Watching *THE LORD OF TO RINGS: The two towers* with my girlfriend !!

RIP Bernard Hill AKA Theoden. Passed just a few weeks ago. Also, the line about no parent should have to bury their child was an addition by the actor. The battle of Helm’s Deep is probably my favorite cinematic battle ever. The only battle that comes close is in the next movie! lol. Can’t wait!

19:50 the voices of Gandalf and Saruman were blended and the actors were asked to speak like each other too. Nice touch.

Their cloaks were made by the elves. Some of the elven magic is woven into the fabric and helps camouflage the hobbits from unfriendly eyes.

Elves don't naturally die, but they can be killed, fade from grief or willingly hand their lives down and pass. ❤

So the rope Sam & Frodo had was made by the elves & was magically designed to unknot when not needed. That’s why Sam could untie it so easily when they got to the bottom of the cliff.

Now that we see Gandalf back, I’ll follow up on a previous comment about the 3 Elf rings we saw in the very beginning of the first movie. No spoilers, as these facts are not mentioned in the movies. So Galadriel has one elf ring — we saw her as the very first person seen in the first movie intro. Elrond has the 2nd elf ring — he inherited it from the former High King of Elves, Gil-Galad, who is also depicted in that intro (not shown but Gil-Galad was killed attacking Sauron). Finally the 3rd elf ring is warn by … Gandalf. It originally was given to an ancient Elf leader named Cirdan, who lives on the coast. When Gandalf arrived to Middle Earth by ship on his mission, Cirdan recognized he was a solid dude and gave Gandalf the ring to aid him in his efforts. Gandalf’s ring is called the Ring of Fire and that might actually explain his talent for fireworks, starting fires, and creating illumination like in Moria.

28:53 “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.” - Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring 🙃

Fun fact: the actor Jeffrey Rhys Davies that plays Gimli also did the voice for Treebeard😊

When Gandalf says, "Or rather Saruman as he should have been" he's referring to his (for a lack of better terms right now) new clothes, being clad in white. Him and Saruman are 2 of the 5 wizards, or Istari who were sent by the Valar (Middle Earth's Gods) to try to unite the world against Sauron. Saruman was the head of the order which correlates with the color in his title 'Saruman the White'. Of course Saruman abandoned their mission for personal gain, but again when they were sent he was their leader. But after Gandalf defeats the Balrog and dies, he's sent back to Middle Earth as the new leader of the Istari. So before where Saruman was more powerful than Gandalf, now they're on much more equal footing. In fact Gandalf is probably stronger. But that's what Gandalf meant, and that's why new Gandalf is known as "Gandalf the White". He basically got a mega power upgrade. Also in the books and I think in the canon of the movies as well, Gandalf the White went to Lothlorien when he came back to Middle Earth before finding the Three Hunters, and Galadriel gave him his new staff.

Aragorn actor Viggo Mortensen actually broke his foot toe when he kicked the iron helmet...but continued the shot anyway. They kept the shot in the final edit. The acting...is REAL

At 47:05, this scene with Faramir, Boromir, and their father Denethor is the primary reason Tolkien nerds prefer the Extended version of the movie to the Theatrical version. This scene was omitted from the Theatrical release, but it shouldn't have been.

Eomer, nephew to King Theoden, is played by Karl Urban . He also plays Butcher in "The Boys".

Aragorn it´s a Dúnedain, a sort of "royal" race among the men, blessed with long life as descents of Númenor (they have part of elves in their blood). That´s why he has 87 years old here, and looks young.

The best part for me from these movies is how they kept the beautiful poetic lines of the book. Every actor was like reciting poetry when delivering every line. Ahhh, Tolkien way with language was so glorious!

14:01 "That scream" 🤣 Fans of LOTR, share your wisdom with her

This movie had the record for biggest battle scene in a movie for about a year; Return of the King broke that record. I saw an interview with John Rhys-Davies, in which he talked about playing Gimli and the voice of Treebeard. He said, "Once you've played a dwarf and a tree in the same movie, it's time to retire."

"Your words are poison!" - Eowyn showed Grimma his place. Even being left alone with king possessed and her brother banished she still got her will strong!

19:45 apparently, Ian McKellen (Gandalf) imitated Christopher Lee (Saruman)'s speaking voice in that scene, while Lee imitated Gandalf, and both of their dialogues were overlaid on top of each other. That's why he briefly sounded like Saruman 25:35 Sauron did something worse: he burnt the Entwives' gardens a few thousand years ago during his wars. It's unknown if any Entwife survived the massacre. 1:15:20 if you remember in Fellowship of the Ring, Saruman made fun of Gandalf's smoking habits yet we find here that he has tubs full of pipeweed in his own basement lol

The writing is so good. People try to predict what will be said based on the typical lines they heard multiple times in the same situations but they are always surprised. And the lines they get are deeper and more powerful.