The Hobbit Trilogy- Page 7

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 4:38pm

Thank God. The extended edition of Part 1 will be released in November. Because watching it, I just kept wishing it was longer.
All 184 Minutes Of It

[tazber]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 4:48pm

I was hoping for new material like they did with LOTR.

This is just 12 minutes of extended scenes.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 4:57pm

Taz, keep in mind that this is just the first special edition of what will likely be dozens in the years to come.

[tazber]

Posted: 9/30/13 at 2:41pm

New banner. Looks like towards the beginning of the film when the gang is fighting Shelob and her offspring.

[tazber]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 11:45am

Shelob! Bard the Bowman!

And....the voice of Smaug!


Trailer

[N2N Nate.]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 12:30pm

Love this new trailer. Benedict Cumberbatch sounds perfect for Smaug, exactly how I pictured Smaug Speaking. Could not be more excited for December.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 2:36pm

New interview with Orlando Bloom.


Orlando Bloom on the return of Legolas in 'The Hobbit' and how elves make love

[romantico]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 2:48pm

Will it be explained why in the Lord of the Rings trilogy Legolas had brown eyes but now in the prequel he has blue eyes? Just curious.

Has anyone seen the new expanded edition on THE HOBBIT on Blu-Ray? Am thinking about buying it but am curious how much is added and if it is worth it.If they mark it down enough around Black Friday/Cyber Monday I may break and buy it. Just curious to hear some reviews if anyone here has purchased it.

[tazber]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 5:00pm

I posted this in another thread:

So of course I watched the extended edition of The Hobbit last night. The extra 13 minutes are truly unecessary. Despite a few seconds of extended scenes here and there the majority of the extra material is in 3 scenes:

The prologue had about 3 minutes added to it. These were the best of the bunch. They add some backstory to the rift between the Dwarves and the Elves.

The Rivendell scene has been lengthened and now has the company of Dwarves going all "Animal House" at the feast and some shots of Bilbo walking around.

The Goblin Town scene now has about 4 extra minutes where the Goblin King sings the song from the book (♫"going down, down, down to Goblin Town..."♫)

There was one interesting bit that is also worth mentioning: during the council scene at Rivendell, Gandalf mentions that in addition to the One Ring, there is another missing ring. The 7th ring given to the Dwarf Lords has disappeared.
I don't remember reading about this and I'm not sure how it's going to come into play, but it was definitely a plot point that was stressed in the scene.

Oh, and Radagast on his bunny sleigh still looks superimposed and tacky.

Updated On: 11/8/13 at 05:00 PM

[romantico]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 6:24pm

Thanks Taz! Doesn't really sound like I am missing much.

[tazber]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 7:53pm

Not at all. I'm a diehard fan and I will honestly tell you to save the $$.

[tazber]

Posted: 12/2/13 at 1:37pm

First look at Smaug (sorta)

[romantico]

Posted: 12/2/13 at 2:36pm

Looks pretty damn awesome to me!!!

Do we know the running time on this one yet?

[tazber]

Posted: 12/2/13 at 4:57pm

2 hours 39 minutes

[romantico]

Posted: 12/5/13 at 2:07am

WOW! This may just be the shortest Tolkien/Jackson film yet.

I think Stephen Fry is gonna upstage everyone in this movie.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Production Diary 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25dVQU3JkkE

Updated On: 12/5/13 at 02:07 AM

[Roscoe]

Posted: 12/5/13 at 8:52am

Looking forward to it -- got tickets for the full 3D Hyper Frame Rate Mega Soundapalooza blowout experience.

[romantico]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 8:55pm

So,like the first,this is shot in 48fps. What's the best format in seeing this? IMAX 3D or REAL 3D? Saw it last year and was blown away with how sharp and clear the picture was but can't remember which format I saw it in.

[BroadwayBenny]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 4:16am

Will it be explained why in the Lord of the Rings trilogy Legolas had brown eyes but now in the prequel he has blue eyes? Just curious.

Though they do look more glaring in this movie, his eyes were also blue in LOTR. I think it's the guyliner he's wearing in The Hobbit that makes them pop more.

Orlando Bloom is the one actor that looks noticeably older in this than he did in LOTR, to me. Not enough to ruin the experience or anything, just a clear age difference between the two trilogies.


Updated On: 12/13/13 at 04:16 AM

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 1:12pm

Peter Jackson reveals where he would have split 'The Hobbit' had it only been two films.


Peter Jackson reveals where he would have split 'The Hobbit' if it'd only been two movies

[BroadwayBenny]

Posted: 12/13/13 at 10:42pm

So ridiculously good.

I find it hard to deduct points for the things that are wrong, just because I walked out of the theater with my breath taken away by the overall experience. I enjoyed the heck out of An Unexpected Journey, but The Desolation of Smaug was just… I felt how I felt as a kid when I was in awe of something.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 9:28am

Saw it. Dug it. Still great fun, with the occasional bump here and there. The tone is significantly darker this time out, compared with the sunniness of AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY. For all the fuss about Smaug himself (and yeah, he's kind of astonishing) the most impressive moments in the film for me were those where Martin Freeman starts to realize that there's something up with that little Ring.

The good stuff is as good as anything out there, done as well as you'll ever see it done. The barrel chase is a model of Big Action Scene filmmaking, and SMAUG is the Dragon of Dragons -- we will not see that done better. Ever.

Updated On: 12/16/13 at 09:28 AM

[James885]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 11:55am

I saw it this weekend as well. I enjoyed it more than An Unexpected Journey, but there were a couple sections that still seemed like they were just being dragged out to fill more time; particularly several of the battle sequences.

However, the last third of the film - where the group reaches Laketown and then the mountain, all leading up to the point where Smaug is revealed - I thought that was all was fantastic. I loved everything about Smaug - his voice, the way he looked, everything.

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 12/17/13 at 2:18am

can the dragon get an Academy Award.... holy jeebus that was one amazing effect, character etc... that voice was just PERFECT

oh and I also enjoyed the movie...

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 12/27/13 at 7:51pm

I was supposed to go see this a couple of weeks ago, but I was not able to because I had to help my mom with some Secret Santa thing and everything got complicated. I just got back from seeing it and it was very good. I do think it was an improvement over the original film. The acting from Richard Armitage, Lee Pace, Evangeline Lily, and Orlando Bloom was absolutely fantastic. Everyone else gave very solid performances as well. I'm also glad I got to see it in IMAX 3D. I felt like I was in Middle Earth and Smaug looked so real.

[romantico]

Posted: 1/15/14 at 6:34pm

So, I am reading about all the films coming out in 2015 and it appears that THE HOBBIT:THERE AND BACK AGAIN is scheduled for December 2015. Am I reading this wrong? Have they pushed the release date back? I can't imagine them doing that or at least it not being all over the web. I did a Google search & found nothing but Deadline Hollywood is a pretty good source.Here is the article. Am I reading this wrong?

"The plethora of franchise titles will likely push the 2015 box office to record-breaking heights as this year’s holdovers from the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday fare — such as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (which bows on November 21), Fox’s Night At The Museum 3 and Sony’s Annie and Warner Bros’ The Hobbit: There And Back Again (or should it be called The Hobbit: Here It Comes Again) will also add to the huge overall gross numbers of 2015."

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/box-office-2015-franchises-sequels-biggest-year-ever/#more-664762