Making Of Lord of The Rings - Minas Tirith

[13Dani88]

I love Minas Tirith and Faramir is fucking sexy! And I love how it sounds when they say Minas Tirith :)

[johnnomonno]

Minas Tirith is bloody gorgeous!

[genjuro88]

Does someone know with which materials they build the 1:1 parts of MinasTirith (a.o.)? I think I saw them using some sort of styrofoam, but how does it fare against rain or the weather generally? And are they using it for streets and steps too?

Maybe somebody know the material they use - thank you very much.

[Madman2237]

what is numernorian?

[BabbelAmelCamel]

@Madman2237 It is the name of the Gondorian peoples race.

[Vahki100]

@BabbelAmelCamel Right. The people of Gondor called numenorianslived on a island called Numenor which was close to Middle Earth or Arda, however Sauron the deceiver tricked them into attacking the Valar and the Elves, in the following war the whole island sank and many of it's people died, but there were many others who did not follow Sauron and were spared by the Gods, they were led by Elendil and where given land in Middle Earth - Gondor.

[wizzy101fan227]

OH MY GOSH THEY REALLY BUILT MINAS TIRITH!!!! O:

[brown0eyed0cat]

All lord of the rings fans should come together, buy greece and then build this as our capital. Who's with me?!

[popcornpopsyou]

@brown0eyed0cat NO. Buy New Zealand!

[guitarcenter999]

I WANT THAT FUCKING MINIATURE FOR MY ROOM!

[Juustokauppias]

i want those models

[james65508]

@Juustokauppias I have Minas Tirth but the small Minature :) I can upload a video of it :)

[damnt3iktai]

@MihajloM1389 i mean the real one , not inside the scenes.

[damnt3iktai]

did minas tirith got destroyed by catapults as seen in the movie? haha

[Meovah]

David Wenham looks damn cute ... ♥

[TrufflesTheMushroom]

One does not simply build Minas Tirith.

[james65508]

@MrShotgunslayer6 yea :D Fuck Ipods fuck obama and the Politics we need Gondor,Rohan,Ect :D

[Jonathan9393711]

me they should build a whole model of the city and have a contest who would win it as a house LOL

[nintendosims1994]

Most epic movies ever

[lmFromNorway]

HOLY 240p BATMAN

[6digit]

Minas Tirith is my kingdom!

[sumvideos100]

Why Gondor soldier were so bad compared to Orcs, 1 orc seemed to kill like 5 man,

[Vigatos]

@sumvideos100 Outnumbered, demoralized and inexperienced. All the good soldiers were killed off. Bad leadership by a heart broken, power hungry steward. I'm not surprised.

[jokeesieee]

build minas tirith in minecraft :D

[TheAlfaOmegaStar]

sooo nice, i love it

[KingVerdo]

They should make this in Universal Studios because they made Hogwarts why not this?

[ROBHUGHES1453]

I always thought that the gondorians were like the byzantine empire. A mighty capital with inpenetrable walls just like constantinople an old and dying empire after thousands of years byzantines lastes over 1000 years and an amazing millatery just like byzantines :D

[TwilightLink293]

@ROBHUGHES1453 minas tirith walls arent impenetrable in fact its quite vulnerable and the byzantines' military wasnt amazing in fact it wasnt even good hence they got conquered by the turks

[ROBHUGHES1453]

@TwilightLink293 Not good it was one of the best millateries in Europe they got conquered by the ottomans because of the fourth crusade.

[TwilightLink293]

@ROBHUGHES1453 then tell me if it was that good how could constantinople have been conquered by indisciplined crusaders during the fourth crusade ?

[ROBHUGHES1453]

@TwilightLink293 Because of an incapable leader

[petertel123]

@TwilightLink293 numbers

[petertel123]

@TwilightLink293 the byzantine army was probably the strongest amry in the world during the dark ages, in the late medieval era it was still strong but it became a tradition for it's neighbours to sandwich the empire

[clubheadxtasy2]

the city should be an attraction at disneyland haha

[james65508]

@clubheadxtasy2 i agree

[james65508]

@clubheadxtasy2 thats badass

[calebrules0100]

its funny cause in the movies Rohan was so pussy, it was like a village not a fucking city.... But Minas Tirith is FANTASTIC! its great! My favs movies EVER!

