The Hobbit (Movie)

[a completely inoffensive name]

Latest Hobbit trailer looks sick.

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Sorry Subo for stealing your joke. :)

[rajpoot]

The dwarves' song is haunting...I've listened to like a hundred times....

I wish they'd put the entire song in the movie...

[Papewaio]

The dwarves in the Hobbit (book) are quite comical. The scene with the trolls is humorous.

They dropped the most powerful entity in LoTR movie from the book... Tom da Bomb.

So whilst the movies aren't 1:1 with the books. The dwarves in the hobbit book are far more funny the Gimli in LoTR book.

After all one wandering dwarf is a lot more pathetic then a hardcore group of dwarves. One is a hobo the other is a drunken party.

[Vuk]

The dwarves in the Hobbit (book) are quite comical. The scene with the trolls is humorous.

They dropped the most powerful entity in LoTR movie from the book... Tom da Bomb.

So whilst the movies aren't 1:1 with the books. The dwarves in the hobbit book are far more funny the Gimli in LoTR book.

After all one wandering dwarf is a lot more pathetic then a hardcore group of dwarves. One is a hobo the other is a drunken party.

You are right, the dwarves did and should add a lot of humor, but not in a way that belittles them so. They look less like a group of hardcore warrior dwarves getting drunk and partying and more like a group of 5 and 10 year olds on Sesame Street. Did I forget to mention their ridiculous, cheap appearances?

[Vladimir]

You are right, the dwarves did and should add a lot of humor, but not in a way that belittles them so. They look less like a group of hardcore warrior dwarves getting drunk and partying and more like a group of 5 and 10 year olds on Sesame Street. Did I forget to mention their ridiculous, cheap appearances?

And the staff. Don't forget the staff!!!

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Not gonna watch it even if the whole world praises it. Yes, I'm biased.
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[HopAlongBunny]

Now all we need is the pre-quel: Silmarillion; shot with a cast of 1000's ala the The Ten Commandments.

What good is mythology w/o a creation story?

[rajpoot]

The Silmarillion would probably do better as a soap opera considering it's scope. They'll have to write a lot of extra content for individual stories to prevent it from looking like a documentary (ala Walking with the Dinosaurs....and Walking with the Elves just won't be as interesting).

Seriously though, if done properly a soap based on Silmarillion would be a hit.

[a completely inoffensive name]

They dropped the most powerful entity in LoTR movie from the book... Tom da Bomb.

Tom Bombadil (sp?) would have ruined the movie. The quest would suddenly become meaningless when they ran into what is essentially Tolken putting himself into the story. Oh an entity that has been around since middle earth began? And he is so superior to everyone else the ring is meaningless to him? Yeah, audiences wouldn't have understood the significance.

[lars573]

They dropped the most powerful entity in LoTR movie from the book... Tom da Bomb.

Who's existence makes no sense what so ever in terms of the plot. And is the typical example of the meandering mess that the Fellowship of the ring can be at times. Peter Jackson did everyone a favor by excising him whole sale from the movie.

[Vladimir]

I completely understand the criticism. People don't want real life in movies, especially fantasy movies. The crisper movement means there is less art to it and the brain can't abstract as much. Plus, like Lemur posted, people have been doing it for so long it's familiar.

I can see the difference and am glad they're improving the frame rate, although I've always been concerned about the artificiality of using frames. Why isn't it done per pixel, or is it already? "Movies" are still old-fashioned moving pictures.

It will take time for audiences to move on and filmmakers to make it more visually appealing.