OMG! I don't wish it discourage folks from making videos like this, but c'mon, learn the pronunciation!!! There are guides in the back of Return of the King and in the Silmarillion. Again, it's great to see efforts like this, but hearing the mispronunciations of Sauron, Ainur, Cirdan, etc., are just plain painful.
He may have butchered many names in this video, but the way he pronounced Tolkien is actually the correct way. That is how the author himself pronounced it.
@@VodaNegru I think so but Gandalf and sauron are both the equivalent of angels helpers, maeri or something, it’s just that some turned evil and some stayed true
I winced through Illuvatar "moves to Arda"; gritted my teeth at his being joined there by "other celestial beings like himself, called 'Anyar'"; bit my tongue at the talk of Olorin hanging around a lot in Lorien (with its many lakes?!) while showing JRRT's picture of Rivendell; and gave up watching at Gandalf's communicating through visions. Could not bring myself to watch further. This is tripe of the first order. Read the chuffing books.
@@hil0318 dude what is wrong with you? So what if they like proper pronunciation? You're responding to everything. Grow up child. If you don't care just watch the vid and leave.
@@hil0318 LOL! The fact that you claim the speak for the "LOTR Community" (whatever that is) speaks volumes! What is that? A legion of acne encrusted losers sitting in their mom's basements, eating Hot Pockets and arguing over who Tom Bombadil really was? LOLOLOL!
In case you didn't get it, Gandalf had to take Smaug out lest he ally himself with Sauron. Ditto for the Balrog, Durin's Bane. All three of them were servants of the real dark lord, Melkor. Sauron was chief among them (excepting the original Gothmog, who was his equal.) If Sauron had been able to seduce Smaug and Durin's Bane to his service, he would have been unbeatable without direct Valar intervention.
He didn't believe in himself to carry out the task intrusted to him. He chose the form of an old man to gain the trust of the people on middle earth. Imagine if he just kept his young form.
The Valor had tried to stop Melkor/Morgoth and his Leiutenant Sauron multiple times through acts of force so when they decided to send their mayar to Middle Earth from the westlands they opted to have them take the form of Old wizened men to be more relatable to the people of middle earth. The idea was that because the shows of force had always failed instead the wizards would attempt to make sure that the peoples of middle earth were where they should be when they should be there with the only two rules for them in Middle Earth was they could never use their powers to subjugate the people of middle earth or use the powers to directly conflict Sauron, hence the demoting of the white wizard Sauramon .
@@pohjanakka4992 In Tolkien's world? He was very catholic and created his world to be mostly pure. Ppl didn't really have sex unless the were married & planned to procreate.
Cirdan. All Elvish use of the letter C is pronounced as a K, not an S. So you pronounce Cirdan as Kirdan, not Sirdan. And yes, Hard Core LOTR fans know this, because they read the appendixes.
@@hil0318 You don't even have a real name. You don't have the guts to do that much. Bilbo you are not. Now don't bug me, troll. Don't you have something important to do in you moms' basement?
Gandalf is the saviour of Middle-Earth. He sacrificed himself to save the fellowship from the Balrog. Eru's plan had failed, the only force that could save Middle-Earth had vanquished. Saruman, the head of his order had became Saruman of many colors. Therefore Gandalf was brought back as Gandalf the White.
Gandalf wasn’t sent to save middle earth directly. He was sent with the 4 other wizards to inspire men to rise up against sauron. That’s why they were were called emissaries by Tolkien.
@@anonymis745 I know, but he ended up saving it for the Valar (as was their ultimate plan, through disguise and counselling, uplifting the hearts of men).
SOMEONE....like the maker of this video....needs to read THE SILMARILLION !! Gandalf and Radagast and Saruman are three of five wizards, but the only ones mentioned because the other two had no part in the War of the Ring. BALROGS and DRAGONS (as well as ORCS) were created by MORGOTH , the most powerful of the AINUR , and originally known as MELKOR before his corruption and fall. SAURON was but a lieutenant of MORGOTH. Sorry, I quit listening to this video after I realized it had been corrupted too....
