@TheEpicBalrog You know, one of the reasons why Tolkein's work is so much more relatable than C.S. Lewis' is that he doesn't beat you over the head with his religion, Pippin admits he isn't sure what's out there, Gandalf offers some NON-JUDGMENTAL comfort and your sort, you always ruin it. How can we claim certainties we don't really have? It would be nothing more than intellectual dishonesty. This is a fantasy story, don't make it an anvil for your own beliefs. xx
Okay, I don't watch LOTR, but i've seen Gandalf's death scene. The look he gives just before he falls is really....idk. Is this him after he dies, he came back and now he's happy?
@TheHoIIy Yup..this is him after he's 'reserected'.Gandalf was a Christ analogy..he died,went into 'Hell',aka the Shadow,fought the beast,won,and came back to save humanity at the last moment.
@proud2bpagan Yep thats exactly what that is thanks for getting all of these people to get it! :) i love how gandalf is the Savior in the movie its so obvious but so impossible to figure out.
@proud2bpagan No, Jesus was God in human form. Gandalf was a Maiar. His culture was the Istari, also known as the Wizards. They were conjoined in a council. The Istari were sent to Middle Earth to oppose Sauron. Gandalf was a wizard, a Maiar, much different then a type of God, or God himself. Sauron was a Maiar aswell.
@jokerman148 i said 'alagory',as in he served as a *symbol*. I wasn't actually concerned w/his lineage,i was speaking as to what Tolkien,a devout Catholic,was attemping to represent.
@proud2bpagan Exactly, but there you're wrong again, Tolkien wasn't trying to represent Gandalf as Jesus. That is just watch readers and watchers alike see Gandalf as. As i've states, Gandalf was not Jesus, and Tolkien wrote what he believed. If he thought Gandalf as a "symbolic" Jesus, he would of that that clear. This movie is made by Peter Jackson, not Tolkien, so different views.
@TheHoIIy He knows he has to die and fight death at the end but he has seen the heavens now he isnt afraid he is at peace and is happy to see the Far green country followed by a swift sunrise again. :)
Gandalf is just comforting Pippin. He doesn't truly know the the fate of Men when they die, but he is too purehearted to tell him that. A harmless white lie he tells in the movie, much like when he tells Aragorn his "heart" tells him Frodo is alive. No it didn't. Gandalf is a higher being, but not Ilúvatar itself.
What if I would come to Middle-Earth when I die? Or Tamriel? Or outer space Star Wars/Mass Effect esque universe? After hearing this speech, I am actually less frightened about death. When my time comes, I hope I can take death as a grand adventure somewhere.
And of course, I wish to die fighting a huge alien spacecraft before it blows me to bits with a huge fuck-off giant death ray. Would be sweet :)
the reason why a "God" wasn't mentioned or person at the end of that shore is because it is written so that anyone can interpert it anyway they want to it just simply meant as there is a hereafter and it is beautiful.
@nostalgiatrip1 though the universe has some gods and one i believe did bring him back to help fight against the evil. idk the gods name just search it in the wiki and you will probably find it
Dont worry about death dont think about death coz theres not a thing u or i can do about it. As Gandalf said its a road WE ALL must take. im not brave but im going to try and meet it as i lived life head high and march right on in. just hope it works.
"And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise."
@nodinitiative Hello again, same here. I think everyone is like that, afraid of how they're going to die. I too feel sorry for Tolkien as he lost 2 of his best friends in the Great War, he saw action at the Somme and that first day was the bloodiest day in British Army history, so he must've seen terrifying stuff. He'd be 120 if he were alive I think, 101 years my senior.
@berserker276 I want to die when i'm 80 and on my bed and my cock surounded by young women :)
Yup, that war was really crazy. The idea of dying for your country is easy, but to kill or be wounded by it is more tragic.
At least, if you died, you are dead. If you kill, if you have a good soul, that kill will slowly tear away your sanity. If you get wounded, that wound would also tear away your sanity.
@nodinitiative Hmm, I'm not as obsessed with women as you seem to be lol. If I die in war, I just hope it to be quick and painless but knowing my luck it'll be long and painful.
@nodinitiative I got the Game of Thrones reference, I was about to call you out but saw you called yourself out shortly after lol. I just started reading Songs of Ice and Fire as well as the series :)
@mickaneso yup and Season Two is coming bitches :)... Anyway, Gandalf forgot to mention, Gandalf: And oh Pippin, these freaks don't kill Hobbits, they make you their sex slaves Pippin: Ummm.... G: I'll be killed n reincarned as Magnamus P: What? G: Trust me, you'll enjoy it (Army of Rohan arrives) G: Nevermind, there be bitches who will kill and die for us outside now :) P: What about accepting death? G: I ain't no Emo freak Dawg
@berserker276 Your body uses pain as a defense. If you go through too much pain you black out and go into a peaceful state while you die. It's not like on tv how they're choking up blood and gasping for breath. That only happens to the people who survive being wounded.
