Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers P3
Added 2024-11-26 09:49:04 +0000 UTCWE HAVE HOPE
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Bit cheesy when watched in a small screen, but man did it cause a reaction from the whole audience when I saw it in movie theaters.
Port34
2025-01-29 21:47:25 +0000 UTCIm not used to watching the extended edition, for instance, you never learn of aragorns age and that hes 87 in the regular one, and the ent talking sequence is like a few minutes longer. Its such a different experience.
Michael Derryberry (Marusame)
2024-12-31 22:43:09 +0000 UTCOh my god, you talking about them oinking, they short, and they black, NIGLETS!!! 😂😂😂
Ben Gross
2024-12-26 19:36:14 +0000 UTCit makes more sense when you remember legolas is just an anime character that some how made it into a live action film.
Robert Traeger
2024-12-21 18:12:47 +0000 UTCThis is my favorite of the trilogy. I did get to see the third one in the theaters in the winter and it's not slouch. Each movie did something well and honestly all hold up considering when they came out. I do agree Legolas getting on the horse during the warg scene is pretty bad by today's standards, but all the rest is great.
Dale Cooper
2024-12-12 22:22:13 +0000 UTCSince I've become an adult, Sam's speech never fails to make me tear up. It's like he said, LotR is one of those stories that stick with you even when you're to young to understand, then truly grab you when you are old enough to. It's one of the things I think when it's all going bad: When everything is going to shit, and nothing seems right, a good reason to keep trying is to fight for the good there is still. We never always can see it, but it's there. This movie made me believe that : )
Yurei Okami
2024-12-12 17:15:06 +0000 UTCIn the books, Sam mentions that his cousin saw a tree-man in the Northfarthing, walking “seven yards to a stride”. I can’t remember if it was ever confirmed on if it was an ent or not, though
Alex Welford
2024-12-12 11:43:58 +0000 UTCUp 🙏☝🏿☝🏿
jason remy
2024-12-12 10:28:09 +0000 UTCAt the end when you asked who is “her” all I can say is you really don’t wanna know 🙃 Gollum has some scary plans in store.
nelson pederson
2024-12-10 20:53:39 +0000 UTCAlicia needs a little robot like Ironmouse. Then she can go to conventions.
scalien
2024-12-08 17:35:30 +0000 UTCSooo... since Alicia is basically doing a LOTR extended marathon... does that mean she'll also watch all the bonus material? I'd love that...
Rexericus Fred
2024-12-06 21:29:11 +0000 UTCOne thing that I love but that I'm afraid you missed (as you didn't comment on it) is the brilliant use of leitmotifs. Major factions, kingdoms, and even individual characters have their own musical motif that plays when featured. My favorite is in the third movie, and you'll know when it shows up, but all of them are so good. This particular movie's main theme I think belongs to Rohan, and it's the gorgeous string that plays when Eowyn is first seeing our main characters approach the city.
Dwain Kowalske
2024-12-04 06:45:59 +0000 UTCThe Ent bros got eNTRed.
jdoggivjc
2024-12-03 19:59:23 +0000 UTCHow did Aragorn blow a 17-2 lead, major choke tbh
Ranginald Vagel
2024-12-02 21:41:08 +0000 UTCAs Jarl Balgruuf once said “WOMAN IM LOOOOOOOoooard of the ring! Holla if you need me. Holla if you need me.”
Fobbles
2024-12-01 07:02:06 +0000 UTCHonestly I'm not sure anyone can watch these movies and not come out of them thinking Sam is the MVP.
MaddMind
2024-12-01 03:53:54 +0000 UTCThis. It was produced after Tolkien's son died, and they fired every Tolkien expert so that they could put their own spin on the narrative. Basically, they waited until every guard to the story was removed, then went overboard with the Hollywoodification. It's basically fanfiction with a billion dollar budget.
Moku
2024-11-30 17:57:19 +0000 UTCI don't recall, honestly. That would be great for the entire race, though, because if there are surviving Entwives, then they might also believe that they've "lost" the Ents. The fact that there are surviving communities of each that just need to be reunited would be a good thing, all considered. I was mainly addressing things from the Ent's perspective, that the Entwives are likely dead based on known events, and that "losing" them as though they were displaced rather than dead was how they coped with the actual loss. The entire situation is rather tragic, especially if they've been looking for so long that they no longer remember what they look like. Ent-folk are a very time-expensive people; their idea of what's long is very different compared to what others, including ourselves, would think of as long. That being said, I like the idea that there are surviving Entwives that are so far displaced that they are literally "lost", but still live, and are near the Shire. Hobbits are also known for their touch with greenery, and from what I recall, Hobbit lands are so far removed from other societies that most don't give them a thought.
