50 Facts You Didn't Know About The Lord of the Rings

[@c4gob00m]

The fact that Andy Serkis wasn't even nominated because of some bullshit mo-cap rule is ridiculous. He blew Gollum/Smeagol out of the water

[@Shoaib.Sr7]

Out of all the animated characters I have ever seen, Gollum is the most terrific I have seen.. Andy is genius.

[@Vexarax]

Your comment is a few weeks old so you may not see this, but he reads the audiobook version of The Hobbit. Ten hours of his brilliant acting skills, and he uses his Gollum voice from the movies for the book character too. It's sooooo good!!!! ^_^

[@Vexarax]

I just found out he'll be narrating the entire Lord of the Rings and it will be released on 16 September!! :D

[@OldNew45]

@@Vexarax my boys and I are reading (listening to) it right now. I have near 700 audiobooks, and I love LOTR, but I can't stand any other version because of all the damn songs. Andy makes The Hobbit absolutely amazing.

[@Vexarax]

@@OldNew45 - I can't wait for Sep 16 when Andy's version of Lord of the Rings will be released, I'm so darned excited!! I agree he makes the songs so much more bearable. I actually love the songs in LOTR and The Hobbit, but the way other narrators sing them always causes me a bit of pain, haha. Andy makes the listening experience much more enjoyable for that reason (and he's an amazing narrator!!). Also that's so cool that you're listening with your boys :D

[@jenniferbaldini3527]

Viggo was robbed of an academy award.

[@andyzambrano2423]

I think Andy Serkis, Ian McKellen, Ian Holm, Cate Blanchet, Brad Dourif, John Noble, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, and Christopher Lee deserved nominations as well. Honestly, if all the LOTR actors who deserved it were nominated, there would have been no other actors from other movies those years. 😂

[@PracticalBibleStudies]

Whispers: *For Frodo*

[@Frederik.K.T]

Yeah, like the 3 times he’s been nominated for best actor since

[@jenniferbaldini3527]

@@Frederik.K.T Agreed!!

[@chesterbobs]

@@andyzambrano2423 What other movies?

[@lub7013]

I really want those 20 hours of footage at helms deep as an independant movie so I can just binge a 20 hour battle

[@c4gob00m]

You'd be watching the same scenese 50+ times each most likely, it wouldn't be cohesive at all

[@settratheimperishable4093]

@@c4gob00m I'd still do it

[@SiefausOsna]

@Ballsack69 no you wouldn't stop trying to be all things

[@mrto1332]

i would watch them too

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

@@mrto1332 same here!!!

[@j800r_aswell]

It’s heartbreaking to think Tolkien jr hated the movie adaptations as so much love and respect was poured into them. There are many people who likely picked up the books (or audiobooks) after watching the movies who never would have otherwise. It’s also probably the only movie trilogy where literally everybody was flawlessley cast. It could never have worked had a single main or even supporting cast member been replaced.

[@philrobertson6813]

Seems typical of authors (in this case son of the author) to be so locked into their own perception of the work that they can't be objective at all. Peter had such respect and admiration for Tolkien too.. astounding movies without doubt

[@nataliep6385]

It's crazy to think that Jake Gyllenhaal auditioned to play Frodo, and Seth Rogen auditioned to play Sam.

[@tubbymontana7090]

@@nataliep6385 😂 I wanna see that audition tape so bad would put a new meaning into pipe weed

[@lukeb9282]

@@philrobertson6813 well put

[@lukeb9282]

@@nataliep6385 thank the lord that didn't happen lol

[@nephicus339]

#29; slight correction. The stunt woman could afford the horse, but due to her position on the crew, she believed the horse would have been bought by a socially higher up crew member before she'd get the chance. She relayed her fears to Viggo, whom as part of the cast was one of the first to get a chance. He purchased the horse, and when the stunt woman confronted him about it, thinking he'd swiped the horse from her, that was when he presented to her as a gift.

[@skith8432]

Thus proving viggo is an amazing person and deserves more recognition

[@honzasenbauer612]

Viggo just sounds like the most fun dude to be around. The fact that he has invested so much work into the films can tell you he really enjoyed all of it

[@Neriichann]

I just watched the extra material on the extended version, there she says she couldn't afford it. With what she could offer to "overbid" the higher up

[@martinfoulner2570]

class.

[@g.w.hampton5525]

Now that brought a smile to my face. I knew I liked him as an actor and now I like him as a man.

[@TJSaw]

The one movie trilogy to rule them all.

[@vvcreative2628]

I was waiting to read this comment. Saw it coming 😂😂👍

[@marvin-fp5mg]

But what about star wars ot?

[@vvcreative2628]

@@marvin-fp5mg it's good but lotr trilogy is widely considered the greatest achievement of all time in cinema.

