Lord of the Rings facts to pause the movie for

Thank you for watching :)

Sources:

[tam]

ATTENTION MISTAKES MADE
I honestly never expected this video to get so much traction, I would’ve been more professional with my investigations 💀
Here’s some corrections of problems in the video. The first two being just dumb errors on my part, speaking off the dome and not bothering to consider what I said.


Thank you all so much for watching and for even bothering to correct me 🙏 it means a lot. If there’s anything that I might’ve missed please feel free to comment!

[jumnei]

here's one: Every single time Sam takes another step it is the furthest away from the shire he's ever been

[jussts]

Fun fact, when Viggo Mortensen kicked the helmet, he broke the world record for the longest helmet kick. His scream of joy at finally breaking the long-standing record can be heard in the film.

[Hellhi]

PJ: "So you're gonna get stabbed in the back and scream like th-
Christopher Lee: *"Have you ever witnessed a man die, Peter?"*

[GuyGurr-historicalviolin]

The residents telling Peter Jackson to come again tomorrow so that they can get back in their cozy living room to watch Rugby seems to be such a Hobbit thing to do in my opinion. After all, he found the perfect location for the Shire!

[cat-ypgk]

Fun fact! In the scene where Viggo Mortensen kicks the helmet in The Two Towers, the scream you hear is actually the helmet screaming in pain.

[ZoeWray]

Fun fact: the bridge scene at Khazad-Dum wasn't scripted. While filming, they encountered the real Balrog, flame of Udun, servant of Morgoth. Ian decided to sacrifice himself for the rest of the cast, and Peter liked it so much he kept it in.

[harbl]

PJ's line during pick-up filming on ROTK was a pure flex: "Let's not try too hard. We've already won Best Picture for this one."

[fabriziomariano]

Another kind of known fact is that at the Charge of the Rohirrim at the Pelennor Fields, the front riders were the ones on the cast (including prosthetic-bearded women) who read the books, so they could feel more vividly the importance of the moment

[giulioaprati]

Theoden is eowyn 's uncle, not father

[dDessel]

Fun fact: Christopher Lee has a metal Christmas album

[ashishtimsina]

The only thing that intrinsically call to me that the owner of the land where the scene for shire was filmed had no idea about the expansiveness about the film that way portrayed in the scene that they blindly accepted. They blindly agreed for it for what so reason but thankfully it lead to best visualisation of the humble beginnin of entire history of LOTR

[SpirusOfH]

Of all the facts here, I am absolutely blown away by the revelation that filming continued AFTER the release of the final film. Just for the extended editions?? The fact that these movies exist is an absolute mystery and miracle on every single level. HOW did this random guy get to produce such an ambitious project (in terms of budget, scope, and schedule) which has famously been proven as an unfilmable IP? And then SUCCEEDED so tremendously?!?! And then got to KEEP FILMING and spending massive budgets on extended scene, exclusively for home release?? Truly an astounding mystery that will never be replicated in the history of cinema again

[Adrian-zeud]

Fun fact: when Aragorn charges into the fight at the end of RotK, a chorus says in elfish:
"If with my life or my death I can protect you, I will.
You have my sword"

[bagggers]

The knife wasn't technically real, it was a prop that had been sharpened to look good in close-ups. It still could have seriously hurt him, but you can actually see it shatter into a thousand pieces when Viggo hits it.

[cielprofondinfo]

Viggo Mortensen is such a fan of the Montréal (Canada) hockey team, the Canadiens, that he was wearing a Canadiens jersey underneath his armor basically throughout the whole three movies.

[toomanyobsessions]

The actor who played Gimli, the _dwarf_, was actually the tallest of the cast. He is about 6’4. Peter Jackson used camera tricks to make him seem short.
Similarly, Ian, that actor for Gandalf, was nowhere near 7 feet tall. It was once again Jackson’s use of cameras tricks to make him look like he was that tall.

[svenssko]

In The Two Towers, Eomer's sword falls out of its scabbard just before he rides away from Aragorn, Legolas & Gimli.

[michaelmclachlan]

10:05 There's nothing surprising about New Zealanders preferring to watch the All Blacks play a rugby international. It's more surprising that Peter Jackson, himself a New Zealander, didn't realise the match was on.

[mRibbons]

Daaaamn. The knife deflection was already super badass when I beileved it was scripted and rehearsed. It looks amazing.