TOP "Elves Arrive at Helm's Deep" Reactions in The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers | Movie Reaction

[@ShacuLOL]

The guards turn as soon as Haldir greets Legolas, since Legolas is a prince

[@allenjenkins06]

People like to say this, and it's fine, but in my mind it's definitely a salute to Theoden, as they are allies and guests in his, the king's, fortress.

[@tusharshelkande7183]

​​@@allenjenkins06 salute to theoden. Eleves are thrice longer than men. Soilders of lothlorien doesn't know who is king of Rohan currently because they are isolated from another kingdoms. I suggest you carefully observe the things. Eleves came before legolas meet them they never salute theoden at that time but when legolas meet there commander haldir ofcourse they salute to legolas because they belongs to same kins and knows legolas is Prince of Mirkwood. Mirkwood eleves mostly silvan eleves and few sindarin eleves. Thranduil and legolas are sindarin eleves but they belongs to royal family. Meanwhile Lothlorien including Noldar, Sindar and Silvan eleves together they called galadhrim. But majority belongs to silvan eleves. Celeborn and Galadriel are lord and lady of lothlorien not king and queen because last king of lothlorien Amroth died in sea near by belfalas so his line is ended then eleves of lothlorien requested celeborn and galadriel become their leader

[@allenjenkins06]

@@tusharshelkande7183 I'm aware of all of that lore. Most of it has no bearing on the scene in the film, unfortunately. The Galdhrim are there to support Rohan, and Men in general, in their fight. Haldir bows to Theoden and delivers what is clearly a prepared message from Elrond (not Galadriel and Celeborn, interestingly; probably for the benefit of the audience and because The Lady of the Wood's reputation doesn't automatically inspire trust). Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli running up on the scene interrupts him briefly, and he greets both Aragorn and Legolas personally (heart touch turned into hug and dope forearm clasp). He then gets back to business and completes the message (with what is perhaps a personal touch) with "We are proud to fight alongside Men once more." His contingent then essentially presents arms to the garrison commander and the one whose overall orders they will be following: the King of Rohan. That's my plain-sense read of the scene.

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@allenjenkins06 It wasn't for Legolas, nor Theoden. It was for Aragorn.

[@michab4155]

@@nickdentoom1173 Bullshit....it was for Legolas.

[@royw-g3120]

One of the biggest deviations from the book , but I could not care less . This totally fits with the spirit of Tolkien of different groups coming together.

[@BigBWolf90]

As I tell people who complain about the Elves being there; it's the Free Peoples of Middle Earth, not Free Men, Free Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents but the Free Peoples

[@seekexplorewander]

Agreed. This never bothered me as it helps represent the struggle that the Elves are still involved with and nods to the sacrifices they're still making - such as the assault on Lothlorien in ROTK. Wonder - is there a deviation you find annoying or can't deal with? I've only got 2 from the entire trilogy.

[@royw-g3120]

@@seekexplorewander just editing really. I cannot believe they cut most of the gift giving scene from FOTR or the end of Saruman from TTT.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

I low key kinda hate the canon deviation

[@Polemistis0416]

​@@LordEriolTolkienToo bad.

[@primal1233]

The way Haldir pulled up with his army of Elves is awesome💯🔥

[@Polemistis0416]

I always wanted to be an elf warrior more than any other fantasy army.

[@hmsljj]

I'm so glad they did this in the film even though it's not in the books. People unfamiliar with Tolkein's writings often wondered why the Elves were leaving just when Sauron returned, unaware of the hell, the almost extinction, their people had previously gone through fighting evil for all of those centuries. Their support of Rohan was the right thing to do for the film.

[@BigBWolf90]

I mean the Elves had been through worse than Sauron going back to the First Age against Morgoth & even with Fëanor & the Kinslaying with this scene being a "well it's not just our problem anymore and while we're ready to move on we will not abandon others if we can help it"

[@KevinN-df8eo]

I really like how everyone is so invested in the plotline, they figure it out and love it. A true cinematic masterpiece in my opinion, for what it's worth.

[@rio20d]

the Galadhrim Elven armor looks so elvish and beautiful, not surprised that Peter Jackson and his crew won a total of 17 oscars for the trilogy from the Academy, and one of them is in custome design. They really put their heart , soul and passion into making these armor and weapons.

[@Melomaniac1956]

Notice how the Elves don’t seem to make a sound when marching up and into the fortress, in fact the only sound they make is when they turn to face the king, that’s how light of foot they are 👑

[@ShillienKnight90]

When they were going through the mountan in the first movie Gandalf was making a path through the snow and Legolas was just standing on top of the snow and walking normaly :D

[@Polemistis0416]

Wasn't easy on set as the Elf actors were mostly teenagers😂

[@jamesthing]

Dude, "he's built like a wisdom tooth" might be the best insult ive ever heard.

