Return of the King Reaction Mashup - Lord of the Rings

[@MixMatch53]

By New Years I'm going to need a long rest. 6 months of editing have paid off. Thank you all so much for your comments and kind words. I love this trilogy so much and this was the best way I can honor it's legacy. Hope you all enjoy my effort to bring you all 3 of these videos.💙💙💙

[@James_Loveless]

Thorondor, Lord of the Eagles By Oshun Thorondor, called the Lord of the Eagles, is the mightiest among the feathered messengers and guardians who served Manwë in Middle-earth. In a note in The Annals of Aman, Christopher Tolkien identifies Manwë's Eagles as Maiar: "Manwë however sent Maia spirits in Eagle form to dwell near Thangorodrim and keep watch on all that Melkor did and assist the Noldor in extreme cases."1 Thorondor is described as having a wingspan of thirty fathoms,2 which is almost unfathomable . That would be 180 feet or nearly fifty-five meters.3 Carrying Fingon and Maedhros would have been a piece of cake for that creature. The Doom of Mandos delivered to the rebellious Noldor as they left Aman promised no aid from the Valar in their endeavors: "Tears unnumbered ye shall shed; and the Valar will fence Valinor against you, and shut you out, so that not even the echo of your lamentation shall pass over the mountains."4 However, Manwë Súlimo, "highest and holiest of the Valar,"5 did not entirely lose track of the deeds of the sometimes glorious and often infamous Noldor in their fight against Morgoth, vengeance for the murder of their king, and quest for the Silmarils. The King of the Valar, also called Lord of the Breath of Arda,6did hear prayers from Middle-earth and did send selective aid. Manwë had his own spirits who served him "in the shape of hawks and eagles,"7 who flew back and forth from his halls on Taniquetil and reported to him of the events in Middle-earth. It is said that "their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."8 These servants of Manwë did not only serve as scouts and messengers, but they intervened, not constantly but strategically, into the lives of both the First and Secondborn in Middle-earth. Manwë's servants did not confine themselves to the Sindar either, but provided succor to the cursed Noldor as well. When Fingon found Maedhros hanging out of reach by one arm from the cliffs of Thangorodrim, his plea reached Manwë: "O King to whom all birds are dear, speed now this feathered shaft, and recall some pity for the Noldor in their need!"9 Fingon's prayer was not a request for direct assistance, but more an exhortation for a blessing upon his desperate attempt to end the suffering of Maedhros when he believed he was utterly unable to rescue him. Now, even as Fingon bent his bow, there flew down from the high airs Thorondor, King of Eagles, mightiest of all birds that have ever been, whose outstretched wings spanned thirty fathoms; and staying Fingon's hand he took him up, and bore him to the face of the rock where Maedhros hung.10 Thorondor did indeed rescue them and took them out of harm's way, returning both Fingon and Maedhros to the area of Lake Mithrim to rejoin their fellow Noldor.11 It is noteworthy that Maedhros was the living leader of the cursed Fëanorians, while Fingon was party to those who joined the forces of Fëanor in the first Kinslaying at Alqualondë. One might ask how Manwë looked upon these individual princes of the Noldor. Did he judge their deeds as murder or as political acts? Or perhaps he determined that the fate of Middle-earth could only run its course if the two of them survived to hold the line against Melkor for as long as it was possible and protect the peoples of Middle-earth from the dark reign of Morgoth. In the aftermath of the breaking of the Siege of Angband, when Fingolfin "High King of the Noldor, most proud and valiant of the Elven-kings of old"12 died in single combat with Morgoth, Thorondor honored his heroism by rushing to the scene of their encounter. The great Eagle stooped upon Morgoth and marred his face. The rushing of the wings of Thorondor was like the noise of the winds of Manwë, and he seized the body in his mighty talons, and soaring suddenly above the darts of the Orcs he bore the King away. And he laid him upon a mountain-top that looked from the north upon the hidden valley of Gondolin; and Turgon coming built a high cairn over his father.13 At the time of the Dagor Bragollach, the Battle of Sudden Flame, Húrin and Huor, the young sons of Galdor, Lord of Dor-lómin, were lost in the wilderness, cut off from their companions after an Orc battle: "There Thorondor espied them, and he sent two of his eagles to their aid; and the eagles bore them up and brought them beyond the Encircling Mountains to the secret vale of Tumladen and the hidden city of Gondolin."14 After dwelling in Gondolin under the protection of Turgon for a year, the two young Edain "desired to return to their own people and share in the wars and griefs that now beset them."15 Turgon agreed that they might depart from Gondolin under the condition that they leave "[b]y the way that you came . . . if Thorondor is willing. I grieve at this parting; yet in a little while, as the Eldar account it, we may meet again."16 The great Eagle was willing and returned the boys to their kinsmen. Again the Lord of the Eagles provided assistance which would affect the course of the history of the First Age in Middle-earth; these two youngsters would become the fathers of Túrin Turumbar and Tuor, who respectively were to play crucial roles in future events. The reader next encounters Thorondor in the pages of The Silmarillion when the Lord of the Eagle's timely intervention saves Beren and Lúthien as their quest for a Silmaril is on the verge of falling into "ruin and despair."17 In the aftermath of stealing a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown, the lovers' escape from the halls of Thangorodrim is blocked by the monstrous wolf Carcharoth. Lúthien, weakened from her enchantment of Morgoth, is unable to defend herself. Beren confronts the wolf without her assistance and Carcharoth bites off his hand and swallows it along with the stone. Debilitated and exhausted, with Beren mortally wounded, Lúthien further taxes her remaining strength in an attempt to heal him by sucking poison from his terrible wound. They would have died there in the Valley of the Gate of Angband had not Thorondor and two other great Eagles come to their rescue.18 Then they lifted up Lúthien and Beren from the earth, and bore them aloft into the clouds. Below them suddenly thunder rolled, lightnings leaped upward, and the mountains quaked. . . . they passed swiftly over Dor-nu-Fauglith, and over Taur-nu-Fuin, and came above the hidden valley of Tumladen. No cloud nor mist lay there, and looking down Lúthien saw far below, as a white light starting from a green jewel, the radiance of Gondolin the fair where Turgon dwelt. But she wept, for she thought that Beren would surely die; he spoke no word, nor opened his eyes, and knew thereafter nothing of his flight. And at the last the eagles set them down upon the borders of Doriath.19 Throughout the latter part of the First Age, Thorondor maintained relations with Turgon in Gondolin,20 bringing him news and preventing any unwanted visitors or threats from approaching the hidden city. It is said that "no spy or creature out of Angband could come there because of the vigilance of the eagles."21 Turgon also learned of the fall of Nargothrond from Manwë's messengers. And finally when Gondolin is attacked, Thorondor and his mighty birds assist Tuor and Idril, along with the heroic Glorfindel and others, in leading the survivors out of the city.22 There was a dreadful pass, Cirith Thoronath it was named, the Eagles' Cleft, where beneath the shadow of the highest peaks a narrow path wound its way; on the right hand it was walled by a precipice, and on the left a dreadful fall leapt into emptiness. Along that narrow way their march was strung, when they were ambushed by Orcs, for Morgoth had set watchers all about the encircling hills; and a Balrog was with them. Then dreadful was their plight, and hardly would they have been saved by the valour of yellow-haired Glorfindel, chief of the House of the Golden Flower of Gondolin, had not Thorondor come timely to their aid.23 They are unable to save the life of Glorfindel but are able to protect the other refugees and drive back their attackers. But the eagles coming stooped upon the Orcs, and drove them shrieking back; and all were slain or cast into the deeps, so that rumour of the escape from Gondolin came not until long after to Morgoth's ears. Then Thorondor bore up Glorfindel's body out of the abyss, and they buried him in a mound of stones beside the pass; and a green turf came there, and yellow flowers bloomed upon it amid the barrenness of stone, until the world was changed.24 The final involvement of Thorondor in the events of the First Age, and far from the least important, is how he and his great birds joined in the battle in the sky at the side of Eärendil in the decisive military engagement of the War of Wrath.25 But Eärendil came, shining with white flame, and about Vingilot were gathered all the great birds of heaven and Thorondor was their captain, and there was battle in the air all the day and through a dark night of doubt. Before the rising of the sun Eärendil slew Ancalagon the Black, the mightiest of the dragon-host, and cast him from the sky; and he fell upon the towers of Thangorodrim, and they were broken in his ruin. Then the sun rose, and the host of the Valar prevailed, and well-nigh all the dragons were destroyed. and all the pits of Morgoth were broken and unroofed, and the might of the Valar descended into the deeps of the earth.26

[@theotherbk1819]

I'm just gonna not follow up on the guy above me and just yeah man...you deserve it. 👍

[@1s23d]

When you rest up please do the Hobbit trilogy 😁

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

I just now realized how much time this must have taken.. But it was time well spent. Thank you for your service.. of passion and love ❤

[@HelloThere.GeneralKenobi]

I love compilation reactions just as much as whole single videos of a reactor. You have done a wonderful job!! I've seen this trilogy a few times now and it's my fault that I assumed this would be older than a few weeks. Looking forward to what you might have coming soon. I guess that means I"ll have to hit subscribe and wait for the notifications to come!! You're stuck with me now! hahaha Btw.... thank you for listing the individual reactors. I know a majority of them but now I know how to find the others.

