are you tired of this? then return to latest posts
Hellboy 2 made me fear for The Hobbit
Let me just state upfront that I LOVED Pan's Labyrinth. Despite not being a huge fan of (the) comics, I caught Hellboy 2 this past weekend, majorly because I wanted to test Guillermo.
Last thing I had heard about The Hobbit was that it was going to be a Guillermo del Toro project... and that made me uneasy. The work he had done with Labyrinth, sure spoke volumes as to how boundless his imagination really is. But it spoke nothing of his ability to adapt a 50 years old literary masterpiece that has been loved and cherished throughout the decades - by adults and children alike.
Before watching his latest movie, I caught a making-of in which Mike Minogla, the creator of the comics, mentioned Guillermo was always the one who kept adding new stuff to the story.
That worried me.
The creator of Hellboy is not only alive and kicking but also a part of the project! Guillermo had the nerve to kept adding stuff into HIS story?? How would Tolkien stand a chance? Things didn't look good.
If you add that to the similarity between all del Toro's monstrous creatures - which you can see on the picture on the right; the top is from Hellboy 2 and the bottom one is from Pan's Labyrinth - things are definitely not looking good for The Hobbit, are they?
That's what I thought when I came out of the movie.
(I actually liked it.)
At least until I came online and searched for news about The Hobbit.
The GOOD news
Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro writing Hobbit themselves, not only that, they're teaming up with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the same gals who aided Peter "The Hobbit" Jackson put together the pretty outstanding adaption of the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings.
There. I can sleep at ease until 2011.
That shot in Hellboy 2 when they enter the "earth", sure had some resemblance with the Misty Mountains... hadn't it?
Pedro on tue, 2 sep 2008 12:37
I read someplace that old man Tolkien just sold the rights to his books because he was deeply in debt, otherwise he wouldn't have done it.
LOTR was a great set of movies, don't get me wrong, I loved them. But this Hobbit project... smells...
andr3 on tue, 2 sep 2008 20:04
I know, it does smell... starting at the fact that there's going to be two movies?! WTF?! Each book in the trilogy is way, way bigger. than The Hobbit. The good thing is, now they won't be able to leave out any detail from the book. Or they're toast.
Let's just see what happens.
Pedro on wed, 3 sep 2008 07:21
Search around for Chris Tolkien's lawsuit against Peter Jackson et al, you'll read some interesting stuff.
andr3 on wed, 3 sep 2008 10:22
Hmmm... Pedro, do you have a source for that piece of rumour? I only found this: Peter Jackson to produce two Hobbit films [reuters.com]. And in it they say: What gives? The article is from December... I'd love to see any tale from Silmarillion adapted. Hell, I'd buy special extended editions of each and every volume. :)
Pedro on wed, 3 sep 2008 11:06
http://the-hobbit-movie.com/2008/05/24/one-last-crusade-in-the-battle-for-the-silmarillion/
Comments have been disabled
Sorry about that.
Feel free to engage with me via twitter.
Tweet to @andr3