I've always seen Potter as the spawn of three things: Discworld, The Worst Witch, and a touch of Dahl. Not really like LOTR at all.
The Hobbit Movie
- Thread starter Crispy
- Start date
I've always seen Potter as the spawn of three things: Discworld, The Worst Witch, and a touch of Dahl. Not really like LOTR at all.
Yes - he did a fantastic job of LOTR. It was more that I reckon a 'hobbit' film needs to feel rather more innocent - it's a fairly simple children's story after all, and nowhere near as dark.
Yes and as to jackson directing phlebas, ooh yes, I'd be camping out in front of the cinema for that one
Guillermo del Toro (Billy Bull to you and me) speaks:
From: http://www.theonering.net/torwp/200...-toro-chats-with-torn-about-the-hobbit-films/
del Toro said:
From: http://www.theonering.net/torwp/200...-toro-chats-with-torn-about-the-hobbit-films/
Why did you even read this thread?It's bound to suck arse, but on the plus side, it can't suck nearly as hard as the LOTR dross-fest
It's bound to suck arse, but on the plus side, it can't suck nearly as hard as the LOTR dross-fest
It's bound to suck arse, but on the plus side, it can't suck nearly as hard as the LOTR dross-fest
Well I know what you mean but I honestly thought the Hobbit was a good book - cracking storyline, not pompous etc. So it might be a lot of fun
Because I'm interested in what other people think and it's always good to bring a novel [contradictory/different] opinion to the table.
I mean, shit, since when are threads meant to be just about saying nice stuff about the topic in question?
I thought Peter Jackson's handling of LOTR was abysmal, rendering the films tedious, overly-focused on CGI battles, with vestiges of marvelous natural visual spectacle, beset by shabby acting, a poor script and dire soundtracking. This is my opinion.
I'm interested to see what happens to The Hobbit, as I think it's a great book worthy of a high quality treatment. Especially given the involvement of Del Toro, and its relative brevity which might permit it to be rendered satisfactorily in 2 films, without it feeling like the quality of the story has been sacrificed to CGI, comedy sidekick hobbits, and embarrassingly denobled dwarves.
But it was just a lot shorter to say what I said.
Yeah. This, basically- it's punchy, exciting and generally fun.
So if it's not directed by imbeciles it could make a really good film.
It's far easier to imagine rendering the story of a single, fairly straightforward dragon-infested quest as a good film, than a 1500page epic.
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
I dont want to wait untill 2010, boo!
dilute micro
esse quam videri
For it to work Ian Mckellen has to be Gandalf or it will flop flop flop.
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
Confirmed: Del Toro to direct The Hobbit and Jackson to produce
Guillermo, not Benicio - in case you were wondering.
Well I liked the Lord of the Rings movies, so you can all fuck off.
Frankly this is great news and I really look forward to seeing what Del Toro does with the material.
What is potentially even more interesting is that although the film is still being split into 2 parts, it seems that the entire story of The Hobbit will be covered in one film and the second movie will act as a bridge between the events in Middle Earth following the Hobbit and before the start of the LOTR.
Guillermo, not Benicio - in case you were wondering.
Well I liked the Lord of the Rings movies, so you can all fuck off.
Frankly this is great news and I really look forward to seeing what Del Toro does with the material.
What is potentially even more interesting is that although the film is still being split into 2 parts, it seems that the entire story of The Hobbit will be covered in one film and the second movie will act as a bridge between the events in Middle Earth following the Hobbit and before the start of the LOTR.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Jackson's still on board
excellent
excellent
elevendayempire
Registered Loofah
They'd better crack on and make it soon, Christopher Lee isn't getting any younger...
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
Indeed - and after the massacres in the LOTR movies, Orcs and Trolls are all but extinct in New Zealand now.
Those that are left have been forced to live in reservations in which there are shockingly high levels of poverty and alcoholism.Indeed - and after the massacres in the LOTR movies, Orcs and Trolls are all but extinct in New Zealand now.
Sir Ian McActor has confirmed that he will play Gandalf again: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7375245.stm
Ian said:
prunus
Tick tock.
LOTR was one of the most worthless trilogies I've ever seen
total waste of $500,000,000
See, thing is, there, you're wrong.
Added to this I can't wait for these films to come out on extended version DVD so we can do the extended versions of all five films back to back
prunus
Tick tock.
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
Lord of the Ring Cycle?
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Hitler loved wagners shit man. 
