Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [EXTENDED EDITION] Part 2 - Group Reaction (2/6)
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- Part 2 of The Fellowship of the Ring is here! This is where things start to get real for the Fellowship. The Mines of Moria, the Urak-hai leader slays Boromir, and we start seeing the budding bromance between Frodo and the homie MVP Goat Samwise!
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It’s not actually mentioned in the films, but if memory serves, Bill the pony does make it home safely to the shire in the books
I always appreciated that J.R.R. Tolkien let us know the pony was okay.
Whereas in the Bakshi version he's unceremoniously eaten by the squid-thing.
@@BigKnecht this
He actually returned to Bree and the barman kept him until Sam and company went back through Bree on the way home
@@smilingpsycho5550 so he made it safely back to the shire.
Story about Galadriel's hair is pretty neat. She's one of the oldest beings still in Middle-Earth, and she was born in Valinor (where the gods live, essentially). While there, she was bathed in the light of Valinor, the light that came from two trees that at one point became the sun and moon, and that's why she glows like she does.
At one point, her uncle Feanor, one of the greatest craftsmen in the world's history (he created the crystal ball that Saruman uses for example), asked Galadriel for a strand of her hair three times to craft items as beautiful as the trees, yet she denied him every time. Now, when Gimli asks for a single hair, she gives him three.
You beat me to it. That is such a POWERFUL moment, when I read it I fucking lost it. Like, for good or *ill* Feanor is *the greatest elf that has ever lived.* His actions and words led to tens of thousands of deaths, countless wars that lasted generations and changed, as Galadriel put it, *the fundamentals of the Earth.* Before all that tho, he was simply the greatest craftsman in the world and yet she denied him three times. Then thousands of years into the future, she gave a Dwarf thrice of what he asked for. The symbolic importence of this is off the charts. Definitely one of Tolkien's greatest callbacks.
@@hazarozgen6508 i would argue calabrimbor was on par with Feanor, Feanor did make the palantir. and the Silmarils, but you could argue that calabrimbor made the three elvish rings that had enough power in them to fight back even the power of the one ring. they were still bound to the one ring because of who taught calabrimbor to craft such things, but they were still able to give the elves protection and the ability to fight against the forces of malgor and that is no small feet.
@@nottogood415 yeah, that is possible but Feanor was long gone by that point so we can at least say he was the greatest craftsman of the first couple of ages of the world. Later we not only have Celebrimbor but Sauron as well, who is not a shabby craftsman himself.
@@nottogood415 The Silmarils are definitely a lot more powerful then the Rings and arguably even more powerful then the One Ring. Though power scales and comparisons are difficult in LOTR.
@@fipse didn't say they were not better just that calabrimbor was on par with him. he got taught by sauron and he was taught by morgoth who were both great smiths them selves and morgoth is maiar just blow the valar, they are all great smiths but would argue they are pretty much on par with one another. but yes the silmarils were powerful as fuck indeed, but they could not halt time which is extremely powerful and out of the 20 rings the three elvish ones were just under the one ring in power.
Bilbo had the ring for 60 years. The fact that he was able to give up the ring at that point is one of the most impressive feats in this movie.
21:05 I'm so glad you guys highlighted Legolas' face when Gandalf confirms the Balrog. Legolas is the only other person there that would have any hint as to what a Balrog is, hearing about them in his youth as legends. That is the face of an elf that is truly scared.
I'm sure he thought "Maybe I could be the next Feanor"
Gimli would know, as the Balrog is what forced the dwarves out of Moria in the fist place.
Its like if you heard Satan was in the other room, and then you hear the door crack open and footsteps
@@bmoak Gimli had no clue about the Balrog. He thought his people and family were still prospering in the mines. It would be like Legolas returning home only to see the whole forest burned down and the skeletons of his people
@@SubzeroBlack68 Gimli and the dwarves in general had to know Durin's Bane, since it destroyed the first dwarvish kingdom of Moria. But I'm not sure whether the dwarves had a clear idea what kind of creature it was.
This movie is 20 years old . It is a masterpiece.
Indeed never gets old watching these movies
FuCK IM OLD
so much effort went into it and now all we get is second rate CGI
And the books are even older and they're still phenomenal
What’s funniest about Gimli is that the actor playing him, John Rhys Davies, is actually over six feet tall. In fact he might be the tallest Fellowship actor.
yep he was the middle eastern friend in the Indiana Jones movies for those trying tp picture him. He's not a small guy.
John Rhys Davies managed to meet his wife-to-be during the shooting of LOTR, despite having an allergic reaction to his latex prosthetics that made him break in hives.
He was much taller than Elijah Wood and the other hobbit actors, so he could stand next to them and be in dwarf/hobbit scale without needing forced perspective or green screen.
All of the Hobbit actors are relatively short (though not exceptionally so). I checked and you're right, John Rhys-Davies is the tallest of the Fellowship actors at 185 cm (though Sir Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom aren't far behind). However, Lawrence Makoare, the actor who plays the lead Uruk Hai is 193 cm, a figure matched by Sir Christopher Lee.
EDIT: And in case anyone is curious, the tallest credited actor in the Trilogy, is Kiwi Bruce Spence, who appears as the Mouth of Sauron in Return of the King (Extended Edition only) and stands at 198 cm.
