The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Movie Reaction

[@jammyjimmy666]

This film is literally "oh you think you're done crying? Nope" on repeat

[@Jim-Mc]

The quick shot of Pippin sobbing as the volcano goes off and presumably realizes Frodo has succeeded and apparently died gets me every time, and doesn't get enough mentions.

[@Redd89-o8s]

people always find that part sad but havent realise frodo didnt die ,he went to valinor(heaven)

[@greekschmike]

The shock on Merry’s face as the blast hits as well. He goes from celebratory battle cry to instant shock and horror, and it’s amazing everytime

[@brianlafrazia8237]

“My friends…you bow to no one.” Still hits me hard every time!

[@sebastianmartini120]

dont spoiler dude come on

[@brianlafrazia8237]

@ What? THEY ALREADY WATCHED IT.

[@brianlafrazia8237]

@ WTF is wrong with you?

[@andrew77961]

@@sebastianmartini120Spoiler for who?

[@allbies]

The thumbnail LMAO. My friends, you bow to no one. edit: I just watched the reaction and I feel so bad for Arianna she's holding herself back from wailing on multiple occasions! 😢

[@kossowankenobi]

That line still gets me every. single. time.

[@despinoza6205]

The respect! Awesome

[@saffire301]

I didn't have time for the whole rection but just had to click through to that part to make sure they were appropriately moved 😂

[@Danny01474]

@@kossowankenobi just reading it gets me. It was so well written and acted. It's literally the highest recognition they could give, in honor of the biggest sacrifice these normal, peace loving hobbits did. Everyone else in the Fellowship were there knowing what would be required of them and they accepted it because they were born warriors, meanwhile these normal, peace loving, Hobbits decided to take on this massive task that the vast majority of trained people would be too scared... in spite of hearing how dangerous and harrowing their journey would probably be. Man, the hobbits are just the best.

[@Kieran-k1n5c]

As a child I never appreciated that scene. As an adult emotional

[@gazlator]

1:04:40 And so, just for a moment, four little hobbits stood taller than all the people of Minas Tirith. Magnificent stuff.

[@SirSpuddington]

Every time I watch the charge of the Rohirrim at the Battle of Pelennor Fields, I'm reminded again of why it's pretty much my favorite scene in film history. The build-up, the thematic meaning, the scale, the effing MUSIC SCORE; it's just glorious in every way.

[@sumsarprat]

"Then the winged hussars arrived!"

[@isaiahtodachine6489]

Reminds me of the Charge of the Light Brigade. They knew it was suicide but they don't question, they do their duty. They Charge despite the odds and fight knowing they may not win. DEATH!!!

[@SirSpuddington]

@isaiahtodachine6489 "Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die. Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred." A very moving poem; Tolkien likely would have been familiar with it.

[@Patriot009]

"Well, I'm back," he said. That's the last sentence of the book trilogy, said by Sam while holding his children. I'm glad Jackson made that the last line in the movie trilogy.

[@justinsullivan5839]

I like that Christopher Lee (Saruman) was the reason he gasped after Wormtongue stabbed him in the back. Peter Jackson wanted him to scream, but Lee informed him - from his personal experiences as a soldier in combat - that a human does not scream when stabbed in the back, they gasp. What a boss.

[@billthomas478]

I love that he said " do you know how a man sounds when stabbed in the back? .... because I do"

[@ThanxNo]

The tragedy of Denethor is that he was in possession of one of the Palantir, and sought to use it to spy on Mordor in order to defend Minas Tirith. However, since it was a two-way communication, Sauron used it to instill unbreakable despair in him-in the certainty of the death of the world of Men-thus, driving him insane with fear and hopelessness

[@archibaldcreep1]

Yeah. I absolutely love these movies. Maybe my favorite. But they did Denethor dirty. Still I love both the books and the films.

[@Bayard1503]

Yes, yes, but Sauron couldn't enslave Denethor... he was a very strong man.

