FR. After a long time, I managed to convince my mother to watch the trilogy, all that time she always said that she didn't wanted to watch because the movies were too long, and when we got to the end of Fellowship, that was her exact reaction, it was already past 10PM, but she wanted to start watching the next already.
I never saw him as a villain, he was just negatively influenced by a greater power, I always cry when I watch that scene. It's like, after everything that happened, he finally redeems himself by protecting merry and pippin, then BOOM, three arrows to the body. First time I saw that scene, it was one of those "that didn't just happen, right?" Kind of moments.
When the trailer came out, I had somehow only just heard it was being produced, and I hadn't really thought much about LoTR probably since the Silmarillion came out. I was stunned, and named each character as they walked by that rock, each looking almost exactly as I (and probably millions of other people) had envisioned them. It was an absolute shock how wonderful the movies were.
@@Trollificusv2 That shot in the very first teaser... I consider it the absolute perfect introduction to the cast. It fit within the story, it was epic in scale and the way it was shot. And we don't even need to talk about how utterly perfectly it was cast. That single shot sold me immediately on trusting Peter Jackson, famous at the time for over the top raunchy gore films.
"maybe they're the best because they don't seek power." And you nailed the point right there. The ring promises power. That is why it is so dangerous to Gandalf and Galadriel and Elrond... Aragorn and Boromir... And why you will find, Samwise is the true hero of the book.
'Already the Ring tempted him, gnawing at his will and reason. Wild fantasies arose in his mind; and he saw Samwise the Strong, Hero of the Age, striding with a flaming sword across the darkened land, and armies flocking to his call as he marched to the overthrow of Barad-dur. And then all the clouds rolled away, and the white sun shone, and at his command the vale of Gorgoroth became a garden of flowers and trees and brought forth fruit. He had only to put on the Ring and claim it for his own, and all this could be. In that hour of trial it was his love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him lived still unconquered his plain hobbit-sense: he knew in the core of his heart that he was not large enough to bear such a burden, even if such visions were not a mere cheat to betray him. The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command. 'And anyway all these notions are only a trick, he said to himself' Samwise, one of the wisest in Middle-Earth when it came to the perils of blind ambition.
Yes, I think the one flaw in the movie that really stands out is not getting the temptation of the ring quite right. The more powerful the user, the greater the ambition the greater the temptation. There's a passage in The Fellowship where Bilbo puts on the ring just to hide from obnoxious neighbors and that is the limit of its power over him because thats all he wants. So he could keep the ring for decades while others are rightly afraid to even touch it
Things I love in life: 1. Watching the Lord of the Rings again and again. 2. Watching others experience the joy of seeing the films for the first time!
48:14 J.R.R. Tolkien was a linguist before he was a writer, with a specialty in Germanic and Anglo-Saxon etymology. He was also Reader-in-Residence of English at the University of Leeds, one of the youngest ever to hold the post, and did the definitive translations and productions of multiple medieval stories such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. He had a nearly prodigal talent for languages, and by the time he started writing The Hobbit, he was a master of Germanic, Celtic, Finnish, and Greek languages and associated mythologies, as those were what most of the written stories were about. While writing The Hobbit and starting into The Lord of the Rings, he began to build the three main Elven languages: -Quenya and its derivative Eldarin as the Eldar (high elves) made it their primary dialect, and when Elrond is healing Frodo, he is speaking in Eldarin as it is also the speech used to cast spells and wards -Sindarin, another base Elven language that was co-lingual with Quenya but not as flowing or difficult to speak. It became known as Grey-Elven, Western Elven, Common Elven, and was the language that Legolas and the Wood Elves spoke as their native language. It was also taught to the Men of Numenor before and during the alliance to defeat Sauron, and Isildur, the man that failed to destroy the ring in Mount Doom, was fluent in it, as were all his descendants (of whom Aragorn is one) -Black Speech, which was a bastardization of both Sindarin and Quenya mixed with Orkish, and is the language of Mordor. It is dangerous to speak because in its pure form, spoken by Sauron, the Olog-hai, and the Nazgul, it was intertwined with dark magic, which is how the One Ring is able to "speak" to those that find it and/or wear it, and slowly warp their minds until they are servants of the ring. For Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Peter Jackson hired David Salo, the world's formost expert in Elvish, Dwarvish, and other dialects in Tolkien's works. He translated the lines that needed to be in other languages from English for the movie, as well as produced a series of video training guides for each of the actors that needed to be "fluent" in their languages. He's also one of the few people that is authorized to create and expand the Elvish language by the Tolkien estate, and is widely respected as being one of a very small few completely fluent in both Elvish and Dwarvish. So, that's a very long way to say that yes, the Sindarin you hear spoken in the Fellowship of the Ring, with the few bits of Quenya/Eldarin spoken at Rivendell (Elrond is an Eldar, as is Galadriel, but she speaks Sindarin mostly), is an actual created, established, and truly spoken language. That's why Salo was hired, because Jackson knew that the pronunciations of the lines in the movies absolutely had to be spot on perfect, as those fluent or partially fluent in Sindarin would be among the most fervent viewers of the films.
@@michealquigley6737 Humphrey Carpenter wrote a really good biography of Tolkien. There is a movie called Tolkien, about his life, although it's not particularly accurate at all, it manages to capture a bit of the spirit of the time.
