Territorial Hobbitses

[bloodyrosemccoy]

I really loved the Lord of the Rings movies--I even think some of the character arcs were better in them--but I can totally understand Christopher Tolkien's issues with them. If I'd spent my entire life in my dad's world and all sorts of other people started barging into it and crashing around, I'd be a bit territorial, too.

This also made me realize that I am far more worried about The Hobbit than I was about LotR, because I am far more invested in Bilbo as a character. He's a brilliant character, possibly the most relatable hero I've ever come across. And he's very hard to get right--I adored the hell out of There and Back Again, Pat Murphy's awesomely insane space opera remix of The Hobbit, but Bailey Beldon is no Bilbo. And I don't know if Martin Freeman could be, either--though if there were somebody I'd want to play him, Freeman's at the top of the list. Right under a magically age-reduced Sir Ian Holm, really. But even with Freeman playing him, it's a question of whether it'll work. We'll just have to see.

Comments

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I could see two, given all the backstory and Dol Guldur stuff being put back in, but I am in fear that PJ is getting his fanboy on and PUTTING IN ALL THE THINGS because he can - whether or not they make it a better film. I mean, I enjoyed King Kong but I think I would have enjoyed it more if it had been half an hour shorter.

Sometimes a Director needs someone to say "No - that's enough" to him, and he doesn't have that.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I remember telling someone that King Kong would've been a better movie if every single scene was about two minutes shorter.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say "every" but it's a valid point. There was one scene (dinosaurs stampeding through a canyon) that looked awesome but just went on and on and on....and that's what I fear we're getting into