The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | Movie Reaction | Part 2: Toss Me! YES! 

*Aragorn be like** Expectation: _Getting kiss from Arwen_ Reality: _Getting kiss from a horse_

"What's your favorite kind of wood, other than mine" !!!! Nice one!

11:30 "Where was Gondor when the Titanic sank??" (The king also played the captain in Titanic lol)

First movie: "Why did Gandalf have to die? Why couldn't it be the dwarf? Second movie: "He's my favorite"

All those Elves were thinking, I was THIS close to getting on that boat...

Viggo also bought a horse for one of the lesser paid women on the horse training crew. She had a special relationship with one of the horses (I forget the name) but couldn't afford it. In steps Viggo.

Merry is the brain and Pippin is the heart; when he finally understand the stakes thanks to Merry, that even the Shire will burn, he straight up hit Treebeard in the heart! 'You should fight because You are under attack!' He knows it's a dirty trick he pulled, but one that was necessary.

The Horm of Helm Hammerhand was actually a one of a kind weapon. Gimili was so excited to use it because it was a gift from dwarves and could only be used in that one spot because of the unique acoustics of the valley. The orcs would have been discombobulated and in pain after the blast.

It's so great to see someone who laughs at Gimli, and likes him the best. Thanks for hanging out and watching Lord of the Rings with me!

“If this is to be our end, then I would have them make such an end as to be worthy of remembrance.” You have to understand the Germanic mindset behind this line. Rohan is based much on pre Christian Germanic culture. Honor, bravery and steadfastness were all traits highly valued in this society. We also need to consider the King’s mindset at this point. “Where was Gondor when the west fold fell? Where was Gondor when our enemies closed in around us? Where was Gondor...” he trails off before he can actually say the words “when my son died.” This is a man facing all odds against him and yet he still wishes to fight. An extremely important theme moving forward into movie 3 and his comparison to how both he and Denathor process despair.

13:45 He is definitely not Galadriel's brother, lol. Galadriel had 4 brothers. They all died in battle during the First Age (so a loooooong time ago). Funny fact: the ring that Aragorn wears, called the Ring of Barahir, was once owned by Galadriel's eldest brother, Finrod Felegund. It is one of the oldest artifacts in Middle-Earth.

In the book, Denethor did not know about the ring. Boromir went to Rivendell largely because of a vision with references to "Isildur's Bane." But nobody knew that that referred to. As they said in the intro to the first movie, "Mush that should have been remembered was lost." Gandalf had to do a lot of research to confirm that Bilbo's ring was indeed the One Ring. So Gandalf knew about it, and thus Frodo, and therefore Sam. And Saruman. And Gandalf would have told Elrond about it, but that's about it. Denethor would not have known. And Faramir was never tempted by the ring (in the book), and never took Frodo and Sam to Osgiliath. "By rights, we shouldn't even be here," says Sam. Yep. By the book, you shouldn't be there, either. Faramir was wiser and humbler than his brother. He understood well how the ring would have brought Gondor to ruin, just as it did to Boromir.

Small fact. The reason they waited to shoot the arrows during the battle at Helms Deep, was simple cause arrows are limited and they needed them to be as effective as possible.

Awww that kiss kinda got me in the feels🤗🤗🤗🤗

That kiss tho :-)

22:02 To hear the unadulterated grief and rage of an Ent would have been something out of a nightmare! Tolkien himself said, that in the razing of Isengard, the Ents would have been able to cast down his pits and works with the sound of their voices alone!

Fun fact, Elijah Wood adopted Gollum after this film.

I love how much she loves Gimli

Elves are supposed to be light as a feather ('featherweight' according to Tolkien), so that's why Legolas can mount the horse that way. Not sure how literal it's supposed to be in the books, but they are certainly not bound by gravity in the same way as men and other creatures of Middle Earth.

Fun facts: - Treebeard's name is Fangorn, yep, the forest's name. - When the trees are aggressive towards Gimli, is because ents were "created" to protect trees from the anticipated destruction that Dwarves would cause. - Treebeard is kind of oak/breech, the books not mention nothing about, but "professional entmologists" say so - in the books there are another type of "small ents" that are half-tree and half-men that fight as well

Fun Fact: _this movie made made many memes in old internet like "They're taking the hobbits to isengaurd" and "PO-TAY-TOES"_

That elf is Haldir, they are elves from Lorien, but Haldir is not Galadriel's brother (That was Finrod Felagund, who was killed by one of Sauron's creatures centuries before) He's just an elf noble. By the way, the elves of Lorien are mostly the remnants of the Noldor, the High Elves who returned from the Undying Lands in the West to fight Sauron's former master, not Wood Elves. (Legolas and Wood Elf nobility are Sindar, but most Wood Elves are Silvan elves - the different Elven peoples gets quite complicated.)

