The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended) | Part 1 | First Time Watching! | Movie REACTION! 

Oh no you didn't show the helmet kicking scene, what is everyone going to comment about now?!?!?! 😁

"I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin upon the mountainside." Badass AF.

The voice actor for Treebeard is actually the same actor who plays Gimli...he does a great job voicing the Ent. Also the guy who plays Grima Wormtongue, who corrupts King Theoden is Brad Dourif...he is mostly known for voicing Chucky the doll in the Childs play series

Watching this today it hits hard because of Bernard Hill and seeing him cry as Theoden, is hard 😭😭❤❤❤💔💔

At 11:40, the Orc actors wore elaborate prosthetics made of foam latex that took several hours a day to put on. The prosthetics were good for about a week's wear before they were done. The pile of Orc carcasses is a pile of used Orc prosthetics. The Making Of videos that came with the DVD version of the movie are every bit as entertaining as the movie itself. A lot of this material is available on RU-vid (or was, the last time I looked)--highly recommended.

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) purchased the two horses he rode in these films, one being Brego, the horse you just saw that he calmed and then told them to set free. He also purchased the horse Arwen rode in escaping the Nazgul and gifted it to the stuntwoman who actually rode the horse in that chase scene. He's bought other horses he worked with on other movies as well as he gets attached to them. Sadly, the two horses he bought for himself have passed on from old age. I just think it's wonderful he wants to give them a home when the films end and the horses go up for sale.

Edoras (where the king of rohan lives) was built for real on top of that beautiful hill. The great hall and the houses on top are real, The smaller ones at the bottom are CGI. It took months to be built, and was taken down after the shoot since it’s a protected national park. The craftsmanship in this movies is amazing. Even the swords were made by hand and the orcs making the weapons are real blacksmiths, melting real metal. That’s why everything looks so real.

"I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin upon the mountainside." One of the best lines ever written.

At 24:47, the Golden Hall of Meduseld was real. The set in this shot was constructed in the middle of a remote nature preserve on the South Island of New Zealand. The deal was that the producers had to restore the site to its original condition after the filming. So all the vegetation was removed and maintained in greenhouses for the duration of filming. This set was used for the exterior shots; the interiors were shot on sound stages in Wellington. Afterwards, the buildings were demolished, the hill was replanted, and today there's no sign that anything was ever built there

Was this a re-upload, cuz I was getting serious déjà vu the whole time. Eowyn is singing in Old English for the funeral! I love that. Also, yes, that hilltop village was actually a full size construction for the movie. It no longer exists beca it was only built to be able to last for the shooting, but yes, it was very real.

this is one of the few reactions i've seen that understood the elven rope was magical and not faulty.

"Dark have been my dreams of late" has to be the single greatest phrase to describe something I have ever heard in a movie

Loved this! No histrionics, just a couple of nice folks enjoying the best trilogy of all time! And it's impressive not saying anything at all when you've already seen the films :)

In the extended editions they have a second disc that tells how they make the movie. It's almost as good as the movie itself. One of the things that they marveled at was New Zealand had so many places like Edoras where the location looked almost exact to the book. It was literally in a valley with a mound in the center just like the book.

The first time I saw this, during the first scene I thought Gandalf was so savage he wanted to kill the Balrog before the ground did lol.

Beginning Fun fact: “what has roots nobody sees? Is taller than trees? Up up it goes and where it stops nobody knows?”

Have you noticed that Legolas walks on snow while the others don't?

...so lovely watching this again - with you this time - you're doing a wonderful job with your reaction, Jordan and Chandra... LotR is so epic, beautiful and deep - I can watch it again and again... 💖

28:10 Théoden's line here always hits so close to home for me as I had to bury my twin boys shortly after they were born.

At 24:20, the screen writers frequently took the words spoken by one character and put them into the mouth of a different character. For example, the opening words of FOTR, spoken over a dark screen before the title card comes up, are spoken by Galadriel; in the book, they were spoken near the end of the story by Treebeard! One of the strangest examples of this process are these words of Grima Wormtongue. In the book, they were spoken much later in the story by Aragorn to Eomer. In the context of the book, they aren't a bit creepy.