PLEASE STOP ARGUING ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD! IT IS RATHER PATHETIC TO DO THIS IN A LORD OF THE RINGS VIDEO! I AM WRITING THIS IN CAPS IN HOPES THAT YOU READ THIS! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!
@MetaphysicalShadows They usually go "hand in hand". Not always, but usually. I don't believe in afterlife. Or, I'm "agnostic" about afterlife :) Same thing with God. It's "negative atheism", as there is no proof.
my mom is terminally ill and only has a few months left. I found out a week ago and she told me this speech. I just finally realized where she got it from...
@Deliverater it is amazing what the creation of others can teach us of our own lives,i too have been in your position,it is very hard,the important thing is to cherish the moments,good luck friend.
@Deliverater I'm so very sorry.My grandma died back in November,and this speech gave me such hope for her..i hope that it comforts you,as well.Peace be with you,and wih your mom and family.
@Ilovecaptainjack224 And I am a hobbit, who very much enjoys drinking ale and smoking some of the finest long-bottom leaf in all of the south farthing :P
This actually made me feel a bit more relaxed and accepting of death. Not that I am dying or anything, but I thought, what if you see death as a great adventure in some fantasy land? When my time comes, I'm gonna remind myself of this and greet death, calmly. To Sovngarde we go!
@joeymerlino1967 I think he actually turned the role of Dumbledore down because he was already Gandalf. And I agree with his decision on that, really.
Funny thing is, that isn't even death in Tolkien's world. In the books that was Tolkien uses to describe Valinor out beyond the West shores, but once they get there they will just die, peacefully, to be sure, but they will go "where the Elves no not whither," and that doesn't include white shores or a swift sun rise.
@HistoryLubber True, but a movie adaption like this needs to also convey the essence of the stories, and that would be impossible by directly translating them onto screen. Instead, by taking direct quotes from the novels, and - yes - changing things, they are able to convey much more of the essence despite the differences. Of course, this doesn't stand for all aspects of the adaption, but I think this is a good example of it.
@waterbender17 Gandalf was an entity sent to middle earth to keep a lookout on the people, to be a protector, so when gandalf dies he knows where hes going, but pippin on the other hand doesnt.
@waterbender17 This is just wrong. This book and all of Tolkien's books about Middle Earth are greatly based upon events of the Bible. If you read the Silmarillion it is explained clearly and definitively. And if you'd actually take the time to read the actual literature you would know he's talking about Middle Earth's version of heaven.
@Jagsta2733 um........Tolkien created Gandalf to be an allegory to Jesus.........and Gandalf just described heaven........so...........I'm just gonna put that out there.
no! would you people stop talking bullshit! tolkien hated allegories with all his heart! and no! he is not describing any goddamn heaven, he is just remembering his old days in Aman when he didn't take on the form of an old man! read the fuckin' book!
@WoollyMammoth16 Um, hate to break it to you...but Gandalf is NOT "remembering his old days." This was the description Tolkien uses to describe Frodo's departure to the Grey Havens. Peter Jackson just felt it appropriate for Gandalf to speaks as words of comfort instead. Read the book...and watch the movie extras.
you read the silmarillion...and the unfishined tales...tolkien is way more than lord of the rings and the hobbit...you should try to connect some things with the other...it may be true what you are saying, but since he is maia from aman I think it is more than probable that there is indeed some form of nostalgy for it in his words...
@WoollyMammoth16 It MAY be true what I'm saying? It IS true. It doesn't matter where Gandalf is from, the description is not his, period. It was simply something Peter Jackson had him say for the MOVIE. So adding any nostalgia to it is of your own doing based on what you saw in the film, not Tolkien's intention. Don't confuse the two. And don't curse others out when you aren't getting the facts straight yourself.
@mking624 Indeed you are correct, but Frodo's departure to the Grey Havens was like death, just peacefully, without dyeing. And you are also correct about Gandalf not remembering his "Old Days". But, you're being a bit harsh, some people only watch the movies.
@jokerman148 I was being a bit harsh because WoollyMammoth16 decided to curse someone out, yelling at someone to "read the book" when his own rude reply was completely incorrect. I have no problem helping people get the right information in a civil way. But there was no excuse for WoollyMammoth16 to treat anyone that way when his own supposed knowledge of the books was not even right...as this was someone who claimed to have that knowledge of the books.
@angelmarine1292 said: "What an utterly depressing belief atheists hold, in your eyes there are no white shores. Merely blackness."
Without expectations one cannot be disappointed. Plus I live a happy life, not because I think of what happens when I die, but because I focus on my life.
So I'd say for atheïsts the quality of life is actually better.
Although, I must confess I am an agnostic, but I think your comment could be directed towards me aswell.
@Zalzyn Hardly, I can tolerate agnostics because you do not have the audacity to claim that you know how the Universe was created, or by that rationale, that one possibility is immediately invalid.
So long as you do not make such a pridefully unscientific claim like atheists do, your agnosticism does not bother me in the least.
@angelmarine1292 To claim that I do not have audacity is a bit obtuse in my opinion. I'm an agnostic not because I fear to make the wrong decission. I am an agnostic, because I think it is foolish to claim to know what cannot be perceived, plus the responsibility for your actions is very often not perceived as yours when religious.