@@MrMuel1205 what’s even funnier, is that the oldest female actor, Miranda Otto (who will turn 54 in December) plays the youngest female character, Eowyn. She is actually almost a year-and-a-half older than Cate Blanchett (who turned 52 in May) who of course played Galadriel, the oldest female character.
I love how everyone always goes "Oh that bridge is so dangerous" and I'm like "Yeah... yeah that's exactly the point." To clarify, the Bridge of Khazad Dum was specifically designed as a defensive structure. Because of how narrow the bridge is invaders would have to proceed in single file. This fact coupled with the lack of railing meant that it would be almost impossible to make it across the bridge while it was defended. It is the ultimate choke point.
Also, what Gimli actually ended up doing with Galadriel's hairs is that he used dwarven smithing to perfectly encase them in solid diamond and they were kept as a treasured family heirloom by his descendants.
Antecedents. Yes, I am that person. 😘
Don’t you mean Descendants? Both ancestors and antecedents mean people that lived BEFORE you were born. The heirloom didn’t exist until Gimli made it, so only people born AFTER you could have it.
@@caitlinseaton7546 Ah yes, descendants would be correct. Thank you for pointing that out. Bit of a typo on my part, sorry.
@@silverswordsmith5424 no problem 😉, I’ve been there before. Posted without actually reading what I wrote first and then realized it was not what I actually meant🤦🏽♀️
It’s still a big inconvenience though. Think of how limited traffic with the lands east of the Misty Mountains would be (assuming that it’s the only way). Remember, Khazad-Dum is a city, not just a fortress. Trade would be an important necessity, and there is no cart that could possibly cross that bridge safely. Unless it was left as the only point of access to and from the east after Balin’s expedition, or general access to the underground realm occurred almost exclusively via the western entrance, having such a narrow bridge is a detriment more than anything.
The only words Legalos speaks to Frodo throughout the entire trilogy is "and My Bow"
Does Gimli say anything to Frodo other than "and my axe"?
@@connorbennett1517"You are full of surprises master Baggins."
@@jacobsantana915 Ahh yes
That we hear.
It's a hilarious oversight that I can overlook because Jackson had enough shit to juggle as is, I don't blame him for not having the time to fully flesh out the relationships between all of the Fellowship members.
Everyone after Pippin knocks that skeleton is like when you're at your friends house and you gotta stand there when they get yelled at by their parent
My best friend lives with his grandparents and one night at his, his grandad burst into the room and started swearing at him over being too loud which was uncomfortable af. Also his grandad was 6’4 and stocky and quite a stern guy which made it even more intimidating lol
That or when you’re grabbing a glass for a drink at like 3 am and you drop it (I am referring to like a plastic cup or something) and it just bounces all over the place.
But yes, one or the other, both awkward moments.
About Gandalf not using magic...
5 Wizards where send to Middle Earth to help people against the Dark Lord. They mission was given advice and not actively fight. Just in extreme situations they were allow to use they divine power, like when the Balrog appears.
About the collors: The White Wizard was given the task to eliminate the Dark Lord more actively and lead the efforts of this task. The Grey Wizard was like a emissary and his task was give hope and help the people of Middle Earth
yep the 2 blue wizards went east, forgot their missions and no one really knows what eventually happened to them. The brown wizard abandoned his mission because he cared about the woodland animals and woods more than the humans and elves, etc. And that leaves Gandalf and Saruman.
Also, Gandalf used magic all the time. It's just that Tolkien's magic system is very grounded and subtle compared to the likes of Star Wars and Harry Potter.
@@vetarlittorf1807 the magic in tolkien universe is about knowledge. for example those firewoks were magic but he made them like any fire works are made. its more akin to a science than actual MAGIC they can do some pretty neat stuff but spell work is super limited
The Blue Wizards Alatar and Pallando (I think those are their names), their lore is a bit "incomplete".
There are different theories on what happened, and I believe Tolkien even thought about rewriting the lore of the Blue wizards.
Some say the Blue wizards went east and became evil sorcerers, using their power to gain control over others. Some say the Blue wizards headed east and helped halt Saurons forces, essentially helping end the War of the Ring by dividing Sauron's forces. Some say that they went east and simply abandoned their tasks.
And along with all that, I think the lore was being considered to be re-written, which would rename the Blue wizards and give them entirely different missions.
Also, Gandalf's magic was based on light as the "servant of the secret fire" (secret fire refers to the formation of the world). Examples: making it dark in bagend when he gets mad at Bilbo, flashlight in Moria, fireworks, destroying the Balrog's fire sword, (SPOILERS) and then later beam of light to blind uruk'hai army, beam of light to fend off felbeasts, etc. Obviously not exact science since he can also talk to moths and Saruman can also sling fireballs but ya, a softer magic system that's more grounded without a system of rules that explains away the mystery (unlike harder magic systems like Fullmetal Alchemist or Harry Potter).
I like the detail that Aragorn took Boromir's wrist guards as a tribute.
Or he saw some high level loot and... 😏
@@georgechapman9688 Listen, be a shame to let good gear go to waste lol
@@georgechapman9688 It's Premium Gondorian Leather so why not?
I believe that was a touch suggested by Viggo Mortensen himself.
Or he just wanted them. There's no point in letting them be wasted on a corpse after all. It pays to be practical on massive journeys like this. lol
Boromir's final words always get me, and they're so delivered so well. Sean Bean is a legend.
Movie: * explains why the ring can't be used *
Pat: "Why isn't he doing invisible shit?"
