Watching The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers For the First Time Part 2 - Movie REACTION 

Legolas: 300 against 10,000? Leonidas: TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL

I know you're already on Return of the King at this point, but this is how I like to explain Aragorn, Arwen, and Eowyn. Aragorn and Arwen have been together for decades and Arwen was willing to give up her immortality for him. (Although they'd both live for centuries, Arwen will live longer). So they love each other deeply. Aragorn wants what is best for her and tells her she should go to the Undying Lands. So he leaves believing she's going but still loves her so he's not going to get over her quickly. Now, Aragorn meets Eowyn. I think he sees someone who's lonely and has no hope so tries to be a friend to her and is very kind. Eowyn definitely has a crush on him. He comes into her life when she has no hope. Her brother was banished, her uncle is being cursed and she's being creeped on by wormtongue. On top of giving her hope, I think she's in awe of him. He's human but can speak elvish, which is basically unheard of. Then she finds out he's a descendent of numenor which she thought was a legend. So I think it's a lot of hero worship on her part. And he's being a friend who is still in love with Arwen even if she's leaving.

Yes, Galadriel and Elrond were communicating telepathically at a great distance. Fun fact: Galadriel is Elrond’s mother-in-law

Faramir's flashback of Boromir and their father was not included in the Theatrical Version. It's one of the reasons I push the Extended Edition.

The Dunedain are descendants of Numenor. Numenorians were blessed with long life and lived on the island of Numenor. Until the island was sank into the sea thousands of years ago (long story) but the numenorians who survived sailed to Middle-Earth and created the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor. The line of kings of these kingdoms were descended from Numenor. This is the same line of kings Aragorn is descended from.

The Undying Lands are across the sea, they're sort of a heaven on Earth for elves as they are typically immortal but traditionally it's no mortals allowed as they go on to a different judgement. Sauron never enslaved the elven rings so they were used progressively after his defeat to uphold the kingdoms. But now he's back the Ring decides their fate - if the Ring is destroyed the Elven rings lose their protective power, if Sauron wins they become enslaved. So either way the elves need to leave... Love these reactions, your channel's a favourite of mine :)

Helm's Deep was one of the most incredible theater experiences ever. The marching and pounding of the spears shook the theater. We all were just holding our breaths. The elves did not come in the books. It was a change I approve of for the movies. I appreciate the emotion it conjures: the elves could have stayed out, left and lived immortal lives. Helms Deep should look awesome--it took them 3 or 4 months to film, the majority in the rain. Afterwards, cast and crew all got shirts that read: "I Survived Helm's Deep". I love how we got to get to know the other members of the Fellowship better. Gimli and Legolas's rivalry is different from the books but I appreciate it. John Rhys Davies, who plays Glimi, gave some much-needed humor to break up the tension. I always loved his character is quite short yet he is the tallest main cast member. He is also the voice of Treebeard.

yes Grima wormtongue, the creepy guy with Saruman, was crying cause he realized he just helped destroy his own country. he didn't want to obliterate it he thought he would get to rule it. its at this point he sees Saruman doesn't want to take over Rohan, he wants to End it.

Those maps were drawn by Tolkien himself. They're in the books.

The cool thing about Legolas is you have to remember he is almost 3000 years old. He has spent his entire life training and honing his skills as a tracker, hunter, and warrior. Imagine how good you would be at something if you could practice for 3000 years. Imagine how strong and honed your muscles would be if you didn’t age. That’s where Legolas gets his “powers” from, not really from magic. Plus, elves basically have hollow bones, they’re much lighter than men and dwarves. This is demonstrated in the first movie when Legolas is walking on top of the snow while even the small hobbits sink into the snow.