A few examples:
-Something goes wrong it's: "Gods will".
-Something goes right: "God gave me the strength, but I did it".
@Zalzyn but not least, it keeps you from doing research about other possibilities or even considering your own beliefs to be wrong or for others to be right.
That is my look on religion and there's much more, but I'd rather refrain from being rude.
It is not ment to offend you, nor do I believe that what I have said is the TRUTH or ALWAYS the case.
I just tried to mimic the style of Socrates where he pulls up arguments from a completely different direction, just to explore new ways of thinkin
@angelmarine1292 Atheists doesn't believe in god or religion. Being an atheist myself, i believe theres something more, after this life. I just don't believe what the church says.
@Mursilia You are an agnostic then really. Many supposed atheists, such as yourself, really are just slightly confused agnostics. As such, I can tolerate you.
@ElvenLegolasUK middle earth is real, we killed all the orcs, the elves went back home and no one knows where the dwarves are, its the age of man silly!
can we all promise to work together, hold no grudges, for the good of mankind, for the strength of our kids to come and the future, and to be the gardians of this land, so that all time may see the beauty of this planet and its cultures and its people. no matter what happens even if it will be all destroyed there is a memory and everyone knows memories are powerful
when i was growing up as a kid for some reason i had a huge fear of death and it gave me nightmares at night but i remember being in my dads house and watchin this for the first time and ballin my eyes out. Iv slept soundly every night since :)
This is why I want to get into the industry of acting. Not to be famous or show the media every aspect of my existence, but to bring to life amazing roles such as these, and to inspire.
I don't cry at this scene, well because I'm not a flamer, but its a good scene. Its amazing how they fit so many violent and warm scenes into these movies.
If you cry during moments of happiness or sadness that makes you human, it makes you a good person as well. Never loose that or let anyone tell you different, crying is not a weakness, fear is a weakness, fear of being judged or fear of being alone or fear of anything. Most bad things that happen are because people are just afraid, they are afraid of something or someone so they do things they wouldn't normally do, illogical things, the only logical things is love and peace, not fear and hate.
@JemDerp A real man can admit when he is wrong, be honest, and can cry and not feel ashamed, because he is secure with himself and who he is.
I wish more people were like you and could see the true beauty in life and what the LOTR are trying to really prove, that no matter what the odds are we all have inner strength and if we just have hope and we never give up, we can accomplish anything, and that no matter what happens in this physical world no one can destroy the soul unless we let them.
This is why being older and watching this movie is awesome, because when I was a kid I wouldn't even like listen to the words he was saying in these quiet parts, i would just want action. Lol
I tried to hold the tears back, I failed miserably. There's just something about Gandalf's speeches that always gets me emotional. His speeches, this one in particular, are about depressing subjects, yet he makes you look on the bright side. I guess it's what you would call a happy sad. Also the background music could not be more fitting.
What Gandalf shares in his wisdom is not far from truth, it's a good metaphor. Have no fear. It may be surprising to some, but what happens has very little to do with religion, it's mostly irrelevant. No matter your belief, it will be all right. Just a useful advice: beliefs forms and shapes your experience. Rid yourself of all belief and your experience will reflect that in terms of accuracy and clarity. My fellow humans, let us do our best, and achieve our potential!
God and jesus are the only way to get to the Far green country under a swift sunrise you must realize this :)
TheEpicBalrog 5 days ago
@TheEpicBalrog You know, one of the reasons why Tolkein's work is so much more relatable than C.S. Lewis' is that he doesn't beat you over the head with his religion, Pippin admits he isn't sure what's out there, Gandalf offers some NON-JUDGMENTAL comfort and your sort, you always ruin it. How can we claim certainties we don't really have? It would be nothing more than intellectual dishonesty. This is a fantasy story, don't make it an anvil for your own beliefs. xx
bangsmccoy1989 5 days ago
@bangsmccoy1989 Great comment
georgebaggy 3 days ago
@TheEpicBalrog
That's not true, everybody is entitled their own opinion.
rryanus 3 days ago
240p........ we meet again my old friend.
ur1man16 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
Okay, I don't watch LOTR, but i've seen Gandalf's death scene. The look he gives just before he falls is really....idk. Is this him after he dies, he came back and now he's happy?
TheHoIIy 1 week ago
@TheHoIIy Dude, you need to see Lord of the Rings. You will understand then.
JimJamBimBam1 1 week ago
@JimJamBimBam1 Hahah okay, i'll watch them later.
TheHoIIy 1 week ago
@TheHoIIy Yup..this is him after he's 'reserected'.Gandalf was a Christ analogy..he died,went into 'Hell',aka the Shadow,fought the beast,won,and came back to save humanity at the last moment.
proud2bpagan 1 week ago
@proud2bpagan Yep thats exactly what that is thanks for getting all of these people to get it! :) i love how gandalf is the Savior in the movie its so obvious but so impossible to figure out.
