Haven't seen a thread for this yet, so I thought I'd create one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTSoD4BBCJc
Looks pretty cool to me.
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Haven't seen a thread for this yet, so I thought I'd create one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTSoD4BBCJc
Looks pretty cool to me.
Next Decemeber?
G'damn that is some serious post production time. Isn't this movie already over budget by a zillion dollars?
I hate it when movies are advertised a year out. I want to see it NOW!!!!
http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/a...eruca_salt.jpg
I loved the trilogy, so I'll probably enjoy The Hobbit all the same.
Sparing a glaring omission of major plot content (i.e. Peter Jackson's bitch ass omitting The Scouring of the Shire from ROTK), I'll probably enjoy it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magician
Absolutely. There's no reason that you won't enjoy the Hobbit. It was a great book too, and I'm confident that ol' Pete will do just as well converting it into a movie as LOTR.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magician
Reading this just broke me for the rest of the day. I can't stop laughing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Popcorn Sutton
I don't even know if I'll be able to drive home.
Ok, I'm really excited for this one now. The Hobbit was always my favorite book.
Looks pretty good. I'm glad they finally finished this while Gandalf was still young enough to pull it off. Good casting for Bilbo, but it's crazy how many iconic roles in British literature he's played now. I was hoping to see Sylvester McCoy in the trailer, but oh well. Unless I did and didn't recognize him through makeup.
Is this going to be one long two hour and 45 minute movie (with extra footage for the DVD) or are they doing this in two parts? Either way, can't wait to see it.
Just found this on Ebert's blog
Two parts.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: There and Back Again
I actually fear seeing this movie, 'The Hobbit' being my absolute favorite before any of the Trilogy.
I really hope Jackson can cut out some of the silly, rampant, poorly executed melodrama that plagued the previous three movies. Hopefully they put more emphasis on the musical aspects of the book as well.
The trailer sure did look good though.
I never understood that hate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Popcorn Sutton
That movie was so anti-climatic.... That would have just made it a bigger borefest.
I just hope that's an epic trolling attempt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Popcorn Sutton
Otherwise I fear for the ignorance of that person.
This Hobbit movie looks like it will be badass. Can't wait to see the Battle of the Five Armies and Smaug.
EDIT: Glad to see and hear singing.
Hawt!
Only 2 downsides I can think of:
1) The Hobbit will be split into 2 parts, so we might have to wait 2 yrs to see the conclusion.
2) The movie is being filmed at 48fps. Being a bit of a movie snob, I'd prefer if they stuck to the traditional 24fps.
I can think of no good reason why you would prefer that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Castor Troy
I'm amazed most movies are still being shot at 24fps.
There is such a phenomenal jump in quality in video games going from 30 to 60, for instance. I imagine the same must be true for movies.
Absolutely excited about this.
You ever been to like, Best Buy and gone to the HDTV section? There's usually a tv or 2 (or 10) that is running a movie at 60fps? It looks like shit. I don't want movies to look like some tv soap opera. When ever I watch a movie at home, I make sure it's running at 24fps.Quote:
Originally Posted by LoneSage
Oh for fuck's sake, here comes the cash grab. Hobbit isn't even that long of a book. It's shorter than any of the LotR trilogy, which he somehow managed to film each as single movies. The story was pretty well adapted as a 75 minute fucking cartoon. I can't imagine the possible justification for turning this into two movies, other than to draw out the payday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taiso
It's the same as turning one season of a show into two, to drag it out and make that money. I'd bitch but I know my punk ass will be there opening day for bothQuote:
Originally Posted by SouthtownKid
Good to see they'll split it into two. I haven't read the LOTR Trilogy or The Hobbit. I still remember when Fellowship of The Ring came out my mom wanted to know what the big deal was because she had to read The Hobbit when she was in school and she hated it. If it's split into two films they won't have to cram so much into one film and leave the fans wanting more pr worry about leaving things out. I hope he's doing both parts at the same time like he did with Two Towers and Return of The King. So hopefully it'll be December of 2012 for An Unexpected Journey and hopefully summer time for There and Back Again. Kinda like what they did with the two parts of the last Harry Potter film.
Noted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Castor Troy
It's being directed by the same guy who felt King Kong had to be three hours. So yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthtownKid
Nice trailer. Definitely want to watch these movies when they come out.
Maybe the world really does end and nobody will ever see it...Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoSneth
Oh wait it comes out a week before the world ends, its okay then. :)
Never read the thing, someone shoot me an ebook for it or something.
Looked like the same armpit fart quality stuff that LotR was, pass.
They're shooting them back to back, and I believe the plan is to release them a year apart, just like the first three movies. So part 1 in December 2012, part 2 in December 2013.Quote:
Originally Posted by Castor Troy
There was no way this movie wasn't going to be two parts. There is too much money to be made by too many people that all had to agree to let this movie be made. They all have to make their cheddar. Especially after the success of LotR. Really, LotR being such a massive hit was the deathstroke for a 'pure' Hobbit movie ever being made.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthtownKid
I wouldn't be surprised if all the rights holders originally demanded it be blown up to another trilogy and Jackson put the kibosh on it.
