EPTReally? Is it any good? I watched the LotR's animated film and was apalled.
[Movie] The Hobbit Trilogy - Page 3
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Falling
Canada11363 Posts
Really? Is it any good? I watched the LotR's animated film and was apalled. | ||
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
I guess it's just down to what people wanted from this. If you wanted a full-blown prequel to the LotR that covers much more than just Bilbo's adventure, you will be happy. If you, like me, just wanted Bilbo's story told, you will be concerned and skeptical of what Jackson's doing. | ||
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reincremate
China2215 Posts
On July 31 2012 08:29 BerserKr wrote: Well why would they expect the same lol. Lets not forget The Hobbit =/= LoTR, I'd imagine people that didnt read The Hobbit getting dissapointed it's not similar to LoTR, but even on the most basic things they are completley different types of writting, lets not forget Tolkien wrote The Hobbit for his sons as a night read book. I thought The Hobbit was more entertaining. LotR was some silly white nationalist fantasy where they broke into song every 10 pages. | ||
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Peqqz
Germany201 Posts
Waited so long... since... forever! | ||
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RCMDVA
United States708 Posts
We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain untold if we do not take this chance. The richness of the story of The Hobbit, as well as some of the related material in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, allows us to tell the full story of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the part he played in the sometimes dangerous, but at all times exciting, history of Middle-earth. | ||
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Apolo
Portugal1259 Posts
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EAGER-beaver
Canada2799 Posts
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b0mBerMan
Japan271 Posts
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Beorning
United States243 Posts
Also very interested in how they cut the story. oh oh oh, and some people found newly registered domain names today : "The Desolation of Smaug" and "The Battle of Five Armies." So I guess those would be for the second movie? Whichever they decide on, "An Unexpected Journey" is the name of the first one. And I can't see them not using "There and Back Again" for the final movie. | ||
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danl9rm
United States3111 Posts
On July 31 2012 06:02 Falling wrote: Well from the previous thread (my one regret about locking the other one is losing the other conversations.) Uhh, +10 Nazgul? For all you haters saying they're milking it, get out! You have got to be kidding me. You can't milk Lord of the Rings, or even The Hobbit (I include the hobbit when I think of LOTR). It's the book(s) that keeps on giving. Almost all of the lore you guys think is new and innovative in these video games and movies now-a-days is just a rip off of Tolkien. So, don't even! | ||
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Daniri
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Whitewing
United States7483 Posts
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NuttyFudgesicle
United States29 Posts
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Kaien
Belgium178 Posts
On August 01 2012 05:10 NuttyFudgesicle wrote: I don't understand.. A trilogy? Maybe two movies at most. There was only ONE book. Everyone in film knows that a page of a book usually equates to about one minute of film. For the other three books, there was not enough time in the movies for every little part of all the books. Not having enough material means only one thing, they are going to add in what was not in the book to fill gaps. Something like this will please some and absolutely ruin it for other hardcore fans. Have you actualy read any of the above posts? There is more then enough material written by tolkien for at least 3 movies. | ||
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NuttyFudgesicle
United States29 Posts
On August 01 2012 05:54 Kaien wrote: Have you actualy read any of the above posts? There is more then enough material written by tolkien for at least 3 movies. Yes I have. Like I said, one page of a book equates to about one minute of film. This is the major reason when books are used to create movies there is almost always material that gets cut, including the extended version of LotR. There simply is not enough time. However, The Hobbit is about three hundred pages depending on the edition so that is really about two movies. No matter how you edit the film, there is going to have to be at least some new material which gets added in that was not in the original book or expect to see many stretched scenes of traveling, etc. Don't get your hopes up if you expect a 2.5/3 hour film with an extended version for all three of them, it simply can't happen without major additions or reaching back into the other books. I am not saying it is impossible, as in the other LotR movies they had many long scenes and still did not use all of the material, the same may be true for The Hobbit. 100 pages per movie, with drawn out scenes and a couple additions could work fine, but I cannot see it being nearly as long as the other movies. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
Anyways, the audiobook for the Hobbit is ~5 hours long. The bits the are going to be added (like Dol Guldur) could easily give enough content for 3 movies I think. Watch the LOTR movies and read the books. Watch the LOTR movies extended edition and read the books. A whole shit load was still left out. | ||
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Eufouria
United Kingdom4425 Posts
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
On August 01 2012 06:54 Eufouria wrote: I'm not sure how I feel about Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, he always seems to give his characters a slightly pathetic feel and I don't know if that really suits Bilbo's character. That's one of Bilbo's qualities throughout the book. As long as Freeman can pull of the cunning/confident(cocky) aspect as well, there should be no problems. | ||
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Undrass
Norway381 Posts
On August 01 2012 06:45 NuttyFudgesicle wrote: Yes I have. Like I said, one page of a book equates to about one minute of film. This is the major reason when books are used to create movies there is almost always material that gets cut, including the extended version of LotR. There simply is not enough time. However, The Hobbit is about three hundred pages depending on the edition so that is really about two movies. No matter how you edit the film, there is going to have to be at least some new material which gets added in that was not in the original book or expect to see many stretched scenes of traveling, etc. Don't get your hopes up if you expect a 2.5/3 hour film with an extended version for all three of them, it simply can't happen without major additions or reaching back into the other books. Which is exactly what is happening. The movies will contain stuff from the appendixes of LotR, which is a lot of information. The appendix part is about 100 pages (in the Norwegian version, and a lot of it is probably not relevant to the hobbit), and about as dense as the Encyclopedia Britannica. If Peter Jackson wants to, he can make a lot more than a measly three movies out of the hobbit + LotR appendix. | ||
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TheAngelofDeath
United States2033 Posts
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