retold. I do wish PJ had done an edit that covered only what happens in the book.
It's told from Bilbo's POV ( There and Back Again) and only tells what he witnessed. All those other things could have happened, but Bilbo knew little or nothing about them. He was knocked out shortly after The Battle of the Five Armies began, so only gives second -hand accounts of those events. I'm sure Tolkien wrote it that way so it would be less intense for kids.
The good thing is it's always up in audiobook form on CZcams. It only takes about 6 hours to listen to.
Then read the trilogy and The Silmarillian. The Silmarillian can be hard to get through, it's the history of the World as written by the Elves, some based on what the Valar, who are demigods, very like the old Greek gods, have told them. It it has a million names in it, but luckily for you there's many CZcams channels by the deep divers to help you unpack it and the other collections of stories published after Tolkien passed. His son Christopher worked closely with his Dad and organized many of the stories since he knew his intentions.
The three channels I've found the most helpful are: Tolkien Untangled, TheGirlNextGondor and The Red Book. I'm sure there are many others out there too, but one of the advantages of reading ( the audiobook is also always up ) for yourself is you get a feel for what's accepted cannon. There's also sites where they present speculation as cannon, and I've heard some doozies.
Ayy thanks for all the info! I’ll definitely check out the audio books and those channels. Plan on reacting to those lore vids as well🙏🏾
Yeah, Frodo sent Sam home.😊
What a great guy🫡
Whats up with the buffering?
Sadly the vids got messed up somehow during the exporting process and it’s not a fixable problem🤧
The Orcs in the tower were from Mordor and Isengard. They didn’t like each other.
I believe that Galadriel had cast some kind of influence to make them fight like that.
To me, there will never be another Trilogy to compare to this one.
Gandalf brings 3 Eagles because he still had hope that gollum had also survived.
Oh that makes sense lol that scene of them fighting was funny😂 yeah this trilogy is amazing for sure. And I did mint even notice there was 3 lol was to scared about Frodo and Sam’s condition but damn that’s interesting. I wonder if gollums life woulda been restored once the ring got destroyed and revert back to smeagle if he didn’t fall in the lava🤔
@@AmariMorris yeah Amari. The books are so deep and although not exactly like the movies JRR Tolkien put in so much lore it might blow your mind.
He started by creating different languages then developed middle earth and histories around them.
Welcome to Middle Earth my friend.
@@RoadDoug The amount of detail he put into this world is actually crazy to think about. Its literally like a world of its own and I'm hype to fully experience the books when I can🔥
fire
Tbh I find this case here to be movies better than books and I don't care tabout "blablabla books are better for imagination" stuff.
I would agree but haven’t read the books yet lol but I will say I understand that cause these movies are great and It’s cool to see a world brought to life and all the cool locations/beauty of the world itself
You should really watch 2012 tmnt👍🐢
I’m ngl I would love to rewatch it. Growing up that was one of me and my brothers favorite shows but I it’s been so long since I’ve seen it so revisiting would be refreshing🙏🏾
Same❤️
why are the last couple of vidoes lagging so bad?
Yeah the videos ended up getting messed up during the expert somehow and it was something I wasn’t able to fix sadly smh
The Rings of Power TRIES to tell the story of the book that was the beginning of Tolkien's mythology, the "Silmarillion". It fails miserably. It's awful, horrible, disgusting, and whatever other epithets I could throw at it. The characters and story are nothing like they were written. Tolkien readers hate it with a visceral passion. Peter Jackson did an amazing job, though imperfect, of following the books in so far as it was possible. To squeeze those works into ten hours of film was a stupendous task and he did it better than anyone could. "The Hobbit" was a little disappointing because it contained so much CGI and departed heavily from the text, but making three movies from a 300 page children's book was over the top to begin with. Still, 'The Hobbit' is so far above Rings of Power there's no comparison.
Damn that sucks. It definitely coulda been way more from what I’ve been hearing especially seeing the success of house of the dragon. Smh🥲
@@AmariMorrisyeah, rings of power is all kinda of wrong and suffers with the "modern audience" type that ruin everything they touch like the witcher and halo.
yo why this shit in 5 fps liil bro
Shit got messed up during the recording lil bro🤧
recording is very bad???!!!!
I know, it sucks cause this was one of my favorite reactions smh🥲
It’s not just me right? There’s a crazy amount of stuttering throughout this video?
Yeah not just you lol It on my end sadly was an unfixable problem.
Stuttering, yes. But I'm now sicker than ever of hearing "Goat" - "Greatest Of All Time" - shall we rename those coarse-haired "poor man's cattle"? Baaa to that!
