The HARDEST LINE spoken in the Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit

[@Zilla1954]

Imagine spending hours learning a language you've never even spoken before and trying to parrot it back perfectly (and keep in mind that for this shot to work the person you are working with also has to do this perfectly or else the shot is ruined) for a scene that never even made it into the theatrical cut. If I was him watching this in the theaters, I would've been furious.

[@CeltycSparrow]

I was about to say...I have seen both the LOTR and the Hobbit movies and I had NO CLUE who this guy was. lol

[@aralornwolf3140]

It's in the version used by TV broadcasters.

[@lisastenzel5713]

As am I, for not having seen this actually before last year. It was in my dvd. Thankfully

[@Zilla1954]

@@CeltycSparrow He's an extra in Lord of the Rings (an Elf), and reappears in the Hobbit as the Elf who first greets the Dwarves at Rivendell.

[@michellemiles9966]

It's tough because there's hords of loyals to scrutinize your Elven for undying ages to come.

[@Jagger-Tyr_13]

Right? Even though barely any of us even have a grasp on the English language 😅 "You're Elvish is int good. It's is sucks."

[@dansuehath]

🤣🤪👍🏻

[@marcus7252]

The best part is how much fun hugo weaving had lol

[@Nick1979BN]

“I’m getting paid so much money just for walking up and down the set all day!!”

[@e33d90]

The hobbit movies are shit

[@AlexeySeverin]

Aaaaand it took me 12 years and this random KZbin video to realize this Elf guy was Bret from Flight of the Conchords...

[@szgk]

he also played in RoTK. His line was slightly easier then "Lady Arwen, we cannot delay". His role of an unnamed Elf Escort has grown into a legend - look up "Figwit"

[@Jacques.Smith_]

I live in the city where Tolkien was born. We had the honor of getting the premier at the same time the film premiered in Los Angeles with every film, which was pretty cool.

[@jonathanhampshire6856]

I just rewatched The Hobbit an Unexpected Journey last night; for the first time in quite a few years. So this scene was fresh in my memory. Very serendipitous.😀

[@e33d90]

I refuse to watch those childish abominations

[@CursedWheelieBin]

Serendipitous: adjective. occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way. "a serendipitous encounter" 🤓

[@neilcam]

Holy crap, I didn't realise it was "Flight of the Conchords" Brett McKenzie until he was shown with his scruffy, semi-goatee in the video. Such a change.

[@Norsilca]

It's Figwit!

[@claire2088]

he was in the original trilogy! he's at the council of elrond in fellowship then one of the elves departing middle earth when arwen has the vision and turns back in return of the king, he says 'my lady' to her iirc (his fan created name is figwit 😂)

[@wspencerwatkins]

I was like halfway thru this video before I realized that it meant “hardest” as in “most difficult” and not “nastiest burn”

[@jayroi1814]

zoomer brainrot

[@LarryFlathmann]

As a beginner at speaking elven I can relate but I will say that 'Mirovor' does not mean wine.

[@Elriuhilu]

I didn't know they made Figwit into an actual character in the Hobbit movies.

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

"Mirovor" is a magical cordial. Gandalf is given a very small bottle when the Fellowship of the Ring sets out. It does not mean wine.

[@williamwebb580]

Realistically though, I don’t think they’d drink any other kind of wine in Rivendell, or at least they don’t have specific distinguishing names for them. It is the “Cordial of Imladris” as Gandalf calls it, and Tolkien went back and forth with its etymology. Eventually settling on it coming from Valarin _Mirub-hōze_ “honey-wine or mead”. The true Miruvórë that Galadriel sings about in her lament, and is translated as “nectar” could probably only be made with Valinorian ingredients. With the vintage brewed in Rivendell being sourced from local flowers and honey, therefore making it a debased imitation of the literal Ambrosia of the gods, but still technically a miruvor or “mead” as the elves made it. I don’t think it’s too far out of left field to say that miruvor could in theory be used to describe a wide rage of beverages from Valinorean nectar to mannish wine. Akin to how many words in elvish relating to magic and sorcery also describe knowledge, skill and deep lore. To men, there’s a clear difference between the two of attainability, whereas to an elf, it would only be a question of potency. It’s not clear if the elves distinguished between mead and wine in their language, but earlier forms of the legendarium list words for wine as _mîr_ and _miru,_ so given the later context Tolkien gives to the etymology of miruvor, I think these could also fit being derived from Val. _mirub._ Though I still believe David Salo did the best he could, given how spontaneously this translation request was seemingly dropped on him. Sorry about writing a thesis on elvish alcohol.

