(RE UPLOAD) THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002)| FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

Just call it the directors cut...

When I watched it yesterday, it was the same length as it is here. What happened in between?

Y’all need to give “American History X” a reaction.. it’s a must see movie

So glad you were able to re upload it! :D Very excited to watch The Return of the King with y'all.

Thank You. 😎👍

Yes, that was brilliantly done!

They even did that in the german dub and I think its very cool

@@shawtystrange7531 Oh wow, I had no idea! That's so cool that they went above and beyond like that!!!

that saruman guy was a shitty white wizard anyway

I could tell it was Christopher Lee's voice when he first started speaking, and then it sounded like Gandalf's voice started to increasingly bleed through the more he spoke. I couldn't tell that they were trying to imitate each other's voices.

It doesn’t get much cooler than that! I won’t tell you how many times I watched the films in the theaters, let alone all the dvd and behind the scene stuff. I distinctly remember all those behind the scenes videos of Helms Deep. It was a tough shoot, from what I recall. But I bet it was a great experience and memory to be proud of.

What an amazing experience!

That’s awesome, must have been an amazing experience

That's awesome 😍 you was very lucky 😊

So awesome to hear you were part of it - thanks for doing your bit!!

How many had to do that after the battle of helms deep

That was a moment that showed me Tolkien had truly been through war.

@@ShadowyFox_86 The line wasn't in the books, but I can still see King Theoden saying it to Gandalf.

That's actually straight from Tolkien; From his experiences fighting in WWI. Same with the dead marshes; from his memories of seeing the dead in the water filled shell holes.

Yup. Makes my eyes wet every time.

Great line! While on a walk with my wife and random talking with her about the personalities of soldiers, I was trying to tell my wife about that line from fiction, but had forgotten why I knew it. Yes, at age 12 when I read the books in the 1960s, Faramir was my favorite character in Two Towers. Very different in the movie... they amplified Denethor as an abusive parent and made Faramir into an emotionally injured, desperate character. In the book he was so wise and composed, never feeling jealous of his brother, underappreciated by his father, studious and insightful as well as skilled with the sword, loved by the soldiers under his command, a brave and competent captain.

@@samanrj0663 He's not jealous of his brother in the movies, the extended editions make that very clear, he just wants his father to be proud of him. The extended editions also better capture his character, when he gives the little speech about duty (Sam gives it in the books but it fits Faramir as well).

Faramir and Sam were the kind of people I wanted to become when I was a kid.

@@samanrj0663 I never got those feelings from the movie. To me he was doing whatever he could for his people. Including not taking the ring. He didn’t seem jealous, he just wanted his fathers love.

A chance for Faramir, Captain of Gondor, to show his quality.

You had a wonderful mother.

@saman rj06 Indeed I do. She lives with me and my husband now. ❤️

We're the same age, I read "The Hobbit" first then started the trilogy when I was 16. I had a horse names of course Shadowfax, a dog named Gimly-Gloins -son and a cat named Aowyn... Read the Silmarilian and other Tolkien works years later and loved them as well.

We had cats named Merry and Pippin We named them when we first got them back in 2002 It’s now 2022 and Pippin is still with us He’s 20 years old!!! He endures- like Sauron

@@flyonthewindshield3653 Love it! My mom read The Hobbit to me and my sister before moving onto The Lord of the Rings. I learned to read by following along in The Hobbit. By the time I started school, I was miles ahead, and it was pleasurable, not painful and boring. Goes to show the value of reading to kids.

Despite the fact that her character is entirely different in the book, the look is well cast.

​@@theccpisaparasite8813 I have a lot of gripes with the book to movie adaptation, but i far prefer the movie arwen. she's an actual person! with goals and lines! there's so few female characters in tolkien's works that i'm alright sacrificing gildor for her lol

Gimli is used a lot for comic relief in these movies, unlike in the novels. But at least the movies keep reminding us that he's also a mighty fighter and a faithful comrade.