[@thel1355]

I am so glad this movie was made twenty years ago.

[@georgechapman9688]

No sending the lotr into modern politics, in the hands of witless directors. It should be kept deep in the fandom

[@robertcartwright4374]

@@georgechapman9688 Hahaha!

[@MsSharondenadel]

It was the perfect period, just when cgi and practical effects still had a balance. And above all, a studio was mad enough to trust a single individual to carry this massive project in one go.

[@capthappy8884]

Absolutely! Would suck to have a piece of art like this completely trashed by about 30% of ppl BEFORE anyone had seen anything! The marketplace of negativity would then commit many to continue that perspective even in the case of a masterpiece like lotr. Expectations both positive and negative can ruin an experience and I'm so glad it wasn't the way then, that it has become!

[@ChunksterFishing]

10000000%!!!!!

[@but_can_you_meme4056]

"I go to my fathers in whose mighty company, I shall not now feel ashamed" Kills me every time.

[@MixMatch53]

I know right?

[@MrBendylaw]

Even Helm Hammerhand has to be impressed with that, which is saying something.

[@ThePsychoAnon]

Killed him as well.😂…sorry

[@rkteen619]

"My friends, you bow to no one" gets me choked up literally everytime. I've never watched that scene and not had tears in my eyes

[@generoberts9151]

“I know your face” That death scene chokes me up every time.

[@peepinR]

Even twenty years on the Pelennor Fields is still the pinnacle of battle scenes. NOTHING tops this.

[@Miketheratguy]

Nothing really has, has it? I mean I literally can't think of any movie that has even attempted it, it's as if every director in the world knows that the sheer scale, stakes, buildup and payoff are simply way too much to stand up against.

[@colleenross8752]

As an MCU fan, I agree

[@bittybaff3541]

Not even close, there's a few action scenes and battles I've seen only on KZbin from productions I haven't seen, and you can tell a minor skirmish from the final battle but you only get one of each. I imagine someone coming to LOTR like that, and the scale and frequency of the battles in return of the king alone would have me going, ok, how have I not seen this before? You would think the ride of the rohirrim is the final battle when looking at how much has already happened, but it's only halfway through the major battles

[@ItsAllBallBearings]

@@colleenross8752 I can name 100 battle scenes that are better than any MCU movie. You say it like somehow MCU comes close to the best lol.

[@ajalvarez3111]

I would put the D-Day battle from Saving Private Ryan on the same plane.

[@SkySweeperSyn]

You know you created a masterpiece when people watch 12 HOURS of a story and STILL WANT MORE

[@MixMatch53]

I know right? And I'm currently working on the hobbit trilogy

[@gr3yh4wk1]

Worth noting Gimli and Legolas eventually also passed into the undying lands, as friends. The only dwarf ever to reach Valinor.

[@MixMatch53]

Yep

[@UncleFester84]

I'm wondering if he ever got to meet Aule

[@t-pnaminami3808]

@@UncleFester84 I bet that was the first thing he did when he got there.

[@Angrenost02]

@@t-pnaminami3808 I'm sure he went to see Galadriel first.

[@radiantphoenix_5147]

Sam eventually goes too.

[@bencebuda4599]

I love how the "damn you Pippin!!!" girl goes to "Yes Pippin!" at the end of the story. Solid character development right there.

[@MixMatch53]

Good eye mate. Im glad you caught that. I do this a few times with all 3 videos.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

Do not worry Perigrin Took. In time, you will find your courage......Galadriel That's some foreshadowing right there.

[@ajalvarez3111]

Everybody rags on Pippin…but let’s take a look at his accomplishments: 1) Leaves the Shire in the 1st place (very hard for a hobbit). 2) Drinks a pint at the Prancing Pony (that’s probably like a gallon to a hobbit). 2.5) Volunteered to go to Mordor with Frodo (although he apparently didn’t know what he was signing up for). 3) He was taking hacks at the Watcher in the Water when it grabbed Frodo. 4) He jumped into the fight in Moria with the orcs and the cave troll. 5) Him and Merry played decoy to allow Frodo to get away from the Uruk Kai (spelling) and causing themselves to be captured. 6) Outsmarts and tricks Treebeard into war with Isengard. 7) Doesn’t give up any info about Frodo or Aragorn when Sauron has him captured via the Palantir. 8) Sings perhaps the best song of the trilogy…in one take. 9) Lights the beacon that brings aid from Rohan to Gondor (just in the Nick of time). 10) Saves Gandalf from being cut down from behind in a sword fight in the streets of Gondor. 11) Pulls Faramir’s ass out of the fire…literally. 12) Finds and saves Merry after the Battle of Pelenor Fields. 13) With Merry, is the first to follow Aragorn into battle before the black gate. 14) In the books, upon their return to the shire, Merry and Pippin Cast down Sharky and his half orcs and troublemakers that had taken over the place in their absence. I’m probably missing something. Not bad for a “fool of a Took”!

[@valentinlageot4101]

@@ajalvarez3111 nobody is denyting his courage that's not why pippin is seen as frustrating it's because he is dumb. but everyone prefer a dumb brave than a cunning coward

[@griz6282]

"...aren't you that guy who lost Osgiliath like three times?"

[@ChristConvicted]

I just watched that part and burst out laughing!

[@VergaHumeante]

Dudes are Hilarious 😂

[@nocturnalcove9736]

No one gives Eromer enough credit for killing two Oliphants with one spear that didn't even hit them.

[@harbl99]

A distant voice shouting "Still only counts as one!" echoes up the Anduin.

[@odegradreadsigilofmu8641]

The scene where pipin sings to deneathor was shot in one take... after the actor playing Pippin came to peter jackson with the idea for that scene. Nailed it in a single shot.

[@MixMatch53]

Thats so cool. I didn't know that

[@voiceover2191]

Didn't he also write the lyrics himself.

[@josiahweber7285]

@@voiceover2191 No. They are from one of the songs in Fellowship (the book).

[@voiceover2191]

@@josiahweber7285 Ah, ok

[@dwell7315]

@@voiceover2191 he did write the melody, but the words are from a much happier scene in the first book. So Billy Boyd in real life, and Pippin in universe, took a happy walking song that basically says "no matter how bad your life is, when you walk far enough you can come home away from your problems" and turned it into a mournful dirge fit for Denethor's halls.

[@NeanderthalNorthman]

After 20 plus years and countless watches of this entire trilogy, watching a reaction video of this movie can make me cry like a baby.

[@twylanaythias]

It's worth noting that *The Red Book of Westmarch* was written by the three hobbits who carried the One Ring - Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, and Samwise Gamgee. Bilbo began the book with "There and Back Again" (aka The Hobbit) and Frodo added considerably to the book with "The Lord of the Rings"; at the last ship to Grey Havens, Frodo gives the book to Sam and says "The last pages are for you" because Sam was also a ringbearer (briefly, for the time Frodo had succumbed to Shelob's venom). Returning to Hobbiton and becoming Mayor of The Shire, Sam writes his portion of the story in a separate journal - humble reliable Sam didn't feel worthy to write in the actual book given to him by Frodo. Sam eventually sets sail for Grey Havens himself (as do Gimli and Legolas) and his eldest daughter, Elanor Fairbairn, transcribed her father's writings into the Red Book as "The Wardens of Westmarch". Behind-the-Scenes Trivia: Sean Astin was happily married and extremely nervous about the scene with Sam and Rosie getting married - Sean's wife was watching the filming and he couldn't muster up a convincing smile after kissing Sarah McLeod (who played Rosie). After nearly a dozen fruitless takes, Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) convinced Peter Jackson to try just one more take. Just as Sean's kiss with Sarah is ending, Viggo grabbed Billy Boyd (Pippin) and kissed him full on the mouth - that is why Sean burst out in the incredible smile immortalized in The Return of the King. Bonus Behind-the-Scenes Trivia: Viggo Mortensen was the only principal member of the entire production who had not read The Lord of the Rings. Even when Peter Jackson called to offer him the role of Aragorn, he knew absolutely nothing of the character nor the story. While having dinner with his family that evening, he casually mentioned having been offered a major role but that it would involve moving to New Zealand for at least a full year. The moment he mentioned the film and role, his young son began bouncing off the walls with "*MY DAD'S GONNA BE ARAGORN! MY DAD'S GONNA BE ARAGORN! MY DAD'S GONNA BE ARAGORN!*" Viggo promptly called Peter, told him about what happened, and said "I guess I *have* to take the role now."