[@kimcornelissen1529]

@@marvin-fp5mg good test would you watch starwars trilogy every year? I wouldn't but I do watch LOTR trilogy every Christmas.

[@GamingWithKJ_YT]

@@kimcornelissen1529 i would i do it every 6 months anyway lol

[@brucebane5396]

I sincerely want to thank peter Jackson for giving this masterpiece to humanity

[@AmaliaGranath]

I really want to thank Tolkien for doing that

[@BelegaerTheGreat]

*Thank Tolkien Goddamit!*

[@jontraz5993]

LETS THANK BOTH FOR DIFFERENT MEDIUMS JEEZ

[@Stryder46]

$897 million in profits worldwide. I think Peter has been more than adequately thanked.

[@dennywidya]

AMEN

[@mwinton1986]

As soon as you said “the best trilogy ever made” I instantly liked, I always say that lord of the rings is and always will be the most amazing movies ever made.

[@Seriously_Unserious]

I agree. I bought the trilogy a while back and watched it after having ready the books. Often, I've been disappointed with film adaptations of books I've read as too many producers make the mistake of straying too far away from the source material. Peter Jackson did a good job of telling the story as it needed to be told in film, while still keeping true to the spirit of the story in the books. My main disappointment between them was the way Lord Denethor was portrayed in the film as a crazy, petty numbskull, when in the books he's actually quite strong and wise, and only falls into madness after he believes both his sons are dead or soon will be and he makes 1 last use of his Palantiri and is finally bested by Sauron. In the books, it's shown he matched wills with Sauron via his Palantir for some time and held his own, only breaking in the end when it seemed is family was ruined. If you haven't read the books yet, I'd highly recommend it, you'll love them as much as you loved the films.

[@Seriously_Unserious]

@@frankgrimes7388 You're entitled to your opinion, but I found the movies did a good job of translating the story from a book format to a movie format. That's not the easiest thing in the world to do and they managed it. There were a few things I would have liked to have seen done better but it's not bad. I've seen film adaptations of books that didn't even follow the story from the book, and only shared the title with the book. Clive Cussler's Sahara comes to mind. One thing I'd have loved to see done better in the movies would have been a better portrayal of Denethor II. In the books he's a very intelligent and strong leader, who only breaks after both his sons died within a few months of each other. In the movies, he's a stupid, conniving idiot who does nothing to prepare for the war he knows full well is coming. Other things that would have been nice to see, like the part of their journey through the Old Forest and the meeting of Tom Bombadil, but they only had so many hours to fit the story in so I can understand why things like that had to be dropped. There's a few other things, mostly minor and mostly understandable why they had to do it the way they did. So what's your main reasons for feeling the movies were rubbish?

[@AdamFloro]

@@frankgrimes7388 The Godfather movies make me fall asleep every time I watch them. So boring.

[@AdamFloro]

@@Seriously_Unserious I honestly thought about skipping the Old Forest chapter when I was reading the books because I was so bored. It took me about a year to get through it and I finished the rest of the book in a week or so.

[@Seriously_Unserious]

@@AdamFloro I guess we all have different tastes in what we find interesting. I liked the old forest section for the most part. There was plenty of tension with the hobbits trying to navigate the woods and having the trees and brambles re-arranging themselves to keep forcing the hobbits deeper into the Old Forest created a bit of a spooky vibe to the area. What sort of power was forcing them to go the wrong way? That scene for be brought up shades of Mirkwood from The Hobbit.

[@MissMariaSiya]

Fact number 51: The current Queen of Denmark, Margrethe the 2nd, has illustrated the Lord of the rings and the Hobbit books under the name Ingahild Grathmer. Queen of Denmark, Margrethe the 2nd aka Ingahild Grathmer sent Tolkien her interpretations of scenes from The Lord of the Rings in the early ‘70s. The hard-to-impress author absolutely loved them, and was taken with how similar they were to his own sketches.

[@hannahtariq7158]

Thats a very good fact ! 👏

[@chrisstorrer]

Awesome fact!

[@Mrhandler212]

Knowing That Sam joined Frodo in the undying land is a great closure to me, now i can die in peace.

[@ssonicdeafmonkey]

Whaaa?

[@emrek99205]

Many of the surviving characters went there. Sam, Frodo, Bilbo, Legalos, Gimli, Gandalf, Galadriel, Elrond, ... however Marry did not, nor Pippin, neither did Aragorn or Arwyn. Treebeard also didn't go, in case you were wondering. Might have finally reunited with the entwives if he had. Who knows?

[@Bishop2155]

It’s also spooky that J.r.r Tolkien died 1973 1 ring to rule them 9 for mortal men 7 for the dwarf lords 3 for elven kings

[@gregmcgregginton574]

coincidence?? ...yeah, probably :)

[@waynemarvin5661]

But the numbers are in the wrong order.