About Aragorn’s age. Elrond is actually half elf, half man. His mother and father were the two that Aragorn was singing about in the first movie. Elrond and his twin brother defeated Sauron’s old boss (before Elrond helped defeat Sauron the for the first time, Elrond is a true badass). As a gift for their valour, the gods granted Elrond and his brother a choice - to be elf and be immortal, or be man and be mortal (side note, men are jealous of elf immortality, while elves are jealous of man’s mortality, as it gives them passion). Elrond chose immortality, his brother chose mortality, although it was mortality after a very long life. Aragorn is a descendent of Elrond’s brother, a couple thousand years down the line. As such, Aragorn is blessed with long life. When he was a child, Aragorn’s mother sent him to live with Elrond, so Elrond could teach him things that she couldn’t. And so yes, Aragorn and Arwen are basically distant cousins. They met when Aragorn was in his 20s, when he was visiting Lady Galadriel. Aragorn spent many years silently observing the world of men when he was in his 30s, 40s, and 50s, quietly partaking in their affairs, before returning to the woods near Rivendale to become a Ranger. Based on his experience, he decided that the world of men did not deserve to be united under one king, plus he also feared his own shortcomings as a man. This is when he met Gandalf, and began secretly working in earnest to help Gandalf on his quest to track down The One Ring, based on events and things that Gandalf discovers during the events of The Hobbit (that said, Aragorn doesn’t actually make any appearances in The Hobbit, but he’s carrying out tasks for Gandalf in the background).

Elrond wasn't such a dick in the books seemingly against Aragorn and Arwen being together, he just made it plain to Aragorn that they would only get Elrond's blessings if Aragorn succeeded in his quest as part of the alliance to defeat Sauron and became king, so no elopement or abandoning the quest.

Aragorn chops off several heads. Seems to be his favorite kill stroke.

the Nazgul's flying Fell Beasts aren't dragons. Tolkien's dragons are intelligent creatures that can speak. these are the result of some experiment of Sauron's.

Brego, the horse, is named after the second king of Rohan, which is a nice way to introduce more history of Middle Earth into the movie. If all the history and backstory of the characters had been filmed, we'd still be watching the movies in 2022.

@41:01 I love the look on Legolas's face. He is a Mirkwood elf who has seen some creepy shit, but witnessing wild trees tearing an army of uruk-hai to shreds makes you remember once more not to fuck with nature. Also, I really enjoy regular approach to destroying the dark forces with water, like Arwen's waterbending and the most satisfying ever scene of Isengard getting a good deep-cleaning. Also, yes, Gandalf did really die and was brought back, which makes this a case of divine intervention. And if you look closely, you may notice he wears the same elvish cloack as everyone else, cause after he was brought back, he spent some time in Lothlorien in what could be called intensive physiotherapy for angelic creatures.

The fate of the Ents is quite sad, for having the Entwives (female Ents) lost they are not able to breed new Entings. They are also immortal (and if not, extremely long-lived anyways) so they are doomed for a very, very slow and quiet extinction. Thats why Treebeard mentioned "the last march of the Ents" because it most likely was exactly so. If they werent slain in the battle, the time itself will be their undoing. It wasnt mentioned in the movies, but many Ents will become more and more tree-like, not moving or talking anymore and eventually just give up and reducing into mere tree. In Tolkien's mythos the vaning of magic from the world is a on-going theme, and as the Ents are beings of magic and wonder of The Elder Days, when the magic was very prevalent in the world, so is also their fate to fade into legends as the Age of Men is at hand.

Remember this was in 2002. The Battle of Helms Deep was straight up revolutionary. They only top it with another epic battle in the 3rd movie. There hadn't been battles this good ever on screen

Interesting thing about the Boromir-Faramir relationship: Neither is the "good" or the "bad" son or brother.

Aragorn was 210 when he died. Arwen died of a broken heart only one year after him (age of 2901). She surrended her spirit/soul on the very hill her and Aragorn got engaged, in Lórien, which was already abandoned by then, I believe 💔

Trees of Fangorn Forest are just trees, albeit ones the Elves and Ents have taught to move and speak. Ents are Tree-herders, while they look a bit like trees, they are sentient creatures, not plants. According to Tolkien, Ents are among the oldest of the (non-divine) creatures native to Middle Earth. Tom Bombadil, who does not appear in the films, but would've been in the first film had Peter Jackson chosen to include Tom, is the oldest of all. Later came the Ents. Then Elves, dwarves, men, hobbits, etc. Gandalf is one of lesser divine spirits [Maiar] , which is why he could be resurrected by The Valar (the most powerful of the divine), whose power Arwen invokes a couple different times ("May the grace of the Valar protect you" "What grace is given me, let it pass to him [Frodo}]". It's a very detailed and complex world Tolkien created. There's more, lot's more to it, best left for some other time.

