The three hairs Gimli received is actually really significant to the lore!

Gimli has zero idea how important that gift technically was...Legolas, an elf, DOES know. (It's why he smiles softly when he tells him)

There was a powerful elf that asked three separate times for hair in the past.
She saw darkness in his heart and knew he'd use her hair for ill intent. She said, no.

When Gimli asked for a single hair, to remember her beauty, she saw nothing but innocence and desire to uphold her memory. She gave him, a dwarf, the three she denied an elf. (It speaks to Gimli's character, but also not to judge based on race.)

50 years ago my mom read us kids "the hobbit" and the "lord of the rings trilogy"  our ages 4-8 at the start.  Took over a year.
One of my all time favorite stories.     RiP mom, love ya very , very much.

“Nobody dies better than Sean Bean.” Dude I love your reactions!

"The Ring will be safe in Rivendell. I am ready to go home. "
"Naw, bruh, you got two more movies."
🤣

Fun fact...the guy who plays Gimli the dwarf is actually the tallest of all the cast members. He is actually 6'1" tall!

“Oh! He can talk to moths. He’s like the Crocodile Hunter.”

😂😂😂 AYOOO 💀💀💀

The reason that Sean Bean dies in everything is because the Universe is trying to correct the fact that his names don’t rhyme when they should.

The dog was chillin the whole movie until Sean Bean died. It’s like he could feel your emotions change. Dogs are so freaking cool.
Great reaction, thank you for posting!!

"You got Sean Bean in this Motherfucker....hes gonna die sometime! "  

How right you were! xD

Fun little tidbit: There was an old meme that circled around the net about Gimli saying "Never trust an Elf!"...
Elrond (Elf) - plays a villain in the MCU - Red Skull
Galadriel (Elf) - plays a villain in the MCU - Hela
Thrandull (Elf) from The Hobbit trilogy - plays a villain in the MCU - Ronan the Accuser.

I’m going to spend the rest of my life chasing the feeling of watching this for the first time as an 11 year old on opening day.

“I think I’m quite ready for another adventure!” Can’t help but feel that way every time I see someone new react to these masterpieces. Here’s hoping you enjoy the greatest film trilogy of all time!

I can feel a “oh! Boromir ain’t shit” coming followed by a “you a real one”

One cool background story is that the stunt rider who rode Arwen's white horse when she was being chased by the black riders (the Nazgûl), fell in love with the white horse and when filming was done, the horse was being auctioned but the stunt woman couldn't afford to buy it, and when Viggo Mortensen (Strider or Aragorn) found out, he bought the horse for her as a gift.  The scenery that you admired so much is in New Zealand, where the three films were made, one after the other before the first one was released.  You can visit the film set of the Shire in New Zealand today, because it was preserved as a tourist attraction.

Frodo '' I am ready to go home..''
EOM: Nah bro, you got two more movies

lol

I always thought hobbit feet would be like dog paws, probably with soft cushy pads with thick skin, so they can walk comfortably over rough terrain, and fur on top so they don't get cold. They wouldn't use shoes because they just don't need them, any more than a pup needs boots.

Not only is the ring poem creepy, it’s the literal incantation that Sauron chanted as he created it.

Didn't watch it until 10 years after the first movie came out because I was not interested in this type of movie. After seeing all three movies I went out and bought the extended edition and watched them at least a dozen times all the way through. The extended versions are the only way to watch these movies. Best trilogy ever made IMO❤

I think it was the famous known writer Jane Austen who said, “If a book is well written I always find it too short.”

It’s well said and it can apply to this story justly. Because even though it is a long movie, 90% of people who watch it are surprised when it finally is at the end.

"I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened."

"So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

Fun Fact: Despite playing a dwarf, John Rhys-Davies is the tallest of the actors who play members of the Fellowship. He is 6' 1" in height.

"I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise. Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee. And I don't mean to. I don't mean to."

Fun Fact: Sir Christopher Lee read "The Lord Of The Rings" once a year until his death in 2015, and had done so since the year it was published. He was also the only member of the cast and crew ever to have met J.R.R. Tolkien.

Thud Landing Fact: According to Sean Astin in the Extended DVD commentary, when Bilbo (Ian Holm) drops the Ring before leaving Hobbiton, the floor was magnetic to prevent the Ring from bouncing. This was done to demonstrate the importance and weight of the Ring.

Stay In Character Fact: Gandalf's painful encounter with a ceiling beam in Bilbo's (Ian Holm) hobbit-hole was not in the script. Sir Ian McKellen banged his forehead against the beam accidentally. Sir Peter Jackson thought McKellen did a great job "acting through" the mistake, and kept it in.

High And Dry Fact: Sean Astin's scene underwater didn't really happen. He was filmed in a dry studio, with fans making his cloak billow. The water effects were added in afterwards by computer.

Rosetta Stone Fact: The Elvish language lines spoken in this movie are not just quotes from the book, they were derived from J.R.R. Tolkien's own limited dictionary of that language. Dialect coach Andrew Jack used recordings of Tolkien reading his books to guide the actors' and actresses' pronunciations.

Adaptation Background Fact: Asking for and receiving a lock of hair isn't unusual. In the time before photos, men would often carry a lock of hair from their sweethearts when going off to war or extended trip. But the three golden hairs that Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) gifts Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) at his behest have far more significance than their just being very pure and innocent request, rather than all the gold or power or wisdom he could have asked for. Any fans who have read the Silmarillion will know that Feanor, one of the greatest elves, and most amazing crafters of the world had made a similar request of the golden lady thousands of years earlier. Feanor was so inspired by Galadriel's grace and beauty, that he wished to use strands of her hair in the making of his three Silmarils, the most precious gems ever created in Middle Earth. He begged her three times for a single strand of her hair, but even though she was young and inexperienced at this point, she looked into his soul and saw that his intentions were not fair and benevolent, but were driven by greed and a desire to possess something more precious than the other elves of the time. She, therefore, refused his request, causing much wrath and anguish, and he was forced to find other precious substances to infuse into his gems. So while Galadriel refused Feanor, she knew Gimli was a pure soul.