As silly as the friendly Orc waving scene might seem, Tolkien himself never entirely liked the idea of a race being inherently evil. Much of his literature suggests such that Orcs and other creatures are more of a corruption of something good than created evil so the concept of this sequence isn't all that much of a departure from his work.
For me, the conversation scene between Shagrat and Gorbag in the book makes it absolutely clear that Orcs are just humans that the heroes' hate against them twists into evil monsters. Yes I know this is six years after your comment but I still wanted to say that.
Tolkien actually tried to have Frodo and Sam meet a tribe of friendly orcs (friendly for orc standards, that is), that lived the simple life of farmers. He could never find a way to include it in the main story, though. But, in the wide world of Tolkein's Middle Earth, just because Frodo and Sam didn't meet them doesn't mean they don't exist.
@@kingcamelot1395 Yeah, for being anti-war Tolkien probably realized that the way he wrote the orcs kinda made them come off as just a pure evil monster race that just evil by nature, and likely would've tried to make them come off more like a warrior-based people that simply chose to submit to Sauron and would've established that neutral/"good" orcs exist if he had the chance of publishing newer editions with these rewrites.
I always liked that orc. I kinda hoped the orcs would stay around after sauron was gone and we would one day see an orc farmer just living right near the shire waving to the hobbits after a day of hard work. Maybe coming over for dinner. Or supper.
@@frankcabanski9409 in the unfinished letters and the silmarillion. tolkien explained that the orcs were not wholly evil or irredeemable. So tolkiens work does support this. Also this is all in frodos head, frodo beliebes nothings irredeemable even the orcs.
When I was little, I memorized this song with the express purpose to use it as a lullabye for my future kids ... and I've used it when putting little kids to bed when I babysit ... lol!
@@SilmarilSam cool aunt isn't a road, it's a window. Don't give up on walking your own road just because your siblings have reached a milestone. If you do, you risk leaving a hole in your heart that nothing could ever fill. God bless.
Thanks, I really needed this tonight. I've been working while being sick on and off, without a break, without reinforcements, without relief. Sometimes, we need to head this songs advice. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
R.I.P Orson Bean, voice of Frodo and Bilbo, came here immediately to remember him and my childhood. So sad how he was taken from us after such an extraordinary long life :(
I know, right? He has a minor role in Anatomy of a Murder and I was shocked when I recognized his voice. These movies were my first exposure to Tolkien and I’ll always have a soft spot for them.
I know right the greatest adventure from the animated movie the hobbit has always forever since been engraved within my own memory its a pity that we have all lost such a kind and gentle souled person like that so soon.
zorrothefox2000 I know!! The ring quite literally (SPOILERS AHEAD) takes control of Frodo near the end of the movie, the ring gets destroyed by Gollum, though... All I am saying for the people: Frodo of the nine fingers is a name given by Gollum's acts of violence...
Mariah Raichert It is... Omg I haven't cried so many times in a movie before. Sam is so loyal, Frodo, even though he is injured, marches on diligently. And the ring... what it does to people... its a little frightening to be honest!
This film was largely animated in Japan by a studio called TopCraft, which assisted Rankin Bass with its Christmas specials. TopCraft later went on to form Studio Ghibli.
I get this now. This is the vision if the world had no real evil in it and evil had no place in the heart of orc or ring. A childhood innocence that would last and last and no change or problem would occur. Leaving tomorrow til it comes, is following an order that each day is indeed set in flux, but that each one has it's own plan or goal that has a start and a finish. Sunrise, sunset, and what people can do with each day we are given. The little Hobbits are very wise, very wise indeed. : )
Note on the vision of "peaceful" orcs about a minute in: this wasn't without precedent. According to some sources, there were some Orcs who'd wandered far from the Dark Lord's control, and lived relatively peacefully as farmers and laborers. There can't have been many, but perhaps Frodo had seen them before. Besides, as others have pointed out, the Orcs never asked to be what they were: it's easy to forgive something that has no alternative to being what it is.
Upon rewatching, I see that the friendly orcs in his dream have no helmets or weapons, showing that they’re now free from Sauron’s grasp and no longer need to fight for him. It’s a nice detail.
