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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Part 1) Extended Edition Full-length Reaction (Patreon)

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🧙‍♂️"Look to my coming on the first light of the fifth day, at dawn look to the east."

Join us for the full, uncut watch-along exclusively for our amazing Patrons — thank you for supporting Totally Whatever!

Please be aware that our reaction video is synchronized with the extended edition. Part 1 ends approximately at the 1-hour and 48-minute mark (hbo). Due to copyright restrictions, this is a watch-along format, which requires you to have your own copy of the content to sync with us!

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Part 1) Extended Edition Full-length Reaction

🧙‍♂️"Look to my coming on the first light of the fifth day, at dawn look to the east." Join us for the full, uncut watch-along exclusively for our amazing Patrons — thank you for supporting Totally Whatever! Please be aware that our reaction video is synchronized with the extended edition. Part 1 ends approximately at the 1-hour and 48-minute mark (hbo). Due to copyright restrictions, this is a watch-along format, which requires you to have your own copy of the content to sync with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/totallywhatevermedia Custom Reaction Videos: https://www.reactr.tv/totallywhatever Business inquiries are accepted at: info@totallywhatever.com Mail accepted here: Totally Whatever c/o Nanette PO BOX 372 Damariscotta, ME 04543 *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.

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Ace Gage

Been waiting for this! Love it!

