Watching *The lord of the rings: The return of the king* with my girlfriend | part 1/2

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The Lord of the rings: The return of the king (2003) full movie REACTION, REVIEW AND DISCUSSION !!
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[@Sir_AlexxTv]

And here we are, the epic finale, the rollercoaster of emotions, the tears because it ends 😁

[@wadumin]

Oh it was such a phenomenal journey, thanks for watching ❤

[@Anetkari]

thanks for watching

[@Muck006]

As long as they *NEVER watch any of the AMAZON crap* ... and as long as they read "The Hobbit" before watching that trilogy (to recognise the BS where it happens) ...

[@Sir_AlexxTv]

@@Muck006 They are free to watch DFQ they want

[@doeshumorbelonginmusic5799]

Tolkien didn't make a language for this world. He made a world for the languagES he created. 😂 That's even another level of craziness and creativity.

[@Freedomcalll]

i was just about to mention it :)

[@wadumin]

Oh yesss

[@doeshumorbelonginmusic5799]

@@Freedomcalll 👍

[@michaelallen3894]

Yes, he created elvish, dwarvish and black speech

[@chinmaysangoram]

True.. He created a Universe, its geography, the different races, their languages.. And gave it all a 10000(+) years of history!! A legend in deed!!

[@TheWizardsTales]

I can not hear the name "Mithrandir" without bursting into tears. Fun fact: Gandalf has a ton of names: "Many are my names in many countries: Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not."

[@brettpeacock9116]

Smeagol and Deagol were best friends and first cousins. But Deagol was the follower where Smeagol led. The ring, after 2500 years at the bottom of the river, seized Smeagol as being the Leader very quickly because the Ring wanted someone proactive. It didn't realise that Smeagol was a very inward looking person, as opposed to adventurous. So, the Rings influence worsened that part of Smeagol... hence into the tunnels under the Misty Mountains Smeagol took it.

[@Muck006]

The point is more: "the ring likes/CAN AFFECT people that WANT to USE/EXERT POWER", which is why the Hobbits werent really affected "until they had the ring for a loooooonnngg time". This is why "concerning Hobbits" is a NECESSARY introduction in "Fellowship", you need to UNDERSTAND THEIR NATURE! *_Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely ... and the corrupt are drawn to power!_*

[@enidrobertson4858]

Denethor was a good ruler and had been fighting Mordor bravely for many years. When his wife died after giving birth to Faramir, he was heartbroken. He was eventually driven mad by Sauron the Deceiver who used the seeing stones to poison Denethor's mind with hopelessness for the fate of Gondor.

[@alicechan404]

Denethor was done pretty dirty by Peter Jackson (compared to the books), but it does make sense from a movie telling perspective. 🤷‍♀

[@doeshumorbelonginmusic5799]

Thank you, I was about to explain that too. Jackson should have shown us a scene with Denethor losing the mental fight with Sauron at least. But so nobody who hasn't read the books can understand his role. Also Faramir never made Sam and Frodo prisoners. Some changes I'm not so happy with but...f*ck, I love the movies.

[@simonsalgueiro6217]

@@alicechan404 It isn't that Peter made him dirty, but that giving exposition of every character in an already long movie is a VERY BAD IDEA. You see his corrupted self, as in the books. There was no need for more, unless we had like 5 movies.

[@adronator]

@@simonsalgueiro6217Exactly! A book can never completely translate to film without change. I don’t believe any adaptation has been done as masterfully as LOTR.

[@Hannah-hq8ne]

Yeah, tbh Denethor was probably adapted worse than Faramir. At least some of book Faramir comes through, especially in the extended versions. Denethor is just turned into a cartoonish villain instead of the complex yet tragic book counterpart

[@johnwalters1341]

At 40:55, Aragorn felt really bad about breaking Eowyn's heart. In the book, later in the story Aragorn tells Eomer, "Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man's heart than to behold the love of a lady so fair and brave that cannot be returned. Sorrow and pity have followed me ever since I left her desperate in Dunharrow and rode to the Paths of the Dead; and no fear upon that way was so present as the fear for what might befall her."

[@adronator]

That’s a beautiful quote! Can’t believe I don’t remember it.

[@FrenchieQc]

In The Two Towers, Aragorn kicked the helmet so hard it landed inside the walls of Minas Tirith with the other helmets.

[@Wildcatt79]

😂

[@josephfoster5593]

I laughed more than I should’ve at that

[@wildpendulum]

Good one 😂

[@aeproductionstm1150]

@josephfoster5593 But less than half of what I'd hoped for

[@wadumin]

LMAOOOO

[@mrbrit1218]

RIP Bernard Hill, a true king of kings. We would all follow him into battle.

[@user-blob]

Forth Eorlingas!!!!!

[@cpmf2112]

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

[@doeshumorbelonginmusic5799]

Haha, yes (1958). The most of these young people don't even know about this, always refering to "count dooku". He also holds the record for the actor who has died the most onscreen (70 times). Go home, Sean Bean! 😂

[@pavelslama5543]

@@doeshumorbelonginmusic5799 But he has survived the Sleepy Hollow (although that was not a high bar to pass).

[@elegrin5170]

at 34:50 Frodo said " You can't help me anymore".. Because he thought Ring effected Sam too.. He never didnt think that Sam was bad.. He just thought ring effected him like exactly loyal and noble man Boromir.. Because of this he said that

[@cra0422]

This is the magic of Lord of the Rings for first time watchers. You start off thinking "Oh my God, this movie is over 3 hours long", but when each movie ends, you're thinking "It's over already?"