Moku
2024-11-30 17:53:51 +0000 UTCSam's speech is my favorite movie speech of all time. It always brings tears into my eyes. Because it's not just about the movie or the moment they are in. That speech applies to everything, everywhere, and everyone. These movies are my comfort films, and that speech hits me in the heart, especially when times are hard. During quarantine, I watched a marathon of these movies extended. I sobbed to say the least.
Meddaya
2024-11-30 07:16:21 +0000 UTC28:26 That is what I LOVE about reactions, people having genuine reactions. don't force yourself to always have something to say, let the emotion flow through you because that IS your reaction.
Randomocity732
2024-11-30 05:11:54 +0000 UTCWatch the Hobbit Trilogy if you want, but please PLEASE do not watch Rings of Power, It is Lord of Ring Gollum Game levels of bad.
Randomocity732
2024-11-30 04:50:14 +0000 UTCSadly it’s been implied in the books that Sauron is responsible for the disappearance of the Entwives.
JRWins
2024-11-30 04:18:12 +0000 UTCWasn't it mentioned that either Merry or Pippin had seen what he thought was a tree walking in the Old Forest near Buckland and that with the woods being so alive this might indicate the Entwives were there? It's been a while since I read the series though
ElNevets
2024-11-30 03:52:54 +0000 UTCI'd say Lips of an Angel is more about the person you loved dying and you moved on but still have feelings for them for multiple reasons. 1. The title, lips of an angel, 2. In the video all the memories are in black and white, 3. It ends the exact way it starts like it never actually happened.
ShreddedNinja
2024-11-29 20:04:10 +0000 UTCOne thing id point out is that Both Gandalf the White and Elrond, with all their knowledge and visions, miss the fact that Sam is with Frodo. they both say "A single-or-lone Hobbit". even Gandalf is surprised when Aragorn corrects him.
Randomocity732
2024-11-29 15:07:36 +0000 UTCI can understand that notion. I suppose it's the image of beating a creature, his feeling that master will keep him safe being shattered, him wrestling with Gollum when that happens, and the potential loss of a future where Smeagol can live without corruption. That's what gets me.
Beolith
2024-11-29 12:55:13 +0000 UTCIts also the fact that in this age, gunpowder is completely unknown. The drain on the wall IS a weakness, but as far as everyone in the story is aware, theres no real way to breach that weakness except with pickaxes. Saruman changed the battle from how it could of gone with the introduction of explosives.
MaskedRider
2024-11-29 12:43:15 +0000 UTCI wont go into it for fear of spoiling anything, but Smeagol deserves no pity. He is a wretched thing.
MaskedRider
2024-11-29 11:47:21 +0000 UTCSo this isn't really covered within the trilogy of Lord of the Rings, nor in the Hobbit, but it's expanded on further by other official sources. The difference between the Ents and the Entwives is that the Entwives were smaller, and preferred to care for smaller plants and gardens, whereas the Ents preferred larger plants and forests. Due to this, the Entwives were gathered in one general area, while the Ents were more spread out and less concentrated. During Sauron's reign, that area, and the gardens of the Entwives, were scorched and destroyed, and no survivors were found. It was hoped that some of the wives managed to flee, but no matter how far they searched, not one was found. The Ents searched for a long time, so long that they forgot what the Entwives even looked like, but they never gave up hope on finding survivors. This hope rooted itself into their minds as the belief that the wives weren't gone, just lost, to be found again one day. They didn't leave, the implication is that they are all dead, and the Ents are in denial and cannot accept their loss.
Moku
2024-11-29 04:01:20 +0000 UTCI remember watching that featurette on the DVD set of the Extended Edition I own. I want that art department to fortify my castle if I ever have to defend one.
Speci
2024-11-29 02:16:39 +0000 UTCFun fact about the battle: the battering ram they made for attacking the gate was basically the real thing that required a dozen plus guys to pick it up and move it. The plan was for them to actually break down the gate with it so that they would be able to get shots of the gate actually breaking down under the assault and incorporate it into the movie. Except... someone at the art department saw the huge and heavy AF battering ram and thought to themselves "Oh crap, the door I'm building has to stand up to that? Better make sure it's really strong" and built the door so reinforced that the battering ram and the dozen muscular stunt guys swinging it around couldn't even put a scratch in the door. There's a pretty funny behind the scenes bit with the Uruk stuntmen, director Peter Jackson, and some others talking about it. See here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ythOGwYRnDA
James S
2024-11-28 23:56:11 +0000 UTCWe fight for Rock and Stone!