This was my one of my favourite movies as a kid, still is. I remember when the Orcs would come on in this song, they waved and smiled, they were good and friendly. That was always such a fascinating idea to me, such a wonderful idea. Watching the Peter Jackson movies, and having the books been read to me, I always thought that the Orcs were just evil, because they just always were. No exceptions. Then this movie showed them in a different way, like a dream, that the Orcs were friendly. It was so fascinating, because I thought they evil, but they aren't. They are just stuck in a bad place, in a bad war, with a bad boss. They have just been taught to be mean, because who would ever think to teach an Orc to be nice? Who would give them a chance? It makes me think a lot about people, how there are so many who are mean, and cruel, and greedy. But, not everyone is evil to their roots, everyone has a chance to be nice if you only give them a chance to be. Nothing is evil, evil is just sad. Evil is being forgotten, feeling lonely, feeling lesser, and feeling hurt. We are not evil, we are just hurt, hurt enough that it makes us lash out and do terrible things. Imagine if we showed everyone who has been hurt kindness, if we treated everyone as their own special unique individual, if we shared, if we paid attention to those around us, if we just treated everyone with our own kindness in our hearts. If only we were more kind. If we could forgive those for their mistakes, that they have learned from someone else who has been hurt, if we could give everyone another chance in life, to be good. We are not evil, we are misunderstood. We are Orcs. We just need someone to bring that hidden beauty out of us, because they see something that we don't. Sometimes we also judge ourselves too harshly. Why should we do that? We are wonderful. Hobbits are pure, full of bliss and easy joy. The Shire is so easy going, everything is peaceful. The only Hobbit to become hurt, misunderstood, and cruel, was Sméagol. He got corrupted over the one ring, but even still, he could show kindness, and at times he did not want to be cruel, he just wanted to have kindness from someone else. Sometimes we are Sam, who can see practically that Sméagol won't change, and sometimes we are Frodo, and we just want to let everyone try again forever. Sometimes people have too much corrupting them like Sméagol, something like money, or power. We try our best to help them like Frodo, but sometimes we have to protect ourselves and the ones we love like Sam, because we do not want their corruption to spread. We must be Hobbits. In the simplest of things, they see beauty. Do you remember strawberries Mr. Frodo? They see light in things others have discarded. They see Orcs as being friends, living peacefully as their neighbor. "Is there Hobbit in me? Is there?" - Gandalf (Return of the King 1980)
I think, dear friend, you've hit the nail on the head behind the simplest meaning of what it is to be good, and friendly with those around us and those who live on the farthest shore; maybe never yet learning your name. Perhaps, a meaning that many people miss when they first learn of this story: of a hobbit, a wizard, and creatures that have never been good but still deserve a chance to experience kindness. I always think of this quote from the original book whenever I remember to be more kind and less cruel: “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” Wouldn't it be joyous and grand, indeed?
Being born long after the release of these movies, I'm only just seeing these beautiful songs for the first time. I come back to this one over and over again. Its sweet melody plays in my head as I meditate throughout the day. Somehow it lends me the strength to live in the moment like no other music can. To be vulnerable, and allow for the possibility of betrayal, accompanied by hope in the will overcome it and find love again. As long as it takes. A vast castle encompasses my soul, keeping locked away my love and my sadness. I've been unwilling to accept either since a dark chapter nearly led to my death. Perhaps the healing gift of this song will light the path forward.
I really feel sorry for Sam and Frodo... But I'm not sure who I should feel most sorry for ;_; This song is so beautiful. Thanks you so much for sharing it.
@Belkagazaryan. I'd say it's a bit deeper than simply wanting enveryone to be more gentle. It's meant to show just how good inside Frodo is. This is his dream world and there is room enough in it for even the orcs; the creatures that have (by this point in the story) chased him, tortured him etc. And he can still forgive them; can still imagine a world where even they can find peace and happiness. Compare that to the last dream we saw before this; Sam's ring dream. In that there is no forgiveness for the Ocs, Sam imagines waving his hand and transforming them into animals (you notice that while he imagines the Men serving him, none of them are being transformed). The only way he can imagine orcs still existing is if they are no longer orcs, and indeed, no longer sentient.
That's a great point, and it goes to show why HE carries the ring and Sam does not. It's also shown well in the Peter Jackson films, where Frodo is kind to Gollum and ready to believe he can change, but Sam is suspicious of Gollum and short tempered with him. The fact that Sam was right is really incidental to the point. Sam is undeniably good; he truly hates evil. But Frodo is MORE good; he pities evil, and forgives it.