[@Anetkari]

Yess exactly That’s what happened to me🥹

[@Commander-vf1lk]

Goes to show how absolutely great they are.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

Tolkien's Elves are a little different than portrayed in the movie. In the books the Elves are great partyers and love to drink wine and sing songs till the sun comes up. They are also great put-down artists and will laugh out loud in your face at their own jokes. When the Elf tells Gimli that Dwarves breath so loudly they could have shot him in the dark, all the Elves burst out laughing at the insult. Tolkien's Elves are confident, cocky, love a good joke and live to party. That coupled with a natural desire to constantly beautify the world around them.

[@cp368productions2]

It's the Woodland Realm, King Thranduil's people who are the ones who party and drink a lot. Lorian Elves and Imladris Elves weren't heavy drinkers

[@Muck006]

There are also THREE DIFFERENT "realms of elves" ... Rivendell is "perpetual autumn", Lothlorien is "perpetual spring/summer" and the woodland kingdom isnt really magical (apart from the "natural magic" of elves). Those DETAILS are lost to the reactors ... just like "all white men are the same" or "all black men are the same" in political discussions today.

[@SnekOil]

​@@Muck006it's not that deep bro

[@latieplolo]

The movies are trying to visually communicate that, while they were once vibrant and thriving, the elves are now fading. Their melancholy and homesickness for Valinor is draining away all that vitality. Even Legolas, who never saw Valinor, hears the seagulls only once and is never quite the same again. He bears a new sadness all the rest of his days on Middle Earth.

[@MichaelVanasse]

At 21:02, Gandalf is coughing while smoking. The actor who played Gandalf says this is anti-smoking propaganda (they did not wish to glorify smoking), but I like to see it that Gandalf has been resurrected as Gandalf the White and could no longer enjoy pipeweed as he once did as Gandalf the Grey. This is more consistent with the books, which tell us that smoking was naturally enjoyed by Gandalf the Grey, which made Saruman the White jealous.

[@johnwalters1341]

At 14:16, in the book Gandalf tells Pippin, "But mark this! You have been saved, and all your friends too, mainly by good fortune, as it is called. You cannot count on it a second time. If he had questioned you, then and there, almost certainly you would have told all that you knew, to the ruin of us all. But he was too eager. He did not want your information only: he wanted YOU, quickly, so that he deal with you in the Dark Tower, slowly."

[@billprice8596]

I am so happy you guys are loving this film. One thing to keep in mind is that "Game of Thrones", "Harry Potter" and others like them were inspired by Tolkien who wrote Lord of the Rings in the 1950s, the Hobbit was written in 1937. The material for these books came from the Silmarillion which he started writing during the First World War in the trenches. Tolkien was a professor of languages at Cambridge and had been inventing languages from the time he was a child.

[@johnwalters1341]

At 36:43 you say, "Oh my God, Pippin can sing!" In the book, Denethor asks Pippin if he can sing, but he doesn't call for a song. The words are Tolkien's: one of Bilbo's walking songs; Billy Boyd composed the tune over the weekend before the scene was shot. One of the really memorable scenes in the movie.

[@belenpaccagnella183]

Billy recorded the song, but he actually sang it a capella during the shoot and everyone was mesmerized by his voice

[@wadumin]

I absolutely loved that part

[@Delcattiy]

​@@belenpaccagnella183 I certainly am mesmerized every single time I listen to him sing in the hall. Denethor eating so grossly brings it down a bit, but I can get past it because Boyd's singing is amazing

[@erth_mu]

the intro kinda shows us how strong frodo has been, esp since the ring grows more powerful, the closer they get to Mordor

[@wadumin]

Absolutely, Frodo is a champ

[@Anetkari]

I still can’t believe frodo did that

[@Delcattiy]

And if you know from the books, the ring was in Frodo's keeping for 17 years between when Bilbo left and Gandalf returning, asking if the ring was secret and safe, and throwing it in the fire to confirm his beliefs. All that time in Frodo's keeping, and it seemed there was no effect at all. That is another reason why Bilbo looks so old once the Hobbits and Aragorn reach Rivendell. A couple months wouldn't have been long enough to age him so much

[@johnwalters1341]

At 12:36, the great wave in Eowyn's dream was the great wave that destroyed the island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age. In the book it was Faramir that dreamed this dream. Tolkien himself frequently had this dream when he was growing up.

[@joshuawiedenbeck6944]

And, in the movie specifically, it foreshadows Rohan arriving at Minas Tirith and seeing the orc army and everything covered in darkness.

[@Muck006]

All those "changes in character" for little bits ... like Legolas explaining "Aragorn is the heir to Gondor" during the Council of Elrond, which makes NO SENSE.

[@joshuawiedenbeck6944]

@Muck006 You have to remember that cinema audiences are typically dumber than literary audiences. Some stuff has to be there to hand-feed people information.

