Guillermo Talks On The Unity of The Hobbit Films
Posted by Rodneyon 09. 10. 2008in News Chat
We have some news on the way Guillermo plans to tackle the upcoming Hobit films today thanks to an inter view he had with MTV via our friends over at cinematical.
“The reality is that we stopped talking the first movie and second movie, and we just started taking about the movie – the two episodes, or two parts, as if they were a single piece of narrative. We don’t even call it the bridge movie, we just call it ‘The Movie.’ And this is great. When we found what reverberated, and we found it in one of our virtual meetings — we understood. It’s a movie. We all agree that if we do our job right, it should all feel like a continuous journey. That’s what we’re striving for.”Is that any clearer? No, I didn’t think so. But actually, del Toro dropped one hint, one riddle in the dark that might just solve everything — he let slip where the first movie would end. “We are finding out. I think Smaug dies in the first movie. So draw your own conclusions.”
This is some interesting news regarding the creation of the films. If they’re going to end the first at the dragon fight – you couldn’t hope for a better ending to 1 of 2. In the second film they then finish the remainder of the Hobbit and add the “bridge material” to fill it up.
If they are splitting the Hobbit up, and adding parts to the second film I can see this news possibly upsetting some fans. We dont have a clean break from the tale of the Hobbit to the new bridging story. For the sake of the fans I hope the end product removes all concern; this approach may actually be better for the films as a unit.
I cannot say I mind this news, the positives outweigh the negatives in my books. They have 2 films to get all of the Hobbit on the screen, have a great ending for the first film and can build upon the remainder of the Hobbit in the second act to rope it all together.
This is certainly a heavy responsibility and not one to be taken lightly. May the wisdom of the woods guide their thoughts.
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I wish they wouldn’t do any “bridge material”. I think it to be not needed. The Hobbit is related to the Lord of The Rings… no doubt, but it has a very different feel and voice than it’s larger brothers. It is a childrens book really with more songs and ryhms and this should be the way the film should be approached. It is good that del Toro is a fresh director for this film as it should look and feel completely different from The Lord of The Rings films. He is great at crafting very storybook like environments to move the vehicle of the film! …And that is the way that this movie needs to be played. Entering in “bridge material” sounds bad to me. I would be happy if it was two movies like “Kill Bill 1 and 2″. Or like “The Godfather 1 and 2″. But, just seperate the book at half way point and finish the second in the second film. It would make the film much truer to the actual book and there wouldn’t have to be a lot of lost material.
as long as Smaug, the Gollum riddles and the Smaug fight are all epic then I’m totally down with 2.
All cast have to be the same too, maybe not Bilbo.
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.
imo its being done soley for profit. same reason why the last harry potter movie is being split into two
I’ve read the book so many times I can’t count them anymore. But, my opinion is that if they don’t fail, I’m all for letting them split the book.
This is exciting news, but just in case you need some more motivation…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFR-8NVjw-k
OMG!!! they just come right out and say Smaug dies! what about a spoiler alert you jerks!!
:)
okay. just kidding. I am really looking forward to these. And I am so glad Jackson is not involved.
Guillermo Del Toro’s my Hero! Hobbit will win 12 oscars man!