"Hobbit in 5"

[Dilettante]

I am a little shocked that they want to make The Hobbit into two movies. I mean after all, it is one book. LOTR was three because it was three books. As for what Morthron said about extraneous material, they could have divided TTT and ROTK more along book lines without so much extraneous material in both.


rowie711 said...

If a character is not in JRRT's Hobbit then PJ should not just add it to the movie to to tie the movie to LOTR. The ring ties the stories together as does Bilbo and Gandalf and Gollum, and Elrond as well. There are already connections enough to link the stories together.

Let's take a list at the already existing character connections...

Bilbo Baggins

Dori, Nori, Oin, and Gloin, as well as Bombur fatter than ever (Ok ok so technically they are in the book, not the movie. I am sure I left a dwarf or two out, apologies to them.)

Gollum

Gandalf

Elrond (I wonder if PJ can make him less Mr. Grumpy Face for The Hobbit than he was in LOTR? Doubt it.)

The Sackville-Bagginses!

I'm sure I have left a few out, anyone want to add?

I hear they are sticking extra wizards in there too, namely Radagast the Brown.....I don't remember him in The Hobbit......he barely appears in LOTR.

Speaking of what they put in rather than what they left out that rankled....do you think that they will turn the Battle of the Five Armies (which takes a few pages to describe) into a 50-minute drama like Helms Deep was? IMHO Helms Deep in the film lasted way....too.....long.

Also, do you think Beorn and his animals will be cut from the script?

I'm wondering if PJ will sneak in an Aragorn/Arwen kissing scene somewhere too....What was that about glorified fanfic?