Excellent synopsis. I had no idea about Salo expanding the Elvish languages. I think I remember reading that Tolkien had been working on his invented languages long before beginning to write The Hobbit?
so the scene where Gimli, was very significant . there is a tale of a great Elf craftsman name Faenor . he created the Silmarils which where known to have star light inside of them. 3 times he asked for a strand of Galadriels har and 3 times he was denied. yet when Gimili asked for one he was given 3 because she saw he was pure of heart. thats why Legolas smiled .
Not tomayto tomahto. The light of the two trees was captured by Galadriel’s hair. She shone with their radiance. After the tree were slain, their light was only remaining in the Silmarils and, lacking another instance, Galadriel’s hair. Feanor (her uncle) asked for the boon she bestowed on Gimli three times and she sensed Ill in her uncle, so she denied him. The Sun and Moon were made by the last two fruits from the Trees. The only light of the Silmarils existed in 1) Galadriel’s hair 2) the Sun and Moon 3) the Silmaril won by Beren and Luthien, given to Thingol as bride price, set into the Nauglamir which was worn by Beren and Luthien’s child Dior, removed from the necklace and carried by Elwing in bird form to her husband Earendil, who was on the quest to sail to the West to get aid from the Valar against Morgoth. Earendil and Elwing sail on his ship forever bearing the only Silmaril to survive as the morning and evening star. Frodo’s phial bears the light of this star, the light of a Silmaril, which exists within reach of Gimli in Galadriel’s hair… Such a great mythos. Read the books lovely innocent lady. You’ll enjoy them I’m sure.
@@patrickholland6848 Actually, Sam is 39 which is the equivalent if a human is his later twenties. Frodo is 50, which is the equivalent of a human 39, a human at his best, but just before the body starts to creek and moan.
@@patrickholland6848 I think Pippin was not even considered an adult for Hobbits, so he is young. And Merry is just barely an adult. Also, the movies shortened the timeline between Bilbo's birthday and Frodo leaving the shire a LOT which would put him closer to 33 (aka 18 for humans).
@@alanmacification Don't forget that because of the influence of the Ring, Frodo hadn't really aged much in the 17 years since it was gifted to him. So in all likelihood he'd still appear slightly younger than his hobbit compatriots.
@@mycroft16 Dude, Sean Bean is one of the most underrated actors in the world... the man is so good of an actor that he should have an oscar really... if Hollywood chose actors based solely on talent Sean Bean would be a superstar... anywhere I've seen him play he's just giving impeccable performances... such a shame that he got to be just the "perfect death scene guy" because of that absolutely mind blowing death scene as Boromir... Boromir's death and the desperation and passionate fighting to the very last breath that Sean Bean has in his delivery makes it quite literally the best death scene in the history of cinema and it's not even fucking close... I've seen Lord of the Rings a million times and every time I am in awe of that scene and every time I feel that overwhelming emotion in my throat...
@@philsurtees Dude, I've watched many movies where Sean Bean played a second role... his delivery is always rock solid with understanding of the character he's playing and the character's mindset, many times even more solid than many of the actors that are considered for Oscars... and honestly the Oscars are more of a popularity contest and a "who does the academy like" award than actual objective awards... Sean Bean was also by far the best actor in terms of the depth with which he delivered his character in Game of Thrones for the small duration he played in it... There are many many actors who are considered "second rate" only because they don't have the connections of the big names or just cause the big directors never favored them... and if you think that any actor could have done what Sean Bean did in the death scene just cause Peter Jackson told him how to do it then you're a fool... he has the perfect desperation expression, his movement is showing just the right amount of strength left after each arrow hitting him, his expression changes to a very slight smile after he hears the words "our people" etc... Hell... James McAvoy isn't considered a huge name at the Oscars and he's probably the best male actor in the world and certainly miles ahead of most of the male actors that win the Oscars... the Oscars are a bullshit popularity contest... you take A LOT of things for granted my friend... it's tiny details that make a performance much much better and only the actor himself can put in those tiny details that make something perfect... not the director... the director can gives him the idea and the motif of how he wants the scene to be played... otherwise a great director would pick literally anyone cause he wouldn't care... Also, to win an Oscar somebody needs to give you an "Oscar-worthy" role first... Boromir is a fantastic role but not Oscar-worthy in the sense that the academy gives out Oscars
56:45 now you know how I felt as a kid back in 2002 when it came out on DVD. On a Friday, my grandma showed up to my house and said "we're going to blockbuster, lord of the rings just came out" and I was like wtf is lord of the rings? She told me to shut up and get in the car and she'd get pizza, so obviously we got in the car. So we had a big family movie night, it wasn't uncommon for us to do that but this time was different somehow, it felt like a special occasion, like a one off like a holiday that will never happen again. So we started watching and I was mesmerized the entire time, then the end of the movie happened and I was so angry that i would have to wait for the sequel. That's one of my fondest memories.
It was really interesting to see Cassie have the exact same expression as Gandalf at 30:22, in response to Frodo telling them he'll take the ring to Mordor. She's really in-tune with this story, i love it.
Personally I loved when Boromir said to Aragorn. I woud have followed you, my captain, my king. That was so much respect from him in his end to Aragorn. A real bittersweet moment.