He’s not bipolar, he has multiple personality disorder.

I always thought of it as nature reclaiming what's hers.

If I remember correctly from watching the behind the scenes stuff, I think there was a passing mention that sometimes they forgot the blue contact lenses for Legolas.

Farramir is a bad ass...makes sense coz he is a spartan

Other than my wood. Sir, this is a family movie. Filled with death and monsters... Hmm, fine. Lol

A good way to tell if it's Gollum or Smeagol talking is this, Smeagol has wide pupils, Gollum has small constricted ones

Treebeard was based on Tolkien's friend CS Lewis, from the way he talked and his mannerisms.

I love her “perpetually unenthused” look. Such an eternal mood tbh. LMAO

The movie also invented the part about Aragorn going missing. The movie had Elrond lying to Arwen, saying that she'd live on. Her choice as stated was to be mortal. Denethor didn't know about the Ring. He didn't tell Boromir to get the Ring. Boromir fell under its power. Faramir never did.

So many characters to love in this movie, but Treebeard has a very special place in my heart. 🌳🥰 Overall, out of the whole trilogy, Sam is my actual favorite character. Everyone should have a Samwise Gamgee in their life.

How is she not even reacting to Frodo and Sam's friendship, she's losing her emotions, too much Dexter I guess hahaha

I've seen a lot of TV/movie reaction channels, but the married couple channels are quickly becoming my favorite. It's a fun dynamic. You two are great.

The Elf that falls at Helms Deep is not Galadriels Brother. Her brothers were Finrod, Orodreth, Angrod and Aegnor, some of the most famous and important people during the first Age of Middle Earth in the fight against Sauron'd Boss Morgoth (the guy who invented Dragons and Trolls, tortured Elves until he had Orcs and had Armies of Balrogs... it took an army of Gods and Elves from the immortal lands to get rid of him)

Treebeard would be beech or an oak. My guess would be Oak, as in lot of Nordic and Anglo Saxon stories Oak was a sacred wood, and since Tolkein pulled from them, it would make sense Oak would be the wood.

Aragorn is my favorite in book and movies. The Legolas and gimili stuff is great (gimili is also the voice or treebeard and sala from Indiana Jones (John Rhys-Davies))

1:26 Wargs are descendants of werewolves from the First Age 👌 Yes, there used to be vampires and werewolves in Sauron and Morgoth's armies, but vampires went extinct while the werewolves evolved

Lord of the Rings is a movie/trilogy but it is more of a journey. Looking forward to seeing you two complete it.

Whenever I see these videos, I can't help but think there must be someone out there who can make the most of the ready made green screen in the background....🤔🤞

Also in the Hobbit you meet Gloin, Gimili's Dad, you meet Legollis's dad played by Lee Pace. That's why Gimili refers him as a elfin Prince. A couple of actors who play orcs come back to play the dwarfs. The Hobbit was also filmed in New Zealand.

The movies only give visual hints of this, but Legolas is able to do that with the horse and the shield because his body, compared to a human of that size, is stronger, but has half or less of the weight.

About horses and Viggo. I heard he also bought the horse that Liv Tylers body double rode in the first move, and gave it to her as she was so in love with it, but it was to expensive.

10:26 _"Let them come"_ I mean what do you expect him to say? _"Actually tell them to delay the attack till we're ready"_ ?? 😂😂 He is scared, but as a leader, they'll all have better chance if he didn't panic and kept the morale high. The Uruks are coming anyways. How's that "pig-headed"? That's leadership right there. Although how he rejected help from Gondor, that was a 100% ego, pride thing.

You gotta admit, as much of a doofus Pippin is, that idea to take Treebeard past Isengard was brilliant.

I can't believe you went there and did the wood joke 😂.

I like his body language and attitude!! Hers, not so much .

She has kept her composure more than most

I personally don't think there is a movie that the Mrs. has EVER cried watching. Will make it my mission to find one. Who's with me?

