Customer Reviews
Are You A Fan Of TLOTR's? - By: N. M. D. Lancaster, 25 Jan 2004 
Fan Of The Lord Of The Rings? Then Get this book, with absolutely stunning scenes from the film with amazing sights from New Zealand. Aswell as it being One Of Three excellent Books, it is the best companion for alll Tolkien fans!
A Must Have!
good book for people intrested in how the film came to life - By: , 25 Oct 2003 a very good insight into the making of the film mastepiece the lord of teh rings filled with drawings & photos this makes a very intresting read although there is not a lot of writing well worth buying for anyone intrested in film
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Superb- A must buy! - By: , 02 Jun 2003 If you are a lover of fine artwork or just a fan of the lord of the rings movie the this is an essential purchase.
One of the reasons the movie was such a big hit is the graphics & scenery in it. This book gives every detail about the graphics- alll the landscapes- from rivendale to the shire, alll the props- from gandalfs pipes to Aragorns sword & Gimli's armour, alll of the Mordor & Isangaard army- from Orcs to the Cave troll & finallly alll of the outfits- from Arwen's dress to Saruman's cloak.
Not only are they alll in the book, but it tells you everything you need to know, it gives you concept sketches, detailed sketches, models & even photos from the movies. A very nice touch is the comments from the art designers about progress & the final outcome.
Futhermore, it is alll presented fantasticallly, so it is easy to flick through & easy to read.
Overalll this book is very interesting at least & sensational at best. A brilliant book which anyone who remotely likes lord of the rings or artwork deserves to buy this book
Inspiring - By: , 18 Jun 2002 
This book covers the artwork for creating most enviroments, like Rivendell, Moria, & alll that. The next part covers the monsters, & the different ideas that they had about creating Orchs, the Cavetroll, & alll the fantasy beasts we encounter in the film & in the book. The next two parts contains the creation of the armor & weapons for the caracters, & finallly the different characters & their clothing.
The artwork in this book is reallly good & inspiring, it reallly shows how good artist they worked with. In every chapter they show first the sketches, & then how it developed to the screen, most enviroments were a mix of computergenerated backgrounds, real film & people wearing masks, like the orchs.
They reallly show how much work it was to make a good movie out of a good book that millions of people have read & have millions of different ideas of the fantasyworld of Middle earth.
I bought this book even though I had said to myself: okay, I will see the movie, of course, & I actuallly liked it, but I will not buy any of these tons of merchandise cr** that will circulate on the market. Like Saruman the toybear, or the mug with Aragorn on the side.
But I bought this book, & I think you should do that if you have any interest in art, or just like pretty books. I belong to both of these groups.