It’s also the first moment that Aragorn accepts his role as the King. Arguably, something he might not have done without Boromir’s sacrifice and acceptance. During Boromir’s funeral, Aragorn is seen putting on Boromir’s bracers, embossed with The White Tree of Gondor. I see it as a personal contract to accept what he is, because it is the right thing to do, and his way of honoring Boromir
@Keith Thorne the thing is that aragorn had no birthright to the throne of Gondor, that line was ended. Aragorn's birthright was the crown of arnor, the kings of whom were The high Kings of Men to whom the kings of Gondor owed their fealty. Aragorn became king of Gondor not because it was his birthright, but because he earned it and the people acclaimed him.
@@micfail2 He is high king of Gondor and Arnor due to his relation to Arvedui and Firiel, through whom he is related to *both* sides of Arnor and Gondor. Her claim to the throne and Arvedui's were both refused but both had legitimate claims, due to their marriage uniting Arnor and Gondor. Aragorn's claim through Firiel's line was eventually confirmed & his claim through Isildur's more famous, due to the movie. Aragorn's royal lineage is unquestionable, and when one looks back far enough, it is elven. The people recognised his personal power to heal, and his good judgment and humility, which are kingly characteristics. It's not whether he has royal blood--he most certainly does. It's whether others respect the qualities he carries.
The fact that Bilbo showed mercy to Gollum and didn't kill him was the main reason that Bilbo was able to cast off the ring's influence and give it away. Gollum took it by murder and ultimately doomed himself to the ring's control.
Dude I never thought of that point! Thank you! I watch Cinemawins videos. And this is definitely a point he missed. Highly recommend him as you'll see movies in a new light
I love the writing in this movie. The lines flow together so nicely. The "It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance. / Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand." dialogue is amazing.
A legendary moment in my family history was watching this at the theatre. Just as the credits started to roll, a kid somewhere in the theatre loudly exclaimed, "what do you mean part 2!?" and the audience laughed. We still use that line in our own lives when something, anything gets in our way.
41:14... the The bridge at Khazad Dum was one of the entrances to the dwarven stronghold and forced anyone entering to enter single file. That way any attacking force would need to enter single file where they would be greeted by dwarven archers... So, yes, the dwarves could have made it wider but that would have defeated its purpose...
@@alexdedich6377 There is actually a dude on youtube who does excellent LOTR lore videos, with maps and the history of that whole city turned dungeon... efforts to retake it from the Orcs, the works...
The most incredible thing about these films is that they can be nearly 4 hours long and at the end still make you yell out "NO!?" wishing there was more to the story to keep watching...Luckily there was 2 more movies to continue right where the last left off, but it was torture when they first came out in theaters 20 years ago becuase that meant you had to wait a year for the next.
I remember it. And what is amazing is it was ONLY a year between releases. Normally a production of this scale would have years between installments, they wouldn't greenlight a sequel until the first had completed its run and all the reception and sales were tallied up, just in case it flopped so as not to lose money. But the studio gambled big on a relatively unknown director and writing team, and on a IP in a genre that was pretty much dead on arrival in film market terms. Filming 3 longer than normal films all at once had never been done before, for an adaptation of a book that was widely considered impossible to adapt properly, and in which previous attempts had failed, and to have it turn out to be some the greatest cinema ever made.
@@MandoWookie Yeah that's what was crazy about them. I believe they filmed all three movies at the same time over the course of 18 months or something like that. That's just unheard of in today's time. It was a massive gamble and Peter Jackson couldn't have done the trilogy any better imo.
@@seangood3651 I personally prefer the Fellowship simply because of the world building as well. I thought it did a fantastic job of introducing the audience to the world of Arda.
I wasn't old enough when they were in theaters (I was like 6). But the thing about these movies is that you can binge 11+ hours with minimal breaks for food and bathroom (and maybe small nap), but at the end while you are bawling your eyes out, you still wish there were more. But yes, I think the fellowship is my favorite part as well... it just pulls you in and shows you what a Hobbit is and who Frodo is and how innocent life was before he sets off on this perilous journey... and we can never go back to how it was in that first movie. If I didn't fall in love with middle-earth in the first movies, I would not weep so bitterly at the final parting.
I was 15 and I was there in the theater when this movie premiered. There's nothing like this trilogy, and I doubt we'll see anything like it again. It's made of love and poetry.
I loved the books. And was so disappointed with the movies. So much of the story was omitted in favor of special effects. And I disliked all the scenes of Frodo with the ring in the palm of his hand. I wanted to scream ''we know he has the ring already, give it a rest.'' And I disliked the scenes where the dark armies were always in perfect formation, where the wraiths were synchronised in action. So many little details that were done wrong. Aragorn overcome by the Palantir or who cannot control his horse when he takes the Path of the Dead.
@@realise6 plus they missed out Tom Bombadil I was really annoyed by that. I think if they included everything from the book you'd have a whole TV season to make. Cant wait for amazons show!
@@gpeddino - 1, because I support Cassie. 2, because it's interesting to get another's point of view. It's no big deal if someone disagrees with my opinion.
Christopher Lee got the role of his life. He had been a huge fan of the book for decades, read the books at least once a year and had been a member of the Lord of The Rings fan club for years. A dream come true for him.
