Watching *LORD OF THE RINGS* for the FIRST TIME! (Fellowship of the Ring) *PART 2 REACTION*

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[@Puggapillar]

ok ok I'll bite, I'll do the extended editions for the next 2 movies bit please pray for me 😅

[@dlweiss]

Haha, thank you! God bless. I promise, though, the extended versions really do make the next two films even better!

[@joegamesyt1105]

Will do Alex con grats on getting married just herd that ur gonna have a baby

[@eschiedler]

Splitting em up into 2 (or even 3!) parts each will save your back as well.

[@sparksdrinker5650]

meh, I think the extended can ruin the pacing and there's a reason some of it was cut out.

[@spartanFox_LadyFoxGames]

Its the way peter jackson wanted the movies to release but the studio cut them to 3 hrs for the casual audiences. adding 20 to 30 minutes to the movies adds much needed character development in a rapidly moving story.

[@hazarozgen6508]

"That's a bit sad" he says, about one of the most gut wrenching moments of cinema history.

[@Eowyn187]

Idk if I can handle it. Just about to force myself to watch this pt 2. Then I see your comment. Will ff to see if you refer to Boromir's death. I pray not. Omg it was. This guy using Tolkien's life's work to be a comedian.

[@davidholloway1817]

@@Eowyn187 I think you use the term comedian charitably. He destroys any sense of emotion & atmosphere with his constant cynical, sarcastic comments, missing names & plot points, & completely misreads situations.

[@rhudoc3745]

Playing to his own camera, thinks he's a yt star. Humor is pathetic, comments are pithy and shallow. Congrats, you gave me a belly ache. 662 likes? That's a sad commentary as well. Onward and find a reaction worth watching.

[@JAB6322]

Fact: The part where Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn's actor) deflected that knife thrown at him wasn't CGI. He did deflect a real knife

[@maryjane89]

"Is that Tilda Swinton?" That made me laugh... a lot. Understandable mistake - it's Cate Blanchett. (Also, "he's Gandalf the White now" made me laugh even harder.)

[@evenstar1608]

That would make you suspecious. Lol. 🤣🤣

[@sprayarm]

Definitely need some sweeties in these movies… some Turkish Delights :) Edmund!

[@7thSmurf]

his NAME is B OROMIR .. with a B .. son of Denethor who was teh SON of Ecthelion ! ..there u have it .. u have to keep in mind we are talking abou 3200 years of lore here.. so its a crazy amount of generations

[@cobra1xtz]

“Tilda Swinton looks so different in this” There’s a reason for that….

[@Joshua-ix5iv]

I just watched this movie for the first time, AND it was the extended edition. The extra bits add a LOT

[@Cytron36]

“All shall love me and despair” is my favorite line in the movies In so far as illustrating how the ring corrupts via an individuals desires and strengths. It’s appeal to a man like boromir is far different than to a being like Galadriel, if only because it could never truly give him the power to dominate middle earth like it could to a being like sauron or Galadriel

[@rachelmap100]

2:45 He's not yelling at Gandalf. He's telling the mountain to wake up and drop an avalanche the Fellowship. 9:43 Bilbo told him the sword was made by the Elves and that it glows when Orcs are near. Everything the Elves make has a touch of their magic about it. It is an ancient blade (±6,000 years old), made in the first age. Gandalf's sword, Glamdring (AKA "Foe-hammer" and "Beater") and its mate Orcrist (AKA "Goblin-cleaver" and "Biter") were made at about the same time.

[@ebreshea1337]

Adding to the Elves' magic in blades. It's also the smiths' hatred for orcs that is imbued into their blades which makes them glow blue in that way. And I believe it's only the best smiths that can make this happen.

[@hannahw8589]

It was just a joke dude

[@dennisswainston411]

Galadriel is the Grandmother of Arwen and mother in law of Elrond.

[@custardflan]

I first read LOTR in the late 1970s. When Gandalf fell, I had to shut the book to collect myself. Today I still tear up when I see this or when I reread the book, which I am doing right now. It's so devastating. Similar feeling when Boromir dies.

[@rozwynn2349]

Literally, even knowing what happened in the books cuz I read the series multiple times see it portrayed on the big screen broke my heart again. Wept a real tear in the theater. Same w/Boromir.

[@JemJam2976]

Frodo's sword is glowing blue because of the Orcs. It does that when they are near.

[@TheeJasonReyes]

JRR Tolkien is the father of fantasy,if you think about it. Everything we like now,like Game of Thrones,The Elder Scrolls,Dragon Age,etc. is how they are because of his work with the Hobbit and LOTR.

[@Clarence62190]

29:45 : the stuntguy playing the orc improved the throw of the knife, Vigo wasn't prepare for that, if he did'nt block it he would be dead or really injured.