Probably the thing I dislike most about this movie is the Eowyn vs Witch King storyline. Merry is the hero on that moment, but they had to make it a “girl power” moment. Also, that they had the witch king more powerful than Gandalf. There’s a whole backstory of why Merry was able to defeat the witch king, but the gist of it is that Merry made him able to be killed, at which point, anyone could have killed him. There was no such thing as “no man can kill him.” There was a prophecy that he wouldnt( not couldn’t) die at the hands of a man. Merry wasn’t a man, he was a hobbit. You should read the books. So much better.
Mmm interesting. I can see how that would definitely be annoying damn. Should I start with the hobbit? I’ve had the book for years now lol. Gotta wait till I get the lord of the rings
@@AmariMorris yes, start with the hobbit. It’s a fun book, not too dark or serious. Bilbo is a great character.
@@AmariMorris Not sure what he means. The "girl power" moment definitely exists in the books as well, Eowyn gives an even longer speech during her face-off with the witch-king:
'Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!'
[...] 'But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.”
And just like in the movie, Merry distracts him by stabbing his leg, while Eowyn delivers the killing blow to the face. Together they fulfill the prophecy that the witch-king would never die by any living man's hand. The prophecy is the only part that the movies left out, which makes his death admittedly a bit confusing.
@@maxi2310. Merry doesn’t “distract him” by stabbing him in the leg. The stab was from a blade made by the Numenorians specifically to fight against the Nazgul. When Merry stabbed him, it broke the spell that basically made the witch king unkillable.
@circedelune Fair point, that doesn't take anything away from the "girl boss" moment in the books though, which was amazingly ahead of its time. Even the part where she beheads the fell beast is in there.
"Suddenly the great beast beat its hideous wings.... Again it leaped into the air, and then swiftly fell down upon Éowyn, shrieking, striking with beak and claw.
Still she did not blench: maiden of the Rohirrim, child of kings..., fair but terrible. A swift stroke she dealt, skilled and deadly. The outstretched neck she clove asunder, and the hewn head fell like a stone. Backward she sprang as the huge shape crashed to ruin, vast wings outspread, crumpled on the earth; and with its fall the shadow passed away. A light fell about her, and her hair shone in the sunrise."
Sounds like a girl boss to me. Éowyn couldn't have done it without Merry, but Merry certainly couldn't have done it without Éowyn and her fierce loyalty to Théoden.
dont watch the ring of power, it is terrible.
lol this all I’ve seen people say about it😂 how’d they mess up that bad??
@@AmariMorriseverything about it is just… rubbish 🤣
@@AmariMorris quite simple, they change the lore, the characters, added characters that were annoying as hell, tried to add more cringe scenes, spend more money and came with up with the most garbage of a design in costume, armor, and called Tolkien racist, only to then say he would approve their change and adaptation. if you must see it, i cant stop you. but i implore thee to read the original books before you do embark that terror hell hole. one can say it is a political "Woke" garbage, but i leave that for you see. be warned of the evils this shows has brought to your eyes.
Its crazy how it was in 2003... i mean i wasnt born yet.... but man its like the same shock you get when you find out shrek came out in 2001 😭✋🏽
No way shrek came out in 2001???😭Feel like all the movies specifically animated came out as I was growing up😂 that’s so crazy lol and was born when two towers released.
@@AmariMorris THATS CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT THOUGH!!!!
Sam is the true hero of LOTR! So many characters had amazing story arcs.
The ring bearers had PTSD and were like heroine attics… they’d be able to find some peace going to the undying lands with the elves. According to the books, Sam traveled to the undying lands in his old age to join Frodo since he was a ring bearer for a short period of time.
SAM IS THE GOAT! Can’t imagine the feeling of being a ring bearer fr and ouuu that’s cool he got to reunite with Frodo for a lil while. I forgot he did have the ring for a short period of time
This trilogy is goated!!
ABSOLUTELY🔥
Frodo went to the “undying” land with the elves, although he would die there; but in the meantime without the mental, emotional and physical hurts he continued to suffer from. There is some debate about how long he actually ‘lived’ there because Tolkien’s various writings can be variably interpreted. I personally see his and Bilbo’s departure on the ships as representing their deaths. Peter Jackson might also, since that departure visually is similar to Gandalf’s description of death to Pippin in Minas Tirith.
Yo the ps2 games for these movies are fire.
