For Frodo! Part 3 Lord of the Rings : Return of the King | First Time Watching | EXTENDED

Hey Everyone!

We are finally here, The end of the journey! I can officially say this is the best movie I have ever seen. Enjoy this emotional final chapter !

#thelordoftherings #lotr #reaction #firsttimewatching #firsttimereaction #extendededition #frodobaggins #frodo #bilbobaggins #gandalf #returnoftheking

Get Full Watch Along Reactions on Patreon! :

Follow Stef Solari on Social Media!:

Listen to Stef Solari's Music!:

PLAYSLISTS:

Lord of the Rings:

Harry Potter Series:

The Last of Us:

Wednesday:

*Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners.

[GeoffTrowbridge]

Frodo had to leave because, in his own words, "There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep." This was no ordinary PTSD. He was deeply, deeply traumatized, not only from his journey and the physical wounds, but mostly from the psychological hold that the ring had on him. Spending his last days with the Elves in Valinor (aka "The Undying Lands") was the only way he could have a modicum of happiness and healing.

[pixelchickenrider]

When my mother watched these movies she got on a kick about how she wanted all of her kids to be like Sam, always doing the right thing without the need for recognition. She used to preach that to us all the time. When she died in 2016 from lupus, we found a box full of Samwise action figures in her closet, one for each of her six kids and their spouses, as reminders to always be each other's Sams.

[jdspencer]

pretty much every actor in this trilogy deserved their own oscar

[winkles]

“My friends … you bow to no one.”

Gets me every time.

[jonathanimler]

I didn’t notice this the first few times I watched LOTR… but I love the parallel from the first movie of Frodo grabbing Sam’s arm to pull him from the depths of water, then Sam pulling Frodo from the “depths” of fire after the ring is destroyed. Just speaks of their unfailing friendship!

[viktorwallaby]

I saw it for the first time in 2002 or 2003, and since then I must have seen it countless times, but every time Aragorn says, "My friends you bow to no one, " I can't stop crying from 14 to 35 years old

[phj]

Eomer finding Eowyn's seemingly lifeless body on the battlefield wasn't in the theatrical cut, and it must have just gutted Karl Urban (playing Eomer). It was just such a raw outpouring of utter grief and despair, and Karl really left nothing in the tank. In the actor's commentary on the Extended version DVD when the scene comes up, Miranda Otto (playing Eowyn) says very happily "oh this is back in!" and then something about how happy she is for Karl since he did such a great job with it.. or close anyway, it's been minute since I last sat through the DVD commentary. ;)

[FrankCastlesConscience]

What a beautiful, heartfelt, authentic and genuine reaction. I’m not crying, you’re crying 😢 There are lots of reactors out there, most talk too much and feel the need to crack stupid jokes every 8 seconds, whereas you are totally invested emotionally in the experience. More of the same please!

[MrMakko]

All ring bearers sail from Middle-earth to Valinor, the undying lands. Only in Valinor the pain and soul wounds inflicted by the ring's evil power can find relief. Years later Sam, who has worn the ring albeit briefly, will also sail to Valinor and be reunited with Frodo.
Thanks for your reaction. And don't worry about the tears. I'm 47 years old and I admit that when I see many scenes from this film again (Sam's strength when he loads Frodo on his shoulders or when the whole of Gondor bows down to the greatness of the little 4 hobbits) I can't hold back the tears.

[noguy]

i always love the part when Sauron realizes. He feels Frodo put it on and knows where he is, as do the Nine. It takes knowing a little extra to feel the true weight of the scene. Sauron hasn't known about Frodo Sam and Gollum's quest this entire time. He's had glimpses from far away, but when Aragorn challenges him in the Palantir, then marches on him at the Black Gate with Gandalf, he thinks he knows they have the Ring. Because it's what he would do. He expects the puny MiddleEarthers to use his weapon against him, despite being unable to truly wield it, aside from maybe Gandalf. When Frodo puts it on, he realizes everything....that someone else has it, they're going to destroy it, they've deceived him and survived this whole time, and that his life is dangling over a cliff. It's the most visceral fear he's ever felt. And of course we see him die well enough and it's sort of set up for us in Fellowship, but this is at the tail end of an insanely long life of slow reduction in power....finally, by Lord of the Rings Sauron summons a magic so stupidly strong and archaic it only works if he pours nearly his entire soul and strength into this thing. The thing's primary goal to deceive and control doesn't work, save on the kings of Men, but it does make him absurdly strong in MiddleEarth. But it gets stripped from him, and finally the only thing tying him to the world is dissolved, so he's left with nothing but an insane sort of consciousness in the ether.

