The Hobbit loses Guillermo Del Toro

this may sound contrarian but if you take into account all the stuff from the book that hasn't been used yet like the battle of 5 armies, the confrontation with smaug, laketown, mirkwood, thorins dragon sickness etc + the appendices material that hasn't been used yet ( wizard fight at dol guldur, thrain) i think you have plenty for 2 more movies. I'm guessing that the next 2 movies will actually be better than part 1 once some of the important plot developments happen and major characters die.

SPIDERS

OMG I LOVED THE SPIDERS IN THE RANKIN/BASS VERSION

I don't mind if they don't follow the book and make thing up. The feel is different anyway. I do mind that all the things that are different are also stupider and/or boring.

lol, agreed

  On 1/8/2013 at 9:08 AM, gaarg said:

I don't mind if they don't follow the book and make thing up. The feel is different anyway. I do mind that all the things that are different are also stupider and/or boring.

are there any scenes that they outright made up completely besides Radagast at this shack? or do you just mean that all of the things they embellished made them stupider

Mountains fighting (in the book they're having a go at bilbo actually), Radagast's rabbits speeding, the un-gravity burning tree and Thorin dueling with Azog thing. All the action bits in the goblin caverns, probably a few more.

yeah i forgot about Azog, i'm guessing that he's not going to be a huge factor in the other 2 films. That's probably the biggest change from the books no? All the other stuff is just absurdly embellishing based on stuff in the book. It's a shame that the final confrontation was with Azog, in the book i hear the golins chase them out to the trees and sing while they try to set them on fire Wicker Man style, is that what happens or am i incorrect. Sounded like a much more interesting way to end part 1 to me

10 things you'll see in the Hobbit 2 and 3 (from Empire mag)

This is off-topic (sort of), and probably jazz, so I'll just

lol in a very weird way

  On 1/9/2013 at 10:47 PM, gaarg said:

lol in a very weird way

Sort of "Awkward Family Photo", right?

wish there was a decent movie theatre near me, I want to see this.

That little girl will rise to transform this world into a giant matriarch. Men will become drones. This has nothing to do with fantasy no more

Isn't Bolg mentioned in the book during the 5 Armies battle?

lol nice bump

Ok, reading ranting n this film in the films thread I made up a thought.

It's not the lenghth of three movies that bothers me. If they were entertaining they could make even more, and stretch everything from Middle earth. The problem I see is, that they're not made to be good movies, but to attract masses into the cinemas. I could imagine a season of hour long episodes, something like game of the thrones of Hobbit. They could just take their time, put a lot of beautiful shots of the company walking and just make you wanna be there. I'd watch that and not complain about length.

Having three movies that bomb you with boring action scenes seems worse than one movie that does the same. Did I hit the mark here?

I didn't see this at the cinema, a bit gutted really.

  On 3/13/2013 at 1:37 PM, gaarg said:

Ok, reading ranting n this film in the films thread I made up a thought.

 

It's not the lenghth of three movies that bothers me. If they were entertaining they could make even more, and stretch everything from Middle earth. The problem I see is, that they're not made to be good movies, but to attract masses into the cinemas. I could imagine a season of hour long episodes, something like game of the thrones of Hobbit. They could just take their time, put a lot of beautiful shots of the company walking and just make you wanna be there. I'd watch that and not complain about length.

 

Having three movies that bomb you with boring action scenes seems worse than one movie that does the same. Did I hit the mark here?

I think Michael Bay should have done the Hobbit trilogy.

I'm on a wrong planet again, am I?

No, I agree.

I would like to share my review for this film:

When a ragtag gang of gold-digging dwarves infiltrates the home of hobbit Bilbo Baggins, an impromptu dinner party erupts along with its subsequent unexpected journey towards an inconclusive end. Baggins, in an attempt to prove his worth as a burglar, steals the sole possession of the malnourished, mentally-ill, and presumably ugly-enough-to-deserve-it Gollum while dwarf king Thorin is issued a comprehensive beatdown from a one-armed orc after abandoning his hopelessly cliffhung dwarf-scum crew. We find ourselves equally cliffhung on the film's conclusion as big birds whisk the protagonists away to a safe and sunny place overlooking rolling credits and a massive To Be Continued sign. Ultimately, it is far too difficult to be interested in the outcome of any quest laid out in this film, but there is one redeeming and well-paced scene involving a riddle wherein the Goblin King sheds new light on Dr. Dre's age-old question, "If I had nuts under my chin, would those be chin nuts?"

Thought P Jackson had 3D in mind a lot when he made this film. So much boring filler too. Wasn't great. 2 tubs of popcorn and 1 soda.

yeah i thought it was pretty shit

Fred, that review is good

so. fucking. boring.

basically he ruined it.