FINALLY WATCHING *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | PART 1 | Reaction/Review

[@wintergreene5089]

gandalf saying he only "gave bilbo a nudge out the door" always makes me chuckle. he literally threw a dwarf rave at his house 😂😂

[@JessieNebulousGaming]

"Dwarf rave" is an amazing phrase. Thank you for that mental image. :D

[@GTARanger1992]

In the book he very much did usher him out the door 😂

[@Kitaa13968]

Right?! 🤣 I just love Gandalf and his humor 🤭

[@elenaalluto6983]

Oh god he really did 😂😂😂

[@mevb]

Gandalf is being modest as he did a bit more than that. He did help out Bilbo and the dwarves when William, Tom and Bert the Stone Trolls were about to cook them (in the book, he used voice throwing and imitated the trolls' voices to make them argue with each other until the sun came up, which turned them to stone), he saved the company from the Golins of the Misty Mountain and slayed The Great Goblin, he helped out greatly against the orc and wargs by setting pine cones on fire and tossed them to make a bonfire (plus in the movie, he called for help from the Eagles), helped the dwarves pursading Beorn to let them stay at his house and aid them by lendning them his horses until they reached Mirkwood, prevented the Dragonsick Thorin from killing Bilbo and aided the Free Peoples in The Battle of Five Armies. Sure, Bilbo did manage to get himself and the dwarves out of trouble without him once he got The Ring but still.

[@danceyjohnson1375]

Something I never thought about before is how scared and brave Frodo was, making that leap onto the raft at Buckleberry Ferry when his parents died by drowning in a boating accident, I'm pretty sure on that same river. Poor lamb, going from terror in the woods to jumping out into a boat.

[@jokurandomi93]

Frodo is running for his life, trying to outrun a literal personification of pure terror. He wouldn't be thinking anything related to his parents death there. He is deadlocked on his own survival and sees only that raft. It's not like you have Sherlock Holmes-esque inner monologue going on. At best it's: "shitshitshitImdeadImdeadImdeadraftraftraftraft" and at worst it's just drawing blank while your body takes over and just books it. After all Frodo isn't hardened and trained warrior with tons of experience. He is adventurous hobbit dealing with otherwordly horrors. Maybe during the hike to Bree after adrenaline settles, then he could have realizations like that. But then again... This is fantasy and people are free to have their own interpretations about the storybeats.

[@silver9wolf6]

Ooh, never considered that before! :)

[@an81angel]

Arwen was well over 2 thousand years old when she met Aragorn at age 20. Aragorn was 88 when they wed. She was not yet 3 thousand when she died, while Aragorn was a little over 200. Epic age gap.

[@fulcrumthebrave5715]

Def problematic. I'm going to get her cancelled

[@novascott1313]

Luthien was approximately 3339 when she met Beren for the first time- he was 32 years old. For comparison, those who have read the Silmarillion would know that she's actually in between Fingolfin and Finarfin in terms of age, which makes it kinda funny when Celegorm later has his whole "omg she's so pretty I wanna marry her" thing- she's older than his youngest uncle. If anyone's the badass cougar, it's Luthien, but Arwen definitely comes pretty close

[@Tharros95]

Arwen pedo confirmed.

[@Makkaru112]

No. They were betrothed since he was 17. And don’t spoil his age

[@Makkaru112]

@@novascott1313she was older than that. Time flowed differently back then before h thy e sun and moon, and one elf year is one lifetime of man, time was experienced quite differently back then. A few hundred of thousand actually is a long time. It’s explained greatly by Tolkien Untangled and Gormy - Lifespans of the races of middle earth.

[@johnwalters1341]

At 12:20 you say, "Can you imagine like throughout history in Hobbiton they just don't know how he did that..." In the book Tolkien writes, "It became a fireside story for young hobbits; and eventually Mad Baggins, who used to vanish with a bang and a flash and reappear with bags of jewels and gold, became a favourite character of legend and lived on long after all the true events were forgotten."

[@liaml.e.5964]

20:58, "Does he narrate his own life?" I mean, with a voice like Christopher Lee's, who wouldn't?

[@lennyvalentin6485]

Hahaha! Indeed! :D

[@CrimsonMey]

'Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when someone's stabbed in the back? Because I do.' - Christopher Lee In his voice, it sounds like a threat!

[@katarinadreams6955]

I found Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven read by Christopher Lee here on KZbin

[@Makkaru112]

He narrated Children aid Hurin in perfect mastery of Tolkienean speech. ❤it’s here on the tube

[@Chubarrk]

Gandalf was gone for about seventeen years trying to research the Ring, including getting the assistance of Aragorn to try and find Gollum.

[@david-jonballinger6638]

He was in the book, I think it’s fairly clear in the movie that it’s not that long as the hobbits don’t physically age much. And before you say it’s because Frodo has the ring, the other fellowship hobbits do not age either

[@jpnihil5868]

​​@@david-jonballinger6638 exactly, I see lots of people mentioning this in other LotR movie videos but in the movie, the time between Bilbo's departure and Frodo setting off is likely just the time necessary for Gandalf to go to Gondor, look up Isildur's account, and return to the Shire. And as you mention, Sam, Pippin, Merry and Rose haven't aged either, even if 17 Man years will leave fewer visible marks on Hobbits but if 17 years really had passed in the movie, they would let us know. If I'm not mistaken, the movie doesn't say the date of Bilbo's birthday (nor that it also coincides with Frodo's birthday), in the book it's somewhere in September, can't remember the exact day. When Gandalf goes to see Saruman, he informs him the Nazgûl crossed a bridge on midsummer's eve. After the attack at Weathertop, Frodo wakes up in Rivendell on October 24th. Assuming Bilbo's party is in September, and that you don't get from the Shire to Isengard in a few hours (there's no regular flights in Middle-earth and the Eagles are not an Air Uber service), I'd say it's been around six-seven months from Bilbo's party to Frodo's departure.