[@HarleysCompass]

Awww finally! I've watched so many reactor's react to The Lord of the Rings because I love it so much, and seeing everyone experiencing it for the first time is wonderful. But no other reactor I've watched has reacted to "the sacrifice of Faramir" the way you two did. There are so many great scenes in this trilogy that make me cry or give me goosebumps, but no scene is more perfect or impactful to me than this scene. It's the one I remember the most from my first time seeing it. My mother used to read Tolkien to me as bedtime stories so when the movies came out we both had to see them in theater. Imagine being eleven years old, watching that scene in theater on the big screen? Like you said, I feel it was masterfully done. I'm pretty sure it changed my brain chemistry, to be honest 😅 The slightly hopeful, melancholy music that plays when they first ride out, Billy Boyd's (Pippin) lovely singing voice, the eerie unsettling instrumental behind him being the only voice you hear, the muted sounds of the horses hooves and the arrows firing, and then ending with that final word on it's own with no backing or even echo making the word feel so final. It was all just so perfect and captured the despair and hopelessness of the moment so beautifully.

[@moyesboy1]

In his youth, the son of Ecthelion II was considered bold and brave, clever, far-sighted and learned. By chance - according to Gandalf - the blood of Númenor runs almost unadulterated through his veins. After the early death of his beloved wife Finduilas, who died giving birth to Faramir, he became increasingly bitter, sullen, and spent many hours alone in his tower. As trustee (from 2984) he ruled imperiously and as he saw fit. He suspected that Mordor would start a war with Gondor within his lifetime and finally, confident in his own strength, dared to look into the Palantír of Minas Tirith (what is not shown in the movies). It is believed that this is also how he found out that Aragorn, under the code name Thorongil, had been in Ecthelion's service. Since the fall of Minas Ithil, no king or steward had ever dared to look into the Palantír. So Denethor gained great knowledge, but due to the constant struggle with Sauron, he aged far before his time. Sauron took advantage of Denethor's fear and confused his mind. Denethor made a series of bad decisions. For example, he ordered the withdrawal of troops on the southern and eastern borders of Gondor, so that Easterlings and Haradrim angrily invaded Mordor. Ithilien's rangers alone made it more difficult for Sauron's allies to invade. Denethor became more and more moody and took this out especially on his younger son Faramir. He behaved differently towards his firstborn son Boromir; in him he saw his younger image.

[@Muck006]

... in the end he was corrupted by ... "PROPAGANDA LIES" from Sauron the deceiver. That is something people of today should understand, because all media are broadcasting propaganda (because sensationalist / extremist messages easily evoke a reaction and thus increase viewership and profit AND because many "journalists" are activists today).

[@johnwalters1341]

At 2:36 you ask, "Is this the Shire?" No--Smeagol and Deagol are fishing near the Great River Anduin (the same river our boys journeyed on after leaving Lothlorien in FOTR), in a place called the Gladden Fields. In the book, it is said to have banks of flowering irises, a pretty detail the producers omitted.

[@ComicalHealing]

Probably because those flowers wouldn't be allowed in NZ. There is a new Zealand Iris with a different flower and stem to the ones in England, so maybe that's what some of those plants are along the sides of the bank.

[@wadumin]

Thanks for clarifying ❤

[@ComicalHealing]

@wadumin no worries, I was afraid that they would confiscate my sneakers when I flew there cause it had mub from hiking. They're very serious about possible outside invasive species

[@Scarla2U]

@@ComicalHealing We do indeed have introduced irises in NZ, including the wild English species. The latter are pretty much regarded as pests though.

[@StoneKnivesBearskins]

You weren't far off in wondering if Denethor is possessed like Theoden was. It's not mentioned in the movie, but the reason he's the way that he is is that he has had a Palantir (the black globe) and has been fighting one vs one against Sauron for YEARS. The loss of Boromir and then the near-loss of Faramir essentially made him lose that fight, and Sauron drove him completely mad.

[@sabarnidas3408]

When Gollum/Smeagol called himself murderer previously, he was referring to the incident that he murdered his own brother/friend for the ring.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Iirc, it was his cousin, Deagol.

[@sabarnidas3408]

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Thanks for letting me know. 👍

[@leonardoastros]

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Tolkien never said they were cousins. In LOTR Gandalf says the were friends, and in letter 214 Tolkien said they were "relatives" but never specified the nature of their relation. Somehow people ended up calling them cousins.

[@vincentvancraig]

YIKES!!!!!! What an ending pause!!!!!!!!......still a great reaction: D...clicking part 2 RN!!!!

[@blacktronlego]

This is why Gollun taunted Smeagol with 'murderer' before Smeagol tells his Gollun half to leave and never come back. The first thing he did when he saw the Ring was attack and murder Deagol The fate of Saruman and Wormtongue is quite different in the book. Saruman is alive when they leave Orthanc, but Wormtongue throws the Palantir at them (I don' t think he knows what it is). Treebeard lets them go from the tower and they cause more mischief in the Shire before Womtongue finally kills Saruman. This is why it is crucial that Theoden does not kill him earlier. 23:15 These are Orcs. the Uruk-Hai were bred by Saruman. Mordor has cast shadow over the whole battlefield, so the sunlight-fearing standard orcs are still usable. I believe that Denethor's wife died giving birth to Faramir. Denethor also has a seeing-stone like the one Saruman had, and Sauron has driven him mad through it. I'm told Dominic Monaghan is a professional singer as well as an actor, tnat's why they cast him as Pippin and had him sing. 47:20 They really overdid the number of skulls, skulls at the entrance, skulls on the floor and an avalanche of skulls? Far too many even for an army.

[@elegrin5170]

48:46 when Denethor desperately saw that armies, Sauron can write " F** you" with his huge armies at middle of that view.. Imagine that..

