With all due respect, you're crazy! In some ways, it surpassed the Lord of the Rings. I've read it at least half a dozen times. They can easily make two movies out of it. In fact, that's probably perfect. God, I hope they get a good director.
Favorite part! (Also the riddles with Gollum parts). I am drooling thinking about that battle imagined on screen. Also wonder if it will show what Gandalf was doing when he disappeared from the book for such large chunks. Like visiting the council, Saruman, etc.. Hope they get back Christopher Lee (Saruman), Hugo Weaving (Elrond), and of course Ian McKellen (Gandalf). Wouldnt be surprised to see Arwen or Legolas, either. Very exciting!
I hope they do that battle justice rather than gloss over it like they did the battle in the opening scenes of the Lord of the Rings.
On the commentary of the Extended DVD, Peter Jackson stated that he wanted that opening sequence to be MUCH longer, but New Line execs wanted the entire opening to be under 7 minutes. Just food for thought...
Personally, they shoulda spent like 15 minutes at least on the opening battle scene, it woulda REALLY added to the movie.
Really thought that would happen on the Extended DVDs. Oh well, 2 movies about the hobbit, Im sure we will get it all in
Boring or not, I can't wait and will watch the Hobbit. Now as for the Silmarillion, imho that a potential trilogy there. Part 1 - can be about the beginning then the pursuit and flight to Middle Earth. Part 2 - the war for the Silmarils Part 3 - the conclusion
[ultra nerd] I'd like to see them show the Istari (wizards) drive Sauron from Dol Guldar. That happens at the same time as the ending sequence of the hobbit. [/ultra nerd] The battle scenes there would be INCREDIBLE. Balrogs, dragons, elves, heck, the fight between and Morgoth and Fingolfin would be worth 8 bucks alone.
Guillermo Del Toro To Direct Back-To-Back Features from THE HOBBIT!?!?! AICN Link Hey folks, Harry here... In the geek community for quite some time, the rumor has been that Guillermo Del Toro was going to be directing THE HOBBIT. The day that the announcement came that Peter Jackson was playing nice with New Line - and that Weta was going to be handling the fx - and everyone was a happy family again... I was talking to Guillermo about some personal issues (the Lapband operation, Guillermo had one quite a while back, and has been encouraging me to take that step. Which I am) - and during that conversation - he suddenly brought up THE HOBBIT and how he wanted to direct it and how he thought it was going to happen. Well now - the trades are reporting on it. I saw the story up this morning on Hollywood Reporter's Story - the writing on this project has not been OFFICIALLY decided yet, due to the Writer's strike, but apparently Jackson and Guillermo will oversee the script's creation. They're saying $150 million per film... and I just wonder... is Ron Perlman going to be the voice of Smaug? And will Gollum suddenly become a man in a costume via Doug Jones? (of course not, Andy Serkis will be back) But you KNOW that Doug Jones is gonna be something awesome in this. When Guillermo and I talked about it, he spoke very heartfelt about how he had to adhere to what Peter had already established - but how he couldn't wait to expand that universe with the environments, creatures and most especially Smaug. I'm giddy. If it can't be Peter Jackson, this guy is a fantastic choice. Great director.