[@servantofmelian9966]

And the meta-storie on top of that is that Tolkien didn't actually write Lord of the Rings; he just translated a copy of the Red Book.

[@MisterW0lfe]

@@servantofmelian9966 Christopher Lee was actually the reincarnation of Saruman, that's why he could speak both Tolkien Elvish and the dark tongue of Sauron fluently

[@MariaPetrescu]

Sean Astin, who plays Samwise Gamgee, also hadn't read The Lord of The Rings before being offered the role. There's a really cool Q&A on KZbin where he tells the whole story, it's really worth watching.

[@TheWolfalpino]

​@@servantofmelian9966honestly speaking, if someone read also some other ancient books, it's impossible to not notice the connection with the story of the Silmarillion, the Hobbit, Lotr and all the books connected to it. But mostly The Silmarillion. It seems like "the pure version of the bible". Or then any other "sacred/ancient" text

[@kentonbaird1723]

I swear, every story about Viggo Mortensen behind the scenes is the tale of an absolute glorious Chad of a man. We should all aspire to be as unflinchingly loyal and good as Samwise Gamgee, but we should also try to be half as badass as Viggo!

[@billholder1330]

51:05 Note that Eowyn would not have been able to kill the Witch King if Merry hadn't stabbed him in the back of the knee - the books make clear that Merry's weapon (from the barrow wight's hoard) was made in Arnor in the 2nd Age during the wars against Angmar and was specifically enchanted against the Witch King's magic. When Merry stabbed him, the blade bypassed the Witch King's defensive magic and armor and dispelled many of his magical defenses. Without that strike, Eowyn's sword thrust would not have been able to penetrate. Truly a team effort, though Eowyn "gets the kill" hehe.

[@dwell7315]

I also love that Merry's (very important) contribution adds another layer to the "no man may kill me" irony: for Eowyn, it's a gendered statement, for Merry, it's a racial one. Neither a man (male) or a Man (race of men/humans) killed the Witch King.

[@billholder1330]

@@dwell7315 Yup - Eowyn's sword would never have penetrated had not Merry struck him behind the knee with that barrow-downs dagger - that was made in Arnor, and heavily enchanted to fight the necro magic of Angmar - the last thing he expected to be hit by - it took out all his magical guards and wards. And shows the perils in interpreting prophecy - he thought it meant he was invincible. Whoopsie. hehe It wasn't a promise of invincibilituy, it was the recipe to defeat him! "A man, but not a Man, and a Man, but not a man", as another poster put it!

[@Rhysman30]

Kill Steal? More like Kill Secured. [sunglasses]

[@maspleben]

Yes and no. Like with all prophecies, but especially in this case, the Witch King surrendered himself to the power of the words and the wording of the prophecy. He doomed himself by giving breath to the prophecy, believing in it and then granting it power over himself. For sure the weapons as you rightly described did the trick practically, but as in all famous prophecies, what is important is that the victim decides to believe in it. MacBeth is another obvious example.

[@TheWolfalpino]

Yep. Guys, girls, if you liked it, trust us, and read the books! Silmarillioooon!!

[@kylenoe1346]

I give Peter Jackson credit as Sam was actually the last one to speak in the books and “I’m back” were actually the last words in both

[@devildante9]

Same, I forgave a lot of silly stuff that was put into the movie just because Jackson choose to end the movie with that line, a lesser director would had rolled credits with that beautiful Frodo smile.

[@obi-wanjabronii]

No film makes me cry more. How can it simultaneously be the most epic film ever too?!...

[@MixMatch53]

Indeed. A masterpiece right here. Also love your name btw💙💙

[@pseudoillusion2556]

This film is powerful even for a stud and ballsy guy who don't take shit from no one.

[@billholder1330]

1:05:14 I love how the Ring doesn't "give up" and melt until after Frodo has given up on it, by turning away from it and grabbing Sam's hand - only then does the Ring succumb and melt...

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

I for one, never thought of that. Bravo!

[@TheWolfalpino]

I honestly thought only because it was temperature Vs "magic ring power"

[@HugoStiglitz88]

Holy shit. Good point

[@billholder1330]

@@TheWolfalpino Yeah. maybe it's just that - the ring did happen to fall on a "dark" patch, meaning somewhat cooler molten rock, and it was notoriously resistant to (but reactive with) heat and fire. Still, there's something (to me) about the Ring finally having ITS will broken, by Frodo abandoning it - it REALLY wanted to claim one last victim!!

[@Steven.T.Y.]

@billholder1330 I must gently disagree. The ring never fell in a dark patch. It fell and cooled the magma around it; if you watch carefully, you see the patch keeps getting cooler and darker and thicker as the ring absorbs the energy, until Frodo looks away, then it melts instantly, and Mordor goes bananas.

[@johns1625]

Best movie trilogy ever made. Nothing has even come close since then! And the books are even better!

[@dimvots6729]

Best movies ever.

[@henrybialik8333]

Yea I agree. The books take you more in depth into the characters and story.

[@cpmf2112]

"I can't throw it in for you, but I can throw you!" 😂

[@matt1839]

Cue the curb your enthusiasm theme lol

[@IsaacMuntz]

Nodo fro 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jaktmarius]

The ending of this kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4LHnHiHapWWp5osi=083cwH3AW7ixJfD0

[@oobrocks]

I was just thinking…this is the greatest movie ever produced, isn’t it?!

[@MixMatch53]

I would say it is up there, yes

[@georgechapman9688]

There's been a few

[@oobrocks]

Which ones are better?

[@georgechapman9688]

@@oobrocks ....idk?

[@spbynum]

It’s definitely the greatest trilogy ever made. Trying to pick just one is the real Sophie’s Choice of movies. 😂

[@dsmdgold]

1:10:05 "It kind of reminds me of soldiers when they're deployed and they come home" Tolkien was very familiar with this. He was a WWI veteran and fought in the Battle of Somme. He once wrote that by the time he was 21, all but one of his close friends were dead.

[@MixMatch53]

Yep

[@xaviersavierhardt3331]

Good old Tolkien

[@ChallengeIdeas]

Those battles broke so many good men, in a time when nobody could understand that brokenness. That he came out the other side as he did is incredible.

[@dsmdgold]

@@ChallengeIdeas Indeed. I've often thought that the history of English literature as traditional taught is flawed. The effect of WWI on literature is seen through the lens of the "War Poets" like Brooke, Owen, Sasson and the rest while ignoring poets and authors like Tolkien, Lewis and Milne.

[@arklytte]

@@dsmdgold Never thought of it that way, but you're absolutely right. I remember (way, WAAAAAY back when) when I was taking EngLit, and none of those three were ever mentioned. Oddly, my *high school* senior English teacher was very big on those three as well, and LoTR, Narnia, Winnie-the-Pooh, and others. I kinda wish she had been my college prof. I would probably have been inclined to do better in the class than I did.

[@JL-go3]

King Theodens death hits different in 2024. R.I.P

[@ryanweintraub9448]

Hail the victorious dead!

[@liaml.e.5964]

​@@ryanweintraub9448 Hail!

[@Saxonygal]

​@@ryanweintraub9448Hail!!

[@Hearto6636]

RIP Bernard Hill

[@Pca32227]

It's funny how so many people feel so sad when LOtR ends because you know you won't watch more of that story, I felt like that after the return of the king. Now I have to watch them at least once a year.

