The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

[The Chev]

I can't wait to see more Ian Mckellen. He is Gandlaf, and will always be. I can't imagine anyone playing him.

I can't fathom Sean Connery playing him, like PJ originally wanted.

 

[FrodoEyes]

I don't think he wanted him did he? Just a crazy rumour is all i thought.

 

[The Josh]

I think they did offer him the part but he had no intention on coming out of retirement.

 

[The Josh]

 

[BagginsOfBagEnd]

80 days... Damn I hate waiting! Nice picture though!

Roll on December - can't wait to see this film!

 

[NAZGUL-KING]

I think they did offer him the part but he had no intention on coming out of retirement.

But apparently The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was worth of coming out of retirement for. Well played Sir Sean.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Is it December yet?

 

[agen_kolar]

That's on the viewer not Jackson. Making the book fairly close to the source material is not a fault at all. It may be with people who are clueless and don't take the time to know this wasn't a redo but you won't find a fault with most fans of Middle-earth. If anything I've seen people who didn't feel it was close enough to the book and the changes made weren't for the better. Granted most of those tend to be more of your purists but I for one was glad it had the right amount of light heartedness that the book has as well as some seriousness that you get with LOTR. It really was the right blend for what The Hobbit should be and by the end it will blend as the book does with The Lord of the Rings books.

Also, LOTR was a household name well before the movies. The movies just made them cool to like.

I just really disagree. The Hobbit is, in my opinion, better left as a book than as a prequel series to LOTR. I do think (and hope) the next two films will likely be more in line with LOTR. I truly believe the fans of the LOTR film series who haven't read the books make up the majority of those viewing the new films, and I don't fault them for thinking they were in for some more LOTR. What else would they expect? Book readers got what they wanted, but film fans did not. As someone who is able to separate books from their film adaptation counterparts, I still think Jackson should've trimmed up the first film a bit. The silliness was, in many cases, off-putting to most casual viewers. And again, I believe these casual viewers are the people who make up most of the ticket sales.

I also don't believe LOTR was a household name prior to the movies. Maybe in your household, or your friends, but the average person hadn't heard or knew very little about them prior to the film releases.

 

[FrodoEyes]

And how do you know all this agen?

If what you say is correct, most movie-goers are stupid and ignorant?

 

[Darth Snoopy]

I just really disagree. The Hobbit is, in my opinion, better left as a book than as a prequel series to LOTR. I do think (and hope) the next two films will likely be more in line with LOTR. I truly believe the fans of the LOTR film series who haven't read the books make up the majority of those viewing the new films, and I don't fault them for thinking they were in for some more LOTR. What else would they expect? Book readers got what they wanted, but film fans did not. As someone who is able to separate books from their film adaptation counterparts, I still think Jackson should've trimmed up the first film a bit. The silliness was, in many cases, off-putting to most casual viewers. And again, I believe these casual viewers are the people who make up most of the ticket sales.

I also don't believe LOTR was a household name prior to the movies. Maybe in your household, or your friends, but the average person hadn't heard or knew very little about them prior to the film releases.

Not exactly, maybe for some but not for all.

I read all the books and walked away satisfied. A couple of friends who never read the books were equally satisfied with the movie

 

[The Josh]

I just really disagree. The Hobbit is, in my opinion, better left as a book than as a prequel series to LOTR. I do think (and hope) the next two films will likely be more in line with LOTR. I truly believe the fans of the LOTR film series who haven't read the books make up the majority of those viewing the new films, and I don't fault them for thinking they were in for some more LOTR. What else would they expect? Book readers got what they wanted, but film fans did not. As someone who is able to separate books from their film adaptation counterparts, I still think Jackson should've trimmed up the first film a bit. The silliness was, in many cases, off-putting to most casual viewers. And again, I believe these casual viewers are the people who make up most of the ticket sales.

I also don't believe LOTR was a household name prior to the movies. Maybe in your household, or your friends, but the average person hadn't heard or knew very little about them prior to the film releases.

Disagree all you want but I'm quite confident in my stance. So we will have to agree to disagree.

 

[The Ween]

But apparently The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was worth of coming out of retirement for. Well played Sir Sean.

It was a long filming process. I'm betting he didn't want to commit to the time.

 

[Eli26]

Who comes up with these titles?

*punches Ween in the bum* Hi Ween!

 

[The Chev]

I'm quite confident that "There and back again" will be a highly emotional film.

People say Hobbit is lighter, but one thing that will surprise people who didn't read the book is...

Spoiler

More main characters die

I have confidence PJ will do justice to that part of the story. He did an awesome job with the ending of ROTK, especially Mount Doom.

 

[The Josh]

I'm expecting TABA to be a pretty emotional movie for me. I won't spoil anything for those that haven't read the book.

 

[The Chev]

I'm expecting TABA to be a pretty emotional movie for me. I won't spoil anything for those that haven't read the book.

Agreed. I can't wait to see it unfold on the Big screen.

Even though it gave me a massive headache, I enjoyed seeing the first film in 48fps.

 

[The Josh]

Yeah, I think its going to be a blast.

I enjoyed the 48fps myself. So I'll go see this one that way as well.

 

[The Chev]

Yeah, I think its going to be a blast.

I enjoyed the 48fps myself. So I'll go see this one that way as well.

What's super cool is it was at a Marcus "Ultra-screen". Not as big as an Imax, but bigger than a normal theatre.

 

[crows]

I can't wait to see more Ian Mckellen. He is Gandlaf, and will always be. I can't imagine anyone playing him.

I can't fathom Sean Connery playing him, like PJ originally wanted.

I seriously cannot even imagine him playing Gandalf. I can't picture it in my mind. at all.

It would have been really weird and bizarre.

just.... yeah I couldn't see it. I am really glad he said no.


they also offered him the Role of the Architect in the Matrix Reloaded. even though the movie sucked I am also glad he said no to that.

 

[NAZGUL-KING]

It was a long filming process. I'm betting he didn't want to commit to the time.

Yeah, your probably right, and you can bet he wouldn't have been up to doing it all again almost 10 years later with The Hobbit.