[@juzujuzu4555]

Almost all that comes from Hollywood is bullshit. Most of LOTR myths are easily proven false. Like this bit, they have clearly chosen the way they film this, Aragorn is on the ground, it's filmed so that we see the orc. The whole shot is made so that he could deflect that throw. There wouldn't be any other point of that shot. Also this sort of things would never be left for improvisation. Most likely nothing is being thrown, check out frame by frame and the thing that flies would be incredibly easy to add by CGI. Or it's some plastic etc thing. These things IMO doesn't take anything away from the film. It's absolute masterpiece. The one thing that I believe happened are the accidents, viggo breaking his toe etc. and there might be some truth in the origins of certain shots, like flag flying away from the pole being the reason why they thought about making that shot in Two Tower. But that is also certainly not accident. The shot reveals it.

[@srinjoyroychoudhury7034]

For the next 2 movies you HAVE TO watch the extended cut to fully appreciate them. This trilogy in their extended versions defines epic

[@rozwynn2349]

I have to re-watch it every couple of years there's literally nothing like it.

[@Makkaru112]

🌸MUCH deeper lore version with added details for you: just in case you or anyone else missed it. Galadriel's gift to Gimli has a deeper meaning behind it, like most things in this movie and reflects the expanded lore of the middle earth universe. Galadriel is one of the 2-3 most powerful and wise elves remaining in Middle Earth since the time the land was young. She was born in a place called Valinor, or the Undying land... which is basically the place of residence of the Valar, the local pantheon, the local "gods" as you may call them. Back then, the world was not illuminated by the sun, the moon and the stars, but rather by 2 trees of gold and silver, Telperion and Laurëlin that lit the world before the sun and moon were born from their last flower and fruit as they were basically killed by Melkor. It is said that Galadriel's hair had somehow captured some of the shine of those two trees. Her uncle Fëanor, who was a great king of the Elven people and also arguably their greatest craftsman to ever live, asked/demanded that she give him a lock of hair, so that he could use it to fashion 3 gems that would shine of the same light as the trees. Sensing his pride and arrogance, she refused his request 3 times. He stopped asking and made the gems anyway, managing to complete the task he had set for himself even without her hair. Around these 3 gems, the possession of which became the driving force for many of the great events in the world, entire wars that lasted for centuries exploded, and other events. The gems actively shaped the fate of the races of middle earth to the point that the aforementioned Valar got involved directly. During these times, events surrounding the gems brought about the traditional enmity between Dwarves and Elves... the same enmity that Gimli still feels towards them. That enmity however does not survive his encounter with the wise Galadriel, whom Gimli basically falls platonically in love with. By giving him 3 of her hair, Galadriel is opening a door, offering an olive branch that might one day close the gap that divides these two races. Legolas, himself being an Elven prince and centuries old, knows of the story through his father Thranduil and grandfather Oropher, as it shaped the lives of all Elves, and his subtle smile is possibly the first act of acknowledgment and reconciliation. it is also a way for Peter Jackson, the director of the film, to give a nod to all of the fans who know these facts and backstories... a way to make us feel seen, and to make us appreciate just how deeply the makers of the film respect the books and larger universe created by Tolkien. The thing with the hair may seem weird, but there is a significance to it in real life as well as in the lore of the story. In real life, it was not uncommon for wives, fiancés, or even girlfriends to give their men (who were going off to war), a lock of their hair as a keepsake, particularly in WWI, which Tolkien fought in. The lore part of it comes into play in The Silmarillion, Tolkien's tales of the creation of Arda, the Undying Lands of Valinor, and Middle Earth. Galadriel is many, many thousands of years old, and was born in Valinor before the sun and moon were even created. At the time, the world was lit by two trees, one gold and one silver which would shine at different times from each other, but would shine together once a day when one would fade and the other brighten. Galadriel's hair was said to look like the light of the mingled light from the two trees, which may have inspired Feanor, a master craftsman and heir to the high king of the Noldor, to craft the Silmaril's which were three jewels that captured the light of the two trees, one golden light, one silver light, and one co-mingled light. Fëanor had a bit of a thing for Galadriel and begged her for her hair three different times, which she rejected because she could perceive the inner darkness of his heart and rejected him, which made them "un-friends" after that. There is a lot more to the lore than that, so this is the super crib-notes version. But the point is, it was VERY significant that she granted Gimli three of her hairs to a dwarf, when she would not to the son of her king many 10s of thousands of years ago of which she is related to all three kings