[@georgechapman9688]

I just start from the beginning again

[@Gr8Buccaneer]

@@georgechapman9688 i start saturdays with the 3 hobbit movies and sundays the 3 LotR

[@mothermayhem3255]

You know it.

[@LadyIarConnacht]

Same - even after re-reading the books every year for the last 45 years - I still rewatch these masterpiece movies.

[@Rinesmyth]

Every Black Friday, from 8 am to 8 pm

[@terryrobbins5977]

The best trilogy that will NEVER be ruined...

[@loonylenny]

If any company tries to edit the movies WITHOUT Peter Jackson the fans will turn their backs.

[@weon_penca]

Amazon disagrees

[@whiteyonthemoon1193]

You better make sure to buy some hard copies...

[@markshepherd8018]

Or beaten.

[@richmargin6082]

Who isn’t exhausted after watching the trilogy? Don’t you feel like you were on the adventure right there with them? Amazing!! Still one of the best trilogies in history

[@MixMatch53]

indeed

[@Tortugadelamuerta]

That RIP to Ian Holmes hit pretty hard 🥺🥺

[@blazednlovinit]

Lol love the moment Frodo puts the ring on and Sauron realises where it is, the sheer panic 😂

[@dwell7315]

though to be fair, the fact the he even put it on would be at least a minor calming force even amongst the chaos of "oh shit it's about to be destroyed." It's like what CinemaWins pointed out: the fact that there are no dedicated guards or a gate or wall at the Cracks of Doom is extremely telling. No one's supposed to get that far without the ring corrupting them. Sauron doesn't need to guard it (outside of just...the army that hangs out in Mordor when they're not fighting) because the ring itself is a security measure against the ring being destroyed

[@blazednlovinit]

@@dwell7315 Indeed, Frodo not destroying the ring wasn't a failing of Frodo, no one could willingly destroy the ring, outside of perhaps Eru and Aulë

[@user-zp4ge3yp2o]

@@dwell7315 It's not so much that they wouldn't get that far without being corrupted, it's that Sauron can't even conceive that anyone would think to destroy it. The paragraph in the book where he realises what's happening is one of my favourites.

[@CrashB111]

@@user-zp4ge3yp2o Yeah, Sauron is so thoroughly corrupted and evil that the very concept that someone might try to destroy the Ring doesn't enter his mind. He's absolutely convinced that ANYONE possessing the Ring, would try to use it to overthrow him and become a new Dark Lord. The idea that someone might just destroy it entirely, with no desire to seize his power and throne, is impossible for him. "Well, let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy... the only measure that he knows is desire, desire for power; and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart the thought will not enter that any will refuse it, that having the Ring we may seek to destroy it." - Gandalf

[@HugoStiglitz88]

Yup

[@mistersazabi4165]

Reactor: "Is it a dragon, living in a dark tunnel." Fringy: "NOUGH!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@MixMatch53]

I love making this running gag

[@katarinadreams6955]

@@MixMatch53 I think you should do that hobbit trilogy mash up so we can have an actual dragon

[@MixMatch53]

@@katarinadreams6955 that's the plan. Already have an outlining of the joke😂

[@katarinadreams6955]

@@MixMatch53 cool

[@theemeraldenderman3007]

I love how everyone was telling Frodo to throw the ring when he was right there in Mount Doom. In fact, I love that scene. It showcases just how strong of a grasp that thing has on you if you’re the one carrying it. It doesn’t matter if you know it’s evil or that it needs to be destroyed, you won’t want to get rid it and you’ll want it for yourself.

[@JeroenDoes]

Everyone gives gollum shit, and for good reasons. However Smeagul did keep the ring under control for hundreds of years. He may not have destroyed it. He also did not bring it to Sauron, that is something.

[@JamailvanWestering]

I wished Sam just dropped kicked Gollum into the lava when he had the ring xD going full WWE on his ass. it might come out of nowhere but it would be epic and funny as hell xD

[@SeptimusCreed]

@@JeroenDoes To be entirely fair, it was implied that Sauron was fairly powerless for most of that time. It was only during the time of the Hobbit that he really began to rise and gather his forces again, setting the path in motion for the events of LoTR. That said, he lived with the ring for hundreds of years and still maintained an inkling of good deep within his soul. Considering how much power Sauron had placed inside it that, on its own, is a feat worthy of note.

[@Jump3RPictur3s]

I also love how it vindicates Isildur keeping the ring and subsequent stigma of that choice carried throughout generations down to Aragorn... he didn't fail because "hearts of men are easily corrupted" and he was a man... he failed because at the end, eventually, everyone did, including Frodo.

[@thedappermagician6905]

The temptation of Power is one of the strongest forces for the mind and the Ring epitomizes this. It is very nearly only the sagely monk, and even then not always, that can resist such power and usually only by avoiding interacting with it's sway in it's myriad forms that they do that and not by being around it nor using it or being held within its grasp. To destroy the ring is an impossible task which lends credence to why only one who loves and hates the ring, in effect neutralizing it's agenda, such as Gollum who in his obsession could not preserve the ring from it's end as he only cares for his possession of it.

[@shehmo]

Into the West is basically the elegy for Frodo. The lyrics are so beautiful. Best ending song for a movie hands down.

[@MixMatch53]

Indeed

[@maspleben]

I have used it as an eulogy for my best friend who died too young, from a car accident, with a baby in the making... This, and the story of Gandalf to Pippin about the White Shores to which the song makes echo to, makes the pain more tolerable.

[@jgold78]

@@MixMatch53 Late to find your wonderful work @MixMatch53 but I must applaud your decision to include a rendition of Howard and Annie's haunting and beautiful 'Into the West'. For me, the stillness and purity of that melody and lyrics are a perfect transition from all the chaos preceding.

[@DaveTingwaldd]

The reaction to the scene where Eowyn sleeps in the main room had my dying!! LOL

[@MixMatch53]

It is pretty funny😆

[@Mj0Skyver]

“It doesn't bother me that you're eighty.” -MauLwyn 🤣

[@chrisr4023]

Whenever Frodo spared Smeagol, his humanity returns and the Ring cannot take complete hold of him. If Frodo kills Smeagol, his path to darkness will be much much quicker. Frodo/Bilbo sparing Smeagol's life, their mercy and compassion is what kept them away from the control of the ring for so long.

[@2ndlegend125]

One thing that I always think about when we get to that scene where Frodo wakes up and sees Gandalf; Frodo doesn't know he survived Moria. I can't help but think Frodo immediately thought he was dead and in heaven and as people kept coming into the room not explaining anything, that Frodo was thinking "Oh shit you're dead too? Did we save anyone? Oh well at least we are all together again."

[@MixMatch53]

That's probably what's going through his head

[@isaackellogg3493]

And Boromir? Is he here too?

[@callumella8812]

​@@isaackellogg3493boromir, the only surviving member of the fellowship 😂

[@PentagonThief1]

Sam is genuinely the MVP of the story.

[@MixMatch53]

Indeed

[@arklytte]

Sam most definitely is the hero of this story.

[@nedames3328]

As Tolkien intended

[@Zethmane]

Frodo the savior

[@craiggibbons8228]

They are all hero's. But Sam was the MVP Best friend ever

[@karatechop66]

"That symbolically represents what they did with the Hobbit" fucking KILLED ME

[@xaviersavierhardt3331]

EFAP

[@geeebuttersnap2433]

And rings of power

[@Сайтамен]

​@@geeebuttersnap2433 That would be burning the book.

[@Nomihc]

55:00 Frodo is asking Sam to give him the ring. In the book, Tolkien gives insight into Sam's point of view. The ring shows him a vision of having a splendid garden with beautiful plants. That's right... Sam is so good and pure hearted, that the best the ring could do to try and corrupt him is show him becoming a powerful gardener!

[@kentonbaird1723]

My prevailing fan theory is that Sauron simply could not comprehend Hobbits. Everything about them just utterly perplexed him. They were never power-seeking schemers or players in the devious machinations of kings, lords and masters, nor fighters hungry for bloody battle. Imagine a creature like Sauron, a brilliant mind full of dark magic and manipulative genius, who has played those games of subterfuge and skullduggery for more lifetimes than is conceivable to most, who burrows his way into the thoughts of others to offer their darkest passions... ....and then, for a good century, that separate piece of him - that hugely powerful extension of his will and might - is trying to reach out to the minds and desires of those around him, and those desires are Bacon, Potatoes, weed and ale. The sheer, comfy simplicity of Hobbit thoughts is an unsolvable category error for him.

