Learn airplane safety from elves, hobbits, and orcs, courtesy of Air NZ

Updated On: 02 November, 2012 07:08 AM IST | | Agencies

Airline safety videos aren't known for being particularly creative. Here's how the tray-table works. Lavatories are in the back. Sit down. Don't move. The end.

Learn airplane safety from elves, hobbits, and orcs, courtesy of Air NZ

But Air New Zealand decided to do something with its preflight video by honoring the upcoming film The Hobbit. The safety video is inspired by the upcoming film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first in a trilogy of movies from director Sir Peter Jackson, who was also behind the smash hit hugely successful The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.

Gollum-style flying: u00a0A 13-metre sculpture of Tolkien character Gollum looming over passengers at Wellington Airport. Pic/AFP