Official 'The Hobbit' Thread - Part 10

[Gianakin_]

Yup, I was actually happy with a White Coucil that meant we'd get a "clean" Saruman, but nope, had to go for the dick version.

But I must say I enjoyed Elrond quite a bit. 12 years later, and PJ finally justified why he cast Weaving for the part.

 

[Marvolo]

As awesome as it was seeing Christopher Lee back as Saruman, I gotta say he presence was completely wasted, as was Cate Blanchette and to a lesser extent Hugo Weaving.

I can forgive them for Cate Blanchette. She was absolutely gorgeous. Heavenly may be a better word. One of the few times when a woman on screen actually made my jaw drop.

 

[ravn0s]

we should see more of the white council during the battle of dol guldur.

 

[regwec]

I don't think Christopher Lee will be doing much swashbuckling.

I'm not sure Saruman really came across as a 'dick', he was just imperious and dogmatic. Think of him as one of the politicians of Middle Earth- they tend to be like that.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Eh, if you take out Saruman's stubbornness, you really have no conflict in that scene. Just a bunch of concerned people talking about the return of evil with dialogue just going back and forth about it.

 

[CGHulk]

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[DarkKnight88]

I'm not sure Saruman really came across as a 'dick', he was just imperious and dogmatic. Think of him as one of the politicians of Middle Earth- they tend to be like that.

Saruman was a "dick" in the book too. He thinks he's higher than everyone else. Which is what got him into trouble in the first place.

 

[Schlosser85]

Yea, Saruman is done in by his own arrogance.

His death in the extended edition of ROTK is a great example of that too.

He lets his power lead him to megalomania and "my way or the highway" and viewing others as inferiors.

 

[Marvolo]

I think I found Peter Jackson's cameo. He played the dwarf that discovered the Arkenstone at the beginning. Least I think it is him under that makeup.

 

[Silvermoon]

I think I found Peter Jackson's cameo. He played the dwarf that discovered the Arkenstone at the beginning. Least I think it is him under that makeup.

From what I've heard that's not him... instead he's a dwarf that runs past the camera when the dwarves are fleeing Erebor right before Thorin spots Thranduil

Found a news source: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=36032

...in Erebor, dressed up as a dwarf, high-tailing it away from Smaug as the wicked wyrm blasted his particular brand of firey halitosis all upside The Lonely Mountain.

Image of the scene found via google search of "Peter Jackson Hobbit cameo gif": http://imgur.com/r/lotr/xl7FD

 

[Airwings]

Eh, if you take out Saruman's stubbornness, you really have no conflict in that scene. Just a bunch of concerned people talking about the return of evil with dialogue just going back and forth about it.

Why must the conflict be Saruman's stubbornness? Would it be nothing but a boring scene if both the wizards agree on the raising threat, and form a plan to save Middle-Earth? Are Saruman's "closed senses" (if that's the case) the only way to write this scene?

 

[TheIrishAvenger]

The film will arrive on Blu-ray 2D/3D on March 19th! Here's the 2D Combo-Pack cover:

 

[ThePhantasm]

Not a big fan of that cover, to be honest... the film had better promo artwork that could be used.

Though I'll be holding out for the EE anyways...

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

i actually love that cover

 

[regwec]

I like it, too. It's a more dramatic way of doing the usual floating head montage.

 

[Marvolo]

Not a fan of the cover.

 

[jacobed]

Why is Bilbo in front, he certainly isn't the main character of the movie

 

[ThePhantasm]

Sure he is. He gets the central arc of the film.

Heck, even in the duel with Azog in the end, its Bilbo who triumphs as a hero, moreso than Thorin.

 

[superkong 500]

He's the main character thorin also but the one that technically kicked more ass was Gandalf.

 

[Victarion]

Thorin still has developing to do; namely letting more people in.

 

[redhawk23]

Mr. Hipp takes on The Hobbit!

 

[Victarion]

Gundaboobie orc.

 

[Drizzle]

They should have used this for the cover:

Why is Bilbo in front, he certainly isn't the main character of the movie

Are you joking?

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Meh. The main poster should have been the cover.

 

[CGHulk]

I'm going to hold out for the extended cut as well.