[@trishugnish]

@@williamwebb580that’s really cool, thank you for sharing!

[@williamwebb580]

@@trishugnish Oh, thank you for reading :)

[@СтаниславАлексеенко-ч4ъ]

@@williamwebb580 In deep, indeed!

[@tiffles3890]

*Miruvor

[@Allenmarshall]

The mere fact that there are elvish language coaches floating around the set gives me the warmest fuzzies...

[@rini6]

Bret’s got it going on.

[@christianefiorito3204]

Both so charming

[@JoshJetStream]

Stay cool Bret, stay cool.

[@youpeopl_music3220]

I'm sure it turned into "m-er f-er" at one point 😅

[@LarryFlathmann]

@@youpeopl_music3220 that is me first learning this beautiful language 😅

[@rhyswong8976]

I actually appreciate that they made sure a FANTASY language be as precise as possible. Ive seen non asian actors or non spanish actors butchering their character home country language. LOL.

[@unschuldshascherl]

Oh, I find it a bit hilarious. There are times I need to rewatch a scene because I don't understand the German that's being spoken while I understand everything else in English perfectly well. The gold medal went to American Horror Story "Freaks" when Elsa remembers Nazi Germany. I had to grab the subs for that because I just couldn't understand what the Nazis were saying (yes, there are situations you don't have the subs included at all, not even if normally there would be an automatic translation of something... Gen X, what shall I say).

[@lesforgeursdemondes]

Très sympa à voir, merci !

[@sweetjesus697]

he's got hurt feelings

[@timcheng5349]

Hey there Bret I see you lookin' down, don't wanna see my little buddy down with a frown

[@Elrosthir]

So they put a green screen, behind trees with green leaves... I can't imagine the pain it was to edit that.

[@whitleypedia]

Why didn't they get Brett to do one of the songs for this series

[@Slaphappy1975]

As an Englishman, this is not surprising. Kiwis have enough trouble pronouncing 'Brett' (Britt)​ 😅😊😂

[@Pattern51lover]

Flight of the concords??? Lol

[@CatastrophicDisease]

It’s Britt!

[@TheRyndiculous]

that's the dude from Flight of The Conchords isn't it?

[@mevb]

Yeah, good luck learning to talk a complicated language in just a couple of hours. Same with me trying to learn something in Cantonese in just a couple of hours. My chinese ex-girlfriend tried to learn me some and it was hard because of the picky and complicated pronunciations. I gave up.

[@yeol174]

(I just know that you’re gonna hate me for this, but I can’t help myself) *tried to teach me (not tried to learn me)

[@FuchsiaFire444]

Lol she was learning or you were learning. The word is teach. She teaches. And you learn.

[@CursedWheelieBin]

@@FuchsiaFire444Do you suppose she ate him some breakfast? 🤔

[@CaptainBlagbird]

Why did they use green screen and not blue screen behind leafs 🤔

[@ErenTheWarcriminal]

Are you the same guy who does BattlefrontUpdates?

[@MiddleEarthUpdates]

Yes sir :)

[@Finis.Terrae]

LOTR Elrond and The Hobbit Thranduil is what i imagined elves looked like,long before i ever saw Elf on the screen. Thranduil especially. Beautiful , arrogant,stubborn , high skilled fighter. RoP elves on the other hand ...Does Gil-galad really looks like he can fight , Sauron especially? Short haired , chubby , crooked jaw elves...They are supposed to be a fucking perfection. And their ears...dear lord. Does Celebrimbor looks like the most skilled craftsman ever? He looks like alzheimer riddled grandpa. The most expensive tv show ever,looks like one of those cheap tv shows like Rome or Spartacus. They wear same robes anyway...and have few actors from there as well.