[@Big_Tex]

@@david-jonballinger6638 yes, if the 17 years were reflected in the movie, Pippin would have been one of the little hobbit children listening to Bilbo’s troll story

[@Makkaru112]

You’ll get that in hunt for Gollum

[@travisgames6608]

Tolkien loved his grand timelines

[@martinmayhew145]

Rivendell is actually diminishing when the elves start to leave Middle Earth, hence the autumn leaves and the browning. It's actually dying

[@Frightspear]

So clever from Peter Jackson.

[@Makkaru112]

@@Frightspearand the entire Tolkien estate team like Tom Shippey etc. and WETA. 3000 plus people involved. Including we the people who corresponded with them in many ways. Even through the beginnings of the tolkiendotnet

[@swamprat6666]

"I think thats a second contender for the biggest jump scare. I think its second to the firework." Cut to me thinking about when Bilbo Gollum's out on Frodo in Rivendell and how it scarred me as a kid....

[@serenapritchard8374]

Omg I totally second this! It gave me nightmares as a kid lol

[@MinishMae]

Tell me how my parents wouldn't let me watch the scene were Aragorn decapitates Lurtz but they thought it was totally okay for me to watch Bilbo's freak out on Frodo 🤣 I was traumatized as a kid lmao

[@axelvonelern8081]

The Ring was gone for 2500 years and then The Gollum found the ring and tapped it for 500 years, so it has been gone for over 3000 years.

[@mevb]

Plus 60 more years when Bilbo found it and brought it home to The Shire.

[@omnissiah7247]

@@mevb And I think there's like an additional 20 year time jump when Gandalf leaves the Shire to study and verify if the ring truly was *the* ring.

[@mevb]

@omnissiah7247 16 years plus six months but that was in the book. In the movie, it was condensed to a year as Saruman said it was on Midsummer's Eve the wraith crossed River Isen and the hobbits got there October 24th.

[@bloodyneptune]

@mevb I thought it was 17 years and 4 months; Gandalf took 17 years, and Frodo planned his 'move' for four months? Or am I miscounting somewhere?

[@Matilda_King]

The friendship between Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd is such an unexpected gift from this movie lol. Real life Merry and Pippin 😂

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

Saruman in 2001: "You must join" Dooku in 2002 "You must join" Christopher Lee rules.

[@rachelh1720]

*cue signature look of superiority

[@Cristopher.C]

2005: LOLLIPOPS.

[@mevb]

In the book it was revealed that The Witch King was going to stab Frodo to turn him into a lesser wraith and bring him to Mordor with The Ring to have Sauron psychologically torture him for carrying it and withholding it from him. In the book he was meant to stab Frodo in the heart so he'd become a wraith instantly but since Frodo was crying out "Oh Elbereth!" (who was kind of a "godess" among the elves) he was so jarred that he hit the shoulder instead which was a lot slower process. It's also revealed that a bit of the tip got loose and stayed in the wound, burried itself slowly towards the heart but Elrond managed to get it out while healing Frodo.

[@lukasbauer8783]

Correct. Elbereth is another name for Varda the Star Kindler, High Queen of the Valar. Now I am reminded of my suspicion that had he won Sauron eventually would have started to turn all living things, big or small, into wraiths of some kind. This would have been the "perfect" though horrifying way to realize his twisted vision of perfect order.

[@spiritofthewestanimations]

Sam wise asking Gandalf: "Please dont turn me into anything, ... unnatural" Next scene shows Gandalf and Frodo with a pony following a bit behind, Gandalf telling Sam to hurry up, Then Sam appers on screen. Took me a while to get that visual joke. lol ^^;

[@JeM130177]

Yeah the little girl and boy are Peter Jackson's kiddos! The tiny girl Katie even pops up briefly in the Hobbit too!

[@johnwalters1341]

At 43:33 you ask, "Is this all Gandalf doing theatrics?" Tolkien writes, 'The change in the wizard's voice was astounding. Suddenly it became menacing, powerful, harsh as stone. A shadow seemed to pass over the high sun, and the porch for a moment grew dark. All trembled, and the elves stopped their ears." Peter Jackson & Co. nailed the moment perfectly.

[@swampratguttergoblin]

Someone else already said it but i love watching creators react to movies theyve already seen, im here for your opinion and commentary, while its refreshing to see people have a raw first time reaction, seeing creators react to things they like is still cool because everyone has unique opinions on things even if its their 30th time seeing the movie qs long as you let people know you've seen it before its not an issue

[@Makkaru112]

FlowState and others will react to the making of passion project documentaries too!

[@RanticProductions]

I wish I could have this outlook, for me it ruins the whole experience.