[@MarcSamuels562]

@@kentonbaird1723this is greatest LOTR comment I’ve ever seen 😂😂

[@dougmphilly]

bernard hill's speech before the ride of the rohirrim is the best.

[@blueroninstudios]

Thank you for editing this and putting it all together. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU.

[@MixMatch53]

You're welcome. And I'm betting Wolf is eating some pizza right now. I really miss him.💙

[@CKyIe]

Wait, is wolf one of the people reacting and is he dead?

[@Сайтамен]

@@CKyIe No, he just left the Internet because of mental problems.

[@edwardarroyo884]

@@CKyIe He's one of the reactors with the Gas mask guy and dog profile picture, he isn't dead, but he left the internet due to mental health reasons.

[@MixMatch53]

@@CKyIe yeah he's in there, but no he isn't dead. He's just off the internet to take care of himself

[@kenneth69]

I wonder if anyone of them would be floored to know that at the end of Sam's life he too took a ship to go meet Frodo. Legolas also sailed to the Uttermost West, and you know it, he took his best friend, Gimli.

[@joshlansford1706]

Extremely well done. I can't imagine going through this and the editing it took.

[@MixMatch53]

Yeah. It was a lengthy process. I'm so glad I got it done. I'm making a community post later for my appreciation.

[@mycroft16]

The 20+ minutes of endings, wrapping up the many character threads and arcs... each one is so bittersweet. It feels like saying goodbye to very old friends you've shared a lifetime with. It is 20 minutes of pretty hefty and unforced feels. On top of probably the most epic scale film ever made and boy is this one exhaustingly intense for over 3 hours. To end by wiping you out with all the emotions. Peter Jackson, everyone who worked on this, and the greatest cast ever.

[@blueshit199]

I love the way most people hated Faramir in the previous movie but here they are all rooting for him.

[@MixMatch53]

Ikr?

[@RedFloyd469]

Fun fact: In the books, faramir is a sheer gigachad. He treats frodo and sam with respect, questions them briefly and without threats of death (as far as I can recall) and immediately recognises the ring as the true threat that it is, sending them off heartily and I believe even aiding them a bit with food, drink, etc... He really was the counter to Boromir's pigheadedness right up until his redemption. Boromir may have been the war-hero, but he was his father's pawn until he realized his mistake. Faramir, meanwhile, was a "disappointment" in the eyes of his father, yet the best host to Frodo and Sam, an accomplished and wise leader and commander, and loyal unto death. He simply wasn't the foolish pawn to his father's demands that Boromir felt like being his whole life. The movies had to de-hype faramir to make him more realistic and create a bit of conflict for our heroes (the whole fight in osgiliath during the second movie in fact doesn't happen in the books.), but in reality, there really couldn't be a better man defending osgiliath and doing his duty to save middle earth.

[@Thelaretus]

Some excerpts from the book: 《Ever since the middle night the great assault had gone on. The drums rolled. To the north and to the south company upon company of the enemy pressed to the walls. There came great beasts, like moving houses in the red and fitful light, the _mûmakil_ of the Harad dragging through the lanes amid the fires huge towers and engines. Yet their Captain cared not greatly what they did or how many might be slain: their purpose was only to test the strength of the defence and to keep the men of Gondor busy in many places. It was against the Gate that he would throw his heaviest weight. Very strong it might be, wrought of steel and iron, and guarded with towers and bastions of indomitable stone, yet it was the key, the weakest point in all that high and impenetrable wall. The drums rolled louder. Fires leaped up. Great engines crawled across the field; and in the midst was a huge ram, great as a forest-tree a hundred feet in length, swinging on mighty chains. Long had it been forging in the dark smithies of Mordor, and its hideous head, founded of black steel, was shaped in the likeness of a ravening wolf; on it spells of ruin lay. Grond they named it, in memory of the Hammer of the Underworld of old. Great beasts drew it, orcs surrounded it, and behind walked mountain-trolls to wield it. But about the Gate resistance still was stout, and there the knights of Dol Amroth and the hardiest of the garrison stood at bay. Shot and dart fell thick; siege-towers crashed or blazed suddenly like torches. All before the walls on either side of the Gate the ground was choked with wreck and with bodies of the slain; yet still driven as by a madness more and more came up. Grond crawled on. Upon its housing no fire would catch; and though now and again some great beast that hauled it would go mad and spread stamping ruin among the orcs innumerable that guarded it, their bodies were cast aside from its path and others took their place. Grond crawled on. The drums rolled wildly. Over the hills of slain a hideous shape appeared: a horseman, tall, hooded, cloaked in black. Slowly, trampling the fallen, he rode forth, heeding no longer any dart. He halted and held up a long pale sword. And as he did so a great fear fell on all, defender and foe alike; and the hands of men drooped to their sides, and no bow sang. For a moment all was still. The drums rolled and rattled. With a vast rush Grond was hurled forward by huge hands. It reached the Gate. It swung. A deep boom rumbled through the City like thunder running in the clouds. But the doors of iron and posts of steel withstood the stroke. Then the Black Captain rose in his stirrups and cried aloud in a dreadful voice, speaking in some forgotten tongue words of power and terror to rend both heart and stone. Thrice he cried. Thrice the great ram boomed. And suddenly upon the last stroke the Gate of Gondor broke. As if stricken by some blasting spell it burst asunder: there was a flash of searing lightning, and the doors tumbled in riven fragments to the ground. In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face. All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax: Shadowfax who alone among the free horses of the earth endured the terror, unmoving, steadfast as a graven image in Rath Dínen. ‘You cannot enter here,’ said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. ‘Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!’ The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark. From a mouth unseen there came a deadly laughter. ‘Old fool!’ he said. ‘Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!’ And with that he lifted high his sword and flames ran down the blade. Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn. And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns. In dark Mindolluin’s sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last. [...] Now silently the host of Rohan moved forward into the field of Gondor, pouring in slowly but steadily, like the rising tide through breaches in a dike that men have thought secure. But the mind and will of the Black Captain were bent wholly on the falling city, and as yet no tidings came to him warning that his designs held any flaw. After a while the king led his men away somewhat eastward, to come between the fires of the siege and the outer fields. Still they were unchallenged, and still Théoden gave no signal. At last he halted once again. The City was now nearer. A smell of burning was in the air and a very shadow of death. The horses were uneasy. But the king sat upon Snowmane, motionless, gazing upon the agony of Minas Tirith, as if stricken suddenly by anguish, or by dread. He seemed to shrink down, cowed by age. Merry himself felt as if a great weight of horror and doubt had settled on him. His heart beat slowly. Time seemed poised in uncertainty. They were too late! Too late was worse than never! Perhaps Théoden would quail, bow his old head, turn, slink away to hide in the hills. Then suddenly Merry felt it at last, beyond doubt: a change. Wind was in his face! Light was glimmering. Far, far away, in the South the clouds could be dimly seen as remote grey shapes, rolling up, drifting: morning lay beyond them. But at that same moment there was a flash, as if lightning had sprung from the earth beneath the City. For a searing second it stood dazzling far off in black and white, its topmost tower like a glittering needle; and then as the darkness closed again there came rolling over the fields a great _boom._ At that sound the bent shape of the king sprang suddenly erect. Tall and proud he seemed again; and rising in his stirrups he cried in a loud voice, more clear than any there had ever heard a mortal man achieve before: _Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!_ _Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!_ _spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,_ _a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!_ _Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!_ With that he seized a great horn from Guthláf his banner-bearer, and he blew such a blast upon it that it burst asunder. And straightway all the horns in the host were lifted up in music, and the blowing of the horns of Rohan in that hour was like a storm upon the plain and a thunder in the mountains. _Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!_ Suddenly the king cried to Snowmane and the horse sprang away. Behind him his banner blew in the wind, white horse upon a field of green, but he outpaced it. After him thundered the knights of his house, but he was ever before them. Éomer rode there, the white horsetail on his helm floating in his speed, and the front of the first _éored_ roared like a breaker foaming to the shore, but Théoden could not be overtaken. Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. His golden shield was uncovered, and lo! it shone like an image of the Sun, and the grass flamed into green about the white feet of his steed. For morning came, morning and a wind from the sea; and darkness was removed, and the hosts of Mordor wailed, and terror took them, and they fled, and died, and the hoofs of wrath rode over them. And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City. [...] Over the field rang his clear voice calling: ‘Death! Ride, ride to ruin and the world’s ending!’ [...] _Death_ they cried with one voice loud and terrible.》 - The Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

[@EGGTESTTUBE]

Thank you for that. I read those books 29 years ago, but I didn't remember how great they were, so thank you.

