[Movie] The Hobbit confirmed - with a twist

Originally Posted by The Dopefish

Yes, yes, Deni. We ALL fucking know the book was slaughtered and effectively made into a hot dog. Streamlined, juicy, and goes well with your favorite condiments. The argument will be made for years and in 20 years I'm sure we'll all be saying that they could have been better. Those of us who have put the LOTR movies 1, 2 and 3 in our top 5 will be shunned and be given our own little corner of the world to be exiled in. (Perhaps where Bag End was filmed?)

That being said, I think we should all appreciate what Jackson and his cohorts did for the books in terms of adapting them for film and, though I buy it with great pain, I will gladly follow in lemming-like shambling to the movie theatres for any LOTR adaptations that Jackson has a hand in.

I think his point is that Jackson doesn't derail a Hobbit film in terms of creative output is he is not involved. Because, he really isn't the end all, be all of directors.

However, I do think the film will be derailed if Jackson doesn't direct as I think McKellen and some others didn't want to be a part of it if he didn't. So, pragmatically speaking, the film will suck if Jackson isn't there, because I don't think anyone would be willing to accept a Gandalf that isn't McKellen, but philosophically-- I don't really think Jackson is a requirement. There's plenty of good directors out there.

That said, I do think Jackson gets too much credit for Lord of the Rings. Yeah, he worked hard and certainly went beyond the requirements of merely point a camera and staging the actors, but it doesn't mean he doesn't output shit, which is I think Deni's chief point.

Not gonna lie, King Kong? Kinda thought it sucked. And wasn't his involvement similar?

And now with that said, Lord of the Rings is brilliant. I don't think someone can walk away from it and go: "Well, I didn't like it because of [blank]."

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