Merry Chirstmas and happy new year! 2:17 Tolkien's writing is so beautiful and it is because of his writing I start to understand the beauty of English language itself.

11:09 😂😂😂I'm glad to hear about your opinions! but sorry (again!) you end up suffering😂😂my bad!!

Hayao Miyazaki's movies are fantastic; War of the Rohirrim simply doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath.😂😂😂

6:21 to be honest, I don't think there can be an actual LEAD character in a really good Middle-earth movie. A good Middle-earth movie should not be a personal showcase for just one hero. This is what sets Tolkien's works apart from other franchises: everyone is just a name in the history book, though the spirit could be passed on, only Arda itself is the one and only superstar whose legacy remains.

4:53 Can't agree more!! What's the point of making this an anime? The artistic choice is meaningless; it conveys nothing.

4:15 Yes... I can't stand that some American creators are making every fantasy show or movie political, which is exactly what Tolkien fought against. I like girl boss too, but it would be a huge mistake to think that only a girl boss deserves a standalone movie.

My biggest complaint about this movie is that the narrator Éowyn and the female protagonist have no meaningful interactions. How did Éowyn come to realize that she could become a shield-maiden? Did the story of Helm's daughter somehow inspire her? Éowyn narrates that there is no record of her in history, so how does she know about her? And why is it so important for Éowyn to tell this story? Is it because only through storytelling can the spirit of the Rohirrim shield-maidens be passed down? No, the movie didn't elaborate on any of these. It left me deeply disappointed!

OMG! Thank you so much for making this video for me!!! And I really appreciate that you actually went to watch this movie. Now I am truly sorry that you had to sit through this 2-hour movie 😂 Maybe my judgment was off because I had kept my expectations low. Honestly, The Rings of Power freaks me out. I watched the first, second, and third episodes of it because my last job required us to be familiar with every popular fantasy/sci-fi show, and I hated it so much that I would have quarrels with people whenever it was mentioned. So I was like... 'War of the Rohirrim is going to be bad, but not as bad as The Rings of Power.'

I have to give the crown for Worst Film to The Crow remake. But this one is close.

It's really hard to pick a worst movie in 2024. Nearly all of them were so bad.

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I wonder what would happen if Turin and Feanor met. They share many things in common.

Turin's story is like: comes to a place - everyone likes him - becomes the leader - makes some stupidest mistakes - everyone dies - leaves. 🤣🤣🤣

