The Lord of the Rings from Gandalf's perspective

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[brandonbutler]

Not all youtube essayists are good at writing. Not all have soothing voices and accents. Not all of them are informative or even well informed. Lamentably, not all of them discuss the Lord of the Rings in exquisite, nerdy detail where I learn something new every video. This channel is a blessing and manages all of these things.

[highlandoutsider]

"Fool being his favorite affectionate insult"
Pippin sobbing in the corner
😅

[pathutchison]

“Until at last, I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin upon the mountainside.” ~ Gandalf
One of the sickest lines ever put to paper.

[DannyHeat]

I’ve been on this Tolkien binge for like 23 years now it’s crazy

[fr.andygutierrez]

I actually got emotional at the very end thinking of the reward Gandalf received for his fidelity to his long, weary labors. Thank you 🙏🏼

[sybaritic]

As Aragorn noted, when he was crowned king, "Gandalf has been the mover of all that has been accomplished. And this is his victory.."

[Adam-neqc]

One fact to add to "Gandalf perspective", which is easily missed: between visiting Crickhollow and Bree, Gandalf was sure that Nazgul had taken Frodo and Ring, and now all what remains is to pursue them and hope to rescue them.

This was probably the darkes hours in his life.

[Snowshill]

I like that gandalf didnt just take over everything or use his vast power, that wasn't his job, and the age to come wasn't meant to be his age it was to be the age of men, so he worked to show men who had lost faith that they were strong and capable of defying the dark power and can work to make the world a brighter place

[davidlewis]

“He is a moss-gatherer, and I have been a stone doomed to rolling”. This is such excellent, surpassing stuff as to make me long for dotage.

[Srynan]

This video made me cry tears of joy over a story I have known for almost 2 decades now and yet, somehow, hearing it read out loud and focusing the details of how Gandalf tried to guide and lead by example even in the most dire of circumstances just makes me happy.

[danoconnell]

The nuance Tolkien invests his characters with is astounding, especially with Gandalf. And Robert has a way of feeling it out and saying what is most important to understand to grasp that nuance. I'm in awe of them both,

[Scientist_Salarian]

This might be my favorite IDG video to date. And it’s the first time I’ve ever heard someone use the word ‘eucatastrophe’ out loud.

[Richard_Nickerson]

Gandalf literally used "fly" to mean "flee" earlier in the same chapter.
Glorfindel also used the word "fly" to mean "run away as quickly as possible" earlier in the same book.
I have always loathed the "Gandalf was telling them to use the Eagles" BS.

[Alexquints]

The main complaint I have with the movies is in the extended edition when Gandalf faces the witch king at the battle of minas tirith that he loses to the witch king after the restrictions are removed from him when in the books he held off all 9 while his abilities where limited.

[tubaterror]

Gandalf: Oh no! Nazgul! But, hang on, there's no-one else around so I guess I can... FIREBALL! MAGIC MISSILE! HASTE! LIGHTNING BOLT!

[PiraticalBob]

Gandalf, upon arrival in the Blessed Realm after the defeat of Sauron: "I forgot to bring pipe-weed! We have to go back!"

[skyborne]

I love how tactfully Robert informs his viewers that, no, Gandalf was not instructing the Fellowship to use the Eagles.

[Jensaarai]

I'm still waiting for LOTRs From Denethor's Perspective, especially the exploration of how Denethor merely viewed Sauron as a political adversary.

[happy_t-rex]

small detail: Aragorn looking in the palantír in Minas Tirith is movieverse; in the books he looks in Helm's Deep, several days earlier.

[ChristianAkacro]

'Fool being his favorite affectionate insult.'

My favourite little linguistic joke in LOTR is that Pippin's surname 'Took' is quite literally synonymous with the word fool. So when Gandalf exclaims, 'You fool of a Took!!' He's really saying, 'You fool of a Fool!!'