[TheVerpine]

@calebrules0100 yeah but i think they made a good move making rohan strong as :)

[calebrules0100]

@TheVerpine

Didn't look strong... it should have been bigger

[ovinophile]

That would be sad job tearing down such beautiful sets...

[Zaidok123]

I have been planing to get a tatto of minas tirith because its such an awesome city, but i think it might be to many details : /

[TheDaki75]

they built some parts of the city fo real? Damn..

[nitagudo]

amidst all ur intense comments. im totally shocked learning that Ian Mckellen while David Wenham is more handsome as Faramir. I thought he was good looking.

[aliddas]

The reason why the army of Gondor in Minas Tirith seemed to be so bad is because the Gondorian's were in military strategy a rampage. Only if their leader was strong enough, such as Elendil, They'd be magnificently strong, Gondor grew weak, remember that, but that's because Denethor, the steward of the Citadel, his reign was weak, which is why it was a good moment for Sauron to strike Gondor. Technically yes, Gondor should be stronger than what you've seen in the movie.

[boringproductions1]

@delvo71 I don't see you out there on the frontlines, fighting a horde of orcs that vastly outnumber you.

[james65508]

why dont we start building Minas Tirth in the mountains and in 15 years boom big and youll see it with your own eye's the worlds biggest project ever!!! who agrees for gondor!!!!

[MultiKillerBot]

@james65508 No, we have to build Numenor!!! For the Numenoreans!!!

[james65508]

@MultiKillerBot naaaa Minas Tirth is way better FOR GONDOR!!!

[MultiKillerBot]

@james65508 Um no........Numenor is an island, Minas Tirtith is a city.Island beats city.

[MultiKillerBot]

@james65508 The soldiers of Numenor were also much stronger than their Gondorian counterparts , except in the Second Age and Fourth Ages , but during the Third Age the Gondorian soldiers only possessed 1/4 of the strength of the Numenoreans .

[cloner98]

@james65508 our architects do not have the skill to make it

[james65508]

@cloner98 but you know in earth we do have engineers and we need alot of people students ect this is can soo cool :D the worlds biggest man made project ever :D

[smilly456]

@james65508 ya but think how much money it would take

[james65508]

@smilly456 who needs money we live in a Universe where Money is BS all we need is tools and alot of engineers :)

[smilly456]

@james65508 dont get me wrong i think its a great idea but we would need a endless amount of funding to pay for the tools and engineer and whos going to live in city with no electricity or gas or internet

[james65508]

smilly456 who needs Electricity,gas,and Internet like really thats all BS living in a world of the lord of the rings is awesome :D being a warrior like an Elf or a Gondoran being in a huge city being carved in white pure marble :D who needs a president we need a king. huge armies like 10,000 maybe 500,000 seeing catapults and huge rocks flying down seeing the dark lord killing the nooby orcs that for me is awesome :D

[angelofdarkness49]

@james65508 Yes it would be awsome, but remember there was no medicine then except simple herbs ect, plus there was more disease like in the medeival times. So not all of it would be good.

[apocalyptica003]

@james65508 Mount Rushmore was the warm-up exercise...

[JTeamjesters]

@james65508 it will be the next wonder of the world!

[reg074]

Im a Kiwi and i cringe every time i hear Richard Taylors voice

[samm1809]

HARDLY the white city. it looks NOTHING like birmingham.

[gamospitosarxidis]

i totally agree with you delvo71

[selearemus]

minas tirith should be constructed

[Danie9989]

i myself am a total lord of the rings fanatic but the only thing that annoys me about the movie is how ordinary gondorian and rohan soldiers are always getting massacured unless they are using there bows or on horse back. just look at the battle of helms deep even the elves did not fair very well in hand to hand combat.

[MultiKillerBot]

@Danie9989 The reason why Rohan didnt do too well against the Uruk Hai was because their army depended on Cavalry ,90% of Rohan's army is made up of Cavalry. The elves didnt do too well because those were the Silvian(wood)elves , if the Noldor elves were there the Uruk hai would have been killed.Gondor got owned because many of their troops werent fully trained while the Morannon orcs were all Heavy infantry and had months to years of training .Hope it helped.

