THE LORD OF THE RINGS | THE TWO TOWERS | MOVIE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING (PART 1/2) 

Hahaha

😂 RIP

His legacy forever lives on with this film. His sacrifice was not in vain.

Get that man a raise

"Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever." - Peter Jackson

lol

I've only broken something in that area of the body once, and I cringe every time I see that scene coming. Always got the sympathy pains

THIS!

I always say that Frodo desperately needs Gollum to be 'good', because he needs to think he himself can still be good with/after the ring. And Sam desperately needs Gollum to be 'evil', because he needs to think this evil is not about the ring poisoning Frodo, but an innate characteristic.

I've seen other reactors recognize the same thing, but... "Lysander, let me tell you something, you couldn't in a million years be like them even if you was to work at it."" Dr. Caldwell Whitlock to Prince Lysander Collins of Sparta, regarding the terrorist army they face, in "Prince of Sparta" Every time I see the scenes where Sam and Frodo argue over Gollum/Smeagol the schizophrenic, I remember Dr Whitlock's words and wish Sam would use them with Frodo, to give him the same encouragement. Knowing Smeagol's backstory, it should be plain to everyone that Frodo couldn't be like Smeagol in a million years... even if he worked at it.

@@Hiraghm Quite true. Smeagol wasn't a particularly good person even before the Ring. Frodo is *very* good. Though I don't think Smeagol is schizophrenic. He shows more signs of disassociative personality disorder.

@@n4l9bx Those points were good AF!

@@brigidtheirish correct. I'm not sure where the idea comes from that being schizophrenic means you have different personalities. It's got nothing to do with split personalities. It's just hearing voices and seeing things that aren't there. They don't take on the personalities of the voices they hear. Somehow being 'schizo' became a way of describing someone who's personality switches.

They did that scene four times, each one with Bernard Hill wearing different levels of make up and effects. They then edited them all together to show a more genuine transition from weak to strong

@@Rytonic69 You say that... but I think they actually put a spell on him and then undid it because my brain cannot fathom how clean that transition is. You can't just stitch and fade together 4 separate takes and keep it looking so smooth and consistent between transitions. LIKE DANG.

To be fair...Shadowfax is hardly JUST a horse...

@@kateiannacone2698 Lord of horse... is still horse.....but it's LORD

Yh it's so good to see 😎

It is always a treat to see it

Samee

We watched it in film class, just the fellowship, but anyways, and there were many who didn't know the films. Watching them at Gandalf's death made my day.

Especially when they choose to watch the Extended Editions :)

Haha, yes! Strider: Yes m'lady!

Bernard said that when he finally heard cut and looked up that the entire crew was also crying. Such a talent, and such a sad moment.

A day may come when we will not weep, but it is not this day

@@MrDillon744 Hahaha truueeeee

Yeah, probably never for me.

People sleep on how Bernard killed it in these

Yeah Gandalf does premium dress-reveals ^^

Underappreciated effect.

Actually within my top 10 moments, there are many rather quiet instances: there is the Nazghul flying over the marshes -- and you know that somewhere down there a two hobbits and a corrupted hobbit-like creature are cowering in a hedge of some sort -- the Wraith can't even see the same way we do, but he senses them and the whole enterprise is in total danger of failure for the first time after Sam and Frodo have left the Fllowship -- it's a strong picture of helplessness versus cluelessness, because the Nazghul does not know where to even begin searching that massive swamp and yet if he did find the, the quest would be lost. then we have Gandalf sitting in an allyway in Minas Tirith, waiting for action, pondering over something -- and it might be anything, he might be sleeping for all we know -- it's a whisp of piece, light and quiet in a city at the brink of war. and then Merry and Pippin in Fangorn perhaps, just because it reminds me of Bombadil and because they incorporateted at least the old willow-man.

Billy B-B-Bibbit

@@stevenspringer1599 they always go for Chucky and never Cuckoo’s Nest :(

Both are iconic. Brad is a treasure.

@@alikat89 a truly underrated gem. Watching him verbally go toe to toe with George C Scott is one of my favorite ways to bring in the Halloween season.

@@alikat89 He's also excelent as doc Cochran in Deadwood

Mind blown about the Hama fact

Yeah. I love Hama's facial expression after the walking stick line - it's like, "I know you're bullshitting me right now, but fuck it, I'm not gonna stop you"

Haha

lol

Wow, talk about occupational hazard

He actually broke 2 of his toes during that kick of that helmet

@@brysonfreeman7226 Yes we all know that because in every reaction video someone always has to drop a comment to tell everyone. I was making fun of that. But this was 2 years ago, we've all moved on since then.

yeah i was hoping to get ahead of the commenters lol

The thing that blows my mind is that Viggo's IRL near-death experience filming the sequence where he's floating down the river. Apparently the current pulled him under during one of the takes, and he became trapped under a rock and he required rescue.

I came looking for the broken toe comment.

@@Diegesis i really appreciated that part but then again it would've been an extra 20% comments for the algorithm.

