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- jogleby, on 01/30/2008, -5/+115Thank god. I thought Sam Raimi was going destroy the Hobbit.
- hamidrezan, on 01/30/2008, -5/+77he's a genius ;)
- Satertek, on 01/30/2008, -8/+68He's not "on board"
"Del Toro's name was on a short list of directors who could tackle the project."
Buried Inaccurate. - Dundasbro, on 01/30/2008, -4/+52Nah, Michael Bay is the one for me. "You know what this scene could use? A car chase and explosions!!!"
- GorfTron, on 01/30/2008, -14/+52I would have preferred Uwe Boll.
- NichowA, on 01/30/2008, -2/+40Yes, because LoTR had very underwhelming special effects. They will have to raise the bar here.
- ArrowheadAddict, on 01/30/2008, -2/+39Pan's Labyrinth is one of my favorite movies of the decade, and Hellboy was very good as well. I even like Del Toro's older stuff quite a bit. His early career is actually pretty similar to Jackson's, except I'd actually say that he is more accomplished than when Jackson took on the LOTR trilogy. I just don't think Jackson wanted to devote another 3-4-5 years solely to LOTR. To me, this is the best possible scenario. He is the only guy other than Jackson (well, maybe Alfonso Cuaron) that could pull this off. And he'll bring a tremendous new energy to the project.
From not thinking these were going to happen to this. ***** awesome. - ats314, on 01/30/2008, -2/+36considering what this guy has done with relatively small budgets, he could do wonders with a couple hundred mil.
- Varz, on 01/30/2008, -4/+34Pan's Labyrinth was a great movie, the results will be interesting if he does get the job.
- rz8472, on 01/30/2008, -3/+26I agree. Pan's Labyrinth is one the best films I've seen in recent years. And not to riff on LOTR (the acting was good, but not uniquely so), but it may be one of the few fantasy films where the acting was truly exemplary.
- insomniac8400, on 01/30/2008, -2/+25Good to know he does all the special effects himself.
- markwilcox, on 01/30/2008, -0/+22He would have.
- markwilcox, on 01/30/2008, -1/+23Well considering WETA is doing the effects for the Hobbit...
- Privil3g3, on 01/30/2008, -0/+21Can't wait.
"A box without hinges, key, or a lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid." - bigfinger, on 01/30/2008, -4/+24Thank you very much Mr. Del Toro for making my day!
- o0justice0o, on 01/30/2008, -6/+26If anyone has seen Del Toro's films, you'll know the special effects in this film will be nothing short of breathtaking.
- Vostok, on 01/30/2008, -5/+25Del Toro is amazing, he doesn't make movies he makes moving art with sound, if he does the Hobbit, not doubt it will be a master piece.
- khellendros1984, on 01/30/2008, -1/+21Unless you're George Lucas....
- ophello, on 01/30/2008, -7/+25I dont know whether to be happy or terrified...
- AndrewDB, on 01/30/2008, -4/+21Del Toro directing and Jackson supervising, these movies (yes, look it up, there will be two Hobbit movies) are going to rock. I can't wait.
- NichowA, on 01/30/2008, -3/+19It will gross a ton even if both films are steaming piles. Here's to hoping they aren't, though, and I think Del Toro is about the best choice they could've made for direction, so it should be good. My only concern is the second Hobbit film they want to do, which will not have a novel to go from. That's something new, so it is anything but a sure bet.
- terocious, on 01/30/2008, -9/+25This is great. I cannot wait to see how he makes these characters his own.
- fkr3, on 01/30/2008, -2/+17I can't wait to see Bilbo get his smug little face smashed in with a wine bottle.
- CronoTrigger, on 01/30/2008, -0/+14an egg!
- NeoSporin, on 01/30/2008, -3/+16I love Sam Raimi stuff, but its definitely not Hobbit material.
So, agreed. - buzmcg, on 01/30/2008, -2/+13Love the Hobbit...looking forward to it.
- zip000, on 01/30/2008, -1/+11Oh! An egg. I was thinking vagina.
- MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -0/+9Judge Rodriguez by Sin City.
- g0thm0g, on 01/30/2008, -3/+11By his own admission Del Toro couldn't even make it through reading The Lord of the Rings!