[metoo]

Even after so many years this movie shows why it won so many awards. It stay mostly true to the writer's vision, and that's why it stands the test of time.
If you like movies, and you like stories, there are few that can compare to this trilogy.

[placebo]

I learn something new every time I watch these movies. Not just details in the movie but as you get older and mature you understand certain lessons in the story that you missed earlier in life. Tolkein stands the test of time and the movies stay as loyal as they can to the writing. We watch the trilogy every year around Christmas in my house going on 12 years now.

[drnerdrage]

If it makes you feel any better, Tolkein wrote in a letter to a fan that the rings power would be so strong at the chasm of Mt Doom that he fears no one in middle earth would have had the willpower to throw it into the fire. So I think it speaks to Frodo's strength that he didn't fail until the very end.

[FrozenGaming]

To me Lord of the Rings is something that I can actually feel it, you know. I think only people like us, the fans that watch this over and over, can understand the meaning of this. This ain't just a movie, the word "masterpiece" is also not enough to describe it. Stef you were true and beautiful, thank you for this amazing reaction! You got a new fan!

[sospokemika]

I think this is my favorite LOTR reaction on YouTube. You truly understood the movie on emotional level on your first watch. Amazing.

[Scottoest]

The scene in this that cuts through my heart is when Sam says "If ever I was to marry someone, it would've been her. It would've been her." and starts sobbing. Sam was Frodo's rock through this entire journey, and Frodo was preoccupied with the influence of the ring - but you can see how he suddenly realizes that his friend has given up so much too in order to be there for him. He sits up immediately to embrace Sam as they assume they're basically waiting to die.

[Vorgaloth]

How was Eowyn able to kill the Witch King when it was said that no man could kill him? It was Merry's dagger (Dúnedain dagger) that allowed this to happen. In the book it was forged by the smiths of Arthedain, the daggers were intended for use in the war between Arnor and Angmar. As such, they were enchanted with magic capable of harming the Witch-king. So, when Merry stabbed the Witch-king in the source material, he didn't merely distract the Lord of the Nazgûl. Instead, he dealt a great blow by breaking the spell that made the Witch-king near-immortal. To wit: Merry's blade broke "the spell that knit [the Witch-king's] unseen sinews to his will." Essentially, Merry's magic dagger opened the door for Éowyn to kill the Witch-king. It was a team effort.

It's so impressively incredible that this story -- perhaps the greatest fiction ever told -- was created and written by one man.

[miggmon]

The final lines of the book right after Frodo’s departure, leaving behind his friends and Middle-earth:


(...) But to Sam the evening deepened to darkness as he stood at the Haven; and as he looked at the grey sea he saw only a shadow on the waters that was soon lost in the West. There still he stood far into the night, hearing only the sigh and murmur of the waves on the shores of Middle-earth, and the sound of them sank deep into his heart. Beside him stood Merry and Pippin, and they were silent.

At last the three companions turned away, and never again looking back they rode slowly homewards; and they spoke no word to one another until they came back to the Shire, but each had great comfort in his friends on the long grey road.
At last they rode over the downs and took the East Road, and then Merry and Pippin rode on to Buckland; and already they were singing again as they went. But Sam turned to Bywater, and so came back up the Hill, as day was ending once more. And he went on, and there was yellow light, and fire within; and the evening meal was ready, and he was expected. And Rose drew him in, and set him in his chair, and put little Elanor upon his lap.
He drew a deep breath. 'Well, I'm back, ' he said.


The End.

[Dinamite]

I’m not sure if many people know this but there are 3 eagles that go to mount doom, one is for Frodo, one is for Sam, and the third is meant for Sméagol, bc Gandalf wanted to be able to save him and heal him. It was so refreshing to rewatch these movies through your reactions, they’re were so pure and genuine, thank you!!

[dethtongue]

Frodo saying they had saved the Shire, but not for him, and leaving for the Undying Lands at the end is a metaphor and call out to all the men who came back from WW I and found that they no longer felt a part of the world they had left before the war. In the infancy of psychotherapy PTSD, what they called shell shock back then, was not fully understood, but it affected millions of men who felt disconnected from everything. Hemmingway called it the Lost Generation. Only in the Undying lands can Frodo fully heal.