I know this super later but I'm kinda sad they cut Sam's speech in Osgiliath, it's always been one of my favourite moments.

my favorite line is: "that doesn't make sense to me, but you are very small"

Gimli, attop the rampart counting up as Uruks fell down two ladders; he could be heard over the battlefield! (not counting the 'groin shots' he inflicted to those who managed to climb right beforehand!) No wonder Theoden was suddenly overconfident; he could hear Gimli from the keep!

Those very long spears for the defence against possible Cavalry raid, when it happened unfortunately they were blinded by Gandalf but it was still the proper weapon for the journey. It's like Phalanx formation without shields...

Tolkien originally conceived the Wargs as monstrous wolves. I think in the past few decades wolves have been seen in a more positive light so for the movies they were made more hyena-like. Well you know what happened with Gandalf, never believe they are dead unless you see a body. You dream you are kissing and elf noble-woman, you wake up and find it's actually a horse! I think some of the children in the caves are Peter Jackson's family, as were some of the Hobbit children in the first film. 26:20 I'm not sure they would know about nervous systems, at least not call them that.

I relate the most with Gimli, in terms of height, beard and handsomeness.

Mrs: Is Her the Ring, Precious?" Mr: *bites tongue* From what I remember of the final installment of the trilogy, things rapidly devolve into quite the sticky situation

my caption had me dying, from Gimli saying Don't tell me off instead of Don't tell the Elf or Theoden yelling racist instead of Raise the gate. I'm dying over here

Around about the 5:15 mark ... yep, she's a good one all right! I do admire her ability to be so stoic and in-command of herself - you can sometimes see in her eyes when something has hit home but she is very good at keeping her 'poker face' to the world. We might have to offer her some honorary English-Reserve points for stiff-upper-lipdom :). I nearly commented earlier that I could see the Missus being excellent in a crisis and, possibly, just a little bit ruthless if she needed to be for the greater good. I am happy to see that she also has a heart to go along with that pragmatic spirit :).

I'm genuinely curious to see if she has an emotional response to any of the last movie. A lot of emotional moments but she has a dry humor and is rather stoic which is awesome in itself but I'm curious to see if that changes at all in ROTK

The third film wraps everything up in an amazing way but my favorite movie is THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. It was the first one that I watched in cinema and it blew me away. I like the fellowship of all the characters. In this one I like Eomer (Karl Urban) a lot.

Edited out my favorite scene. 😥 I have a t-shirt with Sam's beautiful speech on it. It moved Faramir's heart to understanding, and strengthened Frodo.

The elves of middle-earth are deceptively light.

The subtitles could be a good episode of Bad Lip Reading. "There won't be a shirt, Pippin".

Eyyy! More LOTR! What a wonderful gift!

So cool to watch you guys enjoy this movie. Keep them coming!

Thanks for another reason to love the movie Hidalgo. I didn't know Viggo Mortessen did that.

Theoden gets a lot of shit from the main characters for taking refuge in helm's deep. As if any other option would have worked. Making Saruman throw thousands of orcs against the walls of Helm's Deep was the freaking smartest thing anyone could ahve done. Freaking aragorn wanted to face them in open battle. Yeah, that would have worked great.

Haldir...one of the Elven Captains of Lothlorian. Actually in the books it is Rohan alone that fights this battle. The king rides out to war, sending the women to Dunharrow which is further away from Isenguard and very defensible on cliffs (you'll see that in the next movie). Only the women and children that have already sought refuge there are at the Hornburg. Eomer is at the seige, Gandalf gathers the soldiers scattered ftom the battle of Isen, and the Trees (Hourns, conscious trees) cut off the other escape route. There is a larger company that rides out in the books, and Eomer and Gimli fight their way out of the caves (in the cliffs behind the wall, not in the keep)

Oh, was thst littl sniffle when Aragorn fell

"They are Groot!" Bahahaha!

Why does everyone think that the horse who comes to Strider, is Bill. They removed Bill's halter before freeing him.

I want ‘WTF Gandalf? Where’d you come from?’ On a T-shirt. 🤣

Haha you guys are so adorable ☺. Great reaction. The Return of the King's reaction is already sold haha.

"They were both kind of slow..." After this, show her the extended edition of the trilogy along with The Hobbit. 😆 A true sign she wasn't a fan. Even at it's long run time I couldn't wait to see the extended editions and all the behind the scenes.

Gimli is a very capable fighter, but Legolas wins with points for style.

Thank you for sharing your reactions to the trilogy. You do seem to hold some of your emotional cards pretty close to your vest but... I can understand and respect that. The humor seems to be the aspect that appeals to you the most. (However, I noticed the concern for Aragorn move into your eyes when he went over the cliff. Subtle and restrained in a situation like that?)