TheEpicBalrog 5 days ago
@proud2bpagan No, Jesus was God in human form. Gandalf was a Maiar. His culture was the Istari, also known as the Wizards. They were conjoined in a council. The Istari were sent to Middle Earth to oppose Sauron. Gandalf was a wizard, a Maiar, much different then a type of God, or God himself. Sauron was a Maiar aswell.
jokerman148 3 days ago
@jokerman148 i said 'alagory',as in he served as a *symbol*. I wasn't actually concerned w/his lineage,i was speaking as to what Tolkien,a devout Catholic,was attemping to represent.
proud2bpagan 3 days ago
@proud2bpagan Exactly, but there you're wrong again, Tolkien wasn't trying to represent Gandalf as Jesus. That is just watch readers and watchers alike see Gandalf as. As i've states, Gandalf was not Jesus, and Tolkien wrote what he believed. If he thought Gandalf as a "symbolic" Jesus, he would of that that clear. This movie is made by Peter Jackson, not Tolkien, so different views.
jokerman148 3 days ago
@TheHoIIy He knows he has to die and fight death at the end but he has seen the heavens now he isnt afraid he is at peace and is happy to see the Far green country followed by a swift sunrise again. :)
TheEpicBalrog 5 days ago
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SemperEAS7 2 weeks ago
As much as I love the quote I'm not sure you even used a capture device and just a camcorder. Yeah the quality is bull spit
SonicRox664 2 weeks ago
I watch this everyday. And it inspires me to live my life without fearing death, because "death is just another path. One that we all must take."
sox343 2 weeks ago
Now I'm excited to die :)
SuperHeroMania 2 weeks ago 2
Gandalf is just comforting Pippin. He doesn't truly know the the fate of Men when they die, but he is too purehearted to tell him that. A harmless white lie he tells in the movie, much like when he tells Aragorn his "heart" tells him Frodo is alive. No it didn't. Gandalf is a higher being, but not Ilúvatar itself.
SemperEAS7 2 weeks ago 2
I click on this video because the other video`s quality is rubbish. And this one is even bloody worse!
WeWillNotRockYou1 3 weeks ago
What if I would come to Middle-Earth when I die? Or Tamriel? Or outer space Star Wars/Mass Effect esque universe? After hearing this speech, I am actually less frightened about death. When my time comes, I hope I can take death as a grand adventure somewhere.
And of course, I wish to die fighting a huge alien spacecraft before it blows me to bits with a huge fuck-off giant death ray. Would be sweet :)
MrQueenie 3 weeks ago
Death is merely a transition. A funeral is only a sad time for the living, the dead have gone home.
gringolazlo 3 weeks ago
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mickaneso 3 weeks ago
the reason why a "God" wasn't mentioned or person at the end of that shore is because it is written so that anyone can interpert it anyway they want to it just simply meant as there is a hereafter and it is beautiful.
nostalgiatrip1 1 month ago 2
@nostalgiatrip1 though the universe has some gods and one i believe did bring him back to help fight against the evil. idk the gods name just search it in the wiki and you will probably find it
EffectiveKill 3 weeks ago
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nostalgiatrip1 3 weeks ago
@EffectiveKill I know but I meant in the adaptations they made it very open, for the general audience.
nostalgiatrip1 3 weeks ago
Im listening to this on Dec 20th at 11:59pm
Shanor909 1 month ago
@Shanor909 why is that?
noodynoodz 1 month ago
@noodynoodz u know the myth we all die then even thought its likely not gonna happen, im taking my chances
Shanor909 1 month ago
If only a far green country were real. Still, nothing that Christians tell you about eternal life will ever be more beautiful than this.
whippersnippingprick 1 month ago
Dont worry about death dont think about death coz theres not a thing u or i can do about it. As Gandalf said its a road WE ALL must take. im not brave but im going to try and meet it as i lived life head high and march right on in. just hope it works.
frog77 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
"And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise."
Return of the King, Book VI, Chapter 9
sean9234 1 month ago 4
"I will not say Do not weep, for not all tears are an evil."
TheOneYouCallAwesome 1 month ago
Just...beautiful.
RichSmith8877 1 month ago
I don't care what happens after i die.. i just want to se my friend again..
addeton 1 month ago
I WANNA DIE...
WoollyMammoth16 1 month ago
This makes me unafraid of death, although I'm more afraid of how I'll die.
berserker276 1 month ago 26
@berserker276 hello, from Band of Brothers.
I'm Muslim and now 26 and a School Teacher.
Anyway, i admit i have done some sinful and naughty things. But i also have done good Earthly and Good Religious things.
I used to be afraid of death and like you said, i'm afraid of how i will die though :(.
Although i know the 21.12.2012 is BS, but even if it does happen, i'm not afraid of it. Because it just means 'The End'.
The creator of LOTR is a man i feel sorry for becoz of his WWI exp
nodinitiative 3 weeks ago
@nodinitiative Hello again, same here. I think everyone is like that, afraid of how they're going to die. I too feel sorry for Tolkien as he lost 2 of his best friends in the Great War, he saw action at the Somme and that first day was the bloodiest day in British Army history, so he must've seen terrifying stuff. He'd be 120 if he were alive I think, 101 years my senior.
berserker276 3 weeks ago
@berserker276 I want to die when i'm 80 and on my bed and my cock surounded by young women :)
Yup, that war was really crazy. The idea of dying for your country is easy, but to kill or be wounded by it is more tragic.
