To celebrate The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Air New Zealand — the official airline of Middle-earth — has unveiled what it calls "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made."
Elijah Wood and Peter Jackson both make appearances, but the real star is the gorgeous New Zealand landscape, which makes watching people fasten their seatbelt and put on oxygen masks a thing of beauty. Try to resist the urge to book a one-way ticket while watching the video below. --Catherine Garcia
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