Location of the movies

[gollum9630]

what does everyone think of PJ using New Zealand as middle earth, i thought it was an excellent choice to make.

[Blackboar]

Very good, if they didn't film in New Zealand they would have to travel all over the world to get alot of the scenes.
New Zealand varies from mountains the actors/actresses had to reach by aeroplanes in very snowy weather to beautiful forests and lovely waterfalls to nice country fields and things.
The scenery in LotR is not just a backround but takes up a big part in the plot.

[Varda Oiolosseo]

Brilliant!
The scenery was amazing! and like you said you would have to travel all over the world to get most of the scenes!

[legolas7410]

i think it was the perfect spot!!!! every thing was there!!i liked where rohan was it was perfect!!

[gimli7410]

i cant believe they found the perfect edoras i thought it was awesome with the sort of cliff

[Elvengirl]

Perfect location! I don't think there is any place better. That's one reason I love the movies, because PJ and Co. created Middle Earth perfectly and New Zealand offered every gealogical setting.
I loved HObbiton, Rivendell, Edoras, Rohan..........I could go on :p

[Shadowfax]

New Zeland, in my opinion, was a very good choice. It is souch a beautiful place.

[Celebriel]

No where else could you find WETA and such great landscapes. A very good choice. Add the big-atures they used and it was almost perfect.



- Celebriel

[GrayMouser]

Mostly, yes, but I found Rohan to be a bit more rocky and rugged, less open plains and grasslands, than I had pictured it.

[Nurvingiel]

I had a different picture of Rohan as well, but I liked PJ's rocky, Norse depiction of Rohan. New Zealand was great! What a beautiful, diverse country!

[Elf.Freak]

my English teacher is from New Zealand, and she thought that was a good place to film LOTR, and she said that it hasn't been spoilt by tourits etc, which is nice.

[Elvengirl]

Yes, I like how NZ seems to be an untouched spot on this Earth.

[Celebréiel]

yeah, NZ is beautiful and untouched... but with all the press and movies being filmed there, it wont be for long! :( Maybe I just notice it more now, but it seems to have alot of attention focused on it.

[Elvengirl]

I know NZ is giving tours of the sets for the movies. They are probably getting a lot of tourists for that.
But hopefully it won't be for long and the NZlanders can be left with their sheep:)

[Sylvee Estel]

Wow I'd love to go on one of those tours. I thought New Zealand was a perfect place to film the movies. It fits perfectly, and its so beautiful!!

[Legoles]

I agree,it is a place of wild and unknown beauty. I personally liked the outdoor sets the best :) :) :)

[SamwiseGamgeeOTS]

there could be no better place on the face of this earth...and even when they filmed in the studios in you wouldn't differ from studio and outdoors.....props to PJ for that.:p

[TinuvielChild]

LotR decided it for me - when I get older I'm going to move to NZ and raise sheep, away from civilization, and in the midst of Middle Earth. :D :D :D

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Ugh...do you people never listen? Middle-earth is in North-western Europe! :p ;)

[Agalayth]

I went to New Zealand this summer for 7 days. It is absolutely amazing. I went in a Sky-Gondola over some of the rainforests, and it was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. A perfect choice indeed. And there is just so much variety in the land. There are mountains, plains, deserts, rainforests, rivers, and every other landform imaginable. It's a wonderful place, and if you can go there some day, you definitely should.

Just one thing. Don't go when it's summer in the USA, because it's winter there, and it's pretty cold. :eek:

[Bombadillo]

Definately the perfect place, esspecially for the Shire. And I can hardly believe how little they had to travel to get from one place to another. The only dissapointment was Bree, but that is understandable. I never met anybody who didn't like that choice of location.

[Elvengirl]

Originally posted by Bombadillo
The only dissapointment was Bree, but that is understandable. I never met anybody who didn't like that choice of location.
What didn't you like about Bree?
It was exactly how I pictured it.

[gimli7410]

i liked bree but what does it matter you barely see any of it because all the men are blocking the houses when they walk down the path

[Agalayth]

My favorite places in the movie are probably The Shire and Rivendell. And all shot in New Zealand... amazing. It's just like a whole different world there.

And it's so hard to believe that they build Edoras from scratch!

[Bombadillo]

Bree- there wasn't enough of it mainly. I think the set for Bree included piece of an outdoor wall and the inside of an inn. The Prancing Pony was just how I pictured it, but I think he should have included more of the streets of Bree. It wouldn't take too much time or effort, and you could get the feeling of the town.
It isn't bad nessecarily, but it was disappointing for my somewhat high hopes.

[Elvengirl]

Yes, it would have been nice to see more and during the day too

[gimli7410]

Originally posted by Agalayth
My favorite places in the movie are probably The Shire and Rivendell. And all shot in New Zealand... amazing. It's just like a whole different world there.

And it's so hard to believe that they build Edoras from scratch!
that was pretty insane how they found the perfect spot too.

[Agalayth]

Yeah, it was so perfect. But they took it down after only 8 days (I think) of filming. It would be nice to visit it. I'd feel like I was actually in Middle-earth.

[gimli7410]

yea but there was strict laws to preserve the wild life in some areas though and they had to restore them