[@Coilla85]

I remember listening to LotR soundtrack while working on a school report. At some point I got a bit stressfull, typing quicker, felt rushed and then noticed Orc music was playing. Funny what music can make you feel :D

[@drawingmad]

I believe that Arwen was calling upon the god of water (one of the valar, called Ulmo) to intervene and help with the wraiths (which is perhaps why she looked surprised that he did indeed interveine). The wraiths have a fear of water due to the corruption of life they represent, and Ulmo hating them, being one of the valor connected to life and balance. ps. Love your reactions, thanks for all the positivity!! 😃

[@aundreyyakar1272]

What she says translates to this: Waters of the Misty Mountains, listen to the great word, flow waters of Loudwater, against the Ringwraiths. The way I see it the wraiths aren't afraid of the water itself (I think the wraith chasing the hobbits stops at the river not because he is afraid of the water but because jumping into water wearing armour is sure to make you sink so if he misses the boat he'll waste a lot of time) but they feel they are passing into Elrond's domain. The land around Rivendell is infused with the magic of Vilya, Elrond's Ring of Power which is why the elven domains (Rivendell and Lothlorien) still have the magic that is mostly lost from the rest of Middle Earth. They fear Elrond and the power of his ring so they hesitate but ultimately continue. I think Arwen is literally calling on the Bruinen river to help her repel the wraiths.

[@danieldigangi399]

I think in the book Elornd makes that happen instead of Arwen

[@aundreyyakar1272]

@@danieldigangi399 Yes it is either Elrond or Glorfindel but Elrond makes more sense

[@di3486]

@@danieldigangi399Elrond and Gandalf

[@ctrogers90]

In the book Elrond was the one who called the water, Gandalf was the one who created the "water horses".

[@tigeresssa5208]

24:23 idk if it’s lore-accurate but I always interpreted the bugs thing as the wraith being so unnatural and evil that even the bugs were crawling out of their hiding places to get away from it - kind of like when there’s a bushfire the bugs are some of the first to sense danger and run. I felt it was so eerie that the hobbits must be feeling the same kind of danger all the other creatures of the forest can sense from the wraith but they can’t run in that moment or they’ll get caught.

[@MegaMackintosh]

I actually really like that explanation, that makes a lot of sense!

[@charlieg4460]

LoTR is my favourite series. The fact that you've also seen them is awesome, honestly. Makes it feel like when I watch them with friends and we just gush about the films 😊

[@thecocoacouch]

I’m glad, I want to geek over these movies without feeling like no one’s with me 😆

[@LetufaaHello]

@@thecocoacouch Can you please react to kung fu panda 4 already

[@az397]

​@@thecocoacouchfrankly same

[@roxyrondell79]

Same here. I’ve been a Tolkien fan since I was little. At this point I’ve lost count of how many reactions I’ve watched of this amazing trilogy! 😂

[@az397]

@@roxyrondell79 I do that too, I was fortunate enough to study under people who did vfx for the hobbit trilogy and saw some of things that made me like even more the practical fx side of this trilogy. Every time they pass them on TV, no other show exist anymore.

[@livvioletta690]

I literally exclaimed in pure joy when you said Boromir is your favourite. So many people don't get his character but you do and it just shows me again why you're my comfort reactor. You're very perceptive and empathetic.

[@felixhenson9926]

Same! He's probably my third favourite of the fellowship after Gimli and Sam.

[@surusweet]

It took his death and Aragorn literally crying for him, for me to fully realize he was a good man. Someone doesn’t mourn you like that if you’re not a good person.

[@solsirhibragusowl2221]

Boromir😭😭

[@kingofbudokai]

​@@surusweetBoromir is not just a good man, but an exceptional one. He has his faults, namely a little bit of pessimism and a good deal of arrogance, but he is also compassionate, selfless, and noble. He was genuinely sorry for attacking Frodo, even though he could not be entirely blamed for it, as there is virtually no man in all of middle earth that could resist it's evil for long (which is literally the primary reason it was given to a hobbit, and not a human. Lol) And he fought to the death to protect his allies, surrounded and alone, refusing to yield even though he was twice impaled. Boromir is frequently given an unfair level of criticism all things considered.

[@surusweet]

@@kingofbudokai I didn’t deny that, I just simply stated it took someone weeping for him to make me go back and see him for who he really is. (And besides I was a literal child when I first saw these films forever ago, so I didn’t immediately catch it.)

[@rhevavi2072]

the way I gasped when I saw this video, and instantly dropped everything to go and watch it. Reeaalllyyy excited for you to cover this series

[@patrickedger2448]

Isildur: "I will rule with you as my iron fist." The ring: "Aight I'mma head out." As a D&D nerd, this franchise is one of the most inspirational for me as a person. When I got into the game, I wanted to create and be part of fantastical tales such as this. I'm happy to say that happened in spades, and I still love both this series of movies and D&D to this day.

[@justhaku9240]

I dont think people realize how effective a simple landscape/traveling shot can be, even if its just 10 seconds it can imply a lot of actual traveling instead of teleporting around like the latter seasons of GoT did, peter jackson did this masterfully

[@orphanedhanyou]

GoT never had scenes like that prior though? I don't knot why people couldn't figure out time had obviously passed in the later seasons, not just by the setting change but the fact we had caught up with everyone & knew we no longer had to check in with every location multiple times anymore.