@@robbob5302I think he makes a better Saruman, he has such a supervillain look to him. McKellan nails the warm, grandfatherly role. They’re both legendary actors so even if you swapped the roles they’d crush it but they got the casting right.
@@robbob5302he wanted to portray Gandalf. He had severe physical problems that were very limiting. He also got badly injured during the filming. A great man, poet, singer classic actor from the Golden age of Hollywood, an English Shakespearean stage actor, a true warrior having fought in the British SAS against the Nazis in Africa. To his horror, Jackson was approached by Lee after a scene in which an orc has his throat cut. Lee said, "Peter, that is not the sound a man makes when his throat is cut." Lee had cut some Nazi throats back in the day. RIP Sir Lee.
LoTR really has something for everyone. There's a little romance, there's war and fighting, there's adventure and action sequences and magic, and of course there's gorgeous scenery. Even if you don't like the fighting (my mom doesn't) or you don't like the romance (my dad doesn't), etc, you can still enjoy it because it's not JUST one thing! Variety is the spice of life. Then you add these incredibly likable, nuanced characters, and you give them each their own little arcs that blend seamlessly into the greater narrative--and it's just a treat, honestly. I know that modern media wants to glorify the "morally ambiguous" main character (as if being a genuinely good person is overrated), but there's something to be said for heroes you can really root for! Wholesome boys :)
Your last comment was spot on! Tolkien referred to it as the decency of the common man, saying that Sam and the rest of the Hobbits in the Fellowship exemplified that.
i think this movie ages like wine. when i saw this when i was a child, i was enamored with with action and Legolas. now i see into the story and subplots and it makes all of it even better. Boromir in particular has changed immensely in my perception, going from a scary big man played by Sean Bean whose character deserved death to a tragic hero trying so hard to do the impossible also, the gift of three strands of hair to Gimli from galadriel was a reference to Feanor, the crafter of the Silmarils, jewels that was inspired by her hair. he begged her three times for a hair. all three refused. gimli asked for one hair, and he got three
When i saw this in the theater in 2001, right when Aragorn lopped off the head of the leader of the Urukhai the whole audience let out this massive cheer. I'll never forget that. Such an intense scene and wonderful movie.
First time I'd ever heard applause in a movie theater was that exact moment. The emotions of those few minutes, from Boromir trying to take the ring, Aragorn letting Frodo go, the battle, Merry and Pippin distracting the Uruks, Boromir saving them, then his stunning death and their abduction, to that incredible fight scene, just made that moment a huge release for the audience.
@@alexc.4205 Oh, yes. It was glorious My preteen self didn't take advantage of how lucky I was to be able to see it in theaters. To feel the audience cheer and laugh and that feeling to seeing the best franchise in history on screen .
Just feeling the moment that Uruk-hai shows zero fear to Aragorn, even near death. He practically taunts him and Aragorn just disposes of him like he's any rank and file orc.
The thing with Galadriel is that she long desired a realm of her own to rule over. She was very proud and cunning, and she admitted that her heart had desired the one ring, and she'd often wondered what she'd do if she got a hold of it. It was in that moment where Frodo offered it to her that it finally hit home; if she did get hold of the very power she wanted, she would become the very same evil she hated. That was the test she needed to pass in order to return to the place where she'd been born; Valinor, the realm of the gods.
She also needed to atone for the Kin Slayings fellow elves by her Uncle Feanor and his sons to reclaim the stolen Simaril Jewels. She sided with him though, she was not a participant in any of those slayings. Yes, she had a desire to rule her own kingdom, but also chose not to return to Valinor refusing to humble herself for siding with her uncle caused so much destruction their people bound by their blood oath to achieve the jewels over everything else.
“Chick flicks and happy endings only..” The first two films I watched this woman review were Alien and Saving Private Ryan.. REALLY branched out there. 🤣 Enjoy the content 👍
“I wish the ring had never come to me.” “So do all who live to see such times…” This movie came out right after 9/11. I remember tearing up in the theater at that time. It was so rough. Fits in with the pandemic too. One of my favorite lines in all of the films.
i am a grandfather and i have read the entire LOTR series (including "The Hobbit") at LEAST once a year since i was 9 years old. this series of books is a timeless classic. and i have every intention of reading them all to my granddaughter ("Little Biscuit") that was born on the day you uploaded this video (19 Dec 21).
Galadriel is Arwen’s grandmother, so at 47:50 she’s saying Aragorn already has the greatest gift, Arwen’s love. ♥️ Even though he loves Arwen, he’s doesn’t want Arwen to sacrifice her immortality to be with him, a mortal man. Their love story mirrors that of the love story he sings about at 19:28.
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
I watched it with a friend a few years ago, and we warned her that it's not actually a trilogy, it's just one long movie chopped up into parts. Still, when the credits rolled at the end of the first one, she goes, "Wait, WHAT?" So that's how we ended up watching the entire trilogy in one weekend, instead of just the first like we intended.
