EFAP Movies #58: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition

[Reupload - Chat integrated, more copyright protection for an attempt at monetising this thing]

Good god! here it is! A wonderful celebration of the greatest trilogy ever PUT TO FILM!

Join us for a glorious adventure through the world of Middle Earth!

Complete with incredible characters going on thorough journeys to defeat evil once and for all!

This series of movies is famous for being that of immense quality and 20 years ago, The Return of the King was released in cinemas and entertained the whole world for generations to come!

We at EFAP wanted to give you guys an awesome experience to celebrate this anniversary and hopefully the commentary/editing gives yah a blast.

A sad reality is that this video, despite great effort, cannot be monetised unless given heavy copyright protection. There was a wall of copyright claims which, when you watch it... makes some sense but hopefully the experience isn't hampered.

Though it is worth mentioning that this was an incredible sink of resources for several editors and something like this cannot be made often without support from you folks.

What matters to us most is that it entertains the hell out of you and sets a celebratory milestone for some of the most inspirational movies of all time, make sure to let us know what you think! \o/

Editing credits (time relates to raw recordings worked on):

The Fellowship of the Ring:

Hour 1 - Mauler
Hour 2 - Mauler
Hour 3 - Mauler
Hour 4 - Mauler

The Two Towers:

Hour 1 - Fringy
Hour 2 - Mauler
Hour 3 - DasBoSchitt and Mauler
Hour 4 - Mauler

The Return of the King:

Hour 1 - Mauler
Hour 2 - Fringy
Hour 3 - Fringy
Hour 4 - Fringy

Additional polish/montage and animations - Wolf
Excruciating copyright protection passes - MauLer
Integration of chat (Please tell me it was worth it lmao) - MauLer

[EveryFrameAPause]

This is a reupload, we've decided to split the movies into three because any other strategy cannot be monetised. I have no idea why. YouTube is not a fun boss to have. In any case, chat is now implemented from the initial premiere, though with a couple of mistakes here and there, in all three films.

Two Towers and Return of the King will follow week by week, with "Movies Minis" to follow that weekly - this will not be in lieu of any other uploads and there's a link at the top of the description for the original upload in case you would like to check out the discussion or to play them as a three - Though that version cannot be monetised. Thanks for being patient with this, just trying to make it all work heh.

[asterjaden]

If you think for a second i'm going to watch the entire EFAP LOTR Trilogy again, then you are right.

[hunorszekely]

Something that I noticed while watching and hearing mauler mention Boromir's role as a protector, is that in the final battle Boromir doesn't have his SHIELD. A tool only used for protecting. He left his shield behind (that's how Aragorn noticed that Boromir is missing) to go after Frodo. Symbolically abandoning his role as a protector to chase after the ring. In the final battle he only uses his sword(still to protect the halflings) but if he still had his shield, he might've been able to survive Lurtz's arrows(maybe). This is just another tragic and excellent twist and detail for Boromir's character. God I love these movies!

[For]

My wife was just saying "hey we need to finish EFAP LOTR"

It took a few years but we got her lol

[QuatrinaVR]

The scene of Frodo putting his hand on Bilbo’s shoulder after the jump scare is so good. It embodies forgiveness and empathy. It’s more powerful than any words that Frodo could have said to Bilbo in that moment.

[KrokPanther]

I feel like not enough people talk about Boromir's line, "Give them a moment for pity's sake, " in the wake of Gandalf's death as proof for him not being a villain.

[INMRuben]

Man, the scene with the ring in the snow... Everytime I see how prepared Aragorn was to use his sword againts Boromir I got the chills. You can see how he removes his hand from the sword once Boromir returns the ring to Frodo. Such an amazing scene.

[Zzzlol]

The only movie where "old man yells at mountain" is epic as fuck.

[mordirit]

"We've had Fellowship of the Rings, yes. What about second Fellowship?"
- Don't think he knows about second Fellowship Pippin.
"What about movie minis? Two Towers, Afternoon Two Towers, Second Return of the King? _Third_ Return of the King! He knows about them, doesn't he?

[dklwos]

Have I already watch the entire EFAP coverage of the trilogy? Yes.
Am I going to happily watch the entire trilogy again broken into three parts? You best believe it.

Hell, I might even go back and watch the original trilogy coverages just to be a complete mad man and take in all the LOTR content I can.

Appreciate all the work you do to keep us entertained lads. Can’t imagine how much work actually goes into making these and fingers crossed they can stay monetised for you.

[Kainvverd]

I love The Lord of the Rings.

I love everything about it: books, movies, games, the community that formed around it...
I love it for how much it means and represents, for what it can teach us and for how impactful it has been.
It changed the world around us and the hearts of many people.

I love it for what it is and I'll never stop loving it.

[lordofthepizzapie]

That "head empty no thoughs" wolf pfp Wolf has is the best one he's ever had...

Except for the JEB-ker one!

[mattherron]

When sauruman is yelling his spell: "old man yells at cloud"

[zakan]

"Isildur, the son of the queen, took up his mother's trident..."

[This_Is_Something]

Did I watch the original 8 hour cut? Yes
Will I rewatch them as they come out? Yes

[ImMichaelB]

"Hard R."
We've missed you too, Wolf!

Weta Digital worked wonders with these films, and that's due to Jackson and the team carefully considering how to tackle film production.
There's no replacement for thoughtful and passionate film production. There's no amount of visual effects that could cover the flaws of a sloppy production.
This trilogy is a shining example of how filmmakers should utilize visual effects to enhance their production whilst maintaining the physicality of live action.
Just because you can do something with digital effects it does not mean you should.

Thank you Massives, for giving us yet another reason to appreciate the sheer amount of love and care put into these timeless classics.

With all that being said though, your coverage is still not long enough. ❤

[cope]

Damn, the score for this movie is SO FUCKING GOOD!

[ralph-im-a-star-wars-wiggum]

“You have my sword”
“And my bow”
“And my tooth. That I got from that ice troll I killed”

[mulderscully]

If I remember correctly about Tom Bombadil, he had 100% power and control over his little area of the forest, but outside of that, he didn’t. It was a safe haven for the Fellowship, but a place they could not stay.

[indistinctchatter]

The Rings of Power hacks must hate this movie with a passion. A perfect film in every respect.