Gimli is my spirit animal. Every time he’s on screen, he’s fucking awesome.

Sam carries Frodo's ass in the novels.

@@ironpamf True, and in the movies too. But Frodo's ass is carrying the One Ring, and that's a lot to carry.

@@ironpamf but Frodo is also stronger, braver and wiser in the novels, and Sam is not bailing him out from the get-go.

Yes, but it took them 7 years to finish, starting 1997 with creating the script, which was extremely difficult to convert from the books and ended 2004. the time between the releases was much needed for editing, visual fx and music score.

Maia were lesser deities

He was not allowed to come back. He and the other Istari (a.k.a. Wizards who were all Maiar) had been sent to Middle-Earth by the Valar (like the Maiar but of a higher order) to aid the Free Peoples against Sauron but not to do by dominating the Free Peoples. When Gandalf was succumbed to the wounds he suffered while slaying the Balrog (who was also a Maia), Eru Ilúvatar, the God in Tolkien's Legendarium intervened to restore Gandalf's original power and then Eru Ilúvatar sent him back to complete his task.

I think another reason for Gandalf being sent back is the fact that his death in Moria maybe never has been designated by Illuvatar himself because the death ones do not come back usually. Moria indeed was a separate path insofar, but necessary to overcome evil eventually.

I got the impression the guise the Istari (wizards) wore was for the benefit of Men, so they'd be seen as wise with years of experience, but not physically threatening. Nothing Gandalf did in the novels or movies implied the frailty of age.

@@danieldickson8591 The blue wizards were different they were powerfully built, very physically intimidating and looked like they were in their late 30s early 40s. They went far to the east and are the main reason Saron was unable to call on the eastern peoples in this war.

The Rohirrim are like refined mounted Vikings, so a glorious death in battle for an honorable cause must have pleased Theoden.

@@danieldickson8591 Tolkien was a professor of Anglo-Saxon and his Rohirrim are A-S warriors, not Vikings. Their speech and their poetry is all based on Anglo-Saxon, a language I was studying when I read LotR for the first time 55 years ago, and the presentation of their culture blew me away.

Not necessarily for Aragorn. He KNEW Gandalf would show.

In the novels it's also repeatedly pointed out that Hobbits are just really tough when push comes to shove, physically and mentally. They survive and endure things that even the Great among the other races admit they could not have.

If that's the case, what's the explanation behind Frodo constantly on the edge of corruption?

@@NYC_Goody Frodo has Took blood in him. The Tooks are more adventurous and interested in the wide world. And the ring is powerful.

@@NYC_Goody They are harder to corrupt, not impossible. Bilbo lived with the ring for a long time and it eventually corrupted him. Frodo also carried the ring, and he was stabbed with that Morgul blade that poisoned his blood and left him in constant pain which eats at your mind, body, and soul.

Some of these reasons may play into it, but the main reason was there were no rings created for the Hobbits. Lore indicates Lord Sauron didn't even know about Hobbits. In the books it mentions he gave a number of rings each to the Elves, Dwarves, and the Humans, but no mention of Hobbits. The rings were crafted to corrupt each race they were given to and the one ring he made for himself was the most powerful and ruled them all. Since none were made or given to Hobbits, they were less likely to be able to influence the Hobbits, still could but just much less of a chance. Gandalf new this once he realized what the ring was but needed Frodo to accept the ring and then the quest.

Boromir gets me every time. And his closing words are damn near painful

I wonder where we experience such reckless hate?

Exactly.... why they put a halter and lead on him is beyond me.

They need to watch the Extended Versions after they finish these 3 Theatrical Versions to get the full story.

@@amandabispo2949 Or just read the books to get the real story :)

When some of Aragorn's fellow rangers arrive after the Battle of Helm's Deep didn't they bring him his own horse? I think the name was Hasufel.