[Danie9989]

Thanks i guess i have to go back to the books and keep studying! on the open field the rohirrim could take on just about anything but holed up in helms deep they did not fair well. one thing about gondorian soldiers is that they had way more armor then the average rohirrim soldier chainmail vs chainmail and plate armor. you would think that they would have a much better chance but the orc is mostly superior in close combat. one force that does not get enough credit is are the rangers of ithilien

[MultiKillerBot]

@Danie9989 Well the Gondorian soldier's armour in the War of the Ring was just a thin layer sheet of steel , it may look tough but its actually not.The Ithilien rangers are strong because they were cousins to the Dunaidan rangers and have more Numenorean blood then the regular Gondor troops.The orcs are superior in close combat because they use barbaric tactics and Gondorins use imperial tactics . Barbaric gives the orcs more ways to fight but imperial lessensGondor's troops of fighting.

[Danie9989]

@MultiKillerBot i totally agree with you that in the close quarters of osgiliath the barbaric orc is much superior against well disciplined gondorian soldiers in the thick of battle and especially the rangers of ithilien who are much more suited to ambushing and attacking at a range.

it surprises to me that its just a thin layer of steel i guess that why during the invasion of western osgiliath the orc archer was able to penetrate the soldiers armor although it was at a fairly close range.

[MultiKillerBot]

@Danie9989 Yeah me too.....the Gondorians were better off with their Numenorean version of armour.

[BlowShitUp12]

@Danie9989 Well its not that they are weak its that they are against impossible odds.At helms deep it was 10,000 Uruk Hai vs like 250 wood elves and 250 Rohans.At Minas Tirith it was 200,000 orcs +many creatures and Mannish allies vs 2300 Gondor troops. Note in the movie Gondor Does Not get the 2700 reinforcements from its provinces(ex.Knights of Dol Amroth,archers of Morthond Vale.)unlike in the book.These odds would surely make their morale drop alot making it very easy for the orcs to kill.

[Danie9989]

@BlowShitUp12

part 1 In minas tirith each level is 100 feet higher than the next so in a siege if the firstlevel is taken the orcs attempting to go to the next gate will get showered by arrows everytime that they were visible so the capture of the city could only be done with massive losses for the attacker because

[Danie9989]

@BlowShitUp12

part 2 every time they would try to break down a gate they would be exposed and firing at the second level with bows is usles because the arrow would of lost so much force by the time it hit an armored archer which was very unlikley because they had so much cover to fire from

[BlowShitUp12]

@Danie9989Part 1. I agree that the Gondorian archers didnt really take any casualities from orc archers because they had alot of cover from the top of the walls. However if you look at Minas Tirith when the Nazgul are descending upon it you can see that most of Minas Tirith's troops were positioned on the 1st level of the city. The ones on the 7th evel were members of the Citadel guards and were used for counterattacks only.

[BlowShitUp12]

@Danie9989 Part 2.Also if you looked carefully when the orcs were breaching Minas Tirith's gate the archers are firing down upon them but theres just too many and only the archers on the first level are firing because like I said most of the troops were on the first level and when the gate was breached they were retreating so its very hard to set up archers on all the levels when the enemy is right behind you. They had trolls remember ? So it wasnt that hard to break the gates.

[DemiathDoomhammer]

haha, you gotta love Billy Boyd's (Pippin) pronounciation of minas tirith.. mänas täräth!! haha!

[F1zzzy90]

so are all those orcs just computer made or what ? lol

[jordy619hi]

@F1zzzy90 actors with lots and lots of make up

[hmng2piano]

its making movie fun like prince of persia

[ASunnyWorld]

Minas Tirith Is Based On "Mont Saint Michel".

Look It Up.

[effinretards]

damn ian mckellen's voice is f'ing awesome look  at how he says minas tirith

[TonyMC007]

its looks like the Kingdom of Boletaria in Demons Soul's

thanks or the upload !

[cefanine]

my favorite city

[hannigan06]

any one want to help me build a real Minas Tirith?

[T3mpl3r4]

Was ter Typ der in X-men Magneto gespielt hat, spielt in lotr Gandalf?