I adore Frodo so much. He was an innocent soul that sacrificed everything to get the ring to where it could be destroyed. Tolkien explained in a letter that anyone else would have not gu otten as far aa Frodo did before the ring overcame him-not even the darling Sam.
Sojoboscribe it's not just about him forgiving the orcs but in believing that he himself can come back from carrying the Ring. He's already seen what it did to Gollum and he can feel its influence on him growing even stronger as he gets closer to Mount Doom.
It did take him carrying the ring and seeing the evil it wrought within gollum, as well as the evil wrought within the dark elves to feel true pity and kinship through pain ( although it wasn't really reciprocated since he was much purer, etc). Even Sam feels some amount of sympathy for gollum after his short while of wearing the ring.
This series was a big part of my childhood, this song brings me back to those times. I hadn’t heard this song in years yet I memorized it word for word
This and the Hobbit cartoon have received praise but not the praise they deserve. I grew up with the Hobbit cartoon and only recently heard of the Return of the King adaptation. I do however remember seeing this on VHS at a rental shop. It’s really good. I love they way they portray Gollum in these. Also, the music is phenomenal among other things.
1:27 "Hey Gandalf. What's new? We just tossed the ring into the fires of Mount Doom, so that whole mess is over now. We're going home." "Oh hello dear Fro - WHAT?!?"
I didn’t know about the animated versions until a few months ago when I discovered Where There’s a Whip, There’s a Way. I wish I’d known about them sooner. The friendly waving orcs hit hard after finding out more about their backstory and unwillingness in serving Sauron.
This movie has a lot of heart. I get the same feeling, that it's wiser than the new films. If I could just articulate the reasons why, maybe I could get more people to watch it. Maybe it's time to put all those essay writing skills from high school to good use...
FrogsForBreakfast actually, I love this movie too. I remember watching this before I saw the movies and I feel like this movie captured Spiritual Warfare very well.
This movie has all these great little scenes and songs that are just so good on their own but the movie as a whole is pretty flawed and not that great. I'm glad we still got what we did out of it but I wish there had been a bigger and better version they could have had the opportunity to make.
Absolutely! I always enjoyed watching this, and Rankin-Bass' version of The Hobbit, whenever it came on TV. Now my nieces enjoy them too, as well as Peter Jackson's versions.
I ALWAYS wish the real world could become like Middle Earth. Beautiful places. Nice people. No metal things rising from the ground. If you agree with me, give me a thumbs-up
I do too. I read LOTR the first time in Summer 1980 at age 14 because of this ABC TV movie, which aired in May 1980. It still means a lot to me, and I don't care if other people dump on this film, its heart was in the right place and I will always love it.
Frodo pretty much is a teenager. He turned 33 years old in hobbit years at the beginning, a "coming of age" for a hobbit. He would be 18 years old in human years.
The Jackson LoTR movies are the best but the animated version of The Hobbit even as quaint as it is by today's standards is way better than the awful Jackson Hobbit trilogy.
@@jhozthron4415 So I watched the whole movie recently and as flawed as it is I can't really not like it. I really love the art style and I wish Rankin and Bass could have had the budget and opportunity to do even more. There these great little details like when you see the hobbits in their traveling hats they wear from the Shire Frodo and Merry have their smoking pipes tucked into their hats. What a neat little detail.
Orcs in most fantasy books, movies, etc are a race just like elves, dwarves, and hobbits. That is how they are in this film and in LOTR books. Frodo and Sam were just hoping that after all of their troubles with their ring, everyone could not hate each other and the orcs would no longer serve an evil leader like Sauron.
@DarthRaukrist well, you have to admit that it's a NICER view than the standard "everyone who supported the bad guys even non-voluntarily dies horribly". And the books DOES say that 1. some orcs did survive and 2. that Aragorn was willing to grant clemency to some of those that had opposed the free people (he let the men of Near amd far Harad return to their lands as opposed to annexing thier kingdoms onto the Gondor Arnor empire. And he left Nurn in the Hands of the Nurnians (the slaves).
Tolkien was a good writer but let's not pretend he wasn't racist. The way he describes the orcs is similar to how people of color are described. The uruk hai are also described as having slanted eyes like Asian people. Tolkien was a product of his time (his time was full of racist and bigoted people).