'Aragorn's tax policy' ahh :) well whatever it was it was certainly far more reasonable, and more lenient on the people than that of his distant Numenorean ancestors :). "In the second stage, the days of Pride and Glory and grudging of the Ban, they begin to seek wealth rather than bliss. The desire to escape death produced a cult of the dead, and they lavished wealth and an on tombs and memorials. They now made settlements on the west-shores, but these became rather strongholds and ‘factories’ of lords seeking wealth, and the Númenóreans became tax-gatherers carrying off over the sea evermore and more goods in their great ships. The Númenóreans began the forging of arms and engines." -J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter No. 131 :) jokes aside...Aragorn is NOT GREEDY, Gondor as a kingdom already is quite rich, and kings had great wealth (obviously by the time of the War of the Ring it is in decline and more like vestigial empire near in it's fading years but still the wealth and power of the Gondorian kings would be great) we're told that: "There were thirty-one kings in Gondor after Anarion was slain before the Barad-dur. Though war never ceased on their borders, for more than a thousand years the Dunedain of the South grew in wealth and power by land and sea, until the reign of Atanatar II, who was called Alcarin, the Glorious. Yet the signs of decay had then already appeared; for the high men of the South married late, and their children were few. The first childless king was Falastur, and the second Narmacil I, the son of Atanatar Alcarin." King Atanatar Alcarin, 'the Glorious' was the peak of the royal wealth, in his reign: "Atanatar Alcarin son of Hyarmendacil lived in great splendour, so that men said precious stones are pebbles in Gondor for children to play with.". So Gondor was quite rich for many many centuries Aragorn bringing new era of peace and prosperity would be enough probably set the economy on the good path, repairing the war damage and dealing with the aftermath of the war, restoring what needs restoring would have taken some time, but I see no reason to believe that Gondor wouldn't be well off anyway. Things such as these are not in the center of attention but Tolkien doesn't neglect these, he mentions in letters about the economy and things like that (hell just recently published texts in The Nature of Middle-earth have actual notes on elvish economy heheh....First Age Beleriand realms no less hehe)...things such as tributes as well as, "tolls, cargoes and gold" (as mentioned in The Hobbit)....they are there in the background. Also information like kings owning a lot of land and getting incomes from those (like the lands of the Shire were once in the past royal demesne of the kings of Arnor) "The land was rich and kindly, and though it had long been deserted when they entered it, it had before been well tilled, and there the king had once had many farms, cornlands, vineyards, and woods." With Aragorn in power...he would own THE most land all over...hell the entirety of the vast lands of Eriador would be up for settling again, to rebuild the cities of Arnor, also Ithilien very fertile land, once 'garden of Gondor' would be available again to use economically it would make a large profit in time. :) Martin misses the point with those questions....Lotr is foremost about the story, and the questions of wielding power are not in the focus...Aragorn becomes king AT THE END of story. As for Orcs...well the point wiht the 'good guys' is that they would NOT participate in genocide :). Orcs as we know also those that were not destroyed as part of the armies they woud flee disperse, some that were long dominated by Sauron by the pressure of his will would be driven insane and would either kill themselves or fight among themselves, some would hide and become a nuisance, more like banditry (dealing with outlaws and orc remnants alike would be just natural part of the keeping the peace...but no need for intentional genocide). "Also to be Prince of Ithilien, the greatest noble after Dol Amroth in the revived Númenórean state of Gondor, soon to be of imperial power and prestige, was not a 'market-garden job' as you term it. Until much had been done by the restored King, the P. of Ithilien would be the resident march-warden of Gondor, in its main eastward outpost - and also would have many duties in rehabilitating the lost territory, and clearing it of outlaws and orc-remnants, not to speak of the dreadful vale of Minas Ithil (Morgul). I did not, naturally, go into details about the way in which Aragorn, as King of Gondor, would govern the realm. But it was made clear that there was much fighting, and in the earlier years of A.'s reign expeditions against enemies in the East. The chief commanders, under the King, would be Faramir and Imrahil; and one of these would normally remain a military commander at home in the King's absence. A Númenórean King was monarch, with the power of unquestioned decision in debate; but he governed the realm with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker. In all debatable matters of importance domestic, or external, however, even Denethor had a Council, and at least listened to what the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces had to say. Aragorn re-established the Great Council of Gondor, and in that Faramir, who remained * by inheritance the Steward (or representative of the King during his absence abroad, or sickness, or between his death and the accession of his heir) would [be] the chief counsellor." As for negotiating with Orcs...well Aragorn in the book in the battle of Hornburg/Helm's Deep actually had a sort of parlay with Orcs...he talked to them during the battle: ""At last Aragorn stood above the great gates, heedless of the darts of the enemy. As he looked forth he saw the eastern sky grow pale. Then he raised his empty hand, palm outward in token of parley. The Orcs yelled and jeered. "Come down! Come down!" they cried. "If you wish to speak to us, come down! Bring out your king! We are the fighting Uruk-hai. We will fetch him from his hole, if he does not come. Bring out your skulking king!" "The king stays or comes at his own will," said Aragorn. "Then what are you doing here?" they answered. "Why do you look out? Do you wish to see the greatness of our army? We are the fighting Uruk-hai." "I looked out to see the dawn," said Aragorn. "What of the dawn?" they jeered. "We are the Uruk-hai: we do not stop the fight for night or day, for fair weather or for storm. We come to kill, by sun or moon. What of the dawn?" "None knows what the new day shall bring him," said Aragorn. "Get you gone, ere it turn to your evil." "Get down or we will shoot you from the wall," they cried. "This is no parley. You have nothing to say." "I have still this to say," answered Aragorn. "No enemy has yet taken the Hornburg. Depart, or not one of you will be spared. Not one will be left alive to take back tidings to the North. You do not know your peril." So great a power and royalty was revealed in Aragorn, as he stood there alone above the ruined gates before the host of his enemies, that many of the wild men paused, and looked back over their shoulders to the valley, and some looked up doubtfully at the sky. But the Orcs laughed with loud voices; and a hail of darts and arrows whistled over the wall, as Aragorn leaped down. There was a roar and a blast of fire. The archway of the gate above which he had stood a moment before crumbled and crashed in smoke and dust. The barricade was scattered as if by a thunderbolt. Aragorn ran to the king's tower."