Mashed Rooms
2024-11-28 23:40:18 +0000 UTCIf you don't rock and stone, you ain't comin' home!
Seth
2024-11-28 23:27:22 +0000 UTCaye, Aragon is often cited as a quintessential example of positive masculinity
Rhodair
2024-11-28 23:02:27 +0000 UTCMaybe my favourite reaction to a show you've done so far, I just hope we don't have to wait weeks for Return of the King. One of the few trilogies where it gets better with each episode!
Lazy Swordsman
2024-11-28 18:07:26 +0000 UTCI cannot WAIT for Return of the King. A masterclass of a trilogy
HornHero
2024-11-28 16:35:18 +0000 UTCDid I hear a Rock and Stone?!
Rhodair
2024-11-28 11:29:22 +0000 UTCGenuinely, the call to arms with the Ents and their fight has always been my favorite moment or at least like top three favorite moments in the entire trilogy. It has less action than any action scene easily, everything is so slow, and clunky, but it just has so much feeling behind it, it is quite literally the waking of the sleeping giant trope and it is done so well.
Seth
2024-11-28 09:25:13 +0000 UTC1:08:07 Treebeard: My business is with Isengard tonight... with rock and stone. Me: ROCK AND STONE, BROTHER!! ...ah, sorry. Wrong game... movie... yes.
DocteurNS
2024-11-28 07:10:16 +0000 UTCits so sad when elves go into war .. imagine being 20 or 30 and dying in war when you could have lived 5000 more years?
Cyrill Attakpah
2024-11-28 06:55:50 +0000 UTCLotR was tolkien writting about the WW in africa and how the industrialism changed the world there
Faroth
2024-11-28 04:36:04 +0000 UTCIt's worth noting that Tolkien always pushed back against folks who wanted to read too much of WW2 into LotR. To some extent it certainly influenced him, but really his formative experience with "great deeds" and the strife of war came from his experience of the FIRST World War. He didn't have a ton of direct combat experience compared to some, but he was involved in the Battle of the Somme. He wasn't particularly suited for the military by inclination or temperament and so it was probably lucky for him that after about two months in combat he caught severe Trench Fever and was evac'ed back to Britain where he spent the rest of the war alternating between hospital and garrison duty. That said, even WW1 wasn't really a strong influence except in general tone, according to him, though he did note that the Dead Marshes were directly inspired by the landscape of the Somme.
Linnaeus
2024-11-28 01:58:40 +0000 UTCThey definitely downplay Theoden's competence and try to make getting bottled up in Helm's Deep sound like bad strategy when it's very much not. This is something that gets simplified very significantly for the film. For those that don't want to read the book (but really, you should!) Medieval Historian Bret Deveraux's blog A Collection Of Unmitigated Pedantry has a pretty good series of posts comparing and contrasting the Battle of Helm's Deep in both the book and film to historical examples and doctrine. ACOUP can be pretty bad when the author strays outside his core competencies and/or lets his personal politics influence his analysis of history, but this series of posts avoids those pitfalls and I recommend them.
Linnaeus
2024-11-28 01:44:45 +0000 UTCConsider that "The Lord of the Rings" was written between 1937 and 1949. Think about the single biggest world event of those years and then rewatch Sam's speech about the great stories near the end in that context.
Vik Persson
2024-11-28 00:20:23 +0000 UTC...insecure much?
Kaz
2024-11-27 23:58:36 +0000 UTCI've always understood Smeagol was innocence and Gollum was corruption, but I've never particularly felt for Smeagol until today. Seeing the soldiers hurt Smeagol and the feeling of betrayal he felt got to me in a way it never has before.
Beolith
2024-11-27 23:29:58 +0000 UTCThe slowness of the Ents reminds me of a story about a director who wanted to film a documentary about a group of Carthusian monks in a monastery high in the French Alps. Philip Gröning proposed the idea for the film to the monks in 1984, but the Carthusians said they wanted time to think about it. They responded to him 16 years later to say they were willing to permit him to shoot the movie if he was still interested. The movie was called "Into Great Silence" (2005)
Vik Persson
2024-11-27 23:27:39 +0000 UTCThe large scale fight sequences in the LOTR trilogy are in my opinion the best in all of cinema.