who were brothers and Elu Thingol of Doriath was one of the brothers that didn’t stay in Valinor even though he was one of the elven ambassadors along with his three brothers and that king I mentioned was VERY close friends with Thingol) ever wondered how old Galadriel is during the War of the Ring? I have looked in many different sources and depending on where you look, she’s anywhere from 10,000-20,000 years old. 6,000 seems too young as it would make her close in age to Elrond, who I know is much younger than her even though he’s 5000-8000 by the third age, which wouldn’t make sense for her at all even if she was (“690 years older” as some kept repeating on the internet making 6960!)As she was around long before Elrond was even born and time was experience differently to say the LEAST as there is a lot to go into on that subject lol.) She was born during the Years of the Trees & back then the years were something like 9X longer than a solar year so I understand the math is hard, especially since she isn’t given an exact birth year. But it is said that Finarfin, her father, was born in Y.T. 1230, so I would assume she was born sometime within 1000 years of then (being generous). Basically, I’m wondering what the most accurate range is for her age during the events of Lord of the Rings. I’ll also add that Galadriel is was around before the ents even existed (of which Treebeard is 15,000 years old so she’s OLDER than Treebeard/Fangorn) or very close to when they were “created” by Yavannah and probably had much knowledge to do with such things and or direct knowledge of what happened. Probably through an early prototype of her mirror or simply another dream that made her long for middle earth all over again ontop of the yearning she already had to go there and explore. Nothing to do with Fëanor’s oath and all that jazz. Just going from the Appendices (and maybe Silmarillion) she would have to be at least 9000+ years older than Elrond, Elrond was born near the end of the First Age, Galadriel was adult before the destruction of the Trees. Actually, more than that: I just checked, and the Second Age ended in SA 3441. So an elf born literally at the end of the First Age (FA 590) is 3441+3018 = 6459 years old when Frodo leaves for Rivendell. Elrond was born in FA 532, so adds 58 years to get 6517. Elves are mature at 100, so Galadriel adds at leas 632 to Elrond's age, to be at least 7149, and possibly quite a bit more (as attested by other comments.) One fic had Maglor(Elrond’s Adoptive Father, Maedhros was also adoptive father alongside Maglor, they were the eldest sons of Fëanor) - One fic had as much older than Galadriel; I wondered how we knew, and it was pointed out to me that Maglor was the second oldest son of the first son of Finwë, while Galadriel is the youngest child of the third son of Finwë. So, yeah. Note that the second age was the LONGEST and again time was experienced very differently back then too aside from the internal clock of elves working very differently, she’s definitely older as far as the world and the other beings that age far faster around her. I also remind you all that she’s older than the sun and the moon and witnessed and most likely even helped in the Valar’s crafting of the last fruit and flower of the two trees of Valinor. She was the most involved with learning everything possible from them. She’s 25th generation from Tata one of the elven forefathers to wake to the stars. Their birth was rather shrouded in mist. Only those of her grandfathers ilk have a chance of knowing the origins a bit better as they are closer to that culture that stemmed from the beginning. The Years of the Trees were the second of the three great time periods in Arda that followed the Years of the Lamps and preceded the Years of the Sun. They were known to be comprised of several Ages and lasted in total around 1500 Valian Years or 14,373 solar years. Time flowed differently back then and time flowed differently within them too for the elves live as long as the world does. Epic hey?❤❤ The Dúnedain said that Galadriel’s height was two rangar, or "man-high" - some 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm). However, Galadriel's most striking feature was her beautiful long silver-golden hair. The Elves of Tirion said it captured the radiance of the Two Trees Laurelin and Telperion themselves. Galadriel was said to be the tallest female in Middle Earth, at 6'4”. But then Thingol was the tallest elf ever to live, and he's estimated to be almost 9' (274 cm) Thingol was also a very very prominent figure within the Silmarillion and other books. He’s the great ancestor of Elrond+Arwen and through Aragorn being directly but distantly related to Elronds Twin Brother Elros it makes him loosely connected to Thingol as well. Let’s just say he died a tragic death long long ago. I’m a continent that doesn’t exist anymore. The events I spoke of in my earlier story of Elrond about his fathers deeds, which lead to the Valar helping with putting a Stop to Morgoth for good so to say and that War Of Wrath lasted 80 years straight and it left the landmass torn asunder from the clash of gods and the holy host of Vanyar elves that were closest to the Valar than all other elves so you can imagine what a bunch of mighty elves men and Maiar fighting a bunch of fowl creatures and beings for 80 years would do to a continent. It all fell into the sea. Galadriel barely made it over the mountain before that part of the story officially broke out.