[@santa1563]

“How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand...there is no going back. There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold.” one of my faves 😢

[@allbies]

@@santa1563 Tolkien writing about the experience of 20th century soldiers returning from war via one of the greatest fictional universes ever. Genius.

[@Siv51]

Maple saying, "daddy chill" when Denethor poured oil on himself had me 😂😂😂

[@davewhitmore1958]

Symbolisms!

[@Siv51]

@@davewhitmore1958 Just Trust Ash!

[@carlalussini]

And when the Wolf Head appeared and she (correctly) went "it has butthole hands"

[@Siv51]

@@davewhitmore1958 Just Trust Ash!

[@allbies]

@@davewhitmore1958 ash really does use that meme to death

[@franciscojosecardenetedela2008]

​​I came to see Arianna and Maple cry. I wasn't disapointed. Your reactions are really cool guys.

[@joedirt688]

Frodo never fully healed from his wounds, which means he could never stay happy in Middle-Earth. He, Gandalf, Bilbo, and the rest are going to the undying lands (Elf heaven essentially), where mortal beings usually aren't allowed. An exception is made for Frodo and Bilbo because they were ring bearers. In the appendices we learn that Sam becomes mayor of the Shire and lives a long and happy life. After his wife dies, he also sails west to the undying lands because he was briefly a ring bearer. So Frodo and Sam do meet again. Merry and Pippin spend their days with Aragorn in Gondor, and when they die they are buried next to Aragorn's grave. Legolas and Gimli remain friends, and their friendship heals the rift between Dwarf and Elf. When they reach their end, they also sail to the undying lands together. It's a massive honor for Gimli, being a dwarf, and never a ring bearer. Once they leave, the fellowship is gone from Middle Earth forever.

[@prompt4196]

I'm happy with Sam and Frodo were reuniting finally. I bet Randal was happy with it either....

[@Asari547]

i dont think gimli and legolas sailed to the undying lands. wasnt it more like 'they took a boat and drove down the river into the sea. so they were the last ones of the fellowship to leave middle earth.' i dont think an destination is mentioned

[@silmaril17]

@@Asari547 they did. Legolas like all elves eventually answered the call to sail west, and Gimli wanted to see the beauty of Galadriel again, and with her blessing he was granted entry, being the only dwarf ever to receive the honour.

[@joedirt688]

@Asari547 you dont think or dont know?

[@Asari547]

@@silmaril17 just looked it up and its pretty much how i said it is. where did you got thst additional information?

[@tkinsey3]

"I will not say, 'Do Not Weep', for not all tears are an evil"

[@JamesVagabond-ho5tm]

“You fidget-spinned me into the ceiling” 💀

[@gpeddino]

Among many emotional moments, “you bow to no one” is usually the one that gets people the most. You girls didn’t disappoint, lol.

[@gg_mendes]

Aragorn: "my friends, you bow to no one" Every sigle soul:

[@jsbcody]

And in time, when his children had grown up and after Rosie had passed away, Sam, the Last Of The Ring Bearers, took the last ship to the West.

[@filigrant]

"My friends you bow to no one" - I die every time... but seing you two sobbing made me laugh so hard, not because it was ridiculous, but because I feel exactly what you felt

[@Juju_Miner]

Iv seen this movie more times than i can remember and i tear up every single time Aragorn says " My friends, you bow to no one"

[@benjaminschinella3491]

Sad fact about the movie, there are 3 eagles because one was for Smeagol since they never knew he betrayed Sam and Frodo. Fun little detail.

[@phousefilms]

Book version was even sadder. Smeagol was fully ready to help Frodo and forget his plan to use Shelob before entering the lair(given he didn't split Frodo and Sam up through trickery), but Sam's insult to him drove any attempt at repentance out of his mind for good.

[@shainewhite2781]

Winner of 11 Oscars including Best Picture. It was the first film in the fantasy category to win in all Oscar categories. It was the third film in a trilogy of Oscar Winning epics: TITANIC 1997 Ben Hur 1959 Two more fantasy films would win multiple Oscars: The Shape Of Water (4) Everything Everywhere All At Once (7)

[@cpmf2112]

I love that Christopher Lee gets a final stake through the heart in memory of his years playing Dracula 😂

[@zardify_]

Ain't through the heart, ain't from the front and ain't with wood though... :D

[@RobertHoward-d8g]

@@zardify_ Ahhh, but he likes his stake rare.

