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New Hobbit Trailer Debuts
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."
make me shave my feet in shame
No Smaug. Less spiders than the Dark Forest. Lame.
I'll be bringing my 4-year-old daughter to that one -- time to start the indoctrination into geekery...
(My first memory was seeing Return of the Jedi in the theater at age 4.)
Direct link to download HD version (quicktime)
http://trailers.apple.com/movies/wb/thehobbit1/hobbit-tlr1-3mm4_h1080p.mov
Also, Hobbiton is 37km's that way from my house [[points]] but of course when I went to visit they hadn't started on the Hobbit yet.
We got a discount and a tour of the farm with the owner. Best quote: "You wouldn't pay NZ$60 to go and see some bloke's paddock"
I haven't seen any of the trailers, but I read somewhere that they were adding a female Elf to the company, because it was too much of a sausage-fest. Please, please, please tell me that it's not true. It was bad enough that PJ added elves to the Battle of Helm's Deep. Most Jacksonisms I can live with, but changing the fundamental makeup of the company by adding an entirely new character is just too much.
Captcha is "ranting". Am I, really?
Am I the only one who prefers to wait for the finished product rather than watch it in two-minute disjointed chunks over the course of the next three months?
I quit watching trailers entirely for this reason and because they almost always give away the plot (or the best jokes, or the twist) anymore. Tron: Legacy, for example (admittedly, not exactly a thespianic masterpiece), completely ruined the entire plot start to finish for me with a four-word sentence in the trailer. It gave it away completely.
"Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
I didn't see any songs by Leonard Nimoy, how good could it be?
http://youtu.be/XC73PHdQX04
I wonder what all manner of interesting thing will walk, and walk, and walk in this installment?
What political party do you join when you don't like Bible-thumpers *or* hippies?
I'm going to be seeing this in the theater at least once. I just wish Jackson didn't feel the need to split the movie in half. I'm curious where the dividing point will be.
Is there a list of theatres that will be showing this in 48FPS?
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
Kaaaaaaaaaaaaahnn!
If it's like the last preview, it needs a lot more DRAGON BURNING DOWN THE TOWN and a lot less of dwarves singing.
WHAT THE FUCK ?!!!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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.
Any idea what the small distorted square shape is on the left 1/3 of the screen at 38 seconds? Looks like some unfinished effects work. It moves along with one of the dwarves (dwarfs?).
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From the end of the trailer, "Home is now behind you. The world is ahead."
That is very similar to the lyric of the song that Pippin sang to Denethor during Jackson's rendition of "Return of the King."
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I thought Peter Jackson did a great job on the Lord Of The Rings except, the movies were too long, too drawn-out with too many endings. I imagine his reason for making one book (The Hobbit) into three movies is for box office revenue. So, its depressing to think that we probably won't actually see Smaug until the third movie.
character out of my favorite books. I wonder if these movies tend to be less appealing to people that actually read the books. Or is it just me.
Granted the book was a great read but it's not going to translate to well to film. The last 45 minutes of the final movie will be good.
Did anyone else catch Tom ,mutha f*cking, Bombadil?
Sure he had to doctor the story to fit him in, but I'm pretty excited about it.
Then you won't have that ugly apple marring the entire trailer
If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating
I'm looking forward to The Hobbit, but instead of licking the screen at every trailer, picture, snippet or press interview I'm going to ignore avoid looking at any of it, walk into the cinema when it finally comes out and be pleasantly surprised.
Surprising.
to the haters - pretty common for you to be hating, aww stretching it out.. aww not exactly the story..
whatever, LOTR was beastmode, this will be too.. and you'll watch it all, and you'll like it. accept and embrace it :)
I boycotted the Gorilla movie because of their dubious decision to excise the main plot point from the LotR. I can never forgive that. I have magnanimously lifted the boycott, however, in appreciation of Jackson's support of the effort to free the West Memphis Three. I hope he doesn't fuck up this time..
They feared that it could be used to suppress protest or support unpopular rule.
Replaced by a chef's roll of knives. Gotta stay within the budget.
They feared that it could be used to suppress protest or support unpopular rule.
I mostly like Jackson's Ring series & this looks to be 'bout as good, but I've never gotten a consistent feel for the "actual" size of a Hobbit from the films.
Anyone else?
Was pretty bummed they didn't include the takeover of Hobbit Land by wild men in LOTR3: Return of the King. The hobbit rebellion was one of the best parts of the series!
Not only was the major plot point of the Scouring lost, but the change to Faramir being tempted by the ring tells me that Jackson, Boyens and Walsh did not GET Tolkien's writing or understand how the ring worked.
While I'll be cringing and bitching about changes to "The Hobbit," I'm sure I'll still enjoy the scenery and journey of these movies. I just don't understand the gall of thinking you can improve on what many consider the epitome of fantasy writing.
This has cash in written all over it.
The guy who said the election was rigged won the presidency with the second-most votes.
Mod up! I'm so glad to finally hear that I'm not the only one who feels that the Scouring oif the Shire was pretty much the entire point of the whole trilogy, and leaving it out was a crime beyond imagining. Yeah, I guess it brings down the Hollywood-happy-ending thing a bit. Gods forbid we should have to grow or think or not always have everything end perfectly. Chopping the last part off completely ruined all character growth that was in the books and, iof you ask me, the most personal and intimate part of them from Tolkein (who, don't forget, was a veteran and deeply affected by the horrors of war, especially when he returned home).
I took a class once on reading, and ever since I compulsively look for the plot point. (Ditto Film School.)
Omniscience aside, Tolkein's primary P.O.V. was of the Hobbits, and the theme was the little guy who wanted to stay home and garden being thrust into the world of ambitious Biggers*, and doing whatever they had to do in order to return to their own lives. Kinda like the Draft. One of the foremost subplots also was that adventure and war were not very fun or glorious for some folks.
*Reference from Bored of the Rings.
They feared that it could be used to suppress protest or support unpopular rule.