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binary solo said:
SnakeDrake said:
Still think the hobbit should of been one whole movie, but I cant wait to see it. Just needs to fix my phone and call some friends :P

No, there's definitely enough material for 2 movies. But whether 3 will prove to be folly (even with extra material included from the LOTR appendices) remains to be seen. The book is about the same length as FOTR (part 1 of LOTR) and there was a lot left out of the movie adaptation.


The story of "The Hobbit" will actually end with the second movie from what I've read.  The third movie will actually delve into the History of Middle Earth.



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I plan on watching this movie tonight and I am pretty excited! I enjoyed the LOTR's and I am sure this movie won't let me down.



Lafiel said:
I don't understand why he split the book into 3 movies .. there is just way less to work with than with LotR.




Im kind of interested in seeing how a movie theater movie that is running at 48 fps looks like. I would probably pass otherwise...



cloud1161 said:
binary solo said:
SnakeDrake said:
Still think the hobbit should of been one whole movie, but I cant wait to see it. Just needs to fix my phone and call some friends :P

No, there's definitely enough material for 2 movies. But whether 3 will prove to be folly (even with extra material included from the LOTR appendices) remains to be seen. The book is about the same length as FOTR (part 1 of LOTR) and there was a lot left out of the movie adaptation.


The story of "The Hobbit" will actually end with the second movie from what I've read.  The third movie will actually delve into the History of Middle Earth.

Not sure about that. The first movie ends at page 140 of the book, the book (the one I have on my shelf) is 364 pages. So that leave 224 pages left, plus intermingling stuff from the appendices and embellishments. Perhaps with less exposition needed now the last 224 pages can be covered in the same timeframe as  the first 140. But I think PJ is going to weave the extra stuff into the main story and Bilbo will be back in the Shire at the end of the 3rd movie.



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binary solo said:
cloud1161 said:
binary solo said:
SnakeDrake said:
Still think the hobbit should of been one whole movie, but I cant wait to see it. Just needs to fix my phone and call some friends :P

No, there's definitely enough material for 2 movies. But whether 3 will prove to be folly (even with extra material included from the LOTR appendices) remains to be seen. The book is about the same length as FOTR (part 1 of LOTR) and there was a lot left out of the movie adaptation.


The story of "The Hobbit" will actually end with the second movie from what I've read.  The third movie will actually delve into the History of Middle Earth.

Not sure about that. The first movie ends at page 140 of the book, the book (the one I have on my shelf) is 364 pages. So that leave 224 pages left, plus intermingling stuff from the appendices and embellishments. Perhaps with less exposition needed now the last 224 pages can be covered in the same timeframe as  the first 140. But I think PJ is going to weave the extra stuff into the main story and Bilbo will be back in the Shire at the end of the 3rd movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit:_There_and_Back_Again#Third_film I know it's Wikipedia but it's still something: 

"Although The Hobbit was originally made as a two-part film, on 30 July 2012, Jackson confirmed plans for a third film, turning his adaptation of The Hobbit into a trilogy.[138][139] According to Jackson, the third film would make extensive use of the appendices that Tolkien wrote to expand the story of Middle-Earth (published in the back of The Return of the King). While the third film will largely make use of footage originally shot for the first and second films, it will require additional filming as well.[140] The second film was retitled The Desolation of Smaug and the third film was titled There and Back Again in August 2012."  

It's the last paragraph of the Third Film section.



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I read the book more than ten years ago and it is one of my favorite books. I was also worried about the trilogy thing and thought there would be a lot of crap to make it a trilogy but I couldn't have been more wrong. This is as good as it gets. The only meh part was the Radagast part, I don't even remember that being in the book, I think it was made up, but not totally sure.

Can't wait the second film. Don't listen to the critics.



Yeah I saw this on weds Id give it a 8.5/10, Yeah the start is slow but its not boring slow, and the characters aren't as kool as the ones from LOTR's. I choose to watch it in standard 24fps.



man-bear-pig said:
I saw it in 48 FPS 3D yesterday and it was great! I don't know why people are complaining about the frame-rate.

Also, the critics don't know shit

Critics are always all shit!



michael_stutzer said:
I read the book more than ten years ago and it is one of my favorite books. I was also worried about the trilogy thing and thought there would be a lot of crap to make it a trilogy but I couldn't have been more wrong. This is as good as it gets. The only meh part was the Radagast part, I don't even remember that being in the book, I think it was made up, but not totally sure.

Can't wait the second film. Don't listen to the critics.

Haha same here.

Though after 10 years I almost remembered nothing.