[BiffaTW]

The actors seem a little stuck to describe it initially, but Minas Tirith is one of the most iconic buildings in the entire trilogy.

[CtlBrandon]

I'll have a large minas tirith set built some day :P

[vikyBIMVIEA]

minas tirith is very awesomeeeeee

[vukasinthevule]

i heard rumors that david wenham(faramir) is going to play the role of Arthas in the upcoming wow movie anyone know if that is true?

[deytrox]

just rumors m8.

[PotterSuccess]

@vukasinthevule i dun think so, sorry to tell you that

[foreverinlove777]

dude i LOVE faramir

[nutbustedhaji]

faramir is also my favorite character. it seems strange. other people would go for aragorn, or legolas, or gandalf.. or frodo... but i LOVE faramir, and sam too.

[Meovah]

@nutbustedhaji He is mine fav character too. :) I like him in the books, sometimes I just read only the scenes where he is, hehe... And I like very much how David Wenham has portrayed him. :)

[oOoGaladoOo]

I love the idea, that Minas Tirith is rationed in 7 rings and each ring is seperated by the gates...

I'd like to live there :)

[lotrman123]

you are not so smart :)

[hollKjeftda]

any1 knows where i can download all the behind the scenes material to LOTR? :)

[calumelliott]

you can probaly get it through a bittorrent if you have utorent

p.s if you dont and dont know what it is just look it up

[Joggaa18]

BUY IT YOU FOOL ;)

[slezy108]

one of my teachers said that Gondorians were the army and the rohirrim are the minute men

[thelotrfan100]

did they leave minas tirith up as a touring atrraction

[smonoco]

no, unfortunately nearly all the sets were destroyed once they had finished with them

[delvo71]

I don't like how in the movies Peter made Gondor look extremely weak. I mean, Gondor was meant to be strong, prosperous, and just really nice overall. He made the city great, but the troops were fleeing and confused when he should've showed them as strong, brave men who fought for their city...just my opinion.

[liammaier]

But its the weak humans that fall for the ring the quickest. Of course they also flee ^^

[JaredTheOmega12]

yeah I didnt really like that either. After watching helms deep where the elves and soldiers of rohan fought bravely it was kind of a change of scenery to see some soldiers fleeing. However I think it was sort of made up for after gondor attacks back with the trebuchets and fights the orcs and attack trolls that break through the gate.

[GoodRiddance7230]

he was being realistic. if u want fantasy men not scared of thousands of troops and certain death watch 300. this is lotr, he wanted to show what really would happen in battle. there was 600 orcs to one man, in real life this battle wouldve lasted about 6 hours.

[delvo71]

I don't agree to that at all. 300 is nothing like this at all, so why reference this to them. Plus 300 was not fantasy men. They were real. Also on a side note, Rohan was outnumbered as well, but they stood their ground and fought. They did not flee, so...my point exactly is he messed up.

[djbanizza]

I personally liked the despair shown in Gondor's lines which was due to the fact that they were overwhelmed and had no leader. Once Gandalf took leadership they started fighting back though I can't remember if that development is true to the book ...

[LimesNorrlandicus]

Not strong or proseperous perhaps compared to its glory days. But I definetly agree that PJ made the soldiers look really silly... The orcs tend to win battles one on one vs Gondorians (like at Osgiliath) which is beyond ridiculous.

[ObikweluFan]

I agree every battle scene seems to have some poor Gondorian being whooooped!

[MultiKillerBot]

@ObikweluFan Well orcs are much more powerful than regular humans , only Numenoreans were more powerful then them , during the third age Gondor's army deteriorated from the Numenoreans class to regular humans so they wouldnt be able to fight well anyway.

[TNMJAD]

The Lord of the Rings Book five chapter 4 The Siege of Gondor. "But soon there were few left in Minas Tirith who had the heart to stand up and defy the hosts of Mordor,. For yet another weapon, swifter than hunger, the Lord of the Dark Tower had: dread and despair... ...At length even the stout-hearted would fling themselves to the ground as the hidden menaced passed over them, or they would stand letting their weapons fall from nerveless hands..."