Edit: I forgot to mention that you were right about the fact that gandalf seems to somehow control the sunlight. In the last movie whilst fighting the fire demon Barlong, he said that "I am the servant of the secret fire, wielder of the flame of Anor." This is a note to the book where Gandalf actually has one of the three rings of the elves, one with the red stone on it representing the power of fire, but this is generally extended to the Sun as well, probably because he is in fact kind of like an angel. So yes, you were right when you said that he does wield the light of the Sun to shine on the right moment so that the orcs will not point their spears toward the horses. 😍

the round robin approach Jackson takes to focusing on various members of the Fellowship is taken directly from Tolkien. he'd cut back & forth between characters, usually a chapter at a time. it may work or not cinematically but Jackson's being fairly deeply true to the text there.

It's in the speeches that you can truly tell how much Tolkiens took from his experience as a soldier in WWI and placed in these books, it's constantly there but it's just extra clear in speeches such as Sams 39:42

I feel like I'm watching movies with you when I have nobody to watch them with. And I feel less lonesome. You have such a soothing voice. Thanks.

For someone who doesn't know LOTR, you pick up on it pretty darn good! It's refreshing when I see someone actually pick up on plot points and context and can follow along. Thumbs up!

Faramir is very different in the books. He is not at all tempted by the ring. He is extremely kind to Frodo, Sam, and even Gollum. He gives them place to sleep and gives them food, etc. He never lays a finger on Gollum, or Sam and Frodo. This, I think, is the only thing I do not like about the films. I see why they decided to do Faramir like this, but still.

The gentleman at 25:26 really IS missing an eye; that's not makeup. At one point in his life, he was ashamed of his injury, but he has said that working on these films helped him forego that shame for a sense of pride and joy.

I actually love your reaction to this part as well! You did not miss very much this time in terms of lore, so I will not say much but I will say this; In The lord of the Rings universe elves are immortal beings. It is said in the beginning of the first movie when Galadriel narrates the story. So, to put it simply the elf lady who loves aragorn will not die as men will. The elves are leaving middle earth, crossing the sea to the West. If I remember correctly this is a metaphor for heaven or at least a place that resembles heaven where all the past sorrows will eventually fade and life will bloom, everlasting. That is where the elves going and Arwen refuses to follow her father. If she stays with Aragorn, not only will her father never see her again, but Aragorn will die as he is a human, and she will have nothing left. This in fact is a small extract from the actual book narrating their story. As for Wormtongue, he did not flee to Saruman by chance, just to stick by his side. He was sent to Rohan by Saruman in the first place, to help him corrupt the king's mind. Wormtongue as you will see in the third movie actually is from Rohan and once he was a faithful man. That is why when he sees the countless orcs of Saruman's army, he realizes what he has done he has helped destroy his people. As for the part where Aragorn remembers/dreams of Arwen, I think most of it was a memory, but when he floated in the river this was a bit of a vision. Arwen had her thought entirely fixed on him and that is probably why she could help him. This part is not in the books so it does not make that much sense. Legolas safe keeping the jewel and then returning it to Aragorn is also one of my favorite scenes. In the book they knew nothing about one another before the fellowship but it is shown here that they are in fact close friends. It is one of the changes that do make sense because you have to know more about the characters that you are actually going to spend time with rather than characters you will not actually see much of.

1:30 The Edain (which you'll notice is part of the name of Aragorn's race, Dunedain) also known as the "High Men", were men of the three houses that opposed Melkor (the first dark lord) and were gifted long life and a special place to like (Numenor, hence the name Numenorean) by the Valar (gods) after the War of Wrath in the First Age.

The Battle of Helmls Deep is my favorite setting of any movie, ever.

"Entering the forbidden pool bears the penalty of death." This isn't just some arbitrary rule. The waterfall hides the cave hideout of Faramir and his men, from which they act as guerilla fighters, hindering the gathering forces of Mordor as best they can. If the location of the cave become known, they lose their base of operations. It's an important military secret. They can't risk being discovered.

I think we can agree...Sam MVP. Sméagol/ Gollum split personality is super fascinating. It always gets good reactions since its so interesting. Great reaction!!! Can't wait for Return!!!

