New Hobbit Trailer Debuts 130
New submitter madmarcel tips news that a new trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been released.
"The new piece (seen above) is about the same length -- 2 1/2 minutes -- as the December trailer. But it cuts to the chase more quickly, leaving out the Frodo voiceover that sets up the Lord of the Rings follow-up. Instead we get the quick voiceover explanation -- 'the dwarves are determined to reclaim their homeland' -- before we meet up with Martin Freeman's Bilbo Baggins and set off. There's a slightly less self-serious tone to the proceedings this time around, though questers do 'enter the mountain' and play important games of riddles."
I lost interest in the movie series... (Score:0, Interesting)
I understand people absolutely love this movie and that I'm in the minority, and maybe it is a good film, but it doesn't change that I can't stand it for my own personal reasons. So I aim to ruin for everyone else. :P
[Nerd Rage] I lost interest in the movie series in part because of the inconsistent quality of the special effects. My OCD didn't help, either, as I started picking up on unbelievably boneheaded mistake after mistake. For the sheer amount of money spent on it, you'd think something as basic as understanding the dynamics of water when filming miniatures would be taken for granted. Water behaves completely differently at different scales, so you have to at least slow the film down. The breach of the dam at the White Tower gave me flash backs to Dante's Peak. Dear gods it was awful. Coupled with Jackson's completely singular and unimaginative directing style (epic score, turn to the camera and cry; wash, repeat), repetitive music score, Elijah Wood's... well, wooden acting (and poor Sean Astin having to carry his ass through three movies), I just about had enough.
Now that I've seen the trailer for The Hobbit, the "waterfall" at Rivendale was the last straw. I just can't watch it. ... well, maybe for Cate Blanchett.
Re:Are they really adding an Elf to the company? (Score:2, Interesting)
"One does not simply rewrite the story!"
Apparently you never watched Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy or touched the books.
Re:Awesome (Score:5, Interesting)
FWIW, Frank Herbert seem to be ok with the results:
I get asked a specific question a lot of times, if the settings, the scenes that I saw in David’s film match my original imagination, the things I projected in my imagination. I must tell you that some of them do, precisely. Some of them don’t, and some of them are better. Which is what you would expect of artists such as David and Tony Masters. I’m delighted with that! Why not take it and improve on it visually? As far as I’m concerned the film is a visual feast.