I loved Pan's Labyrinth too, but I'm more than a little nervous that this guy won't have the full depth of knowledge he needs to direct, especially the second film which they're pulling out of their asses from Tolkien's notes.
Del Toro on The Hobbit: "It’s the only Tolkien book I read. I tried my best to read Lord of the Rings, the trilogy. I could not. I could not. They were very dense. And then one day, I bought The Hobbit. I read it and I loved it. So it would be a privilege." http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2007/12/will-guille ... - dslartoo, on 01/30/2008, -0/+8"Eggses! Eggses it is!"
My turn now:
"This thing all things devours,
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers,
Gnaws iron, bites steel,
Grinds hard stones to meal,
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down." - its...Betty, on 01/30/2008, -0/+8Time!
- Tyr86, on 01/30/2008, -1/+9$109.95. I don't want you coming up short at your local S-Mart for your boomstick.
Here's all the quotes: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/quotes - yacks, on 01/30/2008, -2/+10I guess the non-union Mexican equivalent Senor Spielbergo was unavailable..
- rz8472, on 01/30/2008, -2/+10Damn, I was wishing that Sting could be replaced with a sawed-off shotgun that cost $49.95 at the local S-Mart.
- Ventolin, on 01/30/2008, -4/+12Del Toro did Blade 2. I rest my case.
- Pixelante, on 01/30/2008, -0/+8Thorin sits down and sings about gold.
- Pixelante, on 01/30/2008, -2/+10A lot of directors are better than Spielberg.
- megaloid, on 01/30/2008, -1/+8The script and acting were...questionable. However, the storyboarding, cinematography, and production values were good. Watch it with Del Toro's commentary on; it's a riot.
- maxsunset, on 01/30/2008, -8/+15Damnit. Why the hell do I have to put up with idiotic, immature comments like these?
- directrix13, on 01/30/2008, -1/+8Yes.
- badenglishihave, on 01/30/2008, -1/+8He kind of looks like a hobbit.
- adolfojp, on 01/30/2008, -0/+7It was. But it wasn't directed by Del Toro. It was directed by Bayona.
- nospinhere, on 01/30/2008, -5/+12Hopefully with a new director, this film will have more lasers and space battles in it!
- Lanefair, on 01/30/2008, -1/+8Del Toro is a perfect choice. On the subject of lord of the rings. Why didn't gandalf just get one of those giant eagle things to fly the ring into the volcano. Would have saved a lot of effort.
- buckrogers1965, on 01/30/2008, -0/+6They should have done a final movie for the hobbits return to the shire. The hobbits being able to retake their own homeland all by themselves, without the help of any wizards or heroes, at the end of the book was kinda the whole point of the entire series of books.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scouring_of_the_S ...
http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/lord_of_the_rings_fe ...
Tolkien believed that the great battles are not just fought "over there"—the battles that really matter are those closest to home.
The Scouring of the Shire is a call to social action. What good is it, Tolkien asks, if we send a few good men—the youth of an entire generation, in the case of World War I—to fight in a foreign land if we foster corruption and abuse at home? What we ask in that case is for the survivors to fight yet another war when they return. - buckrogers1965, on 01/30/2008, -0/+6What they might also do is show the wizards of the White Council driving Sauron out of his fortress Dol Guldar in Mirwood. Which begins when Gandalf leaves the dwarves and Bilbo to cross Mirkwood on their own.
There is a lot of history around the Hobbit that is only hinted at.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dol_Guldur - estvir, on 01/30/2008, -2/+8I can't wait to see what the atmosphere and look of The Hobbit will be like because Pan's Labyrinth was excellent and in some ways very suiting for The Hobbit.
- RichLatherX23, on 01/30/2008, -0/+6Because a big fecking eagle making a beeline into Mordor would attract attention, that's why.
No one would ever suspect a hobbit; their size alone makes them inconspicuous, never mind their relative isolation from the rest of Middle Earth. - nico623, on 01/30/2008, -4/+10Goodie Goodie Gumdrops ! Not only do we have Hellboy 2 to look forward to now...
- cwgannon, on 01/30/2008, -1/+7Maybe they're just ***** with us, and that second movie is going to cover the ***** they missed at the end, e.g., the Scouring of the Shire?
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