I've posted my tribute to my favorite movie trilogy: Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings. You can get just the print, or you can purchase it framed.
All three of these films are still in the top 20 highest grossing films of all time, with Return of the King coming in at number three behind Avatar and Titanic. It's hard to say exactly how much these films mean to me, as an achievement in film, as the film(s) with the most moving score of all time, as an adaptation of one of my favorite book series ever since childhood. I have a lot of personal feelings tied up in the metaphor of the ring's journey and the relationships in the story, not to mention fond memories of seeing the films for the first time, and rewatching the Extended Editions in several long marathon sessions, with close friends.
Here are some interesting facts about the Lord of the Rings trilogy:
- Ian Holm, who plays Bilbo Baggins in The Fellowship of the Ring, also played Frodo Baggins in the 1981 BBC radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
- The Two most renowned Middle Earth artists, John Howe and Alan Lee, appear in cameos as two of the nine human lords who later become the Nazgul.
- The two men were also an integral part of the visual design process for the trilogy.
- Very little CGI was used in making the Hobbits appear so small. Instead, Jackson mostly utilized forced perspective camera tricks (objects and people closer to the camera appear larger than those further away).
- All three films were shot consecutively, on location in New Zealand. It is estimated this brought about $200,000,000 dollars into the New Zealand economy.
- The Helm's Deep battle at the climax of The Two Towers took four months to shoot.
- The final day of filming for the trilogy, a shot of some skulls for the Extended Edition DVD, was completed three weeks after Return of the King had already won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
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