[@brittking3990]

LMFAO when the blonde girl says “they’re so beautiful…and deadly as hell”. 🤣

[@tandord491]

This didn’t happened in the books, but I couldn’t care less!!! Thank you Peter Jackson

[@WalterWild-uu1td]

It was a change from the book...there were no Elves at Helms Deep. But the lore shows that Elves were fighting all across the North against the forces of Sauron. Peter Jackson couldn't open up a whole new area of conflict to show this and honor the Elven warriors so he put them into the battle so no one could ask "Where are the damned Elves!"

[@tresemiselada3828]

Thats why I wish LOTR was made into a Series, Mini-Series at least. It would've been the bomb!

[@MauMik]

@@tresemiselada3828 At the time the trilogy was made, it would ben utter trash. series were not what they are now back then.

[@raidensergi2378]

According to books, elves are fighting against a Sauron Army that was send to the north and Dol guldur. In my Opinion, Will be more reasonable, for Elrond to call the Dunedain Rangers of the North. He could build an army with Arnor flag and his Sons, because arwen has two brothers, to lead those Rangers as a gift from Elrond. The two brothers where the only elves that lived in Rivendel that wanted to fight and help Aragorn.

[@danior1732]

you know, all these elfs could´ve just left, go on their ships and live forever. but they decided to risk their lifes and help rohan.

[@philippes.9571]

Elves do not live forever.

[@peterang6912]

@@philippes.9571 Elves live forever, they can get killed by weapons or by disease

[@michaelflynn2919]

wonderful post. thank you for getting the aragorn greeting hervgomieynen in the first viewing. i know its part greeting and part the elves name though im not nerdy enough to really know the facts, i think its a memorable moment just the same, like aragorn saying nazgul wring wraiths

[@BigBWolf90]

Haldir and his 500 strong regiment are giving up their chance to go to Valinor just to raise the chance of Théoden & the Rohirrim from 0 to 2% at best. Talk about a sacrifice (Yes I know in the book Théoden had 3000 or so troops with 1000 of them arriving with Gandalf & Erkenbrand but still this is awesome)

[@WolfFireheart]

Doesn't, reeeaallyy mater to the elves. They will just be reborn in Valinor after death. But they will have to bring with them the pain and mental trauma of dying and seeing their friends/kinsmen die, so, that majorly sucks :s

[@youtubenightcrawler9571]

wat u talking about the walls have never fallen before n they just needed to hold out til da old dude shows up with a solar flare. N it looks like in da movie the evlves protected da wall only so without em it would be empty. but its just movie story telling wanting to have elves battle. which is awesome.

[@WolfFireheart]

@@youtubenightcrawler9571 Ladders and siege towers are a think, they wouldn't need to bring down the walls, just go over them. The orc's could have also starved them out, but they love combat to much and prefer to be overly aggressive. There was also never a guaranty that Gandalf would make it in time, and had it not been for Fangorn consuming the fleeing orcs, they could have regrouped and attacked again a few days later. Side note, taking a few more moments to type things out properly so your easier to understand never hurt anyone.

[@youtubenightcrawler9571]

​@ never being breached is a huge part of da lore for Helms Depp so just saying its ez gg we got ladders is lazy. da reborn king even says dis all u got saucermon? triggering a candle orc event dat still haunts legolas to dis day. in reality dos ladders were helpful but the elves were holding. in all likely hood dey would have held until snow white appeared. also even if dos pesky goblins get away the rhohirim would have chased em down, its wat they been doing da whole movie. counter note: get on my level if u r gonna critize my prose. you should at least know the difference between your n you're also counter note: i am just doing dis for fun dont take it too seriously i mean dey ride out to meet em with like six horses. how u gonna take it seriously?

[@WolfFireheart]

@@youtubenightcrawler9571 Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? People doing stuff for fun? Insanity, lock this man up! I tried to be the funny "straight man" but I straightened to hard. I am also having fun, but I'm not what you'd call, "sober" so I'd have fun staring at paint. And of course, that it had never been breached was huge, the reason he took his people there, just saying, the no armored ladder orcs be scary. Note to counter note, it looked badass as hell. And if your gonna die either way, always do it looking badass is that is a option.

[@Despotic_Waffle]

Lord of the rings is peak positive masculinity

[@Opnn8d1]

I knew before going to see the movie on opening night that the elves were going to be involved at Helm's Deep. I thought myself a Tolkien Purist, and yet, Peter Jackson's decision to go this route juast simply WORKED in the movie. The entire auditorium erupted in applause, which I joined in without reservation. Up to that point everything seemed so bleak. So hopeless. The arrival of the Elves served to shine light into the darkness. It wasn't a guarantee of victory, and the biggest fear I had, that they would be these overpowered warriors who would all be decked out in plot armor while winning the day for Men. Yes, they were skilled and disciplined, but they died right alongside Men. Haldir's death and his observation as he was facing his last moments communicated without words the heaviness of the cost. Ultimately, that's what the Elves' involvement in these scenes was: Showing that they were as committed to the cause of opposing The Enemy, but ultimately, justy as in the novel, it was the arrival of Eomer and his Riders that broke the siege.

[@jeffk1482]

“Elves arrive at Helm’s Deep”, or as I call it “Don’t fk with the Elves”.

[@lsmola]

NEVER apologise for being excited about LOTR hhh True genuine reaction.