[@Waterford1992]

Thankfully you watched the extended version unlike me and millions others who saw this in cinema and never saw what happened to Saruman as his scene was cut.

[@vincentvancraig]

Opening scene: The ring took those two down so fast becuase 1, they were both of pretty weak character, but 2, because it had been at the bottom of a river for 2500 years & it was desperate/hungry to make a move...it had to get out of there & back to Sauron.....second comment is: just a easter egg/factoid, if u remember from the two towers, the "split personality argument scene" between gollum & smeagol where gollum called smeagol a "muuurrdeereeerrr" (murderer), well, now u know why. Great reaction, amazing edit:)

[@Big_Tex]

While the movie portrays Gondor as just the white stone city, and the ruined river city the orcs attack, in the book Gondor is an expansive realm with many cities and villages, and Minis Tirith is just the capital. When Gandalf and Pippin first arrive, the beacons had already been lit for days, and troops from around Gondor are arriving to defend the capital. Arrivals include another great heroic figure named Prince Imrahil, governor of a port city Dol Amroth, who sadly is not in the movie.

[@user-blob]

I’m also a fan of Imrahil but I can understand why he was left out of the film.

[@Big_Tex]

@@user-blob Yeah it would take another half hour to do him justice

[@wadumin]

I love it, thanks for letting us know ❤

[@juhanisirkia3618]

Imrahil is in the movie in few scenes. He's the one that laments Denethor's passiveness when Faramir rides into the city with Gandalf and Pippin.

[@user-blob]

@@juhanisirkia3618 Really? Ok, thanks.

[@Mr.Paticles]

The Professor didn't create the language for this world. He created the world for the language.

[@angel-astanfield7939]

The movie doesn’t speak about it, but Denethor also has one of those crystal balls and has been having a battle of wills against Sauron. His mind never cracked under Sauron, but it made him a little crazy and then with Boromir’s death, it sent him over the edge into lulu land. Another great reaction ❤

[@wadumin]

Thanks for letting us know Angel ❤

[@sabarnidas3408]

Finally! Please post the next half tomorrow. 🙏

[@wadumin]

Oh definitely, we're back and we'll be more active ❤

[@sabarnidas3408]

@@wadumin Thank you, take care. 💙

[@Anetkari]

Just wait a bit more Thanks for watching and being here❤

[@sabarnidas3408]

Love your reaction. It's worth the wait. ☺️​@@Anetkari

[@johnwalters1341]

At 44:20, in the book Merry is given a lift to Minas Tirith by one "Dernhelm." Merry had seen him previously while Theoden was reviewing his troops: "But when they had come almost to the end of the line one looked up glancing keenly at the hobbit. A young man, Merry thought, less in height and girth than most. He caught the glint of clear grey eyes, and he shivered, for it came suddenly to him that it was the face of one without hope who goes in search of death." Merry doesn't learn the identity of "Dernhelm" until the climax of the battle.

[@alanmacification]

The relationship between Sméagol and Déagol is uncertain, but they were already a pair of sneak thieves. That's why the Ring took them over so fast, And that's why Sam calls his two personalities, " Slinker " and " Stinker."

[@dizzlebizzle8424]

"Why did you shoot that guy, he just helped us!" Legolas is a good guy. They were talking to Saruman, he was captured, they weren't killing him. A bad guy then murdered him. So Legolas killed the bad guy. This isn't how it happened in the book, and this scene didn't exist in the theatrical release, but when it did come out on the extended editions, I never questioned why did the good guy kill the bad guy and it struck me as odd that you thought it was wrong for the good guy to kill the bad guy that just murdered a prisoner. Also, they made Gollum cute and likeable in a way, and even in the scene where Sam catches him talking about killing them, he implies he's only ever killed another 'person' once before. But in the books, he was so evil that for food he would sometimes sneak into the windows of babies and steal them and eat them... So I've never found him cute. He's simply a tool that God uses to ensure the ring falls into the lava at the end (in the books he dances in joy at regaining it after biting it off Frodo's hand and just falls in do to Eru Illuvitar, The One God's intervention) Frodo doesn't fight or fall at the precipice of the Crack of Doom. The films are my fav and so are the books, love watching people enjoy it too! Thanks.

[@preston_s.]

22:26 It's such a tiny thing, but the sound design in that moment is one of my favorite moments in the movie. I'm so glad you noticed it too!

[@jenniferatterton1587]

This whole movie was set in New Zealand and there is a Hobbiton set that you can go and learn about everything, The set has been preserved and you can walk around it just like the movie. Most of the Hobbit homes are just a facade but recently a Hobbit Home has been refurbished so that you can go in and look around. It is really worth going to New Zealand just for that, amongst many other things. You learn some amazing things and understand why movies, these in particular cost so much to make. Also, you two must watch The Hobbit as this gives a great background on how Bilbo comes across the ring and the differences between the Riverton Elves and the other Elves, it is really worth seeing to get a better understanding of the whole series.

[@vincentvancraig]

On Getting to know & feeling a connection with each charater: Many people when they first start watching these are almost paranoid that they wont learn all the names, some reactors take notes & constantly write stuff down all because of what theyve heard about there being so many charaters & names...but, in the the end, it draws u in & is so immersive in such a special way that you almost feel like youre living the movies, so, its like in real life if u get a new job u dont stress out about learning everyone's name & memorizing them all, it just happens naturally, u learn them...oddly, in these films, it works the same way, its just by some immersive osmosis eventually u just dont know them, but ur invested in all of them, & connected to them.