All her questions/comments like “is he big or is the house small” and “he’s what you imagine a hobbit to look like” is exactly why it’s one of the greatest movies of all time
Oh fun fact during the scene of Aragorn and the chief orc. Aragorns actor ( Vigo) actually deflected the knife (which was real) thrown at him. The orc who threw it was supposed to miss but it slipped going right to his face. It’s one of the most incredible things ever filmed. That’s the raw footage. The entire crew thought it was so incredible that they kept it in the film.
@@open_my_eyes3311 he also broke a couple toes kicking a helm and the scream he lets out is the agonizing wail from breaking them. These movies are by far the best pieces of cinema created by pure talent alone.
@@drekon6939 And sometimes, it seems, almost blessed. So many happy accidents start to become almost suspicious after awhile. It's like a friend of mine once said (He was an athiest for most of his life) "I worship no god. But I bow to Serendipity!"
13:10 - The reason he gave it to Frodo is because Frodo was descended from Bilbo, and out of all beings that have ever had possession of the Ring that are not Sauron, Bilbo lasted the longest without being corrupted by it (about 60-70 years). This thing is so powerful that it usually corrupts people almost instantaneously just by them holding it. Gandalf was probably betting on Frodo lasting long enough to get the Ring to where it needed to be taken.
That scene Lothlorien of Boromir telling Aragorn about coming home, with the faint Gondor theme in the background is one of my favorite in the series. It's so sad knowing Aragorn's past and Boromir's future.
Knowing Boromir’s fate, it feels very much like the Tolkien equivalent to a character talking about a white-picket fence. It is a beautiful scene though and I love how it shows the growing bond of kinship between Aragorn and Boromir, which just makes Aragorn’s attempt at saving him and their goodbye all the more poignant.
I've always loved that scene. Although everyone thinks Boromir only acknowledges Aragorn at the end it's actually here when he first does. He admits that his father's rule is failing and hints that Gondor needs their true King. He looks at Aragorn with hope, tries to bolster his confidence and says that if he comes home he'll be welcomed as a hero. It's just so sad because during their next conversation Aragorn disowns Gondor, which crushes Boromir and drives him even further into desperation. It's such an incredibly written, pivotal moment for both of them.
Out of all the characters in the fellowship, I can empathize the most with Boromir. He cared deeply about his people, and who among us wouldn't do ANYTHING to protect our loved ones?
It is so cool how she "guesses" what stuff are one instant before the line that explains it is said. It shows how good this movie is, as it is being able to communicate everything without direct telling the audience (even though it often throws a line there just in case you didn't get it)
Frodo and Sam is one of the greatest bromances of cinema. So much warmth and humanity, that final scene when Sam’s running to the boat legit makes me teary 🥺
I once had the absolute privilege of watching Ian McKellen perform on stage once and, needless to say, he was breath taking. He had more energy at 80 years old than most people in their mid 20s. He was so in tune with his fan base that he knew exactly what wanted, and he had brought the Gandalf hat with him. He put it on to please the audience, and allowed a young boy to go on stage with him where he let him hold Gandalf's sword while he took their photo on his phone. ^_^
Interesting fact: during the duel between Aragorn and Lurtz (the Orc that shot Boromir), when Lurtz headbutts Aragorn, he chipped the actor's tooth. The actor (his name is Vigo) refused to stop filming, and went to the dentist to get it fixed only after everyone on set collectively told him to do so. On a random note, your hair with that braid is adorable.
Pretty sure I heard the knife throw was genuine too, where he hits it out the air. The actor was meant to throw it past him and slipped so Vigo reacted.
@@CBRider1997 Yup. He was supposed to throw it well off to the side for safety, same as you do with a bow or gun, but he messed up and ended up throwing it directly at Vigo. Also heard that he was the one who insisted that Aragorn would carry a knife, the original costume didn't include one but he said that a ranger like Aragorn would need a knife; he wouldn't skin rabbits with his sword.
7:35 - That is indeed Sean Astin. And as you will find out, Sam is probably the most awesome character in the trilogy. He has some of the greatest moments in all of fiction. Keep an eye on him, because there's a reason that I consider him to be the actual main character of the trilogy.
SBaby, so glad you're here! Just to clarify, this particular video is a re-edit of Cassies first reactions to the entire trilogy, which she released on RU-vid in separate parts. She's seen all of the series, plus all the Hobbit movies. You can find all her reactions in her LOTR playlist. The final edit for ROTK should be out in the near future!
It isn’t until you read the “Hobbit” book, and watch the Hobbit Trilogy, that you learn to appreciate every little detail of Bilbo and the characters that existed alongside him during the Quest of Erebor. I legit tear up when Bilbo cries after his near-freak out with Frodo in Rivendell, after he’d given Sting and the Mithril shirt to him. Cause I like to think that in that moment, maybe all the memories of his adventure to Erebor came rushing back to him. That he wasn’t just sorry for putting Frodo through what he was eventually going to experience with the ring, but that he was secretly also sorry for everything that happened during the Hobbit. Almost as if he were remembering Thorin, Fili, and Kili, and was saying sorry to them for the way everything played out. 35:54 makes me incredibly sad too, with Gandalf remembering and mentioning Bilbo and Thorin’s name, in reference to the Mithril shirt. I also legit tear up a little when Gimli cries over Balin’s tomb, whilst in Moria. Cause that’s the very same Balin from the Hobbit. And the skeleton that laid next to the grave belonged to Ori of the Brothers Ri, the scribe of the quest.