You're not too far off. The Shire, where we presume the "good" parts of the dream occur (a place where Frodo would feel happy and relaxed), was based on rural England. Hobbiton was supposed to have a roughly equivalent latitude to Oxford in our world (about 51 degrees North of the equator)
As silly as the friendly Orc waving scene might seem, Tolkien himself never entirely liked the idea of a race being inherently evil. Much of his literature suggests such that Orcs and other creatures are more of a corruption of something good than created evil so the concept of this sequence isn't all that much of a departure from his work.
For me, the conversation scene between Shagrat and Gorbag in the book makes it absolutely clear that Orcs are just humans that the heroes' hate against them twists into evil monsters.
Yes I know this is six years after your comment but I still wanted to say that.
Pilusmagnus the orcs are corrupted elves not humans tho
Morgan Allen Just shut up you self-hating coward.
Galahad Du Lac oh fuck that was some hard projection dude lmfao, pathetic
John People who talk about “evil imperialism” are 9 times out of 10 self-hating euros.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who was moved by the idea of friendly orcs
Tolkien actually tried to have Frodo and Sam meet a tribe of friendly orcs (friendly for orc standards, that is), that lived the simple life of farmers. He could never find a way to include it in the main story, though. But, in the wide world of Tolkein's Middle Earth, just because Frodo and Sam didn't meet them doesn't mean they don't exist.
I honestly would like to have seen that.
😊
@@kingcamelot1395 Yeah, for being anti-war Tolkien probably realized that the way he wrote the orcs kinda made them come off as just a pure evil monster race that just evil by nature, and likely would've tried to make them come off more like a warrior-based people that simply chose to submit to Sauron and would've established that neutral/"good" orcs exist if he had the chance of publishing newer editions with these rewrites.
Saw this back in 1980 when I was 10. That orc smiling and waving was a very powerful image for me.
I always liked that orc. I kinda hoped the orcs would stay around after sauron was gone and we would one day see an orc farmer just living right near the shire waving to the hobbits after a day of hard work. Maybe coming over for dinner. Or supper.
The only powerful image for me is Samwise’s and Frodo’s hairy feet
Ridiculous. Orcs are evil, not good. This is not Tolkein's work.
@@frankcabanski9409 in the unfinished letters and the silmarillion. tolkien explained that the orcs were not wholly evil or irredeemable. So tolkiens work does support this. Also this is all in frodos head, frodo beliebes nothings irredeemable even the orcs.
@@frankcabanski9409 its a dream bro
I like to think this song is all how Frodo wished his adventure would be like, instead of the horror he came to knew.
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Matthew 6:34
Very nice, really speaks to me.
Damn, that scene with the orcs made me shed a tear.
When I was little, I memorized this song with the express purpose to use it as a lullabye for my future kids ... and I've used it when putting little kids to bed when I babysit ... lol!
13 years. Have you sung it to your own kids yet?
@@Emperor_Palpatine_66 I have gone down the "cool aunt" road instead of parenting, but I have definitely sung it to my beautiful baby nephew :)
@@SilmarilSam Nice.
@@SilmarilSam cool aunt isn't a road, it's a window. Don't give up on walking your own road just because your siblings have reached a milestone. If you do, you risk leaving a hole in your heart that nothing could ever fill. God bless.
Awesome
0:53 is very possibly the most heartwarming moment in the film.
The MOST heartwarming scene in the film. 🙂
Thanks, I really needed this tonight. I've been working while being sick on and off, without a break, without reinforcements, without relief. Sometimes, we need to head this songs advice. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
R.I.P. Glen Yarbrough (1930-2016)
I didn't know that he died then! That's another person 2016 took. :(
Farewell Minstrel of Gondor
a friendly Orc ... touching. (sniff)
Yep
Glenn Yarbrough--a voice for the ages. No one could have sung this better.
R.I.P Orson Bean, voice of Frodo and Bilbo, came here immediately to remember him and my childhood. So sad how he was taken from us after such an extraordinary long life :(
I know, right? He has a minor role in Anatomy of a Murder and I was shocked when I recognized his voice. These movies were my first exposure to Tolkien and I’ll always have a soft spot for them.
I know right the greatest adventure from the animated movie the hobbit has always forever since been engraved within my own memory its a pity that we have all lost such a kind and gentle souled person like that so soon.
