There was this one forum that i saw through another link about a guy who wrote an entire screenplay for the hobbit. I knwo its somewhere on this board, does anybody know? Anyway he introduced a few ideas:
-The prolouge would be a lengthy one. the FotR one was 7 minutes. It would start with the whole ring of power thing, with probably Gandalf narrating, or Thorin. Then it would branch off to the dwarven rings, talking about how dragon fire and evil recovered them, and Durin III's was the last. Then The balrog driving out the dwarves, but it probably wouldnt shoe the balrog, just a scene from the balrog's point of view, form his shoulder or something. Then the glory of the mountain, ending with smaug taking over, and a few scenes like when Frodo looked into the mirror and saw Sam, Legolas turning around, except with dwarves. Then somehow fit in a snippet of the war of dwarves and orcs, or save that flashback for later, then Thrains detainment in Dol Gulder, Gandalf getting the key and map and such. This section should wholly be in the prolouge, at least up to smaug, but some could be divided up for this next thing or Bilbos tea party. Anyway, it all needs to be there.
-Next is not the prolouage, but still not the movie. THis is when Gandalf meets Thorin in Bree, then goes to his halls. There more flashbacks, probably of the War of Dwarves and Orcs, then basically the entire disscussion of what was in Unfinished Tales and that bit in The Steward and the King.
-Then finally, Bilbo sitting on his rocking chair infront of his barrow-I mean Hole
and the white words "The Hobbit" across the screen.
And all of that will probably take maybe up to 20 minutes, but literature-wise, it is needed.
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