[@justhaku9240]

@@orphanedhanyou cmon now thats disingenuous we all know time passes in the latter seasons there's nothing to figure out there that's not what I'm saying Example: characters are going from point A to point B, at first they were taking their time and we would get a glimpse of them traveling whether a landscape shot or a short dialogue scene of them traveling. By the time we got into the end they didint take time to do that because they wanted to wrap it up (that's a fact, they wanted to end it early which while completely understandable because of how long they worked on it still was rushed by their own words) and we'd get a scene of them leaving, cut to a different character, cut back to them arriving. And my point is simply that even if it's a short 10s to a minute that inbetween shot can do a lot to scale the world and make it feel likes actual traveling, obviously you don't want 4h of characters walking, but just "we need to go here, now we're there" isn't great either. Not sure if I explained that properly but that's just how i feel, those short scenes do a lot And lastly this doesn't mean they don't do this at all in the latter seasons a great example is Arya and the hound scenes, but its been cut down significantly to cut down time to wrap it up

[@anathemat-002]

​@@orphanedhanyou It's not the traveling scenes that made the movement in GoT feel so alive and like it took time, because you're right- GoT has pretty much no landscape shots like LotR does. It was the diversity in the scenes that we did see. By season 8, we were seeing very few total locations. Winterfell, Kings Landing, Dragonstone, the Wall. Very few characters were shot to be anywhere else except for when the Hound was traveling with Beric. In the earlier seasons, we saw and heard about the whole wide world. Tywin was at Casterly rock in the beginning, then by the time the War of the Five Kings was over, we'd seen him in a ton of places. Kings Landing, Harrenhal, the Trident, the Red Fork, with further conversations about what was happening at Riverrun and other such places. At the same time we get to see Jamie in the Whispering Wood, Arya traveling the Kings Road between Kings Landing and Harrenhal, and then with the Brotherhood Without Banners until she ends up with the Hound, who takes her to the vale, and then again to Riverrun, and then again northwards until Brienne and Pod, who have also been traveling everywhere find her and she runs and ends up in Essos. Littlefinger and Sansa get to the Vale, Robb is either explicitly moving all across the battlefield or letters are being recieved by Bran all from different holdfasts where Robb has stayed with his host. We see them go to the Twins and then away from it to a completely different location, and then back again. Tyrion is with the hill tribesmen also moving around the Riverlands, Catelyn is all over until she joins with Robb and then she gets sent to the Stormlands to treat with Renly. I could go on for ages about where everyone was moving around to in the earlier seasons. Almost no one in those early seasons is stationary. The only characters who don't move are pretty much; Bran, Cersei, Joffery, Tommen, Sansa (until the Purple Wedding), Vary's, Robert (Barring his jaunt in the kingswood that kills him, and the initial travel north to start the show), Margery, and then technically most of the characters at the wall (Samwell, Jon, Jeor) although they do travel beyond it for quite a while so it's still not visually identical. I can't think of anyone else who stays completely put in the same city region. There are of course people who travel less often. Olena Tyrell doesn't travel that often, but she's also in and out a few times even though we don't follow her, and with her comes word about Highgarden which expands the scope of how big the viewer thinks the world is. Comparing her to any of the characters who partook explicitly in the War of the Five Kings, she's almost entirely stationary. Point is, everyone is moving and we're explicitly seeing their stopping points along the way (like all of Robbs war camps and the locations of the battles) or we're hearing about it via natural character dialogue/interaction (Bran getting Robbs letters from all over the Riverlands, Sansa hearing about the war and other events via Joffery or Cersei, etc.). In essence, we are never left to just imagine and assume. Our characters are everywhere and always moving and it's explicit knowledge. By the later seasons, everyone is still moving (mostly to a lesser degree though because characters are less evenly dispersed) but we're not getting any of this information. We know Euron has a fleet, but we never see it or hear about where it is until it suddenly appears places. Some of the only scenes where we're not in a major castle/city are the ones where Dany is burning stuff with her dragons (like the Tarly's, and the supply wagon chain from the Iron Bank). So not only are we not hearing about other locations that have seemingly become entirely irrelevant (even though they shouldn't be- where were the stormlanders for any of the final conflicts in season 8? They have a massive army and nobody talks about it, mentions who they are represented by, or treats them as if they are a formidable force when they absolutely are), but we're not seeing any of it either like we did before with all the people who's journeys were super important (like Arya & the Hound's, Jamie and Briennes, Brienne and Pod's after that, Catelyn, Renly, etc.). Destinations didn't become the sole focus until later, and it's because D&D don't know how to make action meaningful. Characters go places because they're needed there. The in-between is inconsequential even though for what Martin wrote, it's most of the story for a ton of the characters.

[@justhaku9240]

@@anathemat-002 very well written thanks for taking the time Also I won't lie you've either recently watched it, are a super fan or have photographic memory I have no idea how you managed to remember where exactly everyone is/going and the specific names that's wild, but yeah props great comment But anyways yeah I think the LotR trilogy does the journey and not just the destination part extremely well, like its not just a flawless journey where they decide where to go and are suddenly there they run into problems along the way and we get to see what it's like instead of imaging

[@resathe6760]

@@orphanedhanyou the concept of time especially for the beyond the wall episode was ridiculous. Jon sending Gendry back to the wall as if they had traveled only an hour north of it at that point and then Dany arriving a few scenes later in the same episode. Do you know how long it would take to get back to the wall, send a raven to Dragonstone and for Dany to fly up there and find their exact location? They seem to be in the middle of this lake for a day at best.

[@KaelKnight]

Oh and the thing that shocked me when I found out is the fact that technically aragorn is the many times great grand nephew of elrond as it was elronds brother that started the line of Númenoreans

[@pauljorr]

Please watch the rest of the trilogy! It doesn't matter if you've seen the movies before your reactions are always insightful and informative. Love to see them, no matter what!

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

The first time that Frodo saw Arwen, seemed like a goddess because he was fading to the shadows, and someone inmortal like her looks like this in that sphere. When Aragorn saw her immediately, looked different, because she is like this in the mortal sphere.