[@MontgomeryWenis]

Especially moments after directing Peter Jackson about how to accurately stab a man in the back, from his personal experience. 😂

[@hepunk]

Christopher Lee holds the record for most on screen deaths, one last for the record books!

[@RobertHoward-d8g]

@@hepunk Sean Bean must run a close second.

[@Pandamonium626]

Elijah Woods did a really great job of depicting the internal pain of Frodo after that whole ordeal. When everyone at Minas Tirith kneels before the hobbits he just stands there looking empty.

[@danielallan8061]

1:06:20 Frodo kind of represents veterans not being able to fit back into society after so much trauma.

[@KublaVeruca]

Yeah... Tolkien was in WWI. All War is horrible, but WWI might be the greatest hellscape thusfar.

[@SixFootTurkey_]

the last like 25 minutes of this are just Arianna and Maple bawling their eyes out lmao

[@xKagryx]

It’s is -SO- validating to see people still have such strong emotions from watching these films all this time later.

[@LiamsEntertainmentFranchise]

I don't trust anyone who doesn't cry watching this movie. Great reaction, great sobbing, I love diet jesus

[@cpmf2112]

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

[@JamailvanWestering]

Lol

[@KublaVeruca]

I'm sure in another universe, after Frodo say's the ring is his, Sam just screams, "You MotherFucker!!!" and tackles Frodo into the lava... 1 in every 14 million...give or take...

[@traydevon]

I was like, “Watch them cry when he says, ‘My friends, you bow to no one.’” 😅🤣

[@EndlessMike1987]

Sam, an unassuming Hobbit, was the first creature to make Shelob experience pain like that.

[@JackOiswatching]

I can't even imagine holding back tears with the ending of this movie because EVERYONE watching it is a blubbering baby with the ending. 😅

[@cstephen98]

For the final battle they enlisted the army. They also had to be careful not to wander out of the area cleared of mines. When they told the soldiers (playing humans and Orcs) to go at it, they were well... quite enthusiastic and had to be toned down

[@johnwalters1341]

At 28:43 you say, "There are some badass lines in this movie." In the book, these words were spoken by Gilraen, Aragorn's mother (we saw her monument in FOTR). They actually make more sense coming from her.

[@dangrissom7367]

Remember, when Frodo wakes up and sees Gandalf, it's the first time he saw him since he fell with the Balrog. Also, in the book, Shadowfax is with them when the board the last ship. RIP Blanco aka The lord of all horses!

[@fattymatty9319]

Emotional damage is when you realize Gandalf brought three eagles, just in case 😢

[@zizula7]

one for Frodo, one for Sam and 3 ??

[@fattymatty9319]

@ and one for Sméagol, just in case. 😭

[@ShacuLOL]

"My friends, you bow to no one" gets me everytime I watch this, and I've watched this part at least 1000 times since it came out

[@Jang9851]

As you read the comments talking about how Frodo was extremely damaged by the ring on why he left but more importantly this is a direct metaphor by Tolkien to soldiers spiritually and emotionally broken who survived the horrors of World War that it’s impossible to ingratiate back to society and live a normal life. That’s Frodo. Which is quite heartbreaking but in terms of the lore he gets to go to “heaven to heal” kind of retire.

[@abeartheycallFozzy]

Christopher Lee was a real life secret agent man in WW2 and told Peter Jackson he needed no direction on how to act when getting stabbed. "I know the sound a man makes when he has a knife in his back." Somebody always mentions that in a LOTR reaction. FIRST!

[@zardify_]

The quote is wrong, but yeah. He was one of the inspirations for James Bond, the writer of which is Christopher Lee's cousin. He read the script and said "a man stabbed in the back doesn't yell AAAHHHGGG, the breath is stuck in him so he doesn't quite make a sound" is closer. It's quite logical, I must add.