[@jassinfrederik7269]

One of the best reactors out there for lord of the rings. you can already see it by which scenes you choose to let in the reaction. You really get the monstrosoty of this story. its a joy seeing you get so see the amount of impact this kind of storytelling really can have

[@wadumin]

That's so kind of you, thanks for watching ❤

[@Wildcatt79]

This has been amazing to watch with you, seeing the shock, anger, joy, awe, it brings it back, like I was watching for the first time. Eternally grateful not having to wait a year for your reactions. 😉 Enjoy!

[@Anetkari]

Thanks for being hereee❤

[@musa.cakmak]

This channel deserves millions of subscribers!! Keep going on!

[@cindimonks5661]

You guys are the most vibrant and fun and being is with you. I love you both! New sub!❤

[@amanchaudhary3340]

I kept coming back to check everyday if it was uploaded. Thanks!

[@wadumin]

Thanks for being here budd❤

[@matyasdobran4598]

Elrond had twin brother named Elros, who chooses a mortal life and he became the first king of the men of Numenor, and he is Aragorns ancestor , there is 63 generations between them so that means Aragorn and Arwen are cousins by far

[@milanova5061]

Wow!!!

[@joshuawells835]

"I would have you smile again, not grieve for those whose time has come. You shall live to see these days renewed. No more despair." - It's still too soon for that line. RIP Bernard Hill, actor of Theoden, King of Rohan.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Dragons almost always are described as "winged serpents".

[@Dragonfly_Dan]

Great job guys. Can't wait for part 2 !

[@wadumin]

Thanks for watching ❤

[@emilyelizabethbuchanan998]

Something about Smeagol pre-ring that the movie doesn't explain - Deagol was already one of the few people who put up with him because Smeagol was a nasty piece of work. He was a tattletale, sneak, and spy. So he was already not very nice and the ring found it really easy to corrupt him.

[@nathanielreik6617]

Smeagol and Deagol were cousins. In the first movie they said the ring extended Gollum's lifespan and he had it for about 500 years. One of the craziest things to me about the extended vs the theatrical versions is that when they got to Isengard the entire conversation with Saruman is cut from the theatrical version. They show up, reunite with the hobbits, talk to Treebeard, find the palantir (the stone ball) in the water, and leave. Only the extended version has Saruman in it at all and has his death. Also about that scene, Peter Jackson was trying to direct Christopher Lee how he should let out some kind of cry when he gets stabbed and Christopher Lee looked at him and said something to the effect of "Have you heard what a man sounds like when he gets stabbed in the back? I have." (Chistopher Lee was an intelligence officer for the RAF back in World War 2). Fun fact: he was the only member of the original cast to have met Tolkien himself. Legolas shot Grima to try and stop him from killing Saruman because they were getting useful information from him until Grima killed him. Denethor actually had another palantir and had been using it which is how he got some of his information, probably like the existence of Aragorn (when he mentions the "eyes of the white tower" this is most likely what he is referring to), and Sauron had tried to corrupt him through it like he had Saruman but he wasn't actually able to do so. Since he couldn't he instead plagued Denenthor with visions of the fall of Gondor to send him into despair and all of this was making him go a bit crazy and paranoid. Billy Boyd (Pippin) really wanted to sing something significant during the final movie so he looked through some of the poetry and songs that Tolkien wrote in Lord of the Rings and took one which he slightly altered the text of to better fit the tone of the movie. He came up with a melody and went to Peter Jackson to ask about it. Without even hearing a sample performance Peter Jackson agreed. They filmed that whole scene in a single take because they knew they could not have done it any better. Eomer might sound a bit sexist with how he talks about war but to be fair we don't really see female soldiers in these armies, and he has been a soldier for a long time and a lot of what he says is something that can happen to new soldiers, he has probably seen it happen. They aren't truly prepared for what can happen in war. War is not a pleasant experience. He might even suspect her desire to go to war and is trying to explain to her why war isn't something you should want to participate in and wants to keep her safe from it.

[@BobBlumenfeld]

Notice that the moment Pippin rides of to Gondor with Gandalf is the first time in all three movies that he and Merry are not in the same scene, often in the same shot.

[@chriscote8441]

OMG I love you guys. PLEASE UPLOAD ASAP I CANT GET ENOUGH

[@wadumin]

Love you tooo, yess I'll try my best ❤

[@lcbonastre2418]

Next Trilogy The Hobbit Extended Edition Of The Adventures Of Bilbo Baggin: (1) An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition (2) The Desolation Of Smaug Extended Edition (3) The Battle Five Armie Extended Edition

[@wadumin]

Can't wait to get into them ❤

[@marioguidotomasone1265]

About the Hobbit trilogy, I'll quote Bilbo : it feels "overstretched , like butter on a slice of bread too big"

[@simonsalgueiro6217]

In the movies there wasn't enough time to tell you the story of Denethor (Boromir's father), but in the books, you get to know that he used to be a super noble and good leader. But he had one of the Palantir (one liek the orb Saruman had), and in his attempts to see the enemy's mvoements to protect his kingdom, Sauron started to corrupt him, slowly, as Denethor had great will, but with time it affected him. Then his wife died, which Sauron also used to bring him even further down. Then Boromir. So the Denethor you see is just a husk of a man. But before that he was an incredible man, respected by his people.