[@Makkaru112]

The songs of lamentation were elvish for Gandalf in Lothlórien. So the song you hear in Lothlòrien for him: The only excerpt from these songs is "Mithrandir, Mithrandir, O Pilgrim Grey!". This was expanded and set to music by Philippa Boyens and Howard Shore, respectively, for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. It was sung in the said film by Elizabeth Fraser in the track Lothlórien. Notable about this song is that it assumes that the elves of Lothlórien were aware that Gandalf was an incarnate Maia. This is debatable. As well, the lyrics ask "What drove you to leave/That which you loved?". This suggests that Gandalf was well aware that he would fall in Moria. Other debatable verses include the claims that Gandalf was the wisest of the Maiar, and that with him the Flame of Anor would leave the world (assuming that it and he were one, or he was the only wielder of the Flame). The first part is in Quenya: A Olórin i yáresse Mentaner i Númenherui Tírien i Rómenóri Maiaron i Oiosaila Manan elye etevanne Nórie i melanelye? The Second part is in Sindarin: Mithrandir, Mithrandir, A Randir Vithren ú-reniathach i amar galen I reniad lín ne mór, nuithannen In gwidh ristennin, i fae narchannen I lach Anor ed ardhon gwannen Caled veleg, ethuiannen. Olórin, who once was... Sent by the Lords of the West To guard the lands of the East Wisest of all Maiar What drove you to leave That which you loved? Mithrandir, Mithrandir O Pilgrim Grey No more will you wander the green fields of this earth Your journey has ended in darkness. The bonds cut, the spirit broken The Flame of Anor has left this World A great light, extinguished.

[@ebreshea1337]

Important to note is that Olorin is Gandalf's Maia (aka "true") form. His form as a wizard is limited in power and he has limited memory of Valinor. Mithrandir is the elves' name for Gandalf. Another explanation for the leaving that which you loved line, is that it's about agreeing to leave valinor for middle earth in the first place. The previous lines are about just that - "sent by the lords of the west to guard the lands of the east". There's a quote from Unfinished Tales, the Istari, that might help support this interpretation: "For it is said indeed that being embodied the Istari had needs to learn much anew by slow experience, and though they knew whence they came the memory of the Blessed Realm was to them a vision from afar off, for which (so long as they remained true to their mission) *_they yearned exceedingly_* . Thus by enduring of free will the *_pangs of exile_* and the deceits of Sauron they might redress the evils of that time."

[@sparky3574]

If you think that’s a lot of walking, the other two will be a marathon of walking.

[@johnwalters1341]

Yes--it's approximately a thousand miles from Rivendell to Mount Doom.

[@scalefree]

Frodo's sword Sting is a relic of the First Age when Elves were locked in a series of wars with Morgoth. Elven smiths of the day devised the glow effect to light up in the presence of enemies which I believe includes creatures like Balrogs. in the books Sting isn't the only weapon in the party that glows; Gandalf's sword Glamdring is also a FA creation & also glows.

[@trekkiexb5]

except Peter Jackson forgot to do that on Glamdring.

[@scalefree]

@@trekkiexb5 or Orcrist, wielded by Thorin

[@abbydavis1939]

Thanks for doing this reaction and thanks for being upset about Gandalf. I remember when I first saw the movie I was sitting in the movie theater blinking fast, fast, fast, to try to stop my tears from streaming down and almost gasping to keep from sobbing out loud. So sad.

[@NotoriousPumpa]

FYI, the extended editions have like 20 minutes of end credits, so they're not quite as lengthy as the runtime suggests ;)

[@juzujuzu4555]

Though it's so sad that people don't listen the credits. Because you can truly experience that first time only once and the music continues that experience for that extra time. LOTR has the best end credit music of all time.

[@MyBeatleBoy60]

Also with Merry & Pippin being useless, that's mostly the Theatrical version's fault for cutting alot of their scenes. They even added scenes of them helping Boromir out with the fight, chucking stones at the Uruks and then they're mostly just shocked with Boromir.

[@evenmoor]

If you have trouble following the million fun and wacky-sounding names, try turning on the closed captioning when you watch. I do it all the time and it helps them stick in my mind! And you'll get a bunch _more_ strange names to remember in _The Two Towers_ as well!

[@scalefree]

there are no evil Elves anywhere in Tolkien, though they do have factions that war against each other

[@420keeneg9]

Gandalf dropping wisdom This guy: were hobbits I'm tired were little guys...oh was he saying something important

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

I also want to say: the orcs of Saruman look a little derpy when they just run out of the tower. He could've at least given them some coconuts, so they don't have to go all the way on foot!

[@TheAscendedDreamer]

I recently did a marathon of the extended editions. It was brutal, but worth it! Fills in some things!

[@TheMightyCrucibleKnight184]

Ha! The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy CGI is over 20 years old by now, and it still holds up than most CGI movies.