@@prettyokandy230 yeah i probably shot myself in the toe by dissuading 50 comments about toes. lesson for next movie lol

Yes. Gollum is so corrupted that the purity of elvish things hurts him. The rope, and the elvish lembas bread.

I watched these like a million times, never thought thats why it burned his neck. Makes perfect sense.

@@DigitalDNA & why the Lembas turned to ash in his mouth; its virtues became vices to him.

@@scalefree I didn't realize it turned to ash. He just said it tried to choke him, im assuming by being dry.

@@DigitalDNA didn't mean to imply that literally just metaphorically. "turning to ashes in his mouth" is a common figure of speech is all I meant.

Kinda agreed. And to me, Sean Bean and Bernard Hill's portrayal is when this element shines the most. I mean, we all love snarky wisdom of Sir Ian McKellen's Gandalf, groundbreaking performance of Andy Serkis as Gollum, badassery and dedication of Viggo Mortensen and absolute friendship goals Sean Astin has shown in his Sam role among many others... but multilayered Boromir and King Theoden transcend them all (especially in Extended Editions). Just imho:)

@@VladissimoTheMocker I don’t think anyone tops Serkis. Between his incredible acting skill and his insane commitment to the role, he will always be the highlight to me.

These movies dominated oscars and were never beaten in that regard. 17 oscars total 30 nominations I wouldn't say the trilogy being fantasy had anything to do with acting being underrated rather than the movies didn't really focus on one character too much.

Everything is brilliant about these movies. Every single member of the cast and crew gave it 100% for literal years of development. From the director to the costume designers, to the score and actors and the two guys making REAL chainmail in a shed for 500 days... EVERYBODY GAVE IT THEIR ALL

In the movies. In the books, Frodo was far more heroic and less useless.

@@langdalepaul also in the book it's the first moment in which frodo is this aggressive and cruel,even Sam is surprised about it

@@langdalepaul Yes, but even in the books, Frodo isn't violent, and I like that. He never kills anyone, not even orcs. And I love that. It's great to see a story that sends the message that there's other ways to be heroic besides being a powerful warrior or wizard. I like to describe it as "quietly badass."

@@kateiannacone2698 That's an awesome way to describe it. It's interesting when you see that throughout the whole epic war, Frodo's fight is almost entirely internal. And impressively, he's able to endure the constant assault until they get to Mount Doom. I always admired his fight to maintain control of his mind and will.

@@kateiannacone2698 I didn't know he never killed anyone. Impressive. I need to read the books and Frodo was a bit more heroic true.

Tremendous lyric, didn't know it

That's really poignant, thanks for sharing. I hadn't seen that translation until now. I knew that "Where now is the horse and the Rider" was an Old English poem that Tolkien had translated (or used as inspiration) and set to the meter and rhyme that it is in the novels.

@@garmisra7841 I always find it a bit funny that the Rohrim speak Old English sometimes but are heavily based off of the Norse.....they are pretty much horse Vikings lol....

that makes a lot more sense. i thought it was in-lore rhohirrim, but old english makes sense too

@@VergilArcanis he really only fleshed out elvish and dwarfish? could be wrong on that though

I think it's not even that, 2000 years is probably only the time he literally spent in Middle eath. I mean he was sent there by the valar, but he's probably been around since before the beginning of time.

@@sarumanork-orphanage5612 yeah i know, why i said physical form. His spiritual is estimated to be around 24000 xd

@@TheRealRealMClovin That's cool ton know! I mean I never bothered to calculate such things, I guess confused with shire reckoning, so don't ask me to use the wierd 1 day = 12 years/ 10 years or what it was -- Tolkien kinda went a bit overboard with that ^^ I mean if peope want to research that, good for them, I'll even listen to the facts when they're out, it is interesting after all, it really is. That being said, I get a mindf*ck when stuff happens in a chronological order even before the beginning of time, I mean it could mean that time was just not measured before, but something tells me Tolkien really wanted time to not hav been nvented until the tool light-poles were up (I forgott the names). What I do is I try to get a sense of what happens before what. That's challenge enough fo me. I mean - as an example - I was looking at this the other day with Bombadil (he was there before Morgoth came to the world, or came back to the world, he was there when the first drop fell (before Ulmo?) and before paths were made (Elvish paths or human paths?). Like- for some reason, there probably was no light when the valar and all were shaping the world, Morgoth might have burnt a few places down, but then they put the two beams up with the lights on thm, they get knocked down, eventually there's stars and then also the two trees that Yavanna Kementari grew and then these get poisoned, then we have the silmaril and I guess some time later the moon and sun are made with Earendil taking a silmaril on his everlasting boat cruise... From what I gather half of the Silmarillion happens in faint Starlight or the world is pitch black, which is funny to think about. And yeah, so that's how I read it, and Gandalf must have been pretty f***ing old. So 24000 years - why not? It's completely beyond human understanding, it's longer than the third age by far and that's good for me ^^

My wife and I do the same on Christmas day. Cheers to you and your mates!

Does the New Years tradition include timing the Two Towers so that the moment the clock strikes midnight, Théoden King goes, "So... it begins...."?

