Edoras | LOTR's Most Insane Location

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The making of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy is full of amazing stories. Going behind the scenes of LOTR in the LOTR DVD appendices is like exploring Smaug’s hoarde of treasure. For me, one of the best LOTR behind the scenes stories is that of Edoras - the capital of Rohan - a massive set that was built for real.
Edoras was built on Mount Sunday in the South Island of New Zealand over a gruelling eleven months. It was one of the most remote and difficult LOTR locations, but also one of the favourite of the cast and crew. This LOTR video essay explores how they built Edoras, and more importantly why building it in this location was so important to properly translating Tolkien’s vision on film.
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Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVD appendices and LOTR behind the scenes footage: (Origins of Middle-earth / Cameras in Middle-earth / Designing Middle-earth / New Zealand as Middle-earth / Home of the Horse Lords)
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@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

If you liked this video, you'll like my similar one about how they made Hobbiton: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lZqVq6h8psjJg5s.html ***Corrections and clarifications below*** Thanks once again to Behind the Door for the beautiful drone footage of Edoras and Rohan: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fs2kjalh1M3deWQ.html // Correction: As others have pointed out below, the flag tearing away was in fact supposed to do that. What was unplanned was the way it flew and fell because of the wind, which was what led to them filming it land by Aragorn. That's my mistake misunderstanding the nuance in my research. Sorry! Clarification: Yes, it's spelled 'Erewhon' not 'Erehwon' so it's not EXACTLY 'nowhere' backwards. They swapped the W and the H for pronunciation reasons (in Te Reo Maori "wh" is pronounced like "f" so it becomes 'eh-ree-fon') but 'nowhere' is the origin of the name. I just summarised for simplicity in the video.

@Shanetangybits Жыл бұрын

Helms deep or dry creek quarry. They borrowed a crane from where i work across the motorway. So occassionally I would go there with my dad who was my boss to service it or move it. Was an amazing setup. Wish nz had had some vision and kept some of it.

@worldtraveler930 Жыл бұрын

Most Definitely Hobbiton and Rivendell!!! 🤠👍

@ranekeisenkralle8265 Жыл бұрын

My favourite location actually IS Edoras, so thank you very much for this. Few things are as impressive and evocative as untamed nature. And these shots capture that so very nicely!

@TheShamansQuestion Жыл бұрын

Nohwere still almost reads as nowhere anyway haha

@Daniel.RF.Davidson Жыл бұрын

You did an impression there? oh.... hehe just kidding... What an amazing video, man. Congrats. I now personally can't wait to take that road trip and visit Mount Sunday. A man can dream...

@markrik1 Жыл бұрын

The more I learn about the making of those films the more I appreciate them just existing.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

For me, the behind the scenes stuff is just as compelling as the films themselves.

@meleardil Жыл бұрын

They were made by the right people at the right time. The technologie was just good enough to make it possible, but the cultural decay had not progressed that far to corrupt the spirit of Tolkien present in the books. Today it could not be made. The budget would be 10 times bigger, the visuals spectacular, but altogether result in an ideologie driven shallow propaganda piece without culture, morals and any soul at all.

@cmbbfan78 Жыл бұрын

@@PentexProductions Exactly! I normally do not like to see behind the curtains, looking, how the magician do the trick, but with this movie, I was so amazed to have the 2 extra DVDs, per movie to see it.

@watts18269 Жыл бұрын

@@meleardileverything you said is absolutely spot on 👍🏻

@hellomate639 Жыл бұрын

@@meleardil We saw this with Amazon's LotR, with its plasticky crap and very Americanized hollywood storytelling in the 2020s. It will return, one day. This is the nature of things.

@barney9346 Жыл бұрын

RIP Dave Comer, he was the location scout for these movies, and my great uncle. a legend.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

What an incredible family connection to have. He was indeed a legend!

@samuelleask1132 2 ай бұрын

Bro that’s awesome

@davidphelps5857 Жыл бұрын

It is exactly this insane attention to detail and fanatical commitment to getting it right that is the reason why these movies look as good now as they did 20 years ago. They will never be surpassed.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

They knew they only had one chance to do it right - so they absolutely did it properly!

@walkietalkietraveller2932 Жыл бұрын

i have a feeling you may be right, David.

@lgkf1126 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely true

@VITAS874 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Now its very small chance they will do it again. All of green

@theblindbandit6533 Жыл бұрын

They truly cared for the property they were making a film for hard to come by today

@narnia1233 Жыл бұрын

Knowing the flag actually occurred naturally is so epic. It’s like Tolkien’s spirit was in the scene or something.

@rogue 6 күн бұрын

It was meant to come off but not to drift so epicly into the air

@ni9274 13 сағат бұрын

The flag ripping off was scripted, what wasn’t scripted was the flag flying off all the way to the edge of the city.