When I read TLOTR right after reading The Hobbit I was so sad that Balin died. He was the coolest dwarf in The Hobbit. Tolkien knew what he was doing lol.
This is one of those very rare movies where I don't even question that Elves and Hobbits and Dwarves and Balrogs and Smeagols are real. I can stop to marvel at the effects if I think about it, but from the moment Frodo jumps onto Gandalf's cart he simply IS a halfling and my mind accepts it without question. I just see it and I believe it. I am dwelling IN the Shire, I am resting IN Rivendell, I am riding IN Rohan, I am entranced IN Lothlorien, I am fighting IN Gondor, I am simply walking IN Mordor, etc... the movies are perfect for the movie format... very few effects are showing age (and the few that do are simple things like tight zooms or shaky cams with low frame rate or Dark Queen Galadriel, or Denethor's hallucination of Boromir... nearly all of which would be pretty easily fixed). In fact, I'd say the majority of the films look better than most modern movies that use rushed CGI (LOOKING AT YOU HOBBITS TRILOGY)
@@Biggiiful Let's see... Arwen at the river rescuing Frodo from the Nazgul. She was with her grandmother Galadriel in Lothlorien. Cut out the parts featuring Tom Bombadil as he was important to Frodo and company reaching Bree and meeting Aragorn. Saruman's death scene, he had his throat slit by Grima. Where were the Dunlendings at the Battle of the Hornburg? They were the majority of Saruman's army since he did not fully trust his Uruk-Hai. I could continue, but why?
@@pak40l46 noone gives a s**t. I'm obsessed with the books and have been since the 80's, but I have the capacity to understand that changes and compromises have to happen to put this epic on the screen. So take your jaded view and kindly bugger off. Edit: Also, noone wants to see bloody Tom Bombadil prancing around and singing songs and his naked wife in a movie. It wouldn't and couldn't work.
21:52 "Can we just stay in The Shire?" That is the sentiment I have when I watch the beginning over and over again; I just wanna be in The Shire. The same feeling I had when I finished the book (I have the one book edition) and started reading from the beginning even though the story has a beautiful ending; the beginning is always the most beautiful.
*Edited* Upon further research I came to realize that my statement below is incorrect. The bow itself is enchanted enough that he could take out a wraith, but the quiver is just a quiver. It was just movie magic. "Does he ever run out of arrows?" Eventually, but it takes a long time. The quiver he got from Galadriel is enchanted to hold exponentially more arrows than it should. Like the Tardis: his quiver is bigger on the inside.
@@captainchaos3667 I unintentionally made it up or misremembered or mixed some shit up. I went to look for some canon and discovered that I was just wrong. I edited the original comment. Thank you for questioning it.
I read a good perspective of the death of Gandalf. It said that for Boromir and Gimli it was to see a great man, a powerful wizard, die. For the hobbits, it was like a grandfather dying. But for Aragorn and Legolas, which knew the true nature of Gandalf, it was like seeing Jesus dying.
JRR Tolkien was an Oxford professor of Language & used the skills of his profession to help his Middle Earth worldbuilding. he created several complete languages & pieces of several more. Tolkien even said when he started creating Middle Earth it was the languages that came first not any character, location or event.
Listen to Christopher Lee's reading in the audiobook of The SIlmarillion. The languages, the names are so beautiful, so mellifluous, they sound so magical and ancient, it's a wonderful experience. The lovely language only partly obscures the darkness and tragedy in the story.
Yeah the timeline of how this world was written is so strange. He created the languages years before anything else. Then wrote the Hobbit as a bed time story for his children. Eventually a friend read it and it got published... then only after his editors were hounding him for more did he really start to flesh out the world and write the LOTR and all the additional content.
There is an awesome story behind Gimli getting 3 strands and why Legolos smirks. "Her (Galadriel) mother-name was Nerwen and she grew to be tall beyond the measure even of the women of the Noldor; she was strong of body, mind, and will, a match for both the loremasters and the athletes of the Eldar in the days of their youth. Even among the Eldar she was accounted beautiful, and her hair was held a marvel unmatched. It was golden like the hair of her father and of her foremother Indis, but richer and more radiant, for its gold was touched by some memory of the starlike silver of her mother, and the Eldar said that the light of the Two Trees, Laurelin and Telperion, had been snared in her tresses. Many thought that this saying first gave to Feanor the thought of imprisoning and blending the light of the Trees that later took ship in his hands as the Silmarils. For Feanor beheld the hair of Galadriel with wonder and delight. He begged three times for a tress, but Galadriel would not give him even one hair. These two kinsfolk, the greatest of the Eldar of Valinor, were unfriends forever." So basically the greatest and most powerful Elf to ever live (Feanor) was refused even one strand, but to Gimli, a Dwarf, she gave 3
That one scene of Frodo leaned against a tree and reading a book is so iconic to me. It's almost like the scene where Luke is watching the twin suns set on Tatooine from the original Star Wars.
