Director Peter Jackson spoke with Hero Complex contributor John Horn at Comic-Con International in July, just before announcing that the two-film adaptation of "The Hobbit" would become a trilogy. More at www.latimes.com/herocomplex
Loved the hobbit, however I would really enjoy miniatures opposed to CG architecture. It really bugged me to see so much CG when I first saw it because I wasn't expecting it at all. Gollum looked amazing though
Dunno if you guys cares but if you're bored like me during the covid times then you can stream all of the latest series on InstaFlixxer. Been binge watching with my gf for the last couple of weeks =)
it is true, i watched imax, first time watching 3d, very comfortable and amazing, hobbit 3 is more than 2 hrs,my eyes were not tired, no strain ,just amazing, feel very much like reaching out to the images...so near
Can't wait to see it !!!🤗🤗🤗🤗 Peter Jackson did a great job in the previous movies ! I just want to see King Thranduil and the gang together again !!The previous movies could have been longer though. More storyline, more FaceTime with Thranduil, Lord Elrond, and the elves...🤗🤗
I absolutely loved The Hobbit, it is beautifully done in every way. Can't wait for the 2 next movies. The 48 frames didn't make much of a difference for me one way or the other.
Long Live Miniature architecture and landscapes.... Just as the CGI facial expressions dont come close (though ever closer) to real human being expressions, so do physical edges and shadows look far more realistic than cgi objects.. even with all the trickery involved to make them look the appropriate size
Peter, we want to see those deleted scenes, unused for the Extended edition of the Lord of the Rings : - Fellowship of the Ring : additional footage from the Battle of the Last Alliance (and maybe add Lee Pace’s Thranduil into it), an extended Council of Elrond (dialogue from the Council of Elrond, such as Gandalf explaining how Sauron forged the One Ring) - The Two Towers : Arwen and Elrond visiting Galadriel at Lothlórien, Conversation between Elrond and Arwen in a library in Rivendell, after Arwen decides to wait for Aragorn. Elrond leaves saying “You gave away your life’s grace. I cannot protect you anymore” - Return of the King : further epilogue footage, with endings for Legolas and Gimli, Éowyn and Faramir's wedding and Aragorn's death and funeral. Also, to give context for Wormtongue killing Saruman, and Legolas in turn killing Wormtongue, it was to be revealed Wormtongue poisoned Théodred. The final scene cut was Aragorn having his armour fitted for the Battle of the Black Gate by the trilogy's armourers, which was the final scene filmed during principal photography, and others. We know you stated that you would like to include some of these unused scenes in a future "Ultimate Edition" home video release, also including out-takes. It would be great if you would be able to revisit the cut of all 6 movies in the near future, do an "ultimate cut" of the 6 movies and integrate those scenes I mentioned back in the movies (instead of deleted scenes). You would also be able to reshoot the "Bilbo finding the Ring" scene from Fellowship of the ring, replace gollum from the shadowy scene in the Mines of Moria (from Fellowship), add more Balrog vs Gandalf fight (as you wished in the first place when you thought about the sequence but you didn't have the means and budget for it at the time), integrate Thranduil in the Battle of the Last Alliance, etc. (as did George Lucas with Star Wars afterwards). Cheers! :D
Yes the 48 fps, along with high resolution, and even the use of HDR we see nowadays, all enhance realism but the question is how realistic do you want your fantasy world to look? Hyper realistic images make things look like what they really are. I think it’s beneficial for a documentary where you’re trying to get as much of the detail and impact of real world places on to people’s tv screens at home but with a film that’s set in a fictional world that’s not really helpful. Part of the Hollywood “magic” is in what you can’t see. The things that are cleverly hidden away. Lord of the rings benefits from lower resolution, softer lighting etc. Where as the hobbit movies are an exercise in the law of diminishing returns when you become too caught up in technical improvements for the sake of pushing the state of the art rather than using techniques that are best for your specific case, which will vary from film to film
I myself enjoy the hobbit trilogy, there are flaws but not as much as people say and i do understand why people don’t like the movies. I just like to have a marathon first watching the hobbit and then LotR
You say that like there's any other movie coming out in 48 frames. 10 years from now people will be laughing at all the Hobbit fanboys who claimed that this was the future.
that is funny he asks if he cringes at 'return of the king'. those films used practical effects and models, mattes, and cgi occasionally. they hold up really well. the hobbit cgi shitfest looked horrific in 2012 and looks even worse today.
I think there is a wrong there. It's not that it took him 15 years to make it, he just never proceeded with it because the technology was not yet available for the movie.
Tolkien did not abandon his rewrite of TH to make it more like LotR's for unknown reasons, as PJ implies at 13.30 PJ is ommitting a truth here he probably knows, Tolkien abandoned it because the person he gave it to read told him it no longer felt like TH. An accusation that could be equally and fairly levelled at PJ's film versions. He should have noted that Tolkien had tried this already and could not both mature the book and retain its essence at the same time, so rightly stopped trying. If the original author thought it was not worth doing that says a lot. Sadly PJ bulldozed on ahead.
Exactly. All the talk in this worthy discussion of the film TH indicates why TH was a nuff-nuff film experience for me. The film missed the key point of the story. PJ made an action film. The story itself is not about a warrior, but a reluctant hero/warrior who was selected by a wise man/ wizard and the Dwarves because he was steadfast and would be able to use his cunning - "a burgler" - when things were dire. Bilbo didn't know his potential either before he went on his journey, but themeatically because he could leave "his old ring" alone on the shelf for all those years and was not tempted to put it on and strut around like some sort of a superhobbit shows the character of the hero. It would not make a true to the story action film because the whole point of the story and hero was that winners are thinkers not sword bearers. I have often pondered on what part of his experiences in WWI drew that sentiment from Tolkien. Probably the whole of it. The Hobbit is a story about the subtle changes in people faced by war. He is a hero because he doesn't succumb to all the guts and glory stuff (compare that lots of war films following WWII made in US). He went through Moria, confronted the dragon and came back home sane but wiser for it. The Hobbit is tooòo subltle a story to make a film of it. PJ failed.
They were good movies for sure. But far from perfect. Too many silly over the top cgi fights (particularly in the last one) that took me out of the movie. I do enjoy all of them. But when compared to the Lord of the Rings, they fall short.
The movies are great. Much better than all MCU. Only downside for me- the overuse of CGI Azog, Balg, orcs and goblins. Also 24 fps is better for no 3d movies. 3d 48 fps and more is the future of filmmaking. Other than that- these movies are a blast to watch. Thank you Peter Jackson.
Honestly I Think the Real reason is editing: they should have cutted out so much more material, like legolas and many elongated action scenes, because the core of the trilogy (bilbo and thorin) is not only solid, but great, especially after the new 4k uhd remaster, which is an huge visual improvement for the hobbit, I assure you
Oh you know James Cameron? Cause if you did, you'd know that there is zero chance of him actually firing up a camera in the next 10 years. Avatar was over 3 years ago, and it took him 15 years to make that. So don't say that James Cameron is shooting anything in any fps as if it is a fact.