[@ronweber1402]

@@zardify_ Ya I can see how inhaling or exhaling with a knife stuck in your lung would be extremely painful so you would try to freeze.

[@christopherlane5238]

@@ronweber1402 Its not the pain, its the lack of proper air pressure for your voice box to work.

[@KublaVeruca]

@@christopherlane5238 It's taking a sudden breath in and stopping... Like a hicup, but softer... jk, I just made that all up.

[@cwardfilms]

My favorite is the theory that Frodo never learned Legolas’s name as he never uses it for all 3 films and at the end when the fellowship is walking in one by one he names off everyone except Legolas haha

[@Maehedrose]

Yeah, don't feel bad, that "You bow to no one" line gets me bawling every time.

[@joescott8877]

47:20 Gandalf: "Death is just another path. One we all must take." Chick on left: "EZ for YOU to say, you just frickin regenerate and Level Up!" 🤣🤣

[@kylereese5841]

Adore these movies, they're so incredible, especially for their time but even still, now.

[@PaulC-Drums]

I just knew that this would hit these two harder than most. I love when you narrow down the channels that react on an emotional wavelength most similar to you. I almost feel greedy getting my soul so repaired by seeing it. Another one of my favorites was Maple's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind reaction. Love this channel. EDIT: Like seeing Bilbo in his old state and saying that he's "quite ready for another adventure." I've watched so many other reactions, but only these two got as emotional as I did during it.

[@KublaVeruca]

Oh man, i love that movie! I'll make a note to watch her reaction....

[@johnwalters1341]

At 3:53, the movie wasn't able to adequately reproduce Saruman's chief weapon: his voice. Tolkien writes: "Suddenly another voice spoke, low and melodious, its very sound an enchantment. Those who listened unwarily to that voice could seldom report the words that they heard; and if they did, they wondered, for little power remained in them. Mostly they only remembered that it was a delight to hear the voice speaking, all that it said seemed wise and reasonable, and desire awoke in them by swift agreement to seem wise themselves...For some the spell lasted only while the voice spoke to them, and when it spoke to another they smiled, as men do who see through a juggler's trick while others gape at it...But none were unmoved; none rejected its pleas and commands without an effort of mind and will, so long as its master had control of it." Think Adolf Hitler at a Nazi Party rally, times a thousand. Christopher Lee gives it his best shot here, but it is a pale imitation of the Voice of Saruman.

[@dlweiss]

Re: your questions about WHY there are groups of humans fighting on behalf of Sauron - sadly, even in our world, there are plenty of people who can be convinced to fight against their own interests, on behalf of those who don't care about them at all. People just have to believe that their new masters will only hurt *other* groups of people, and that they themselves will be spared any of the oncoming consequences.

[@christopherlane5238]

The current US political theatre is a prime example of what you just described.

[@smartalec2001]

It's not just fear; those peoples had been taught by Sauron's agents for thousands of years that Sauron was their god, and to hate the Free Peoples. Sauron promised them the lands and riches of Middle-Earth if they would aid his conquest.

[@zimvader25]

It’s the classic “hate others more than you love yourself” mentality.

[@smartalec2001]

It wasn't just fear of Sauron. These folk had been brought up to see Sauron as their deity and to hate Gondor, Rohan, and the Elves. Sauron promised them the lands of Middle-Earth and the riches of their people if they fought for him.

[@KublaVeruca]

Yeah...wouldn't be the first time young men were conscripted to fight for their occupiers. "Go fight these guys for us, cause they open their eggs on the wrong side. If you don't we will destroy your city"... Still happens... Fortunaltely we crack out eggs down the center line now...like civilized apes...