In fairness, the movie says a lot of stuff. You can miss things if you're watching it for the first time and are more taken in by the amazing cinematography and action than the infodumping.
He was so frustrating. He is great example of someone who just sees what they want to see in something. He wants it to be Game of Thrones. It's not.
On why Frodo is special:
We see at the beginning of the film, Frodo is truly at peace with himself and his life in the Shire. He has everything he wants. Hobbits as a whole are easily content folk; they care about home and food and the simple life. And even among them, Frodo is known for being really chill. In this type of person, the ring can't do as much to corrupt him *because it has little to tempt him with.* This and Frodo's own sense of duty/responsibility/determination to see this quest through, and because the ring - worst case scenario - can't do much harm in the hands of a soft little hobbit, make Frodo the ideal Ring-bearer.
Yeah, the ring pretty much corrupts anyone, but there is a strong relation between ambition and how effective it is, because those with ambitions are of course tempted to use the ring to reach those. Frodo, Bilbo, Sam (and ultimately even Gollum, to some degree) had amazing resistance to the ring because there wasn't much they could or would want to do with it.
The only person the ring has less power over is Sam. Our favorite gardener remains one of only two characters who simply laughs off the corruption of the ring, the other being good ol' Tom Bombadil.
@@vsGoliath96 actually, in the books he's corrupted by the ring for a brief time, but because his only ambitions are as a gardener all the ring can offer him is that he'll be the "garden lord, tyrant of all that is green"
@@hazelnutbread5467 that absolutely sent me💀
@@vsGoliath96 sam is amazing, but you spread misinformation. Sam was corrupted by the ring as well and didn't want to give it to frodo easily.
Rana's look when Gandalf fell is thee best! Gimli took the three strands of Galadriel's hair and set them in impregnable crystal they beacme an heirloom of his house. The story of her hair goes deeper... Galadriel was accounted beautiful even among the Eldar (Elves) and her hair was held a marvel unmatched. The light of the two trees (Laurelin and Telperion) had shined on it (before the Sun and the Moon) and been snared in her tresses. The great Elf Feanor wrought the light into 3 jewels the Silmarils. Feanor beheld the hair of Galadriel in wonder and delight and begged for a lock of her hair 3 times but was denied for she could see into his heart. These two kinsfolk, the greatest of the Eldar of Valinor, were unfriends forever. So basically the greatest and most powerful Elf to ever live (Feanor) was refused a single strand but to Gimli the Dwarf she gave 3!
I always have such a smile when i hear gimli say "she gave me three" 😂 it makes me so happy!
"It is said that the skill of the Dwarves is in their hands rather than in their tongues, yet that is not true of Gimli. For none have ever made to me a request so bold and yet so courteous...I do not foretell, for all foretelling is now vain: on the one hand lies darkness, and on the other only hope. But if hope should not fail, then I say to you, Gimli son of Glóin, that your hands shall flow with gold, and yet over you gold shall have no dominion." ~Galadriel
...this is why Gimli is the baddest dwarf to ever live.
I also watch nerd of the rings
@@MrBendylaw Then he goes on to establish the glittering caves as his territory. Prophecy fulfilled.
@@michaelmelro6641 Would've loved if they'd CGI'd a little bit of those caves into the movie.
Apparently sean bean was afraid the helicopter ride to get to the mountain shoot so he decided to climb the mountain instead.
That’s true. I flew in a helicopter with the company that flew them and they said it was Dom and Billy scared him on the first flight and from then on he flew (blindfolded I think) part of the way and then climbed most of the mountains to get to locations.
not only that, he did it with his costume and equipments
@@WasephWastar Sean Bean played his role better than anyone else because of this lol
@@vickster5001 thanks for sharing really epic these movies were my childhood
Boromir is one of my most favorite characters. Unlike Aragorn who is this perfect example of what men strive to be and fail. Boromir is man most end up being, the one who try to be good, fails, and try to redeem themselves.
I can't get through Boromir's passing without crying a flood.
@@acereporter73 “my captain……. my king “🤴
This is also the case for Aragorn. He fails, then comes back as King... and rules the land in peace and glory (at least for a few years, then I think his son takes over or something, and then another massive war breaks out, according to Tolkien's notes, etc.).
Yes. Boromir exemplifies what it is to be a masculine human. Regardless of how people perceive this.
35:02 Fun Fact: The dagger was supposed to have been thrown past Aragorn and into a tree. However, the actor playing the orc had vision troubles with his mask, and accidentally threw the metal knife directly at Viggo Mortensen, who was forced to deflect it in desperation. The director liked it, and thus kept it in the movie.
Lol didn’t see anyone comment on that and put it up but just had to look down and see your post lol
Wait. Did the actor deflect a real knife or was it just a "fake" knife
@@cooljo5881 It was a prop knife, but it still would have caused a serious injury like a concussion. When Viggo hits it you can see it break into pieces.
@@cooljo5881 I heard and read it was a "metal prop knife" from multiple sources.
Thanks for the info!
It all might seem weird today but historically, soldiers ask for locks of hair from their beloved before going to war or somewhere. giving and keeping a lock of one's hair has been considered a sign of love and devotion, especially before an impending separation
The reason for Gimli asking for Galadriel's hair is because, in the novel, he wishes to make an heirloom like a jewel or a mantel, which symbolizes the friendship between Elves and Dwarves, which would literally be held together by Galadriel's hair. This symbolizes this very important meeting between Gimli and Galadriel and how In that moment thousands of years of hatred had all vanished simply because he had seen an elf's true beauty. That is just what I remember from reading the novels.