[delvo71]

ah yes perfect message, cowar in the face of fear ol' hearty, prosperious ones! ..

sorry for broke language

[gabrieljonssoneger]

@delvo71 U have right ^^

[hannigan06]

I can't say I agree with you. I've read the books and scene the movies. The books are better, however you can't put everything the books had into a movie like this. It would be way to long. I mean Saruman doesn't die in Isangard on Orthanc. That happens in the Shire. When Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry return from the celebrations in Gondor finding them waiting for them.Or in the Two Towers Helms Deep. Elves don't come the dark forest does. So the book and movie are different you can't compare.

[wildgirl142]

@hannigan06 welll i think he did a great job, it's sometimes nice to have a movie that doesn't have all the elements and scenes that the book offers.

[hannigan06]

@wildgirl142 I'm not saying he didn't I'm just saying I love them both but there not the same considering that they were filmed out of sequence meaning the films.

[togio100]

@delvo71 I'm going to have to disagree with you. He makes them powerful at times. They're at least brave when they're defending Osgiliath. And remember, the presence of all nine Nazgul during the battle probably put an extra element of fear into their hearts.

also, they were up against a force of 200,000 orcs. I think anyone would wet their pants at just the thought of having to confront that kind of army.

[MultiKillerBot]

@togio100 yeah i agree with you Gondor only had 10,000 vs 200,000 plus the 1,000easterlings and 1,000 haradrim , 100 trolls and wargs 20 catapults and siege towers and all nine nazgul at least the spearmen and archers did alot damage but the swordsman werent that good though what do you think??

[togio100]

@MultiKillerBot I wasn't really noticing whether the swordsmen were up to snuff or not. I was watching all the other bajillion awesome things going on in that battle.

Seriously, I never noticed. ANd I don't think they did that badly for a crowd of extras and stuntmen.

at the end of the day, ROTK still has the best battles scenes in any modern film (sorry Two Towers and Avatar), so I suppose it doesn't matter if certain details are out of whack

[MultiKillerBot]

@togio100 Hell yeah ROTK IS AWESOME!!!!!

[cannabisabuser]

Too bad that for many decades the city's been corrupted (or at least the Stewart's mind has been) by Sauron, so the morale has significantly dropped. Soldiers were also running amok when it was besieged because of Denethor's fear itself, until Gandalf took charge of everything. That actually is a big part of the third book, because if the city was to be as strong as it was many years before, there wouldn't be much significance to the return of the king.

[Dolf9271986]

@delvo71 Yeah, but don't forget that Denethor was ruling...

[raino1000]

@delvo71 yep basicly he had an point cause the king i mean the throne keeper was like IM SO SMART U ALL ARE RETARDS HAHAHA GO F YOURSELVES ROHAN AND GANDALF HAHA i think thats cause gondor was going to fall the throne keeper stewart or whatever he was didnt think that orcs are going to attack he was like I WANT THE RING he was kinda possesed or sth like boromir was at beginning he was like GIMME THA RING RETARD HOBBIT and thats why he died it is year weak put has a point there

[Tripyourift2]

@delvo71 In the books they did flee, it states during the seige that only the men from Dol Amroth were brave enough to stand and defend the first lvl, the rest ran to the 2nd. However, PJ did show that, in the books, the men that ran also regrouped and even pushed the orcs out of the city and fought on the Pelennor with the Rohirrim in a pitched battle, something I think he should have shown.

[MultiKillerBot]

@Tripyourift2 mmm P.J doubled the size of the enemy army , plus he started the siege way too early in the books it starts at midnight , in the movies 6 hours earlier .Also In the book Gondor had 7,000 men in the movie P.J didnt show the reinforcements so they only had about 5,000 . Also in the book the orcs never made it into the city so the gondor armies didnt have to drive them out .

[MultiKillerBot]

@Tripyourift2 In the books not only the knight of Amroth stood there ground a few others did as well , Also because P.J started the siege 6 hours earlier the orcs had plenty of time to move into the city . I still think Gondor did fine in the movie considering they only had 5,000 in the movie .

[Jysey]

@delvo71 yeah but gondor was at it weakest state whitout a king not unifid anymore and not as wealthy anymore having lost de dunedains

[Tess1061]

Peter clearly wanted to show how the city had begun to slowly deteriorate over time without a proper King. The Stewart of Gondor was not much of a leader at all and he definitely wasn't the type to inspire his people with a speech and make them all prideful and full of hope. He was a very loathing bitter old man that did not take the city and its people's best interest at heart. I think Peter captured that terrifically.