@@SnowmanN49 That was only in the books. The Grey Company brought Aragorn his own horse Roheryn. Hasufel was the horse that Aragorn had been riding prior to this. It was given to him by Éomer in compensation for the supposed loss of Merry and Pippin. The latter happened in the movies, as well, but my original comment is only relevant to the movies, as is Brego, who doesn't exist in the books (except as the name of a former king of Rohan, which is why Aragorn said his name is kingly--a sly reference). In the books, there was no Warg attack and Aragorn didn't fall off a cliff, and therefore he didn't need to be helped by a grateful horse. I often like to mention what happens in the books, myself, but we have to be careful to keep it separate from what happens in the movies.

The New Zealand landscape is staggeringly beautiful. The country definitely benefited from having that showcased so dramatically.

Sure is! Come visit, any time.

@@joannelong8056 Definitely on the bucket list!

It isn't in the books but it's sure Tolkien would have wrote it if he had thought of it. There was no one better to direct these movies than Peter Jackson

I'm* not it's

My only gripe with the movies is Tom Bombadil was left out. Sure he's a side character but he still is important because of his resistance to the ring

@@jobymahon2871 Nope, it was the right call to remove him. 100%. They are just starting to build up the rings corrupting power in the beginning. To then immediately have the first Forest Pimp they run into shake it off like its nothing ruins the build up entirely. Plus its another thing the "why don't they just fly on Eagles to Mordor" idiot crowd can ask... "Why don't they just give it to that Tom guy?" I love the character, but he doesn't fit into a movie at all.

@@KS-xk2so that is actually really well thought out and makes sense. I just really liked Tom because he broke up the melancholic theme of the story. It's nice having a laugh when the fate of world rests in the hands of one so small

Love that! That sounds like a lovely, heartwarming tradition :) I think I may try the 12-hour watching marathon myself!

@perusing350, sounds like a winner to me…you can’t go wrong with it. It’s been a while since I’ve watched it and I’d already decided to wait for the next rainy, stormy day and do just that.

@3RobSquadMovieReactions - Fuck off, scammer.

I JUST finished reading the helms deep chapter for the first time and the competition was something I had never expected to actually come from Tolkien. It makes me love it that much more

After the war of the ring, Legolas and Gimli visited fangorn forest because Legolas found it to be the most beautiful place he has ever seen. They then took a trip back to the glittering caves of helms deep because gimli found that to be the most beautiful place he'd ever seen. Then after aragorn died, they retired to the undying lands forever. Best bromance in history.

@@brandocalrissian3294 Their relationship is so sweet, though as an aroace person, I much prefer reading it as a really close friendship. Same with Frodo and Sam (I just want representation, please 😭), though I can see how both could be read as romantic.

​@@anorien111 bromance usually refers to bros being best bros. Not usually romantic. And ill agree that whilr you can imprint romance, especially on sam and frodo, i too prefer the friendship angle. Deep male bonds of brotherhood are very rare to see or hear about.

Yes, I think PJ didn't quite explain the cloaks or sam's elvish rope. And he couldn't show that Sam received a particularly personalized and important gift from Galadriel.. a small box containing soil from her orchard and a single seed of the majestic Mallorn tree to honor his love of gardening. In the chapter Scouring of the Shire, Saruman and his recruited rough men go to the Shire and oppress the inhabitants and ravage-industrialize the land. The four hobbits return to the Shire and rally everyone to overthrow Saruman's gang. Then Sam labors to plant saplings with a sprinkling of the magic soil across the shire, and plants the Mallorn nut where Saruman's ruffians had torn down the great tree of Bilbo's party.

@@samanrj0663 No spoiler alert?

@@theperfectmotorcycleistwom9921 For a 70 year old book?

@@samanrj0663 I think we did heard about the cloaks and the elvish rope in extended version. Although it’s another thing that nobody would remember these details on their first watch.

@@Tooba-K123 I'll look for it on my next rewatch... thanks

And not to forget, it was actually Andy speaking! What a voice actor too….