If only poor Frodo COULD have disposed of the Ring so easily!
zorrothefox2000 Gollum might still be alive though.
zorrothefox2000 I know!! The ring quite literally (SPOILERS AHEAD) takes control of Frodo near the end of the movie, the ring gets destroyed by Gollum, though... All I am saying for the people: Frodo of the nine fingers is a name given by Gollum's acts of violence...
awesometotoro 123 I know, it is such an emotinal movie
Mariah Raichert It is... Omg I haven't cried so many times in a movie before. Sam is so loyal, Frodo, even though he is injured, marches on diligently. And the ring... what it does to people... its a little frightening to be honest!
Easier said than done.
This film was largely animated in Japan by a studio called TopCraft, which assisted Rankin Bass with its Christmas specials. TopCraft later went on to form Studio Ghibli.
HOLY SHIT GHIBLI LORD OF THE RINGS
@@starwarzchik112 ikr!?
Thank goodness for Glenn Yarborough... he made these movies memorable.
RIP
I get this now. This is the vision if the world had no real evil in it and evil had no place in the heart of orc or ring. A childhood innocence that would last and last and no change or problem would occur. Leaving tomorrow til it comes, is following an order that each day is indeed set in flux, but that each one has it's own plan or goal that has a start and a finish. Sunrise, sunset, and what people can do with each day we are given. The little Hobbits are very wise, very wise indeed. : )
Note on the vision of "peaceful" orcs about a minute in: this wasn't without precedent. According to some sources, there were some Orcs who'd wandered far from the Dark Lord's control, and lived relatively peacefully as farmers and laborers. There can't have been many, but perhaps Frodo had seen them before.
Besides, as others have pointed out, the Orcs never asked to be what they were: it's easy to forgive something that has no alternative to being what it is.
Interestingly enough Tolkien wanted Frodo and Sam to come across a tribe of "good" orcs but couldn't find a way to write it in.
@@JWeb66 Thats a shame.. I can think of some ways
Jeffrey Weber What tribe would he call them?
@@AlfredMorganAllen sadly I can't recall, I think it was a video on the history of orcs in lotrs.
@@FernandoRamos-ec6bv I don't know, pretty sure tribes were a SOW concept, softskins or wanderers maybe.
I listen to this song when I feel stressed
I enjoyed the books, Peter Jackson's movie, and of course, this film. It's very underrated.
Ageed I like all of them
"Warm hearting" at its least... Almost a 'lullaby' for adults :)...
I use to sing this song to calm myself down from insomnia. It's still beautiful to hear.
It embodies innocence.
Upon rewatching, I see that the friendly orcs in his dream have no helmets or weapons, showing that they’re now free from Sauron’s grasp and no longer need to fight for him. It’s a nice detail.
This song saved my sanity, if not my life, many times.
When I was a kid 35 years ago the song relaxed me and made me feel ok no matter what and now it still does great song
It’s been a hard day today and this song popped into my head, had to hear it again.
This was my one of my favourite movies as a kid, still is. I remember when the Orcs would come on in this song, they waved and smiled, they were good and friendly. That was always such a fascinating idea to me, such a wonderful idea. Watching the Peter Jackson movies, and having the books been read to me, I always thought that the Orcs were just evil, because they just always were. No exceptions. Then this movie showed them in a different way, like a dream, that the Orcs were friendly. It was so fascinating, because I thought they evil, but they aren't. They are just stuck in a bad place, in a bad war, with a bad boss. They have just been taught to be mean, because who would ever think to teach an Orc to be nice? Who would give them a chance?
It makes me think a lot about people, how there are so many who are mean, and cruel, and greedy. But, not everyone is evil to their roots, everyone has a chance to be nice if you only give them a chance to be. Nothing is evil, evil is just sad. Evil is being forgotten, feeling lonely, feeling lesser, and feeling hurt. We are not evil, we are just hurt, hurt enough that it makes us lash out and do terrible things. Imagine if we showed everyone who has been hurt kindness, if we treated everyone as their own special unique individual, if we shared, if we paid attention to those around us, if we just treated everyone with our own kindness in our hearts. If only we were more kind.
If we could forgive those for their mistakes, that they have learned from someone else who has been hurt, if we could give everyone another chance in life, to be good.
We are not evil, we are misunderstood. We are Orcs. We just need someone to bring that hidden beauty out of us, because they see something that we don't. Sometimes we also judge ourselves too harshly. Why should we do that? We are wonderful.
