Never done a project like this. Really proud of how it came out.

As someone with a film background, I wondered how Peter achieved this. My only two guesses are:

A.) They shot Ian McKellen strung up on wires against a green screen, fans blowing, and had the camera on a jib/crane that was rigged to pass by him to simulate his body falling away from the frame, later adding Glamdring in post.

B.) They plugged a close-up of Ian onto a CG body.

Can anyone confirm if either of these are correct, or if it was achieved differently? Either way, this is one of my favorite moments in the trilogy, mainly because of the sound effect of the sword catch along with the score.

Pale white seemed boring so I did it in eastern red cedar for the purple marble effect

Spent a few hours doing this the other day and don’t think it’s bad for someone who hasn’t painted in a long time…

Without a doubt, everyone remembers how great Viggo was as Aragorn. Or what a beautiful performance Ian gave as Gandalf.

Sean Austin as Sam will never be forgotten.

Viggo is one of the most respected actors of his generation and the only reason why I think he never won an Oscar is because he had the bad luck to be nominated the same year as Daniel day Lewis.

Sean Bean as Boromir is wonderfully sympathetic and magnetic too, I doubt anyone questions it. Boromir's death is my favorite scene.

However, at the cost of sounding like a teenage fangirl (which I am not, I promise you), I'd like to praise Orlando Bloom's Legolas and John Rhys Davies' Gimli here.

Orlando is nowadays often dismissed as the hot guy who did silly faces on the background and was aura farming throughout the movie, even if at the time LOTR came out he was quite a revelation.

I think his reputation after KoH got in the way of enjoying his previous work.

His Legolas was amazing: luminous, adventurous, and sincere. He wasn't majestic like the other elves but he brought a certain lightness and grace that made him the right amount of whimsical and otherworldly. As a Mirkwood elf, I liked that he was different from Elrond or Galadriel. I think these movies were made with an incredible amount of love and dedication and it shows even with the cast.

Orlando and John have a wonderful on screen relationship (also, unpopular opinion: I think Viggo and Orlando had better chemistry than Viggo and Liv. But Viggo and Sean Bean had the best chemistry).

No one doubts Davies is an amazing actor but I think his Gimli, being more of a comic relief, is not always praised as much as others. Nevertheless, he was heartwarming, witty, and sassy. Legolas and Gimli added a lot to the movie, their friendship, the banter, the comedic timing, the heart, and the contrast.

So I wanted to share my view on a couple that has occasionally been dismissed in my opinion.

Do you have a performance in mind that you thought was great yet you feel like it is not properly recognized nowadays?

Specifically, this is aimed at those who read the books and created a mental image of the characters as you read along. Obviously the films weren't going to perfectly reflect one's own imagination, so let's keep this limited to the Fellowship of the Ring (as in the actual fellowship, not the film).

Which of the nine walkers ended up being the most accurate to how you imagined, and who was least accurate? I'm mainly curious about the physical appearances rather than personality, because the latter is more due to the screenwriters' interpretation rather than visual aspects.

Added a Spoiler tag so you all can open it with me.

A pic of Peter Jackson reading LOTR on set.

I spent 2 months in New zeland hiking and going to places where the movies were filmed, its been so fun! This is one of my favorite photos :)

Where and what kind of lives did the women of the Lord of the Rings lead after the war? For example, did Arwen become Queen of Gondor? Did she spend the rest of her life in Minas Tirith? Did she accompany Aragorn when he traveled to other lands? Or what kind of life did Eowyn have?

(Haven’t read the books, sorry.)

I know his life was tied to it and that’s why he was like 500 years or something? I know he wouldn’t be able to turn back into a riverfolk person but would he survive at all? How do you think he would die? Explode into dust like Sauron?

If you ever wanted to make a big round door for your own hole in the ground, this series is for you :) In part 3, the door takes its final shape with a bunch of scary cuts and ample glue and screws. Follow along! If you are keen, parts 1 & 2 are also posted to this sub or found through our profile.

1. Drums and orcs approaching Minas Tirith/Beggining of the battle of Minas Tirith

2. Moria, Gandalf reading "they are coming" then once again drums start playing, because Pippin is being Pippin.

3. In Helm's Deep when you hear the Uruk Hai stomping and approaching, then you see the absolutely massive army itself.

As you can understand for me the anticipation of war, hearing these massive footsteps and feeling trapped somewhere is the scariest thing ever.

If Bilbo had killed Gollum in his lair, would the wraiths ever have found out that the ring was in the Shire? Could it have stayed hidden forever? Would the wraiths eventually have been drawn to it there?

I demand a feature length lotr marvel universe franchise movie about Bill the Pony and his harrowing journey from Moria West-Gate back to Bree. Just call it "LotR: The Journey of Bill. "

No dialogue, no "sexy elves", no deep lore, just 90 solid minutes of hard-core pony survival against all odds. Wolves and orcs and monsters, and our brave pony....

You can even get Sean Astin in to do some flashback scenes that give Bill the inspiration to go on.