Territorial Hobbitses
Dec. 10th, 2012 09:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodyrosemccoyI 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.
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.
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Date: 2012-12-10 08:43 pm (UTC)I want to see your curly hair, too!
I had the same response--DAMMIT JUST RELEASE A TWELVE HOUR MOVIE AND BE DONE WITH IT. But the image that won me back over was this one. He just looksso beautifully like an exasperated dad. "I go off for FIVE MINUTES and you Dwarves get kidnapped by SPIDERS. RASSERFRASSERGRUMBLE now I gotta stab a bunch of big damn arthropods and I JUST WANT MY AFTERNOON TEA."
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Date: 2012-12-10 09:34 pm (UTC)24 hours and 27 minutes to go!
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Date: 2012-12-10 09:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-12 07:35 pm (UTC)Mind if I metaquote that? XD
Also, having seen the film now, I have no worries about there being "too little" material to stretch into three films. I think it's going to work.
And the introduction of Thorin is a perfect example of how to turn a character into a Big Damn Hero in five minutes. I think I may be a bit in love with him.
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Date: 2012-12-12 08:17 pm (UTC)Is the film good? I'm intensely curious. And Thorin as a Big Damn Hero bodes well in putting to rest
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Date: 2012-12-13 03:47 pm (UTC)The annoying thing about seeing a film like this the day it opens is that I don't want to say too much, 'cos I think it's best if people get to form their own opinions. So I have to rein in my fangirling until the rest of the world has caught up. XD