"Is this an actual language?" Yes it is! Tolkien made it, he was interested in languages and created several for his stories. He never finished any of them, but Quenya (one of the elven languages) is really developed and you can learn it and speak with it. I'm pretty sure the elves in the movie speak Quenya :3
This is yet another CROOK who wants to make money by sealing and misrepresenting the film ..the power of the ring over galandriel, is the same as what feminism has on modern women and they do, the connotation immediately Instead, only lord of the dark would have a queen, not dark, but beautiful and terrible like the dawn, treacherous like the sea, stronger than the foundations of the earth, everyone should love me and despair, CUT THE SCENE, THIS ONLY COMES FROM A DISHONEST PERSON
She has literally without a doubt the best format on this site, I hate when people make the movie disappear and stop watching to give commentary, just keep the movie playing and comment , she is a blessing😊😇
@@BassBanshee I get what you are saying and for the viewer, this makes sense, but for the reviewer, they should pause the film (not make it disappear though) because they tend to miss things when they are speaking...usually they miss a LOT of things...that are important to the film. In the long run, you are right and so am I and it really doesn't matter. Cassie is still great and is going to keep doing things her way and that is what is important.
I could talk about the beautifully complex character of Boromir for days and days, tbh. He is one of the most complex, heartbreaking characters I've ever read and seen in a book/movie series. His love and goodness, twisted and nearly corrupted by that insidious, awful Ring only for him to come back and redeem himself even though he died in the end. Even dying, his first words to Aragorn are about Merry and Pippin, he admitted to his attempt to take the Ring and how he had broken his promise, and all he cares about are his people and their fates even though he is actively dying; he finds comfort in Aragorn's words, and shows his honor and strength when he accepts Aragorn as his brother, his captain, his king. GAH, it's got me tearing up just thinking about it. :')
It’s fun coming back after watching Cassie watch all three movies and love them, and then showing them to her sister, and then to see the contrast to her original dread at the start of this first reaction video is hilarious 😄 Definitely my favorite movie reactor on RU-vid!
On this 20th anniversary year of this classic movie we all cherish and remember the day we first saw this awesome movie! Thank you Sir Peter Jackson and the great cast for bringing this classic movie to all of us.
Lord of the rings is my favourite movie of all time, by far. I've watched it dozens of times, spent hours and hours reading about, i even enjoy watching people reacting to it and so i think it needs to be said.. I've never seen anyone watching it for the first time and just "get it" and all the little things in it, except you. Not that it's rocket science or anything, but still. The power of the ring and how it affects people, Boromir, even understanding the meaning of Aragorn's "our people". Good job on the reaction video. You gained a new subscriber because of this. Looking forward to more.
I remember seeing this in the theater when it first came out m I'd read the books, inspired by the old Ralph Baskshi stuff but in the theater, this just hit so different and truer. The audience was collectively gasping and rooting for the Fellowship! My favorite scene from the whole movie is when Gandalf picks up the book in the mines and reads from it. It's the power of the written world and it's so compelling and when you break it down it's just a dude reading from a book! That's the essence of what makes this so great to me, that one of the most compelling parts of the movie is a guy reading aloud. It was spellbounding in the theater. You could hear a pin drop.
I remember watching Lord of the rings for the first time. I was in 5th grade, lying ill on the couch when the trailer came on TV. I decided to watch it and halfway through my mother joined me. She allowed me to watch the whole movie and to stay at home for one more day. I'm still thankful for that. LOTR will always hold a special place in my heart. It even brought me and my boyfriend together (our first date was a LOTR Marathon).
I used to think of poorly of Boromir. But now that I am older and understand he is the only "mortal man" of the party, and that he immidiatly gave his life for his friends after, he has become one of my favorites.
He has seen first hand how Gondor has suffered over the years, he was at Osgiliath, he saw that they were going to be overrun by Mordor. He wants to protect his kingdom, and the ring tempts him by offering the power to do so.
@@sirraf23 yeah, because Númenóreans live longer than "lesser" men, not forever. Aragorn dies of old age well into his 200s, but he is still mortal. That's why Arwen gives up her immortality for her; so that they can both live a mortal life.
I am so glad that you started with the extended edition, it is an experience that gets better every time. So much more information that they left out in the theatrical version. Add how the appendices show how they made the trilogy. The ring actually displaces you into the shadow world.
The moment you said "NO!" when the credits rolled, i did the exact same in the cinema on release, and i wasn't overly optimistic of the movie when i walked in! I said "It cant just end there! It's only been like 90 minutes!" To which my mum told me "Its been over 3 hours...." You know a movie is good when it wants you to keep watching at the end! Thank you for making this all one part for us to enjoy again x
My mother dated Viggos best friend at St. Lawrence University they would hang out. She said he was the last guy she would expect to be a movie star. He's very chill and cool apparently
21:40 I really really love this scene of Orthanc and all the evil things Saruman is doing. You get a huge pan of them destroying the forest, then the camera moves up to Gandalf and that beautiful singing starts, followed by a touching conversation with a beautiful moth amongst the horror, and then straight back down again into the pits of fire.
Welcome to the Adventure of Middle Earth, Cassie! Enjoy this modern classic! 11:00 In the books, there was a time skip of around 20 years between the time of Bilbo's last party and when Gandalf realized that Bilbo had passed the One Ring on to Frodo. This is still possible in the movie, as hobbits live longer than humans do. 13:10 At the time of this adventure, Frodo was, in human terms, in his late twenties, and Sam roughly the same age. And your assessment about hobbits not being tempted by power is spot on. 25:25 He sent a message to the eagles via the moth he had captured earlier.