[@iqiuo8693]

that was a nice reaction✨ wish you the best❤

[@wadumin]

Thanks for watching, you too ❤

[@johnwalters1341]

Enjoyed watching the movie with you! Looking forward to the finale.

[@wadumin]

Thanks for watching and all the great comments John, you're awesome ❤

[@Anetkari]

Stay tuned❤ Also Thanks for watching and being here❤

[@larrybell726]

"He made a language for this world". Actually a bit more precisely, 'He made a world for the language" 🙂 Great reaction. Thank you!

[@wadumin]

Love that, thanks for watching ❤

[@АбдуллахГафур]

I love your reaction!!! ❤️❤️

[@wadumin]

You're awesome, thanks for watching ❤

[@АбдуллахГафур]

@wadumin 😇😊

[@elegrin5170]

35:47 Actually Denethor realized that he sent his son Faramir to death.. When orcs arrow released, he poured tomato juice from his mouth.. That was symbolism.. He tasted his own son's blood.. That's what it means.. And He petrified at that moment.. So, he realized what he did.. Dont blame him guys.. He effected over 30 years from his Palantir.. Sauron poisoned his mind.. He regretted so much after his order..

[@Christobanistan]

Gollum was alone, in a cave under a mountain in pitch black darkness for 500 years.

[@Big_Tex]

The text of LOTR only identifies Deagol as Sméagol’s friend. But they’re from such a small isolated hobbit community that no doubt they’re related, and I think Tolkien said as much in some letter or somewhere. So the fandom tends to call them cousins. I’m not one to insist on the extended versions, but admittedly the theatrical release of ROTK has one big flaw - there is no ending for Saruman, he’s not even seen. Gandalf just casually mentions that Saruman has lost his power and they don’t need to worry about him any more. (Meanwhile the book has an entirely different fate for Saruman near the very end of the story.)

[@cp368productions2]

Smeagol and Deagol were cousins. In the book they do talk with Saruman INSIDE Orthanc and he does use those words to sew doubt into their minds but he doesn't die at Orthanc. He dies in The Shire when Wormtongue cuts his throat and Wormtongue runs only for Hobbits lead by Frodo Baggins to shoot him dead with arrows before Frodo could stop them. The dream Eowyn has is actually a dream Faramir and Boromir have over and over and that was why Boromir went to Rivendell. The reforging of Narsil into Anduril Flame of the West actually happened in The Fellowship of the Ring before they left Rivendell. And the way they show it being reforged wouldn't work beyond its first use, it would break again. They have to melt the steel and pour it out into a form.

[@mr.osclasses5054]

Not sure if anyone else has said this yet, but Gandalf coughing when he was smoking is because his lungs were new when he was reborn as Gandalf the White, so he's not used to the smoke being in them.

[@jaynagrecha3792]

Less ducking Goooooo!!!! Fav couple, fav movie, fav food in dinner after long day at work. My day is complete now 🥳😋

[@wadumin]

You're awesome, thanks for watching ❤

[@jaynagrecha3792]

@@wadumin You guys are making my day! You both are awesome! 🤩

[@ErinAngel-s8j]

Christopher Lee fought for The United Kingdom and Finland during World War 2. He was in The Special Forces, and he even captured Nazis. Peter Jackson and Christopher Lee had an argument about the scene where Saruman was stabbed in the back. Jackson wanted Lee to make a noise when he got stabbed, but Lee said he fought in actual battle, and he knew what it sounded like when a man got stabbed in the back...Which, is no sound at all, because the lungs collapse. So, that is why Saruman didn't make a sound when he was stabbed by Grima Wormtongue. This is not how Saruman died in the Books, but I will let you figure that one out on your own, since you said you are going to read the Books.

[@samswords9993]

It's not that he made a language for this world, he made a world for this language!

[@brianphillips7696]

If I remember correctly, Smeagol and Deagol were cousins.

[@wadumin]

Thanks for clarifying ❤

[@katerinaa9344]

Danke!

[@wadumin]

Oh wow this actually the first time we receive a super thanks donation. Thank you so much dear Katerina, your support means a lot ❤️

[@katerinaa9344]

@@wadumin oh, I am flattered😊 to many more🥂 love your reactions!

[@wayneshilcock3027]

Denethor (Steward of Gondor) was corrupted, during the exchange with Gandalf at the start Denethor let us know what was going on behind the scenes in Minas Tirith: "..Do you think the eyes of the White Tower are blind, I have seen more than you know. With your left hand you would use me as a shield against Mordor and with your right you would seek to supplant me" He is speaking of the return of the rightful heir to the throne of Gondor, Aragorn. Which can only be explained by seeing into all that moves, present, past and possible future, leading to the use of a Palantir, the very same crystal ball Saruman used to communicate with Sauron. There were seven of them and one was kept secret in the White Tower of Gondor, which only Denethor had access to. Note: 20:30 The original Title for the first movie 'Fellowship of the Ring' was supposed to be 'There and Back Again'. Basically you have to watch the movies over again to get more hidden information.

