Official 'The Hobbit' Thread - Part 15

[Marvolo]

So no new elf footage, or did they just leave that out? I'm not sure if the scenes listed add up to 25 minutes.

No nee elf footage unfortunately.

 

[Silvermoon]

Another new poster (source: https://***********/warnerbrosindia/status/524987860475478017)

 

[Marvolo]

I'm surprised that Bilbo is the most prominent in that poster.

 

[C. Lee]

I'm surprised that Bilbo is the most prominent in that poster.

From what I understand....when a poster is a group shot, it is in their contracts as to how big various actor's pictures will be.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Really? You don't mind that? You don't think its a bit anticlimactic after all the buildup?

In the book Smaug is horrifying. You have no freakin' idea how they will defeat him. Here we see he can easily be tricked, he has less intelligence than my scottish terrier.

They should have had Smaug's attack on Laketown be the finale of the second movie. Why they didn't do that is baffling to me.

I didnt find the scene anti-climactic at all, I really liked, I enjoyed the dwarves getting one over on Smaug, and nearly defeating him, especially after how smug Smaug was with them and Bilbo, it was nice to see the heroes shove that arrogance back in his face, but then when he got out of the gold pool and flew towards Lake Town I just had a 'Holy ****!' look on my face.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Sigh... the whole point of the ring wraiths is that they never die. They didn't die and then become wraiths, they were corrupted by their rings and they faded. That's why the One Ring is so dangerous to Frodo... if it corrupts him, it will turn him into a wraith too.

Yeah, but I imagine he'd only go around collecting old robots to sell to farmers.

 

[Marvolo]

From what I understand....when a poster is a group shot, it is in their contracts as to how big various actor's pictures will be.

I can just imagine that meeting.

"No! You tell them I want AT LEAST 38% poster real estate or no go!"

 

[ThePhantasm]

Evangeline Lilly's agent didn't do a very good negotiating job then...

 

[Marvolo]

While many, including myself, have criticized Peter Jackson's self-indulgent (Lucasian?) use of CGI in the film, THE HOBBIT trilogy stands to be the most expensive film production of all time. The Associated Press is reporting that the production budget on the three films combined came out to be $745 million, tripling the cost of THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. Back in 2007, the proposed budget for the two-film adaptation set to be helmed by Guillermo Del Toro was set at $150 million. My how money can get away from you. Good thing the first two movies have grossed $2 billion globally.

http://m.joblo.com/joblo/news/56534

Holy ****!

 

[ThePhantasm]

they'll need all that dwarven treasure just to pay that off

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

http://m.joblo.com/joblo/news/56534

Holy ****!

Wow, thats a lot of money, but in fairness, at least you can see it on the screen.

 

[Boom]

For an adaptation of The Hobbit, that is absurd.

 

[regwec]

Wow, thats a lot of money, but in fairness, at least you can see it on the screen.

You can see it on screen, being pissed up the wall and down the drain.

 

[ThePhantasm]

I guess fake Azog and fake liquid molten gold cost the big bucks

 

[Marvolo]

For an adaptation of The Hobbit, that is absurd.

Makes you really wonder about the two film $150 million dollar version they had back in 2007 and it really puts into perspective how different Jackson's Hobbit is from what Del Toro had planned.

God, I wish that two film script would leak! For me, that version is one of the all time what-ifs.

 

[Drizzle]

No nee elf footage unfortunately.

Wow, I'm surprised given PJ's Legolas obsession.

 

[hangxanh]

DoS I felt had a quicker pace than AUJ.

I think an extended DoS would be more welcome than the AUJ one - seeing as we got that horrific Goblin King song. However, some scenes were welcome, like the conversation between Elrond and Gandalf being overheard by Bilbo and Thorin.

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[Marvolo]

The score will be available to buy on December 16, 2014.

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/10/22/93253-exclusive-debuting-cover-art-for-the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies-special-edition-soundtrack/

 

[green]

eh most of you will just complain about something in this lol, but…

Peter Jackson walks us through his battle plans for 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/10/23/peter-jackson-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies/

 

[Vartha]

GRRRR Man I wish I could trust my mail box. Every danged store here wants 100 bucks for the extended LotR bluray set and conveniently don't have the single Extended out.

 

[Victarion]

I guess fake Azog and fake liquid molten gold cost the big bucks

At least Conan got a nice Games Workshop miniature for his troubles.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

DoS I felt had a quicker pace than AUJ.

I think an extended DoS would be more welcome than the AUJ one - seeing as we got that horrific Goblin King song. However, some scenes were welcome, like the conversation between Elrond and Gandalf being overheard by Bilbo and Thorin.

I much prefer the pacing of the first film to the second. Either is paced all that well, but DoS starts erratically and just dies in the middle.

 

[Brother Jack]

I much prefer the pacing of the first film to the second. Either is paced all that well, but DoS starts erratically and just dies in the middle.

The first actually has an ending, for one. It's definitely a piece of a whole story but it has a clear arc to it that the second doesn't.

 

[Marvolo]

IGN has posted one of the new Beorn scenes. It's the one of him and Gandalf discussing the Tombs.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/10/24/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-extra-scene-tombs

 

[craigdbfan]

The reason why the budget ballooned so much had to do with Jackson constantly changing his mind on designs and whatnot. That's not including WB having to scratch essentially an entire movie ready to go into production by GDT.

That's only scratching the surface.