Everyone but Frodo and Sam are actually farther from Mordor than they were at the end of the 1st movie. Frodo and Sam goes southeast towards Mordor while the rest of the fellowship goes west towards Isengard

That's actually real rain. Wasn't planned for but made the movie that much better.

Those big sticks are called pikes and they were given to them because they're assaulting known horselords. It's a perfect weapon against oncoming cavalry as any horses coming in droves will all impale themselves. Since horses don't go down gracefully, and range helps, pikes are incredibly long to break a front. Sort of a pointless weapon in a siege of a fortress though, but they were all armed with swords also. They're strong enough to carry both in full plate because they're Uruks, who are bred to be much stronger than average orcs. Interestingly though, they're still much smaller and weaker than Black Uruks of Mordor, who are quite strong and seldom even need armor to fight.

Ents weren't trees, they were treeherders who looked after the trees, just as shepherds aren't sheep.

10:02 You love her, but she loves him And he loves somebody else You just can't win And so it goes until the day you die This thing they call love Its gonna make you cry I've had the blues, the reds and the pinks One thing's for sure....

FYI Treebeard was voiced by the actor who plays Gimli

Mithdral was given to Bilbo by the dwarf king Thorin Oakenshield before the Battle of Five Armies. It is not from the elves. It is made from the walls of Moria.

that kiss at about 5 minutes was so sweet

The best character for me in the first and second movie is Gandalf. It's a pity that in the third one he is so underrated (comparing to the book). And Gimli is awsome too, I love the comedy touches that he gives at the right moments.

Favourite character of the first movie is Boromir. Sam in the other two.

7:16...to be Strictly accurate you can spy for the Orcs without actually being an Orc...just saying. 🙂👍

I love the movies, but hate how they changed Boromir going to Rivendell. In the books, Farmair has a dream a few times (and Boromir once) with the riddle: Seek for the Sword that was broken In Imladris it dwells; There shall be counsels taken Stronger than Morgul-spells. There shall be shown a token That Doom is near at hand, For Isuldur's Bane shall waken, And the halfling forth shall stand. Boromir was told by Denathor that Ilmadris was another name for Rivendell and to go there because Elrond was a lore master. He did not not know how to get there and ended up coming at just the right time to ask questions about the above riddle. In fact everyone present showed up at the same time due to a "coincidence" and were invited to the Council of Elrond since the same thing, the strengthening of Sauron/Mordor, was effecting them all. Elrond did not call them to come (like he says in the movie). /rant

4:48 The spears are for the cavalry, for rohan's cavalry

5:45 she dropped the name of that movie real fast

I've had a lot of comments to make, but the "really long staves" and "they're trying to reach over the wall" remarks, I'd point to weapons like the pike, and other things generically called polearms. Their long haft is meant to allow 1-3 lines of infantry to put their dangerous end of the weapon past 1-2 lines of shields If you envision the S below to be a shield man, basically interlocking their shield into a solid barricade, and the | to represent the pole arms. S|||S|||S|||S You have 4 shields (extended as far as the line reaches, which can block arrows and take the brunt of an infantry rush without breaking. and between them protrude 9 blades or spikes that can be individually directed. Especially effective against cavalry, since pointed polearms (such as the pike) can impale a horse by the haft being set into the ground, and the point piercing the horse before it impacts the shield line, likely throwing the rider to the ground. [Even the best trained warhorse will try to stop moving forward once something is pressing into its neck or chest from the front.] Good catch in the eyes, I didn't notice until id watched a few times, but there was a scene where the fx were not in place, I've heard, but cannot confirm, there were contact lenses that were forgotten about during one shooting day.

Your wood, 🤣🤣

Thanks for posting

I like the out of context synopsys by the Gal. Another round of YMTM

For me, the leaves on treebeard actually suggest a poplar tree xD

The thumbnail for this reaction is the cover for the playstation 2 game which i played the hell out of

"he's my favorite". Justifiably so. Gimli lacked the physical advantage of a legolas or even a aragorn yet he was just as committed - and what an actor! Other than McKellen he might have been the best in the fellowship

It's kind of bold to go with the extended edition for a first watch... Not sure if it's a good idea, but well, you made it till the end.

cherrywood it smells very fine also red very good for cabinets and such

Not gonna lie, I was about dead certain that she is his sister... and then they kissed. 🤣🤦 My bad