[@rozwynn2349]

💯💯

[@mayapowell5575]

Frodo losing Gandalf was like Harry losing Sirius

[@bkgcosplay5873]

Waiiitinggg for the next onessssss. I loved this Reaction. LOTR are my favourite movies. And its great seeing someone enjoying it as much as I did. I wish I could watch these again for the first time! Well done!!! I also love how basically everyone immediately loves SAM ahaha

[@theMMAdhatter]

Dude, the editing of this is SO GOOD! The bubble following the ring's path at 1:33? GENIUS. I hope somebody follows through with Lord of the Calamari Rings idea, though.

[@Eowyn187]

Surprised that Aragorn could take out the orcs?!?! He's the most noble and the most fearsome warrior. What have you been watching?!?! Or have you been watching? Instead of tryna be a comedian, you could've enriched your life with this man's art and humanity. He spent his whole life on this.

[@rozwynn2349]

A bit harsh, don't you think? I too love the books and love the movies but I do understand this channel is for entertainment at the same time

[@eschiedler]

One small detail that's only mentioned a couple of times in the movie. Bilbo is Frodo's "uncle", not father. Bilbo adopted Frodo as his heir and that's why the home and ring were bequethed to Frodo. Bilbo's other relatives never forgave either over the inhertance. Lol.

[@couragew6260]

Even that isn’t right. Frodo and Bilbo are cousins. Bilbo is just far older so their relationship is often mistaken for an Uncle and his Nephew

[@scalefree]

the giant statues on the river are called the Argonath. they depict Elendil & Isildur, Kings of Gondor who defeated Sauron. the sword you see is Narsil, the blade that broke in the process.

[@davidholloway1817]

I believe the statues depict Isildur & his brother Anarion, who co-ruled Gondor. Their father Elendil ruled the now lost northern kingdom of Arnor, where Aragorn is from.

[@lcbonastre2418]

Next The Lord Of The Ring Extended Edition Of The Two Tower Extended Edition

[@elijahchandler3439]

Me personally if I see a 10-ft dude or 12 ft dude in armor and a ginormous mace I'm not doing that

[@bernice6867]

Gimli the dwarf called Gladriel an elf witch because dwarves are prejudiced against elves (and vice versa) not because she is evil. He then does fall under her spell and adores her. (Probably only in the extended version).

[@Sheppart92]

Balrogs, or Valaraukar (plural of Valarauko, Quenya; "Demon of power"), were Maiar (primordial spirits, or something akin to Angels, the 5 Wizards of which Gandalf is one are also Maiar) that were seduced and corrupted by Melkor (The first Dark Lord and Sauron´s Master) into his service. Balrogs were exceptionally powerful creatures. Only seven Balrogs were required to drive away Ungoliant, a large monster powerful enough to devour the fruits of Telperion (the "Silver Tree of Valinor"), which produced the light for billions of stars. A single Balrog, who became known as Durin's Bane, managed to drive the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm from their ancient and supremely fortified home, which was the greatest kingdom of Dwarves that had ever been. It also contended with Gandalf, and shattered the side of a mountain with physical might alone. The Balrogs were considerably bodily agile, such that their passing is once described as a “tempest of fire”. You can see when Gandalf mentions its a Balrog, how Legolas looks like because he heard about the Storys from the Battles in the first Age, and how powerful Balrogs were.

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

And then the elves of the thirst age came and just bullied the balrogs. Although I think there was a weaker kind of balrogs, because Tolkien originally imagined them as hordes of powerful, but managable enemies, so some of the Elves just killed multiple of them. And then Tolkien decided that Balrogs should be more poweful and introduced the concept that a Balrog can only be defeated by a great hero who sacrifices his own life for it. Just like Gandalf does. Or Ecthelion in the books when he killed the lord of the Balrogs and died in the process. Or Glorfindel who killed a Balrog to protect a bunch of refugees in the Thirst Age and the Balrog managed to grab Glorfindels hair, so both died.

[@Makkaru112]

Another reason Gandalf won’t take the ring and was afraid of the damage he’d do to the world with it will be explained by me in the comments of the second movie. Remember. Extended. ❤ let’s just say whenever two angelic spirits clash. (Sauron, Gandalf and Saruman are all the same species in their origins. And literally when they clash the world itself is ripped asunder in their wake. I’ll explain a bit more in my future comment explaining things more deeply when your reaction to the second movie comes out. Remember. Extended. Love you both. ❤

[@Lyrazel]

"Well if he wasn't dead before he certainly is now" *subscribe*

[@rozwynn2349]

😂😂😂

[@custardflan]

Tolkien compared the effect of the Ring on its bearer to the line in the Our Father, "lead us not into temptation and deliver us from evil" The Ring draws evil out from inside your heart and it attracts evil from the outside to you. Notice how the kracken in the pool and the troll both immediately went after Frodo. The fact that Bilbo's possession of the Ring began with an act of pity (see The Hobbit), helped protect him and Frodo from its evil effects on them.