Racism is just a term to shame and diminish white people and their interests.

a good video,as always 🥰the dwarfs coming to bilbo's door is such an iconic scene! hope the next video could analyze that a little bit!😛

Do you think it is inevitable that there will be someone like Aldarion in Numenor's history? I just thought about a theory in real life - geographical determinism. It is believed that the physical environment, such as Númenor island in this case, directly affects human (or elf) history. You see, we don't often hear about some elf or man in Middle-earth wanting to explore another land so much. No. What Tuor and Eärendil love and want are the ocean itself and the help from the Valar - they don't want another land because they live in the continent of Middle-earth, and they are content with it. But Aldarion lives on an island, which is never enough for human being. So the Numenoreans always desire another land, traveling to Middle-earth at first, and attacking Valinor in the end. It's in their cultural veins.

oh ‘Nature of Middle-earth’ is a great book as well! There are so many fascinating materials to talk about！

The beauty of the story is that both Aldarion and Erendis are not entirely right. They are both grey characters, so to speak. And also their relationship are unhealthy in some way. Tolkien is good at writing health relationship, Beren and Luthien, for example. However when I read that story, I realized he was also good at romantic relationship with regrets, sadness, and even hatred. I'm glad that you guys took time to read and appreciate their story！

The Fall of Númenor hasn't been published in Chinese yet, but it is clear that the translators and the publisher are working on it! 😍looking forward to reading it

The childhood experiences might cause the differences between Turin and Aragorn as well. Turin had a younger sister who passed away at a very young age, which had great impact onTurin, making him insecured and even vulnerable, I suppose. 🥲🥺

speaking of songs for Fingolfin, I must highly recommend this: Our King Rode Away from Strings of Arda @stringsofarda8787 check out their channel and click the second song. it's a lamenting song for Fingolfin. Trust me. It won't disappoint you!

19:36 I always think that the Hammer of the Underworld is the coolest name for a weapon in fantasy genre. 🤩🤩🤩 And the word "underworld" reminds me an interesting insight from a friend of mine. She said that Tolkien's concept about death is not related with darkness originally, which is true because it's more about the release from the world (for men) or going to the West (for elves). in that sense, Tolkien set the Direction of Death as going out (of the world) or going west, not down or under, which means Morgoth's UNDERworld is not actually about death because death essentially is about freedom and embracing the grace of Valar.

11:38 oh I do believe Celegorm&Curufin were punished harshly by Maedhros after that Luthien event 🤣🤣🤣

hello again my friends of the west!😃😃🥰it's always nice to watch your videos about Tolkien!

Late Happy Hobbit Day! 🎉🧙‍♂

Happy Hobbit Day!!! Good video!

Happy Hobbit Day, Good Brothers!! 🎉

Happy Hobbit Day!

Facts not correct in this

Dead You know this mod actually was planned since 2016 ?

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I did get the joke. Also "Sauron ends sauron" aaah. aren't we all our own worst enemies. No one can deny Fingolfin was bad aaaaaa------- oh man...can you imagine how overpowered Glorfindel and fingolfin would be together? *sigh* Turgon. but without him we don't have idril and Eärendil's legacy so... I guess *SIGH* Nothing wrong with including theology as context. It is SO INFLUENTIAL to so many works if nothin else. Personally I never read that as a conversion attempt. My theory is also the elves don't think there is a song that is worthy of this event or that if such a thing were achieved, it would be too much like bringing the darkness back. My thought is that morgoth /technically/ wins but it also is one of THE moments of hope in addition to great sorrow as it shows that Morgoth is not untouchable. they might not have vanquished him, but he's breakable. Doubt is a powerful tool and weakness.

Look at the Japanese trailer. They might be different films. It's faster paced, exciting and has strong male leads. Hera loves her father, he loves her, he is huge in the action. In neither trailer do we see the order of shieldmaidens, which was in the publicity. It looks as if with the trailer, etc, Hollywood sicked its message on to a traditional albeit formulaic action adventure. Anyway, I'm keeping an open mind.

The main (non christian) pagan themes in Tolkien are: Death is a gift not a punishment, God specifically and reasonably creates evil, honorable suicide is not a sin, men and women were created as equals, no hell or eternal punishment, Men are tasked to heal Earth not wait for it to be remade for them. Humans seeing death as a punishment from God is bad human lore. Tolkien says in letter 156: “but the view of the (human) myth is that Death - the mere shortness of human life span -is not punishment for the Fall, but a biologically (and therefore also spirituality, since the body and spirt are interested) inherent part of Man’s nature. The attempt to escape it is wicked because ‘unnatural’ and silly because Death in that sense is the Gift of God (envied by Elves), release from the wariness of Time… a good Numenorian died of free will (honorable suicide) when he felt it to be time to do so.” The song of Eru IS “one big happy family” that even Morgoth plays his Devine role as Eru created him (and his evil) thusly. His unsent letter 153 to Catholic book seller Peter Hastings politely illustrates why and where his Legendarium diverges from his personal faith and that looking for too much Catholic allegory is taking his story “‘too seriously’ or in the wrong direction.”