[@tjk_7352]

@@waynemarvin5661 did you expect him to live nearly 7000 years?

[@gregmcgregginton574]

@@tjk_7352 i wish

[@Gandalfthegrey619]

@@waynemarvin5661 1973 - 3791 3 for elven king 7 for dwarf lords 9 for mortal men 1 ring to rule them all

[@daanamelink4321]

It is truly insane how much work went into the making of this trilogy

[@nickclark18]

lotta people got stepped on to make this movie happen so appreciate it

[@daanamelink4321]

@@nickclark18 You think I do not appreciate it?

[@annettehunt900]

I have a question every time I watch the movie the return of the King and Gandalf flies over Mordor on eagles and picks up Sam and Frodo. I always wonder why Gandalf couldn’t have just dropped him at Mordor to put the ring in the fire.

[@RiFeX2703]

@@annettehunt900 A LOTR professor anwsered this and the anwser is... the movie would be very short and boring lol

[@annettehunt900]

@@RiFeX2703 I know I wrote this after I listen to the whole thing and they mentioned that the Eagles I meant to do specific things and yes the movie would be short and boring I agree

[@j-dubb614]

I wonder how many people went on to read LOTR and become huge Tolkien fans because of these movies. I believe Christopher Tolkien may have over reacted to the nature of the films.

[@corentinm.105]

I've been raised seeing the films, and even if I've finished reading the books only recently, I knew for a long time they were some sort of more simple and "cinematic" ( in the worst sense of the word ) adaptation, made to please a wider public. I mean, they're incredibly good, but they're obviously cutting hardly through the story. That's why I really won't say that would have please Tolkien himself. Though, I don't think they could have done better, and we probably will never have a better adaptation neither since nobody's gonna have the same faith and dedication to put in this project again with more time and budget ( which would be necessary to beat it ). That's the reason I still love the films, despite the fact the books are way better. Jackson did well and brought, it's true, a lot of people to take interest in the books and to get deeper than "simply" watching the movies. + Tolkien would certainly have love the music score. As long as Amazon hasn't ruined the Middle-Earth yet, he must be resting in peace.

[@kingsoren2010]

I read all the books and when the movies came out so much was left out, I'd say.."wait, what ??" I prefer reading the books before any movie because they really go into depth and detail explaining so much about the characters and their world.

[@praetorian3902]

His father wrote battles in those books I guess. I don't see what's wrong with including those in the movies. LOTR an action movie ? Really ?

[@petrus9067]

@@kingsoren2010 it would be 30hours long to include everything. Its called adaptation

[@Slammy555]

It's tough not to criticize when you read the books before the film but too many people get wrapped up in their image. I enjoyed the movies for what they were but didn't feel they accurately captured the mood of the books. A big part of that was New Zealand, very pretty but not at all middle Earth's forests nor mountains. I'm disappointed that people laud it so much it's unlikely we'll get a movie more like the book, I've been waiting since the cartoons.

[@celestebivin1659]

I feel bad that Christopher Tolkien didn't like the movies. I love the books and I think that Jackson did his upmost and did justice to the books. He opened up the story for a whole new generation, who loving the movies will hopefully go pick up the books and read.

[@dinkywinky2860]

It's unfortunate yea, but at the same time... who cares what he thinks? He's just the son of the great man who wrote the books, he could never have written them himself.

[@nenadpopov3601]

@@dinkywinky2860 Totally agree, who cares what he thinks. LOL he said Jackson made it into an acton movie and the books are literally that with all the battles and everything, I think he was just yelaous of the movies success.

[@bread9849]

@@dinkywinky2860 Actually he revised, edited, and published many of his father's texts after his death. He even wrote some things himself. He was directly related to the works and his opinion definitely did matter. I do certainly disagree with him, however I can see where he was coming from.

[@Titoshb]

Well there is this one thing in the LOTR movies which I completely dislike and that is how Aragorn obviously is leading on Eowyn even tho he's supposedly commited to Arwen. Moreover in the extended versions. That never happened in any of the books so I fail to see the reasoning behind adding that. Other than that the lotr movies are simply masterpieces and my all time favorites!

[@HeidiSue60]

@@nenadpopov3601 I'm a Tolkien geek from way back...mid '70's...and my first viewing of the movies I was a little stunned. It was much bloodier than my imagination had made it when reading. However, when I picked up the books again, especially Return of the King, Tolkien describes the enemy catapulting the heads of the Gondorian soldiers back over the walls of Gondor, etc. There's quite a bit graphic in the books. The major flaw in Jackson's depiction is how frail Frodo is. I've been reading the books again this month, and Frodo was pretty badass. And Gimli treated as comic relief also bothers me. But he did an amazing job with the AGE of Middle Earth in the movies. I really appreciated the backgrounds and sets, the costumes. The look of it is just stunning, and of course the development of the characters. Amazing work!