That's the significance for Gimli. Meanwhile back in the First Age (maybe before?) Feanor had asked Galadriel for a lock of her hair for his own gems, the silmarils. However, Galadriel sensed that these gems were being forged to satisfy Fëanor's ego and she refused. Three times he asked, and she refused him each time. That's why she gives Gimli three strands specifically.
Gimli, son of Gloin, the First Dwarven Simp
Especially during the movie scene "for she is more beautiful than any jewel beneath the earth" or something. And that Gimili was neither greedy like the dwarves before him. And that he grew to see things differently and that his friendship grew deeper with the elves Especially with Legolas
Gandalf: I have no memory of this place.
Chris: *finger points* That's a meme.
at this point the entire script of the movie is a meme
@@Cydonius1 That's masterful writing
How is your comment from a month ago, if this video was posted yesterday?
@@metalore A Patreon
The first movie is the most memed one. On my last rewatch in theatres 6 months ago the whole audience was laughing half of the movie(pretty annoying).
In the book, Gandalf did use some magic earlier in the mine battle. He attempted to magic-lock a door behind them. But the Balrog was counter-casting the spell on the other side of the door. It's a scene I wish they kept, because it showed the Balrog as an intelligent, speaking foe. Rather than just a roaring beast.
An intelligent, speaking and magical foe - i wish they put it in too! It also shows more about the complex magical system in LOTR.
The fact that the Balrog had that sword and whip, and wielded them so expertly, suggests that it was intelligent. And when he faced-off against Gandalf, he paused to assess the situation rather than just rushing in.
@@Shozb0t Fair point.
True! Very true.
In the books when Frodo gets stabbed, Aragon is basically like "Bruh what are hobbits fucking made of?!"
They are made of good food
@@rotschadel3574 And second breakfasts
"Well," said Aragorn, I can only say that hobbits are made of a stuff so tough that I have never met the like of it. Had I known, I would have spoken softer in the Inn at Bree! That spear-thrust would have skewered a wild boar!"
Rubber and magic.
The second half of this movie is unbelievably good. Actually same for all three, their first halves are great at setting up the conflicts and then the second halves are pretty much two hours of brilliance.
The Shire theme gets me every time. The music in this trilogy is unbelievably good. The way it ebbs and flows, the way it swells, the way familiar motifs are tweaked to fit the scene. Howard Shore is a god.
I still love the fact that Viggo Mortensen is pretty much Aragorn, throughout the entire filming of these films, they should look up the facts of Viggo during filming cause he is a badass in his own right. Like one major example is during the climax of this film when he was fighting Lurtz and deflects his dagger that was thrown at him. That was actually done by Viggo on the first try and by accident, the actor playing Lurtz was supposed to throw the dagger off to the side near Viggo, and obviously a rubber one would be then used for the shot of him deflecting. However, the actor playing Lurtz threw the real metal dagger by mistake and Viggo being a badass, actually deflected the blade, so that sound you hear of the dagger being hit is real metal on metal from him reacting quickly and striking away the blade. Granted they did shoot him deflecting a rubber one instead, but kept that first shot because of it being real.
Yeah Viggo is possibly the coolest dude in the world. A proper badass
Even the fact that he was hired last minute to replace the actor originally picked to play Aragorn. You would think someone would be training months beforehand to take on this role but he was literally given the afternoon to make a decision before flying to NZ the next day.
Watching the appendices when you see all the behind the scenes of how much he got in to character. He wore real chain mail, used the real heavy sword, mended his own costume, camped out at a location the night before filming and broke his toe and I think a tooth. I went on a tour of New Zealand and heard how much Viggo really endeared himself to the people there.
The decision to go through the mines is a bit weird here because of a "snowball effect" in the adaptation of the book.
Gimli's father, Gloin, is one of the dwarves in "The Hobbit". In the LotR book, he rises during the council of Elrond, and speaks of the fortunes of the dwarves and how they've been doing since the events of "The Hobbit". He also speaks about an attempt to retake Moria. It was successful, but after a few years, messages from Moria have suddenly stopped coming. They all fear the worst about the mines, and it sets up this dread of the place. It's actually Gandalf who offers to take that path after the fiasco on the path of The Redhorn Gate (Caradhras).
In the movies, it didn't make sense to bring the character from a book which was not adapted to a film. PJ didn't have Gloin to set up Moria, so he had to somehow change something to set up the dread of the place. The forshaddowing of the balrog never happens in the book. In fact, nobody has a clue what "Durin's Bane" actually is.
Btw, if you thought Legolas was scared here, in the books it's Legolas who is first to recognise the balrog. He literally cries out in dismay "a balrog has come!".
As for the bridge of Khazad-dûm, it's specifically stated in the books that the dwarves built it thin, to serve as a choking point for enemy armies. Every little detail is very well thought out.
Galadriel is one of the Ñoldor, a descendant of the greatest clan of elves if you read The Silmarillion. Celeborn is of a different Elvish people. But she is hardly comparable to Gandalf, who is a 'maia', essentially a demigod within the Tolkienverse (as is the balrog).
@@colbyboucher6391
That's one of the most common complaints I've seen about the movie. People whine that Gandalf knew there was a balrog there and still allowed Frodo to decide on a whim.
