The Hobbit Trilogy Discussion Thread

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Cook

It shouldnt. These dwarves dont remind me of sam or frodo

14 men lost and desperate is more comforting and easier to take than two?

[Cook]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

14 men lost and desperate is more comforting and easier to take than two?

I think you are missing my point still. I dont like frodo and sams characters and find their trek with gollum to be boring. Peter mishandled that part of the trilogy. The hobbit should not have that problem because the storyline is far more interesting and involves far more thrilling events than what took place on frodo and sams journey. The dwarves are far more interesting characters with various personalities clashing and playing off one another. Frodo and sam were just boring characters. The dwarves arent. If i had to equate a storyline to the dwarves story in terms of fun it would be aragorn, legalos, and gimlis journey. I mean sam and frodo are two hobbits. The dwarves are funny, wild, crazy, epic, loopy, smart, etc all rolled up into one group. Two hobbits dont even compare to that.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

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Here is your theme Radagast-


http://sidiview.tumblr.com/post/3502...n-howard-shore

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I'll have to try to listen to this on my PC. My iPad doesn't like flash.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

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48 fps HFR 3D Theater List

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It figures that there isn't even one in the entire state of Indiana.

[TruBlu06]

Originally Posted by radagast

It figures that there isn't even one in the entire state of Indiana.

Yeah I'm not much better off. It's about 350 miles to my nearest Illinois theater.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

I finally received Brian Sibley's The Hobbit Official Movie Guide {http://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-Unexpec...t+brian+sibley) and Jude Fisher's movie visual companion (http://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-Unexpec...it+jude+fisher) from Amazon yesterday. If the movie guide is any indication, the attention to detail in these films is phenomenal, perhaps among the greatest of any movie ever made. The visual companion has one of the best maps of Middle-earth I have seen. The only caveat is that it cuts out most of Gondor and Mordor south of Udun. I plan on reading the official movie guide while on travel next week.

Hey Bob, I just checked them out at a local Barn&Noble. The map is great like you said.

But what did you think about Thorin's oakenshield?

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[radagast]

Originally Posted by Cook

What im getting at is that that storyline is already more interesting than two hobbits and a tweaking smeagol walking and *****ing and looking scared. Frodo and Sams scenes always bored me. I dont see gandalfs scenes doing that. It isnt all peters fault tho. LOTR is written in an odd way focusing on one group of characters and then going back to focus on another. They dont really function well together when cutting back and forth.

Frodo and Sam's part in the saga doesn't bore me in the books. Tolkien brilliantly evokes the long, tedious nature of what they went through.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Can't say for sure, but I would surmise Gandalf doesn't kick the Necromancer out of a castle by himself.

If I remember correctly, the council wasn't sure the Necromancer was Sauron at first.

[TruBlu06]

Originally Posted by radagast

If I remember correctly, the council wasn't sure the Necromancer was Sauron at first.

I believe your memory is correct.

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by radagast

It figures that there isn't even one in the entire state of Indiana.

There's no Savannah or Pooler on that list but I'm told the IMAX here in Pooler can run it at 48fps and is trying to get that.

[Cook]

Originally Posted by radagast

Frodo and Sam's part in the saga doesn't bore me in the books. Tolkien brilliantly evokes the long, tedious nature of what they went through.

I like it in the books. Just not what Jackson did with it in the film.

[Cook]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

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48 fps HFR 3D Theater List

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Its gonna be playing in 48fps less than an hour from me!

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

Hey Bob, I just checked them out at a local Barn&Noble. The map is great like you said.

But what did you think about Thorin's oakenshield?

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The map is very good and is graphically appealing, but it looks as though it was poorly proofread. Aside from the previously mentioned oversights (Gondor, Minas Tirith, Mordor) there are other details, for example many relatively minor features are labeled, while the River Anduin, Nen Hithoel, Sarn Gebir, the Argonath, etc., are not identified. Anyway, I find the character descriptions and photos of the locations to be intriguing. If the visual companion and official movie guide are any indicator, it looks as though Jackson has done an excellent job. The jury is still out regarding the thematic and historical accuracy that will be presented, but it was a pleasure to see photographs of Hobbit characters instead of paintings. Galadriel looks even more "authentic" than she was portrayed in the Lord of the Rings movies, Hobbiton, Rivendell, and other locations have been given greater detail, and I am looking forward with great anticipation to see The Hobbit story (and the Appendices) brought to life on the screen.

[Taipan]

I'm starting to think that getting a 2D screening will be next to impossible for this move.

[Member-115369]

Originally Posted by Cook

Its gonna be playing in 48fps less than an hour from me!

About 2 miles from me.

[Will21st]

Originally Posted by radagast

It figures that there isn't even one in the entire state of Indiana.

Originally Posted by TruBlu06

Yeah I'm not much better off. It's about 350 miles to my nearest Illinois theater.

Guys,

the list is far from complete..... patience.

[TruBlu06]

Originally Posted by Will21st

Guys,

the list is far from complete..... patience.

I hope you're right. I was really looking forward to seeing it in 48fps.

[legendarymatt92]

48 fps screening just down the road in Liverpool - nice

[Will21st]

Originally Posted by legendarymatt92

48 fps screening just down the road in Liverpool - nice

Nice one! Still waiting for Odeon to confirm Brighton,but should be ok! (I hope )

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Cook

I think you are missing my point still. I dont like frodo and sams characters and find their trek with gollum to be boring. Peter mishandled that part of the trilogy. The hobbit should not have that problem because the storyline is far more interesting and involves far more thrilling events than what took place on frodo and sams journey. The dwarves are far more interesting characters with various personalities clashing and playing off one another. Frodo and sam were just boring characters. The dwarves arent.

Which is mostly Jackson's invention: The dwarves in the book were fairly interchangeable, except for leader Thorin, and like the pre-Disney dwarves, didn't have much personality or individual effect on the plot except for their names sounding funny when listed off as a group.
As for Quirky, Tubby, and Dangerous, that was the first order of business for Jackson's crew of making the book filmable. (And Walt only had to deal with seven.)