The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King {Designing and Building Middle Earth Big atures} 

it's because of stuff like this, these movies are going to outlast the test of time.

tis crazy to think about took 6 years 97-03 so worth it

The story itself is also very awesome. The entire 4 hours is constant tension and feels like a war

It will look great forever because it was real. Not CGI.

Can confirm. Looks amazing and holds up to this day! Rewatching the trilogy with some friends who have never seen it.

it will looks great forever, this is a timeless classic

@@temporarymomentary There was a ton of CGI to make these miniatures work the way they do. It's about the synthesis. Their are tons of old movies with fake-looking miniatures. These look good because of the careful consideration put into every aspect of the film.

I had the same thought! And where the inspiration was drawn from was quite creative, specific, and unique

Doing the same thing

I would too lmao at least helms deep

Do you know for sure?

What’s his address?

The BigBalvin *Currently finding his address.*

I hope he kept some of them. But sadly.. many of them are destroyed :(. I would put them all in a museum.

The Hobbit was offensively bad

I saw it too lol

An iron duckie

That part was a little creepy lol

haha keen eye

I don't trust Peter after how much he milked the Hobbit. Fuckin disaster.

@@tylerwerner291 It wasn't Peter's fault. Watch the documentary on the Hobbit. He was forced to do the films in a fraction of the time he was allowed to take with the LOTR trilogy, which had him stressed out and anxious the entire time. He didn't even want to do it because of the time restraints. It's an interesting story but sad that it cheapened what could have been an excellent film.

They are trying to use as little cgi as possible in the show

@@TheBuefurd Lotr trilogy still came out each year same as Hobbit tho

Since they payed so much money only for the rights they better put some fokin effort, and yea they working with new line I read somewhere

Sucks, doesn't it?

To be fair, WB only gave him a year in between to spit out each individual film. He did not have the time frame that he had for the LOTR trilogy. It's not entirely his fault

Not at all! Watch Blade Runner 2049...

@@johndelzoppo1366 Erm, yes he did. Just like LotR, The Hobbit movies were all shot at once. The one year in between the movies was only for post-ptoduction as all movies were shot before the first one hit cinemas. LotR also only had 1 year in between.

But nonetheless, The Hobbit is still a solid trilogy. Not in the same league as LotR, but solid

For a scene that was cut from the theatrical release. The directors cut is a masterpiece.

no point really, it would costs too much and takes too much time, you can see this video the actual model and then the process, the touch up is so much it end up looks like CGI because of the lighting and stuff, but of course it has some dream like quality there, a lot of the sections are made specifically for close up shots, scenes that are too far away can greatly cost reduced by blue/green screen, also let's talk about stuffs, the stuffs most movie makes ends up destroyed due to copyrights law etc or split to keep by everyone else, just because when the franchise or the trilogy is not big enough to secure a long term showroom/museum/ warehouse , paying rent for these place costs a lot, I worked in props company before, we were throwing away so so much props, is a shame, I wish to kept some of the stuffs too, but I was not allowed to, unless I'm being sneaky, and those promotional props for malls, just omg, after the whole advertisement ended, we the clean up crew had to smash and destroy and dispose of the props and stuffs, such a heartbreaking job, I hope they did kept the rivendell, helms deep and most important Minas Trinith somewhere. ........

@@ShengTheCraftsman Your inane rant doesn't change the fact that the miniature/cgi combo in this trilogy holds up better after nearly twenty years than the Hobbit, or any other pure cgi movies hold up after five minutes of release.

@@Archetype77 you are just being bias, that's all, the end of conversation

@@ShengTheCraftsman cgi is more expensive

​@@Archetype77 true

Ohhh you are here 😂😂😂

They're actually hidden at an undisclosed location.

​@@BasePuma4007could you elaborate? They're hidden?

@@hntrl8880 Yes, they are hidden at an undisclosed location in New Zealand that only a handful of people know the location to, which includes Peter Jackson. It is to protect some of the highly detailed miniatures from theft. Some of those miniatures - such as the Minas Tirith one - are immensely valuable due to the significance of the trilogy and the huge amount of highly skilled labor required to make them.

Depends on how good the CG work is, just like any other medium

The problem with CGI is that when it's good, you never notice it. You only notice the bad CGI.