[@Mvnvce]

So much love and respect towards Tolkien was poured into this, can’t say the same for the soulless Amazon fanfic

[@jeffreyraia5804]

I agree 100%

[@aronakesater5467]

Bet Tolkien wouldn’t agree with you

[@Mvnvce]

@@aronakesater5467 bet he would agree 100%

[@aronakesater5467]

@@Mvnvce what are you basing that statement on? Can’t be tolkiens own words for sure.

[@Mvnvce]

@@aronakesater5467 I’m basing it on common sense. The Amazon “lotr” is soulless

[@gordonhotchkiss6426]

Here are some more. 1. Christopher Lee not only met JRR Tolkien, but he was actually friends with him. Tolkien told Lee if they ever made a live action version of the Lord of the Rings he wanted him to be in it. 2. JRR Tolkien wrote the books because he believed that Britain had no mythical stories of their own. All the British myths that were around were based on other countries stories. So he decided to write something himself. 3. JRR Tolkien wrote quite a bit of the story to Lord of the Rings whilst he served in the British army during the first world war. He used to keep a notebook which he wrote things in. 4. A lot of people believe JRR Tolkien is British but he was actually born in South Africa 5. JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis used to be friends and help each other with their writing. They had what they called their own book club.Their friendship later soured. 6. Orlando Bloom was a huge fan of a TV show in the UK called Midsummer Murders. It is a detective series. After he did the Lord of the Rings trilogy and after the first film was released, he made it known to the producers he was a fan of the show and would love a part in the show. He got his wish and they put some Lord of the Rings references in the episode. 7. To get the cast to know each other before they started shooting. Peter Jackson arranged for some of the cast members to travel together to New Zealand. Dominic Monaghan was told he would be travelling from the UK with Actor Orlando Bloom. They never met but as soon as Dominic saw Orlando get on the plane he knew it was Orlando and they became great friends on the flight. 8. JRR Tolkien started writing the final book The Silmarillion, but died before he could finish it, so his son finished it.

[@scrubs4everr]

Great compilation! All of these are true.

[@lizadams5173]

It was Billy Boyd who travelled with Orlando Bloom to New Zealand, not Monaghan. It was Boyd's 30th birthday the day they traveled, so they celebrated it with a champagne toast once on the flight to LA, and due to the time difference, a second time on the flight from LA to New Zealand. It's a very funny story that Boyd tells in behind the scenes interviews.

[@fairysparkle981]

❤❤❤❤pppPP

[@Resimaster]

​@@lizadams5173"I've had one, yes. What about second birthdays?"

[@James-dp3vx]

Making the Weinsteins trolls is pure genius 😂 so much respect *Edit: lol I came back to this comment after 11 months and have never thought this comment would have been seen lol*

[@thestraightroad305]

An awesome and well deserved characterization. Good for PJ.

[@maxr5132]

They also modelled the lead ork at the battle of Minas Tirith after Harvey.

[@Noah_Banyas]

@@maxr5132 LMFAO PETER WILD FOR THAT💀💀💀💀

[@JinxMarie1985]

Its a great comment 👍

[@JinxMarie1985]

@Max Maxim 🤣🤣 he is and does look like a troll.

[@hhhAmbientElectronic]

Note: The "giga-ring" (the largest of all the prop rings) was also used in the scene up on the mountain where Frodo trips in the snow, drops the ring and Boromir picks it up. Great video, thanks for putting it together!

[@Puppy_Puppington]

@@whitetipvelociraptor5759he’d probably hop on it like an un neutered dog. Lol

[@hermajesty52]

"What are we holding on to Sam? That there is some good in this world Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." Hideously relevant in 2021.....

[@conorclancy3603]

years later and still some surprises left in the movies,,,,, perfect

[@TheMadMurf]

I'm so glad they went with Cate Blanchett to do the intro monologue, she absolutely killed it. I'm sure Ian McKellen would have done really well too, but it's just hard to imagine anyone topping Cate.

[@emrek99205]

The intro was greatly inspired by/stolen from the Wheel of Time books while mixing in lines from other Tolkien characters. Not an exact plagiarism, but the wording is far too close to be unrelated.

[@denverlobo8300]

Anytime LOTR scenes play and that soundtrack, I start to Tear up. Such beautiful movies.

[@pipargot5604]

This was a great way to spend a half hour. Thank you for creating such a wonderful tribute to Jackson's films, the character actors & actresses, and Tolkien's vision--both father and son.

[@kylephaneufmusic]

There isn't a chance that Amazon can produce anything as good as what Jackson accomplished, even with all the money in the world.

[@YouSuprised]

I fear that they are going to push diversity, progressvism, feminism and other cultural marxist elements that are completely out of touch with Tolkien legendarium...

[@kylephaneufmusic]

@@YouSuprised that's exactly what I was thinking as well.