[@rollastoney]

Tree-beard calling Gandalf young “young master Gandalf” is wild. Gandalf is thousands of years old. Tree-beard is thousands of years older than Gandalf but Gandalf’s TRUE form is older than Tree-beard 😅

[@Crenneth1941]

This movie gives nothing but goosebumps 🎥❤️😱

[@elegrin5170]

3:50 your guess is true averagely... He was not his friends but he was not Smeagol's brothers too.. That was between one of them... He was Smeagol's cousin.. :D

[@genghisgalahad8465]

8:30 so Legolas was 🏹 🎯 simply abiding by goal of apprehending Saruman to face justice AND questioning by presumably Gandalf and Theoden as to the whereabouts and strategies of Sauron's forces. That's why he shot him. I hadn't fully articulated why until now. So once again, Grima foils the plans of the Company. Plus, in interviews, director Peter Jackson shares how Christopher Lee clarified to him, based on Lee's own real life WWII british service war experience and exploits whithout going into detail that when Saruman is stabbed in the back (and punctures a lung 🫁 presumably), a stabbed 🗡 man doesn't make a sound (as Lee was directed to) with the quote paraphrased: have you ever heard a man being stabbed in the back? 12:50 exactly! 😄

[@user-jk5um1om8l]

Denethor the Steward had such banging lines. They lose none of their potency on screen - just makes you appreciate how powerful Tolkien’s writing is. And even when it’s actually Fran Walsh’s and Philippa Boyens’ writing they manage to channel his essence so well. “You think you are wise, Mithrandir, yet for all your subtleties you have not wisdom.” “With your left hand you would use me as a shield against Mordor. And with your right you'd seek to supplant me.” “It should have been kept, hidden, hidden dark and deep. Not to be used … unless at the uttermost end of need…” That delivery of “uttermost” just gives you such an insight into the will of Denethor (in the books he was strong and could, at least for a time, contend with the will of Sauron). Uttermost - at the end of the rope! The nadir and spiritual desperation it conveys just gives such an epic feeling. Poetic, yet tragic!

[@christopherlundgren1700]

You’ve seen Gondor before, but didn’t know what you were looking at. Near the beginning of Fellowship, when Gandalf rides off to do research about this suspicious ring that Bilbo found, there’s an establishing shot of the city and Gandalf is seen consulting their library.

[@wadumin]

Oooo thanks for letting us know ❤

[@corticarteapalagranges]

The White City, City of Kings, Minas Tirith. The production built that. :)

[@dinukaherath1475]

Best part of the reaction:- "The time of the orc..😦" "Everyone is going to be so ugly now😧.." 😅😅😅

[@wadumin]

Anita is always on point 🤣❤️

[@GaunteroDimmm]

27:15 that one orc gave me nightmares for MONTHS as a kid

[@tangawarra]

I love your reaction.

[@pickthestickup]

8:12 See? If they had killed Grima, as many viewers have wanted, back when they banished him from Rohan, then who would have stabbed Saruman? "Do not be too eager to deal out Death and Judgement, for even the very wise cannot see all ends." - Gandalf. Grima still had a part to play in this. If he had died, Saruman would have holed up in his tower.

[@PanDeSal.28]

10:08 Specific elven drink.. Me: Ah, yes. Of course. The Elven Dorwinion wine ✨

[@simblackflag]

I saw at least 10 reactions of LOTR. ...and I think this here is my favorite one so far. What I love the most is your emotions and chills over your bodies while watching the triology. It is indeed, A MASTERPIECE!! Thank you

[@wadumin]

Ayyy thank you my friend ❤

[@elegrin5170]

Faramir was wise brother, Boromir was a warrior.. Their Father (Denethor) doesnt show his love to Faramir because Faramir looks exactly like himself (Denethor).. When Denethor looks Faramir, he sees himself.. Also, in the books Denethor was a big and wise man.. If the wises man of this world is Gandalf, Denethor could be second.. But He poisoned for tens of tens years.. There is a palantir stone at Minastirith and he used that palantir over 30 years.. Sauron effected him for 30 years and Sauron poisoned his mind that is no victory against Mordor armies idea.. Because of this he looks like a shitty man.. But at the books, he is so wise and great leader.. It's similar to ring effects..

[@UnopinionatedBystander2393]

About Frodo's/Elijah Woods' eyes, those are his real eyes. Amazing, right?

[@wadumin]

Oooof they're so blue

[@djokealtena2538]

Should you want to start your sword collection from this movie: Aragorn's sword - Anduril Flame of the West Gandalf's - Glamdring Theoden's - Herugrim Arwen's blade - Hadhafang Frodo's - Sting Orcrist - Thorin's blade from the Hobbit And then there are blades without names: Boromir's blade Strider's sword Celeborn's dagger that he hands to Aragorn Legolas has a pair of long daggers/knives The Witchking's blade

[@mena94x3]

38:45 They're both right. Men have greater physical strength and stamina and can generally still function when surrounded by the horrors of war. Women have heart and grit and many can think clearly when under that kind of pressure, but men can't stand seeing their female counterparts dead on the battlefield. It shuts them down. It's hard seeing their brothers dead around them, but seeing female soldiers dead around them takes the ability to battle from them.