[@circedelune]

I don’t know why, but every time I read the part about the rooster crowing and the one about shadowfax standing steadily and defiantly at the gate, my breath catches, and tears burn my eyes. So ridiculously beautiful.

[@OnTheAlmondTree]

This man actually blew a horn so hard it exploded

[@generoberts9151]

My ADD prevents me from getting through half of this post

[@Sun-dy]

And this… But Pippin rose to his feet, as if a great weight had been lifted from him; and he stood listening to the horns, and it seemed to him that they would break his heart with joy. And never in after years could he hear a horn blown in the distance without tears starting in his eyes.

[@martijnvanvelsen6313]

After the ring was destroyed: Frodo left Middle Earth, so that he may be fully healed. He was still able to feel the wound on his arm from the sword at the beginning, plus for being the ring-bearer and it nearly consuming him like it did Gollum. Aragorn returned Gondor to it's former glory, and ruled happily with Arwen for 120 years. He had one son and two daughters. When his time drew near, he chose to take command of his own end. We laid in the House of the Kings in Minas Tirith with Gondor's past rulers and drifted into eternal sleep. Arwen passed one year later. Gimli became the Lord of the Glittering Caves under Helm's Deep, as it was rich with Mithril. He kept his word to Galadriel, and encased the strands of hair within glass and treasured it. Legolas restored the woodlands of Middle-Earth that were ravaged by the war, along with adventuring with Gimli. After Aragorn's death, Legolas made a ship of his own in Ithilien, and left Middle-Earth to cross the sea to reunite with the rest of the elves in the Undying Lands. Gimli crossed the sea with Legolas, due to his close friendship with the elf, and was the only dwarf that was offered that honor. Samwise married Rosie and had 13 children. He was also elected Mayor of the Shire for seven consecutive seven-year terms (49 years.) Afterwards, Sam was given passage to the Undying Lands to reunite with Frodo, as Samwise was also a Ring-Bearer, even for a short time. Pippin became the 32nd Thane of the Shire, and held that position for 50 years. He had one son named Faramir Took I, who later married Sam's daughter. After he retired as Thane, he left with Rohan and Gondor with Merry. He remained there for the rest of his life, and was entombed in the Hall of the Kings, and later moved to be laid to rest alongside Aragorn. Merry was knighted by King Eomer and become Master of Buckland. He married, and wrote a book. He had at least one son. At 102, he returned to Rohan and Gondor with Pippin, dying around the same time as Pippin. He was laid to rest in Gondor with Pippin, and later moved alongside Aragorn.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

The music choice for smeagol and deagol fighting is amazing, its truly haunting how there's that high pitched whistle as if something is boiling beyond control just like their feelings towards the ring, and then when smeagol is strangling deagol it changes to a heartbeat until it stops and there's silence, its so horrific and perfectly encapsulates the atmosphere

[@MixMatch53]

Indeed

[@jacobyrassilon]

Well damn....guess it's time for that epic 12 hour rewatch again.....

[@MixMatch53]

Good idea!

[@50ULL355]

I doubt it's what Tolkien intended, but I always took Frodo's departure at the end as a metaphor for a soldier suffering from PTSD and taking their own life. He never fully recovered or got over the trauma he experienced on the journey, unlike the others who were able to move on with their lives. Of course here it's much happier, as he's going to elf heaven where his soul will be healed so he can live in peace for the rest of his days Great edit once again, it's really appreciated

[@pearlofthedarkage]

That's how I interpret it, too.

[@cameirusisu1024]

I think its exactly what Tolkien intended. Also the books have the scouring of the shire, which the films do not. It probably works better to miss it in the film, but its important in the books, that the evils of war and foreign battles can also be found at home as well and you should fight them there as well as abroad.

[@shanecreamer6889]

While I can appreciate your interpretation, Tolkien as a devout Christian made it very clear in interviews that it was a metaphor for being called Home to Live in Heaven Forevermore with God, and the White Shores are in fact Heaven. That's the best news of all, that for those that Love Jesus (Illuvatar in their world) they come Home to Heaven where they are forever beyond all pain, all suffering, and know only Peace forever more being surrounded by family, friends, favorite pets, etc. That's why Merry says to Gandalf "That doesn't sound so bad" when Gandalf was telling merry during the Siege of what they go next. It has nothing to do with Suicide..

[@christophersmith8316]

@@cameirusisu1024 Tolkien was Catholic, and they believe suicide is a great sin because you are putting more faith in your judgement of your life's value than trusting in God's plan for you.

[@odegradreadsigilofmu8641]

As pleasent as the idea.. this is no elf heaven.. its a real place.. the realm of the gods of middle earth, cut off from the rest because the god decided that the elves deciding to chase melor into middle earth in a sense damned them so they cut off passage to valinor for all who were not invited until the elves redeemed themselves and thus were allowed to go home hence the passing of the elves into the west.

[@Bezanie]

I love how the men are taking calming breaths at the sad scenes while the women are just weeping! 😂 I cried as well when I watched it in the theater. Especially at the ending!

[@MixMatch53]

Yeah ill bet

[@aaronrowell6943]

In loving memory of Haldir But no seriously it is amazing to see people experience the story for the first time I was blessed enough to watch it in theaters so it's always good to see people enjoying this emotional roller coaster

[@MixMatch53]

💙

[@xaviersavierhardt3331]

EFAP

[@Zennofobic]

@@MixMatch53 i laughed out loud at the coronation scene when the guy says "Haldir???"

[@MixMatch53]

@@Zennofobic it's even more funny when you see the efap movies of return of the King. It was a running joke in the Las parts of the video lol.

[@Zennofobic]

@@MixMatch53 I'll stick to you editing them in. I tried watching one of the videos and they kind of went over the top trying to bag on things in the movie or come up with something funny, too much for me to sit through but they do have some gems which I'll let you pick out ahaha

[@th3n3wc4d]

The "You bow to no one" scene is one of the most powerful scenes in cinema history. All 4 hobbits honoured for their bravery. These four small, seemingly insignificant creatures had no business getting involved in the events so much bigger than themselves, and yet they showed unparalleled bravery. Even though Sam and Frodo's contributions are obvious, everything Merry and Pippin did despite their stature was unbelievably remarkable. Tolkien's message to us is that even the smallest, most ordinary individual is capable of doing great things.

[@bassforhire555]

Remember, the true heroes of this story are not descended from mighty kings, great champions of battle, millennia old elvish princes, or angles sent down to protect the world their god created The true heroes of this story are a soft living writer, his gardner, a childish prankster, and the prankster's underachieving, lazy cousin

[@windingroad9196]

R. I. P. Bernard Hill ❤️ and R. I. P. to Christopher Lee ❤️

[@CorekBleedingHollow]

"I bid you Stand! Men of the West!" When Aragorn turns to face the Eye of Sauron and the orc army with his sword of Narsil held high! It is on man!

[@MixMatch53]

So epic! Truly a great king

[@davidtstravels8939]

Those 3 avatar guys had me dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MixMatch53]

Hahaha yeah they are great. You should check out the podcast they run. EFAP. You'll be given alot of insight about media. And definitely alot of laughs along the way

[@421spaceman]

MauLer aka “The Long Man” is a legend!!

[@JamailvanWestering]

@@421spaceman which one are they ?

[@springheelzach812]

@@JamailvanWestering the one with the gas mask avatar

[@JamailvanWestering]

@@springheelzach812 I meant their channel mate

[@Pajali]

The “NOUGH” gremlin cracks me up every single time. 😂😂

[@MixMatch53]

He's actually a plague doctor but yea I love doing this running gag throughout all 3 videos😂

[@robertoprestigiacomo253]

Watched The Return of the King in the cinema. I was alone because nobody wanted to go and the cinema was empty because it was Valentine's day. It was awesome.

[@MixMatch53]

They missed out. You experienced a masterpiece

[@robertoprestigiacomo253]

@@MixMatch53 With a theatre all to myself ;)

[@georgechapman9688]

Valentines day viewing of Rotk sounds like a good date tbh

[@boggeddown778]

Worth.