Marathon's for xmas or new years' are the best. Good food, good wine, burning candles. That's how I do it, every year. I have included watching the hobbit trilogy every year around mid november

Well gee guess I'm just a cold hearted piece of crap then =_= Thanks

My measuring stick has always been how they react to Mr Jingles :-D

The shocking thought of people not reacting exactly the same as yourself 0.O

​@@n4l9bx If someone is unable to appreciate not only determination and will power, but also courage, friendship and love ... Yeah, I shudder at the thought of that.

@@rmroch Then that's the word you should have used. Not crying.

That shit had me laughing lol

Yes. A lot of commenters don't understand this. There was really nothing useful Grima could tell Saruman that he didn't already know. He's got birds spying for him. And a palantir.

Agreed, my only gripe is with the portrayal in the film that Theoden wanted to kill Grima and Aragorn physically restraining him. From what I remember in the book it was always Theoden who wanted to only banish him and not kill him. Unless I am remembering incorrectly? Also, Aragorn in the book seem to be a bit better at reading the room and would never physically restrain a King like that? even though he is a rightful king himself, it just felt weird...

Yes, it’s always a bit disturbing to me when people just want him killed outright. One of the major themes in the story is about showing pity to those who don’t deserve it. In the end of the books and films, it’s Grima who takes out Saruman. Evil begets evil.

@@PhillyEastSide I think you’re right re: Theoden and Aragorn.

@@NikolasAmodeo It's because that's what media has conditioned most of us to feel. Moments like this, where mercy is shown to the wrongdoer, are very rarely seen in media. It's almost always framed as a righteous revenge to kill them, so people get desensitized to it, and begin to condone it. That's why I like this scene so much. It cuts through that cultural desensitization and points out that killing isn't righteous or just. Of course, most people still don't realize that from the scene, but I still really appreciate that about it.

I hope she eventually gets to meet Radagast the Brown. 🤓

tl;dr for the uninitiated: wizards = angels.

@@meanderingmarley3910 I just hope she doesn't have a phobia for birds.

@@jeffburnham6611 What's that saying? "A bird in the hat, is worth two in the bush?" 🤔

Before you mentioned the Balrog I thought you might have confused the term Maiar with the term Istari. The Istari being the Wizards, sent to look ater the peoples of Middle earth by the Valar on Tarniquetil and Maiar being a form of other-worldly being just outranked by the valar (and Morgoth). As mentioned by Ruto here, the Maiar can be understood as angels in a way, whilst the valar are arch-angels if you want. Morgoth is the fallen arch-angel, the great evil from which all evil stems in the lore of middle-earth (and its world, arda). The Istari (Wizards) and the Balrog are no the only Maiar however to dwell in the world, for Sauron too is a Maiar in this world. As you might have acknowledged, the powers of the Maiar can vary greatly.

Same

It's 02:46 am in Würzburg Germany. Ooops.

Totally agree. it's a great bit in the film

I like that they included it from the book, but it was actually Frodo's thought after witnessing his first man vs man combat. edit: Or maybe it was Sam's... It's been a few years since I last read it

@@gregall2178 It was Sam's, but it fits Faramir's character pretty well too

That monologue is one of my favorite parts about the whole trilogy, it's one of those times where it feels like the author is directly speaking to you. I love the movies but I think it's a little questionable how often they associate glory with warfare, whereas the books are filled with moments of quiet contemplation like that speech

yeah i was hoping to get ahead of the commenters

Haha i wonder if i did myself a disservice "engagement" wise by not leaving room for people to flood the video with that comment

Well you've read up to the lore, I had forgotten, that their powers had been reduced. It comes back to me now that you tell me ^^

I would like to point out that the singular of Maiar is Maia. Good summary otherwise.

@@sailiealquadacil1284 thanks I wasn't sure anymore ^^

Thing is, the Witch-king of Angmar was just as powerful as Gandalf the White for shattering his staff with no effort, despite the fact that Gandalf couldn't distinguish which of the Nazgul were more powerful in the books.

@@AdderTude What?! The Witch King didn't shatter Gandalf's staff in the books. That was something Jackson added to the movies to make the Witch King seem more powerful than Gandalf, but it is not the case. In fact, that's one of the worst pieces of adaptation in the movies.

that's true but fell beast just means foul beast... its not the actual name per say its just how they were described their characteristics most closely resemble a wyvern from mythology

@@vkdeen7570 i always saw them more as vultures with bat wings

I really wish he got to do more work as Théoden, because his internal struggle about feeling that he is a lesser king, who has only held back the line of kings, and how he's desperate to prove himself, not only to his people but also to himself. The movie touches on it but I really wish they could have gone deeper into it, it's also I think one of the reasons he is so hostile to Aragorn, a guy who is a proven leader, who can get a man to follow him to the death in 10 minutes because he's just that exceptional

@@MasterIceyy Thanks for comment. I agreed first part of it. But I’m sure Theoden had no bad feelings to Aragorn who rode to war with his grandfather :)

@@cendererol not necessarily bad feelings that was probably bad wording, but it's more like Aragorn just helps bring out Theorems insecurity even more

Lol

lol any time

Much appreciated! Really

hopefully tomorrow