This weekend I went to an amazing exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural History. It was the Lord Of The Rings: The Exhibition and it contains literally hundreds of movie props from the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy.
From the One Ring to a 20 foot miniature mill that took three months to make and was on screen for 2 seconds to a replica of Boromir in a canoe after his death (see above), the exhibit was incredible. What really caught my eye was the details. WETA Workshop created the props for the LOTR.
Each piece was a work of art in itself. Gandalf's sword had elvish runes inscribe underneath the handle. King Theoden's costume was probably my favorite. King Theoden was the king of the Rohan, a race known for their horsemanship. The costume had a horse motif. Every inch had a horse on it. It was beautiful.
It would take me too long to adequately describe all the wonderful things that I saw. It was a look into movie magic.
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How cool is it that you were able to go see this? It would have been great to see everything they do to make a movie look great.
Very Cool
I'm glad you got to go, sounds like it was fun!
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