Joe W

The greatest trilogy ever made has returned!!! But as an ultra book nerd, even though I am sure I have missed some stuff, there is soooo much changed in this movie. Right, so the film does a brilliant job of cramming Tolkien's story into the movie, but the book has way more breathing room, with descriptive detail about the landscapes, songs, and poems, long chats, and some quite different beats that make certain characters and moments feel richer or just... different. The biggest overall shift is how the tale is told. The book keeps the two main threads more separate – the Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli side with Rohan and the Ents come first in its own big section, then Frodo and Sam's journey – while the film constantly cuts back and forth between the groups to keep both stories alive and build tension, turning Helm's Deep into this gigantic climax for one thread. On the western side with Rohan, Gandalf the White meets Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli much earlier in the book, straight after they enter Fangorn Forest, explains what happened with the Balrog in more detail, and they travel together for a bit before heading to Edoras. The "healing" of Théoden is also subtler on the page – it's more about Gandalf revealing the real king who's been worn down by Saruman's influence through presence and wise words rather than the full dramatic staff-waving exorcism we get on screen. Éomer's situation changes quite a bit too: in the book he's not exiled into the wilds but locked up inside Meduseld by Gríma Wormtongue, then freed when Gandalf arrives so he fights right there at Helm's Deep alongside everyone. The rider who shows up with Gandalf at dawn to turn the tide is actually another Rohan commander called Erkenbrand, whose role the film basically gives to Éomer instead. The journey to Helm's Deep looks pretty different as well. The film has Théoden pack up all the women, children and refugees and head straight for the fortress (with that warg-rider attack on the road where Háma dies), but in the book the refugees get sent to the much safer hidden valley of Dunharrow instead, and Helm's Deep itself is mostly defended by the local garrison plus some reinforcements – no big refugee column or roadside battle. Aragorn's dramatic fall off the cliff during the warg attack, complete with the Arwen vision, is a pure film invention to ramp up the tension and romance; it doesn't happen in the book at all. Who actually helps at the battle is another swap. The film brings in a company of elves from Lothlórien led by Haldir who arrive to fight (and Haldir dies heroically). The book has no elves there whatsoever. Instead, after the main fighting, these angry mobile tree-creatures called Huorns come down from Fangorn and finish off the remaining orcs in the woods. The battle details themselves shift too – the book has the Deeping Wall breached by Saruman's blasting fire (basically old-school explosives), but the keep holds stronger and Théoden leads the final heroic charge out. The film makes the walls collapse more spectacularly with bigger set-piece action and gives Aragorn more central hero moments. After the victory, the book actually has the company ride straight to Isengard and find the Ents have already completely wrecked the place – it's flooded, trees torn down, orcs dead everywhere, and Merry and Pippin are safe and sound, lounging about with food, drink and pipe-weed from Saruman's stores. They have proper long chats with Treebeard before everyone heads to the Orthanc tower for a direct confrontation with Saruman, who's trapped up there. Gandalf gives him one last chance to repent and hand over the keys; when he refuses and mocks them, Gandalf strips him of his power as head of the White Council and breaks his staff, then Gríma chucks the palantír down in rage. The film shows the Ents flooding Isengard in those intercut scenes during the battle, but it skips this whole aftermath visit, the chats and the showdown with Saruman. The Ents and Treebeard feel a bit different too. In the book, their big meeting (the Entmoot) is this long, slow, very Ent-ish debate where they properly decide to go to war and march off chanting about it. The film has them initially refuse because "this is not our war", until Pippin cleverly gets Treebeard to see the damage Saruman's done to the trees and he flies into a rage. Saruman's attack on Rohan is also framed slightly differently – the book makes it clear he's acting purely out of his own ambition and desire for power (he wants the Ring for himself), not really as Sauron's servant or ally. Moving over to Frodo, Sam and Gollum's side, the broad strokes of capturing Gollum in the Emyn Muil are similar, though little details like how the elven rope gets used on him change, and the book has Faramir's rangers treat Gollum with more gentleness when they catch him later – the film has the soldiers beating him up instead. The really big character shift is with Faramir himself. In the book, he's wise, steady and deeply honourable right from the start – he realises how dangerous the Ring is immediately, swears he'd never take it even to save Gondor, treats Frodo and Sam as honoured guests and takes them to his beautiful hidden refuge at Henneth Annûn behind a waterfall in the woods of Ithilien. They have these long, thoughtful conversations about history, Gondor, old legends, what men fight for and the nature of doom, and Sam has this quiet, moving moment over the body of a dead Southron warrior where he feels unexpected pity. Faramir gives them good advice and sends them on their way freely. The film turns him into a much more conflicted and tempted figure, more like a second Boromir. He takes Frodo, Sam and Gollum all the way to the ruined city of Osgiliath for a whole extra action sequence with orcs attacking and a Nazgûl nearly spotting the Ring, putting real pressure on Frodo before Faramir has his change of heart at the end. It adds drama and screen time but makes him feel quite different from the noble, clear-headed captain in the book. The journey itself has a few extra perils in the film, like that moment at the Black Gate where Frodo and Sam slip down the slope and nearly get caught by marching Easterling soldiers – the book has them observe more carefully from a distance, realise going through the gate is impossible, and let Gollum suggest the secret way without that near-disaster. Sam's little poem or speech about oliphaunts around that point also gets left out. The film really leans into Gollum's split personality with him arguing out loud between his "Smeagol" and "Gollum" sides; the book has the same conflict but shows it more subtly through his words and behaviour. Frodo also never really loses faith in Sam or turns on him because of Gollum's influence in the same dramatic way the film hints at in places. Overall, the book spends more time in the fair green land of Ithilien with lovely descriptions of the woods, flowers and nature that contrast with the darkness ahead, plus more quiet bonding moments between Frodo and Sam. The film condenses the travel and keeps the tension higher with more constant Ring influence on Frodo. At the end of the day the film amps up the action, spectacle and pacing brilliantly so it works as this huge cinematic experience, but the book gives you more time with the characters, lets Faramir shine as one of the truly good men in the story, includes that full Isengard aftermath and confrontation, and adds all the extra lore, songs and thoughtful chats that make Middle-earth feel even richer and more lived-in. Your friend will probably spot quite a few "oh, that's why that bit felt different" moments if they ever read it – it's the same core tale and spirit, just told in a very film-friendly way with some creative swaps for drama and runtime.