[@Sercil00]

@@YouSuprised Very much this. I don't even know if I will watch a whole lot of it, because it already seems pretty clear that it's just another hijacked franchise, used primarily as a mouthpiece for whatever modern politics are popular right now, and not to tell a story or to best capture Tolkien's vision. It'll be firmly in the hands of people who are just as terrible as Weinstein, just in other ways.

[@christopherbjorklund2014]

@@Sercil00 they would be dumb to do that considering it is the most expensive season of a show yet. Everytime a studio has tried to push an adgenda they have always always bombed. i cant name one that hasnt.

[@BobDoe_69]

its going to be woke garbage, I hate it already

[@franciscomoutinho1]

26:00 "You just hope they're faithfull to the source material" funny how that turned out

[@mitchellmurphy9305]

I got to meet Elijah wood about a week ago, one of the sweetest dudes alive! He mentioned the part in your video when the set got flooded away, he also added that they went from filming the scene from the first movie (which had the set ready for the first movie) to filming a scene from the third movie as their contingency plan to not waste time. Elijah mentioned how he had to go from being the hopeful and healthy frodo to the beaten and worn down Frodo in the matter of days. He still pulled it off brilliantly and I gave him mad respect for mastering his craft

[@estelyen]

Galadriel is one of two elves still alive in Middle-Earth who have seen the light of the trees, the other being Glorfindel. Even though his part in the story has mostly been given to Arwen in the movies so they could have a good female lead actress, Glorfindel still is present in the films, as a silent extra in the background of Elronds council and also during Aragorns coronation. Cirdan the shipwright (also seen in one of the final scenes of Return of the King) is even older than Galadriel, but he never went to Valinor and thus never saw the trees.

[@markoconnor7163]

Gildor and his company as well.

[@IREG1895I]

And Cirdan the shipwright

[@markoconnor7163]

@@IREG1895I Cirdan is older than Galadriel but he never crossed the sea and saw the trees. He lived his entire life in Middle Earth until he left on the boat with Frodo and company.

[@IREG1895I]

@@markoconnor7163 True, I’m mistaken. He missed the journey when he went searching for Thingol and was forced to stay on the shores of middle earth

[@tracejohnson6273]

Hence Gimli’s reaction to looking upon her. Sure, she’s a fair elf queen, but he’s seeing a glimpse of the trees.

[@connorseaman3561]

Continuation on Fact 20, Viggo insisted on that for his armor as well, Chainmail made for an adult male weighs something around 15-20lbs, or 7-9 kilos, and he wore that shooting action scenes while wielding a real steel sword weighing probably another 5-6lb, or 2.5~ kilos. If I remember correctly Sean Bean also followed Viggo's example, so the fact about him hiking and climbing the mountains to the shoots is a bit more impressive. Learned that from the staff at Wheta Workshop down in Wellington a couple years back, where fun fact, they have a working Warthog from the planned Halo movie that never went anywhere.

[@denaxil9012]

average weight of a longsword/twohanded arming sword is 1.8 kg, if they weighed more than that, nobody would use them

[@crunchyycarrot359]

didn’t wētā workshop give all the actors that fake chainmail that’s really lightweight tho? even so, just the sword alone is impressive

[@connorseaman3561]

@@crunchyycarrot359 They did, except as I mentioned, Viggo insisted on real chainmail, rather than the prop/lightened version.

[@ZiggyMandarr]

I've always said that Viggo is just Aragorn, who was the only Man ever to be rebodied, just so he could film the movies.

[@SPacePhish09]

His sword weighed 4.9 pounds or 2.25kg and was sold at auction.

[@haliquewadood7652]

I’m coming here after a marathon of LOR. Utter brilliance. I was in tears when the movie ended.

[@aldunlop4622]

Every time I read the books, I end up just starring out the window in awe afterwards. Utter writing perfection.

[@robertwagner2079]

These 3 movies moved me into tears, so well done. The books also moved me to tears. MHO this is the greatest story ever told. I salute everyone who had a part in the movies and the production there of. Especially Peter. Thank you for your work.

[@vigilantezack]

If movie theaters played this trilogy every year, I'd go see it on the big screen every time.

[@tomiyadude246]

Wonderful job. The more I hear about Viggo Mortensen the more impressed I get. He even slept with his horse to establish trust for the scene where the horse nudges him back to consciousness after his fall in the Two Towers.

[@ayersman96]

As If there wasn't already a reason to dislike Harvey Weinstein...

[@GunnerRDS]

He made some great movies, I dislike the bitter prostitutes more than he

[@westernbrumby]

@@GunnerRDS hope your mother doesn’t see you talking about her like this

[@jakubjandourek2822]

I've been saying this for every time I see it: "No, no one can do anything like that anymore." I remember when I saw The Fellowship in the cinema 20 years ago. I was frozen on the spot...

