Trailer
after trailer , The Hobbit is getting closer to us . It’s now less than a month
left to the movie !
In the past
few days my excitement got over the top , especially due to the recently
released TV spots :) . Therefore , I decided to share some comments about them
.
At the
beginning the trailers were more general – introducing us to the characters , showing
us glimpses of some amazing locations and also giving hints about the main
storyline. It was really thrilling to watch those first clips ! It was the
return to Middle Earth !
But as more
and more clips came out , I can now say that I am really eager to see this
movie not only because it portraits one of my favorite books but also as a
movie in general .
There are
few points ( in random order ) that I like about how Peter Jackson developed the story ( all based
on the previews )
1 – The Dwarves
I
consider giving the dwarves a specific visual characteristics and personality
to be a really good decision. In the book most of them are not very well
defined and it works ok but for the movie it is times better for them to have
their own distinctive features.
In all the
scenes we get to see them , they bring entertainment and charm to the story .
It is a delight to watch them and I am sure they will be sugar and spice of the films .
As for
Thorin – no , I didn’t imagine him to
look like that at all but the emotions he transmits are just right . He looks
noble , superior, a little dark and
mysterious . He seems to carry “ dark memories “ of sad events on his forehead
. He is Thorin Oakenshield even if not in the way most might have imagined him
– he has it in himself . I am looking forward to see how this character will
develop in the movie !
I used to
be a very stubborn fan back in the day – I wanted all to be by the book ! Then
I grew to realize this is not possible and above all this is not the purpose of
any based on a book movie . An adaptation is just one point of view over a
story . It must be faithful to the original but it also can contribute to
it in a way , to enrich it .
I think
that those 3 movie, combining the story of the Hobbit with all the stories of
the appendixes , will be kind of contribution to the Tolkien world , rather
something that contradicts it .
There are
always the things you and I might have imagined differently … but PJ cannot
ever satisfy us all no matter what he does.
In any case - I can’t
wait to know more about those dwarves !
2 – Bilbo
Baggins
If Bilbo had not been a convincing character all the story would have been doomed to fall into pieces . But
Bilbo is great ! As much as I saw from him , I loved it ! Martin Freeman seems
to be brilliant in his performance . I don’t say that because he looks like Bilbo ,
but because he acts like him ( and when I say act , I mean behave ) He seems really natural playing the hobbit and one can easily say – he is Bilbo !
I really
appreciate Martin as an actor and I think after the Hobbit , I will do it even
more .
3 – The
characters relationship
The best
about this movie is not going to be the special effect or the fighting scenes –
it is going to be its characters! As I said before – the fact that each of them
is so well developed brings the whole story on another level.
I loved the
conversation between Bilbo and Thorin in TV Spot 6 – it is an indication for me
that the movie will go deeper into the characters relationships and explore
more about the way they will influence each other and the reasons that brought them to this adventure . ( I can already see myself
sobbing at particular scenes in the 3rd film … I won’t say more to
avoid spoilers )
4 - Everything looks so beautiful !
One of the
main winning point of this movie is its visuals ! This couldn’t never be or
should be denied . Besides special effects , the most spectacular about this
movie is the real shots of some of the most amazing landscapes of New Zealand
Usually , I
don’t like too many filters and artificial coloring and lights in a movie – but
the colors in the Hobbits are simple so Beautiful ! Every frame seems to be a
piece of art – it brings so much more feeling to the story , even only subconsciously
.
This movie
should be seen in its full glamour! Whoever is too lazy to go the cinema to
watch it is a total looser ! :P ( literally - will lose(miss) a lot! )
5 –
Devotion ( this has nothing to do with the TV spots ... but whatever )
One think I
liked about LOTR and I like about the Hobbit is the devotion of each member of
the crew for the project . Making the Hobbit was ( is ) a long process but all
the time spent into re-creating Middle Earth was worth it . The attention to
detail makes those movies so real in way
.
I have
always admired all the people at Weta ,
the costume designers , the set designers , the concept artist and so on . The
amount of talent from so many various types of art and craft poured into this
one project is rare to see in productions. They really did create Middle Earth
!
And I
cannot wait to go back to this magical and wonderful world !
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