This is still going to be great, I think. Jackson has already shown that he understands the material while still working within the boundaries of the movie industry's profit expectations and demands. They're already adding characters and subplots to this in order to play to demographics. And really, after LotR's bank, there is simply no way around it.
:spock:Quote:
Originally Posted by Late
For God's sake, I'm shocked that 24 fps has lasted so long. When I was making films, I actually dumbed the frame rate down to 24, just to look professional. That doesn't mean it's better, just something we're used to. I welcome higher fps in movies, and hope this is the sing of the times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Castor Troy
48FPS is 24 FPSx2.... Will still be screened in 24fps. So, won't really be noticeable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Castor Troy
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Originally Posted by Castor Troy
My biggest gripe is that American companies try to make every season 20+ episodes. The product is so much better when you cut it in half.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trey Burnout
With LotR, whatever... but The Hobbit is a childrens story. He should be attempting to create something geared in that direction, something lean and pacey, not some self-indulgent, stretched out and endlessly padded monstrosity that's going to have kids fidgeting in their seats the entire time waiting for it to be over. Twice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taiso
Seems like my teachers would show the hobbit cartoon at least a few times a year.
Look great. Just watched all the extended editions of LOTR for the first time --I can easily see why he wants to make it two movies.
The (in)famous positive and upbeat finnish look at things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spike Spiegel
I'm glad to see big-budget movies increasing their framerate. I was quite disappointed to open the trailer and only get 24fps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Castor Troy
(On a related note - I wonder how they're ever going to distribute this on home media. Upconverting to 60fps will look ugly as hell... what, 2-1-1-1-2-1-1-1? I guess in PAL territories they can do the same 4% speedup and get 50fps native, like their TV shows though. Whatever they do, I hope it's not irreversible - I can just set my monitor to 96hz to watch it :drool:)
There is no way New Line would allow Jackson to make a property that's STILL as hot as LotR specifically for children. There are too many people that have grown up with LotR just because of the movies and the studio, and all the other people that have a piece of the pie as it concerns a Hobbit movie, are going to want to sell it to those people over and over again. They can't do that if they aren't included in the target audience.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthtownKid
It's all about making a big impression on as many people as possible. Perception is everything, and if the buzz is all positive, from all fronts, that equals more money.
My view:
As long as it's a good interpretation, I'm eminently pleased with it. Regardless of whether or not stretching the length of the story is designed to double their possible profits. Jackson will do it justice.
The only thing that seems odd to me about this trailer is how...well, dashing Thorin looks. I always imagined him being just as much a caricature as the other dwarves. Maybe even MORE 'dwarven,' since he's their leader. Sort of an ultimate expression of the dwarves. But he almost looks human in this. I'm sure it'll be fine. It's jut an observation.
Speaking of dwarves, anybody that likes them should read The Dwarves by Markus Heitz. I know there's a series, but I really liked the first book. It's a bit dark and gory in places, but I thought it was a pretty good tribute to the dwarves, a race that gets mishandled in fantasy stories all too often IMO.
Yea, I thought he looked slightly out of place in the trailer also.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taiso
Pulled from another site.
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Saber...in_klingon.jpg
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...zCKVlNWyaaNbOQ
Lol @ my quotes.
Well, I'll try and be optimistic and hope the movie looks good.
Looks pretty fucking badass. Nice to see a preview that shows a little more of the movie.
How is he doing this now it's a trilogy then two films? Did he have that much filmed he could put it into three movies or is he just shooting a few extra scenes they thought they couldn't do the first time? The trailer looks like it's going to be a lot of fun. I just hope there's not going to be a long wait between the films.
Moon Jump:
They added new material and shot too much footage.
They tried to whittle it down to two movies and everyone eventually decided to just make three movies. Probably for artistic and financial reasons. That would be an awful lot of money and art to leave on the cutting room floor.
First movie this holiday season.
Second movie next holiday season.
Third movie following summer (I believe)
So all told, you'll hae to wait 18 months to see the whole thing play out.
Again I'd bitch but who's gonna be there day 1 for all three?
I just only hope they don't drag out any extended blu ray editions
They should've made one film for each dwarf. Then a final film tying them all together, Avengers-style, before they start The Hobbit series. Somehow brought in Samuel L. Jackson as some sort of enchanted soothsayer to bind their stories together.
They should make a whole movie of Frodo, Sam, Pippen and Merry going through the old forrest and the barrow downs.
Ultimate Gandalf?Quote:
Originally Posted by aria
Looking at my old responses here, I thought stretching Hobbit to two movies was a cynical cash-grab. I wonder what Past Me would have thought had he known it would be stretched to three movies? Maybe someday I'll read the book again. But I doubt I'll ever be tempted to sit through these movies.