There are soooo many issues with the hobbit movies. Dec 01, 2012 imagining peter jacksons the hobbit part 3. Peter jackson explains all of the hobbit movie problems. Why did peter jackson not keep the duel between aragorn and. Why did peter jackson choose to make a three part hobbit movie that.
As for where that material might come from, jackson and his cowriters, fran walsh and philippa boyens, are already drawing on sources beyond the hobbit. Peter jacksons the hobbit movie page 26 steve hoffman. Jan 21, 2015 this blog is meant to document some of the details that went into editing peter jacksons three hobbit films down into a single 3hour movie that, i think, follows tolkiens original story as lovingly as possible. The hobbit has always had a special place in my heart. Peter jackson retitles the hobbit part three the battle of. For example the star wars films, in storychronology, released as films 4, 5, 6 then 1, 2, 3 and the latest is film 7, to be followed by 8 and 9. So when the atlantic opines that jackson s the hobbit should have been slender and simple like the book, indeed innocent and intimate, and that any reference to the necromancercumsauron in the hobbit is merely jackson crosspromoting his earlier films, dont listen to it for a momentand dont be fooled by the legerdemain of that. Id like to say, the hobbit did not need to be three movies, and while they arent bad, the book was better. Tolkiens classic childrens book, the hobbit, acts as a warning to its viewers. The hobbit films did make money and do have their fans, but largely, theyre received as mediocre experiences, inferior to the lord of the rings, exemplifying peter jackson s worst traits as a filmmaker, and as generally unsatisfying films in their own rights. Nov 20, 2015 peter jackson says he winged it on the hobbit.
I didnt know what the hell i was doing when i made. Its time to move beyond peter jacksons vision of middle earth. Oct 17, 2012 harry said to new line, fix your peter jackson problem, says kamins. Peter jacksons film stars martin freeman, ian mckellen, and richard armitage.
The battle of the five armies marks both an end and a beginning for peter jackson. Any work of the scale of peter jacksons the lord of the rings movie. Peter jacksons hobbit trilogy becomes most expensive film. Peter jacksons much anticipated the hobbit hits theaters today. The hobbit can certainly be done justice in a film, but it isnt lotr. One of my earliest memories is that of my father reading the hobbit to me before bed. Director sir peter jackson talks with tolkienfan cirdan about his early doubts regarding the hobbitadaption, changes to the book by j. Peter jackson explains why the hobbit has to be three movies. Only three movies why peter jacksons hobbit is far too. The battle of the five armies the final chapter in peter jacksons trilogy strays furthest from the book, but there are still a. Books always contain more story than can comfortably fit into a movie.
Peter jackson confirms the hobbit will be three films wtf. He says its because theres stuff to draw on from the lotr appendices to bridge the two. That nonsense duel between aragorn and sauron was the worst idea peter jackson ever had. Apr 25, 2017 he even went so far to accuse peter jackson of eviscerating the book and turning it into an action flick for college students. The hobbit peter jackson reason for changes from the. For example the star wars films, in storychronology, released as films 4, 5, 6 then 1, 2, 3. Nov 28, 2012 in imagining peter jacksons the hobbit, guest writer eric m. In fact, azog is supposed to be dead from the start. Harry said to new line, fix your peter jackson problem, says kamins.
An unexpected journey marks peter jacksons long awaited return to middleearth. Peter jacksons violent betrayal of tolkien the atlantic. On his casting, peter jackson was quoted as saying, despite the various. My problem with the first 2 hobbit films is a combo of the length and all of added sh. He is the author of titles including anything you can imagine. Ever since peter jackson signed on to direct a twopart adaptation of j. Halo, a longgestating project hes executiveproducing.
Peter jackson and the making of middleearth, alien vault and biographies of tim burton and the coen brothers. Resident tolkienite anna klassen compares the film to the original novel, revealing 19 differences between the tolkien classic and the movie. Why did peter jackson not keep the duel between aragorn. Why is the hobbit movie trilogy so bad, compared to the. The tolkien edit peter jacksons hobbit trilogy recut. For other people named peter jackson, see peter jackson disambiguation. To web fans, peter jackson is the one true director. How faithful is peter jacksons hobbit to tolkiens book. The battle of the five armies the new zealand filmmaker made the announcement on his facebook page following weeks. Peter jacksons revealed admission of winging it during the difficult. Peter jackson explains where the hobbit would have been split.