[@custardflan]

Also notice that Bilbo and Frodo were "meant" to have the Ring, indicating there is a higher power for good at work in this tale. "And that is an encouraging thought."

[@doeshumorbelonginmusic5799]

What do you mean - no food? They were cooking just before the birds flew over them.

[@johnwalters1341]

I can understand your trouble with names, but you're just going to have to suck it up...Tolkien didn't write LOTR like a conventional book. As a philologist, to him the names came first, then the story. Tolkien loved the sound of spoken Finnish, so he based his Elven language Quenya on the sound of Finnish. He also liked the sound of spoken Welsh, so he created a second Elvish language, Sindarin, based on the sound of Welsh. (In their spell-battle on the mountain, Gandalf is chanting in Sindarin, and Saruman is chanting in Quenya.) The question then became: Why two different Elvish languages? To answer that question, Tolkien began creating the entire history of Middle-earth, writing in pencil on old school composition-books, in a muddy trench in the middle of the Battle of the Somme in World War I. What eventually emerged was the Silmarillion, which his son Christopher finally pulled together and published in 1977 after his father's death. LOTR exists in the universe of the Silmarillion; the book (and eventually the movie) is the tip of a very large iceberg that Tolkien spent his life creating.

[@BlessBoogie133]

His name is Boromir, not Voromir 😂

[@Puggapillar]

oh god I'm sorry 🤣 I heard voromir and it stuck

[@BlessBoogie133]

It’s all good - great reaction, none the less! 😄

[@rickardroach9075]

@@Puggapillar Like Boldemort.

[@cobra1xtz]

The problem with the Theatricals is that there is sort of a Key thing taken out of every movie. In this movie, it’s every Galadriel scene where she’s not being Freaky… there’s a good chunk cut out in Loth-Lorien, and it’s all cut down to the bare essentials in terms of exposition, and it changes her character completely imo. 2 Towers is the least affected by the Theatricals Imo, as none of the events or characters change within the 2 versions, but it has to introduce a new kingdom, which introduces a lot of new characters, and the extended edition has a bunch of small exposition scenes that help smooth things along. Return of the King is the most affected here, and imo it’s the only one that actually suffers as a film without the Extended edition. Without giving anything away… there is an entire ending to a very important character arc that’s taken out of the theatrical. There’s a couple small subplots that are only resolved/ only exist in the Extended edition. Return of the King’s extended Edition is the most important imo, as one of the changes legitimately affects the storytelling.

[@scalefree]

the Eye of Sauron is meant as a symbol & metaphor not a literal thing. Sauron has a body like a very large Man but with blackened skin that burns to the touch, the result of a previous evil campaign of his that went seriously sideways with the destruction of Numenor & him on it.

[@gotpaladin9520]

Most people watch the third one then go, maybe I can watch the extended editions. You never go back to the theatrical versions.

[@JemJam2976]

Hobbits don't really need shoes.

[@Whimsy3692]

"This whole movie is 'the long way around!' Imagine if I watched the extended editions, that's the extra long way around! Imagine that!" *Covers ears in expectation of the comments section screeching like Nazgûl*

[@georgefoord7087]

Frodo is Bilbo's nephew, also I think you were playing LOTR Return of the King video games

[@kringsja9913]

part 3 soon maybe :) loved the vid

[@bmoak]

My favorite characters are Voromir and Vilvo Vaggins.😆

[@rozwynn2349]

😅😅😅

[@SubterrelProspector]

Bro did you just talk all over Gandalf's speech to Frodo?

[@BobBlumenfeld]

Sadly, so far my view of this video is that the reactor is treating the story like an early Disney fairy-tale, Cinderella or Snow White, where the only importance is to the protagonist, not the rest of the world. Kind of like comparing Gimli with Grumpy.

[@banessica3253]

Never have I laughed so much during a lotr reaction video! Your videos entertain me soo much!! Thank you for making this video for us ❤️❤️❤️ can't wait to watch the rest of the trilogy with you

[@Puggapillar]

Thank you so much 🥰 I'm not sure when I'll get to the other 2, I'm hoping soonish!

[@SnusdosaNN]

Extended Edition of the first movie adds a great deal of exposition and information about the world/journey that they are embarking on. It's a borderline crime to not watch the extended editions.

[@Slevencolevra]

3 rings 💍 are held in secret. 1 Elrond to heal. 1 Galadriel to slow time and hide 1 by Gandolf to help all the part Resist evil.