[@shainewhite2781]

Nominated for 13 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Visual Effects Best Sound Editing Best Original Score Best Cinematography.

[@OutcastSpartan]

IMagine if they had won every award as they should have done, it would have been fair because its so good, but imagine all the others they would have wished they made their film the year before.

[@MogMonster87]

⁠@@OutcastSpartanjust shows what a fix the Oscars are because it was all premeditated to wait till the last film to give it best picture

[@mah1ro267]

These were films made with real effort. For large battles they moved to football stadiums after the game and asked the audience to give them authentic war cries. They used upscaled handmade models for cities, instead of animation, and (as far as I know) produced more than 50 000 plastic armors 😂

[@rikk319]

Yeah, I loved the "making of" DVDs, where it shows Peter Jackson barefoot, stomping the rhythm out while an Australian Rules Football stadium crowd chants war cries for him...epic!

[@rachelh1720]

they also had the weta workshop make hundreds of pieces of real steel armor and weapons

[@Piper0185]

Fun Fact Oscar, when Gandalf leaves frodo with the ring in the beginning to go to Minas Tirith to research the ring, he is gone for 17 years

[@loonyrivendell]

Omg the "blue flower, red thorns...blue flower, red thorns" got me😂

[@alejandroyava]

About the magic that healed Frodo. There were 3 Rings made for the Elves: Narya (the Ring of Fire), Nenya (the Ring of Adamant), and Vilya (the Ring of Air) Gandalf has the Ring of Fire, it gives him the ability to fill the hearths of those around him with fire and make them do heroic deeds. Elrond (Hugo Weaving) has the Adamant Ring, that allows him to heal any decay and wound, and that's why Rivendel is always green, and was able to heal Frodo. But the wond is cursed, so he never fully healed. Vilya is in possesion of Galadriel, wich allows her to stop the passage of time in certain places, and that's why the Kingdom of Lorien never ages and is always beautiful and untained by the millenia.

[@TheDragiix3]

I think Elrond has Vilya and Galadriel has Nenya btw :)

[@icyboi13]

So glad you’re watching LoTR! Can’t wait for the other parts! Also really glad you’re watching the extended versions. & good view of Boromir. He’s a complicated character. Have you ever seen The Last Unicorn? Look past the slightly silly name, & it’s one of the most gorgeous & deep animated films ever. I think you’d get a lot out of it. Also, it’s just gorgeous (some of the people who went on to be in Studio Ghibli worked on it).

[@lukasbauer8783]

Seconding the recommendation of "The Last Unicorn". Truly timeless masterpiece.

[@navtektv]

I'm all here for reactors rewatching movies that they have already seen as long as they say that they have seen them. There are some out there that try to say that this is a first time reaction and it eventually always comes out throughout the video that they are lying and that breaks the trust we have between a creator and their audience. By all means do watch your favourite shows and movies again. It's a different experience but not an unwelcome one.

[@MelaniePoparad]

Completely agree. I just like to know what I’m spending my time watching.

[@the-NightStar]

I find it hilarious that people like you CLAIM you "know" if someone's seen a movie before based on the way they react to it, when that's literally impossible and you DON'T actually know. A lot of the time, you "lol fake reaction" people are completely wrong, but you delusionally think you're right even though you don't know them, you don't actually know what you're talking about, and you have nothing to prove it other than a haphazard GUESS. How arrogant and pathetic it is to just roll up onto someone's channel and claim they're lying about something you have absolutely NO way of knowing for sure, or proving based entirely on nothing but some ridiculous conjecture, coincidence or just blatant misreading. Get over yourself. Unless you've literally been living with them for years, you DON'T know what they've seen or what they havn't, and most of the "signs" you think you're noticing that "convinces" you that your right is just flat out wrong. You have no right to judge other people that way when you don't know them. You give off the same energy as some dude that goes to a random college and starts trying to pick out who all the women you think are lesbians just because "you can tell which ones have a lesbian looking face". Get out of here with that garbage.

[@baguettegott3409]

Yeah, it's often so obvious... Especially with lotr, with all the names and places and weird words, and when they instantly know and remember all of them perfectly - sure buddy, sure you've never seen this lol.

[@CuddleCakez]

Dunno if any of ya'll wanna name channels guilty of this? I'm often suspicious of channels but never sure if they're lying. :x

[@skittslol1407]

I was somewhere between 3rd and 4th grade when I first watched lord of the rings. Blew me away. The Nazgul's dragons were my favorite creatures, the Wargs a close second. I drew a castle inspired by Helms deep in one of my art classes lol. Its had a profound influence in who I am.

[@nathmg11]

It’s fun to watch people react to these movies for the first time but I’m loving watching the reaction of someone that is familiar with the story already 😊 Thank you for another awesome reaction

[@Kwistoweeish]

I saw these in theaters when they came out initially, and for over a decade now, I’ve had an extended edition marathon of them every New Year’s Day. The books are even better, but this is an all-time favorite film trilogy!

[@queenofthepierats]

First, I hope you feel better!! Second, this was perfect to watch in the background while I'm binding The Lord of the Rings books for my dad for Father's Day. 💖

[@JeM130177]

"You're gonna be feeling that for a while" literally forever yeah 😂😂

[@Whehel]

I love you level of compassion and understanding towards the characters of the movies you react to. You have such a kind and perceptive point of view that you cast upon others. It's soothing to watch.

[@sarahthegeek1]

I PRACTICALLY FLEW LIKE A FOOL TO MY TV WHEN I SAW THIS NOTIFICATION ON MY PHONE!! So excited!