[@freeheeler00]

A couple things I'd like to point out: 1. When Sam is carrying the ring into Mordor by himself it is constantly trying to tempt him with thoughts of being the world's most powerful gardener and he's just like "nope". 2. When Gandalf shows up with the eagles, they have a third one for Gollum that leaves empty handed. 3. Tolkein wrote in letters and notes later on that Sam eventually sailed to the undying lands after Rosie died to spend his last years with Frodo. He was, after all, a ring-bearer too. Also, I'm not crying, you're crying! lol

[@ToeAndno]

Nah, he never said he spent his last years with Frodo. His text even suggests that Frodo would have died by the time Sam got there.

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

The director Peter Jackson said he gave Christopher Lee instructions on how to act when being stabbed. Lee said that was not how someone would react. Jackson realised that Lee was talking from experience (Lee was a soldier in WWII) and knew how people sounded when stabbed. So he let Lee act the way Lee thought

[@billthomas478]

He wasn't just a soldier. He was SAS

[@gregw74]

Btw. It’s no coincidence that the Orc commander (the walking cyst) resembles Harvey Weinstein. Aside from the obvious reasons, he almost ruined this trilogy by his advocating to the studio that it only be one movie. An idiot on so many levels!

[@jopay142]

Depending on who does the "counting", the Morgul army that assailed Minas Tirith is evaluated between 100,000 to 250,000 soldiers... And Sauron had at the very least that many again, in reserve, behind the Dark Gates. When Gandalf says that there are 10,000 orcs preventing Frodo to reach Orodruin, Jackson terribly down sized the armies of Sauron. Then again, probably due to the sake of feasability, he had to... Great reaction!!

[@SixFour0391]

THIS. Thank you for sharing this reaction with us. It was absolutely beautiful. I see a true human reaction to this story.

[@johnwalters1341]

At 52:00, the Orcs seemingly fight one another at random. In the book, there were two bands, one resident here at the Tower of Cirith Ungol, led by Shagrat, fighting a second group that had followed Frodo and Sam up the Stairs, led by Gorbag. It's hard to believe that they would pretty much kill each other off, but it saved Sam a lot of trouble!

[@crispy_338]

Yep you’ve got lots of different factions of orcs: black uruks, Mordor orcs, morannon orcs, Uruk-hai, goblins, etc

[@agedp8386]

Each with their own dialect as well, so that when meeting each other they needed to use the Common Tongue, which enabled both Merry and Pippin, and Frodo and Sam, to understand them. Clever detail covered by Tolkien.

[@Zunzurrun]

Want to keep crying? The moment when Aragorn charges in the Black Gate and everyone follows, the music starts playing the fellowship of the ring theme, and the elvish coir literally says "if with my life or death I can protect you, I will. You have my sword"

[@yingfortheking]

it is really nice that Gandalf, in the face of a looming deadly threat, decided to break the rules that would otherwise ensure their, and later the world's, doom. Its not like Denethor was following the 'rules' burning his son alive and abandoning Gondor's people.

[@alloxxxsaurus]

Everyone cries because of this movie... but not for the reasons they think. Everyone assumes they will cry because everyone dies... its the opposite.

[@Mithinco]

I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. 😭

[@maxarcanum5309]

Not showing the Shadowfax magic card to literally show the meaning of haste!! I’m dead lol 😂

[@christopherhamlet734]

All right ladies I cried with you I can’t help it. I just cannot help it. Thanks for the reaction and have a nice day🌞💐😉💥

[@_Goyle]

Poor Maple trying to wave the white flag when Arwen showed up, just to get blindsided by “You bow to no one” 🥲

[@RSAnimism]

This film is the perfect resolution, multiple times over! Tolkien and Peter Jackson had one heavenly vision.

[@derekdecker555]

I watched Return in theaters about 2 months after my aunt, who was like a surrogate mom to me, passed away. When Sam started describing the Shire it really hit me and I had to leave the theater I was bawling so hard.

[@brucewilliams4152]

Sam is a actually the last ringbbearer, he leaves middle earth with gimli and legolas on the last boat to the eleven undying lands. Pip and merry are entombed beside Aragorn.

[@ashtonturner2862]

The climax of this film gets me every time too. I always start crying 😂. I seen this movie dozens of times and it never fails.