@tarzan8575 Жыл бұрын

And THIS^^ This right HERE!^ is why Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy completely blows Amazon's Rings of Power out of the water! The level of commitment that Jackson and his crew had for this production is unequaled. They made a higher quality experience for a hell of a lot less money which is a tribute to not only their affection for the material but a testament to their skill and knowledge as filmmakers.

@xhagast Жыл бұрын

I don't about the less money. But Jackson spent his money WELL. RoP looked like a bad episode of Xhena. With worse script and acting.

@philipphammer3474 Жыл бұрын

Also, LotR crew stayed true to their word and cared about nature, turning it back so no one could guess a film set has been there 20 years ago

@brianfewer919 Жыл бұрын

@@philipphammer3474 Well it would be pretty hypocritical, given a big plot point of the film was an industry destroying the natural world around it. They were wise not to piss off any Ents (or hillside equivalents).

@gandalfthegay. Жыл бұрын

@@xhagast It's way less money than any current big movies. 356 Millionen USD for endgame and $281 million USD for all three LOTR.

@jonathanevans5566 Жыл бұрын

@@gandalfthegay. That isn't taking into account inflation - 280m USD in 2001 (Fellowship of the ring release year) is around 480m USD as of 2022.

@kwerk2011 Жыл бұрын

My brother was one of the builders at Edoras. He also was the greenskeeper, he had to catalogue and photograph every plant and tussock removed and replace it exactly at the conclusion of filming. I visited him on set, though I could not get closer than the carpark. It was built to be filmed from a limited series of angles, which is why it looks very basic from the back as shown at 6:18. In addition, garishly coloured portaloos were placed in this same area to discourage opportunistic photographers like myself from getting marketable photographs. It is a stunning location, the buildings did not at all look out of place.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

So great you were able to visit during filming, and that your brother helped make cinema history. Thanks for sharing the story - especially the portaloos!

@EmelyPhan Жыл бұрын

That's Cool

@swd127 Жыл бұрын

11 months of preparation for 8 days of shooting. No wonder LOTR movies look so amazing and hold up so well with time. Nobody makes movies this way any more.

@Ewokpilot65 Жыл бұрын

They do still make movies with this much effort even today, it's just that there also are a lot more movies now that don't so it feels more diluted. But movies like avatar 2 and shows like andor still have somuch thought put into them

@theviniso Жыл бұрын

@@Ewokpilot65 Shout out to Dune as well, I believe we're witnessing a future classic being made in that movie and its sequels.

@rogoznicafc9672 Жыл бұрын

@@theviniso they went to other plantes to film on set?

@justinsutter3602 Жыл бұрын

This is why these movies where legendary, because they did not cut corners seeking to maximum profit with minimum costs, it shows in the quality and we all can tell.

@xhagast Жыл бұрын

Twenty years later and people who watch them for the first time still love them. And don't notice how long they are.

@NoNameAtAll2 5 күн бұрын

were*

@justinsutter3602 5 күн бұрын

@@NoNameAtAll2 Yes you are correct, I know how it should have been but screwed it up, nice catch haha.

@jgm592 5 күн бұрын

The last clip, with the lament over the clearly recognizable landscape but without Edoras, was haunting. Kudos to you as a storyteller as well.

@nevertrustatory9412 Жыл бұрын

Went to South Island for our honeymoon in 2006. Of the few locations we managed to visit, a horse ride through the forest of Amon Hen and a hike through the exodus from Edoras/warg attack location will always stay in my mind. (Paradise, Glenorchy and Deer Park Heights respectively) The lady leading the trek through the forest told me that my horse was one of the only from their stable not to have been in the Two Towers as he was ‘too temperamental’. This was after I had mounted! Luckily I didn’t do a Gimli!

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Deer Park Heights is a beautiful location, and so close to Queenstown! I think the production drafted in pretty much every horse and rider in South Island at one point, so it must have been a very temperamental horse! Most of the riders in the films were women so they all had to be given fake beards and masculine armour to double for the riders of Rohan.

@gertsy2000 Жыл бұрын

If you did a Gimli of course it would have been on purpose!!!

@MrTangent Жыл бұрын

“Not the beard!”

@samwill5 Жыл бұрын

Horses are not meant to be ridden. If he was temperamental, obviously he just wasn't subdued into servitude as well as others by his captors. Please people, stop riding horses, elephants, camels, anyone... And stop eating animals.

@MrTangent Жыл бұрын

@@samwill5 Nothing wrong with riding a horse, as long as you treat it humanely. And aren’t overweight.