It was both; he enhanced the natural light to unbearable levels.

@@kenjutsukata1o1 There's no pain quite like the "eye stab" you can get when the sun is low and flat in the sky at certain times of year. Now imagine that eye stab enhanced by Gandalf and it's easy to understand why those orcs are suddenly squinting and flinching.

@@billholder1330 dude was wielding that power like a G!

That is simply not true when you said, "It wasn’t Gandalf blinding them at the end it was just the sunrise but it was part of Gandalf’s plan". Nice stab at logic though, and I'll even admit that he may have chosen that specific time to take advantage of the sunrise, as an "additive effect" but no, your reasoning is not correct, at least not completely. I can't and won't go into it because I don't do spoilers, but if you've seen all of the related movies, then you either missed it, or you weren't paying attention.

In the books during this scene it is actually Gandalf that creates a white light that the orcs can’t endure. This happens throughout the story. It’s tolkiens version of gandalfs holiness being too much for evil to look upon

Yes, you really must watch the extended versions! Of all three movies! (And also "The Hobbitt"!)

@@helmutb2612 The extended editions suck.

​@segagenysis6918 your opinion is no longer valid.

​@@DestinyAwaits19 Can't believe you actually said that without a shred of sarcasm. What a truly mind numbing opinion 😬

@@DeadlyPimps How so?

totally agree. i have the extended DVDs and have watched all the appendices as well as watched each movie with the commentary on, which is great fun.

@@LBrobie I decided to watch all the commentaries back to back once... That was fun but if I do it again I will space them out a little more 😀

I agree. That was on the dvds. It was a great watch!

Yes and begin their journey into Arda by doing similar reactions to things like OmarioRPG and Moviejoob have been doing.

@@LBrobie have you checked out the reaction videos OmarioRPG and Moviejoob have been doing? I have been doing all I can to make sure more channels get a chance to see Tolkiens great works through channels like Men Of The West, Tolkien Untangled, GirlNextGondor, CluelessFangirl, VoiceOfGeekdom, And Above All The Red Book and Many more!

I didn't see that in his face, I saw awe. Like he was about to weep with it, having never seen such a huge army before.

@@DataLal I guess I saw the same weeping face but I see it more as his guilt than awe. Especially considering he ended up killing Sarumon

​@@DataLal I disagree, I thought it was a tear of regret and terror from knowing he has played a part in potential eradication of his own race.

@@DataLal His face was in dismay of what he helped to do, essentialy destroy and kill all of his people. He simply wanted the girl and some power to live in comfort and do as he pleases, but then realized how far he'd gone. He wanted simple pleasures, not an extinction event. It just helps describe what a lunatic Saruman was and what an army he created. One word - genocide.

It was a look of absolute awe/astonishment. Apparently the actor was just instructed to look amazed, but he improvised a single tear because he's that freakin talented.

Yes!!! 100% It was my only real quibble with the movie - they got Faramir all wrong. On the other hand they gave him more of a character arc. But that scene "I think you and I understand one another" Say what? Why do you suddenly understand one another? In my view while they DID introduce the character arc, it just didn't make any sense!

@@ianrayner7522 Faramir witnessed first hand the terrible hold the Ring had on Frodo, and recognized how it would corrupt and destroy whoever held it. He also realized that in spite of that, and of being hunted by all the forces of Mordor, Frodo selflessly took that burden on to try to save everyone.

PhilBagels, I respect your position. Mine is that it made for a more dramatic character arc for Faramir to act first out of loyalty to his father, but come to realize the true peril of taking the Ring and choose to pass it on. It better matches the father-son dynamic presented in the third movie. In the novel Faramir was too perfect IMHO, never conflicted. But note that even in the movie he never claimed the Ring for himself as Boromir was tempted to. Faramir always intended to take it back to Denethor.

@PhilBagels THANK YOU for posting that!