[@atinyateezhyutck8911]

I was so obsessed with Legolas 😂

[@geminigreywolf6655]

Aragon actually had elf ancestors, that is why he lived to be 210 years old. He was basically raised by Elron.

[@HerojUlice93]

leader is haldir of lothlorien he is awsome fighter and charchter

[@BlakeMeek1108]

Ok I'll binge all three Lord of the Rings Movies again.

[@cinema_reactions_hub]

Me too 🙂

[@birpismaniyekacparaulan3779]

elflerin dönüp yaylarını yere vurma sebepleri, aragon 'un prens olmasıdır. selamlıyorlar.

[@Raggmopp-xl7yf]

I saw these movies in the theater when they came out. I was fine with this extra canon scene. What I couldn't stand was killing Haldir off. And apparently I wasn't the only one b/c I started seeing "HALDIR LIVES" t-shirts and bumper stickers - EVERYWHERE!

[@Eoraptor1]

This doesn't happen in the book; the elves (and dwarves) have war on their own borders, but what a great cinematic moment. When I saw this in the movie theater, the crowd cheered. Just to provide a little background for those who didn't read the books, Elves and men had fought together in the past, especially Aragorn's ancestors, but over the millennia, the vast majority of men had been seduced into Sauron's (and before him, Morgoth's) service, and the elves never forgot. JAMES

[@stuyrides5144]

Watching the two girls trying to work out if they were elves or not was painful!

[@JP-1990]

Well to be fair their ears were covered 😅

[@ar471]

I was surprised too since Legolas was the only elf at the Battle of the Hornburg according to Tolkien.

[@GullibleTarget]

Its good to see this. Now i know which reaction videos to watch and which not to.

[@neoneve123]

It's haldir not galadriel or elrond 😂

[@Thestomachlover]

So sad he died in this war may he rip

[@peterang6912]

yes, in the movie, he died, in the books he live..

[@road3557]

Gimli was probably like we don’t need more Elves.

[@2talamin258]

The Tapestry of American History in my channel ❤❤❤

[@CorbinClardy-z5r]

Quite simply, THAT crew showed up

[@christopherrobertson8098]

if you think these and the prequels are special. wait for the movie event of the decade. The release of the book that starts it all, J RR TOLKIENS The Silmarrion

[@palious13]

I wonder what their reactions wuld be if they realized Legolas was the only elf ti survive the battle.

[@alfredsmith6381]

No Ernie Keebler...?

[@carpediem9750]

Who

[@baskervillebee6097]

He has cookies in the oven. Be there later.

[@jbwade5676]

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[@AlistairHig]

I just don't understand how someone made it to this age without having seen the Lord of the rings movies. What were the people's parents doing? To be fair, i was a teenager when they originally came out so i watched em then.

[@baduelism]

Where were these guys in 2000, 2001 2002????

[@ReactorsHubOfficial]

I’m really happy to see your channel growing, and I hope mine will grow like that one day.” BTW great video 🙏❤️

[@cinema_reactions_hub]

Best of luck!

[@ghostlee6434]

The girl on the left at the beginning from cinepals next to achara is so dense and cringe every time she's in a reaction I scroll past it

[@navinbabji]

Her name is Kristen stephensonpino. 😂😂😂

[@GullibleTarget]

For me its the lady from Reel Rejects. The blonde one. I tried watching other reactions with her but she just annoys me

[@navinbabji]

@@GullibleTarget Yes man exactly, she's so annoying, keeps talking constantly, doesn't shut up for one second. Her constant blabbering makes watching the video absolutely unbearable.

[@GullibleTarget]

@navinbabji I don't mind talking but she just waffles on and on. Hollow words. She can't help her voice and it's nice and husky but so loud that it becomes grating

[@markdowse3572]

Those Elven Archers are absolute BEASTS! Their skill, training and discipline are second to NONE! 💪😁🌟 M 🦘🏏😎

[@TallisKeeton]

Jackson's elven archers: Those Elven Archers are absolute BEASTS! Archers in RoP: exist. 😮‍💨

[@insertname5057]

Tim Miller is so good at using (traditional) Republican framing against MAGA types. They brush of the liberal perspective so easily but cant so easily with the other side. For example the liberals are attacking Elon for his Hitler salute, Tim attacks Elon from a free market angle. One resonates far more with MAGA.

[@paulquinn344]

There were no elevs at Helms Deep in the book

[@dmaxwell910901]

Everyone knows. It's mentioned in the comments on literally every video of this scene lmao

[@MyKillyy]

Lazy channel

[@mhsnkddr]

I wonder if this scene would have had the same magic if the movie had been made in 2024 with all the woke inclusion like in Rings of Power.

[@dmaxwell910901]

Rings of Power is pretty trash, but "WoKe InClUsIoN" is such a meangless thing to whinge about. There are plenty of genuine complaints to be raised against RoP without parroting meaningless rage-bait fed to you by some grifters lmao

[@shan5963]

Ash and Hannah! Loved seeing them on here! #JustTrustAsh

[@jbwade5676]

I like JUST TRUST ASH