Its an achievement that changed the landscape of speculative genre on the big screenpaving the way for. It was published on 21 september 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the carnegie medal and awarded a prize from the new york herald tribune for best juvenile fiction. Why peter jackson s hobbit is far too short angry nerd. But in peter jacksons new and final hobbit film, the hobbit. The hobbit battle of the five armies blu ray 3 d like star wars, the lord of the rings series came out over a long period of time and not exactly in sequence. In bringing this story to the screen, i thought jackson had to take far more artistic license with the material than he had to do before. That question was answered with the announcement that jackson would use tolkiens extensive appendices about middleearth as his source for additional hobbit movie.
I didnt know what the hell i was doing when i made the hobbit this article is more than 4 years old. Differences between jrr tolkiens novel and peter jacksons movie trilogy. According to our partners at omelete, jackson said this could turn into two things. The battle of the five armies the final chapter in peter jacksons trilogy strays furthest from the book, but there are still a few buried easter. Tolkien, with large portions of the trilogy inspired by the appendices to the return of the king, which expand on the story told in the hobbit, as well as new material and characters written especially for the films. Top ten differences between the hobbit book and films. The three end credit songs in the first trilogy were incredible. At a storytelling rate of just over three minutes per page, this makes it the slowestmoving part of the trilogy by some margin, even. Peter jackson confirms the hobbit will be three films. Tolkien the hobbit, or there and back again is a fantasy novel by english author j.
So, to return to middleearth peter jackson has to deal with a number of unusual. Even the recent hobbit films, stretched from one small book into three puzzlingly long movies, have been a fun ride so far. I dont really remember these guys from the book, to be honest. The hobbit films did make money and do have their fans, but largely, theyre received as mediocre experiences, inferior to the lord of the rings, exemplifying peter jacksons worst traits as a filmmaker, and as generally unsatisfying films in their own rights. In peter jacksons lotr films, the book is shown on screen and written. Tolkien once said that believable fairystories must be intensely practical. In short, jackson turned tolkiens oneman play into a 50man ensemble, thus entirely changing the character of the story. Meanwhile, pressure on new line was building, as the studios rights to hobbit would revert to zaentz if no progress was made. An only child in a small seaside town in new zealand, peter jackson grew up far from the centers of motion picture production. One of the uks best known film writers, ian nathan is the former editor and executive editor of empire magazine, where he remains a contributing editor.
I had wondered how peter jackson was going to spread the book. It represents the culmination of his 16year, sixfilm j. At a storytelling rate of just over three minutes per page, this makes it the slowestmoving part. I do feel the story in the book is far superior to the mess jackson has presented. Aside from promoting the lovely bones, which came out on video tuesday, the lord of the rings director is neckdeep in several other films steven spielbergs the adventures of tintin, for which hes a producer. I understand the difference between books and films but the art is capturing the essence of the book and bringing it to life. Peter jackson says he winged it on the hobbit youtube. The hobbit is not a very long book, so theyd have to invent a fair amount of extra material just to make a second film. Fortunately he seems to have realized that the duel was crap and cut it out. Peter jackson was born in pukerua bay, new zealand, a small seaside town not far from the countrys capital city, wellington. Peter jacksons hobbit trilogy recut into a single 4hour film. Its not my place to speak for peter jackson as i have no direct knowledge behind his decisions but it makes sense to me that he would do this.
But my god, if the hobbit had been filmed in the same manner it was written, it would almost certainly have been the most baffling film of the modern era. I think people are always coming from the direction of well how do you take a three hundred page book and turn it into three movies. I mustnt give too much away but ive got a bald cap and then on top of that. Peter jacksons the hobbit, or been there, done that, and. At the age of nine, he began shooting movies in his backyard with his parents home movie camera. Dec 14, 2012 in peter jacksons 3d adaptation of the hobbit, bilbo sets out with the wizard gandalf and a posse of dwarfs to battle a fearsome dragon. So the movie is different than the book, a wildly different. I had wondered how peter jackson was going to spread the book over. Far from having confidence in the work of the valar, at the beginning, gandalf. May 04, 2014 director sir peter jackson talks with tolkienfan cirdan about his early doubts regarding the hobbitadaption, changes to the book by j.