[@leandromiguel4481]

Gandalf , Saruman , and the Balrog are all the same race , thay are Mair Angelic beings created since before the universe was born , in Tolkien's world Magic is different from other fantasy novels , in the book for example Saruman is described to have a very powerfull voice

[@CapturingPhotons]

Please do the extended editions from here on out. It really enhances the story and I think you'll enjoy it more. Break it up into a few sittings if you want.

[@eschiedler]

29:47 Nice cricket reference. For Americans, that would be a "home run" defending the plate. In this case it would score "6" instead of a ground-rule double that would score "4."

[@bmoak]

I would suggest you look at a map of Middle-Earth to get a sense of the Fellowship's route and how far they are traveling.

[@Beuwen_The_Dragon]

Everyone Before watching the Extended Cut ‘four hours?! No way I can watch all that!” Everyone After watching the Extended Cut ‘NO WAY ITS OVER!? WHY ISNT THERE MORE?! I WANT MORE!”

[@davidsavage5630]

Someone has probably already clarified this but the sword glows when orcs are near..

[@Retrovorious]

Cool reaction dude, looking forward to the Two Towers

[@tellmeajoke4645]

"Flying bird" I am a walking person

[@marcusfaze]

Just wanted to let you know your work doesn’t go unappreciated, you take your time to react to upload whatever you please

[@JohnEsplana-k5t]

Dude, watching this feels like watching Thor: Love and Thunder.

[@avaria1538]

That’s Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, not Tilda. Both absolute queens, tho. Reeeeally should’ve watched the extended version, dude.

[@shanestephenson7339]

Your reaction to Boromir’s death was hilarious 😆

[@babyfry4775]

It’s Boromir, not Voromir. Cate Blanchett is the elf Galadriel. Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) really deflected that knife. The “Orc” threw it too close to Viggo but he was able to deflect it with his sword. It’s a great trilogy. You might want to turn on the subtitles in the next movies. Good reaction!

[@davidsavage5630]

I don't just automatically declare every longer version of a film better. Sometimes the shorter or theatrical versions are my preferred such as Aliens or Terminator 2. The Lord of the Rings extended editions are sublime however in the same way the longer version of The Abyss is. They paradoxically feel shorter. Or at least Fellowship extended does. But I wouldn't say the others feel longer. There's SO MUCH good stuff that feels absolutely vital in the extended versions..

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

It's funny how Balrogs are really just 1:1 demons like we know them from Christianity. They were former Maiar, so basically the same "rank" of divine beings as Sauron, Saruman, Gandalf and the great eagles. And they were then seduced by the major dark lord Morgoth (sorry, but the name Morgoth is like 1000% more epic than Melkor) , so they are fallen Maiar - and Maiar are basically angelic beings. So yeah, they are 1:1 demons or maybe even devils and they live underground, hiding there since Morgoth was defeated, and they are associated with fire.

[@serenitytoepper]

I fully enjoyed this movie and I hope to see more movies like this.

[@juzujuzu4555]

24:34 The question is, would the poop be invisible even after leaving the body. Would it then be invisible if you walk away from the poop, but would become visible after you take out the ring. If you now put the ring again, will the poop go invisible again. If so, how much does it need to decompose before losing the effect.

[@alinac5512]

The actor of Aragorn is an actual badass, the dagger he reflected in the final battle was supposed to be thrown next to him but the stuntman messed up and threw an actual dagger at Viggo (the actor). Viggo instinctively deflected it, BAD-ASS.

[@dovdorith8148]

Do you know, that Elvish language made by JRR, who created LOTR , is actually a real language...it has whole vocabulary, and Tolkien created this language and then thought "Hmmm its good, probably need's a story" And then Hobbit and LoTr was created XD.

[@jurassicblaster2812]

Boromir is such an amazing character in the extended version, he one of the best

[@rickardroach9075]

6:40 Ah, my drink of choice! 😋

[@Chamomileable]

"Why is his sword glowing and no one else's is?" Funny you ask. Frodo's shortsword, Sting, is of Elvish make from the First Age, some time before the Fall of Gondolin. The smiths who made it imbued a part of themselves in the sword that embodies their hate of the orcs and causes the blade to give off a glow when they're nearby. Gandalf's sword, Glamdring, also glows in the books but they wrote that out of the films. The knives that Merry and Pippin use are the Daggers of Westernesse, forged by the men of the nation of Cardolan in their war against the Nazgul. That's the cliffnotes version of why.

[@headhunter2745]

He would know this if he wouldn't talk crap all the Time

[@michaelmeyers7216]

I am going to make another comment. In return, you should do the extended for the next ones. Both for your sake and my own.