AdrianF

The split is at the usual(?) disc split.

Wade Wallenstein

This has been great! 24 years later and this still makes me emotional. Once again, this was the same split for the DVD version of this so I knew when to pause the film lol

Negative

Great start! Just finished part 1 and had some thoughts. As you may have guessed, Wizards are not men, they are Maiar, which can be compared to something like an angel. Sauron and the Balrog are also Maiar as well, but they are corrupted. The wizards were sent around 2,000 years ago to guide the peoples of middle earth against the forces of evil. They are meant to guide, advise and help. They are not meant to rule or seek power. There are 5 wizards. Saruman the White is the leader of their order, but he was not the first choice. Gandalf was chosen for this but turned it down. Saruman was then chosen as leader. This hurt Saruman's pride and may have planted seeds of jealousy that would later lead to his fall. Saruman wasn't always evil, he did his job for many years but slowly became obsessed with finding the ring for himself, before Sauron ever returned. Saruman even tried making his own ring. Radagast the Brown focused on the protection of animals. While he is not evil, he generally ignored the peoples of middle earth and kept to himself, looking after nature. The two Blue Wizards disappeared to the East and nobody knows what happened to them. Gandalf the Gray is the only wizard that stayed true to his duty. He was known as the Gray Pilgrim because he traveled all over middle earth, befriending folks and offering guidance and wisdom. When he defeated the Balrog his body died and his spirit left the world and he "strayed out of thought and time". For him it may have felt like he was gone for thousands of years which is why it took him a while to remember things, such as his name. He is now Gandalf the White, the new head of the order since Saruman betrayed his position. Now about Grima Wormtongue. First, in the books Grima did not look so obviously evil as he does in the movies. He just looks like a regular man of Rohan, that has the king's ear. As for why they let him go, people that think he should be killed have not paid attention to what Gandalf has been saying. When Frodo said it was a pity that Bilbo didn't kill Gollum - "Pity? It was Pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends." In the books it was King Theoden, not Aragorn, that let him go. On the advice of Gandalf.

Harvey Lee

Ah -ha our Journey resumes with the Two Towers . it 's has been a while since i saw this so i will enjoy this again , happy to be on this Lord of the Rings path with the lovely TW ladies

Pac

This movie has one of my favorite movie opening scenes of all time. I was speechless in the theater seeing that on the big screen! Thanks for the amazing reaction! Can’t wait for the third movie!

Tim Heron

In the scene at the pyre, when Aragorn kicks the Orc helmet, Viggo Mortensen legit broke two of his toes.

Phil Stubblefield

What a fabulous film and reaction, Nanolyn! There are so many well known stories surrounding the Lord of the Rings movies, many of which involve Viggo Mortensen, the actor who plays Aragorn. He replaced another actor at the last minute, arriving on set months after the rest of the cast had been training but nevertheless throwing himself wholeheartedly into the work. He refused to use any of the lightweight rubber or aluminum prop swords, insisting on an actual, steel sword for realism. And he wore his sword almost everywhere he went, on or off the set, so that it would come to feel like a part of him. SPOILER ALERT! One of the most famous stories involves the scene where Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli find the charred remains of the Uruk-hai. When they come to believe that Merry and Pippin had been killed in the slaughter, the script called for Aragorn to kick an orc helmet toward the camera in frustration. After four takes, director Peter Jackson still wasn't satisfied. On the fifth take, Viggo kicked the helmet so hard that he broke two toes! The scream of agony you hear in the movie is *very* real, but the consummate actor stayed in character, falling to his knees and letting out an pained sigh. One of the most rewarding things about reactions to this film is watching the reactors' faces when Gandalf returns. And you two did not disappoint! Câr, you reacted first with a quizzical look as the sounds of the voice began to change from Saruman's to Gandalf's, even before the visible reveal happened. Then Gandalf's face appears, and... wow! In a development that shocked no one, Nanette immediately teared up, which of course made me do the same! 🥲 And then you were both so overjoyed! It's moments like these that make me so happy to be one of your patrons! Others have already said some of this, but as I commented on one of the earlier films, Gandalf is not a man but rather one of the Maiar, minor deities that are roughly equivalent to angels. The Balrog is also a Maiar, albeit corrupted by the God Melkor (aka Morgoth). The two actually killed one another's physical bodies, and Gandalf returned to Valinor (Heaven). After a time, Eru Ilúvatar, the creator God, sent him back to finish his task of helping to defeat Sauron and thus usher in the next age of Middle Earth. Part two on the way...

