The problem with The Hobbit is that it's not that exciting. Small Hobbit meets wizard, sets off, finds ring that makes you invisible, kills spider, gets someone else to shoot a dragon, goes home. As a book in its own right it is perfectly fine. It could be made into a perfectly good film, but compared to Lord of the Rings I think it would seem somehow lacking in grandeur.
The suggestions that it could be made into two films are frankly laughable, and the suggestion of making a third to fill in the gap between The Hobbit and LotR just shows how desperate New Line are to milk this cash cow for all they can whilst they still own the rights.
The purists will complain that Miyazaki strays from Tolkien's intention.
Compared to other visualisations, there will be more black icky goo.
But future generations will be comfortable with the view that the environmental toll of Dwarven mines, dragonish flaming and the other evils of the elder races would set the scene for cleansing and a new age.
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The suggestions that it could be made into two films are frankly laughable, and the suggestion of making a third to fill in the gap between The Hobbit and LotR just shows how desperate New Line are to milk this cash cow for all they can whilst they still own the rights.
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Making another trilogy does seem a tad silly though :->
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The animation will be beautiful beyond belief.
The purists will complain that Miyazaki strays from Tolkien's intention.
Compared to other visualisations, there will be more black icky goo.
But future generations will be comfortable with the view that the environmental toll of Dwarven mines, dragonish flaming and the other evils of the elder races would set the scene for cleansing and a new age.