And I want it to be even bigger, like an actual huge city having walls extending outwards from the existing city with farmlands and homes in it. That'd be so cool lol

I'd live there. Make me the garbageman, privy cleaner, whatever. I'd do it for free just for the privilege of living there.

I’m still waiting for that movie.

It's the audiobook. On audible.

Tomorrow We Live Can you give more details or how can I find it? 🙏

Skrivbordslampan This is from the Appendices of the Return of the King Extended Edition

Actually he would have hated these films for what they did to his beloved characters. But as a tolkien fan, I'd give them a 7/10.

Rey D-ex Trow yes, there was a face!

He didn't have time or any prep to do any of these miniatures because WB wanted him to immediately start filming after Guillermo left or they'd replace him.

True, but Peter Jacksons one of the most powerful directors in Hollywood who won WB 17 oscars. I feel like he could have put his foot down/ delayed shooting had he really wanted to

@@griffinh21 Not really. Jackson was one of the producers and they had already given Del Toro and team a lot of money, combine that with WB being in financial trouble and the fact that they had to attract (I think) 4 more producers to shell out the money for the project to not be a complete failure and you have a recipe for disaster. There was also some conflict with the New Zealand actors guild. Lindsey Ellis made a great documentary about the Hobbit films, sheds a whole new light on them.

@@griffinh21 Lindsey Ellis has a great video series explaining exactly what went down behind the scenes. I'd advise checking it out.

Elemental_Phoenix Cool, I'll check it out! Clearly, there's a lot of behind the scenes stuff I was unaware of

Brian Carter It was pretty strange and unnecessary so they took it out

Your Mum's got them.

There are some directors today still use CGI but when it unnoticeable. Guillermo Del Toro still uses CGI even though he blends it with practical effects. It’s all in “How You Use CGI” properly. The Star Wars Prequels were using too much CGI and looked terrible. Even in the Hobbit Trilogy. Dead Man’s Chest is a great example of how to use it properly. I thought Davy Jones was an actor in a suit but that was all motion capture and the cgi of Jones made me believe “it was real”. The there I couldn’t tell if it was practical or cg.

I think he was referring that the crew is privileged with having such a sense of vocation rather than your average adult working a job they hate. It's in the sense of 'do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life" mist people don't get to do what they love for a living

Right! People don’t know that he was a devout Christian who always had his bible open when he wrote LoTR.

@@AtlanteanVrilChad GRRM certainly knew it though lol

Tolkein was a Christian and actually had the Bible open every time he wrote LoTR.

I believe 666 is the number of the Morningstar. The heroic hero-King. Jesus basically. 616 is the beast’s number. Of course they don’t want people to know this truth, all that is bad is good all that is good is bad. They want to convince you that Jesus is Evil when he is not. Don’t fall for their deception.

@@AtlanteanVrilChad Even saita open the Bible to deceive people and to currupt their brain accordingly. There who don't believe in Jesus name or believe that he is God of heaven and earth will be deceived by that same devil.

@@dhardhirdruha6916 Jesus is a mortal man not God. Wralda and Jesus are two different people. He was the SUN of God. The morningstar. The one who shines the brightest. You have been deceived. The bible was written by 🔯 to deceive people.

@@AtlanteanVrilChad According to all the Previous Prophets Messiah is God Almighty. According to Jesus Christ himself he is Son of God (i.e equivalent to God) From the first book Genesis to the Last book Revelation Jesus Christ has shown God of heaven and earth. There is only one bright morning star present in this world which had not fallen and it is Jesus Christ. All those who had been created as bright morning star were fallen and failed. Indeed the Jew wrote the holy Bible because Jesus Christ came for the lost tribes of the Jew (Israel) to save them. And anyone who believe in God Jesus Christ will be saved from his punishment of sin as he/she has believe in the Son of Almighty.

Do better 😉

this guy sucks. you build one real quick. didn't they have different ones for different takes as well.

Its looked fantastic my guy. Theres a lot of fans put there who can tell you the same. This movie won awards for a reason.

And you can do better? Oh wait you can't, your just a person who watches youtube videos...wow what talent haha!

Nice try trolling lol