4.5/5

I am an avid lover of The Lord Of The Rings and really enjoyed reading all these behind the scenes interviews about making the trilogy.

This only took me so long to read because the size of the book made it impossible to carry with me anywhere and so other novels took precedent. However, when I did remember to pick it up I loved the detail and background information of this book, focusing on the filming of the trilogy rather than just talking to the actors as several books of this kind have a tendency to do.

I found the first 50 or so pages a little hard to get through (I think it took me 5 months just to get past this bit!) as this was based on building the structures, scaled down models of the buildings and choosing where to film etc. Personally this was not as interesting to me as the rest of it - the costumes, the weapons, the hair and make-up, the musical score which is whizzed through, absorbing and loving every unknown detail.

It's so bizarre to think of the time and money that went into the filming of the fellowship of the ring when they didn't even know if it would be a box office success or flop. It blows my mind to think of the scale of this project!!

no doubt it is a magnificent book to read specially for those who are interesting in fantasy books and movies .... i don't have a library near to where i'm living now so i want a soft copy...if any...

A nice insight into the making of the Lord of the Rings. Quite an interesting read. I enjoyed it, but I have a couple of criticisms but they're pretty small. It would have been nice to hear a little more from the actors but I understand why there weren't really featured - the main emphasis is the staggering amount of work that all the crew put in. It also focuses almost entirely on the first movie, there might be sequels, if so I'd like to read them. Good for anyone with a keen interest of Lord of the Rings or filmmaking in general.

Good book! Full review coming soon on my blog. :)

Actual rating: 4.5

It was fun reading this book because I was able to learn so much about the processes done to make the TLOTR film trilogy


My only nitpick about this book is the overuse of exclamation points in quoting. It usually feels unnatural and clunk.

grat to see how things were made