I have long argued that Faramir in the book is little more than a plot device. Frodo and Sam need information, which Faramir gives to them. He also re-provisions them, and warns them. We, as readers, also get information we need about the situation in Gondor and about the war in general. I won't mention his story function in 'The Return of the King' here, but, again, he has no character arc in the book, but is important to the plot (the first could also be applied to Aragorn and that Jackson gave us one is a blessing.) Faramir is meant to show us the true nature of the Numenorians, and he does that well. Otherwise he comes over as pretty much faultless...

My best guess it probably got struck by copie write

I think that there was a section missing before they arrived at the domain of King Theodin and also Gandalf's return

Something funky happened with the video and it jumped from the encounter with Gollum to the trip to Helm's Deep.

Most likely they got a copyright strike.

I love how everybody's giving different reasons but I know the actual one. The 1st video they Uploaded the sound was not lined up with the video. It did well until Worm tongue kicked old boy out of rohan and then their reaction was behind the actual movie by like a solid 30 seconds or more

Perfect explanation 👍

In the book it wasn't Aragorn that pled for Wormtoungue to be spared, it was King Theoden.

As I recall from the books, it wasn't clear that Wormtongue was an agent of Saruman so letting him go was giving him a chance to join the army and fight for Rohan. Instead, he goes straight to Saruman.

There is is, I was wondering how far I'd need to scroll to find it

@@KingAce595 At this point this fun fact has become it's own meme.

@@KingAce595This is the Way.

Oh my god it's the guy

@@KingAce595lmfao only reason I’m in the comments

If you notice they are also tied to the power of Nenya, the ring of power that Galadriel wields, that of preservation and concealment.

Only Return of the King really “swept” the Oscars. Fellowship won 4, but it’s highest profile award was for Best Cinematography. Two Towers only won Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing. But Return of the King won a whopping 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

Yeah the elves had a tendency to imbue their creations with their essence. Their opposition and hatred for Melkor, Sauron, and the orcs is why the weapons created by the elves of Gondolin glowed blue when orcs were near. Same thing with the rope given to Sam. The essence infused in it physically burned Gollum.

@@XeonAlpha I don't know if it's so much "hatred" as just the inherent corrosive nature of good upon evil. Tolkien's Elves are basically angels, so I see the effect of their artifacts on evil creatures (or creatures controlled by evil) as akin to the effect of a cross on a vampire; it's not created to hurt them, but their evil choices make goodness itself unbearable (moral parallel here with the psychological effect of seeing a person making moral choices; if you chose not to make the same moral choice, seeing such an example tends to make it hard to excuse your own conduct to yourself).

This is explained in the extended editions. I don't like how they watched the theatrical versions for their reaction videos. Extended or not at all. Reading the books though is always the best way to enjoy the story. Especially because glorfindel is not cut out and replaced by arwen.

That elvish rope was Galadriel’s gift to Sam, if I remember correctly.

Oh, it falls short in many more ways than just the special effects.

@@kenjutsukata1o1 in what ways? I feel they did quite well with it. The cast and acting was excellent. The characters were well done, but admittedly Thorin had his flaws. Yes, the source material was drawn out, but if you separate the trilogy from the book, it makes for good cinema. That point also covers the added story lines.