Hobbits are pure, full of bliss and easy joy. The Shire is so easy going, everything is peaceful. The only Hobbit to become hurt, misunderstood, and cruel, was Sméagol. He got corrupted over the one ring, but even still, he could show kindness, and at times he did not want to be cruel, he just wanted to have kindness from someone else.
Sometimes we are Sam, who can see practically that Sméagol won't change, and sometimes we are Frodo, and we just want to let everyone try again forever. Sometimes people have too much corrupting them like Sméagol, something like money, or power. We try our best to help them like Frodo, but sometimes we have to protect ourselves and the ones we love like Sam, because we do not want their corruption to spread.
We must be Hobbits. In the simplest of things, they see beauty. Do you remember strawberries Mr. Frodo? They see light in things others have discarded. They see Orcs as being friends, living peacefully as their neighbor.
"Is there Hobbit in me? Is there?" - Gandalf (Return of the King 1980)
I think, dear friend, you've hit the nail on the head behind the simplest meaning of what it is to be good, and friendly with those around us and those who live on the farthest shore; maybe never yet learning your name. Perhaps, a meaning that many people miss when they first learn of this story: of a hobbit, a wizard, and creatures that have never been good but still deserve a chance to experience kindness.
I always think of this quote from the original book whenever I remember to be more kind and less cruel: “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
Wouldn't it be joyous and grand, indeed?
@@blakxip1550 Thank you mate. Isn't that a Thorin quote? I always loved how he says that. One of my favourite quotes as well.
Beautiful Line And Heartwarming Too Man Good Day To You Fool Of A Took
I love this song! It's just so beautiful, heartwarming, and calming!
Being born long after the release of these movies, I'm only just seeing these beautiful songs for the first time.
I come back to this one over and over again. Its sweet melody plays in my head as I meditate throughout the day.
Somehow it lends me the strength to live in the moment like no other music can. To be vulnerable, and allow for the
possibility of betrayal, accompanied by hope in the will overcome it and find love again. As long as it takes.
A vast castle encompasses my soul, keeping locked away my love and my sadness. I've been unwilling
to accept either since a dark chapter nearly led to my death. Perhaps the healing gift of this song will light the
path forward.
I’m also just now seeing all of these songs from the animated versions. I wish I’d seen them sooner.
I'm almost crying from this beautiful conglomeration of word and melody.
Peaceful song... Cute but deep animations ( good music)
i cried so hard, listening to this song :'(
You're not alone.
+Awesome Totoro123 And make us three for I have joined thee.
HyperCobaltMax Welcome to the feels train.
CHOO CHOO
Needed now more than ever
Why am I crying
Oh yes. Friendly orcs (or whatever they are called in this version for that matter) are rather cute.
I'm from Belarus and a can't stop crying
I really feel sorry for Sam and Frodo... But I'm not sure who I should feel most sorry for ;_;
This song is so beautiful. Thanks you so much for sharing it.
@Belkagazaryan. I'd say it's a bit deeper than simply wanting enveryone to be more gentle. It's meant to show just how good inside Frodo is. This is his dream world and there is room enough in it for even the orcs; the creatures that have (by this point in the story) chased him, tortured him etc. And he can still forgive them; can still imagine a world where even they can find peace and happiness. Compare that to the last dream we saw before this; Sam's ring dream. In that there is no forgiveness for the Ocs, Sam imagines waving his hand and transforming them into animals (you notice that while he imagines the Men serving him, none of them are being transformed). The only way he can imagine orcs still existing is if they are no longer orcs, and indeed, no longer sentient.
That's a great point, and it goes to show why HE carries the ring and Sam does not. It's also shown well in the Peter Jackson films, where Frodo is kind to Gollum and ready to believe he can change, but Sam is suspicious of Gollum and short tempered with him. The fact that Sam was right is really incidental to the point.
Sam is undeniably good; he truly hates evil. But Frodo is MORE good; he pities evil, and forgives it.
Sintar07 Yes, totally. I don't get why no one else can see it. That's exactly how I've always felt.
I adore Frodo so much. He was an innocent soul that sacrificed everything to get the ring to where it could be destroyed. Tolkien explained in a letter that anyone else would have not gu otten as far aa Frodo did before the ring overcame him-not even the darling Sam.