[@michaelminch5490]

Like a fool of a Took?

[@JeM130177]

Good timing! It's Ian Mckellen's birthday today 😊

[@patrickedger2448]

From what I understand, the Nazgul are spirits that can interact physically with the mortal world, hence the term "Ringwraiths" (Wraith being a tormented/wicked spirit) This is why normal weapons have next to no effect on them. Fire seems to dissuade them quite nicely though.

[@AlaskanGlitch]

Concerning the history of Hobbits: It is uncertain when they first appeared in Middle-Earth. They were originally located along the River Anduin, east of the Misty Mountains. However, approximately 2,000 years before this story takes places they moved west across the Misty Mountains to what is now called The Shire and Buckland in the year 1050 of the Third Age. Hobbits age slightly slower than the race of Men, reaching maturity at the age of 33. Bilbo's 111th birthday was also Frodo's 33rd birthday. Hobbits stand an average 3'-6" tall and have large harry feet. They never wear shoes. It was 17 years between the time of Bilbo's 111th Birthday Party and Frodo setting out from The Shire to Bree. The year Frodo sets out on his journey was 3020 of the Third Age.

[@messedupfam1744]

Please do continue the series! Clicked instantly when I saw you did a reaction!

[@dennisswainston411]

The distance Frodo and Sam walk from the Shire to Mt. Doom is equal to walking from Omaha, Nebraska to Jacksonville, Florida.

[@robinsc9718]

The actors that play Merri and Pippin actually have a podcast called the Friendship Onion 😅

[@nicholaspeters9919]

What fortuitous timing, my local theater is doing a three night showing of the Extended Editions in a couple weeks. I just managed to snag some tickets for each night.

[@AdemApple]

it might take you down a bit of a rabbit hole of lore, but there's a youtube channel called nerd of the rings who gives amazing insight and explaining the lore of the lord of the rings universe

[@SaraReffler]

i loved getting to watch this with another fan. i love your first watches, but this feels just extra special, like you're sharing something you love with all of us. it was so cool to see your eyes light up with excitement and joy and nostalgia while watching. can't wait to see the other 2 with you 💕

[@tinahastie]

No ways! You've just made my Saturday evening! Thank you! I hope you feel better! 🌻

[@NolaAlon]

Oh my gosh hiiiii! Thank you for everything you do your a light everytime I see you pop up on my page. So excited for you to get into these

[@tyranusfan]

One of my favorite lines in all of those movies is Gandalf's gradually growing anger "Tell me...friend...when did Saruman the Wise abandon Reason for MADNESS?"

[@charlesedward5047]

Yes! Watching the Extended Editions! Looking forward to the other reactions 😃

[@rabbit4400]

Yes, please do all of them because I love hearing your take on things even if you have seen them before. You are allowed some comfort movie watching on this channel as well. I will watch all of it!

[@felixmustermann790]

i expect a binge watching of this over the coming week with uploads, otherwise i will be forced to check your uploads every evening

[@tinaharris13]

Someone may have already answered your question about the river magic but in the books an elven warrior is the one who meets up with them and they send frodo across on his horse alone then Gandolf and Elrond make the river run wraiths down. Gandalf is the one to put the horses in if I remember correctly. I love these movies but I do tend to compare them to the books for instance in the books Bree is a much lighter/happier place. When Pippin gets too chatty Frodo dances and sings during which he falls off the table and that is how he accidentally puts on the ring. Still enjoy the movies though and am so glad to see these reactions!

[@mgxdht590]

Finally! My favorite films and one of my favorite reaction channels!

[@davidemarzoli4815]

In the books, there was a seventeen-year gap between Bilbo’s party and Frodo leaving. Gandalf comes to visit Frodo a few times during this period, I think. He wasn’t researching the ring the whole time.

[@terezakostacka3572]

I'm so so so happy you're doing these! There's just something about these movies, especially the Fellowship of the Ring, that screams coziness and comfort. Perfect movie to watch when you're sick. Get well soon. 💕💕

[@ITSAHARDNUGLIFE]

We're getting all the extended editions in the theater next month. But I lived it back then. Apparently there was a rumor on the radio stations about how you could see the freeway in The Two Towers. They had to edit it out for the home release.

[@scapevelocity]

Since you mentioned the two little kids showing up in each movie, it helps to know those are Peter and Fran's little kids. Lucky they're so naturally adorable.

[@Macdonald7777]

FINALLY!!!! You have kept me waiting for so long.

[@Frightspear]

Jackson used the story of Beren & Luthien for Arwen & Aragon relationship. Excellent idea and very sweet. ❤ Those two clearly have a long history together stretching long before joining the Fellowship. This isn't surprising, as, despite their looks, Aragorn is 87 during this era, and Arwen is over 2700 years old, so they've had more than enough time to know each other. Btw, love your reactions! You are funny and so observing. Thank you, looking forward to next ones.

[@parissimons6385]

Good points! And according to the book lore Luthien was Arwen's paternal great-great-grandmother, too.

[@stephenball7654]

One of my favorite reactors reacting to some of my favorite movies

[@wintergreene5089]

this is my ALL TIME FAVORITE movie trilogy!! i'm so excited you're watching them!!!!