@@SomethingLegit1 Well, it's a valid complaint. If they let Frodo decide at least they should give him all relevant information, otherwise Frodo has no basis for an informed decision.
@@SomethingLegit1 He knew it was dangerous but thought that they had a chance to pass unnoticed. If Pippin didn't make the skeleton fall, they could probably make it.
@@Lothiril
I agree, it was a sloppy part. I'm saying most sloppy parts in the movies are due to a sloppy adaptation from the books.
@@SomethingLegit1 Agreed.
Damn it, that scene with Boromir dying made my eyes water even though I only second hand watched through your video. Seen the movies so many times (have the extended cut), but it still gets me. Such marvelous movies.
You and me both. And the music amplifies the emotion. God I love these movies. The actors. The sets. New Zealand. The music. The crew. Everything was perfect
Same man.
I absolutely love this reaction. The mixture of total newbies and people who know the story is great. Can't wait for the next one!
Thanks, @Stina!
“You’re not ready for Modor”
“I AM READYYY!”
Lmao Rana wanted to skip all the levels and go straight to the final boss 😂😂
Magic in lotro isnt really the same for the most part as in Harry Potter movies for example. The thing with having too much magic is that it will be easily used too often to escape tricky situations. Also the thing with the one ring is that it will easily corrupt the powerful ones. Hobbits are probably able to withstand the lure of the ring longer than other races in middle earth but as you saw with Bilbo they arent immune to it. Basically the one ring will corrupt anyone in the end since its goal is to get back to the hand of its master.
The only ones who can truly and fully resist the rings are dwarves since they weren’t created by the same god that created everyone else and since they are too stubborn to change their mind and view on things. The 9 kings of men turned into ring wraiths but the 7 dwarves didn’t really turn into anything, they just amassed huge amounts of wealth and didn’t do shit with the rings they received.
@@Monyato Greed for gold is its own kind of corruption though.
@@sliceofheaven3026 I believe the rings given to dwarves mere exacerbated their greed for wealth, and eventually "self destructed", as their wealth attracted undesirable situations and their greed caused trouble as well. A case of this (attracting possibly the most powerful dragon remaining, who are also notoriously greedy) would be Thror, Thorin's grandfather who had one of the Dwarven rings. There are other Dwarven kingdoms to the East which don't know of presumably, I would assume some met a similar fate.
I remember reading that when magic is used, it basically pops up on the radar. Gandalf using magic left and right would probably have alerted Saruman.
@@ethancha9361 Pretty much. In the book, Gandalf outright says when he prevents the hobbits from freezing via magic that he's basically sent a giant message saying "Gandalf was here" to anybody remotely near the area.
I totally forgot how beautiful and emotional this movie was, they did such a good job bringing to life this amazing story. I loved your reactions, sometimes when you have seen something so many times just forgot how impressive it is.
Same, I would've thought I'd kinda grown out of it by now and having seen it so many times when I was younger, but just seeing this reaction made me tear up.
It's definitely a timeless masterpiece, there's a lot you can contribute to Tolkien, but it's very easy to fail make an adaptation even if you follow it all the way. The actors, the sets, the bits they focused on (cause in a movie you can't have it all) and the MUSIC, all of that can't be done by a great book but just equally amazing people dedicating all their talent.
Feels like I have been waiting for 84 years. Cannot wait for helms deep
"Thats is that DLC pre-order armor bonus" had me cracking up laughing my ass off!! 🤣 🤣🤣
It's been like 20 years but this film still makes me freaking cry
It might seem creepy that Gimli would ask for a hair from Galadriel, but it has alot of meaning.
In ages long gone by, a great elf named Feanor demanded of Galadriel that she give him a strand of her hair. He wanted to use her hair for his smithing-craft and to create the Silmarils, three gems of might and beauty. As Galadriel was of such power, that her powers would be imbued in the Silmariel.
Galadriel, however, who saw that Feanor's request came out of a desire of power, arrogance and domination, refused him. He asked her three times and three times Galadriel refused him, until he finally gave up and used other substances to create the Silmarils.
Ages later, when Gimli asked Galadriel for a strand of her hair, she saw that his request was made out of compassion, love and selflesness. So, she gave him three strands of her hair, as Gimli had asked not to use them for power, but for compassion. Gimli would also create gems of crystal in which he placed her hair. However, these gems did not possess any power but instead were meant as tokens of good will between the "Mountain" (dwarves) and the "Forest" (wood elves).
All the other elves that had witnessed Gimli's request were shocked by it but even more shocked that Galadriel actually gave him not only one strand of her hair but three.
So, while it might still be seen as creepy, it actually isn't meant that way.
To Ask for a hair of the beloved lady is also a think in medieval romanze, such as Arthurian cycle, and Tolkien ehi was an expert of medieval literature use it
Ian McKellen was actually nominated for an Oscar for this movie, which I think is very cool of the academy. Not a typical type of movie to give acting nominations to. Unfortunately hes the only actor to get nominated for the entire trilogy, which is a shame.
Your silence during Gandalf's fall. You understood everything!
I think the best people and the ones that are carrying the channel are:
1.Suraj- as the best commentator imo.
2.Rana-best reactor
3.Chris-as the guy that always explains the plot to the first two,
and is mad funny and must always be with Suraj as they are best together like twins.