@@bairnonessie I could write an essay on what they did wrong, but in the interest of time let's start with Thorin since you brought him up. The biggest sin they committed with Thorin is making him the focus of the trilogy by making him into a sort of diminutive Aragorn figure. They COMPLETELY missed the mark on his characterization. He was supposed to be a sardonic, crotchety old geezer who appeared old even by dwarf standards, with a long snow white beard. They were clearly trying to mimic The Lord of the Rings and drastically shifted the tone of the story to try and match it, and did everything in their power to make sure to remind us every step of the way that the movies were a prequel to LotR, completely robbing the films of any chance at forming their own identity. They even used the Ring wraith's theme song for a confrontation with orcs, for Pete's sake! They had no business using that song at all, it was pure "hey guys, remember Lord of the Rings?" But the biggest overall sin committed was taking the focus away from Bilbo. The Hobbit is Bilbo's story, he is THE character, yet the films made him A character, and not even the main one. So many important Bilbo moments were either left out or downplayed in favor of more over the top action sequences for the dwarves. And don't get me started (too late) on the way they disrespected the lore. The dwarf/elf romance was completely absurd, and undermines the fact that Gimli and Legolas were historically the pair that finally bridged the chasm between their peoples after so long at each others' throats. And dwarves can't be handsome, they're crude in appearance because they were not created by Eru Ilúvatar (the god of Middle-earth) but by Aulë the Smith, one of the valar (god's beneath Eru) out of rock in an attempt to see if he could also create life. Long story short, while Eru Ilúvatar ultimately granted them souls, they were crudely 'constructed' beings of the earth, and that's why they've always been portrayed as ugly, and why the idea of a handsome dwarf completely ignores the lore. Okay, I'm gonna stop here because I'm typing this up on mobile and I'll carry on for hours if I let myself. I'll just add as a final comment that any and all power and presence they gave Smaug was completely ruined by the end of that Tom and Jerry chase sequence. The films focused on the unimportant parts of the story, forgot and downplayed the important parts, and crammed it with so much nonsensical filler and executive mandated additions that the results were nine hours of cinematic molasses that should have been a total of four hours at most.

@@kenjutsukata1o1 I've noticed that when Peter Jackson is given free hand to make whatever movie he wants, he leans toward excessive. LOTR is such a vast story, he was forced to pair it down to its essentials to fit an acceptable time frame. The Hobbit is one much smaller book that could have comfortably fit one movie, or two if Jackson tried to keep everything in. Instead he made three movies, which he padded out with invented characters and scenes, additional themes and plotlines, spectacle for its own sake, and much else that's not in the novel.

@@danieldickson8591 it wasn't all on Jackson. There was a *lot* of meddling from the execs. They're the ones who insisted on the romance sub-plot, for example. They're also the ones who insisted on making it a trilogy. They also put stringent deadlines in place, forcing the production to use production shortcuts (such as an increase in cg/green screen and decrease in prosthetics). Jackson was also brought in late to the project, as it was originally helmed by Guillermo del Toro. So Jackson is definitely guilty of some of the crimes committed in the films, but ultimately I feel bad for him. You can tell he isn't proud of the Hobbit films. But yeah, he does tend to favor excess, and it's why the Return of the King is my least favorite of the trilogy (the absurd size of the mumakil, the inclusion of the Army of the Dead at Pelennor, and Legolas' antics going too extreme).

I think he said he was the only one who'd read the books as well. He had wanted to play Gandalf if it ever hit the screen, and I'm sure he would have done a good job, but since it is what it is, I can't imagine it any other way than him as Saruman and Ian McKellen as Gandalf.

Wow. I thought Christopher Lee was always an interesting person but these are great antidotes about an actor I thought was underrated.

@@noraelliott7304 - if i remember correctly - he was a spy in WWII - a very good spy and quite deadly to boot

@@jonniiinferno9098 that is what was said. Yes.

@@noraelliott7304 - "service in WWII" was a fairly generic account of one of our best spies - i was just being more specific about Christopher Lee's "service in WWII" - because being a "spy" in WWII was extremely dangerous - many spies, when discovered - were tortured - then executed...

This sounds AWESOME!

The New Zealand natural scenery is jaw-dropping, and very little had to be added with digital effects.

And he had to perform many of his scenes as Gimli on his knees, which was rough. But the whole shoot for the trilogy was very physically demanding for the entire cast.

Agreed. Orlando Bloom (Legolas) had just recovered from a broken back and Viggo Mortensen if I remember correctly broke his foot. If you look at Viggo fingers in the movie you can see the bruises under his finger nails. All these actors worked incredibly hard together.