[@scara715]

This is so sad to me. Not that you saw it in a theater by yourself I’m sure it was epic. I often enjoy going to movie theaters at off hours for this exact reason. But that the theater was not packed for Lord of the Rings ever?!?!? I watched this movie at a midnight showing. And then I went and saw it again the next day. And then I went and saw it again the day after that. If the day after had been Valentine’s Day, I’d have happily gone to see it again wether I had a date or not. I love this movie so incredibly much. The whole trilogy really.

[@stue2298]

The other 2 edits where fantastic, but you have stepped it up another level, well done.

[@MixMatch53]

Saved the best for last😎🤘

[@conormaher777]

I watched these films in the theaters growing up. They were a really important part of my life. Sometimes when I go back and watch them the magic seemed a bit lost. But watching people, who have not read the books, enjoy them so much made me enjoy them all over again and reaffirmed how incredible these movies actually are and the impact they have on the human heart. This is a special story that can resonate with anyone regardless of beliefs. This is amazing film. Thank you Mix & Match for putting the time and effort into compiling these reactions.

[@MixMatch53]

No problem.✌️

[@gothamgoon4237]

Now I have to go watch this trilogy again. I've seen it probably 20 times already and each time there is something new that I didn't pick up on the previous time.

[@chronolynx360]

I could sworn swear, I heard aragorn said "Gondor calls for cool aid!" 😂 17:30 minutes 😂

[@chronolynx360]

It's 17:20 minutes 😂

[@absolutezero6423]

"We cannot defeat the armies of Mordor" "We cannot. But we will meet them in battle none the less"......... " Theoden. really leveled up his speech skill some time between this epic fail and his inspirational speech right before their cavalry charge. .

[@MandoWookie]

You mean his epic speech about how they are all going to die? They weren't shouting "Kill" they were shouting "Death". He failed at Helms Deep by repeatedly hyping his people up about being winning and how " the enemy will break upon us like water on rocks" only for everything to fall apart when reality hit and everything broke apart. It was only when he accepted that they couldn't win, and fought like he was going to die did things turn around. This time he isn't going to hype his men up that they can win, because if he had the moment they saw the army at Minas Tirith they might break and run. Instead, it's " Yeah, we can't win, but we are going to do it anyway, and we are going to go down fighting". He weaponized his own fatalism into a rallying cry.

[@rikk319]

@@MandoWookie It's very much the Norse concept of Ragnarok and their fatalism that Tolkien wove into the Rohirrim. Going down fighting against the overwhelming forces of evil--no better way to die.

[@SkySweeperSyn]

@@rikk319 Better to die fighting evil than live succumbed to it.

[@pearlofthedarkage]

This was a stunning project, and I truly feel like I've gone on yet another journey watching these mashups. Thanks for all the hard work, Mix & Match, and thanks to all the reactors, music covers, and the entire cast and crew of LOTR for this experience. Thank you. 👏 No thanks to KZbin, who keeps making things more and more difficult for content creators to put up masterpieces like this.

[@MixMatch53]

You're welcome. Everything you said was exactly what I hope people will walk away from these mashups. Glad you enjoyed these.👍👍💙

[@terdellferguson216]

11 Oscars went to ROTK - every one it was nominated for and record tying, including Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Score and Original Song (with Annie Lennox's haunting, exquisite performance of "Into The West"). There were several good/great films that year (2003) but this one undeniably stood above the rest. Along with the first two films in the trilogy, it stands at #2 on my Top 100. Such a great story, adventure, and achievement by all involved.

[@MixMatch53]

Indeed. And I am honored to continue the legacy in a creative way

[@terdellferguson216]

Fantastic job on this. Love seeing people discover the great movies (and in some cases, events - like Star Wars, LOTR) for the first time. Keep up the great work!

[@MixMatch53]

No stopping this train anytime soon. Though movie mashups are gonna be far in between, but more music mashups definitely coming like the one I uploaded today

[@georgechapman9688]

Only 11? Wth

[@DiogoSiilva]

​@@georgechapman9688the 3 movies got 17 Oscars still the number One movie whit more Oscars LOTR 💪

[@blazednlovinit]

I love VKunia's reaction after finishing it. I think all fans can relate to those feelings.

[@MixMatch53]

Agreed

[@jaketinsleywbc]

I have to say, I feel blessed that this series was not only made in an era where art was put before money, but that it was in my lifetime that I saw the final form, or culmination of the work that Ralph Bakshi and Ranken/Bass put forward, so that someone like Peter Jackson could decide to go beyond.

[@olliefowler3858]

The greatest piece of fantasy writing ever translated into an equally epic trilogy. It will never ever be matched, ever.

[@hmsljj]

This by far is the best Trilogy Mashup that I've seen, truly. Thanks for all the time and effort, and heart, that was put into the making of these videos. I had a wonderful time. Take care.

[@MixMatch53]

You're welcome. Glad you had a good time. 💙

[@paulkfilms]

Jeez dude. Didn't think a mash up of reaction would get me. It's astounding that this is definitely the best trilogy ever, and the Return of the King is one of the greatest films ever made. I've seen these movies, like many others, over and over and over again over the past two decades. So incredible to see people's first time watching this. Thanks for putting the hard work into editing this. Well done.

[@MixMatch53]

Glad you enjoyed it! Worked really hard on these mashups and so glad it paid off

[@Bravo-ry9st]

Imagine my feeling this emotional after reading the books around 1975. This is why we are apprehensive about movie remarks of our favorite story books.

[@Jaymalkin980]

I saw the fellowship with the EFAP crew in the thumbnail and clicked and so glad I did. Is really quite something to experience the LotRs through people who have not seen it before. I binged all 3. Thank you for this

[@MixMatch53]

You're welcome. poured my heart and soul in all 3 videos, and I just had to include our efap boys to make it fun.

[@amscheung]

Thank you for putting all these together. I watched most of the reactors, but putting them together is just amazing. As other said, it's an outstanding work (includes the earlier two).

[@MixMatch53]

You're welcome. It was alot of fun to make.💙

[@aminhaekal5709]

Years and years and yet I'm still getting some lord of the rings video. Man, this movie is timeless

[@PickledShark]

Ok, having the EFAP crew sprinkled in there was great comic relief. I nearly spit out my drink laughing at a couple of points. 😂

[@MixMatch53]

Good to hear. They are awesome. Caught myself laughing while editing them in. Lol

[@aidieslater8351]

The fact you guys haven't got millions of subscribers is criminal. Fantastic editing. Thank you

[@MixMatch53]

Thank you very much. And there's only one person running the channel😀

[@elgindor]

This is why I watch these every year. Nothing can touch that magic. Nothing.

[@donaldscholand4617]

I'm glad they included the song, "Into the West" there at the end. Perfect.

[@MixMatch53]

I was proud of editing it. It was perfect to end it like that

[@jacobwalsh1888]

One of the great disappointments in this movie is the loss of the houses of healing scene. Beginning with Thëdoens farewell to Merry. Merry apologizes for disobeying his command to stay at Dunharrow. Thëoden tells him "Fret not, it is forgiven. Great heart will not be denied. " Then Thëoden apologizes to Merry for not being able to fulfill his promise to sit and talk herblore with him. Later, Merry breakes down crying when he goes to smoke, and thinks of Thëoden.

[@MixMatch53]

Yeah I like that part from the book. They did adapt that I'm the bbc radio drama of lord of the rings and it was well done there. Would've been neat to seen it in the movie

[@Сайтамен]

He still makes Merry an esquire though.

[@justmecarter1717]

I didn't like that they left out the line, where Merry asks Pippin (when Pip finds him inside the city), If "he's come to bury him". That line tore me up when reading it in the book.

[@Сайтамен]

@@justmecarter1717 It's in the movie

[@logandarklighter]

The extended cut does have a very brief sequence and there are hints of the healing hands of the king. But it’s done as a short montage of Aragorn tending to Eowyn. It’s *there* but it’s not really explained.