In the last fight, the dagger was supposed to have been thrown past Aragorn and into a tree. However, the actor playing the orc had vision troubles with his mask, and accidentally threw the knife (real metal) directly at Viggo Mortensen, who was forced to deflect it. Gangster stuff
This is why the cast and crew of the films became a family whilst making the three films just like all of you have become a family to!!!!😉😊😇🥰😍❤👏🙌👍
Totally agree
"Let's hunt some Orc!" - is one of my favorite lines from this movie.
Gandalf's greatest power is his wisdom, not his magic. He's powerful, but he's more of an advisor or counselor than someone who uses a showy display of spectacle or force. He has a deep respect for everyone, from Hobbits to Men. "Gandalf is not an old man, he just appears that way; he's actually more of a superhuman immortal." - Ian McKellan
Gandalf the grey is more Defensive magic than Offensive at least in the movies probably more balanced in the books? 🤔
Plus that Gandalf took the time to travel all over middle earth speaking and learning languages and so much more.
During the secret meeting with everyone and Elrond in Rivendale, the fight that begins is because the ring is whispering to them all and causing strife. So actually the wood elves and the dwarves were affected by the ring.
Since you mention it - Andy Serkis said he based his "Gollum! Gollum!" on the sound of a cat coughing up a hairball.
Weinstein wasn't really involved. He just got an exec producer credit because his company, Miramax, had owned the rights to the books but allowed Peter Jackson to go to New Line and get the movies made.
He was involved in the casting process, allegedly blacklisting actresses Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino who denied his sexual advances. Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh have said that they seriously considered them for roles in LotR until Weinstein claimed they were "nightmares to work with". Judd has sued him for sabotaging her career.
@@slimEeEeeeeEeeeeeeeee probably the latter, Liv Tyler isn't the kind of woman to take shit
@@slimEeEeeeeEeeeeeeeee I doubt he tried something with every woman considered for or cast in the movies he was involved with, that would be way too many to risk getting called out for his behaviour. I'm not sure if he met Judd and Sorvino in connection to LOTR or if those were previous encounters that made him blacklist them afterwards when the roles for LOTR and other projects came up.
Rana,for those of us who had read the Trilogy,we loved Peter Jackson for ending this movie exactly where he did,with the Breaking of the Fellowship. Just like the first novel.
Hope you guys continued watching for the closing credits,as Enya's "May It Be" is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded and is the perfect piece to play this film out.
I just wanna say my thanks to the editor at the Normies, you always manage to fit so much content within the time span given, plus the memes and reference photos probably take a while to incorporate but really enhance the experience
But they left out the most important part of the ending. Frodo and Sam on the mountain looking towards Mordor and wondering if they will ever see their friends again that was the last scene and they didn't even put it in.
@@giannag4581 Well they were already overtime by that point. But I mean in general, for react channels they manage to fit the most in
One thing to realize: Although LOTR is called a trilogy, it's really one long story. I hope none of you were disappointed that there was no resolution at the end of this movie.
NOTE: The following is a correction, H/T to Brandon Layne, whose helpful comments follow this one.
LOTR was originally published as three volumes, but as Tolkien wrote, that was "a publisher's device." He wrote the story as six "books," which were divided evenly between the three volumes, with some helpful appendices in the last volume. All three volumes were approximately the same length, which may have led to my misconclusion.
For the record, so Brandon's comments don't seem to talk about nothing, I originally and mistakenly wrote this:
He wrote the story as five "books," the first four of which were divided evenly between the Fellowship and The Two Towers volumes, and the fifth of which, plus several long appendices, was published as the third book.
And I hope people won’t have that complain with Dune Part 1 either
Don’t you mean six books? There were six books, two each being one volume. The films did a good job with the “cut offs” for each volume, the books were more random where they ended
@@MrKingYuji I never considered the appendices to be part of the story, assuming Tolkien added them to flesh out the third volume for the publisher to match the first two, but when I looked it up on Wikipedia, I found it does indeed seem to be considered part of the book.
However, the Wikipedia article also seems to include the appendices twice:
"The work is divided internally into six books, two per volume, with several appendices of background material."
@@BobBlumenfeld in the return of the king volume, there are two books (the Gandalf/Aragorn/Pippin/Merry form the first book and Frodo/Sam and everything to Frodo leaving is the second book), and it’s followed by appendices and a short story about Aragorn and Arwen
@@MrKingYuji My friend, I stand corrected and somewhat embarrassed. I always thought they were considered one book. Thank you.
Aragorn: *stabs Uruk-hai*
Uruk-hai: Joke's on you; I'm into that ish!
“All shall ---- me and despair!” Lmaooo bruh I dead ass laughed so hard I woke up my cat in the other room 🤣
I respect when reactors don’t feel the need to ruin the emotional parts by talking instead of being in the moment :)
29:15 Holy shit, Rana picked out that Elves are the original beings of Middle Earth just by intuition, that's crazy
Magic in this world is more subtle and profound than in, say, Harry Potter or Doctor Strange. It's natural. Elemental. A showy feat of magic is a worthless gesture to a divine being such as a Wizard (of which there only 5 in the whole world).
Gandalf's sword is magical similarly to Frodo's. Between that, his staff, righteous purpose, and innate badassery, his every strike is guided and empowered by magic.
Speaking of guidance, some part of Gandalf knew his destiny lay in confronting the Balrog, so he was saving some of his strength for that.
Also worth noting that his personal brand of magic is bent towards light and fire. Both risky propositions in confined spaces with 8 friends.