Sojoboscribe it's not just about him forgiving the orcs but in believing that he himself can come back from carrying the Ring. He's already seen what it did to Gollum and he can feel its influence on him growing even stronger as he gets closer to Mount Doom.
It did take him carrying the ring and seeing the evil it wrought within gollum, as well as the evil wrought within the dark elves to feel true pity and kinship through pain ( although it wasn't really reciprocated since he was much purer, etc). Even Sam feels some amount of sympathy for gollum after his short while of wearing the ring.
i was raised by my dad who read the books to me every night before i sleep they were my fav bed time storiees
Glenn Yarbrough's songs were the theme music of my childhood.
I remember as a little girl humming these ballads. It's a small wonder as to why my music choice is the way that it is.
This series was a big part of my childhood, this song brings me back to those times. I hadn’t heard this song in years yet I memorized it word for word
"....Frow-dow-Tomow-roww..." :3
:3
I was laughing at that part for some reason.
This and the Hobbit cartoon have received praise but not the praise they deserve. I grew up with the Hobbit cartoon and only recently heard of the Return of the King adaptation. I do however remember seeing this on VHS at a rental shop. It’s really good. I love they way they portray Gollum in these. Also, the music is phenomenal among other things.
Rónán Fox I agree 💯! I used to watch these all the time and my sister ordered the VHS of Return of the King 6 years ago
1:27 "Hey Gandalf. What's new? We just tossed the ring into the fires of Mount Doom, so that whole mess is over now. We're going home."
"Oh hello dear Fro - WHAT?!?"
I didn’t know about the animated versions until a few months ago when I discovered Where There’s a Whip, There’s a Way. I wish I’d known about them sooner. The friendly waving orcs hit hard after finding out more about their backstory and unwillingness in serving Sauron.
This is a good song for my anxiety
This movie has a lot of heart. I get the same feeling, that it's wiser than the new films. If I could just articulate the reasons why, maybe I could get more people to watch it. Maybe it's time to put all those essay writing skills from high school to good use...
FrogsForBreakfast actually, I love this movie too. I remember watching this before I saw the movies and I feel like this movie captured Spiritual Warfare very well.
Practice your essay skills on the CZcams comment section, people are usually quick to correct here if need be
Please do ! I'd love to read it
This movie has all these great little scenes and songs that are just so good on their own but the movie as a whole is pretty flawed and not that great. I'm glad we still got what we did out of it but I wish there had been a bigger and better version they could have had the opportunity to make.
I love the Jackson movies but it missed moments like this
Anyone else remember watching this as a kid?
I do.
my uncle showed me this when I was 8 in 2002
Absolutely! I always enjoyed watching this, and Rankin-Bass' version of The Hobbit, whenever it came on TV. Now my nieces enjoy them too, as well as Peter Jackson's versions.
Same here, although I do not really remember because I was so young. But I remember my older sister introducing me to this
Of course. This was an integral part of my childhood. I recorded it on betamax and watched it ad nuseum.
this song helps me to sleep as it's true people should leave tomorrow until it comes and sleep as nothing can hurt you in sleep
maybe not forever but some sleep is welcome is it not?
Marshall Banana true but i am a very very bad insomniac so please pardon me if i like songs such as this which help me to sleep at night
i am a female lol and ok i'll try it come the warmer nights of spring and summer atm it's cold >.< and i have anemia
Except Freddy Krueger, of course.
ZootWorld1 what do you mean by Krueger?
This nostalgia hits different. 💛
I listened to this song when I was feeling depressed. its soothing and i like the message it has.
I love this song. When I was sad I listened to this song.
I recently found this song, it's such beautiful and peaceful.
Watched these movies as a kid. Thanks for the Memories
2020 and I still listen to this song
you are awesome for having this!!! :D
I ALWAYS wish the real world could become like Middle Earth. Beautiful places. Nice people. No metal things rising from the ground. If you agree with me, give me a thumbs-up
I legitimately love this song
I do too. I read LOTR the first time in Summer 1980 at age 14 because of this ABC TV movie, which aired in May 1980. It still means a lot to me, and I don't care if other people dump on this film, its heart was in the right place and I will always love it.
Same.
Indeed. A fantasy within a fantasy.
life was so much simpler back when i used to watch this on VHS....
i love the way frodo looks. thats how i would picture a hobbit, the live action lotr hobbits sorta look like short teenagers
Frodo pretty much is a teenager. He turned 33 years old in hobbit years at the beginning, a "coming of age" for a hobbit. He would be 18 years old in human years.