PerfectYarn
2024-11-27 21:05:20 +0000 UTCuh, except that you forgot about a whole character??? Rosie Cotton? y'know, the chick that he has a crush on in FOTR, the character he eventually marries and have kids with? Honest to god, this is why we can't have nice things anymore. Men showing unromantic, brotherly love to one another = gay? wtf? There's nothing wrong with gay romances but you won't find any in Tolkien's literature. Dude was a devout catholic. Whether you like it or not.
Jorsk3n
2024-11-27 20:57:12 +0000 UTCSadly this is a myth though... Edit: while it is believed that Sir Christopher Lee was a friend of Tolkien, he wasn't. He only ever met Tolkien once, at a convention or something along those lines... Though, he was the only person working on these movies that ever met the man. Still, quite a cool fact!
Jorsk3n
2024-11-27 20:50:50 +0000 UTCThe last march of the ents line i always find sad, because yes some of them might die from the battle, but linking back to treebeards earlier conversation, their are no entwives any more therefore no way for the ents to reproduce... so it's like they're risking extinction of their species to save the world, a great sacrifice. I've watched these movies too many times xD.
Bradley Canning
2024-11-27 20:23:00 +0000 UTCTheoden is an excellent example of good leadership. In personal matters does not believe in miracles AT ALL. In morale keeping, boasts a spirit you can put your faith in. The very point of a leader is so other people can put their minds at ease and focus on their task.
Dopamine Cloud
2024-11-27 20:17:26 +0000 UTCWhere was Gondor when her dinner fell!?
hemahemahema
2024-11-27 20:09:17 +0000 UTCTheoden i find people misjudge him, his grief overwhelms him after all that he has been through, now a war of reckoning is upon him and all he remembers is broken oaths and needless suffering... theoden is my favourite character in this movie, he gets better. You will learn to love him, just like Boromir who is misunderstood in the beginning.
Bradley Canning
2024-11-27 19:59:16 +0000 UTCWe are gonna need a counter for when Alicia says "We pull up" for Return of the King. Because that one is like "We pull up: The Movie".
hemahemahema
2024-11-27 19:46:51 +0000 UTCYeah Gandalf proposed an alternate strategy of aggression, but I don't see how they could have stopped the orc army before they reached Edoras. Helm's Deep was the only way to keep the non-combatants alive.
hemahemahema
2024-11-27 19:38:06 +0000 UTC1:09:14 "NATURE FIGHTS BACK BITCH NATURE FIGHTS BACK oh smeagol" The transition lol
hemahemahema
2024-11-27 19:34:04 +0000 UTCI love that song and was waiting to see her react to it I get she was tired but error its so good definitely lives rent free in my head and I'm not complaining in fact I beg them to stay
Daniel Gonzalez
2024-11-27 18:50:53 +0000 UTCWho was she im sorry to say she was the singer of the LOTR ED that you sadly deprived yourself of and that's always stuck in my mind hauntingly ever since I heard it I'd buy the movie ost just for that song
Daniel Gonzalez
2024-11-27 18:45:57 +0000 UTCI stand by that king theodin was right 90% of the time
Shawn Stetson
2024-11-27 18:30:40 +0000 UTCTheoden is not stupid... He KNOWS every negative thing they keep saying BUT WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO? other than keep moral up. This is the one instance where i am probably in the minority here and seeing that Theoden was the correct guy and everyone else is wrong...
Azi
2024-11-27 16:32:05 +0000 UTCAlso fun fact, at the time of the movies, he was the last living friends of JRR Token I believe.
rmnlegion
2024-11-27 12:49:44 +0000 UTCTwo Towers is my favorite of the trilogy tbh. The battle of Helms Deep is insanely well made.
David Bodor
2024-11-27 11:01:26 +0000 UTCI hope you realize that after you finish the trilogy, you're going to have to watch it all over again. With the cast commentary.
Curin
2024-11-27 06:44:32 +0000 UTCDamn I forgot how mf’ing hard the ents went
Nate D.
2024-11-27 05:45:18 +0000 UTCI don't think that it's ever specified that they were slaughtered. The events you said are correct, but the timeline left vague enough that the destruction may have caused them to flee or have changed the land so much they couldn't find their way back.. It's meant to be up to interpretation which happened rather than a clear fact
QuibblesAndGitz
2024-11-27 05:38:38 +0000 UTCFINALLY
Wanbli Wakua
2024-11-27 03:39:02 +0000 UTCLOTR is one of the rare trilogies that gets better each movie. More often they decline or have a slump in the middle, but all three of these are solid.
