I read and watched The Lord of the Rings for the first time

0:00 Intro + what I currently 'know' of LotR
2:23 The Hobbit
6:01 The Fellowship of the Ring
9:48 The Two Towers
13:24 The Return of the King
22:27 Overall book thoughts
28:09 Food break
29:11 The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition
34:59 The Two Towers: Extended Edition
41:23 The Return of the King: Extended Edition
52:26 Overall movie thoughts
1:01:10 Outro + Question for the fans
1:02:43 LotR music on kalimba

** It has come to my attention that I definitely sound like I'm crying during the bit at 18:33 😂 Which by the way wouldn't be a problem at all and I'm sure people have at that scene. But in this case, it was nighttime and my voice cracks more when I get dramatic (see Two Towers intro reaction) and I am amused that it came off as such 😂 Did these books make you emotional? Tell me what scene!

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the 'copyrighted' that was still there on the close up of Saruman- AHAHAHAHAHAHA.
I had to add the copyright watermarks last minute, so that's why in some spots it still lingers lol my bad!



~~~Further thoughts because apparently more than an hour wasn't enough~~~~~

I didn't give Legolas' hair any praise in this video and that is a tragedy. Ugh, may my beard grow ever thin. His hair is wonderful.
I am so irritated I forgot to mention this in the video because I really wanted to discuss it. For casting- The hobbits, particularly Sam, actually had a different look than I pictured. I distinctly remember Sam being described as having 'brown hands' several times. And not in a 'his hands were dirty' way, but that he literally had brown skin (like once when he had his hand I think on Frodo's forehead and there was the contrast of his brown hand and Frodo's fair skin). I was picturing a tan hobbit for sure (and even 2 pages into The Hobbit it describes the Hobbit folk as having brown fingers) since he gardens. For others that read the books- did you picture them like in the movie or no?
I'm not really understanding why there isn't a Lord of the Rings theme park/land somewhere