At least, if you died, you are dead. If you kill, if you have a good soul, that kill will slowly tear away your sanity. If you get wounded, that wound would also tear away your sanity.
nodinitiative 3 weeks ago
@nodinitiative Hmm, I'm not as obsessed with women as you seem to be lol. If I die in war, I just hope it to be quick and painless but knowing my luck it'll be long and painful.
berserker276 3 weeks ago
@berserker276 lol...I thought you would call me out on my Game of Thrones Reference :(
nodinitiative 3 weeks ago
@nodinitiative *stares blankly*
berserker276 3 weeks ago
@berserker276 Tyrion Lannister vs the woodsmen
nodinitiative 3 weeks ago
@nodinitiative *continues staring blankly*
berserker276 3 weeks ago
@berserker276 lol
nodinitiative 3 weeks ago
@nodinitiative *stares blankly, jumps out window*
berserker276 3 weeks ago
@nodinitiative I got the Game of Thrones reference, I was about to call you out but saw you called yourself out shortly after lol. I just started reading Songs of Ice and Fire as well as the series :)
mickaneso 3 weeks ago
nodinitiative 3 weeks ago
@berserker276 Your body uses pain as a defense. If you go through too much pain you black out and go into a peaceful state while you die. It's not like on tv how they're choking up blood and gasping for breath. That only happens to the people who survive being wounded.
mickaneso 3 weeks ago
those tears feel freely, no shame
jimmy33663 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Gandalf is the man.... so much wisdom. Have faith human race all hope is not lost!
SirGabe91 1 month ago
The Hobbit 2012!!! So excited
samrulz7 1 month ago
ATTENTION:
PLEASE STOP ARGUING ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD! IT IS RATHER PATHETIC TO DO THIS IN A LORD OF THE RINGS VIDEO! I AM WRITING THIS IN CAPS IN HOPES THAT YOU READ THIS! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!
bdoherty44 1 month ago
Beautiful words, though I'm an atheist.
tontsa911 1 month ago
@tontsa911
Who says belief in an afterlife is the same as belief in a deity?
MetaphysicalShadows 1 month ago
@MetaphysicalShadows They usually go "hand in hand". Not always, but usually. I don't believe in afterlife. Or, I'm "agnostic" about afterlife :) Same thing with God. It's "negative atheism", as there is no proof.
tontsa911 1 month ago
I so hope its true
Cervezasi 1 month ago
@Cervezasi Pretty close. White gates, on gold walls set with precious stones. He got the rest correct though, I believe. :)
Ilovecaptainjack224 1 month ago
I..I.. I'm not afraid anymore! One should welcome death open-armed like a common prostitute her clients.
v00dochild 1 month ago
@v00dochild I can't find a single part of that sentence that's true.
Kafana91 1 month ago
in soviet russia, 240p is HD
PortalSands 1 month ago 2
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I used to be a Gandalf like you.
Then i took a whip to the knee :(
lyons11 1 month ago
i can't undestand a word gandalf says
StraussBR 1 month ago
I swear, if any of my kids ever ask me what death is like, I will use this speach to explain it. It is perfect!!!
Ilovecaptainjack224 2 months ago
Is it Mary or Pippin that Gandulf speaks to? I always get them mixed up
Greekycheeky918 2 months ago
In the middle earth universe there is an afterlife
Delta4ms 2 months ago
my mom is terminally ill and only has a few months left. I found out a week ago and she told me this speech. I just finally realized where she got it from...
Deliverater 2 months ago 53
@Deliverater it is amazing what the creation of others can teach us of our own lives,i too have been in your position,it is very hard,the important thing is to cherish the moments,good luck friend.
666devilfabricater 2 months ago
@Deliverater I'm so very sorry.My grandma died back in November,and this speech gave me such hope for her..i hope that it comforts you,as well.Peace be with you,and wih your mom and family.
proud2bpagan 1 week ago
So, on a brighter note, I'm an Elf. I am from Middle Earth, and Gandalf is totally real. No lie. =D
Arwen79 2 months ago
@Arwen79 Sure. And I'm an orc.
Ilovecaptainjack224 2 months ago
@Ilovecaptainjack224 And I am a hobbit, who very much enjoys drinking ale and smoking some of the finest long-bottom leaf in all of the south farthing :P
Breakfastfan4life 1 month ago
@Breakfastfan4life Nice reply, I'll admit! But your love of the halfling's leaf has clearly slowed your mind...
Ilovecaptainjack224 1 month ago
Hmm interesting. Never met one here, before....
Arwen79 1 month ago
240p we meet once more!