@@noraelliott7304 Yup, broke a toe kicking that helmet.

It probably helped get in character as a grumpy, short tempered dwarf XD

Pretty sure he only broke his toe, not his whole foot.

Toe, not the whole foot from what i remember. Still a bone was broken and the pain was real.

I wondered if this fact would be here!

@@newcreatureinchrist5087 🤣🤣🤣

@@newcreatureinchrist5087 Same. Now I'm disappointed when I don't see it.

got goosebumps reading that passage - Tolkien is the un-rivaled master of poetic prose

⚜️ I am particularly fond of Rohan and the Rohirrim, as well! ❤️

Thank you so much for this back story about Sam's relationship to Tolkien's experience. I always thought it was a generic servant class for the gentry per Edwardian times when Tolkien was a young man. Your dad's explanation makes it more distinct. Thank him for me, since now I can tuck this footnote in a pocket of my mind.

@@samanrj0663 Yeah, it really gave me extra perspective as much on war as on the story itself. My dad, sadly, passed away in April and I'm actually staying at his house far from my usual hometown trying to go through his things and get the house ready to sell, so he's been very much on my mind, which makes the stories he told me come to mind easily now. I know he'd be glad if he was able to give a little insight to someone else through me. Thank you. 🙂

WETA did a phenomenal job! Of course, they had Alan Lee and John Howe's art and designs to work from, but still...the level of meticulous detail is incredible. They deserved ALL of the awards.

YEARS.

And stood in line to see them at midnight on the first release night…

Lmao yeah pretty much.. "Mr. Gamgee.. like what I done with the place?"

I find it added to the nobility of the Elves that they didn't completely abandon Men and just sail off to Valinor.

💯. some ppl have no culture

Didn't some elves arrive, perhaps it was after the battle, to deliver to Aragorn the flag that Arwen made for him. He flew it when he sailed to the relief of Gondor, leading the army of the dead.

The memory is coming back a bit clearer. I think it was before the battle, but there were only one or two elves and a bunch of Aragorn's fellow Rangers.

But those two elves were the sons of Elrond, on a vengeance quest for their mother's torture by Orcs. They share a long ago familial link with Aragorn too. The rest of the party were Rangers of the North, as many as could be gathered to ride to Aragorn's aid. They don't arrive until after Helm's Deep. We know the elves and dwarves were fighting Sauron in their homelands, but you couldn't really show that in the movies - it's only hinted at in the LotR barrative - and Jackson's choice to send in a character we already knew, with a bunch of Elven warriors was, I think, a reasonable choice to represent the support. It's dramatically effective.

yeah and another year for ROTK. I saw hundreds of movies in the Cinema but none came close to expieriencing these movies as a kid in Cinema. The people were so blown away, you could see it in their faces and conversations as we were walking out of the Cinema. Nothing ever came close to the epicness of ROTK.

LoL - that last bit was umm - just a bit cruel - but funny...

JRRT was well versed in the classics (of Greece and Rome) and he was very religious. His fictional universe draws a great deal on religious literature as well as Plato.

Sauron was also a Maia, perhaps the most powerful one. Originally, both Sauron and Saruman served the Vala Aulë. The Valar were similar to the Maiar but of a higher order.

14:33 this was that scene and his cry of anger was actually a cry of pain as his toes broke.

Hey they put electrical nodes on the gollum actor to recreate him on computer to make him look more realistic but weird. Remember how fast the ring took him? I know I watched a documentary about it. ❤

I’m with Jay! He bit him! Lol😮

It's impossible to put everything from the books into three movies. They would've been more than twice as long. But I believe Jackson kept almost everything essential to the main story. He changed several things from the books, and while IMO some of them detracted, others actually enhanced the story. LOTR the books is fantastic, but not perfect.

@@danieldickson8591 I think Peter Jackson stayed true to the books as could and I agree his detailed work on everything was amazing! I so love his take -no wonder he won so many awards!