Lord of the Rings Chapter Musings

I am a first time reader going through the series and just making a few observations about each chapter. This playlist are my musings...

Curated by: First Timers (270 videos)

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Tracks in this Playlist

• The Invisibility and Loneliness of Bilbo Baggins
• Is Gollum the Most Complex Character in Literature?
• Gildor is shifting my opinion of Elves...he's wise AND fun
• Farmer Maggot is one of the COOLEST people in Lord of the Rings
• Merry and Pippen are FIERCELY better friends in the Book
• Why the Worst Chapter of Lord of the Rings May Actually be the Best Written
• Who the #%&@! is Tom Bombadil
• The Most Terrifying Creatures Tolkien Created Aren't Even in the Movies...
• The Difference Between the Four Hobbits in the Book VS Movie
• Why Nicholas Cage would have been a better Aragorn than Viggo...
• When Aragorn said this in the Book, it TOTALLY Transformed his Character
• Why JRR Tolkien is a MASTER of Foreshadowing
• The End of Fellowship of the Ring Book 1 is Absolutely INSANE!
• This one line changed how I read Fellowship of the Ring
• The most beautiful line that JRR Tolkien ever wrote
• Sauron Wanted to Unite with the Dwarves...
• Why Boromir is my Favorite Member of the Fellowship
• Bilbo Baggins actually wanted to take the Ring to MORDOR
• We need to talk about Saruman...
• My FAVORITE part of Tolkien's writing so far
• The forming of the Fellowship is even crazier than you thought...
• The Fellowship is TOTALLY different in the book...
• THIS was the moment where the movie TOTALLY changed the book
• My Real Life Caradhras Moment
• The moment that Tolkien made me cry so badly I couldn't keep reading
• Why does everyone in Middle Earth fear Moria?
• This chapter from Tolkien is a MASTERCLASS in Horror writing...
• I understand these FOUR characters so much better now...
• The Song of Durin
• The Story of Moria is SO DEVASTATING
• The 13 INSANE changes from book to movie in the Bridge of Khazad Dum
• The Most Mysterious and Important Character of JRR Tolkien... (It's not Tom Bombadil)
• The Genius of Tolkien is FULLY Displayed in Lothlorien
• This is the most BEAUTIFUL moment in the Fellowship of the Ring
• What did Galadriel offer each member of the fellowship?
• The Mirror of Galadriel is so BIZARRE to me...
• This is the Reason why Tolkien "intensely disliked" Dune
• The Gifts of Galadriel are SO INCREDIBLE in the Books...
• I just want to talk about Galadriel giving Gimli three hairs from her golden head...
• Three WILD EVENTS that happened on the River in Fellowship of the Ring
• How Aragorn being "erect" makes Tolkien an absolute MASTER of the English Language...
• Did the Fellowship Fail Boromir? (YES...and no)
• Samwise Gamgee is EVEN BETTER in the Books
• Is the Fellowship of the Ring a better movie than book?
• Who is the greatest writer of all time?
• Why you should read the Fellowship of the Ring
• 10 Hours of Essays on The Lord of the Rings for background noise, sleeping, and your trip to Mordor
• The Beginning of the Two Towers is a MASTERCLASS in how to start a story
• This was the moment I fell in love with Aragorn
• JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, and the West Wind of the Natural World
• Peter Jackson left out all the tension that JRR Tolkien built...
• Why the world needs more men like Éomer
• This was the moment Pippin became a man...or a hobbit
• JRR Tolkien is the best perspective shift writer I've ever read.
• The magical system of Middle Earth is Bizarre...
• We need to talk about Orcs...
• Was this Tolkien's suggestion for how to deal with Trauma (or is this just PTSD)?
• How JRR Tolkien Flirts the line Between Fate and Chance
• The Two Towers Description of Ents is REALLY Strange...
• What Treebeard said here was so Charged!
• Let's talk about Ents
• Let's talk about the Literary Genius of JRR Tolkien for a second
• The moment Gandalf comes back in the book is kind of cute...
• Gandalf couldn't even tell them about the DARK CREATURES in the Depths of Moria
• This was the FUNNIEST Moment in the Lord of the Rings
• This Gandalf line might be my favorite yet
• This is my FAVORITE side character in the Lord of the Rings
• This is my FAVORITE part of JRR Tolkien's writing
• Is there actually any Romance between Aragorn and Éowyn in the book?
• This was the BRILLIANCE of JRR Tolkiens soft magic system
• Did Grima Wormtongue Drug Théoden?
• We need to talk about King Théoden...
• I LOVE the bond between Shadowfax and Gandalf (but I like Bill and Sam more)...
• How does JRR Tolkien create such realistic characters
• They got Helm's Deep all WRONG!
• This one line changes EVERYTHING about Helm's Deep
• Peter Jackson CUT Gimli's most EPIC scene at Helm's Deep
• The Battle of Helm's Deep was already OVER when Gandalf got there...
• JRR Tolkien is a DEVASTATING writer when it comes to death scenes
• Dispelling Pride and Prejudice in the Lord of the Rings
• The Single Most Important Thing that Lord of the Rings has Taught Me
• Gimli's words to Merry and Pippin are PHENOMENAL
• We need to talk about Tolkien's love of FOOD...
• JRR Tolkien is INCREDIBLE at the art of Foreshadowing and Callback
• Ents are the SECOND most Dangerous Trees in Middle Earth...
• Pippin is HILARIOUS with Gandalf in the book
• Rafiki, Carl Jung, Gandalf and the Belief in Pressing Ahead with the Journey
• Are Hobbits ACTUALLY the strongest people in Middle Earth?
• This is Tolkien's SOLVE for Gaslighting and Manipulation
• This is the BEST moment with Gandalf in the book
• We need to talk about the Palantir...
• I'm halfway through Lord of the Rings, THIS theme is why everyone should read it.
• Why you should pick up Lord of the Rings again and read it
• Sam Gamgee is so much GRUMPIER in the book
• We need to talk about Sméagol/Gollum
• Literature values this one thing most in a good leader
• How ONE WORD in Lord of the Rings Shows Tolkien's Genius
• Tolkien is a Dialogue Savant
• He lost all hope here...
• This is TERRIFYING...and I don't understand it