PornflakesNL 2 months ago
@PornflakesNL 240p can not destroy something this beautiful
TheGreatRTSGamer 2 months ago
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@PornflakesNL 240p can not destroy something this beautiful
TheGreatRTSGamer 2 months ago
This actually made me feel a bit more relaxed and accepting of death. Not that I am dying or anything, but I thought, what if you see death as a great adventure in some fantasy land? When my time comes, I'm gonna remind myself of this and greet death, calmly. To Sovngarde we go!
MrQueenie 2 months ago 4
@MrQueenie I wouldn't want to go to Sovngarde tbh.
Cryer24597 2 months ago
@szeretemalillat into the west is the name on the song
st8472stvoy 2 months ago
what is this soundtrack? (title)
szeretemalillat 2 months ago
@szeretemalillat the grey havens
nikornxxx 2 months ago
And that is not Middle Earth's version of heaven it's the Undying Lands
ThePeinninn 2 months ago
I dont know why the asshole who did the casting for Harry Potter didnt cast this guy to play Dumbledore after Richard Harris died
joeymerlino1967 2 months ago
@joeymerlino1967 Ian Mckellan was busy being magneto in x-men to do harry potter.
TheBoltingmidget 2 months ago
@joeymerlino1967 I think he actually turned the role of Dumbledore down because he was already Gandalf. And I agree with his decision on that, really.
04whim 2 months ago
@04whim he said he couldn't play two important rolls that were so similar so thats why he turned it down
mir2k9 2 months ago
Funny thing is, that isn't even death in Tolkien's world. In the books that was Tolkien uses to describe Valinor out beyond the West shores, but once they get there they will just die, peacefully, to be sure, but they will go "where the Elves no not whither," and that doesn't include white shores or a swift sun rise.
HistoryLubber 2 months ago
@HistoryLubber True, but a movie adaption like this needs to also convey the essence of the stories, and that would be impossible by directly translating them onto screen. Instead, by taking direct quotes from the novels, and - yes - changing things, they are able to convey much more of the essence despite the differences. Of course, this doesn't stand for all aspects of the adaption, but I think this is a good example of it.
tinyharlot 2 months ago
Gandalf > Dumbledore
XxXdookuXxX 2 months ago 6
Ian Mckellan better win an Academy Award for the Hobbit or I'm gonna be pissed, he got robbed in Fellowship
Rodan16 2 months ago 4
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waterbender17 2 months ago 8
@waterbender17 Well, there's probably a biblical allegory here that Tolkien intended. Valinor been heaven and the elves been a sort righteous people.
4444Werty 2 months ago
@waterbender17 Gandalf was an entity sent to middle earth to keep a lookout on the people, to be a protector, so when gandalf dies he knows where hes going, but pippin on the other hand doesnt.
TheBoltingmidget 2 months ago
@waterbender17 This is just wrong. This book and all of Tolkien's books about Middle Earth are greatly based upon events of the Bible. If you read the Silmarillion it is explained clearly and definitively. And if you'd actually take the time to read the actual literature you would know he's talking about Middle Earth's version of heaven.
Manbearpigizrealguyz 2 months ago
Gandalf: "...and then you see it..."
Pippin: "What, Gandalf? See what?"
Gandalf: :White whores..."
gregtestagent 2 months ago
Bunch of mofos writing comments ruined this video
yalajlan 2 months ago
brilliant acting, made me tear up.
TheDigitalvlogger 2 months ago
I sit here in tears watching the wisdom of a genius. I look down and read the comments, and people are arguing about god. Pathetic.
Jagsta2733 2 months ago 81
@Jagsta2733 Tolkien was just a far better theologian than C S Lewis.
333666666 1 month ago
@Jagsta2733 um........Tolkien created Gandalf to be an allegory to Jesus.........and Gandalf just described heaven........so...........I'm just gonna put that out there.
GhawalysRage 1 month ago
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no! would you people stop talking bullshit! tolkien hated allegories with all his heart! and no! he is not describing any goddamn heaven, he is just remembering his old days in Aman when he didn't take on the form of an old man! read the fuckin' book!
WoollyMammoth16 1 month ago
@WoollyMammoth16 Um, hate to break it to you...but Gandalf is NOT "remembering his old days." This was the description Tolkien uses to describe Frodo's departure to the Grey Havens. Peter Jackson just felt it appropriate for Gandalf to speaks as words of comfort instead. Read the book...and watch the movie extras.
mking624 1 month ago 8
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you read the silmarillion...and the unfishined tales...tolkien is way more than lord of the rings and the hobbit...you should try to connect some things with the other...it may be true what you are saying, but since he is maia from aman I think it is more than probable that there is indeed some form of nostalgy for it in his words...