Many of the locations, like the black gate, were miniature sets that they scaled and green screened in. The "miniature" for Minis Tirith was so tall that even in a warehouse they had to tilt the model for certain camera angles

Gandalf it´s one of the five Istari... sent to the middle earth by the Valar. With Saruman, it´s also Gandalf, Radagast and the two blue wizards. Saruman was the white because he was chosen as the leader of all them. When he turned to evil... they chose a new leader.... returning Gandalf as Gandalf the white.

The fact the films themselves diverge from the source material but we still enjoy them, is a lot like the extended editions adding more to an already exceptional theatrical version. You really miss nothing but once you find yourself in this world, more is good.

By the way.. The voice of Treebeard are John-Rhys Davis voice. And he is the actor who played Gimli. His voice was so deep and on point that they didn't need to change it by the comput

I'm one minute into this video and i loved the preivous reaction, but at this moment i gotta commend the mustache of this gentleman. A mustache other men (including myself) could only dream of. Thanks for the great content guys!

The actor who played gimli John Rhys-Davies also did the voice for treebeard!

Éomer, the blondish horseman, was played by Carl Urban. What other famous movie did he play in and what was that characters name? It was: Leonard McCoy in the Star Trek reboot film series, Kirill in The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and Skurge in Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok (2017). I first thought I recognized him when i saw him here, but had to research to be sure. He's 51 now and has a very broad body of work. He was born and raised in New Zealand where The Lord of the Rings was filmed. Obviously, many of the othe actors have a much broader acting credits. Well done, eh?! 😊

You took out the part where Viggo broke his toes kicking the helmet!

I wonder what Jordan is planning that he will need to disguise himself by cutting off his handlebars?

"What we need is a few good taters." "What's taters, precious? What's taters, eh?" "PO-TAY-TOES! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew... Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish." Fun Fact: Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) is eighty-seven years old. He is a descendant of the Numenoreans, or a Dunedain, gifted with a long life of around 250 years. He is human, but like a different race of human. We meet another, dark and twisted Numenorean right before Aragorn lobes his head right off. Nine Hours Very Old Fact: Bernard Hill would spend up to nine hours in make-up to become the aged Theoden. He wore contact lenses to give his eyes the milky look that very old people can have, but it wasn't sufficiently successful, so his eyes were later tinkered with digitally. Building Gollum Fact: Andy Serkis said he based Gollum's desperation and cravings on the withdrawals of heroin addicts. Andy Serkis said that he based Gollum's voice on the sound of a cat coughing up a hairball. Andy Serkis's hobby of rock-climbing came in very handy for his mainly on-all-fours performance as Gollum.

This is an awesome series! Thank y'all for reacting to these!

A translation of what Eowyn was singing: An evil death has set forth the noble warrior A song shall sing the sorrowing minstrels of Meduseld That noble cousin who always held me dear Now is held in darkness, enclosed Evil- (and that is where the song is cut off) The entire verse from the book is as follows: Now dear Théodred lies in darkness, most loyal of fighters. The sound of the harp shall not wake the warrior; nor shall the man hold a golden wine-cup, nor good hawk swing through the hall, nor the swift horse stamp in the courtyard. An evil death has set forth the noble warrior A song shall sing the sorrowing minstrels of Meduseld That noble cousin, who always held me dear Now is held in darkness, enclosed.

U should watch how they made Gollum, Andy Serkis did an awesome job with it 🙂

Bogs release natural methane gases and are capable of self ignition (depending on environmental conditions). Just like how wet mulch piles can start smoldering if conditions are right

I just found out that all the LOTR reactions are out. I am going on an adventure. Perfect Friday chill activity.

Interesting fact: Galadriel is Elrond's Mother-In-Law, and thus Arwen's Grandmother!

I would like Brad Dourif (GRIMA) to be given the credit he deserves, everyone knows him and no one really recognizes him, he is Charles Lee Ray and the voice of Chucky, he always been in the Child's Play franchise, even his daughter has participated in in the films

is this a reupload? I swear I watched your reaction to this already

Aww what a pleasure😊 had very tough week and decided to relax watching your reaction sitting with a glass of wine on my balcony instead of going to a party❤

Hi! Thank you for your beautiful reaction. Yesterday I watched the first movie and I was looking and searching part 2. And today: here we go.Thank you. I really like your calm and smart reacting.