@smpdevelopments Жыл бұрын

We'll never get movies as authentic like this ever again

@maximdecimus2258 4 күн бұрын

They put the dirt back. I am in awe of the love and care taken by everyone involved with LOTR.

@venoltar Жыл бұрын

I feel like the excellent clean-up they performed combined with the nigh perfection of the location compared to the text, is almost an art in itself. It leaves us with the heart breaking imagery of a race that may have existed with all their great achievements and terrible trials but has now long passed and is never to return to this world. Here we can find echoes of Ozymandias.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Totally agree - it was what I was trying to evoke with the poem at the end.

@bidenonabender5903 Жыл бұрын

they did stuff like this and they did it for pretty cheap, 90 million for a 3+ hour long movie that still over 20 years later feels like it was just made. LOTR secured jackson a place among the best movie directors of all time, a incredible masterpiece!

@dumbideas3361 Жыл бұрын

I loved that scene where the flag tears off and flies away, and have wondered how they did that. it nice to know it wasn't scripted and just happened organically, and that the camera just happened to be there to catch it.

@theldraspneumonoultramicro405 Жыл бұрын

Peter Jackson went through so much hard work to get it as right as he could, from the locations, architecture, props such as armor, weapons, trinkets and clothing, and each individual actor, and this is why his LOTR trilogy is such a amazing beloved masterpiece. and then we have Amazon... they skimmed the source material, then lit it on fire, pissed on it, then dumped it in the toilet and took turns showering it with some of the most foul dirrhea a human has ever produced, and then they made a series out of whatever they could dig out.

@gertsy2000 Жыл бұрын

I think you have a very silly name.

@Bucko99 Жыл бұрын

I just saw that Steve Harvey clip too

@snowdrop9810 Жыл бұрын

I think the correct term for RoP is embezzlement.

@Cosmicllama64 Жыл бұрын

@@snowdrop9810 Embezosment

@Lizard1582 Жыл бұрын

Only the 500th time I read this sentiment

@Aerosolcookie Жыл бұрын

"... if they had to hike all the way there and back again" Nicely done.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

;)

@vbscript2 Жыл бұрын

New Zealanders: "This land is in the middle of nowhere. It's so remote and inaccessible. It's a whole hour from the nearest town." Americans, Australians, and Canadians: "Aww, that's cute." :) But seriously, though, the location selections for Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies were perfect. Absolutely amazing scenery and brought Tolkien's descriptions to life perfectly. New Zealand is definitely on the list of places I want to visit.

@marijanewernsman6134 Күн бұрын

You must go on two of the excellent tours. There are separate tours for North and South Island sites. The best tour guides are extras from the movies.

@bsa45acp Жыл бұрын

I have stood on the summit of Mt. Sunday in 2006 on a cold and very windy day. Now when I reread LOTR or see the movie yet again, I remember being there late in the 3rd age of Middle Earth. That passage where Legolas describes Edoras was read to me as we crested the last hill before first seeing Mt. Sunday and descending into the valley. It was a religious experience. Thank you for this video which validates my experience.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

It's a magical spot - especially if you time it well and get there before too many other people. I got there first thing and had the place to myself for most of the time I was filming there. Very peaceful (even with the wind!)

@dreamthread Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. 11 months of work for 8 days of shooting. This is an example of why these films have stood the test of time

@palmtree554 Жыл бұрын

It always blew me away that this set was really built with all the logistics and red tape they had to deal with. But to learn that it was a shooting location for only 8 DAYS?!?! That level of commitment to vision is unheard of in modern movie making. The astronomical risk that New Line Cinema took with this movie... A movie like this will never be made again.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

They had such an efficient production, but even so it was a very short length of time. Hobbiton was two weeks or so of filming but took well over a year to build.

@adrury65 Жыл бұрын

I made the trip there from Queenstown, stayed in Ashburton, woke up early and spent the whole day there. I was lucky enough in my search to find a single rusty nail from part of the set! As seemingly trivial as it might sound, that nail is among my most prized possessions! I also brought my rohan flag for photos and such! I was lucky to have a clear day with snow capped mountains and no other tourists!

@kamalindsey Жыл бұрын

Something tells me even if Tolkien probably would have some grievances only he could make about the films, that he would appreciate this location. As he said in his time to a particularly wonderful fan art of Frodo and Sam: "There they are", to this location he might have said: _"There it is"._

@hewiex Жыл бұрын

One of the most beautiful sets of the films! The scene where Eowyn comes storming out of the great hall and the strong winds breaks away the flag, and you see it fall all the way down into the first gate where Aragorn looks at it, which gives you a perception of what shape entire Edoras is in, with their king being possessed by Saruman. It's in the small details. Gosh I love these films edit: woops, didn't see the end before writing this comment. Thanks for pointing that scene out!