WoollyMammoth16 1 month ago
@WoollyMammoth16 It MAY be true what I'm saying? It IS true. It doesn't matter where Gandalf is from, the description is not his, period. It was simply something Peter Jackson had him say for the MOVIE. So adding any nostalgia to it is of your own doing based on what you saw in the film, not Tolkien's intention. Don't confuse the two. And don't curse others out when you aren't getting the facts straight yourself.
mking624 3 weeks ago
@mking624 Indeed you are correct, but Frodo's departure to the Grey Havens was like death, just peacefully, without dyeing. And you are also correct about Gandalf not remembering his "Old Days". But, you're being a bit harsh, some people only watch the movies.
jokerman148 3 days ago
@jokerman148 I was being a bit harsh because WoollyMammoth16 decided to curse someone out, yelling at someone to "read the book" when his own rude reply was completely incorrect. I have no problem helping people get the right information in a civil way. But there was no excuse for WoollyMammoth16 to treat anyone that way when his own supposed knowledge of the books was not even right...as this was someone who claimed to have that knowledge of the books.
mking624 3 days ago
@mking624 Ah, I understand now. Sorry for accusing you of something you did not do. You seem to know a lot about the series and movies alike.
jokerman148 3 days ago
@jokerman148 No worries. :)
mking624 3 days ago
What an utterly depressing belief atheists hold, in your eyes there are no white shores. Merely blackness.
angelmarine1292 3 months ago
@angelmarine1292 said: "What an utterly depressing belief atheists hold, in your eyes there are no white shores. Merely blackness."
Without expectations one cannot be disappointed. Plus I live a happy life, not because I think of what happens when I die, but because I focus on my life.
So I'd say for atheïsts the quality of life is actually better.
Although, I must confess I am an agnostic, but I think your comment could be directed towards me aswell.
Zalzyn 2 months ago
@Zalzyn Hardly, I can tolerate agnostics because you do not have the audacity to claim that you know how the Universe was created, or by that rationale, that one possibility is immediately invalid.
So long as you do not make such a pridefully unscientific claim like atheists do, your agnosticism does not bother me in the least.
angelmarine1292 2 months ago
@angelmarine1292 To claim that I do not have audacity is a bit obtuse in my opinion. I'm an agnostic not because I fear to make the wrong decission. I am an agnostic, because I think it is foolish to claim to know what cannot be perceived, plus the responsibility for your actions is very often not perceived as yours when religious.
A few examples:
-Something goes wrong it's: "Gods will".
-Something goes right: "God gave me the strength, but I did it".
-An excuse to leave things the way they are
Zalzyn 2 months ago
@Zalzyn "God wanted it this way."
-An excuse for certain types of bad behavior: "God made me this way, changing would defy God's will."
-An excuse for a bad personality: "God made us all perfect, our 'bads' may turn out to do or be something good for a greater plan."
Also, with organized religion it is often the case that you follow certain church standards and do stuff that they require of you.
It also distracts you from important stuff and makes you an easy slave to bankers. And last
Zalzyn 2 months ago
@Zalzyn but not least, it keeps you from doing research about other possibilities or even considering your own beliefs to be wrong or for others to be right.
That is my look on religion and there's much more, but I'd rather refrain from being rude.
It is not ment to offend you, nor do I believe that what I have said is the TRUTH or ALWAYS the case.
I just tried to mimic the style of Socrates where he pulls up arguments from a completely different direction, just to explore new ways of thinkin
Zalzyn 2 months ago
@angelmarine1292 Atheists doesn't believe in god or religion. Being an atheist myself, i believe theres something more, after this life. I just don't believe what the church says.
Mursilia 2 months ago
@Mursilia You are an agnostic then really. Many supposed atheists, such as yourself, really are just slightly confused agnostics. As such, I can tolerate you.
angelmarine1292 2 months ago
@Mursilia then you believe in NOTHING and NOTHING is what you will become.
SocratesTheGadfly 2 months ago
I love this scene. Just so beautifully worded. Makes me tear up every time :')
DarkAngelInuyasha 3 months ago
@ElvenLegolasUK middle earth is real, we killed all the orcs, the elves went back home and no one knows where the dwarves are, its the age of man silly!
demonfromwithin 3 months ago in playlist Liked videos 4
This is just one of the countless scenes that solidify my opinion on Sir Ian McKellen being fucking JESUS.
The123Metronome 3 months ago 3
can we all promise to work together, hold no grudges, for the good of mankind, for the strength of our kids to come and the future, and to be the gardians of this land, so that all time may see the beauty of this planet and its cultures and its people. no matter what happens even if it will be all destroyed there is a memory and everyone knows memories are powerful
Arwyroe 3 months ago
i love this :)
thank you, Gandalf :')
LadyRevan7 3 months ago
This is one of my favourite scenes from the entire trilogy - It always makes me shiver! How I wish I would see that for myself one day :)
propertyofranger 3 months ago 4
when i watch this i forgive ian mckellen's urge to destroy humanity in x-men
great actor
great scene
great movie
TwilightLink293 3 months ago
I wish this happens when u die :D
julesconnelly 3 months ago
OK its official. I WANT TO DIE!
andrewniles1 3 months ago
"And then you see it."
"What Gandalf? See what?"
"White shores *music roles in* and a far green country, under a swift sunrise."
I think I wasn't the only one who got massive chills and then sighed like Gandalf on that part.
guitarcenter999 3 months ago
ah 240p..............We meet again.
JuLeGe1989 3 months ago 26
Gandalf would own that Dumbledore and that Voldemort guy at the same time... In a fight or in wisdom :D
xxan84 3 months ago
no wonder there's a LOTR religion
juankmilo07 4 months ago
240p We meet again.