A year, A WHOLE FREAKING YEAR is how long we had to wait. And boy, did it passing S-L-O-W-L-Y!! Fun fact, in the scene where Sam ran into the lake to join Frodo. The actor ( Sean Astin) stepped on a shard if glass and sliced his foot open, but he didn't even flick or stop the scene, he kept going till the scene was done. Only then did he mention it. If I recall correctly, it took like 4 stitches to fix it.
The books on which these movies were based changed my life. Back in the 70's i chose to become a writer and 40+ years later I finished the book that Lord of the Rings inspired. Watching you experience this film takes me back to my first time and re-energizes my spirit. I haven't yet attempted to publish, but I'm working toward it and also on a second book. Thank you for sharing your experience. You seem like somebody with whom I'd love to share watching a movie, you're so expressive and "into" it!! thanks again!!
Happy 20 years! When I saw this movie first time I had no clue about Tolkien, his books, thousands of fans or these great actors. Fellowship of the Ring is my favourite because everything has started with this movie. Entire whole perfect trilogy starting this amazing movie. Look at this beautiful actings! When I was younger my favourite was Gandalf first. Then in time after watching couple of times and reading books I decided my favourite character is Aragorn when I was 25. Now my soul ends up with Frodo while turning almost 40. I asked myself how I couldn’t see that he was the greatest hero among all others! Taking great responsibility and Sucrificing himself for all free peoples of middle earth. Abandoning his comfortable life and beloved shire. His resistance has started since he took the ring from beginning until the end. He wounded physically and mentally many times. There are so much to tell about Frodo. He could throw the ring through a river or sea and could say that he lost it. He also blamed himself that Gandalf’s death in Moria. He didn’t give up he kept moving. Of course every hero needs an assistant like Sam. Their pure good hearts helped them to finish this impossible mission against the corruption of ring. Just thinking; Could we sucrifice ourselves for the world to put ourselves in great risky mission? Starting to journey to enemy territory. I don’t think so.
Actually, as heroic as Frodo is, Sam is the real hero of this story. Not taking anything away from Frodo and what he did and what he when through, but Sam is the greatest hero of them all in so many different ways. And Tolkein wrote the story with Sam in mind as the true hero too.
Like you, I was unaware of the larger Tolkien fandom when I saw this film opening night, 20 years ago. A hell of a gift my step father gave for my birthday. I was so enamored with this world that when school resumed.....I dove into the trilogy
13:10 Fun fact: Frodo is 51 actually, and Sam is, if i remember well, 38 years old. By human standard, we could say he is in late twenties/early thirties. In the books he is initially 33 years old(The age when hobbits are considered to reach maturity) and after receiving the ring from Bilbo, he waited 17 years before leaving Shire. They had to change timeline for the film sadly though because it would be abnormally long film otherwise. He appears younger than he is in the books too, because one ring slows bearer's aging.
I love this poem relating to Lord Of The Rings lore....A breackdown of all the rings Three rings for the elven-kings under the sky Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their Halls of stone Nine for mortal men doomed to die In the Land of Mordor where the shadows lie One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie
When I was a kid, I read the books. When the movies came out, I was like "how did they take all of the scenes of my imagination, and put them on the screen exactly like I saw them in my head?!"
I always felt that it was because Tolkien's world was so perfectly written and imagined that everyone could see what Tolkien saw in his mind's eye, it was so perfect that you all saw what Tolkien saw, which is why all the characters were just as we had visualised them..........Tolkien made them REAL, and perfect, the characters we all saw on the movie screen were Tolkien's, and Peter Jackson brought them to life exactly as Tolkien wrote them, and exactly how we imagined them........how many times have we watched a movie adaptation of a favourite book, and thought, "that's not what so-and-so should look like!" I would guess that no one ever thought that about any of the characters in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.................
I love seeing people experience this story for the first time, I had the pleasure of introducing 3 people in my life to the movie. Whenever I meet someone who hasn't watched it I immediately make a mental note, bonus for me I get to re-watch the movies 😄
Fun fact: in 40:18 where Legolas seems kinda scared after Gandalf says the source of the light and noise is a Balrog, Legolas most likely is quite afraid, seeing how his grandfather most likely fought against them some 6.5 thousand years before in a great war that destroyed most of what was then Middle-Earth and it sunk under the waves, so the Middle-Earth of today is but a fraction of the original area, called Beleriand. Elves in general know of the Balrog and their former master, Morgoth.
The elves were holding out on their allies. Their civilization was 10,000 years older than that of any mortal race at least. They passed through their bronze age, iron age, steam age and electrical ages while our ancestors were still living in trees and picking fleas. Why did Legolas never run out of arrows, and why was his hair always clean and shiny? Nanobots! (Just saying...)
Fun fact: when it comes to the size of Bilbos house... they actually made 3 different sets for most of the interiors. An overly large one for the hobbit actors to look small against, an overly small one to make the regular actors looks huge, and a blended one made with different levels so the actors could be together on the set and still look the proper size. They also employed quite a few dwarfs and one man (Tall Paul) who was over 7 foot tall to help accomplish the size issues and make it all look as real as possible.