Wooo the next LOTR movie i'm loving being on this journey with you guys and so pleased you guys are doing the extended editions going forward so many amazing moments so many incredible quotes in this movie Gandalfs return as Gandalf the White,The battle of Helms Deep,The last march of the Ents,Sams speech at Osgiliath and so much more.Bernard Hill is perfect as Theoden R.I.P 😔as well as Eowyn and Eomer and Andy serkis playing Gollum in one of the most perfect and amazing performances of all time! I also love the growing relationship between the characters in this one especially Aragorn Legolas and Gimli..The soundtrack in this one is awesome too especially the Last march of the ents and Rohans suite.So many moments in this movie get me in the feels everytime 😢"I am Gandalf the White and i come back to you know at the turn of the tide" "Shadowfax he is the lord of all horses and he's been my friend through many dangers" I cannot jump the distance you'll have toss me! Ehh don't tell the Elf. Not a word'" "What are we fighting for Sam? That there's some good in this world Mr Frodo and its worth fighting for"Amazing reaction guys!😊

In the extended Fellowship you’ll get more backstory on the elvish rope and cloaks. ❤

Gandalf defeated the Balrog by himself to get all the XP, and came back with new gear and a class change.

This isn't a re-upload? I could have sworn you did all three films already. 🤔

I love it. Gollum is such a drama Queen! John Rhys-Davies, Gimli, also did the voice of Treebeard. John Rhys-Davies you might remember him in the first and 3rd Indiana Jones movies. He was Indies Arab/Egyption? Friend. He saved Indy from eating the poisoned date in the first movie. Ironically, the added scene were the tree eats Merry and Pippin didn't happen at this point in the books. It happened much earlier in the "Tom Bombadil" story arch that was deleted because it didn't have much to do with the main story. Other than that story arch is where the Hobbits actually got their weapons in the first movie and not handed to them out of nowhere from Aragorn. Bombadil was a much loved character that was rightfully deleted from the movies. He was sort of a man-sized, gnome like, magical, nature loving, hippy that had a gorgeous, blond nature loving, hippy gf, Goldberry. You know the guy, Karl Urban, who plays the young horse lord is also one of the stars in "The Boys." The Boys is sooooooo good. If you don't know about it, it's about superheroes that are........not your normal superheroes. They have their own Justice League that they VERY actively promote for profit and fame and a few other things. LOL. This show is definitely worth consideration to react to.

2:02 real mountains too 😲

Looking forward to your reaction to part two, which is legendary on so many levels!!

At 19:45, the voice acting is supplied by John Rhys-Davies, who also plays Gimli. Treebeard was an enormous puppet operated by half a dozen people; Merry and Pippin sat on bicycle seats built into Treebeard's hands.

this time the battle between the wizards was much more impressive, wasn't it? as for the edoras castle, about 90% of it was really built in a remote, isolated part of new zealand. it was used for exterior shots, and a warehouse. the interior scene of the building were filmed in a studio.

Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤

I thought it was fun finding out John Rys Davis, who played Gimli did Treebeards voice.

The dead marshes actually fit pretty closely to Tolkien's experiences in WWI, looking down on the battlefield etc.

29:32 Remember the name of this horse, Brego.

The part about the dead marshes includes Legolas’s Father; Thranduil, & Thranduil’s father Oropher, were to join the Last Alliance in from a different angle to achieve a certain war tactic but Oropher and others got waylayed by orcs & many corrupted men which lead to eventually Oropher dying there, this loss effected Legolas’s father so very deeply forevermore. The bond between he and his son is the same bond Thranduil has with Legolas. And the braid he wears is to honour his grandfather. I believe after his death braids became less common. A sort of respect thing I believe. Both his father and Grandfather lived in Doriath(Elu Thingol’s domain[Elwë], which was heartbea of middle earth; Aside from Gondolin which held this mantle until it’s secret location was given up by a tortured elf who was the son of a very important mother who was the sister of the high king Turgon). All on a landmass called Beleriand that sunk under the sea after a set of disastrous events that lead to many greater outcomes much later on in the legendarium. This here is a whole set of stories of which also includes a quite a bit of Galadriel too but moreso other characters during this era. Of Beren And Lùthien comes to mind and Children Of Hurin!! You’ll fall in love even more after the third movie. Then you can enter into the lore videos like Moviejoob and OmarioRPG have done reaction videos too. Amazing stuff. One thing to add though is this scene resembles a lot from the other battle Tolkien was involved in called The Battle Of Somme. Look into it and tell me your thoughts. I’ll add something here though: that clan of elves really didn’t like being under the command of anyone else so they went ahead without the order and let’s just say it didn’t end well. That and they weren’t fond of the Ñoldor… huge history there as to why that is. That and the Sindar subgroup of these clans were a tiny bit more isolationist. But there are many amazing Sindar in the legendarium too Elrond and his two sons and daughter are connected to all of the main clans of men and elves through the union of his half elf father and full elf(quarter goddess) mother. Who essentially played a huge role in saving the world from the original dark lord Morgoth. Gained the Favour Of Valinor. Which subsequently lead to Numenor being a gift from the sea to the men who helped. Becoming blessed. Their land existing within the light of Valinor as it was situated closely to The Undying Lands. (The same ancestry Aragorn has that Èowyn spoke of while they were travelling to Helm’s Deep! (Elrond’s Twin Brother became the first king of Númenor. His name becoming Tar-Minyatur, and those faithful to Eru, the elves and the natural world all of this line carried Tar before their name! Ar for Aragorn is the word meaning Noble in his tongue called Adúnaic. That too is a fleshed out language Tolkien created too. Elvish languages also were placed into the official list of world languages too!