[@martinbynion1589]

"He looks so evil...". For more than one generation of filmgoers in the middle/late 20th Century, Peter Cushing WAS Dracula!! Re Merry and Pip being "far out", they did not live in Hobbiton, but in a more Eastern part of The Shire, which was on the way to Bree. Did you get the "still Sharpe" reference, Couchman? 🙂

[@rachelc4786]

The reason the flood has horses is a nod to the book. In the book, Frodo is riding the white horse by himself. The flood was created by Gandalf after all nine riders had entered the fjord and Gandalf's presence/display of power drove the horses mad with terror, making them leap into the flood and drown, carrying the black riders away with them. Both the movie and book scenes were super striking and definitely awe inspiring.

[@danaekoloka9819]

I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED, THEY'RE MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME

[@morrigandanae]

Omg we have the same name and same favourite movies! XD

[@l.p.864]

I won't be able to watch until Tuesday, but I had to say that I am so excited! These films are amazing. Can't wait to see your journey through them all.

[@mevb]

Yes, those two kids when they listen to Bilbo's tale of the Trolls appears as in all three movies. They're Billy and Katie Jackson, the kids of director Peter Jackson and writer and producer Fran Walsh. I Two Towers they're two children in The Glittering Caves and in Return of the King, they're two kids watching as Faramir and his men goes down the streets of Minas Tirith when they're on their way to Osgiliath.

[@jacksonkerr2095]

"I only know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." The awkward silence the hobbits and the looks they give each other is perfect for that moment.

[@tjnguyen8546]

I watched these films for the first time at age 13, and I've been obsessed ever since. I even had a cutout of Aragorn for awhile. So much fun to be rewatching it with someone who actually knows the movies and a lot of the behind-the-scenes info.

[@OmegaS-117]

These movies are some of my all time favorite movies ever

[@helenwright413]

I can't believe you're watching this movie. I literally just watched it last night! It's such a coincidence I can't get over it. I save this movie series for when I'm sick or having a really really bad mental health time. I haven't had to watch it for over a year, but I had to pull it out last night. So bizarre that you're watching it when you're sick too. And you stopped it at the bit I stopped it at too because I was falling asleep! Anyway, great reaction as always, Oscar. "Yes please" to you watching all of the Lord of the Rings trilogy when you have the time and inclination. Big love from Manchester UK xXx

[@lestrangemd]

I love it when you address us as Marshmallows. We're all here enjoying the Cocoaness vibes.

[@AlessaParker]

I am so excited to see you dive into this! I can say with confidence it's my favorite film franchise. Enjoy the journey, Oscar!!

[@tyranusfan]

My favorite parts of this movie are the opening backstory, Gandalf encountering the Ring before he knew what it was, and Gandalf's confrontation with Saruman.

[@NINJAfries07]

I don’t know if it’s still up, but I once found a video that’s essentially the whole movie, but it plays the “one more step” clip every time Sam takes a step

[@astridwikstrom9295]

i have not watched the video yet, but one of my favorite reactors reaacting to my favorite movie? hell yeah!

[@shelbychopson4022]

The moth’s theme is actually like the Ents’ theme! It’s called “Reclamation of Nature” or something similar iirc. What’s even cooler is that it shows up briefly alongside the Rohan theme during the charge at Pelennor!

[@nazgullord3198]

You're absolutely right. Isildur realized that he couldn't really handle the Ring, and was intending to handling it over to the Elves. As much as I enjoy seeing people watch these films for the first time, it's also nice to see people who are already fans rewatch them and offer thoughts on characters and scenes they know well. I hope you do watch the whole trilogy.

[@kuronaialtani]

Still an unparalleled trilogy of movies, this many years later From cinematography to characters to music to lessons, I just, wow

[@furiosa2033]

I just subscribed and you're just now watching Lord of the Rings I'm so lucky to be here on time omg

[@marlainalindsey3279]

I read these books in high school and these movies really did them justice ❤my favorite scene in the whole trilogy is when they bow to the Hobbits. I cry every time

[@TheDragiix3]

30:20 I love this scene so much. Aragorn sings the song about Beren and Luthien, answering Frodo's question "What happened to her?" with "She died." While that is a great tragedy as Luthien gave up her immortal life to die with Beren, it's also such a beautiful story. Tolkien's gravestone even has the name "Luthien" underneath his wife's, and "Beren" underneath his. Manwe himself couldn't make Beren immortal, so he gave Luthien the choice and she chose mortality. Arwen can also choose mortality because she is Beren's and Luthien's great-great-grand-daughter. In the book, it's also not Arwen who takes Frodo to Rivendell but Glorfindel. There's a lot of jokes about why they didn't just give him the ring as he could solo slam dunk it into Mount Doom in two weeks tops, but it's like asking why they didn't just take the eagles to fly there. The flood was sent by Elrond. He does have the ring of air (Vilya) which might give him more power, and he has a bond with the river in general to close off Rivendell I think. Boromir is such a moving character, because he represents both human weakness and corruption, but also human strength and courage. Where Sauron was once at a point in his life after being captured after having caused the fall of Numenor, he actually felt regret for a good lot of his actions. He was at a crossroads with the actual option to choose repentance and good, and he distrusted the Valar to keep their word and grant him that. He fled and chose to double down. Where Boromir, a mere flawed human, was faced with having made poor choices, he gave his life for his friends to seek forgiveness.

[@ileanagrozav2814]

I would like you to watch the others as well (including Hobbit). I enjoy seeing your perspective, even if you’ve seen them before. Nice approach on the Boromir situation! I have some proposals for the future if you’re open. Two great movies: Pride and Prejudice and Amazing Grace (I’m not sure many would be interested in the second one but I recommend it even in your spare time)

[@Welcometonowere]

6:55 When you don't find your phone in the pocket you thought it was in.