[@oOPTICKZz]

The Rings of Power cast would have gotten it first try

[@AlphaCentauri24]

Just bumped across your beautiful channel & subscribed after watching few vids. Will stay subscribed as long as you do not include the rings of power & similar garbage. 😅

[@Abhay0505]

It really ruins to see the green screen 😅

[@kincaiddavidia7211]

You basically just described the entire Hobbit series

[@nationeer]

Oh give it a break, I understand people don't like cgi but it's becoming like every single green screen is a bad thing. It's for the huge cliffs background, they literally did the same thing in Lord of The Rings for Rivendell shots using blue screen.

[@KxNOxUTA]

@@nationeer You are getting worked up over nothing. Noone said "all CGI" is bad. They merely said that the existence of green screen broke the illusion and made watching the scene filmed less immersive. Which is merely a fact and not a criticism per se XD

[@mevb]

CG-hating goblin!

[@krishkrish8213]

It's behind the scenes, and in any other production, you would also see something similar they don't actually have a practical waterfall environment, bud.

[@AremuJejeofdavillage]

he really really really really looks like Eleven. wonder if they're kin

[@lisastenzel5713]

Did he just call Tolkiens language nonsense?😂😂😂 The guy invented an entire language in base of other language! This is something nobody does. Did. Even dares trying. But he did!!!! Wow... See I'm not the kinda fan that learns the language. But I sure tried to read it! In elvish! As a child! And I tried, cos I could make out that it's actually readable. So...this comment "trying to remember this... nonsense." kinda hit differently😅

[@skyworm8006]

He doesn't know the language at all he's just learning to parrot it in a short window of time, so yes it is complete nonsense, gibberish, to him.

[@mattiasbystedt1332]

Hilarious 😂

[@stephensmith4025]

He called it “nonsense…?” What a douche.

[@jenniferhatton4387]

It shouldn't have been

[@igorvoloshin3406]

There is nothing difficult in these lines for anyone speaking Welsh, Cornish, Gaelic or any Slavic language.

[@maisaparviainen3357]

😂😍

[@RennoFun]

0:34 imagine... Fake language within the book. And there is a translator for it? This can't be real.

[@LaurensPP]

That's the thing, it's not a fake language. It's a 100% functioning language with quite a number of speakers from all over the world. So not it's not 'fake' it is 'created'.

[@RennoFun]

@@LaurensPP It is created for a book. And now people actually learning it and using it. That is what sounds absurd to me. But that's my opinion. )))

[@audreyterry1428]

It’s not nonsense! It’s elvish. How many humans have created entire languages?

[@Gulliott]

What is this channel, narrating the Blu-ray behind-the-scenes stuff?!

[@LarryFlathmann]

Who else knows enough to understand Elven but is really bad at speaking it? 😅

[@euboy6]

CLICK. BAIT.

[@mehmedtan404]

🤣Meanwhile, there are people who have memorized hundreds of pages of the Quran even though their mother tongue is not Arabic

[@abcdefghij337]

Most likely against their will, but yeah.

[@probablynotmyname8521]

The hobbit was rubbish.

[@Adresant]

Hobbit not Lotr whatis this click bate?

[@thatiowan3581]

Can't you read? Whatis this stupidity?

[@huehnerfrikassee]

It says Lord of the Rings AND The Hobbit, not Lord of the Rings exclusively. Having 'hardest line' in caps in the title is a bit clickbait-y, but that is pretty much the standard on KZbin these days, unfortunately..

[@christianefiorito3204]

Still real Sindarinand therefore a funny story. And after the rings of power I almost grew to forgive the Hobbit

[@LarryFlathmann]

@@christianefiorito3204 me too! Rings of power kinda stink the hobbit is not actually that bad like someone get Peter to come re-film that monstrosity

[@redreaper2752]

He couldn’t even walk and talk at the same time, f*ck chewing gum. Probably should’ve practiced while walking around as well.