Everything GREAT About The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring!

Lord of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring! I originally split this video up because of copyright reasons, but I'm a lot bolder these days and I'll fight them to the ends of the earth! And since the Rings of Power is airing episodes right now, I figured, what better time to give you the one stop shop for these 2 parters! Also all 6 videos have been copyright claimed or blocked at one time or another so here's to hoping that doesn't happen again! ...JK it already has a claim before even publishing! Hahahahahahahahahaaaa

CinemaWins Socials:

[jacobbishop]

Sir Ian Mckellen once visited my school and at the beginning of the assembly he said “if you don’t study, if you don’t do your homework, and if you don’t listen to your teachers… YOU SHALL NOT PASS” and it’s one of my favourite memories as a kid

[anothervagabond]

"Of course the ringwraiths can see Frodo when he's wearing the thing they're hunting."
Cool tidbit about that actually: the ring doesn't turn people invisible, it shunts them into a sort of spirit world, which is why they can't be seen in the normal physical world. The Nazgul are basically always on that plane, since their rings do the same thing for them. So it's not that they could see Frodo because he was wearing the ring, it's that putting on the ring basically just takes him into their home turf.

Which, yes, is *much* scarier than just "they can see you when you wear the ring".

[SerathDarklands]

Hopefully in this trilogy, we'll _FINALLY_ get the well-deserved "Sir Christopher Lee is always a win".

[josephbyler]

That scene where Bilbo lunges for the Ring scared me half to death as a kid. Definitely win worthy.

[joshuaward]

Just FYI, Bilbo wasn't dissing the Hobbits at his speech! Look closely at the words again but just take out all the confusing 'halves.' Bilbo is saying he doesn't know most of them as well as he wants to and that he doesn't like people as much as they deserve to be liked. He's expressing regret that he's leaving his fellow Hobbits without knowing or liking them as much as they deserve to be liked and known!

[rayn]

About the whole doubting it’s really the One Ring bit: when you consider how Bilbo got his hands on magic swords and the Arkenstone (which some speculate is a silmaril) pretty much by accident, Gandalf was probably thinking “Come on, there’s no way, right? There’s no way it’s THAT ring, no one’s that good at finding magical artifacts of great importance…right?”

[OhNoTheFace]

I'll always defend how much Boromir kept fighting. He realized how much he fucked up and was fighting to stop both what he caused and to stop the ring from getting taken and to protect Frodo. Hell, his first words when dying is just that they took the little ones. Always makes me sad. Boromir was always the most "human" in this film which is why I love him. Especially when you find out how much pressure he was under from someone to take the ring

[joecope]

One of my favorite details about this film/ book, which I missed at first, was that of all the people who had any contact with the ring, only Gimli willingly attempted to destroy it.

[loiterring]

One bit that always gets me is the singing in the background of Boromir's death scene is from the books: "I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend" which is a line in the books from Boromir's brother Faramir.

[arfielding]

I love how Aragorn presents a truly perfect example of healthy masculinity. He is powerful, a great fighter, but also gently kisses his fallen comrades on the head and is able to have emotionally intimate relationships with other male characters.

[haflaen]

One thing no-one ever talks about is that though Frodo’s grief is indeed “frightening” after Gandalf’s fall, Aragorn is both the last to leave the bridge and the first to urge them on. Of all of them he’s the one who’s known Gandalf the longest, and whilst we aren’t given many details of his life as a ranger it’s fair to say he’s seen friends die before. He knows it never gets any easier, but he also knows wallowing in grief never does any good - they just have to keep going and make sure his sacrifice means something. Such a simple but brilliant demonstration of the combination of compassion, wisdom and resolve that makes him such a great hero.

[florianbarkowski]

I think one point that really shines in the extended edition is Boromir. For me there are many scenes cut out in the theatrical that show Boromir is the most identfiable of the Fellowship. A man who just wants to save his people and has the pressure of his father uppn his shoulders, who told him that the ring could solve their problems. So he immediately has worse chances of resisting than the others.

[TheCommenterDragon]

The part where Frodo and Sam leave for Mordor always gets me, especially with the flute music!

[sethmizrachi]

They weren't filmed back to back, they were filmed concurrently. My favorite story about that is that Gimli's line "NO ONE TOSSES A DWARF" was filmed AFTER the scene at Helm's Deep where he told Aragorn to toss him, but don't tell the elf.

[_GeneralMechanics_]

Peter Jackson's attention to detail in visual storytelling and world building created an authentic experience of the source material. That dedication made a once in a generation adaptation for one of the most renown pieces of literature ever created is something to behold. You could watch these films and never have to read the books to appreciate them. They still can't be topped, even when he turned "The Hobbit" into a trilogy. It's a shame we will never see his (and Neil Blomkamp's) vision of "HALO."

[banananer]

Liv's riding double in that shot was not Sonia Duncan, but my childhood hero Jane Abbott on the Andalusian stallion Florian, who played the Elven horse Asfaloth. Jane's riding as Arwen in the Flight to the Ford scene is some of the best horse work ever put to film, and in some shots she also played one of the Nazgûl riders and was "chasing" herself. It's pretty well-known that Viggo Mortensen bought Florian for Jane after shooting, but he also stabled his other horses purchased from the shoot (a bay Dutch Warmblood stallion Uraeus, who played Brego, and a chestnut stallion Kenny, who played Hasufel) at the New Zealand ranch owned by Jane and her veterinarian husband. The two of them kept up the horses' daily care and exercising, and Florian, although retired, often performed dressage and skipping routines at local equestrian events. As of January 2023, all of these horses have passed away after long and comfortable retirements.

[Arexion]

Aw you forgot about the knife deflection during the final fight scene. That throw was done completely unintentionally yet Viggo managed to deflect it flawlessly, shocking everyone.

[shaylove]

my favorite aspect of Boromir has always been how much he cared for the hobbits, the scene after gandalfs "death" when Aragorn tries to get the party moving again only for Boromir to tell him to give the hobbits a bit more time to grieve always makes me sad but also makes me love Boromir even more as a character

[Zander]

In regards to Theatrical vs Extended, I think Theatrical is better for introducing someone new because of the better pacing and shorter runtime, but Extended is always my preferred choice for rewatches. Extended has a lot of great scenes that help tie things together, but they sometimes mess with the pacing or take away from a dramatic reveal (like with the Mithril Shirt).

[Qeshen]

Also, can we just give a shoutout to quite possibly *the* eponymous Ranger that spawned an entire subset of distinguish RPG classes?

He may not have powerful magic or be a master fighter, but Strider is a man comfortable leading people through the woods, has exceptional knowledge of dark creatures, can fight competently as a swordsman or as an archer, helps the characters get where they need to go, and not only that but knows enough about herbalism to the point he can help the main characters recover?

I love that he's never exactly THE best out there, but throughout all the movies he changes how he approaches problems to cover the weaknesses of the people he travels with. He's no exceptional healer, no distinguished warrior, no expert marksman - He can do everything competently, but his specialty is getting people where they need to go.