This... is so cute. I'm going insane, it's adorable.
this scene makes me cry
The Jackson movies are the best, but this animated one had some really catchy songs
The Jackson LoTR movies are the best but the animated version of The Hobbit even as quaint as it is by today's standards is way better than the awful Jackson Hobbit trilogy.
Indeed, i also like the artstyle it has something magical about it.
@@jhozthron4415
So I watched the whole movie recently and as flawed as it is I can't really not like it. I really love the art style and I wish Rankin and Bass could have had the budget and opportunity to do even more.
There these great little details like when you see the hobbits in their traveling hats they wear from the Shire Frodo and Merry have their smoking pipes tucked into their hats. What a neat little detail.
This was better than Jackson's ROTK as was the animated Hobbits. Great book ends to Jackson's FOTR and Two Towers which were also masterpieces
What a beautiful song.
that voice is just amazing.
Fun Fact: the film was almost originally going to be called Frodo The Hobbit II.
Hobbit Fan86 I would’ve been alright with that, it really does look like a continuation of The Hobbit.
Solid advice.
Nice to see these beautiful songs, sung by Glenn, getting a new life and appreciation all these years later.
Try listening to this before falling asleep
Thank you so much for uploading all these music clips. I love these movies and their music. ^.^
Let’s hope our kids in the future watch the films from the 1900s, so they can feel the same emotions we felt as kids.
man i used to watch this when i was 5 and its still as good as how i remember it being
I love this movie.
Orcs in most fantasy books, movies, etc are a race just like elves, dwarves, and hobbits. That is how they are in this film and in LOTR books. Frodo and Sam were just hoping that after all of their troubles with their ring, everyone could not hate each other and the orcs would no longer serve an evil leader like Sauron.
Agreed. Both Morgoth and Sauron ruined everything they touched.
one the best pieces of music i haver ever heard! great lyrics, but above all, GREAT AND TOUCHING MUSIC!!!!!
One of my favourite songs of this movie.
Came home from work and thought of this scene. I couldn’t remember the song but I found it anyway. Beautiful
I really don't get why people don't care for this film; I really don't. But... they do... and that's all that matters.
It makes them feel like dislikeing a cartoon with songs makes them feel more mature somehow? which does the opposite really
Such beautiful song
Frodo has ptsd silently while soft music plays.
Such a beautiful song with beautiful lyrics. And VERY VERY true, especially today. 😊
Great song...thanks for posting this.
@DarthRaukrist
well, you have to admit that it's a NICER view than the standard "everyone who supported the bad guys even non-voluntarily dies horribly". And the books DOES say that 1. some orcs did survive and 2. that Aragorn was willing to grant clemency to some of those that had opposed the free people (he let the men of Near amd far Harad return to their lands as opposed to annexing thier kingdoms onto the Gondor Arnor empire. And he left Nurn in the Hands of the Nurnians (the slaves).
This song brings me comfort
This was great I remembered it all childhood memories
just watch this cartoon...sometimes i think its better and heartwarming then movies...
The orcs are not based of Germany. Tolkien hated allegory.
Why did he hate allegories
because they may put things into his mouth he may not have said or thought
Tolkien was a good writer but let's not pretend he wasn't racist. The way he describes the orcs is similar to how people of color are described. The uruk hai are also described as having slanted eyes like Asian people. Tolkien was a product of his time (his time was full of racist and bigoted people).
Live with the discomfort. He taught black students
uruk hais eyes were like asians therefor hes racist damn that logic
@MrRedcarpet02
I can't put my finger on it, but I just really like this song for some reason other than what I mentioned before.
That's how we got into procrastination.
I don't think we're going back to The Shire, Mr. Frodo, I think this is it...
This almost looks like Scotland. Also this song makes me think of John Denver.
You're not too far off. The Shire, where we presume the "good" parts of the dream occur (a place where Frodo would feel happy and relaxed), was based on rural England. Hobbiton was supposed to have a roughly equivalent latitude to Oxford in our world (about 51 degrees North of the equator)
Nostalgia
It waves becuase it's a dream orc. Frodo is asleep and is dreaming that orcs arn't trying to eat him.
Thanks! I'll look for it.
Still the most troubling excerpt of it's cadre
More than 10 years, wow.
Thank you)))
All bells thanks bro