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Interesting but what was the Shires tax policy?

George's reasoning is that there is never simply a "happily every after", especially in such an immense world as Tolkien made in Middle- Earth, only a to be continued. George was not satisfied with the appendices is my take.

Finrod also had a similar scenario - he loved Amarië but they never married (at least not in Middle-earth). Though it seems that happened after Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth (about Aegnor and Andreth). So it might be that Finrod didn't understand Andreth until it happened to him later, so he seems complacent and/or sides with Aegnor before. But the difference is that Finrod and Amarië were both Elves, and it is said that he followed her into the Undying Lands. What's very sad is that Aegnor knew that Andreth didn't have that fate, but chose not to deal with it.

I absolutely adore all this and this story. And I love your point that it hits him that it's a long wait and no guarantee for renewal as it's always painted that 'oh it's fine 'cause eventually' " but at the same time I was always under the impression that with Andrerth there isn't a guarantee of what, say, we would consider as heaven. That mortals are just promised to stop living. Also I know this is strange but, healing the earth, to me also translates as just being fertilizer for it. I like the introduction of longing for the end of a melody. I'm totally gonna call you throwing out a TLK ref was for me. XP THough you're also pretty much describing TLK 1 1/2 :p

Just send the damn feminists to the frontlines!

you may know by now, but fellowship debunked the all female tribe bit as being false.

LOTR war of the Rohirims 😍😍✅✅

I've read somewhere that Gandalf was partly inspired from Van Helsing.

The creative crew might be making a connection between the Eorlingas and the Second House of the Edain (the Haladin or People of Haleth). That's where they may be getting the tradition of the "lost tribe" of warrior women. Anime is a medium, not a genre; it can be used to tell any kind of story. That said, I would like to be able to see what Ireland's Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells) could do with this!

Okay so you know that I'm much more forgiving about these things. Now we see her with a sword, but I'm waiting for context. Re: art style. I already did my scream about it being called anime when it's anime /style/ and am at LEAST relieved that it's not CGI. Plus, as far as teh art style they chose, it reminds me of that key late 90s, early 2000s that was being brought out by top studios that I really loved. THe thing that made me nit pick is actually really bizaree. But it's the costume style. The fabrics are like I"d see coming maybe fifty years or better after LotR as there's an increase of dyes and jewelry. The Jackson films felt like it was more in line with the culture and technology of the time. The background and costumes seem to incorporate a lot more gold than wood. I always pictured Gondor more of a military type focus, Rohan more 'practical' if you will. The farmers the craftsman, those of the plains. Gondor had more stone work because that's what the environment had close to them. Rohan relied moer on wood...

Don’t particularly care about any of the Lotr adaptations since the Peter Jackson og trilogy myself but saying anime “fell off” if you will after the 2000s is crazy, there have been loads of amazing ones if you don’t just watch the popular shonen and shit of the year. Tatami galaxy, steins gate, hyouka, monogatari (though that started in the 2000s), ping pong, made in abyss, silent voice, march comes in like a lion, descending stories, Sonny boy, odd taxi, revue starlight(show is decent-good but I like it a lot since it’s my style though the movie sequel is just all round spectacular), Vinland saga, mob psycho, kaguya sama, violet evergarden, link click, mushoku tensei, re zero, 86, bocchi the rock, frieren, apothecary diaries and so much more.

Long time ago i learnt to hold no hopes. That girl is the main character, and the female staff approved.

dude take notes and discus at the end, pausing every word or two is jarring, and had led to me not wanting to watch the video. Like i dislike rings of power, but i can keeo my ht boner in my pants long enough to get through a 2 min trailer

"Ancient and powerful HAS RETURNED!!", sadly this is a pitiful attempt at creating suspense and anticipation, however all it does is create a narrative carried on from the last series which screams the words 'intellectually simple and deficient in content'. Now if this was considered to be a good series, I would categorize it as Tolken's version: Middle Earth 'Janet and John ' videos for the woke, adult simpletons and the wealthy that like to kiss the a$$ of Bezos. Note: DARKNESS WILL BIND THEM should be changed to DARKNESS WILL BLIND THEM after watching this clown show.