Oh man, it’s been so long long since you watched the first LOTR! These movies are among the best in cinema history!

FYI - John Rhys Davies, who plays Gimli, was also the voice of Treebeard.

Hey guys, really enjoy watching your reactions to this icon of a movie. Btw, hey dude, here from your destroying scammers vids, they're seriously the best

The tree and Gimli has the same voice 😊

Another great reaction. I'm not sure if anyone mentioned it, TreeBeard is voiced by the actor that plays Gimli.

The actor that plays Ewoyen’s brother is Karl Urban. He is a great actor. He is in the movie Dredd as Judge Dredd. The actor that plays Grima is Brad Dourif who plays Chucky in the Child’s play franchise.

You need to watch the special features. As someone that loves this it really opens your eyes to what the creative process was, and the almost unprecendated attention to detail in every single thing that appears on screen.

Hail Theoden King Rest in Peace ❤

Gandalf was "sent" back. Bilbo and Frodo were "meant" to have the Ring. There is an unseen hand at work. His name in Tolkiens theology is Eru Illuvatar, the One Father. And that is an encouraging thought.

Fyi, I always recommend people watch the theatrical edition of the first movie, for their first watch. It flows better and newbies are usually so inundated with new worldbuilding info that they're already on the edge of being lost. There isn't as much extended plot material in Fellowship as the other two, and after the first one viewers are generally eager for as much Middle Earth as they can get. My opinion is that you optimized your experience.

Gandalf basically solo the Balrog to get the all EXP to level up.

Half way through The Lord of the Rings film now.

My dude, that shirt is awesome

Aat 14:41 you say, "This bog is just on fire all the time?" The Dead Marshes are one of the movie's less successful scenes. Tolkien's original would have been impossible to film. For starters, Gollum would only move in total darkness, avoiding even moonlight. The fires are a not-very-successful attempt to portray the "will-o-the-wisp," an eerie, phosphorescent light sometimes reported from marshes, and interpreted as candles carried by the dead.

Gandalf is a Maia; a lesser angelic spirit from the same family as the Valar (The Powers, archangels essentially). Balrogs are _also_ Maiar, corrupted by Sauron's master Morgoth in the First Age to serve him. This means they're on an equal power footing, which is how Gandalf is able to fight it without getting squushed, as he isn't REALLY an old man, he's a powerful spirit in human form. Additionally, he *did* die, and was resurrected by... Eru Iluvatar. God brought Gandalf back to complete his purpose, and this marks the second time that Eru has intervened directly in events on Arda (the first being when he cast Morgoth into the Void after his defeat by the armies of the Elves and Valar at the end of the First Age). Rohan used to be known as Calenardhon, which was gifted to the Eotheod, ancestors of the Rohirrim who came from the north, in light of their service to the Steward of Gondor. This pushed out the wildmen who lived there into the western lands of Dunland; hence they became known as the Dunlendings, and they grew bitter over the loss of their homes to these perceived invaders (which is also why they're eager to pledge to Saruman, so they can take their lands back). The fortress of Helm's Deep was named for Helm Hammerhand, a King of Rohan whose rule was plagued by constant raids by the Dunlendings into his lands. Wormtongue is actually a title that marks a knowledgable, cunning, and persuasive advisor; it comes from the same draconic characteristic, as dragons (also called 'worms' or 'wyrms') were known for having a power of voice that could beguile and enchant Men and Elves. Glaurung the Golden in the First Age used his voice to great and tragic effect in the tale of Turin Turambar. It sounds strange to us, but in that time having a way of speaking that could be as magically persuasive as a dragon's was prized by many rulers. The Entwives left the Ents to go grow their own garden realm. Unfortunately, they picked a spot just north of the Black Gate and south of Dol Guldur in Mirkwood, and Sauron was having none of it. He sent a legion of Orcs there, murdered all of the Entwives and their children, burned the entire realm to the ground, and sowed the earth with salt so that nothing would ever grow there again. It is now known as the Brown Lands, and the Ents in Fangorn never had a clue that this transpired.