Elrond has kind of a history with mortality. He had a brother names Elros. Their mother was an elf and their father was a human named Earendil. Short bit of history: There are these jewels that contain the light of Eru Iluvatar (basically the creator of all things). There's a whole history of this light I won't get into, but this light ended up in these jewels called Silmarils. They were stolen by Saron's old boss, Morgoth. Over time some were recovered and some were lost. Earendil managed to get one back for the good Valar and they took him in his ship with the silmaril that he got and launched him into space to where he and the silmaril became a bright star. The light that Galadriel gave Frodo, which will come into play in the next movie, is the light of Earendil, at least a way of shining it in dark places like a magical flashlight. So the Valar in doing all this has basically granted Earendil immortality after a fashion. This was about 6000 years before the events of the Lord of the Rings. However, Earendil's sons were still half-elf, half-human. They were given a choice to become either elf or human. Elrond chose to become an elf and Elros chose to become a human. Elros became a father of the Dunadain, who were men of long life, and he was the first kind of Numenor whose line would become the kings of Gondor. So Islidur and Aragorn are descendants of Elros. This is why Aragorn lives so long and why Elrond doesn't want to see his daughter become human. He long ago lived through the death of his own brother. Interestingly, while Tolkien paints immortality as a blessing for elves, death is portrayed as a blessing for men. (Dwarves and Hobbits die too.) The book doesn't make this emphasis on Elrond warning Arwen about the sorrow of death. That's only for the movie. But she does become human in the books.

Grima Wormtongue (pale guy with Saruman) is played by Brad Dourif, the original voice of Chucky in the Child’s Play Horror series.

As a mega Lord of the Rings fan, watching you experience it for the first time gives me so much joy. The questions youre asking about characters and plot sound a lot like mine when I first watched the trilogy. Enjoy the next movie!

The elves are going to valinor, the land west of the sundering sea and home of the valet, the „gods“ of that universe. It is like heaven, but no one dies going there. In valinor there is no illness and death and the elves, although they came to be in middle earth, were brought to valinor by the valar, so it is their home. The book „the silmarillion“ gives a long, detailed and very bloody history about the elves. I saw a meme once that said the silmarillion could also be called „elves behaving badly“ and it really fits. I liked your reactions very much btw and I’m looking forward to the return of the king! :))

Gollum is consumed by the Ring and Sméagol is all that is left of the Hobbit-like creature he used to be.

34:15 “I am Entish, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore” 🎶

Theoden is the king of Rohan and it was the population of Rohan's capital of Edoras that he led to Helm's Deep seeking refuge. Gandalf left to find and bring back Eomer and his regiment of soldiers - they were the ones that Grima Wormtongue manipulated Theoden into banishing, if you recall. Gondor, on the other hand, is Faramir's home and to which he intended to bring Frodo and the Ring. A kingdom separate from Rohan.

Fun fact: the door the Uruk-Hai were trying to break down with a battering ram was actually too strong to be broken naturally, so they had to weaken it.

I'm pretry sure the maps are available for purchase online; and also pretty sure that they were made by either Tolkien himself or Christopher Tolkien. I love maps, and tolkien's style is just perfect for anything medieval looking, and as such i certainly agree with your assesment.

Wizards look like old Men but they're really from a higher order of beings called Maiar (Sauron & the Balrog are also Maiar). the Wizards (5 of them) were sent to Middle Earth to guide & aid the people in defeating Sauron. when Gandalf died in Moria he was sent back to complete his mission.

Legolas: (in elvish) "They are all going to die." Aragorn: (in common) "Then I shall die as one of them!" Soldiers: "... Wait, what?!" Legolas: "...Dude, I said it in Elvish for a reason..."

Christopher Lee playing Saruman is a famous long time British actor who is most famous for appearing in a lot of Dracula movies and for playing Count Dokoo in Star Wars. FYI. He actually knew Tolkien and read the books every year until he died a few years ago.

The “Undying Lands” are Valinor where Valar ( Demi-Gods) lived and also some of the Elves had lived there for a time it is across the sea through a portal into a pocket dimension so it is part of Middle Earth but completely separate.

34:28 It has been stated by Tolkien that Ents were some of the physically strongest beings in Middle-Earth; the trolls who were created in their likeness have NOTHING on their progenitors. Later in the film, during the destruction of Isengard, it was said, and I paraphrase "The Ents could tear down walls with the power of their voices, alone".