[@frequencydependent1826]

I remember my first experience with the lord of the rings, it was at my fathers knees after church on Sunday, he read us the hobbit. My favorite voice was gollum. I read the rest of the trilogy on my own and I’ll never forget the deprived voice of gollum

[@Marksman3434]

That this trilogy was ever made, let alone turn out to be the masterpiece that it was, was nothing short of a cinematic miracle that we should all be thankful for.

[@maxmustermann1111]

i wouldnt think there is any other movie created with such passion, love and perfection. How commited the entire crew was is mind boggling. And the result is probably the best that is every to be seen on a theatre screen. I´d just hope they release more of the shots that were never published in documentatios or making offs

[@glamoroushype8568]

video title: 50 facts you didn't know about lord of the rings My MiddleEarth nerdy self: BRING IT ON

[@Jarmo1330]

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I knew about 45 of these.

[@Tom-sd2vi]

@@Jarmo1330 I knew at least 46

[@Jarmo1330]

@@Tom-sd2vi Impossible.

[@jowens3842]

same

[@AdamFloro]

I learned that the second r in Aragorn is silent.

[@patrickvalo8822]

Sean Bean dressed as Boromir hiking to the set is so perfect. Also awesome video im a huge lotr fan and i learned some new things here

[@Jabberstax]

It's easy to forget how old these movies are. They hold up much better than most films made around the same time.

[@stevenbuck4090]

You really feel special being alive to see this. It is one of those things that you feel had to have so many aspects go right just to come to life, and that those circumstances may never come to pass again.

[@abytequiero]

i still think the most shocking fact was that legolas was only pay $175k for all THREE movies.. LEGO-FRIGGIN-LAS! that's just mindblowing!! he was such a hearthrob for many of us geeky gals, what an incredible dude

[@kaithorenfawkes8312]

I'm a geeky dude and I drooled over him, too. 😁 Of course I'm pansexual, so no surprise.

[@cs40660]

@@kaithorenfawkes8312 damn thats crazy.

[@isaiahevans001]

@@kaithorenfawkes8312 you almost ruined lord of the rings for me permanently with that comment.

[@ham7357]

@@kaithorenfawkes8312 I thought pan sexual was when you fuck skillets

[@beardalaxy]

I mean, it was _pretty much_ his first movie. He definitely proved himself a worthy actor and you couldn't ask for a better first role than in LOTR.

[@BOSS.Productions]

GOAT trilogy. Love these LOTR behind the scenes vids. Thank you. Great job 👍

[@Spooberton]

GOAT in this case is used as Greatest Of All Trilogies

[@Susieq26754]

Jesus Christ wins and the sheep and the goats will be seperated. The goats lose my friend.

[@gabrielsilvaz4199]

Good thing, Viggo had that sword made real for him, because it actually saved his life during the making of the Lord of the rings!

[@LarryFlathmann]

You mean when the orc threw the dagger straight at him?

[@Quayer1]

Honestly, bringing in John Howe and Alan Lee may have been one of the most important pieces of making these films truly incredible.

[@aldunlop4622]

Yeah, I was pretty excited, considering they illustrated my copy of the books.

[@dylnvcufilm]

I’ve watched the films countless times and read the books breathlessly. This is the moment, both in the films and the books, that the tears flow: to follow you dearest friend to the unknown on faith and hope alone. The long, grievous, and treacherous road behind only a shadow of the road ahead. “Of course you are… and I’m coming with you!” God I love it.

[@FADEDZOMBY]

I remember my dad telling me about these when I was in 4th grade! Then when the fellowship came out in theaters we went to go see it as a family, and me and my dad became life long fan’s! Cinema was created for these movies, the greatest movies of all time

[@emmaeldridge7242]

I’ve now watched all of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Extended Editions two times all the way through with my boyfriend and it’s become a wonderful, nerdy tradition for us. I even got him Glamdring (Gandalf’s sword) for his birthday. It’s our favorite movie franchise for good reason, it just can’t be beaten! Incredibly talented cast and crew.

[@JinxMarie1985]

Applause 👏 for you and your boyfriend... You're so special!

[@oBlauu]

"And he lived happily ever after, till the end of his days.."

[@tjeuclaessen]

Haha wow, your perspective on the Rings of Power a year ago are like a voice of optimism from the distant past

[@chrisd.4610]

Another fact : when The Return of the King swept all of its awards at the oscars, few months later Peter Jackson and his crew went back to shoot some scenes for the extended version. He even said "its so funny that we have won all possible awards there is and yet here we shooting for some additional scenes"

[@bernardboka4277]

This is our Iliad and Odyssey, our tale of Gilgamesh. That I got to see it on screen is such a once in a lifetime experience

[@someghosthunter]

It's not a once in a lifetime experience, I saw the movie too

[@mehlindiinthewebway3910]

"I don't even remember when I first discovered these beatiful films..." I was there 3000 years ago, when Isildur took the Ring. I was there the day the strength of men failed. I was there, when the cinemas all around the world played the movies. Damn, I'm old.

