FIRST TIME WATCHING The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | *REACTION/COMMENTARY*

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I hated Boromir as a kid, but as I’ve grown up and become and adult (and especially after watching the extended editions), he’s grown to become one of my favorite characters. And that last line: “I would have followed you my brother. My captain. My king.” Gets me every time.

“All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.”

I always love how reactors to these movies start with “oh god, a three hour movie…” and ALWAYS end with “WAIT, IT’S OVER?!”

I keep forgetting that part of the craziness of this story is that Frodo is one of the few Hobbits who can swim. His parents drowned. That's canonically why Bilbo takes him in. So while hes headed on this lone part of the quest, he's literally watching his closest friend about to die like his parents. He chooses to save his friend.

Me Watching Stranger Things: "oh my god that's Sam! I'm going to cry!" Angie Watching LoTR: "oh my god that's Bob! I'm going to cry" Divided by fandoms, united by Sean Astin's wholesomeness.

Viggo Mortensen is a real life badass for the following reasons: Insisted on staying in costume even when not filming, including the sword. Even got caught sleeping with the sword once. Also would hike to filming locations in costume for travel-worn authenticity. The swordsman for this movie, Bob Anderson (PotC and Princess Bride), claims he was the best swordsman has ever trained. Did all of his own stunts. Is fluent in just about every language known to man. Became the natural leader of the group on and off the set. Purchased Arwens stunt doubles horse for her when he heard it was going to be euthanized. Also bought both horses he rode in this movie and the one that came after this trilogy. Stitched a few things onto his own costume for Ranger authenticity. Has a small bow because he knew as a ranger living in the wild, Aragorn would need a hunting bow to hunt with. Literally no one else thought of that but him. Casually smacked a real dagger out of the way when it was accidentally thrown at him. Aragorn taking Boromirs arm guards was his idea. Convinced the cast to film during sunrise. All of this to say: they set out to make an awesome trilogy, and in doing so, they somehow ended up casting the real Aragorn.

I have been searching for someone who actually notices how the ring does not bounce when Bilbo drops it. It's one of those scenes that give me chills because it shows just how "heavy" the ring is with power and evil. Thank you for noticing!!

“I would have followed you; my brother, my captain…my king.” I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve watched this trilogy and it still brings tears to my eyes.

My step dad is not a big fantasy guy. His kind of movies are ones with cars or explosions or similar. When I got the DVD of this movie back in 2001, he decided to check it out on his huge TV just to test it out. After a while, I heard him crank the volume up and was glued to it the entire time, so I came in to watch the last act with him. As Sam and Frodo headed down the hill and it faded to black, he literally exclaimed, "Don't you fucking end!" I had to explain to him that it was part one of three and the sequel was due out that December. Without missing a beat, he said, "We're going!" It became our holiday tradition to see the next LOTR for the next two years and we kept going to December releases for a while after (COVID kind of threw us off that). Enjoy The Two Towers when you get to it, know it's the middle act of a trilogy, but also know the third one is among the greatest works of cinematic magic ever crafted and is worth all the build up. Also, if THIS movie got you teary-eye... bring tissues is my advice.

This is legit the most perfect trilogy in film history. The amount of awards won from all three of these films and how it was basically a complete gamble that these would even have a positive outcome is amazing.

Calling Galadriel a “scary lady” is both so wrong and yet so right 🤣🤣

"Speak 'friend' and enter." In the book, Gandalf realizes the answer, and remarks how the doors were built during a time of peace and trust. He had mistranslated it, as it could also have been translated "Say 'friend' and enter." There never was a secret password. There had been so much peace and goodwill for so long when the doors were made that such precautions were unnecessary, and so much evil in the thousands of years since they were made that Gandalf's thinking had been clouded, forgetting that such times existed. (Actually, Gandalf had not yet come to Middle Earth when the doors were made...at least not in his current incarnation).

The layered thoughts of "this is a long ass movie" along with "wait why would you end it there, there should be another hour" as well as "how did that whole four hours already pass!?" are a combination of emotions that not many people have experienced, but most feel all at the same time after the first movies' credit scene drops. lol

"OMG it's a Wendigo!" That is my new favorite description of Gollum 🤣 Also, the 'Why is this movie 4 hours long... Wait... It's already over?' never gets old. Imagine us who had to wait a year for every movie

Whether you know it yet or not, you nailed it when you said "everyone succumbs to the ring". Boromir, due to his circumstances, was simply the easiest target for the ring to manipulate and influence, and so he was the first of the Fellowship to try take it. Eventually they all would have though, even Aragorn. Its why when Frodo asks him "would you destroy it?" , his reply is "I WOULD have gone with you to the end. Into the very fires of Mordor". Its subtle, but "would" is the key word, as what he is saying in this moment is that he realises and feels the pull of the ring himself, ackowledges it and that Frodo must continue alone or the ring will destroy the Fellowship. Boromir was not a bad man, he was honorable and brave, but due to his unfortunate situation fell prey to the ring far quicker that the rest. Love that he goes down fighting with honour and fully redeems himself. Probably one of my favourite moments of both book and film.

31:00 Now realize, for those of us that watched it in theaters, we had to wait a WHOLE YEAR for the next movie.

That crestfallen look on Gandalf's face when he hears Frodo yell, "I will take it!", always gets to me. You can see how heartbroken he is. Like most people, he doesn't want "bad things to happen to good people". And he ESPECIALLY doesn't want his friend to suffer! And he knew the second Frodo said the words, he effectively "doomed" himself. You can see ALL that in his face & it just RIPS your heart out.

Idk why but the fact that the first thing Boromir says to Aragorn when dying is "they took the little ones' always GETS me. It's such a punch in the gut, he's still thinking about Merry and Pippin at that moment. The male friendships are what make these movies for me. We all love the fantasy, the detail in the lore and costumes and sets, but those bonds between people, man. They'll tug at your heartstrings. Especially in 2001 when male friendships were not usually portrayed this way, it was so lovely to see these men freely cry and bond with each other. Love that you're reacting to this!

19:08 what’s funny is in the Book Elrond is like “hey the hobbits shouldn’t go, but Pippin REALLY shouldn’t go,” and Gandalf is the one to vouch for him.