YOOOO! When I was looking for pictures for a thumbnail I literally saw a screenshot from one of the games😭 idk why but I never even fathomed the idea of their being a game. I still have my ps2 and I’m so tempted to buy the games lol how were they? If you’ve played them
The charge of the Rohirrim usually gets me. The ghost army is ridiculous though. Such a powerful force shouldn't exist in Middle Earth. Theoretically, one single ghost could wipe out every single orc in Mordor.
The way they were just effortlessly taking out the orcs and everything was so cool but crazy to see😂 just 1 is crazyy. No wonder lol
Yes. In the books they didn’t really take anyone out. It was more the fear of them was so intense, most retreated from them. Also, they didn’t come to Minas Tirith. They only helped to fight the Corsairs and the coastal areas of Gondor so that those people could come and aid in the war. That was all their oath pertained to. I guess it would be difficult to portray how great the fear and dread of them was, so they had them doing what they did on screen.
Are there books!?! Why yes, yes there are! And if you're up for it they are the best fantasy adventure ever written, even better than the movies, although Peter Jackson did an amazing job bringing them to the screen and we'll be forever grateful to him! Do yourself a favor, run out immediately and get them and then you will be able to prolong your stay in Middle Earth and meet even more characters and have more adventures for as long as you can draw them out! I envy your journey! Thank you and I very much enjoyed your reaction! ❤Edit: Went back and finished watching after the comment, so , sorry, you obviously knew about the books and were just talking about the beautiful leather bound one in the movie!
No worries lol preciate your comment! I know the books must be a more fulfilling journey than the movies not saying the movies weren’t but learning from yall the amount of information this series has to offer is crazy🤯 thanks for watching with me!
@@AmariMorrisif you're interested, Andy Serkis (the actor for smeagol/gollum) reads the audiobooks. They're very good. He does the voices and songs and everything.
Erwyn is theodens niece not his daughter
Never feel embarrassed about crying during the LOTR watch. These movie are highly emotional. Even after watching it when it came out 20 years ago and till now i still shed tears. No movie can accomplish what Peter Jackson and Co accomplish.
"I will not say 'do not weep,' for not all tears are an evil."
The elf ship takes them to the Undying Lands, a sort of heaven. It’s the only way for Frodo to find peace. You can see it in his smile and the return of color to his face as soon as he steps onto the boat.
Remember when Elrond wanted his daughter to leave Middle Earth? This is where she would have gone if she hadn’t changed her mind and chosen a mortal life.
The elves’ original home was the Undying Lands. They thrived in Middle Earth largely because of the magical rings. Now that the One Ring has been destroyed, the elves’ magic has also lost its power. And Gandalf, who was sent back from the dead to accomplish his mission, no longer has a purpose in Middle Earth and is called to “heaven.”
In the appendices of the book, we learn that Sam became mayor of Hobbiton and was happy for many years, but his brief time carrying the Ring also affected him. He is cursed with long life, and outlived Rosy. Eventually the Elves send a ship to take Sam to the Undying Lands, in honor of his having been a ringbearer. He gives the book to his daughter for safe-keeping. Sam’s daughter becomes a member of Queen Arwen’s court.
As foretold by her father, Arwen grief when she outlives Aragorn is unbearable to her. She leaves Gondor and wanders the woods of Middle Earth alone and lonely, until her eventual death.
Merry and Pippin are honored with burial alongside King Aragorn.
Aragorn is succeeded as King by the son he had with Arwen.
I didnt even notice he did look like he got that energy back in a way. That’s cool. Also yeah as I watched some of the scenes back I was tearing up fr😭
I didnt even notice he did look like he got that energy back in a way. That’s cool. Also yeah as I watched some of the scenes back I was tearing up fr😭
The 'you bow to no one' line always gets me...even in the book, i remember crying reading that when I was 10 or so.
Faramir’s father was insane. I saw the filmmakers talking about how common it was in “the old days” for people to lose their minds from lead poisoning. The dishes/cups they used were sometimes lined with lead, which would seep into the food and drink. That scene of him pigging out was to set this up. I love the actor, John Noble, who played him. Love your reactions. 👏👏👏
And don't forget the expression," Mad as a hatter", came from the mercury they used to curve the brims . Another nasty element that could work its way into the skin of people who used it. There's also a musical instrument made from leaded glass, I don't recall its name, but it was molded into something that looked like a fat screw and was played like a water glass by rubbing the fingers against it as it spun . The music is lovely, the mental health of the musician not so much. 😱
Wowww the setup is crazy that s so fire🔥 woulda never even known lol that explains that whole scene with him trying to burn faramir and himself then jumping off after he was stopped😭 thanks for watching!
