Location of the movies

gollum9630 · 02-22-2003, 03:03 PM

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

Blackboar · 02-22-2003, 03:08 PM

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 · 02-22-2003, 03:38 PM

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 · 02-22-2003, 10:50 PM

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

gimli7410 · 02-23-2003, 12:07 AM

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

Elvengirl · 02-23-2003, 03:25 PM

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

Shadowfax · 02-23-2003, 03:56 PM

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

Celebriel · 02-23-2003, 05:34 PM

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 · 02-25-2003, 01:37 AM

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** · 02-25-2003, 04:10 AM

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 · 03-05-2003, 12:29 PM

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 · 03-05-2003, 06:19 PM

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

Celebréiel · 03-05-2003, 06:28 PM

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 · 03-05-2003, 06:43 PM

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 · 03-09-2003, 01:55 PM

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 · 03-10-2003, 08:54 PM

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

SamwiseGamgeeOTS · 04-05-2003, 06:32 PM

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.

TinuvielChild · 04-05-2003, 11:56 PM

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.

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-05-2003, 11:57 PM

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

Agalayth · 04-06-2003, 10:42 PM

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.

02-22-2003, 03:03 PM	#1
gollum9630 Canadian Guy. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The true North Strong and Free Posts: 1,513	Location of the movies what does everyone think of PJ using New Zealand as middle earth, i thought it was an excellent choice to make.

02-22-2003, 10:50 PM	#4
legolas7410 Hobbit Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: For me to know and you to find out Posts: 35	i think it was the perfect spot!!!! every thing was there!!i liked where rohan was it was perfect!! __________________ system of a down stone sour slipknot and many more canada is the greatest country in the world.

02-23-2003, 12:07 AM	#5
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02-23-2003, 03:25 PM	#6
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	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 Last edited by Elvengirl : 02-23-2003 at 03:28 PM.

02-23-2003, 03:56 PM	#7
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	New Zeland, in my opinion, was a very good choice. It is souch a beautiful place. __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso)

02-22-2003, 03:08 PM	#2
Blackboar Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Under the hill at Bag-end, Hobbiton the Shire Or Rivendell,I can't remember!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 1,086	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.

02-22-2003, 03:38 PM	#3
Varda Oiolosseo Tea Bag Queen Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 973	Brilliant! The scenery was amazing! and like you said you would have to travel all over the world to get most of the scenes!

02-23-2003, 05:34 PM	#8
Celebriel Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 139	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

02-25-2003, 01:37 AM	#9
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	Mostly, yes, but I found Rohan to be a bit more rocky and rugged, less open plains and grasslands, than I had pictured it. __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

03-05-2003, 12:29 PM	#11
Elf.Freak Orli's lil fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sugar World/Orlando Bloom Cloud Posts: 464	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. __________________ >>--elven arrow--> ~ Give a man a fish and he'll feed for a day, give me a fish and you'll only get it back! ~ I've gotta new avatar! looks kinda like me...anime style! ~ LOST: Orlando Bloom. If found, please send him straight to Elf.Freak

03-05-2003, 06:19 PM	#12
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	Yes, I like how NZ seems to be an untouched spot on this Earth.

03-05-2003, 06:28 PM	#13
Celebréiel Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: A house! Posts: 376	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. __________________ Peace Yeah, Your an individual...just like everyone else. http://cartalien.deviantart.com/ - Arty goodness

03-05-2003, 06:43 PM	#14
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	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

03-09-2003, 01:55 PM	#15
Sylvee Estel Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 115	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!! __________________ ~Sylvee

03-10-2003, 08:54 PM	#16
Legoles Goddess of the evil smilies Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Somewhere where it's hot, and icky Posts: 1,587	Re: Location of the movies I agree,it is a place of wild and unknown beauty. I personally liked the outdoor sets the best __________________ BTW PADFOOT LIVES!

04-05-2003, 06:32 PM	#17
SamwiseGamgeeOTS Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A quaint little hole which last time I checked was somewhere near Ohio, Middle-Earth. Posts: 165	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. __________________ "...Eragon recoiled in shock. Standing in front of him, licking off the membrane that encased it, was a dragon."

04-05-2003, 11:56 PM	#18
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	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. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-05-2003, 11:57 PM	#19
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Ugh...do you people never listen? Middle-earth is in North-western Europe! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-06-2003, 10:42 PM	#20
Agalayth Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 215	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. __________________ Chickens at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.

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