The guy with one eye actually only has one eye in real life. His name is Wayne Phillips, and he wore an eye patch most of the time. But Peter Jackson asked him if he would be comfortable doing the movie without the eyepatch. At first, he was reluctant because he was really self-conscious about it, but he agreed and the experience made him feel more comfortable with not hiding it

Watching this series made me relive the first time I saw these films in the theater when I was a kid. You just earned yourself a new subscriber. Looking forward to you watching The Return of the King (and then maybe The Hobbit too). And then after that, weekly reactions to the upcoming Amazon series :D

those caves that looked so cool are called Aglaron, the Glittering Caves. In the book Gimli is with a group that retreats to those caves and he is amazed at their beauty. Later, he returns and sets up his own dwarf kingdom there and becomes known as Lord of the Glittering Caves. (Return of the King Appendices)

If you like the LOTR style maps, there is a small company that makes LOTR style maps of real places. Not a huge selection, but a few countries and all 50 states of the US. I can't post a link but the company is called Lord of Maps if you're interested!

Aragorn is a descendant of Elros, Elrond’s brother. Half Elves were given the choice in a past age to be counted among Men or Elves (mortality or Immortality), Elros chose to be Man. These Men were still gifted with long lives. Also Elves can die from sadness, it’s the downside of being immortal, they can lose the will to live and why mortality is considered a “Gift of Men” It’s also the reason the elves were given rings of power, Sauron promised them that the rings would allow them to maintain their magical kingdoms.

So the woman of Rohan that is into Aragorn is Eowyn. Her brother (banished guy) is Eomir. There is a naming convention used and if you watch multiple times or read the books it will stick out at you. Arwyn is Aragorn’s elf girlfriend. Boromir and Farmir are brothers and sons of Denethor, the steward of Gondor. Aragorn is the heir to the throne of Gondor. But if you look at the male names, they end in -mir and the female names end in -wyn. And if they had mentioned Arwyn’s brothers, I believe they follow the same convention or something similar. I found that subtitles was incredibly useful for movies like this.. when there are a billion different accents, made up languages and names from those fictional languages. I often watch movies with subtitles just because my hearing is a little wonky.. I have had fluid in my ears since I was born and things sound a little different to me. I have to use context to decipher what exactly is said and in real life that’s not a big deal, but in movies it’s detrimental if i can’t follow the story at the proper speed. So just my thoughts. The books are great. Though in this book, the end is actually much later into movie three. I like this cut off for the movie, it feels more appropriate and kinda follows the first ending where they all go their separate ways. Also in the book, the storyline (if i remember correctly) doesn’t bounce back and forth as well as the movie does. It goes through the entire story of Aragorn and his 3 from hunting merry and pippin to the end of helm’s deep almost uninterrupted. Same with the ent storyline. Maybe it just felt that way because there are pages long poems that Treebeard sings to the hobbits and they pass out but he keeps going on and on and on. If you found it at all frustrating in the movie, you have no idea how frustration the book version is. They did a great job of giving you that same feeling of frustration without taking decades to get through it.

Maps? Oh yes, there are maps galore. There are also Minecraft servers where you can walk around in recreations of Middle Earth (all the ones I know are still being built, but significant portions are completed in each).

When the elves arrive it's the same tune as when they first arrive in Lothlorien, except in Lothlorien it's women's voices, and a bit slower, so it feels kind of ethereal and a little bit eerie even. But here it's drums and the copper section, played faster, so suddenly it's military themed. :)

Elves are immortal. If they tire of life in Middle-Earth elves can sail west (and only elves can sail west) to the Undying lands of Valinor. The Valar (gods and goddesses of Middle-Earth) also dwell there. If an elf falls in love with a mortal, they are bound to Middle-Earth and become mortal. Before Aragorn and Arwen, there had been only three human-elf couples in history, and they were many thousands of years ago.

There is a huge world building backstory to LOTR. Tolkien's LOTR and the Hobbit, Asimov's Foundation Series and Hebert's Dune are the basis of many modern Sci Fi and Fantasy genre stories. The LOTR movie is a bit off from the books but the changes make sense because you don't have the time to really know the true motivations of the characters and every little moment of story. Tolkien in fact went back and rewrote parts of the Hobbit to line it up with LOTR. What you are really missing is the story of Aragorn and the plight of the Shire. People also are not privy on the importance and the powers of each character. The only reasons the books for LOTR made it out is a story on itself of people pushing and tricking Tolkien to send it to publishers. His son did a good job of gathering his notes to publish all the back story and on reading that book you understand much of why things are happening as they are in the LOTR.