[@lewis8422]

Amazing video bro. Love your blend of photos and clips and the whole set up of the video was very well done. Thankyou

[@giorgosplokamakis3506]

I stepped into the cinema room with absolutely zero knowledge of the existence of the lord of the rings stories. Tickets were bought by some friends, therefore i was truly walking into watching a movie that I have seen no trailer and had zero awareness of its content. I fell in love with it right there, from the start of the prologue! And keep returning back to them until now. I made the same gift to my son :)

[@Csizzorhandz]

It is very easy to assume that Sam’s eventual journey to the undying lands meant he would see Frodo again, but sadly this almost certainly would not have occurred. The name “undying lands” implies that all who journey there won’t die, but this is only true for elves who are already immortal, while for mortals time actually seems to pass more quickly than in middle earth. Frodo would have grown old and died long before Sam arrived, but I’m sure Sam still loved getting to see the place before his own death.

[@PetroheadSingh]

I have one of the leaves from the fake old tree. Got it as a gift from the tour guide. Bless him 😇 framed with love 😁

[@middleearthmatt8595]

"Best movie trilogy of all time" You're damn right!

[@robert_trumpeteer]

Never heared about this youtube channel but was in my recommended and oh boy, I love Lord of the rings even more this is also a piece of art!

[@eyesergen]

Thanks so much for making this, from one fellow fan to another ♥️

[@thalleous7636]

This is probably the youtube video i have watched the most times in my life. The chill felling, the music. Perfect youtube video

[@latewizard301]

They didn't only do that thing with the helicopter pilot to mess with Sean Bean... but also to joke with the other Sean, Mr. Astin, as he was messed with so much for basically being the whole safety team XD he would regularly go up to the pilot and ask things like "how many years have you flown" "what's the casualty rate" and pretty much babysit the security and safety people because he didn't trust them to keep the crew and cast safe haha. I am religious about Behind the scenes of the LotR so this video is very nice to watch! I just can't get enough. I really like the movies, but i have always been more interested in the making of the movies themselves. Cheers! Nice video!

[@brettneedham88]

These movies were so amazing for their time, still such good movies. The talent to pull this off is incredible

[@garymcderp1146]

I’ll never forget the day when as a teenager I smoked a joint and put on The Fellowship on DVD the first time, not knowing what to expect or what this was even about. Totally blew my mind.

[@rkoman1]

probably the best trilogy to ever exist. so happy to have seen them

[@lebowski6061]

The thought of Sean Bean hiking through mountains in his Boromir outfit as opposed to taking a helicopter is so... Boromir

[@Vixen781]

Books are awesome and the films certainly didnt disappoint. Well done!

[@annalawrence824]

The rain/flood waters taking out the set for such a scene in the LOTRs was an act of the gods. Truly.

[@JLP5941]

The effort involved in these movies is so impressive, and it showed.

[@Jonathan-ht5jl]

Just how everything was intricately made and how every single detail of the best trilogy ever made had so much depth and care and love poured in. Just absolutely phenomenal!

[@JustBill1138]

Thanks for making me feel old....i "discovered" these films on opening day....

[@qcrew2938]

I was 13 when Return of the King came out.... still the best movie theater experience of my lifetime

[@TuathaTuna]

Same. 13. Never saw a film like that before. Kept going back again and again. It changed my life 💜

[@tosa2522]

Thanks to the KZbin algorithm for suggesting me this great video.

[@d2dwizard198]

I love the fact that this set of 50 facts was made. A sign of a true fan. I am also amused that Aragorn was referred to as Eragon multiple times around the 20 minute mark haha

[@Filbas003]

It’s so sad I can’t see any movie adaptation nowadays being given this much reverence and effort. Like with CGI a lot more can be done yeah, but there’s a human viscera to these movies that just carries onto the screen, it’s awe inspiring

[@asherweck]

They sung edge of night at my nephews funeral by his adopted brother. Unreal

[@Rubiastraify]

It's funny - I've read Lord of the Rings several times; seen the Triology several times, and it's still wonderful! I think everyone in the cast and the props folks did an amazing job. Thanks for posting! And, I bet you could do -- "50 MORE facts you didn't know..."

[@ramonavindurampulle1041]

My all time favo !!!! All the three movies are up to the standard. everything looks so real! This is the reason that im still watching it whenever i want to .... how they have imagined certain things in the movie is mind blowing !

[@alexd0103]

For anyone interested, most of these facts come the dvd extras, which can be found on KZbin. There’s at least 12 hours of them and they are almost as good as the films, the story of how they were made is an epic tale of its own!