[@SeanBoyce-gp]

1:42 I don't have a lore accurate explanation of this, but my theory has always been this is just how fast the ring works. It worked on Isildur that fast too, but then it spent centuries with Smeagol where Sauron was gathering his power back to himself, necessarily weakening the Ring. It obviously couldn't bring Smeagol fully to heel at any point, so, it waited for other opportunities, but by the time it came upon Bilbo and everyone else, it was reduced considerably. Still enough to bend the minds and hearts of many men, but ill equipped to wrestle control over another of the only creature to ever resist its full influence. Hence it doesn't immediately corrupt everyone who looks at or touches it.

[@edenstar80]

This is the amount of sobbing to the end of these movies that I can relate to 😂❤. Amazing reaction guys. Maple’s first reaction was actually the first ever LOTR reaction I ever saw and the connection she made to these characters and this story was so heartwarming and it was a blast re-watching it now Arianna as well. As a full on fan of these books, from NZ; who was swept up in the LOTR fandom here when they were being made - these films are beloved and hold a great deal of pride for many Kiwis. The appreciation of how great they were, especially for the time they were made; and how well they hold up even today in all aspects of filmmaking, fills me with so much warmth.

[@tracisr]

If " my friends you bow to no one" doesn't make you bawl, nothing will!! I was bawling right alongside you guys and I've seen this 1000 times at least! 😅

[@dombam2563]

Thumbnail got me like that scene always does. I’ve seen this movie like 20 times and every single time I tear up

[@michaelmelro6641]

fun fact about the part with Saruman at the beginning. Sir Christopher Lee served in WW2 and told Peter Jackson that when a man gets stabbed in the back he doesn't scream, instead all the breath gets pushed out like he did in the scene.

[@Wonderpalm1979]

Appropriate Return of the King level tears ✌️

[@danielschneider8101]

I feel kind of dumb for missing it the first time, but Frodo's reaction to seeing Gandalf makes more sense when you remember the last he knew Gandalf was super dead.

[@danielallan8061]

57:03 Ah, good old PTSD again! This movie does such a good job translating PTSD and other struggles into film.

[@El-Toro-Nica]

During college, I worked part time as a projectionist during the trilogy release time. It was an exciting time for cinema!

[@Youtubintheuser]

The film indeed won everything. They swept the Oscars that years.

[@damiantreat7929]

Don't think I've ever seen anyone cry like that in a reaction before. Great stuff 👌

[@windingroad9196]

One of the greatest reactions to this movie that I've ever seen! And I'm not pulling anybody's leg... while feeling the tears coming because I've seen this movie so many times, and then seeing both of you cry only turned my tears into laughter! "Oh yeah, did you cry yet?" had me rolling!

[@christopherle5534]

Having read the books and watching all the “endings” in the theater was like a 5 course dessert

[@canceltheapocalypse8190]

I miss really feeling something in a movie theater with a crowd of strangers like I did with this movie. Endgame was probably the last time I felt that feeling-where you were with everyone and everyone was with you, as people, regardless of our differences.

[@Bronze_Wing]

Finally found someone who cries as much as me during this film, i've watched it so many times and i'm bawling every time

[@zizula7]

all of us, every time

[@Hurricane_Manners]

Do you have any idea how much work you have to do to piss a hobbit off to the point it screams "DEATH!" at you? That is Sauron's greatest achievement.

[@adamhigh9884]

Boy did the waterworks not disappoint on this one. LOL, great reaction!

[@davepresley4689]

I always say its worth remembering that frodo was essentially in a state of constant torture that only got worse the closer he got to morder. Absolutely nobody would be thinking rationally in his circumstances and even though he makes some terrible decisions, if anyone deserves some slack its Frodo. (Edit) also Frodo's mission was only to get the ring to mount doom. Nobody ever said anything about him destroying it. The implication was there but it very intentionally was never said.