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

One of my favourite moments in the trilogy.

@pieter-basbeijer5781 Жыл бұрын

@@PentexProductions After all those years it still blows my mind that a 5 second unintentional(!) scene so perfectly captures the mood, probably even better than any scripted scene ever could. Just unreal.

@prava163 Жыл бұрын

@@pieter-basbeijer5781 LOTR is full of these "mishaps". Like when Aragorn kicks the helmet, breaks some toes and screams xD That scene wouldn't be the same without that.

@bjornh4664 Жыл бұрын

@@prava163 Or Viggo Mortensen parrying the knife thrown at him by an uruk-hai for real.

@Rondo2ooo Жыл бұрын

What Peter and everybody involved accomplished with this tour de force is still unbelievable. A stretch across all what's possible with as little CGI as possible. That's why the trilogy aged well.

@rpgadventurer32 8 ай бұрын

The level of detail in this production was amazing. The whole trilogy was a miracle.

@JLange642 Жыл бұрын

11 months of construction for an 8 day shoot and then it was all removed and restored to how it was before. THAT level of work and commitment is WHY these films were and still are so great, and made so much income. The devil is in the details! Thank you Peter Jackson and crew!

@Avaruusmurkku Жыл бұрын

LOTR will never fail to put a smile on my face.

@TheSpazzDragon Жыл бұрын

The Lord of the Rings movies were responsible for my love of fantacy and story telling. They shaped how I grew up in a way. Knowing the level of dedication and craft that went into these films really just makes them feel all the more special. True masterpieces that I don't think will ever be eclipsed.

@scott2734 Жыл бұрын

Its almost like that there could be Rohan there, only time faded out the foundations, yet its story and the hill stands tall. Thanks for this wonderful part. I love the movie and so happy that a large part of the sets were filmed on location.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Totally agree - it was something I was trying to evoke with the poem at the end of the video.

@d_dave7200 6 сағат бұрын

They actually said in the documentaries that their attitude with the design for the film was to imagine LotR was history, and they were archaeologists and anthropologists trying to excavate and figure out the details of how people lived, how things looked etc. I think the Edoras location really enhances that, because it's genuinely a real place.

@Serai3 Жыл бұрын

It's pretty sad when the plague of CGI in movies has gotten to the point where people can be flabbergasted at the simple idea of building a set on location.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

I understand that comment; my aim with the video was to discuss the extreme measures taken to film in this specific location and build it for real when it would have been so much easier and cheaper to do it in a different way. I'm trying to explain why building THIS set on THIS location was an unusually big commitment for any production to take on. Most non-MCU blockbusters still film on location (e.g. Northman, Tenet, John Wick, 1917, Dune, MI, James Bond just in the last few years alone), but you'd be hard pressed to find a blockbuster made in the last ~50 years or so that went to these lengths to achieve about fifteen minutes of footage in the final cut. That was what I wanted to acknowledge with LOTR and Edoras in this video.

@LordVader1094 Жыл бұрын

It was still incredibly impressive even back then, when CGI hadn't infested films.

@twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676 Жыл бұрын

Ikr,and hoped more movies will be like LOTR after it became such a hit

@brianmayerchak1677 Жыл бұрын

"simple" did you not watch the video?

@tgbluewolf Жыл бұрын

They need to understand what was said in the video: the CGI should complement, not replace, practical effects.

@bsavage5128 Жыл бұрын

One of the few films where I watched an entire 12+ hours of bonus content and behind the scenes

@ruovgaming Жыл бұрын

The detail at 7:43 was amazing. The logistics of it, the timing, the effort, the technique. I remember the first time I saw the scene of Aragorn arriving at Edoras, it truly felt epic and breathtaking.

@Nerdforge Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, this is pure inspiration

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

High praise indeed coming from you! Thank you so much for watching

@Afrolovertje Жыл бұрын

always interesting to see you favorite youtubers comment on other awesome work. Though now I'm hoping for an edoras inspired miniature scape (would be fun right? And it at least doesn't need a lot of bricks like the tower one you did before)...

@JukesMcGee Жыл бұрын

The way Tolkein writes is so beautiful.

@sonofbuddhaTR Жыл бұрын

I was there (back in 2019)! Private land though... Bumped into a group of enthusiasts and one of them actually showed me an augmented reality of Edoras on his phone. Unforgettable experience.

@yanami1241 Жыл бұрын

These movies and everything related to them were a once in a lifetime event. Something like this will never happen again. So much love, so much dedication, so much passion, its insane.

@rossbaxter9621 Жыл бұрын

5 years since I was there, it was a pilgrimage for me. The most beautiful and evocative place, absolutely perfect and I still well up watching the Two Towers, aching to get back.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

A pilgrimage indeed! Glad you made it - it's absolutely worth the trip.