MacGuffinStuff

Okay I take it back lol, I had said Fellowship was my favorite because of the world building, but after rewatching, Rohan and Gandalf the White, okay yeah, it's Two Towers. Can't wait for Return!

Mister Lou

Tree Beard's voice is the same actor who played the Dwarf Gimli, love it! Love these movies!

Totally Whatever

Wow! Thank you for the full breakdown, Joe! Once we finish all three movies, we are going to try to conquer the book.

Totally Whatever

Lots of helpful information, thank you! Especially the extra details about Grima's release.

Totally Whatever

So jealous that you were able to see this on the big screen!

Totally Whatever

😭 that scene really got us! Sad tears and happy tears in this one.

Totally Whatever

Ha ha, not lets see if it changes after Return of the King ;)

Bill Elliott

Joe, I was going to “nerd” but there is nothing I can add; this comment was so good. I can say for my part, having finished part 1, I was touched at your reaction to Theoden mourning the loss of his son, this was not really in the books to that detail, but a brilliant bit of emotional storytelling by Peter Jackson. Aside from the Fellowship portion in the first book, Frodo and Sam’s trek with Gollum, is my other favorite part. It’s actually so good that Jackson only uses half of it in this film, the rest of their journey together he saves for The Return of the King. I’ll say more after I watch part 2.

David Perkins

for anyone interested, here is a translation of Eowyns lament for Theodred Now dear Théodred lies in darkness, most loyal of fighters. The sound of the harp shall not wake the warrior; nor shall the man hold a golden wine-cup, nor good hawk swing through the hall, nor the swift horse stamp in the courtyard. An evil death has set forth the noble warrior A song shall sing sorrowing minstrels in Meduseld that he is no more, to his lord dearest and kinsmen most beloved. and for the real nerds, here it is in Rohirric (old English) Old English (Rohirric) Nú on théostrum licgeth Théodred se léofa hæ´letha holdost. ne sceal hearpan sweg wigend weccean; ne winfæ´t gylden guma sceal healdan, ne god hafoc geond sæ´l swingan, ne se swifta mearh burhstede beatan. Bealocwealm hafað fréone frecan forth onsended giedd sculon singan gléomenn sorgiende on Meduselde thæt he ma no wære his dryhtne dyrest and maga deorost. i always found it really moving, even before i knew what the words meant. Miranda Otto's performance was beautiful.

JAKH

The Rohirim of Rohan are styled on the Anglo-Saxons of Dark Age England, who were infantry rather than cavalry. Tolkien was a language professor and new nothing about military history, which is why they are equipped as Anglo-Saxon infantry and make really crappy cavalry. Prince Eomer, the exiled brother of Eowyn is played by Karl Urban. Brad Dourif, playing Glima Wormtongue, played a very similar role as the mentat Piter De Vries in the 1984 version of "Dune" The two refugee children are the real-life children of director Peter Jackson and screenwriter Fran Walsh Not sure if you picked up on it, but Bilbo is the same actor who was Ash the android in the 1979 "Alien" Christopher Lee, playing Saruman the White, is the same actor who played Count Dooku/Darth Tyrannis in the Star Wars prequels

Totally Whatever

We just saw Brad Dourif in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. We were shocked to find out he plays Glima.