Hobbit

[Dragonfire]

Just found something else..looks like Jackson is in talks to direct now.  But of course everything will still be hung up because of the MGM mess.

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/06/25/peter-jackson-in-negotiations-for-the-hobbit/

[Antares]

They start filming in February...

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/breaking-hobbit-gets-its-greenlight-21749

[Antares]

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b206995_hobbit_gets_its_bilbomdashand_many.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_tv-movies

[Najemikon]

I always thought Martin Freeman wouldn't miss out... 

[snowcat]

Im not sure if im looking forward to this or not 

[goodguy]

Im not sure if im looking forward to this or not 

I found the hobbits to be the most annoying part of the LotR movies, so I guess I don't.

[snowcat]

Im not sure if im looking forward to this or not 

I found the hobbits to be the most annoying part of the LotR movies, so I guess I don't.

I never got through the second film..... or the third

[Tom]

Im not sure if im looking forward to this or not 

I found the hobbits to be the most annoying part of the LotR movies, so I guess I don't.

I never got through the second film..... or the third

I watched the first one in the cinema but I had trouble staying awake (it was late, we had bad seats and I was really tired). Of what I remembered of the movie it was boring. Thus I never got around to watch the others. I tried once with the second one, but turned it off after ten minutes. I will give them a chance again, when the extended editions are out on Blu-ray and on bargain.

[Antares]

Im not sure if im looking forward to this or not  

I found the hobbits to be the most annoying part of the LotR movies, so I guess I don't.

That's because Jackson made Pippin look like a complete fool, which, if you read the book, he was not. He was mischievous, but not stupid. And I've always felt that Elijah Wood, resembles what a Hobbit would look like, but he just didn't have the acting chops to pull off the character. He made Frodo appear whiny and petulant. Sean Astin was also miscast. The only one to hit the mark was Dominic Monaghan.

[Najemikon]

I quite liked Aston's interpretation of Sam, but much as I enjoy the films, Elijah Wood sums up everything wrong. He plays the role with wide-eyed naive awe at everything he sees and I think that's how Peter Jackson directed the trilogy. Therefore there is little subtlety, no interpretation of the book (actors just read it out, basically) and a resolve to include stuff that just doesn't work. Walking trees do not good cinema make!

Still, they are magnificent and he pulled off a Herculean task to get them made. I doubt any other version would have been so good.

[samuelrichardscott]

Some set photos and a behind the scenes look from the ugliest and most butt-kissing movie website ever:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/51787

[dfmorgan]

Apparently this is set to become a trilogy link

[Achim]

Two movies seemed a stretch, if just going by the fact that the book is much smaller than any of the other three books. Now a trilogy...?

He article says though, that shooting has ended already. This could mean that a) three movies = more money and b) Jackson does not have a good handle on cutting down all the material he shot...?

On the other hand, I am almost certain it will be fun films to watch, it is just not clear yet how good it will work as an adaptation of the book.

[northbloke]

It's been many a year since I read any of the books, but I remember the Hobbit being aimed at younger readers and being a lot more action-orientated than the LOTR books, which went at a much more leisurely pace, and so conversely maybe the one book has a lot less to cut out than the 3 books.
I just hope we don't end up with films as dragged out as King Kong was.

[Dragonfire]

It has been a while since I read The Hobbit.  I can't remember for sure now, but I thought a lot happened.  Hmm.