[@Big_Tex]

Merry and Pippin do lot of rock-throwing, especially in the extended edition. Not much if any of that in the LOTR books. But recently reread The Hobbit and the book takes pains to recount that Bilbo had been a great rock-thrower when he was a kid, so I’m betting that’s where Jackson got that idea.

[@BobBlumenfeld]

In the book, Tolkien notes that if a hobbit reaches for a stone to throw, you'd better duck.

[@oliverbauhuber5994]

The most impossible KZbin reaction I've seen on LOTR. This is how you can ruin a masterpiece.

[@Puggapillar]

Thank you ❤️

[@Iceman-135]

'as good as the movies are, i havent got the time to watch the EE.' My man, when you do the next 2 films, you will only WISH they were longer. No joke. Galadriel and the Elves that you saw after Moria aren't evil, that's the Dwarven viewpoint. Elves and Dwarves had bad relations in the past, but they were 'good'.

[@davidhasselblad2898]

Maybe if you rewatch it where you don't have to react for the audience. You would've been able to catch A LOT that you missed. The Mary and pippin being taken is explained when the big orc or Lurtz is commanded by Sauraman "bring me the hobbits alive and unspoiled." Only frodo and Sam were known to have left the shire as far as he knew so he thought there was only two hobbits. When you watch it alone and not for a reaction I'm sure you'd be able to connect a lot more with the characters understand the psychology a bit more. Like when mary and pippin froze, they were in shock. Otherwise they were trying to help boromir before he got hit. But I really enjoyed a lot of the small references you kinda made as quips. Because some of them are closer to the truth then you'd realize 😂 You'll understand as you watch the other two. But it is a long movie, very attention driven, so it can be easy to miss a lot of stuff when you are trying to also balance it out with quality content for your viewers to enjoy.

[@robbinsnest6163]

23:17 I'd rather watch a bunch of people react to The Lord of Rings trilogy for the first time, than watch that high budget, low quality script tv series. I'd rather the ethereal, "creepy bitch," than the overbearing, insufferable one in Rings of Power.

[@thecustomizer2008]

One of the few reactions I’ve seen that have actually been sad towards Boromir’s death and understand that he wasn’t himself when he tried to take the ring. Everyone else just hates him immediately and aren’t sad in the slightest that he dies

[@Dmitry_troubleguy]

Thanks for reaction! 👍

[@LOTRFAN33]

Recommend you pause the movie before making comments. You missed a ton of valuable dialog and did not see or understand scenes.

[@adamchapman3252]

well, if you do go for the extended cuts perhaps you should turn on the subtitles, you might find it easier to get the names and follow the plot lines.

[@DavidMichaelson-j7n]

The movies do not do Gimli justice. He was completely an equal to Legolas. In fact t was their competition over who could kill more orcs (the more or less tied) that helped their mutual respect. Gimli was made simple comic relief here and Legolas was made superman. That was not how it was in the books. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli were equally very down to earth but also very powerful warriors. I love these movies as valid adaptations of the books I grew up with. This one of my few complaints.

[@dauritas1460]

I don't understand why some people are being grumpy over this reaction. It's fucking hilarious. xD

[@headhunter2745]

It's annoying... He only likes to hear himself talking

[@dauritas1460]

@@headhunter2745 Maybe so, but that's his unique way of reacting to things and a lot of us find it funny. Well, not everyone's cup of tea i guess.

[@medieval8893]

Just what I needed rn

[@peterlustich1341]

wow that was annoying.

[@tree6787]

Love this movie ❤️

[@joegamesyt1105]

Alex me and my father who sadly past away in a shout out he wanted to say congrats on being a dad soon

[@petrinafilip96]

You really need to watch movies with subtitles my man. It can be really hard to understand dialogue.

[@Crow-T-German-Robot]

Half Price for a Halfling is a quarterling then, not a quarter half of a half fulling, or am I getting that wrong. One sixteenthling for the price of one. Or something.

[@chucknorris8704]

Tilda Swinton LOLOL, get another pair of glasses bro

[@dawnburris6412]

I LOVE LOTR!! There are some reactors that “watch” and don’t pay attention or care. They try to be funny and make jokes. There are others that get heavily invested from the start and cry at the drop of a hat! You have somehow managed to do both and I am enjoying it! You are taking it seriously, but making little comments that are funny! Not everyone is going to react the same way and that is one thing that not all LOTR fans understand. Keep on keeping on and I look forward to your next reaction!! ❤

[@rickardroach9075]

23:57 Be thankful this film wasn’t directed by Quentin Tarantino. 🥴

[@SpudsMcGruber3817]

It’s Boromir not Voromir