@malahammer 4 күн бұрын

"(CGI) was used to enhance scenes, not to preplace them" brilliant quote!

@umiluv Жыл бұрын

Whiterun in Skyrim always reminded me of Edoras in the LOTR movies.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

I'd never made the connection before, but you're right. The Nordic/Anglo-Saxon aesthetic is very similar for sure.

@Sir_Howie Жыл бұрын

Edoras was the model Bethesda based Whiterun on when they designed it. Quite extensively, in fact.

@skyworm8006 Жыл бұрын

@@Sir_Howie yeah seems like the same thing but expanded upon. plus the ruined crumbling stone fortifications mixed with wooden palisades exactly like the many dilapidated forts in skyrim but unlike the other cities. not sure where they got that idea from but they use it a lot and i like it.

@Bartooc Жыл бұрын

@@skyworm8006 Their banners also look almost exactly the same.

@franzkissel1369 Жыл бұрын

If you watch the appendices, Peter Jackson says, that they did make zhe Rohan Flag rip off, just that where and when it landed was an accident. Cinemawins mentions it in his vider on Two Towers.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

My mistake, I must have misunderstood the nuance there. Time to re-watch the commentary track!

@helenafarkas4534 Жыл бұрын

@@PentexProductions such a hardship

@ezopinion2767 Жыл бұрын

dedication to accuracy, makes it one of the best films

@BillyBobBeauBenson Күн бұрын

To think of the passion, hard work, and dedication these people had to make this vision come true. It baffles me. I just ate some cold soup out of the can because I was too lazy to put it in a bowl and microwave it... I can't even imagine how these people did it.

@zeldamage001 Жыл бұрын

6:44 "All the way there and back again" I see what you did there!

@kaetor2888 Жыл бұрын

I ended up here recently on accident exploring after hiking up nearby Mt. Guy. Had no idea it was a filming location in LOTR, but it is funny that the gravel road suddenly turns in to a huge car park out of nowhere. It truly is amazing and a true sign of the dedication Peter Jackson and crew put in to the series that they found this otherwise obscure location! Cool to see this show up on my KZfaq feed not long after!

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

It's a stunning spot for a walk even without the LOTR connection

@dfol2740 Жыл бұрын

Nice work. Was there a few weeks back. Deceptively bigger than it looks. And I didn’t realise the lower village was CG, which is impressive for that time, it holds up.

@dimetime35c Жыл бұрын

It's nice that New Zealand is so concerned with conservation. Going to New Zealand to hunt all that can be hunted is on my bucket list.

@jonathanpeterson1984 Жыл бұрын

This is the reason we’ll probably never see another trilogy that rivals LOTR. Passion and admiration.

@fredrik8685 Жыл бұрын

This almost made me cry. I knew all this, I've watched the documentaries and the movies countless times since I first saw them at the cinema all those years ago. I remember watching them with my nerdy friends and then the extended versions later with my girlfriend, who later became the mother of my children. My daughter was only four or five when we watched them together the first time and didn't understand a word of English, nor could she read well enough to understand the subtitles. There was a lot of pausing and explaining. Still, afterwards she wanted to watch them over and over and over and both kids still love them. I think I just realize how much they really mean to me. These movies are truly a masterpiece.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Beautiful story. These films connect with so many people for so many reasons, but for me the landscapes, design and music all play such a big role. Just seeing Rohan and Edoras with Howard Shore's score playing still gets me every time.

@neilrusling-je6zo 4 күн бұрын

A tiny part of New Zealand that will forever be a memory of Anglo Saxon England.

@zisumevoli96 2 сағат бұрын

These Movies are a work of art, the likes of which will likely never been seen again in our lives. Truly beautiful

@hanakinn Жыл бұрын

"Think about how long it would take for everyone to just take their lunch break if they had to hike all the way THERE AND BACK AGAIN." - That was totally on purpose, wasn't it?

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

If you think that was good, do I have the video for you: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/etWXeJh01rCZp5s.html

@mouradamraoui9166 Жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful place to see with your own eyes. I went there in March 2016 as part of a guided tour, and while we were looking around, I decided to do a tiny prank on one of the others, by finding the music theme of Rohan on my phone and play it right behind her while she was recording a video. She was so overcome with emotions of seeing this place while hearing the iconic score from the movie at the same time that she simply burst into tears. We then proceded to have her shoot a small video with the music in the background.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Playing the music on the drive there is mandatory!

@Alastair_ Жыл бұрын

This is why I know, without a doubt that the LotR trilogy are the greatest films ever made.