Wow🤯
I’m not sure whether that was what PJ was trying to convey, but that’s not anything like what Tolkien wrote. Denethor wasn’t insane, he was in despair. Gondor had been fighting this losing battle for many, many years. Like Boromir said, “It is long since we had any hope.” They had been gradually losing ground, a city here, a coast there, and now it had come to the very Capital of Gondor. He felt this was the end, that even if they triumphed for a day, they would eventually fall. In a way, he may have been relieved that at last the long fight was about over. But Sauron wouldn’t be a kind master. He would cruelly torture those that had stood against him for so long. He wanted escape from that for him and for Faramir. Better to die on his own terms than be tortured for years and watch his son be tortured. That is why he tried to burn them both. Not only would they be dead, but their bodies would be gone so that Sauron’s minions couldn’t mutilate them.
@@circedelune Thanks. That is so interesting.
Great reaction and commentary! I would love for you to read the books and then come back and make a video, maybe comparing them with the movies.
Thanks for watching for the idea! I’d definitely love to discuss with yall as I read. Maybe I’d do it in a live stream format updating and giving my review to yall throughout it🙏🏾
At 59:50, many reactors are confused as to where Frodo wakes up. Your guess is Rivendell (and other reactors I've watched often guess the same), but if you look at the architecture, it's clear that they are in Minas Tirith. In the book, the first Hobbit we see is Sam, and he is in a tent in Ithilien, near where the hobbits first met Faramir. Aragorn later gives Ithilien to Faramir as Prince of Ithilien; it is said to be one of the loveliest regions of Gondor.
Ohhh ok ok. Did they ever show Minas Tirith throughout the movie besides this scene in more depth? I gotta read the books asap lol
At around 31:00 and following, the apparent death of Eowyn confuses many reactors. Peter Jackson & Co. tried to have it both ways--they wanted to include Eowyn's moving scene with Theoden, but they also wanted to include Eomer's great reaction finding Eowyn's body on the field. The psychic shock of stabbing a Nazgul left Eowyn near death (in the book, Theoden's last words are with Merry, and Theoden dies without realizing that Eowyn is lying not far away); Merry is also left near death after his stabbing the Nazgul. In the book, Aragorn finds Faramir, Eowyn, and Merry in the Houses of Healing and heals them, using the athelas or kingsfoil he used on Frodo back in FOTR. It is a sign of his kingship, for "the hands of the King are the hands of a healer, and so the rightful King could ever be known." A lovely little story of Faramir's courtship of Eowyn ensues, in which Merry plays a small but important part. All of this is only seen in the Extended version of the movie, where it is briefly shown.
Ahh ok that’s crazy the Nazgûl are scary😭 sucks knowing that Eowyn and Theoden never got to have that last interacting before his death😪 but YES HIS ACTING IN THAT SCENE IS WHAT GOT ME. His expression and how his eyes expanded made it feel so real. Probably one of the best scenes from an actor I’ve seen fr. What a great actor🙌🏾
Adding to the confusion is the speed with which Eowyn, Faramir and Merry seem to recover from serious wounds. In truth, Merry didn't go to the battle before the Black Gates. He was still recuperating. Some of Peter Jackson's disregard for elapsed time, while it kept up the pace, was confusing.
The little girl who ran out to Sam in the final scene was actually Sean Astin's daughter. She wasn't acting; she was running to Daddy.
And the infant Rosie was holding was that actress' child, too.
Not to mention that the little children of Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh appeared in brief shots in all three movies, as did PJ himself. He even had a line. It was "Auuughh!"
Yo that’s so fire no wonder it felt so natural lol🔥
And their little "boy" (that is actually a girl) is Saras (Rosie) real daughter ❤😊
Are those actual books? Well, yes and no. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are certainly available at book stores, just not in the way they appear in the movie, leather bound and handwritten in beautiful script.
Damn woulda been cool to have that setup in my room on a mount setup like a minecraft enchantment table😪😂
Part of Denethor's resentment toward his son is because his wife died when Faramir was born. Denethor was also heavily influenced by Sauron because he had a palantir (weird crystal ball thing like Saruman's) as well, it's just not explained in the movies.
Ohhh ok damn that sucks. That explains it all lol not that that resentment is justified but now I understand
The annoyance there is that the film team clearly thought about including it. In the book, Denethor burns his palantir and Aragorn uses Saruman's to talk to Sauron. In the film, Aragorn uses Denethor's palantir - takes it from under his chair. But they never explain what was going on.
Literally the BEST franchise EVER!❤