Tree beard is based on Tolkiens friend CS Lewis.

At 27:38, the funeral of Theodred is one scene the movie does better than Tolkien's book. In the book, for once the action is happening faster than in the movie, and the death of Theodred is only mentioned in passing. Bernard Hill and Miranda Otto just kill this scene!

Please find the appendices that Peter Jackson filmed showing how the films were created, including the locations and the sets, etc. Hours of content.

Bout TIME!!!! 😂

"It's light-hearted and fun..."

Looking forward to watching this!

Fun reaction guys! It’s hard to rank these but it’s my “least favourite” of the films even though it’s a 10/10 and can watch it anytime. My question is where did Jordan get that awesome RB shirt?

At 13:26 you say, "It's so fun jumping from all these like totally different little stories..." Some reactors I've watched enjoy the back-and-forth; others are put off by it. Tolkien's book is structured quite differently. LOTR is written in six "books," of which T2T is Books 3 and 4. Book 3 follows the Three Dudes across Rohan and into the Battle of Helm's Deep, while Book 4 follows Frodo and Sam to Mordor. Peter Jackson & Co. obviously couldn't structure the film the same way--you'd have the main character absent for the first half of the movie!. The characters in the book sometimes wonder what the other characters are doing, but the reader misses entire plot developments for long stretches at a time. Tolkien knew what he was doing, but the experience is often very different from the movie.

Giving a ReUploaded 👍🏼

May I just say... that is a handsome 'stache, sir.

the start did linda look like the paramount logo

Couple of the things I love about the Lord of the rings movies that game of thrones doesn't have is that there is no nudity no swearing no sex scenes as far as I know I don't think there's anything racial about it but I really never seen too much of game of thrones and The Hobbit and The Lord of the rings books were written by a Christian

@Shandra Since you are such a fan of lil plushy things, give „Critters“ a watch 🎉👍🏻👍🏻

is it me or і have already seen this episode?

you guys are so adorable i cant

Also, your mustache is fantastical!

Is this a reupload? I could swear I saw this already

Edoras was a real full-scale set, but built in a national park so after filming it had to be torn down and the place brought back to exactly the way it was before.

I actually much prefer the theatrical edition. I think a lot of the stuff was cut for legitimate pacing issues and don't really add a lot to the overall quality of the films and at times detracts from the films.

Dude, put a ring on that girl's finger.

Fun fact: Treebeard is voiced by the actor that plays Gimli.

I'd die for seasoning (just ask my blood pressure :P )

One of you look like Julia Stiles not the mustache guy

A first time watching of The Two Towers and not a single comment about THAT event? What on middle-earth has become of this community??!

Now you need to watch the extended edition for Part 1 of Return of the King and theatrical version for Part 2

Isn't this re-edited, re-uploaded? I vaguely remember you mentioning that you had to take it down due to damned stupid copyright claims.

Actually the first film is a perfect film without the extended scenes but the next two are soo much better as extended editions !! Enjoy ✌️

Just as with FEMINISM ... the Entwives simply BUGGERED OFF TO HAVE A CAREER ELSEWHERE, no sense of duty for THE SPECIES. [Entwives are ORCHARD-trees, Ents are FOREST-trees. Treebeard says that the Entwives probably would like the Shire after Merry and Pippin tell him about it, because the Entwives are about farming and gardening.]

Nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing.

😍 Eowyn 😍 is way hotter than Arwen.

Such a beautiful, grandiose, epic film, and its best quote is: "Looks like meat is back on the menu, boys!" 😁