Bologna Amputation
2024-11-27 02:40:43 +0000 UTCOMG the wait for ROTK is already AGONY! LOVE LOVE LOVE this series and your reactions to it!
rrrebo
2024-11-27 02:08:39 +0000 UTCTo get an idea of how much love went into crafting the props for this, on the *inside* of Theoden's armor, they embossed the Lore of Rohan and their kings. Something that would never be on film, but the actor said that when he put that on he *felt* like a King
Crescent Method
2024-11-27 02:00:40 +0000 UTCAlicia: "The 3rd movie is going to br Insane!" Me: " You have No Idea" lol Alicia: "Sam is Such an MVP!" Me: " You have No Idea" lol
Miguel Batacan
2024-11-27 01:48:45 +0000 UTCThis would be my favorite movie of all time - if the third movie wasn't even better.
Hakuna
2024-11-27 00:55:18 +0000 UTCAs someone who read the book, the Ent Wives did, in fact, leave.
SeventhSkull
2024-11-27 00:15:13 +0000 UTCAlicia, I'm pretty sure you're playing up the joke, but just in case. It's not like the Ent Wives left, it's more like a, "damn, where did I put my keys again?" kind of thing.
RylerRay
2024-11-27 00:13:23 +0000 UTCI can never get over how the battle of Helm's Deep is a true lesson in cinematography. There's not a single wasted shot, it pulls you in, it FEELS real. Every frame is carefully planned to make it as enjoyable as possible. Peter Jackson brought the books to life in the best way possible, and I doubt many others would have been able to do such a great work. The LOTR movies are basically the pinnacle of what was possible at the time without relying too much on studios and green screen. And it's always a blast to watch reactions to those movies, and see other people get pulled into the story and enjoy it as much as I do.
KeterLordFR
2024-11-27 00:07:14 +0000 UTCFun fact about the guy who plays Saruman, Christopher Lee: He is the Step-cousin to the creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming, and also the inspiration to create Bond
Bsceptile1
2024-11-27 00:06:00 +0000 UTCIf LotR has something is; The men are so tender. They cry, and kiss each other's foreheads, and hug, and call each other 'my friend' and 'my dear'; they're respectful to women and faithful to their partners; they have banter without being creepy and sleazy, and literally none of that stops them from being considered "manly". More Lord of the Rings men please.
Faroth
2024-11-26 23:57:56 +0000 UTCIs not romantic, is sane masculinity, but we are used to toxic masculinity from the modern world :(
Faroth
2024-11-26 23:56:35 +0000 UTCYou mesn about 'Her'
Faroth
2024-11-26 23:55:40 +0000 UTCThird movie is going to be a doozy. Will be rough seeing it once again since I have a very relevant phobia, but cant wait nonetheless!
Yadokari
2024-11-26 23:49:38 +0000 UTC"It's your Sam", definitely feels like there's romantic undertones there.
Kaz
2024-11-26 23:42:32 +0000 UTCAnd even if he dies he just goes back to the halls of mandos for a time, and then just goes back to living in the garden of eden (Valinor) :)
GaimeGuy
2024-11-26 23:15:03 +0000 UTCSo, fun lore about Elrond: Elrond and his brother Elros are half elves. In the tolkien-verse, their line is granted the ability to choose between living a mortal life (sharing in the fate of men), and an immortal life (sharing in the fate of elves and the land itself). Elrond's brother Elros chose a mortal life, while Elrond chose an immortal life. Elros was the first king of Numenor - Aragorn's ancestor. The thing about Elves is, in the tolkien-verse, time doesn't mend their grief the way it does for mortal men. In your previous reaction, you said "Grief is fleeting." That is one of the gifts of mortality - it's not fleeting for Elves. So, for Elrond, the grief of losing his brother has never waned, and the grief of losing his daughter, should she choose a mortal life, will also never truly fade. It's sort of hell for Elves to form emotional connections with mortals in that sense.
GaimeGuy
2024-11-26 23:10:29 +0000 UTCDisco phial is goated
Lightinger
2024-11-26 22:55:40 +0000 UTCNOT WILHELM THE ELF!
FlaschenJoe11
2024-11-26 22:40:06 +0000 UTC"break the dam" "release the river" so the lego lord of the rings made a disco remix. They added line inserts from the movie. Those words have lived rent free in my head of like 5 years thanks to that song.