[@buyimncube2588]

Thank you for this comment

[@latewizard301]

Recommend the commentary as well! Yet to watch them myself but I saw like 30 min on my DVD and there was a lot of funny info. But also lots of banter and Dominic and Billy would make up a lot of facts as a joke, so don't take their word for everything they say in the commentary XD Christopher Lee is also the hugest nerd in the commentary "Did you know" kinda facts from him and stuff. Can't wait to watch the rest. There's 3 different commentaries: Cast (all the actors who played the main Hobbits, Sean Bean, Christopher, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, and Bernard Hill are the one's I heard) then there's the directors commentary and lastly the art and set department commentary. So 12 hours? No, if you count all the commentaries you get almost 24 hours of special features for at least the first movie. It's just amazing!!

[@andrewbunch6599]

Viggo is that much of a badass that the dwarfs headbutting each other in the hobbit to say hello comes from what he done back stage when playing aragorn 😮😊

[@pyrowolfcb4086]

17:03 The unfortunate part about him doing his stunts is that when he kicked the orc helmet, that was a yell mixed with pain. He broke two of his toes but he ate the pain like a real champ for the rest of the scene.

[@mstrdarkblaze2895]

Ah yes the Aragorn toe meme XD

[@AdamFloro]

That wasn’t really a planned stunt though. That was acting, he just got too into it lol.

[@beardalaxy]

he also deflected a real knife that was shot at him by mistake

[@pyrowolfcb4086]

@@beardalaxy oh yeah!

[@mug5022]

Great video. One of the only "# facts you didn't know" that was truthful.

[@vin4216]

Thank you so much for letting Cate Blanchett narrate the Prologue. It is one of the many reasons why I love FOTR.

[@afishynado6812]

"50 things I learned from watching the DVD extras" There, I fixed your title.

[@miles1034]

25:44 oh we were so hopeful, but what we got is a tragedy. If Christopher Tolkien thought the trilogy eviscerated the books, he would consider those taking a huge shit on them instead

[@gemslight77]

Loved the information in your video! I'm a lotr fan and have read the books too. One has to remember that to bring a book such as this to life, a little poetic liberty is necessary. And Peter Jackson has absolutely got it down to perfection! Love New Zealand featured in the movies as well. Hobbiton of course is easy to visit and an amazing experience! 💕

[@mfcabrini]

A lot of this material is in the boxed DVD set which I bought back in the day and still own. It's my favorite way to watch the films.

[@zvenafnazbalji7539]

The fact Andy Serkis wasn't nominated for his performance is heartbreaking.

[@WeirderGuitar]

"With something like this, you just hope they are faithful to the source material" They were in fact, not faithful to the source material

[@joeybonehead3669]

Best trilogy ever. I have watched the fellowship of the Ring ,The Two Towers & Return of the King each over a thousand times in the past 20 years and that's real it's got me through really dark times.I'm bipolar, very lonely in life. I love you Peter Jackson and all your other movies,big fan of Frighteners all of them. To everybody that had a part in making this movie from the actors to the staff to the people making it happen i really appreciate all of your hard work. ♥️ Joey bonehead ps. The Weinstein brothers are trolls,you guys got a lot of answering to do when you get up to those pearly Gates.Be prepared.

[@beny6920]

its been almost 20 years, time passes so fast

[@hershalmarshal9541]

Viggo actually got the cops called on him for having a sword out in public.

[@asherweck]

LOTR will always have my heart.

[@osricen]

This is hands down a PERFECT trilogy of movies. It makes the best of every art that conforms it. Words can't even come close to express how great and important I think they are.

[@user-cp5rs4vt8t]

I just watched the trilogy on IMAX in 4K... and wow. it will never get old or boring. it is to good!

[@Light-l-l]

One trilogy to rule them all

[@johnmccarthy2152]

This was great! I learned a lot more about the trilogy. I just finished watching the extended versions of the three films. They were excellent, as was this video.

[@lightning_11]

"Let's hope that the amazon adaptation will stay true to the source material" Well, not really...

[@jakel.1724]

Just watched all 6 for the first time. And wow. This is better than anything I’ve seen. I thought it was too old to be good.

[@kimcason8764]

Re JRR jr's concerns about Age of Audience watching these Wonderful movies. I was in my Late 40's when watching and am still watching now @ 67yrs. The book the Hobbit was my first Book I ever Read at 7yr of age. Needing more I quickly Went on to read the LotR's. ( On seeing the size of the Book, my Father said 'You Will Never Read all That..!') I have Re Read it Many times and Own all of the Movies on Dvd. ( extended, of course..!) Sorry Junior you are So Wrong..!! Great Video thanks for your Work and Efforts..! Cheers All. 😎

[@MeltedCandle]

This is honestly such a masterpiece, and I feel bad for those who don't know of its greatness! thanks for these 50 facts, I have no regrets after watching this XD