@yay-cat Жыл бұрын

I love that scene of Eowen and her white dress in the wind. It’s one of my favourites from the whole trilogy

@jimd385 Жыл бұрын

What a great video, you actually went there, excellent work sir. My favourite location would probably be Hobbiton, it just looks like a pleasant place to live. But visually, you can take your pick, The Lord of the Rings did so much that was real and still looks magnificent today (Avatar on the other hand looks like an unconvincing cartoon) Helms Deep is just fantastic,it’s huge, the battle they filmed there is still amazing and it really does stand out in a trilogy of films where everything seems to be stunning. Films these days are fairly terrible, everything is fake, nothing seems legitimate, hell even The Hobbit trilogy wasn’t able to come close to the quality of LOTR. Great work mate.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a spectacular location. Be sure to watch my similar video on Hobbiton if you haven't already (you can also go there!). Helm's Deep is an exceptional sequence, for sure. Like Bilbo, it hasn't aged a day...

@Dene181 Жыл бұрын

Still the greatest trilogy of all time, great video!

@jasmijnariel Жыл бұрын

I agree, best movies ever. It was all worth it

@majorpwner241 Жыл бұрын

That would be the Star Wars OT for me, but this is a very close second. Not even sure what else could compete with those two options... They're in a league of their own.

@nilsdock Жыл бұрын

the first two moves are fantastic. (with minor flaws) the third movie stray too far from the books. take the army of the dead as an example. in the book they fought of the black ships, then the ships where manned by the men of Sothern Gondor. the way the army of the dead singlehandedly finishes the battle of Pelennor feel like a cheat. the victory at Pelennor was supposed to be the triumph of man over evil, not the dead men who swept the battlefield clean of foes.

@yolfonzo Жыл бұрын

When doing anything creative there's a certain kind of magic that only comes when you've devoted your entirety to the work. LOTR is filled with these kinds of moments and magical accidents and it's no wonder when you see the attention and sacrifices made for the vision as a whole.

@simonholliday3421 Жыл бұрын

im one of maybe 90-100 people who can say I grew up looking at this out of my bedroom window. Up the top of the Rangitata Gorge, on part of what used to be Mesopotamia Station. Its even more amazing than you think it is. This is not just a film set, its my home :)

@thewhynotway Жыл бұрын

I totally agree. And I thought I knew almost everything about the movies and the production and story around it. I'm so happy and always excited to find out more and more, and always come to the conclusion for myself, that these movies are not just movies, or a tremendous experience, or unique, and so on, but life itself. All the thousands of people and families that were involved along the whole way. Everything only possible because thousands and thousands of people were working together through valleys and mountain tops. Getting the whole experience of Tolkien, his life, and experiences that shaped his thoughts and ideas for the books. Then the books themselves, movies and background-info and documentaries, interviews and so on. And one thing especially as well, life stories with people's real emotions and things they experienced and connect to elements of LOTR. How it helped, changed or showed something to them, us, me, myself, all of us. I'll always appreciate this as a whole and will try my best to tell and show my kids all about it. Peace, love, happiness, freedom, health to all (everyone, everything....all of us) P.S. Thanks for bringing up one of my personal favorite small yet so important details... the flag ripping of the pole when Eowyn stands outside (an yes, the real magnificent view, so beautiful) and then flying pass it, down and lands just outside the gate when Aragorn, Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas arriving by horse. The combination of real, the book, digital, beauty, emotion...just so very pure. LOTR enthusiast since 2002

@diezohra Жыл бұрын

Oh.... NZ is just so beautiful! When I visited NZ a couple of years ago I went to the location of Rohan (where they filmed the first meeting of Eomer and Aragorn), but it was so remote that I was afraid I was gonna seriously damage the rental car. Anyway, I love that they chose to build an actual set in such a remote location. Not many films do this nowadays and it shows. LOTR will just forever be my favourite film. I'm so glad it exists.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Some of the locations are a bit tricky to get to! I'm sure more than one rental car has been destroyed by ambitious LOTR fans!

@barahng 8 күн бұрын

4:55 Every time I see armor/weapon props THIS good I think of future archaeologists discovering them (obviously after the intervening history had been lost in some sort of apocalyptic war) and thinking they're real.

@dt9327 Жыл бұрын

This commitment and dedication could not be replicated even with 1 billion.

@JosephAlanMeador Жыл бұрын

This is incredible, I never fully grasped the enormity of what it took to make Meduseld come to life in the films. We shall not see it's like again!

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

A golden hall indeed.

@MerryMoss Жыл бұрын

This is why my love for these films will never fade 💚 Thank you for making this video, it was super cool to see and learn more about the production of the film!

@boqndimitrov8693 Жыл бұрын

just looking (and listening!) to the wind, and I freeze!!