[@mondoman2016]

This was an absolute master class in editing. I especially love the covers of the soundtrack. 🎵 ❤️

[@MixMatch53]

Glad you enjoyed. And yeah adding the covers was a neat addition I loved doing

[@Thebarrelriderino]

I’d never think i would live to see the day of someone making a reaction mashup so long. You’re a mad lad

[@MixMatch53]

Thank you. And I checked all 3 lord of the rings mashups clock in at almost 3 hours lol

[@georgechapman9688]

@@MixMatch53 the secret fourth film 😂

[@bhtrimmer]

when you realize Gandalf sent three eagles, one for Frodo, one for Sam............... And one for Gollum 🙄🤯

[@noobcommando9571]

I was at the movies when those came out. When i went to watch the first movie with my woman there was an 80ish year old guy sitting next to her. When they showed Galadriel for the first time he burst into tears and he could not stop sobbing. That guy was around when Tolkien had the books released and he waited a lifetime to see them made into those masterworks of movies. I can´t help but feel sad for all the people who weren´t able to experience them when they came out. It was another time and we were still hopeful for the future.

[@PavlozKapeliz]

So much respect for ending this with one of the best songs ever written 👍👍

[@MixMatch53]

Thank you. 💙 I'm planning to release it separately in Novmeber.

[@MixMatch53]

@Marcin Marcin good to know. Thank you

[@ajcox6549]

You know that a story is immensely powerful when you can watch random people watching small clips and you're just sitting there bawling for 1 hour 19 minutes and 44 seconds. J.K. Rowling, G.R.R. Martin, Brandon Sanderson, will fade into obscurity a few decades from now. But lo! Tolkien will live forever.

[@MixMatch53]

Oh my. And this is the condensed version of return of the King and you still cried. That's how powerful this trilogy is indeed. Glad you enjoyed it💙

[@ajcox6549]

@@MixMatch53 Well to say I've seen it a few times would be a massive understatement lol. I did enjoy this, thank you. And well done!

[@georgechapman9688]

@@ajcox6549 it's that way with clips from the films on KZbin

[@miscellaniac3367]

I dunno, of those 3 contemporary authors, Sanderson is most likely to last, just because the Cosmere is a literal universe's worth of planets. I loved the Mistborn series. The end of that third book just blew my mind.

[@circedelune]

Who?

[@lostmarimo]

peak fiction right here. Makes me tear up every time. the moments in this trilogy just get me. The honor, bravery, kindness, hope.... Beautiful

[@MixMatch53]

Indeed

[@kingxbuu]

Getting caught between tearing up at the girls reactions and laughing my ass off at the Discord bros comedy 😂

[@MitchJohnson0110]

The entire trilogy is a masterpiece, a movie can never get all he details of a novel, but these movies really capture the atmosphere and feel of Middle Earth perfectly.

[@MixMatch53]

Indeed

[@hanskneesun123]

Jackson had to make many cuts and changes in order to keep the pacing the most notable is the scouring of the Shire, where Saruman decides to turn the Shire into an industrial cesspit as a nice 'welcome home' surprise for the returning Hobbits and of course they have to fight for control of their homeland, it would added another 40-60 minutes to the runtime so I can understand why it was cut from the adaptation and instead have Saruman die in Isengard.

[@mauricioramirez5948]

I've seen a lot of mash ups but this one is the LOTR of the mash ups. So so good.

[@MixMatch53]

Pretty high title. Thanks!😃

[@georgechapman9688]

One mashup to rule them all

[@jvikingj1006]

The editing of this comp is absolute God tier. Bless you, sir. May the ground quake as you pass. Also loved seein the EFAP bois.

[@MixMatch53]

Well the keyboard will be shaking when I do this again lol. And yeah the toxic brood for the win 👍👍 whoop whoop

[@fried2styles]

Such a wonderful thing to see real humans feeling real emotions about a work of true, unironic Art. This makes me proud to be human. god bless you all!

[@wyattwhite5006]

Never understood why people hated Frodo, he’s one of the strongest characters

[@MixMatch53]

I don't understand either to be honest. I agree

[@zoltanzarosz3131]

Yeh, he's making carrying the One ring for 1 whole year and lost the fight with it just in the end. Others lost the fight within days in the best. Frodo needed Sam and vice versa.

[@Nomadic813]

Sam's story is ultimately one of triumph. But Frodo's character is broken in the end. Frodo is my favourite character; he gives up more for this mission than anyone else, and no one else is worthy of as much respect in my book. Sam is magnificent as well. Samwise the brave indeed. But frodo breaks my heart.

[@christophersmith8316]

@@Nomadic813 His body was broken, not his character. Valinor gives him a place to put all that aside for good.

[@richardbernier6761]

@@Nomadic813 Back in my young adulthood, I had a pin,I purchased at a Star Trek convention, that said "Frodo gave his finger for you".

[@shawnthompson2303]

I'll never forget seeing this in the cinema. While Shelob was stalking Frodo from above and then stings him (give the Mithril shirt plot hole a rest) I swear the lady in front of me jumped 10 feet out of her seat and nearly died.

[@MixMatch53]

Oh my😂

[@figjam9530]

screw the mithril shirt plot hole. no spider has a stinger on their butt. they bite with the fangs in their mouth. if Tolkien grew up here in Australia he would never have made such a basic error.

[@Bigarus]

I always just assumed she got him below his stomach when she stung him? They don't explicitly show or say where she stung him, right?

[@samwell2386]

@@figjam9530 Shellb isn’t necessarily a spider. Just a dark spirit that took a spider like form. Plus it’s fantasy.

[@stevenlowe3026]

There's no plot hole - Tolkien specifically states that Shelob *bit* Frodo (Two Towers Book IV Chapter 9 "her beak drabbling a spittle of venom" and "bite of poison to still the struggling of her meat", and that she bit him in the *neck* (Return of the King Book VI Chapter 1 "I am not hurt, Sam. Only I'm very tired, and I've a pain here' He put his hand to the back of his neck above his left shoulder.").

[@vincentweber1359]

Fringy'''s desperate "NOUGH!!!" screams always get me. xD

[@MixMatch53]

Ikr?😂😂 ir was fun editing those

[@xaviersavierhardt3331]

EFAP

[@TheDrunkenPirate625]

Now this.... Is a Mix and Match of creators. You have my praise and gratitude for showing how people feel about this trilogy.

[@MixMatch53]

Glad you liked it. And that was the goal for my name for the past 5 years as I evolved my content. And i love lord of the rings so much this was a way to show my gratitude. And I plan to keep doing it. If you aren't aware I'm planning to do the Hobbit trilogy just like this hopefully this year. And I have across the spiderverse coming in about 2 weeks.

[@TheDrunkenPirate625]

@@MixMatch53 I saw about the spiderverse coming up, BUT THE HOBBIT?! I will watch with great anticipation!

[@MixMatch53]

Glad to hear. And I'm at a good pace too. I'm almost done with unexpected journey so this summer is to get the other 2 done hopefully before the end of the year. 👍

[@TheDrunkenPirate625]

@@MixMatch53 I look forward to this new journey you will show us all.

[@hydro6en317]

i love how so many people roasted Eowyn. everyone was like: "nope. nope. nope. YOU ARE A MARRIED MAN!!"

[@MixMatch53]

Pretty humorous

[@marcusmcmahon9650]

Her comments at the end about not wanting the journey to be over is so relatable. I watch the films every year and feel a sense of loss for weeks after finishing them even today.

[@MixMatch53]

Even remembering while making these mashups, it felt like a journey, just like watching the films.

[@sarumanu9998]

OMG... As a HUGE LOTR Fan I watcht the Trilogy 100+ times but I must say, this People almost got me back the Feelings when I First saw the Movies. Great Emotions from Everybody! ❤ Greetings from Germany 👋

[@paulvenkman]

It's the perfect ending for an epic trilogy.❤

[@Сайтамен]

"One does not simply grief for Boromir in this hour!"

[@MixMatch53]

👌

[@TheCaltonian]

Wow, what an effort! This must have took almost as much editing as the trilogy itself! You have my admiration and gratitude, fantastic work 👏

[@MixMatch53]

Thank you very much. Yes, this trilogy of videos took several months to make. I'm currently editing mashups for the hobbit trilogy and that's taking a while to make as well. Hopefully it'll pay off.

[@Harri927]

The Lord of the Rings is my 2nd favorite movie of all time. I consider the trilogy to be one epic fantasy movie. Thanks for the reactions.

[@MixMatch53]

Glad to be of service 💙

[@MadeofSteel6896]

Man that quote from Theoden "I would have you smile again, not grieve for those whose time has come" hits hard given that the actor who played him passed away a couple days ago.

[@skayhab]

OK, you caught me completely off guard with the Tonald. Well done!

[@MixMatch53]

😂😂 he must be included lol. He was also in my Fellowship video also brief

[@guarianforttress]

Bless tonald