[riffsesolos]

@delvo71 the book describes gondor as a fading kingdom. Middle-Earth is at its dark times, that's why Minas Tirith is this way. It shows all the sadness and nostalgia for the shining years of the old Kings.

[dumbcheese123]

@delvo71 in the book they were cowering aswell

[Guanchen]

@delvo71 agree. Although I don't feel Gondor at that point and time was really that strong, but Mina Tirith is a city more fortified than helm's deep. It baffles me when some catapult hurl some rock and breach the city walls.

[samm1809]

@delvo71 i do see what you're saying, but if he made them COMPLETELY fearless and aggressive, it would have sort of ruined the whole idea that there is a question presented throughout the trilogy about whether men are too weak and selfish to save middle earth that is only answered at the end of the story.

[mathias510]

@delvo71 I agree with you with the men fleeing and stuff, but they were getting those orders from a mad man..

[iam1and1isme]

@delvo71 he tried to follow what tolkien had written in the book, and minas tirith itself was... weak and i quote from the book "yet in truth falling year by year into decay; and already lacked half the men that could have dwelt at ease there"... and bout the troops fleeing "but the faithful who remained there at their posts were few; most had fled beyond the second gate"

[BAMF5550123]

@delvo71 Yes agreed, but I think he did it to show the audience how bad of a steward Denethor was.

[5uckRogers]

@delvo71 The city and its inhabitants reflect the downfall of numenorian culture aswell as the white tree from Numenor until Aragorn claims the throne for the Numenor Kings again. And btw. the soldiers are as brave as they could possibly be facing a ten times larger army than their own. In this case the courage of the men is the only thing that remained unshaken, reasonably they are frightened though.

[BlowShitUp12]

@5uckRogers Ten times? How is 200,000+ besieging a citadel with only about 2,000-3,000 troops 10x? If you ask me its about 80-100 times greater.

[12345678909269]

@BlowShitUp12 The orc arme was around 600 000 orcs, not sure but Gondor's army should be around 50 000

[BlowShitUp12]

@12345678909269 No it was more like 200,000 orcs vs a few thousand Gondorian soldiers 2,000-3,000.

[SpudNip17]

@BlowShitUp12 Actually if you divide 200,000 by 2000 you get 100 and 3000 = 66.6 % :P

Just ignore this comment btw I was bored XD

[m0tionlessskull]

@delvo71 but wasn't it that those people were very influenced by Denethor. And by that influence they weren't as brave but more worried about their own life.

[SATANECRONOMICUS]

@m0tionlessskull Good point. Good point.

[mrocean21]

@delvo71 it did show the troops as being brave and strong but they were outnumbered and were given orders by an ailing king. At that time in the movie the City had slowly decayed and therefore vulnerable to attack. So Peter balanced it quite well i believe.

[dinohunter17]

@delvo71 Yeah I can definitely understand the disappointment. But that's part of the theme that people had been talking about all throughout the book. Gondor is only a shadow of its former self, and it has waned and fallen to shadow. I feel like he captured the truth of Gondor very well, though it is kinda sad.

[evil33t]

@delvo71

That way he wouldn't cause viewer's fear of man losing the battle in my opinion, everything got it's purpose i guess :P

[jagguy1225]

@delvo71 I totally agree; the Gondorian soldiers came off as weaker than they should have been.

[gerhajdu]

I'd like to have a miniature like that.

[barod1]

same and buy and paint little soilders from this game shop i know and place them around and make it look like its alive and just showcase that in a place in my room

[VasilyMosin]

lol you mean the games owrkshop? warhammer ahah

[barod1]

owrkshop i mean games workshop ahah

[VasilyMosin]

u mean* :P haha but yer lol

[rockonmario]

it's amazing what cinematography can do

[chickenShit]

0:13

[gangfinn]

1:16 looks like harry potter!! :P

[Incorepted]

omg :24 Gandalf!

[Indil11]

Já miluju Pána prstenů, je to geniální dílo:)