YukoValis
2024-11-26 22:39:20 +0000 UTCYou’re really going to LOVE the Return of the King.
masteroftheassassins
2024-11-26 21:50:01 +0000 UTCI can’t wait for Alicia’s reaction to who the “Her” Gollum was talking about.
BakaSama
2024-11-26 21:36:40 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure the entwives were wiped out in the alliance wars so the ents would go extinct and not be a problem for the sauron in the far future
Adrian
2024-11-26 21:28:03 +0000 UTCSo, in the books the Elves were not at Helm's Deep, that was a decision by the director. The battle was MUCH more dire than the movies portray.
Captain-Kerfuffle
2024-11-26 20:59:33 +0000 UTCAt 1:04:40 you can see Arwen running up the small stairs to the keep. She was supposed to be there during the fight but PJ decided against it and removed her from the final cut There is also unreleased footage of Eowyn fighting some Uruk-Hais in the cave, defending the woman and children
Tipsy
2024-11-26 20:44:42 +0000 UTCAlso of note, don't feel too bad about Haldir dying in the movie. He wasn't there in the book, so his fate is unknown.
Sir Gunter The Kaiser
2024-11-26 20:37:48 +0000 UTCOne nice detail I love about this movie. When the elves arrive at Helm's Deep, they all look forward as their leader greets Theoden and Aragorn. That is until Legolas steps forward. They then turn and present themselves to him, which probably is because he is the prince of the Woodelves. They respect and recognize his status.
Sir Gunter The Kaiser
2024-11-26 20:21:56 +0000 UTCAn army of rugbymen in armour.
Bxz 3492
2024-11-26 20:04:36 +0000 UTCAlicia you love this one more than the first you say? What if i tell you Return of the King is EVEN BETTER. I really hope this movie lit a fire under you and we dont have to wait another month for the third.
Craig
2024-11-26 19:26:17 +0000 UTCElrond's warning to Arwen about mortality is taken in large part from the story of Arwen and Aragorn in the Appendices of Lord of the Rings. In this setting, Elves can be killed but are otherwise immortal. They will live until the ending of this world, and even when they die their spirits go to the Halls of Mandos in Aman where they are reincarnated to dwell in Valinor (think of Aman/Valinor as "Eden" or "avalon", the undying and unchanging lands across the sea where the elves used to live before coming to Middle Earth, and to whence most Elves who weary of the world return. Life is beautiful there but also fundamentally static and unchanging). But they are promised nothing beyond this world. Mortality is the creator's Gift to Men: they die, but are promised a part in the world that is to come after, where Elves do not know what place they have, if any. To quote the end from which that scene is taken (and which always gets to me really hard): "I speak no comfort to you, for there is no comfort for such pain within the circles of the world. The uttermost choice is before you: to repent and go to the Havens and bear away into the West the memory of our days together that shall be evergreen but never more than memory; or else to abide the Doom Of Men." "Nay, dear lord," [Arwen] said, "that choice is long over. There is now no ship that would bear me hence, and I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or I nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Numenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Eldar say, the gift of The One to Men, it is bitter to receive." "So it seems," he said. "But let us not be overthrown at this final test, who of old renounced the Shadow and the Ring. In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! We are not bound forever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory. Farewell!" "Estel! Estel!" she cried, and with that even as he took her hand and kissed it, he fell into sleep. Then a great beauty was revealed in him, so that all who came there looked on him in wonder; for they saw that the grace of his youth, and the valor of his manhood, and the wisdom and majesty of his age were blended together. And long there he lay, an image of splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world. But Arwen went forth from the House, and the light of her eyes was quenched, and it seemed to her people that she had become cold and grey as nightfall in winter that comes without a star. Then she said farewell to Eldarion, and to her daughters, and to all whom she had loved; and she went out from the city of Minas Tirith and passed away to the land of Lorien, and dwelt there alone under the fading trees until winter came. Galadriel had passed away and Celeborn also was gone, and the land was silent. There at last when the mallorn-leaves were falling, but spring had not yet come, she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elenor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.
Linnaeus
2024-11-26 19:24:20 +0000 UTCPersonally, I actually think your whole holding your breath because you’re excited/invested thing is really good for your reaction content. You’re a known yapper, so when a poignant scene starts playing and you stop talking it always comes off like “Oh Alicia is really feeling this scene”. The biggest draw of reaction content for me is seeing what vibes people get from media and how they vibe to it, so you not talking is a-okay to me cuz it’s clearly you getting immersed. On the flip side, it’s also kinda neat too when you keep talking over scenes the director clearly wants you to vibe with, like an unsaid statement on the media’s quality.