This blog is meant to document some of the details that went into editing peter jacksons three hobbit films down into a single 3hour movie that, i think, follows tolkiens original story as lovingly as possible. Why its time for the peter jackson era of the lord. Apr 24, 2014 the final film in peter jackson s hobbit trilogy has been retitled the hobbit. We missed peter jacksons the hobbit cameo during our first viewing. That question was answered with the announcement that jackson would use tolkiens extensive appendices about middleearth as his source for. Tolkiens the hobbit acknowledge that none of them come close to matching the highs of the lord of the rings.
The hobbit to become a trilogy, peter jackson to direct. As far as i know, it was not his original idea, but he was probably pushed into it by warner bros. Peter jacksons adaptation of jrr tolkiens hobbit was not a faithful one. However, we make the argument that there was something deeper at fault. Was peter jackson entirely at fault for the hobbit films. Of a total of sixtytwo chapters in the threevolume book set, little to none was. Then instead of taking the time needed to plan out the movies, they. No amazing music or singing like there was in the first trilogy.
It is far more elegant to first learn about smaug from the dwarves haunting ballad rather than. Tolkien was actually going to revise the hobbit to fit the continuity with the lord of the rings and his more developed middleearth better, but friends, family and publishers talked him out of it. There and back again, or the hobbit in 3 hours there. Dec 19, 2014 the tolkien nerds guide to the hobbit. Jan 30, 2014 its time to move beyond peter jacksons vision of middle earth. Tolkiens the hobbit, there was question about how the oscarwinning lord of the rings filmmaker would split the hobbit book into two featurelength films.
Jacksons the lord of the rings trilogy is a testament to the power of cinema. Peter jacksons revealed admission of winging it during the difficult production of the hobbit may have validated bad opinions towards those films. Peter jackson the hobbit movies the new york times. See all the new images for the december release here. Many sequences while derivative of events from the book almost feel as if they were made to copy, reflect, or echo moments from the first trilogy. The hobbit battle of the five armies blu ray3d like star wars, the lord of the rings series came out over a long period of time and not exactly in sequence. I should say that while i dont think jacksons storytelling was as concise and characterdriven as it could have. In peter jacksons 3d adaptation of the hobbit, bilbo sets out with the wizard gandalf and a posse of dwarfs to battle a fearsome dragon. If youve read it or even seen it on a shelf somewhere, youll know that the hobbit is a rather short book, especially in comparison to the mammoth lord of the rings trilogy. The hobbit 3 edges closer to production screen rant. In a novel, the writer of the novel is often the person who narrates the story.
He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the lord of the rings trilogy 200103 and the hobbit trilogy 201214, both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by j. Why peter jackson winging it was not the problem blastr. Sir peter robert jackson onz knzm born 31 october 1961 is a new zealand film director, screenwriter, and film producer. The hobbit is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by peter jackson. Dec 17, 2012 peter jacksons violent betrayal of tolkien. Even the most ardent defenders of peter jacksons threefilm adaptation of j. Why did peter jackson choose to make a three part hobbit movie. This quote, delivered by gandalf the grey in peter jackson s interpretation of j. As he grew older, many of his neighbors regarded his obsessive moviemaking as little more than an eccentric hobby, but peter jackson never stopped.
Why is the hobbit movie so different from the book. Peter jackson confirms the hobbit will be three films ign. If thats how he felt about the academy awardwinning trilogy, imagine the horror christopher tolkien experienced after watching the hobbit movies. Peter jackson went on record at comiccon that he wants to shoot more footage for the hobbit. An only child, jacksons imagination was inspired by a picturesque coastline of cliffs and caves. As a devoted tolkien fan and reader i have no personal objections to the change. Watching peter jacksons the hobbit trilogy for the first time. He even went so far to accuse peter jackson of eviscerating the book and turning it into an action flick for college students. How, then, did peter jackson manage to ring out nearly nine hours worth of film content. The final film in peter jacksons hobbit trilogy has been retitled the hobbit. The battle of the five armies is the equivalent of 7 hobbit 3 posters. Sep 26, 2019 that nonsense duel between aragorn and sauron was the worst idea peter jackson ever had.
The hobbit films so far, do neither for me and are over long and just plain wrong, in the wrong places. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the lord of the rings trilogy 200103 and the hobbit. The second installment of peter jacksons hobbit trilogy, the hobbit. Peter jackson will need those ladies more than ever to keep him from making what would only be a prequel. That didnt stop peter jackson from turning the single book into three long films that. So, does the film live up to expectations and just how much of a difference does 48fps make.
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