@scopex2749 Жыл бұрын

I discovered LOTR very late in life, being given the HUGE book of all three parts by my cousin to read. I was HOOKED I have read it and many other Tolkien books and am a loyal devotee of his work. Years ago a fantastic part animated/ part live action film was made of LOTR PART 1. It cost SO MUCH to produce the other parts were never made! I always hoped and prayed tat ONE DAY perhaps someone would do this epic work justice. Peter Jackson , the cast and everyone involved has TRULY made me happy and proud that it HAS been done. I like this mammoth task akin to putting 'War & Peace' on film...... but THAT wouldnt have been a fraction as good as LOTR........THANKS PETER and the rest.👏👏👏👏

@cheekster777 Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend.

@Max_Flashheart Жыл бұрын

You are a legend! Big Respect your channel is amazing and this type of content is not trivial. Love it.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

You and all the viewers are the legends for keeping it alive. Thank you for watching :)

@manamaori100 Жыл бұрын

The scene in ROTK where legolas and Aragorn are speaking to each other outside Meduseld at night is stunning! I've experienced an evening like that in Glenorchy further south, it was a beautiful, still night and was eerily quiet. It was a moonless night but the snow on the mountains around us was reflecting the light of the stars creating this slightly dusky twilight light, it was magical.

@peterpain6625 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see that location is still as pristine as it was left 23y ago.

@MaximusOfTheMeadow Жыл бұрын

By the Gods. That is beautiful, truly beautiful

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

10/10 worth the three hour drive (after the flight to the nearest airport...)

@theobolt250 Жыл бұрын

These are the things my heart, my soul understand without another word. My mind? Can't make up words enough! But every winter, when the LOTR cycle is played on the telly... this, Edoras,... one of the moments I feel the whole story nearest by to me. I am one of the Rohirrim. Every damn time again!

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

The music is absolutely brilliant - amazing to think that a score that iconic isn't even heard until the second movie in the trilogy!

@chompythebeast Жыл бұрын

@@PentexProductions Like Darth Vader's Imperial March

@theobolt250 Жыл бұрын

@@PentexProductions that music is full of emotions, expectations, longing, sorrow, grandeure... To me the characters of Eowyn and (especially!) Theoden speak the most. When Theoden musters his cavalry for the last time he does not expect to come out alife, still, he does it. "Death! Death!" his war cry sounds! And the Rohirrim? They ride! Unfaltered, not fazed by what's lying before them! They ride for their king. Theoden dies a heroes death. But the bonus is of course the rebuttle from Eowyn to the Nazgul king before she delivers him the death blow: "I'm not a man". Utter humiliation for one who considered himself invinceble by any man. Shows him right! A woman can! 😁😜

@RissaFirecat Жыл бұрын

This is a good explanation for how hard Jackson worked to follow the books as well as he did. I am a fan of those books and the movies that Peter Jackson made.

@ChuckNoobis Жыл бұрын

Beautiful video, story and message. Thank you!

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching

@RaindropsBleeding Жыл бұрын

excellent choice to end with that poem. wonderful video

@dougkinzinger Жыл бұрын

The logistics necessary are incredible!

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

So much work behind the scenes to bring it all to life

@seankayll9017 Жыл бұрын

Bernard Hill and Miranda Otto were magnificent in these scenes.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Brilliant actors in their roles

@DreamingCatStudio Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this amazing backstory about this epic trilogy. I’m especially impressed with how, after all the building, they restored the original environment. Dedicated on so many level was Peter Jackson.

@LucLB01 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding work ( both by you and the Lotr production team ). Your channel really deserves to grow.

@zeideerskine3462 Жыл бұрын

They could have filmed it in the Harz Mountains in Lower Saxony, Germany, which is the area that inspired Tolkien to begin with. In Halle (Saxony Anhalt) there is even the actual ring of the Lord of the Rings and there is an Earl of Rohan somewhere around there and in the Erzgebirge you find basically everything from the mines of Moria to all things dwarfish short of the dwarves.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of visiting Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland, which is the inspiration for Rivendell. I love New Zealand as Middle-earth but would be fascinated by an adaptation filmed in Europe as Tolkien envisioned.

@purefoldnz3070 Жыл бұрын

wouldnt have been as visually majestic.

@Heartbreakin Жыл бұрын

@@PentexProductions NZ has its Rivendell too . A narrow valley on the southeast trail of The Milford Track . Its on Google Earth view .

@semperumbra10 Жыл бұрын

This movie was my childhood. Even today it holds up beautifully

@szinga Жыл бұрын

not going to lie, this made me a little emotional. thank you for making this video!