Love your reactions! Cannot wait for the 3rd movie.... "wow, the light! He (Gandalf) has the power of the sun!".... Gandalf to Balrog on the Bridge: ...(I am) wielder of the flame of Anor... (Anor is the sun in Elvish)... so yes, you have a great eye for the story-telling and hints from PJ, amazing! :)!

Your summary followed the story pretty well except that men of Gondor were not involved in the battle for Helm's Deep. It was the people of Rohan and the Elves, and later Eomer (King Theoden's banned nephew) and the horsemen of Rohan who followed him, who came to their rescue under the leadership of Gandalf..

Awesome! Based on your last reaction, I repeat; watch Extended Edition of Return of the King. It's very long... but it ties everything up actually; theatrical version leaves some loose ends!

Oh, I really love your reactions. So excited for the third one. All around, it's the best!

The battle at Helms Deep was all Rohan people in the kingdom of Rohan. Faramir and Co are from Gondor and him and Frodo and Sam were far away. As far as I know there were no men from Gondor at the battle.

Slight correction at the end: the Men at Helm's Deep were all Rohan. Both King Théoden and Éomer, who was banished. Gondor is the other, mightier, kingdom of Men, where Boromir and Faramir are from, and what Aragorn is heir to the throne of.

The only reason Legolas was even close in this bet is because Gimli was too busy blowing the horns to hype up the ride.

All 3 movies were filmed at the same time for continuity. So a.the same actors and music were used.

I’m loving these reactions!! I can’t wait for the return of the king reactions!!

Elves are naturally immortal, Men are mortal. when the two races mate all their descendants get to choose which fate they follow. All the Elves are leaving Middle Earth for Valinor, the Elvish Heaven. If Arwen wants to choose immortality she'll have to leave Aragorn & go with them, the last ship is about to sail.

In Tolkien's world communication through mind was the first. Mostly used by the Wizards and Elves by the Third Age. Some other races can do this however it's only the strong of mind, through evolution speaking became the main form of communication. Men that use some version of are Denethor II, the Steward of Gondor and his 2 sons Boromir and Faramir. Check out the vid I heard this info from its super interesting! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bM7uUdFQfNA.html

Gandalf is a Maia a servant of the Valar the Demi - Gods who helped Eru - Iluvatar (the One God) create and shape the Earth. Maia are lesser spirits who can take on Human form to perform their tasks and Gandalf was sent to fan the flames of freedom in the hearts of Men, Elves, Dwarves and all of the free people of Middle Earth. He was sent with Saruman the White, Radagast the Brown and two Blue Wizards which do not come into this story. The Valar live in Valinor the undying lands across the Sea and have bound themselves to Middle - Earth till the end of time so that the Earth can continue to exist and to fight one of the Valar who turned to Evil: Morgoth. Sauron was a servant (Maia) of Morgoth as was Saruman but had not been corrupted yet.

6:51 He wanted into Eowyn's pants, not to kill all of Rohan. Saruman sending an army of orcs to kill everyone and eat their bodies wasn't what Grima had in mind when he joined Saruman.

In the first movie in the xtended edition, Aragorn sings The Lay of Luthien, about an elvish princes who gives up her mortality because of her love for a man Beren. On the gravestone of JRR Tolkien and his wife Edith are the names Luthien and Beren.

32:00 Well, Saruman is a Wizard. Not that working out the size of the ladders needs more than simple geometry and knowing how high the walls are. But the ladders were absolutely built to get over those specific walls.

Aragorn can speak elvish because he grew up in rivendell

Awesome Reaction! Keep it up, thanks for sharing!

In the book Faramir's men do not abuse or mistreat Gollum.

I just realized that if you talked just a smidge slower and a smidge deeper you would sound exactly like Bob Ross. "Now let's paint some happy little trees there..."

I never noticed the ent dipping its burning head into the water as it flushed out, or Merry measuring himself in Saurman's storeroom That may have been a tear in Wormtongue's eye (i read all the books as a kid and again as adult) - if you watch the extended Return of the King, remember that.

The maps are in the books along with much more... You're asking good questions.

Ooh, you're the first person to comment on the fact that they're behind a waterfall in a cave! 10:52 In the book Tolkien describes a sunset seen through the water; it's a very pretty image.