One of the great things about coming in fresh to these films (and by that, I mean not having read the books), is that they're like an iceberg. You can appreciate the films solely for their own merit and story. They are awesome. But, if you want to look deeper, there is so, so much more to this world, like the story of Galadriel's gift to Gimli (that someone has already mentioned in another comment.) You can find some great video essays here on CZcams on the lore of Tolkien's world.
ikr? i mean when i saw the trilogy as a high schooler i was absolutely blown away by how beautiful and heart-wrenching those films were, but when i read the books i was floored by how much cool shit had to be left out, and yet how stellar the adaptation still is. i don't think the world can appreciate peter jackson and co enough for their work here.
7:55 Chris' "that's what she said" was on point 🤣
28:05 BRAVO on the censoring! I DIED!!! 🤣🤣🤣
28:05 that shit made me spit out my drink almost hahah
"[regarding Elves] I feel like they're the original people or something..."
Silmarillion fans: Ah do I have the book for you!
8:18 "This is the best fucking track in the trilogy, man.."
The beacons have been lit and the Rohririm will ride to correct this mistake..
One does not just get to Mordor, in a single movie.
I've seen this movie multiple times and the redemption of Boromir gets me teary every time
"He's like a wizard Uncle Iroh"....🤣🤣🤣 All he needs is a pot of tea!
“It’s a cave thong” might be the best description of that horrifying “bridge” in Moria! Hilarious! Can’t wait for the rest. I love that you’re going to do it in one sitting... the movies do rely on that emotional building so that’s a good decision, yet difficult especially with so many of you.
The dwarves built it like that on purpose. It was in case enemies tried to attack from the entrance that the fellowship eventually escapes from. The bridge is only wide enough to allow one person at a time in a single line, which would make it easy for the dwarves to pick off their enemies without being overrun.
My favorite thing is watching others watch Lotr for the first time and Ngl this may be my favorite one. Also can’t wait for them to watch TT and ROTK
It’s always fun watching people’s reaction at the jump scares.
Thing with Gimli asking for Galadriel's hair: Tolkien was a professor of Anglo-Saxon and medieval literature at Oxford, and the valiant warrior asking for a lock of the noble lady's hair was a big theme of what was called "courtly love" in medieval literature. "Courtly love" was about a knight "loving from afar" a noble lady (usually his lord's wife), without it ever escalating into physical relationships of course, being all respectful and devoted and fighting for her honor, and asking for tokens of her favor before tournaments or battles.
"One don't simply walk into Mordor."
Hobbit: "How I go into Mordor"? Walking.
"I like Gimli, man!" Yeah, Gimli just wants to kick ass.
You know Rana is really into this with the huge Gandalf sacrifice moment with her why aren't we helping him? Uh because everyone is clearly to far away Rana. That's a classic emotion trumps intelligence moment for sure.
Not to mention the bunch of goblins raining arrows down towards the party making going to help Gandalf a suicide mission.
@@VampireHunter5790 Very true
During the medieval time a lock of hair from a woman was considered a great gift of affection.
In the book Gimli was asked by Galadriel what he would do with the strand of hair, and he said he would set it in a jewel and treasure it as a symbol of friendship between Elves and Dwarves.
Legolas is so afraid of the Balrog because he probably knows the most about those creatures next to Gandalf, his kin fought those creatures in many wars before.
Iroh was canonically Fire gandalf for most of the 2000's.
Me, an intellectual. "GANDALF is already fire gandalf"
"I'm three parallel universes ahead of you"
Gandalf does identify himself as a “wielder of the Flame of Anor.” Anor is the sun.
@@orboobleck5366 thats actually, just, the entire point i was making but thank you for explaining it to someone who already just said it. weird flex lmao
@@Cheezeblade Other people read the replies too...
20 years later this fuckin wizard fight gives me chills still. the inflection and the faded treble of the quenya is insane i remember the movie theatre was like booming
Your not ready for Mordor...hahahaha classic.
Lol
As the ultimate heel I would have expected Pat to root for Lurtz
An easy way to think about wizards magic is that his class is only aloud to take passive skills, buffs, and status effect spells.
The way boromir repeats "our people" to aragorn while dying like he can rest easier knowing that aragorn will protect his home in his place always gets me
As good as the Fellowship of the Ring is, impressively, each sequel elevates the experience to a new level as hard as it might be to believe for a new viewer.
You have no idea how happy I am to watch this perfect trilogy with you again 💖
Back at ya’, @Daiana Mukabenova!
Every time I watch the films I cry like a little kid over countless scenes.
The whole cinema cried when Gandalf fell and Boromir died when I saw it for the first time
Idk why.. But Fellowship is my favorite one of the three films. In the next two films I was interested in some arcs, and not that much in few others... But Fellowship just engaged me completely from beginning till end.. I might be wrong but I genuinely think that Fellowship is the best
Yeah it's my favorite as well!
It is the most character driven of the three. So my favorite too.
Interesting! Because The Two Towers is my favourite of the trilogy! It's nice to see some diversity in that. :)
@@LisaRummel83 Yup, it's just a great trilogy!
It is just a fantastic trilogy overall ...All of the movies are pure gems
Celeborn: "You are being tracked."
Rana: Yeah, by Gollum!
I think he means the Uruk-hai...