[@SmallSinger5901]

Yep- in the books, Gandalf leaves for 17 years, which includes tracking down Gollum as well as researching the ring!

[@rachelh1720]

don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but Peter Jackson's wife Fran Walsh was the one who did the scream for the Nazgul. Also the scene in the prancing pony when Sam points out Aragorn they were playing to an empty corner since the original actor cast for Aragorn had been let go and Viggo Mortensen hadn't been cast yet (the first scene he filmed was the weathertop fight scene-pretty much fresh off the plane in New Zealand) which is also why his line delivery when he pulls the hobbits into his room at the inn is kinda stilted and slightly off from the rest of the films.

[@BiasFree]

If you have never heard or read the story of Beren and Luthien, it is what Frodo asks Strider/Aragorn about as he's singing. It's one of the best bit of Tolkien's lore. Highly recommend it.

[@Makkaru112]

He should react to Tolkien Ensemble Version, Karlienne Version. Clamavi De Profundis version!

[@Matilda_King]

I was so happy to see this video show up! This series is such a comfort blanket to me ☺️ I’m used to seeing reactors watching things for the first time, which is fun. But watching someone who loves it as much as I do is its own brand of fun 😁Thank you for posting and I look forward to more!

[@lukasbauer8783]

The people of Bree were totally used to hobbits, they even had both hobbit and big people sized rooms in their taverns after all.

[@Makkaru112]

Extended scenes that would have been at risk of being missed: 1• Frodo/Sam's first meeting with the elves, providing context for Valinor and the elves journey there, as referenced throughout the films and seen at the end of the Return of the King(connects to the passing of the elves in the beginning of their leaving the shire when Frodo and Sam are near the Old Forest by the Shire which leads them to eventually bumping into Merry And Pippin! (An epic scene with Gandalf in Rivendell was also removed as well.) 2. Aragorn singing the Lay of Luthien, providing a parallel between the events of the Beren and Luthien and Aragorn's relationship with Arwen of which every reactor channel I’ve seen makes the connection and it pulls them into a deeper understanding of their relationship every single time. 3. Aragorn kneeling at his mother's grave, giving him some additional backstory for the viewer. 4. Gandalf explaining to Frodo about the corruptive power of the Ring, and how it will strain the Fellowship from the inside, foreshadowing Boromir's downfall. 5. Sam singing a lament for Gandalf, providing more emotional weight to Gandalf's death, referencing the start of the movie and strengthening the connection between him and the Hobbits ( also highlights Tolkien's love of song and poetry in the books). 6. Galadriel giving the gifts to the Fellowship, providing context for their appearance in later films, as well as drawing a parallel between Gimli's gift and the events of the Silmarillion (Fëanor & Galadriel). That’s just the beginning. Including several removed scenes between Aragorn & Galadriel and Aragorn with her husband Celeborn! 7• also the opening explaining Hobbits & their culture to the viewers, so they have a better understanding of these peoples we will be following which also was the direct full chapter called Concerning Hobbits.

[@JeM130177]

I was about to say you always reference LOTR have you not seen them?! But i figure it's not a first time reaction! But that's fine STILL HERE FOR THIS. FAVOURITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME.

[@mevb]

The hobbits are really ahead of their time as they have mayors that they elect (though it's more of ceremonial position, The Thain is the one who has the political power in The Shire), a postal service, clocks and the concept of specific time keeping, umbrellas (Lobelia Sackville-Baggins have one, we see it in the Extended Edition of An Unexpected Joruney), a calender similar to our own modern calender and in one book illustration shows a thermonitor (plus in the first Hobbit movie, Bilbo mentions about the dwarves destroyed the plumbing, hinting at The Shire might have flushing toilets ad not outhouses). It's like The Shire is in Victorian England, while the rest of Middle Earth (except for Bree, which is somewhere in between) is still in the Medeivel period.

[@stanlybeagug4775]

Basically Hobbits do all they can to have a peaceful, comfortable life. Their ingenuity goes towards comfort things rather than typical "progress" things.They don't really worry about border safety and the like, since typically, unbeknownst to them, the Dunadain keep watch over them (which is why they ended up in trouble after the Dunadain went to help Aragorn in the books). All that was to say, they probably don't devote all that much time and energy to safety, obviously not to matters of war and all that comes with that anyway since their infighting is probably mostly limited to passive-aggressive gifts to get back at another for the terrible crime of spoon theft. Meanwhile the rest of Middle-Earth has been devoting their time, in regards to inventions, to war and other matters of staying alive and conquering. And also the arts (different areas vary as to what that means.) and crafts (by crafts here I mean more in regards to trade). I thank you for your comment pointing this out because this is not something I really thought about until know.

[@2vicious995]

Oh yay LOTR! So excited to watch this with you! Your channel has been such a bright spot lately, thanks for all you do. Hope you feel better soon!

[@vandersonvalley]

I love watching your channel as it feels like such a safe place! Especially as a fellow actor! Thank you for being empathetic

[@abucket14]

thank you for getting so much of these into the reaction; i normally watch separately then with you, but i feel i haven't missed anything. These movies are amazing, they are quite possibly my favorite trilogy, ive seen through them each three times, and purposefully wait years between viewings so i never lose the feelings of wonder and amazement i get from this journey. Thank you for taking me along on your journey through these amazing movies.

[@bravedragon3157]

Can't wait to see you react to the rest of this amazing trilogy