LOTR - The Followship of the Ring - The Account of Isildur HD

"This little maneuver's gonna cost us 17 years?!"

I like how the Nazgûl stop to ask for directions 😄

This scene is literally just Gandalf reading a history book but it's so engaging. Masterpiece of a movie.

Little known fact to those who haven't read the books - this sequence actually spans 17 years in the story. After the party and Bilbo leaving the ring to Frodo, Gandalf goes on a research quest, interrogates the archives at Gondor and confirms that Bilbo's ring is the One Ring 17 years later.

Gandalf asks for manuscripts of 3000 years ago and the librarian is just like "yeah we got those right over there"

Only in LOTR is reading papers epic beyond belief

The fastest 17 years in cinema

The strength of character Bilbo showed by giving up the Ring was quite possibly the most powerful act in the entire story arc.

Me studying everything the night right before the exam

The film is soooo well made and edited

always loved how they incorporated minas morgul, osgiliath and minas tirith in this scene without explaining anything. someone who is unfamililar with the books wouldnt pay (too much) attention to these places while the experienced tolkien reader gets a first glimpse of things to come. you can also see that gandalf is still on good terms with denethor at this point in time (granted access to records that are thousands of years old). great!

Listening to Isildur's writing about the Ring make me just love Aragorn more for overcoming his family's destructive "destiny" and becoming a better man for it.

I love how innocently Frodo picks up the ring when he enters, its such good symbolism for the purity of Hobbits as a race and their resistance to an evil which even the likes of Gandalf could not touch

When he picks up that paper and starts reading in the dimly lit room you reaaaally feel like you have entered a whole new world.

These films blew my mind back in the early 2000s.. and they're still blowing my mind now. Absolute masterpieces

For people who were around when these movies came out and got swept up in the magic of these movies, there really is a massive comfort in watching them again. Just instantly takes me back to the early 2000s and better times. If there is one thing I will always praise these movies for it's sound design. Whether it be sounds of their footsteps as they move about or the crackling of the flames, the eruption of Mount Doom, you could hear so many things in each scene which made them feel real. Ridiculous how good these movies look and how 20 years later they still look and sound better than a lot of movies released today.

Who else spends their time watching different LOTR scenes and reading the comment section? :)

The account of Isildur *Active 3000 years ago

That shot of Gondor shimmering in the golden morning sun accompanied by the music sends shivers down the spine everytime. What a Magnificent place, even if it is fictional

Damn, just look at Ian McKellen's eyes. He just sits there, saying nothing, yet speaks volumes with his eyes alone. That's what makes him one of the greatest actors out there.