Also, something a lot of fans tend to get wrong: When Galadriel goes into her tirade about becoming a "Beautiful and Terrible Queen", that's not her saying what would happen. It's her saying what she'd *want* to happen under the influence of the One Ring. She'd never actually be able to supplant Sauron, because, as has been stated several times already, as long as the Ring endures, so does Sauron. In the end, while the Ring would've made Galadriel incredibly powerful, it would ultimately have betrayed her, as it did Isildur and Gollum. It only seeks to be reunited with Sauron.
You didn't actually have to wait a whole year between the release of the first two movies. The Fellowship of The Ring came out in movie theaters in December of 2001 and The Two Towers came out during the summer of 2002. Movie goers had to wait a while for The Return of The King, though, as it didn't come out until December 2003.
The part where Gandalf says "Fly you fools" and then letts go still shocks me and then having Frodo's "Nooooooooo" really hits me hard everytime I watch it. I know he comes back in the sequel but the acting was really good here.
Rana's reaction to the Watcher in the Water is pure gold 🤣
"All shall 'BLEEP' me. . ." Love it. Well played. lolll
came for the bilbo jump scare, stayed for everything else. lol
"Wizard uncle Iroh" 🥺
32:11 sometimes I laugh at all the comments about Rana being the best but damn she is so fun 🤭
Every time I sew Merry holding, consoling his friend, I always get choked up. Can you imagine the guilt Pippen must have felt? Cause of his curiosity he made a helluva racked which lead to Gandalf falling.
That’s why I love these movies while all of them are warrior BAMFs in their own right, yet none of them neglect their emotions.
Chris (to Rana): You're not ready for Mordor yet.
Hahahahaa. TRUTH. Best line ever.
Ah, yes. Borio. Mario's final secret relative. Now all we need is a Boruigi to complete the squad.
Moria was known for Mithril Steel. Gold, Diamonds, Crystals were found in the mountain also but the Metal is what the Dwarves were after.
Bilbo had the ring for a very very long time, that’s why it affected him. It would do the same to Frodo if he sat in the shire with it like Bilbo, it just takes significantly longer on most hobbits.
To be fair, in the book, he does sit in the shire, for 17 years I believe. Because Gandalf doesn't know it's the one ring yet. But that still isn't nearly as much as Bilbo's 50 plus years!
@@LisaRummel83 oh I didn’t know that, never read the books
Super badass Viggo deflecting that REAL knife thrown by that Uruk.
Gandalf doesn't do much magic, because he can't interfere. Except in cases that have magical equivalence, like the Balrog
can't wait to see you guys react to the Two Towers😍
The irony of Boromir complaining about the lack of Hope while a man whose elvish name is Hope sits next to him... I forget if this was in the books, but either way, gets a quiet chuckle out of me every time.
Olrando Bloom made me fall in love with not only Legolas but with him as a actor him self. Yes I also liked him as Will Turner but he really showed his acting chops as this role and Legolas is just a badass character. My favorite honestly in the whole franchise
The girl on the left is not far off regarding the elves being the original creators of things. They've basically lived since the world started & are immortal unless they are slain in battle. So with almost infinite time they can learn a lot of crafts and accumulate a lot of cool stuff.
For god's sake somebody explain them what a wizard is in LotR or they gonna wait 6H for Gandalf to throw a fireball...
I know right... one word: Demi-god.
In "simple terms".
I would just recommend everyone to read the books... or at least watch a summary of all the background lore from the books.
Hell, if Gandalf was as powerful as he is in the games, he could go to Mordor alone, and waste every Orc who blinked at him.
@@drummerboi661 Gandalf is just a Maia of Manwe. Plus he has a little secret of his own on what he is carrying.
Saruman did in LOTR 3
@@maexslg-at he isn't following the same rules as gandalf
@@georgechapman9688 yea he went rogue
I love that Gimli was being a creeper. Because it wasn't the first time someone has asked Galadriel for her hair. I forget his name, but he was basically THE elf. He created many magical items & I think he was even tricked into teaching Sauron how to make the magic rings. But he had asked Galadriel for bits of his hair so that he could create something. But she refused because he was asking out of pride to make something that would make him even more renown.
But Gimli asked out of love & she granted his wish. That's why Legolas was smiling that knowingly shit-eating kind of grin. He would've known this story & would be impressed that a dwarf had been given this gift when an elf was not.
There's also a brief moment in the books when Gimli sees Arwen for the 1st time. He acknowledges that Aragorn is marrying the most beautiful woman...but he still considered Galadriel to be beautiful and called both women the beauty of the Night (Arwen) and the Day (Galadriel). It's really such an insignificant passage in the books. Just 1 tiny paragraph out of several thousand, but it really stuck with me to describe women like that. It's just so fucking poetic and simple but descriptive as well.
Truly is some brilliant writing. To say Galadriel has all of the beauty of the day describes so much. How the warmth of the sun is beautiful & that she must possess that same warmth. The songs of the birds in the morning is beautiful & she must possess those traits in her voice. And just every beautiful thing you can think of for the Day & Night being qualities in these women. It's just next level writing.
Feanor.
@@jcons114 Yes, thank you.
I just realized something kinda cool. It makes sense that Gandalf wouldn't really understand how to open the doors of Moria because they were built thousands of years before he came to Middle-earth. I seem to remember him saying he had been through Moria before but only from the opposite side, so he never would've come across the door from the outside before
Even the mightiest hero can be slain by a single arrow, and Boromir was struck by many.