MrMiket102 4 months ago 2
when i was growing up as a kid for some reason i had a huge fear of death and it gave me nightmares at night but i remember being in my dads house and watchin this for the first time and ballin my eyes out. Iv slept soundly every night since :)
spiralcrystal09 4 months ago 3
Into the West is the song I want to play right after I die.
Calcos323 4 months ago
This makes me not fear death
demonfromwithin 4 months ago in playlist Liked
This is why I want to get into the industry of acting. Not to be famous or show the media every aspect of my existence, but to bring to life amazing roles such as these, and to inspire.
HollieMayWright 4 months ago
There. thats what the first douchebag who started the "god" bullshit should have said instead. The world would be so much better...
DrunkenKoopa 4 months ago
Most touching scene of the movie!
Kotlettbengt 4 months ago
Even the Troll stopped hammering the gates so he could listen to Gandalf
wastedlittleDJ117 4 months ago 176
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Good one
juankmilo07 4 months ago
@wastedlittleDJ117 haha brilliant
BrightLineStudio 3 months ago
@wastedlittleDJ117 A very polite troll to be sure. Then he was like, "Oh! Is he done? Okay, back to hammering..."
NCWC2 3 months ago 2
Gandalf...probably the greatest Character thought up in human imagination, and performed impeccably by Sir Ian.
bigspliffs 4 months ago
I don't cry at this scene, well because I'm not a flamer, but its a good scene. Its amazing how they fit so many violent and warm scenes into these movies.
GunDelight 4 months ago
This is one of the best movies i've ever seen. i may sound gay but this just touches my heart bro :0. I can't wait to die :D
Legodude552 4 months ago
Wait was this in the book? =|
torterra13 4 months ago
This is the most beautiful piece of film ever made.
artvoid14 4 months ago
I cried. Yes I'm a 16-year-old guy and I cried. All three movies are so beautiful and they will be forever my favorite movies of all time.
JemDerp 4 months ago 21
@JemDerp herehere.
dousoghost 4 months ago
@JemDerp
same lol well same iam 20 but still
Bjornnoo 4 months ago
@JemDerp Im 18 and have watched every part 20+ times and I still cry every time at the Gray Heavens scene :D
LongviewGD182 4 months ago 5
@LongviewGD182 I know; it never gets old.
JemDerp 4 months ago
If you cry during moments of happiness or sadness that makes you human, it makes you a good person as well. Never loose that or let anyone tell you different, crying is not a weakness, fear is a weakness, fear of being judged or fear of being alone or fear of anything. Most bad things that happen are because people are just afraid, they are afraid of something or someone so they do things they wouldn't normally do, illogical things, the only logical things is love and peace, not fear and hate.
chrissup19 4 months ago
@JemDerp A real man can admit when he is wrong, be honest, and can cry and not feel ashamed, because he is secure with himself and who he is.
I wish more people were like you and could see the true beauty in life and what the LOTR are trying to really prove, that no matter what the odds are we all have inner strength and if we just have hope and we never give up, we can accomplish anything, and that no matter what happens in this physical world no one can destroy the soul unless we let them.
chrissup19 4 months ago
@JemDerp NERD ALEEERT!!!
HectorSuxxx69 2 months ago
@JemDerp yes i did as well, same as you :P
broosycruise 2 months ago
This is definately one of my favourite parts of the films.
Poseyxx 4 months ago
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i always cry when i watch this part
Roshan3L 4 months ago
and this is why the lord of the rings is still the best :) great acting,deep emotions, and a message behind it
MrGvogts 4 months ago
thumbs up this is one of the best parts throughout all three movies!
mniyad 5 months ago 4
This shit just makes me feel so hopeful.
It ain't so bad.
ISt0leTheCookies 5 months ago
This is why being older and watching this movie is awesome, because when I was a kid I wouldn't even like listen to the words he was saying in these quiet parts, i would just want action. Lol
DrMeh3 5 months ago
I tried to hold the tears back, I failed miserably. There's just something about Gandalf's speeches that always gets me emotional. His speeches, this one in particular, are about depressing subjects, yet he makes you look on the bright side. I guess it's what you would call a happy sad. Also the background music could not be more fitting.
xsneakattack 5 months ago 3
This makes me tear up; it's just beautiful.
bideeg5 5 months ago
To whoever reads this.
What Gandalf shares in his wisdom is not far from truth, it's a good metaphor. Have no fear. It may be surprising to some, but what happens has very little to do with religion, it's mostly irrelevant. No matter your belief, it will be all right. Just a useful advice: beliefs forms and shapes your experience. Rid yourself of all belief and your experience will reflect that in terms of accuracy and clarity. My fellow humans, let us do our best, and achieve our potential!
BFDK 5 months ago 19
@BFDK "Rid yourself of all belief and your experience will reflect that in terms of accuracy and clarity."
I don't get what you mean by that
JohnLeeMD 5 months ago
@JohnLeeMD he means your beliefs shape the accuracy and clarity of your experience.
cunnidvd 4 months ago