Hobbit film casting confirmed

[beautywickedlover]

Very funny video.


How The Hobbit Should Have Ended

[beautywickedlover]

This is a smart decision. I did not want both this and 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' to compete against each other in the same weekend.


Final Film in THE HOBBIT Trilogy Pushed to Dec. 2014

[tazber]

First pic of Evangeline Lily as Tauriel

[romantico]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=105295

[rosscoe(au)]

Have no interest in seeing this at all, left 30 minutes into the first film last year. Would rather take a bath with a toaster!

[artscallion]

^^agree. They turned one of my favorite books into a silly Saturday morning cartoon.

[AEA AGMA SM]

I admit that I've never made it all the way through the book, but it still baffles my mind that they are getting three movies out of it. Isn't it shorter than any one of the books in the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

And for some reason that picture of Evangeline Lilly looks more like something out of the local Renaissance fair. There's something incredibly cheap looking about her costume.

[BroadwayBenny]

^ It's not just The Hobbit being stretched out. It's based on other MIddle-Earth stories written by Tolkien that tie into the same time period.

Having said that, The above character is a complete invention of Peter Jackson & Co. and while I know this was shot before Pixar's Brave was released, she just looks like Merida after she got hold of some straightener and a hair iron. :-/

[billygoatgirl300]

I'm still unsure about the character of Tauriel. I hope she works out fine but I'm not getting my hopes up

I'm not a fan of the costumes in this movie. Any reason why Ngila Dickson wasn't involved in the Hobbit movies? Her costume designs for the Lord of the Rings movies were amazing.

[best12bars]

The first Hobbit movie was stretched so thin, I will pass on the sequels.

This should have been one film, not three, or even two.

I was excited to get the "extended versions" of the Lord of the Rings movies. With the Hobbit, I'll be excited to get the "condensed version," where they take nine hours of bloat and whittle it down to one movie.

I can only hope it happens. Until then, I won't bother.

[BroadwayBenny]

I'm sure there will be a fan version online in a few year, that JUST follows The Hobbit book and takes out all the other stuff.

I'd like to see a condensed edition of King Kong too. Beautiful movie that was 45 minutes too long.

[tazber]

So we get our first trailer.

It looks like most of it's from the first half of the film.




1st trailer

[BroadwayBenny]

I'm not a CGI hater, but I do wish they would scale back a little. A lot of shots in that trailer look like graphics for a video game more than a movie.

[bradwds]

Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom and Lee Pace watching a video of fans watching the new trailer. I love this.


Hobbit cast reacting to fans' reactions to the new trailer

[best12bars]

Aside from a few shots, I feel like I've seen this movie five times already.

The locations, the battles, the characters, all pretty much look the same now.

[bradwds]

Best12bars,

I agree. The Lord of the Rings films were much more grounded in reality via physical sets and the use of miniatures. I am afraid the Hobbit is starting to resemble the Star Wars prequels. I believe CGI is a valuable visual tool as a complement to physical and practical effects.

[best12bars]

The look of the film is impressive, just as it was the first four times I saw it.

The problem isn't the art direction or the trailer. It's the repetitive content.

The same characters spouting almost exactly the same lines with the same backgrounds in the same costumes.

Swords are drawn, the camera pans around a panoramic view, extreme closeups of nervous dwarfs by candlelight, somebody blowing smoke from a pipe, talk of war and a great battle, then some giant creature growling that we can't quite see.

End of trailer.

[tazber]

I liked the Hobbit quite a bit, but I agree 100% with Besty.

Another recurring motif occurs when someone (usually Gandalf) makes an inspiring speech. The music cue is the same for every one of these speeches and the actors actually turn away from the character they're speaking with and look to the camera or off in the distance.

It's so similar I actually giggle. Check the scene in The Hobbit when Gandalf gives his "ordinary folks doing ordinary deeds" speech to Galadriel.

It's like "ok, here we go with a semi-profound sentiment that encapsulates the main theme again". The first time you don't really notice, but by The Hobbit it's been so over-used it just looks silly.

[best12bars]

The problem with sequels or "seprequels" or whatever they are retroactively called for future past stories ...

They tend to rob my memory of the earlier (better) work.

I absolutely loved the original LOTR films. Even (and especially) in their extended editions. Initially, it was an acquired taste. But once acquired, it was love for the rest of the journey. And the third film is a masterpiece from start to finish.

The first Hobbit film felt like I was visiting one of my favorite vacation destinations, only to have my second trip lose a lot of the magic and luster. It kept reminding me of my first "vacation," rather than taking me on a new one.

Still ... I will probably rent "Hobbit II: Electric Dragon Poo," like I did with the first Hobbit movie. I surfed the 'Net while watching it and waited for those dwarfs to stop feasting for 65 minutes and start the damn story.

[beautywickedlover]

McKellen just filmed his final scene as Gandalf.




Photo Flash: Ian McKellen Films Final Scenes for THE HOBBIT Trilogy

[BroadwayBenny]

There is still a pick up shoot next year for "There and Back Again" though. I can't imagine they wouldn't need Gandalf for those.

[beautywickedlover]

Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lily have also completed shooting their scenes.

http://www.movieweb.com/news/orlando-bloom-and-evangeline-lilly-wrap-shooting-on-the-hobbit-trilogy

[best12bars]

It says Bloom battled an Orc for 12 hours.

Why do I think that scene will end up in the film as is?

[tazber]

No, there is only six hours in the movie. The other six are being saved for the special edition BD.

[beautywickedlover]

Martin Freeman filmed his last scenes as Bilbo.


Martin Freeman says farewell to Bilbo Baggins -- PHOTO

[Jordan Catalano]

Thank God. The extended edition of Part 1 will be released in November. Because watching it, I just kept wishing it was longer.
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