In the book Gimli needs no armor. His dwarf mail is better than anything Men have. All he takes is a shield with a white horse on it, turns out it was Theoden's when he was a boy.

About Aragorn's age, it's because there was a war a long time ago and the men who helped were given longer lives. Those people lived in Númenor, an island in the middle of the ocean. But a cataclysm destroyed it, and the ones who survived founded Gondor, whose first king was Isildur's father, Elendil. As Aragorn is a descendant of Isildur, he has the same "gift".

So...The idea that the ring should go to Gondor to help its people comes from the fact that Gondor borders Mordor. So all the orc armies and other nasties that come out of Mordor have to go through Gondor first. So their armies are the front line against Sauron, and Boromir and Faramir have to lead those armies. They see their soldiers that they know and trust and fight beside dying every day to Sauron's forces. They can literally see the eye from the White City. That's what Boromir meant when he said in Fellowship, "By the blood of our people are your lands kept safe." Returning home with the ring, he thought, would mean that Gondor now had a weapon that could actually give them the advantage and save the lives of many of their soldiers.

Elves don’t die they go to Mandos. Where they wait until they are reincarnated and live in the undying lands.

The extended edition gives us all that great backstory.

Yes in truth, Samwise Gamgee is Frodo's gardener. That is why Sam calls Frodo "Mr. Frodo".

My business is with Isengard tonight... With Rock and Stone. Always gives me shivers😍

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Great reaction man! If you ever get the chance to read the books, it's well worth the time; in addition to the expanded lore some of the characters are very different. Faramir and Denethor are completely different people, being way more purehearted and intelligent respectively. Faramir was never tempted by the ring and aids Frodo/Sam immediately, while Denethor is much smarter and even contested a Palantir against Sauron for years.

real elvish rope will return to you, real elvish boats don't capsize and protect their occupants from falling out.

Wormtounge was always by the side of Saruman. He was with Theoden because he was doing Saruman's bidding.

It all ties up .

Besides (not sure wether someone pointed this out before) the things the Nazgul ride are Fellbeasts not dragons. Dragons are much different and way bigger and smarter. Edit: You should watch The Hobbit if you want to see a dragon:)

Sam is 100% the ONLY reason middle earth was truly saved. Change my mind.

Listen to the Lament of the Rohirrim by Clamavi De Profundis. Its the poem Theoden was reciting before the battle. great reaction as always. SO HYPED FOR RETURN OF THE KING.

Dunedain are just a line of men whose anscestors mixed with the ancient elves.

I keep forgetting about Frodo and Sam as I watch these movies. And I am ok with it. Their journey is the most important but the most harrowing since they have the ring in their presence the entire time. I very much prefer the extended editions. Many of the scenes you included in this reaction were extended scenes. Aragorn being 87, the Boromir/Faramir flashback, etc. those were not included in the theatrical cut and they seem so important to the story for me. There’s a scene in the last movie that the theatrical cut out that is literally criminal in my opinion. Love the reactions :)

Lol, Legolas' trick mount of the horse makes me so annoyed every time i see it. It is physically impossible to do what he did without knocking Gimli straight off that horse, unless elves can phase like Ghost from Marvel.

If the reactor wants maps he should get hold of copies of the books.Also to fully understand Middle Earth history he should read "The Silmarillion".

Ents and trees are not the same. Even the awakened trees are not the same as ents. They are distinct. Treebeard is an ent. Old man willow, that tried to eat pippin and merry, is an awakened tree. When treebeard roared, the trees in the distance were moving. He said the trees had business with the orcs, but he had business with isengard. Also, fell beasts are not dragons. Dragons are much much much bigger, and nearly invincible. If you watch the hobbit movies, you'll see a dragon. That first song in the end credits is "gollum's song". In the theatrical edition of the previous movie, you saw galadriel give frodo a light. In the extended edition, she and her husband gave the others gifts also. Rope to sam. A bow to legolas. Cloaks to the hobbits. Daggers to merry and pippin. Yes, aragorn wears a ring that identifies him as the heir of isildur. In the extended edition of the previous movie, galadriel shows frodo that she wears one of the three elven rings.

I'll never understand how Legolas ended Helms Deep battle at 42 kills -_- Like, yeah, his quiver isn't infinite, but he's fine with his melee weapons too, wtf :D