Sam Brown
2024-11-26 19:21:38 +0000 UTCthe two towers is probably my personal fav of the trilogy, BUT the return of the king absolutely continues the pattern of just getting better with each part
Marsh
2024-11-26 19:19:36 +0000 UTCGimli and Legolas' friendship is everything to me in this. Right down to Gimli being shy to Aragorn when he's getting thrown, saying, "Don't tell the elf...".
Urgoslav
2024-11-26 19:14:29 +0000 UTCYes, the Entwives disappeared back in the second age, and the land they tended was laid waste in war, but their exact fate is unknown.
Linnaeus
2024-11-26 19:10:51 +0000 UTCSam's speech at the end remain my favorite speech in all of media... it's just damn good, and powerful and just.... just always hits me so hard...
Seraphem
2024-11-26 19:08:07 +0000 UTCFunFact: Gimli's actor was notorious for not holding back during fight scenes so the clips of him just whacking people probably hurt a lot.
Wil DeYoung
2024-11-26 19:05:14 +0000 UTCi always liked how Gimli asked to be thrown since he couldn't make the jump in this movie, compared to the first one where he said nobody tosses a dwarf. That and the other interactions with Legolas really shows the growth of how he views elves in general. Before he would say the kind of pointy ear stuff as an insult with heat behind it, but after traveling with Legolas he seems to have softened his view to the point its more jokingly said now.
Joseph Van Noort
2024-11-26 19:00:15 +0000 UTCCant wait for the third movie. and the Hobbit... and the behind the scenes... and the lore videos... oh boy!
Jimify
2024-11-26 18:52:18 +0000 UTCI want her to watch the next one so bad 😁
Scrubthulhu
2024-11-26 18:33:49 +0000 UTCJohn Noble is one of my all time favorite actors. He portrays madness so well
Martin E Melcher
2024-11-26 18:30:09 +0000 UTCI cannot wait until Return of the King. The Extended is long but worth it. Ah. I came for the LOTR. Stayed for the laughs, but ohhh so excited for more LOTR content. ROTK and more!
Zip The Turtle
2024-11-26 17:11:24 +0000 UTCWhere was Gondor when being locked out closed in around her?
Zip The Turtle
2024-11-26 17:05:58 +0000 UTCOn top of that, if they barely even had enough men to defend helms deep then they definitely couldn’t have won a direct battle against Saruman’s armies.
unknown organism
2024-11-26 16:31:03 +0000 UTCThe Battle at Helm's Deep is still one of my top battles ever seen on screen. It took them three months to film it in a muddy mess with rain.
SNESgirl
2024-11-26 16:06:34 +0000 UTCThe only other instance of gunpowder we’ve ever seen was the fireworks made by Gandalf. Saruman was probably the first person to ever weaponize it.
unknown organism
2024-11-26 16:03:48 +0000 UTCWormtongue also questions how “such a device could bring down their defenses” During the scene where Saruman is making the bomb.
unknown organism
2024-11-26 16:01:48 +0000 UTCSam's speech about the good in the world that is worth fighting for always gets me sobbing. I just love stories that are so earnestly hopeful and firm in the belief that there is indeed good in the world, Sam's words about the "great stories" are borderline meta text but even that is done so genuinely and unironically that it totally works regardless. Looking forward to Return of the King!
Bob
2024-11-26 15:58:34 +0000 UTCThat is crazy. Wow!
The Seven Deadly Sins
2024-11-26 15:43:04 +0000 UTCI went to check out what parts of the extended version was actually new parts (because It's been a while since I saw the regular version so I don't remember) and holy shit I can't believe some of these were added in and not in the original version of the movie! It feels so natural What scenes were added: Elven Rope, Massacre at the Fords of Isen, The Song of the Entwives, The Heir of Númenor, Ent Draft, The Funeral of Théodred, Brego, The Ring of Barahir, One of the Dúnedain, Sons of the Steward, "Don't Be Hasty Master Meriadoc!", Fangorn Comes to Helm's Deep, The Final Tally, Flotsam and Jetsam, Farewell to Faramir, Fan Club Credits
WillGlacier
2024-11-26 15:18:28 +0000 UTCThe more you watch LOTR's the more youll see legoas is just an anime protag.
