10 details in Lord of the Rings you probably MISSED!

There are lots of fascinating hidden details in The Lord of the Rings trilogy that you may have missed! From the subtle design elements in the Nazgul's riding gear to the clear skies of Mordor during Aragorn's coronation, these are details that once you spot them, you'll never be able to unsee.

Chapters:

00:00 - 00:21 Intro
00:22 - 00:54 Eye of Sauron Symbol in the Nazgûl riding gear
00:55 - 01:28 The Skies over Mordor Changes
01:29 - 02:02 Elrond's Elven blessing
02:03 - 02:35 Legolas walking on top of the Snow
02:36 - 03:22 Audible 30 days Free Trial (follow link in the description)
03:23 - 03:53 Gandalf's Pipe hidden in his Staff
03:54 - 04:30 Sauron Holding a Bloody Dagger
04:31 - 05:16 Visible Pippin Doll at the Black Gate
05:17 - 06:06 Sam's Missing his Vest
06:07 - 07:20 The Uruk-Hai Army Helmets Meaning
07:21 - 07:44 Aragorn using Boromir's Vambraces
07:45 - 08:03 Outro

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[drtaint]

I'm not normally good at noticing things like this, but the "Legolas walking on top of the snow" was very deliberately shown, that it seems out of place on this list.

[HaloRUULz]

In ROTK the army attacking minas tirith was going to feature a lot more easterlings like the ones you see at the black gate. The orcs were also going to be smaller than men, les armoured and the easterlings would be the more elite part of the army. In the end they dropped the idea and redesigned the orcs to be more of a "uniform" with a dragon scale like armour, red clothes and the easterlings completely cut. But some scenes were stil filmed and used in the movie. Al the scenes when they attack minas tirith at night with the catapults you can see easterlings in the background standing among the orcs and when the gate is breached you can also see a formation of easterlings behind the horde of orcs coming through the gate.

[blueshit]

kind of weird that Gandalf wouldn't return the gesture since he's such a close friend with elves, more than any other wizard

[elzar]

Fun little detail you missed

Gandalfs ring Narya (the ring of fire) within the story is hidden.
So throughout the movies the viewer cannot see a ring on his finger.

That is until the one ring is destroyed, all the elven rings lose their magic and so all scenes afterwards you can see Gandalfs ring of fire

[WickedSquirel]

Note that in Helmsdeep Legolas shoots one of his own arrows to kill the torch-uruk, but the impact is with one of the Galadrim-elf arrows

[tranquero]

So basically Aragorn basically looted Boromir saying "LOL FREE BRACERS"

[peterratter]

A special lighting rig was used for close-ups of Cate Blanchett; as Galadriel had seen the light of the Two Trees, it was decided that her eyes should have an 'otherness' that was more than the usual Elven contact lenses.

[iwatchtoomuchtwoset]

Hyeh hyeh hyeh MORE facts to annoy my friends with when I pause the movie...

[Dave-hqxi]

Question is HOW did you NOT notice Legolas walking on the snow?

[Fool-Of-A-Took]

Love these details. I've seen these movies more times than I can count, and I still notice new details each watch through. I knew none of these

[crispfriars]

I thought Legolas walking on the snow was pretty hard to miss tbh 😅

[SanoyNimbus]

That blessing thing in 1:29 ... strange that Gandalf did not know about that?

[TheDeppertLasseVogt]

When i first noticed that Aragorn had taken Boromir's bracers (I was really young then), I initially thought: "Wait a minute, did he just steal them from him? What an asshole!" Now, I can see it more clearly as a gesture of honoring Boromir's memory, but you could also interpret it as Aragorn simply selfishly looting Boromir's corpse.

[tacticaltim]

WOW. Absolutely wow. As a child seeing these movies in theaters and falling it in love with the books decades later thinking I knew all the little details of the films you absolutely made me wrong. Very very well done. Happy to be a a subscriber keep up the hard work my friend

[mako]

Gandalf's staff is kind of a story itself, the pipe staff was with him from the beginning of FotR until he was held captive by Saruman and that staff was confiscated.
Then after he escaped he managed to get a new almost identical one which he slotted in a crystal on the tip when entering Moria, and he lost it during the fight with Balrog.
And later when he returned as Gandalf the White we see him with another new white staff that bears a resemblance to elvish motif, and it accompanied him up until he was confronted with the witch king during the defence of Minas Tirith and was shredded into pieces.
And at some point later he somehow regained an identical one as we can see when they bid their farewell in Grey Havens.
Then we're back to the pipe staff, and turns out it once belonged to Radagast and was given to Gandalf after his very first one burned into ashes when he engaged the Necromancer in Dol Guldur.

[emelienevander]

Great video! The details with the eye of Sauron on the Nazgûl were really cool. The only one I noticed was probably the one we’re Legolas does not sink in the snow.

[jimorr]

Gandalf being associated with the elves for centuries, should have know how to return the eleven blessing, so either it was reserved to elves or as a Maiar, he has no need to receive a blessing from an elf.

[hazbaska]

I did notice the bracelets, but it’s very telling that they’re meant to help bring him into battle with him. As a way to help the new king of men ascend to the heights he needed to.

[jyrhds]

How about Karl Urban staying in character when his sword fell out of its sheath? Or is that well known too?

[benjaminbasler]

Aragorn is also part of a half elf family so that's also why he returns the gesture