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching

@hinney827 Жыл бұрын

I always do a LotR watch around Christmas. Now you're making me miss it and I feel the need to do another watch. Also another read. Just came across your channel, and I'm loving it so far :) thank you

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Welcome! There's a whole playlist of LOTR videos for you to browse through to pass time between re-watches.

@Arvenico Жыл бұрын

Great Video! You awoke some very fond memories of my own trip to Sunday Hill ten years ago. You forgot to mention that at multiple times in the video, you can see the location where they digitally inserted Helm's Deep in the background (e.g. at 9:04 in the upper left-hand corner). In reality, that location turns out to be MUCH closer to Edoras than in the movie. :)

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

I decided not to mentioned Helm's Deep to keep the focus on Edoras, but you're absolutely right. It's great being on the hill looking down the valley and seeing the same spot Aragorn rides onto to see the wide shot of Helm's Deep. Very much closer in real life indeed!

@Rhysman30 Жыл бұрын

LoTR is legit a masterclass in planning and faithful dedication to vision. I doubt we'll ever see its like again.

@jamiedetwiler7261 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching the ‘making of’ doc included on the directors cut of the film. That alone was worth the price of the dvd set. There was so much love and effort put into these movies and they still hold up 20 years later.

@extremestuff61 Жыл бұрын

I recently went on holiday to new zealand and saw countless lotr filming locations and edoras was by far the greatest and most beautiful places I have been to. I was completely mesmerized.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Deer Park Heights in Queenstown is another great one, but Edoras is my favourite too because of how remote it is.

@extremestuff61 Жыл бұрын

@@PentexProductions Sadly I was unable to visit the Deer Park Heights filming location. But I definitely will see if I can go next time I visit nz.

@andychap6283 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos, always a highlight when I see an upload

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much - sorry it's been a while since the last one.

@BButcher-hg4nr 5 күн бұрын

My heart says there will never be another trilogy as epic and impactful as LOTR. But my brain REALLY wants it to happen again.

@MerchantIvoryfilms Жыл бұрын

Breaks my heart they took down Edoras....that and the shire are tied for coolest sets ever, i wish someone kept the property with the set still on it

@Matthimeo Жыл бұрын

Nowadays with movies being made on such harsh timelines you’d just end up making it CGI, which is quite tragic as I think the efforts to make this practically is what makes the original trilogy hold up so well.

@toxictony4230 Жыл бұрын

I've actually been up Mt Sunday and across the valley is the gorge used for the Helms Deep wide shots. It all really does have a desolate feel to to the area even though I was there in high summer.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

It's great re-watching The Two Towers after going because you can clearly recognise the valley leading up to Helm's Deep when Aragorn approaches. Magical place.

@kurteberhardt8932 5 күн бұрын

When we were there the valley was covered with clouds even though it was generally a sunny day (but windy). It truly felt like Middle Earth.

@ClearCritique Жыл бұрын

The amount of work put into this film, from location scouting to production design, boggles the mind. In a way it feels like the last of its kind. Good video, man!

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Thanks Clay, I agree - so, so many tiny things all went the right way at that point in time for these movies to happen, and the result was amazing!

@obnoxiousjumper279 Жыл бұрын

the amount of love, care, respect for lore and hard work put into these movies is insane

@Lornext Жыл бұрын

Tolkien would be proud of this, unlike the Amazon abomination.

@Dystisis Жыл бұрын

An extremely nice set, but sorely lacking in size and in nearby villages/settlements. Making Rohan seem like it consisted of < 5000 people was one of the (rare) problems with the trilogy. Similarly with Gondor/Minas Tirith, the lack of nearby villages is a big miss.

@spiffygonzales5160 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I liked the lack of any other settlements. It didn't make sense not to have a bunch of farms outside minas tirith for sure, but it also made the building look that much more grand.

@PentexProductions Жыл бұрын

Agreed that this is one of the few production design flaws in the LOTR films. The cities all look brilliant, but the world-building starts to come apart a bit if you think too hard about it.

@stuffifollow Жыл бұрын

Lotr was just amazing. And how far we discover how the films were made more it amazes me.

@ElanorNarmolanya 5 күн бұрын

My brother and I watched every single scrap of bonus content/BTS that was available on the original discs for these movies. And we were 11-13 years old! I just couldn't believe how much of the stuff that made these incredible stories come to life were ACTUALLY REAL. From the chainmail armor to the great hall of Edoras... That sparked an interest in movie-making/BTS content that has never gone away. However so many movies now lose their magic once you peel back the curtain, like Marvel movies where everything is green screen, the super suits are fake, and most of the actors don't know anything about the story outside their own character's lines for fear of spoilers. 😑 I still get so excited when I see BTS content that ADDS to the magic of the film/show rather than stripping it away. ❤️ But I think LOTR will always be the GOAT for both the final product and the story of how it was made.