Robert Traeger
2024-11-26 15:16:23 +0000 UTCI hope Alicia listens to the ending song. It's called Gollum's Song and it's performed by Emilíana Torrini. It's such a beautiful and haunting song from the perspective of Smeagol. I listened to this song back to back to back when I watched the Two Towers. Please react to it! Please!
Austin Buck
2024-11-26 15:07:01 +0000 UTCElrond has already lost so much in his long life. First his parents who became the morning star, and his brother who chose a mortal life, and his wife who long since sailed into the undying lands to heal from an orcish arrow, and now his daughter choosing the same fate as his brother. He's someone who's life has been endless loneliness, being left behind by everyone he loves.
SouthHill
2024-11-26 14:28:52 +0000 UTCWHERE WAS GONDOR WHEN THE CHANNEL WAS HACKED!?
leviathan_13
2024-11-26 14:14:46 +0000 UTCHey Alicia You should 100% check out a video called "Actor Christopher Lee Was A Real Life Badass." The man was a real life badass and one of the inspirations for James Bond...
RedRam-Ipsen
2024-11-26 13:41:09 +0000 UTCAbout explosives: There was only two instance in whole movies that hinted about gunpowder: Saruman making it and keeping candle fire away from it and in first movie we see Gandalf using gunpowder in his fireworks.
Kampela
2024-11-26 13:25:12 +0000 UTC^this Some scattered lore could lead us to believe that they fell victims to the forces of Mordor during the wars at the end of the second age (the whole war which ended at Mount Doom like shown at the start of the first movie). They were known to be teachers and friendly to men of Gondor back then.
Le Karibou
2024-11-26 12:37:45 +0000 UTC10/10 they all are really..
Adin Monks
2024-11-26 12:20:09 +0000 UTCAll we're told is that the Ents went to visit the Entwives and found a barren wasteland. They searched for the Entwives, but never found any traces of them. Whether they survived or not is left up to Tolkien fans to speculate.
Some Guy on the Internet
2024-11-26 12:10:15 +0000 UTCThe entwives are lost because they were slaughtered thousands of years ago. As ents were more interested in tree-herding, the entwives were more into gardening, and they helped men pf Gondor to create wonderful fields and gardens. Sadly, they were caught in the middle of wars between Mordor and Men, they gardens were burnt doen, and they were slaughtered by forces of Mordor.
Laszlo Heizer
2024-11-26 12:07:28 +0000 UTCI just have to say - Sams speech is fucking legendary. always gets my eyes watery... he's got the "good mans bravery". it's not about how hard he can hit or how savage he is but the quality of his character and the nobility of his convictions.
Silver Blade
2024-11-26 11:50:01 +0000 UTCOne of the deeper things about the battle of Helms Deep is the level of bravery and sacrifice of the Elves that came to reinforce the people of Rohan. These were elite soldiers, hundreds, maybe thousands of years old for some of them. They survived a time of turmoil and war, and got to the point where their race as a whole was leaving Middle-Earth for good. They chose to help Men instead of sailing to eternal peace and paradise. Litteraly. And they died without regrets all the same.
Le Karibou
2024-11-26 11:49:15 +0000 UTCOne thing i think people forget isthat one of the reasons lotr hits SO good. Is that there was so much story to adapt. Rather than trying to figure out what to do lotr was an exercise in what you can leave out. No matter what every second of this movie was going to be jam packed with plot. It's the reason they are so long. It's because if you wanted to do 2hr movies. And tell everything in lotr the book we would be looking at ten movies.
CrazyChameleon
2024-11-26 11:42:39 +0000 UTCIn Theoden's defense, Helm's Deep has never fallen in the entirety of Rohan's history. They've had no reason to consider the fortress to have any kind of weakness at all. And even if they did, it's evident explosives are relatively new to Middle-earth. Outside of that, the "weakness" of the drain isn't really much of a weakness.
Some Guy on the Internet
2024-11-26 11:41:07 +0000 UTCWHAT? I thought the Entwives went missing long before the events of LOTR
TurtleKungFu
2024-11-26 11:36:38 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see your reaction to the third one.
Jonathan Canfield
2024-11-26 11:26:58 +0000 UTCI took a Tolkiens course in collage. It was great to revisit these movies with you, Alicia.
REI
2024-11-26 11:02:35 +0000 UTCit'll be crazy when alicia realizes that the implication was that Sauron/Sarumon had killed all the Entwives without the Ents knowing
Ellerian
2024-11-26 10:28:54 +0000 UTChey cool just looked and its here nice
Alex
2024-11-26 09:54:24 +0000 UTC
