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Re: "The Hobbit" movie to be a trilogy
« Reply #15 on Jul 31, 2012, 10:41pm »

Jul 31, 2012, 9:15pm, Falconer wrote:

Jul 31, 2012, 6:58pm, Finarvyn wrote:

It's possible that these movies represent the last trip into movie-version Middle-earth ever.

Why? I’m hoping someone (other than PJ) gets to do a faithful version of H+LR in my lifetime.

Hopefully there will be no further expansion of copyright periods. In, what, 20 or 30 more years when the copyright expires, anyone could adapt the stories.

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"The Hobbit" movie to be a trilogy
« Reply #16 on Jul 31, 2012, 10:54pm via the ProBoards Mobile App »

The beauty of The Hobbit is the simplicity and naÃ¯vetÃ© of the story. The book is minuscule in comparison to LOTR.

It sounds like all of that will be crushed under a preponderance of material.

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Re: "The Hobbit" movie to be a trilogy
« Reply #17 on Aug 1, 2012, 9:21am »

Jul 31, 2012, 9:15pm, Falconer wrote:

Jul 31, 2012, 6:58pm, Finarvyn wrote:

It's possible that these movies represent the last trip into movie-version Middle-earth ever.

Why? I’m hoping someone (other than PJ) gets to do a faithful version of H+LR in my lifetime.

I don't think it will happen. Folks who think about doing this will probably say (1) it's been done, and (2) I can't come up with a bigger budget than the first one.

I would be really surprised to see a Middle-earth reboot in my lifetime. On the other hand, who would have expected a reboot of TOTAL RECALL, so I probably don't know what I'm talking about.

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Re: "The Hobbit" movie to be a trilogy
« Reply #18 on Aug 1, 2012, 9:48am »

Jul 31, 2012, 10:54pm, rleduc wrote:

The beauty of The Hobbit is the simplicity and naivete of the story. The book is minuscule in comparison to LOTR.

It sounds like all of that will be crushed under a preponderance of material.

That is my worry as well. I would rather have a single 3-hour movie telling only the story of Bilbo and the 13 dwarves (plus a brief cut to Bard slaying Smaug). But PJ's current plan seems like it will necessitate cutting back-and-forth throughout much of the story.

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« Reply #19 on Aug 7, 2012, 3:29pm »

I have this love/hate thing with LOTR. I loved the films but found the books boring beyond belief and to this date have yet to finish them after years of trying to read them. Oddly enough, I found The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin great reads.

The thought of The Hobbit becoming a trilogy doesn't bother me at all and I am looking forward to the films. I hope they are as amazing as the LOTR films were and I think they are in good hands.

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« Reply #20 on Aug 9, 2012, 8:54am »

I loved the films and hated them at the same time. The look, feel and general story was great. The dialogue at times was wrong and some bits added without need. I find it odd that some bits dont bother me that much- eg Arwen vs Glorfindel,

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No fatty, Im a shear not a farmer, prancing pony not 100% right, "give us the halfling elf" whatever speech, Witch king speech deleted, Leoglas ninja, weak passive Frodo, Ents dont fight till Pippin tricks em, Aragorn "death", Arwen "dying", Faramir and Frodo at Osigilith, Sam and Frodo bromance fail...grrrrr

The extended cuts better IMO, on the whole a very good job 98% there for me. Non fans of books dont care so I guess Im just a bit to fanatical.

I fear Hobbit will be same...both good and bad...hopefully mostly good as its obvious he does like the originals

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