[@ruffboiALT]

09:14 lmao well I mean Legolas comes from a place where dwarves literally escaped his father's keep by riding empty wine barrels down the river so... no, probably he's just being a little shit XD

[@divifilius]

The Stewards of Gondor have always been competent and Denethor, Boromir's father is not an exception. His father Ecthelion with the help of Aragorn who disguised himself as Thorongir was able to ensure Gondorian naval supremacy by defeating the corsair fleets of Umbar, one of the so called Numenorian Havens that was once under Gondor but broke away during the kinstrife when a branch of the royal family of Gondor under Castamir the Usurper seized the throne of Gondor and ruled for 10 years but died in battle against the true king Elcadar who was half Numenorian ( his mother was a normal human). Casimir's successors being in control of the Royal fleet escaped and founded Umbar as a separate realm from Gondor. This was the point where the line of kings started diminishing as they were no longer long lived as their ancestors and with the fall of the Northern Realm of Arnor the rule of Gondor fell to the Stewards. Denethor is theorized to have fallen under the influence of Sauron like Saruman as Minas Tirith is also home to one of the Palantiri a similar orb as the one Saruman had. The line of Isildur who were then kings of Arnor at some point claimed the throne by virtue of marriage and lineage but were rejected. Arvedui the last king of Arnor and Arthedain almost ascended the throne but he was beset by war in the North against the Witch king of Angmar who destroyed the Northern Realm and Arvedui died in the defence of his realm. His son went on to be the first Chieftain of the Dunedain and his line descends up until Aragorn. Fun Fact: the city that the Witch is seen preparing for battle was once a city of Gondor and the seat of Isildur when he reigned as joint king of Gondor alongside his brother Anarion during the reign of their father Elendil. It was called Minas Ithil now it is Minas Morgul the Witch king's lair. Anarion died during the War of the Last Alliance alongside his father and Isildur made Anarion's son Meneldil king of Gondor as he went on to rule the Northern Realm of Arnor as High king.

[@cindimonks5661]

In the filming of this, they did not have enough men to ride horses, so they actually glued fake beards onto women for the battle scenes!

[@JMK248]

Tolkien is the goat their isn’t a fictional world as big and epic as lord of the rings

[@Anetkari]

True

[@SuStel]

Peter Jackson decided that Gandalf the White hadn't smoked before, so his smoking habit as Gandalf the Grey was distressing him. That's why he coughs when smoking in Minas Tirith. This is not something Tolkien wrote.

[@Valandar2]

BTW... The reason Smeagol instantly became a murderer after a glimpse of the ring, but Bilbo held it 60 years without a major change in personality, is that Smeagol was already an evil little s**t. :D

[@robertogallego7796]

Por rectificar algo que dices al comienzo del vídeo y que yo, hasta hace pocos meses,lo pensaba y, cuando antes de las películas, ya estaba inmerso en el mundo de Tolkien. Tolkien no hizo idiomas para enriquecer su universo, por así decirlo, creó primero los idiomas,al menos el élfico,y construyó un mundo para que ese idioma tuviera sentido, por así decirlo,es decir,al revés de lo que yo pensaba hasta hace poco tiempo y, seguramente,de mucha gente más,es lo más lógico...si no habéis leído el libro estáis tardando en hacerlo,esta trilogía maravillosa con un trabajo difícil y fabuloso se queda pequeña en comparación con el libro 🍻😀

[@monoga26]

Déagol was Sméagol’s cousin.

[@johnwalters1341]

At 8:30, this is why you shouldn't put spikes on your water wheels!

[@wadumin]

THAT WAS BRUTAL

[@bhumikabendwal7391]

Nice reaction buddy ❤ Next 'life of pi'🎬

[@wadumin]

Thanks for watching, added ❤

[@Lethgar_Smith]

For those of you who like to speculate about the paranormal and alternative history, I have a theory that Tolkien may actually have been tapping into our ancient past. The story of the fall of the island Kingdom of Numenor and the slow rebuilding of a kingdom ruled by men in Middle Earth is a tale about the destruction of Atlantis and how civilization was able to slowly recover in Europe. It is now theorized that the epic flood myth told in so many cultures around the world, is a memory of a comet impact that set off the geological time period known as the Younger Drays and could have destroyed an early, prehistoric Island nation in the Caribbean that we now call Atlantis. The myth of Atlantis is that they achieved great power by learning to access and harness, what we would refer to as, the spirit realm. An area of reality just outside the accepted laws of physics. Where physical reality can be molded and altered using a slightly different set of physical laws. To our eyes today this would look like magical wizardry. The knowledge to do this was not widespread but closely guarded by an elite group of ruler priests. This level of power allowed them to construct the megaliths of old. Those megaliths were just one part of their civilization but it's the only thing of theirs that still exists in our world today. Unfortunately their power corrupted them fully. The leaders became dark minded and consumed with thoughts of violence and cruelty. The blood/death cult was born. Their civilization fell into chaos and violence until it was destroyed by a cometary impact. We see tiny remnants of Atlantis' cruelty among the ancient Mesoamericans and their human sacrifice rituals and constant wars of conquest. Those are the remnants of Atlantis's violent past. Today, humanity is on a path of redemption, just like in the Lord of the Rings, Atlantis will rise again and it will cast off it's dark past and truly transform itself into the world of light it was meant to be. Welcome to the Fourth Age.

[@KhanKhan-xl9et]

At 30:and for a few minutes when gollum was telling frodo that the fat one will take it from you at that time the orcs were still marching so you can imagine how gigantic numbers there were of orcs and this this is after the scene when orcs got osgiliath

[@chinmaysangoram]

Denethor is a much kinder compassionate person in the books.. His role in the movie has been changed for dramatic purposes.. #Justsaying

[@nathancruz9172]

7:42 there goes the staff. 8:12 😮 8:16-8:28 😂

[@wadumin]

LMAO

[@enriquetorres2962]

Gandalf is coughing while smoking cause hes using brand new lungs after being revived instead of his old well smoked llungs

[@Anetkari]

Ohh that’s interesting in fact