[@evenmoor]

48:31 "The thing they swing around in Catholic church with the smoke in it" is called a censer (it dispenses incense). 🙂

[@CulturePROVOCATEUR]

Also known as a thurible. 💨

[@Fred-vy1hm]

Yup it won everything, 11 nominations, 11 Oscars, tied with Ben Hur and Titanic for most ever. 😊

[@johnwalters1341]

At 1:08:00, LOTR (the book and the movie) have been criticized for Having Too Many Endings. Remember that the story is told from a Hobbit's point of view, and hobbits like tidy endings. In his Prologue to FOTR, referring to the hobbits' love of detailed genealogies, Tolkien writes, "The genealogical trees at the end of the Red Book of Westmarch are a small book in themselves, and all but Hobbits would find them exceedingly dull. Hobbits delighted in such things, if they were accurate: they liked to have books filled with things that they already knew, set out fair and square with no contradictions." The multiple endings of the story would please a Hobbit audience: everything "set out fair and square with no contradictions."

[@stevenhunt6872]

Old Greg fighting off the Nazgûl 😂 ‘Ave ya seen my downstairs mix up?

[@senuaquest]

what got me into the Lord of the rings was one song I heard as a teen the 1970s called Ramble On by a band called Led Zeppelin. this series to me was one of the best Movie Series I have watched

[@ink-cow]

"They had to win everything" Return of the King swept the Academy Awards that year. 11 awards, tying with Ben-Hur and Titanic for the most ever. Best picture, best director... unfortunately none of the individual actors won an award.

[@bowi1332]

00:57:01 I'm the first to throw flowers at Sean Astin for how awesome Sam is, but Elijah Wood really elevated that scene here! (It kinda just hit me after so many years...) 01:02:10 Well... I'm crying.

[@Incubi4]

Andy Serkis (Gollum) is incredible

[@chessenthusiast]

This movie gets everyone. 21 years later, still the greatest ending to the greatest film trilogy ever produced.

[@andrew77961]

I just realized I’ve seen the extended version so many times that I can’t remember what was left out of the theatrical version except for the Mouth of Sauron scene.

[@andrew77961]

Maybe also the “this army” scene when they attack the ships?

[@abeartheycallFozzy]

The flashback of Boromir and Faramir celebrating and Boromir being sent off to Rivendell? I think that was left out and it explains why he was so obsessed with bringing the ring to Gondor.

[@gabrielrivera9136]

@@andrew77961 Saruman's death for some unexplainable reason was left out of the theatrical version. That's how I can normally tell which cut they're watching.

[@abeartheycallFozzy]

Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October is the champion of eating in a movie scene. He made that dinner look like the most delicious thing ever. Denethor is the worst at eating. I didn't know a tomato could be so disgusting.

[@xWhackoJacko]

If you don't cry two or three times during Return of the King...are you even really alive? "The last pages are for you, Sam." That gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME.

[@SacredNutrino]

"You bow to no one" will always make me tear up

[@Uzkodas]

This is my favorite moment in the trilogy. It gets me hyped like none other. 43:21

[@wilhagen3759]

Smeagol was not well liked among the River Folk before, he got the One Ring. They suspected that he murdered Deagol, but couldn't prove it, but they eventually drove him into exile.

[@ericg.43]

You f’ing fidget-spinned me into the ceiling 😂

[@michaelhoward142]

HUGE respect, admiration and gratitude to you both. Such an extremely emotional roller coaster this trilogy has been. So glad you shared it with us. 🤗

[@PhatGuSS]

This has become my favorite reaction to this movie! All the emotion, happens every. Damn. Time!! Welcome to the club, ladies!! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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Sméagol, later known as Gollum, was drawn to the One Ring because of his inherent desires and the Ring's corruptive power. Unlike typical hobbits, Sméagol was a Stoor, a hobbit-like creature, who was more susceptible to the Ring's influence1. The One Ring amplifies the desires of its bearer, and Sméagol's initial desire for the Ring as a possession quickly led to his obsession and corruption. In contrast, hobbits like Frodo and Sam are generally more resistant because they lack ambitions for power or domination, which the Ring exploits.