@@andrewwesley1946 My remark was aimed at the narrator, and its purpose was to make him pronounce the names correctly. You, on the other hand, act as if you know all about me, suggesting me the way I should fix my "issues" and judging me. Well, to me, since you like insulting people just because they have the ability to think, to make a constructive remark, you have anger issues. Fix it. But that's just me. I'm not as smart as you think you are.
The Silmarillion says that Olorin "Spent much time among the Elves, and walked among them for many years unseen, or for a time taking form of one of them, and he was known as Mithrandir, but his works were unknown to them" I believe he was the "mysterious Elf lord" who took the only recovered Silmaril to Doriath (or someplace else I don't remember exactly) after Luthien died. I don't believe for a second that the Elves would trust anyone less than a Maia to do this task, seeing as virtually everybody wanted to steal it from them.
I always bristle when I hear someone refer to The Hobbit as a trilogy. It's a relatively short book, almost like a children's fairy tale. $$$ made Jackson stretch it out with often nonsensical filler, trying to replicate the cash cow that was the Lord of the Rings trilogy (which took some irritating liberties for fans of the original). Nonetheless, I enjoyed the LOTR movie trilogy, and actually was moved a few times (elves dying, in particular one at Helm's Deep, whose name I can't recall atm, is always tragic. These beautiful and immortal creatures being killed is such a horrible loss). And yes, the video has some painful mispronunciations of names, but overall provides a pretty good high level summary of Gandalf's life.
The wizards are immortal and do not age and die. Sauron has been around since the first age which would make him over 10,000 years old. Gandalf himself is over 3000 years old
There is quite a bit in this that is just wrong. Wrong in the sense that there was only surface research into a few things that lead to incorrect assumptions. Example. The Istari (wizards) were not limited as a side effect of their bodies, but as a direct interference of Iluvatar who decreed that the Maiar who took on human form would not have access to the full power of their natural Maiar form. This is expanded upon when Gandalf comes back as Gandalf the White and is "more powerful". This is also misleading. He didn't get "more powerful". Iluvatar decided to let him have a bit more access to his actual power than he previously had.
Proof: Gandalf is an absolute Clueless Fool. Gandalf, said to be the wisest of all the Maiar, given 1 of the 3 Elven rings of ring of Power called Narya by Círdan the Shipwright, knowing full well that magical "rings" are the most powerful artifacts in all of middle-earth for the last 4000 years, a member of the "council of the wise"; watches Bilbo for 60 years in a row use a "magical ring", then fumbles about for those same 60 years never once suspecting or checking into Bilbo's ring. I mean why would the " wisest" being in all of middle-earth NOT bother looking into a "magical ring" at the first suspicion. Any excuses for Gandalfs stupidity presented are "lame" bc being the Angel of pure Wisdom from the Heavens is what defines Gandalf. A Wise being would never overlook something soo patently obvious. So prove me wrong that Gandalf isn't a Dope smoking befuddled and bespittled simpleton.
@@harley7836 I cannot remember that scene, and I must have watched the movie 5 times or more. Are you sure? I'll watch it again then. I thought it might have originated in the new Shadow Of War games, which I haven't played.
Lord BossaNova sorry right movie fight, wrong trilogy it’s part of the the final fight in the last The hobbit movie, not the final fight of the last LOTR movies it was Saruman’s death that they added to the scene that threw me off. The fight is from the TBOFA but his death is from the final fight in ROTK.
Gandolf was a great multi Tasker! He had his hand in many different cookie jars at once. That dude was always on the move shaking and baking, while always keeping his eye on the prize.we all know, when it was time to take the bull by the horns Gandolf was the man for the job🏔🌄
hil03 I was being sarcastic! I forgot there is no sense of humor in middle earth. As for being a Nube,I read The hobbit in 1980 then did a report on it in 81. I turned it in and got an A on it was so good I turned it in every year until 93 for an A.from 80-8 i was in mg classes, that means mentally gifted.from 89-93 I was in AP classes, that stands for advanced placement Both my parents were English teachers, there was no way I was handing in anything that they wouldn't give an A themselves. Stay serious bud, never let go of your important magical fantasy land🐉 Wubba Lubba Dub Dub
