, while lighter than the original, is still remarkably faithful to the original, and Martin Freeman's Bilbo has plenty of potential; all in all, there's still a lot of preciousness in this film.
-Compared with the previous work, "Empire"
has a lighter keynote and digital special effects advancements in the past ten years, which are enough to satisfy fans of the original work.
— NPR
The journey wasn't all that unexpected, but there was still enough wonder and splendor. - Behind-the- scenesproduction of
"Rearview Mirror" The long preparations "The Holt" and "The Lord of the Rings" complement each other. First, the main character of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is actually the Holt, and the other is the Lord of the Rings. On the one hand, the story of "The Holt" takes place 60 years before the beginning of "The Lord of the Rings", which is regarded as a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings". Judging from the current situation, Peter Jackson, who filmed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, is the most suitable thing to shoot "The Holt", but who knows, in order to make this movie, Peter Jackson spent What about 15 years? In 1995, before Peter Jackson made The Lord of the Rings, he and his wife were preparing to bring The Holt to the screen. They were planning a trilogy at the time, with the first episode being "The Holt" and the last two films being adapted from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy novels. Later, under the comprehensive wrestling of the film company, the novel adaptation rights and the financial script, Peter Jackson adjusted his filming plan, and first filmed the well-known "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which won a huge amount of money in these three films. After the success, the production of "The Hobbit" was mentioned on the work schedule. At the time of the success of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Peter Jackson sued his old club New Line Films on the screen because he did not get his due from the games and audio-visual products adapted from the film. reward.
When the lawsuit was in full swing, Peter Jackson, who knew he was incapacitated, approached Guillermo del Toro, hoping he could direct The Hobbit on his behalf. Although del Toro praised the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy while saying that he "didn't like dwarfs, swordsmanship, dragons, etc.", he signed on to direct the film in 2008. In August 2008, Jackson sat down with Del Toro to write the script for the film. Everything went well, everything was in harmony. However, del Toro couldn't sit still because of the delay in filming. On May 28, 2010, Del Toro held a press conference and explained in detail why he was leaving the set. In his explanation, MGM, which was supposed to make the film, was struggling financially and couldn't raise enough money to give The Hobbit the green light. Since 2008, until now, this group of people has been pondering the script, watching information and documentaries about Tolkien, and constantly looking for new lines of defense and inspiration for the film. After two long years of hard work, the film was not able to start filming, and Del Toro gave up. And to recover from his departure, del Toro nominated directors like Neil Blomkamp, Brett Ratner and David Yates, but none of them Captured by Jackson.
In November 2010, MGM went into bankruptcy protection, and as the company's "turnaround" product, The Hobbit was sold to Warner Bros. After coming to Warners, "The Hobbit" was quickly funded and substantive filming soon began.
two-part trilogy
Because Tolkien's "The Hobbit" has only one novel, how to adapt and how to split this novel has become the focus. According to Jackson's original idea, the book was made into a movie, and everything was done before the two "Lord of the Rings". But now, "The Lord of the Rings" has been filmed as a trilogy, so it needs a considerable prequel to do it. In 2006, Jackson wanted to make the story into two films. He said at the time: "Compared to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit is lighter in weight. But in this film, many of the details and origins of the Lord of the Rings stories will be explained and interpreted. . This fantastic journey will continue to unfold.” During the writing stage of the script, Jackson also wanted to show the past and present of Gollum and Aragorn, but in the final film, only very few of these were exhibit.
Because he didn't have the rights to adapt Tolkien's other two novels, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, Guillermo del Toro said when he wrote the script, Find more details from The Hobbit novels and The Lord of the Rings novels, with limited material, to evoke memories of The Lord of the Rings, and then use that memory to enrich The Hobbit story and plot." At that point in time, "The Hobbit 2" in preparation was a "bridge movie" connecting "The Hobbit 1" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, his role was Let people connect the story in The Hobbit with the story of The Lord of the Rings 60 years later. However, when filming, Jackson found that the information he had at hand was completely capable of shooting a trilogy. On July 30, 2012, Jackson and Warner Bros. made a major decision, which was to split the original two-part "The Hobbit" into three films to create a complete, quite bold and standard film. trilogy of films. Jackson said: "The trilogy is a wish in my heart, because when writing the script and shooting, I always feel that there are still many stories to tell. With the personnel and materials I have at hand, it is completely possible to shoot. A trilogy will come out." In fact, it is not difficult to shoot a movie with the ready-made crew configuration, because as long as the content of each movie is expanded, it is completely fine. And it's also possible to build the trilogy in a "back-to-back" fashion. The entire trilogy tells the story of the formation of Middle-earth, the emergence of the Lord of the Rings, and the story of the Hobbits looking for a place to live. The third film, which will use a lot of material from "The Hobbit 1" and "The Hobbit 2", will be used to explain all the mysteries about "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" in detail.
Regarding this third "The Hobbit", Jackson said: "In my imagination, this is an interpretive and detailed film, it is not a continuation of the story, but an exposition and illustration. The details of The Lord of the Rings, the details of The Hobbit will be explained and interpreted in this film. I think this is a very important part, because without the interpretation of these details, everything about Middle-earth It's all just stories. And with this interpretation, these contents become reality and reality. Tolkien lived during the First World War, and he wrote these things as a reaction to the world and war, and there is reality " The
Hobbit
" is based on the novel of the same name published in 1937 by the original author of "The Lord of the Rings" and British author Tolkien, and its story takes place roughly 60 years before the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. years or so.
. This film is the first film in film history to be shot in a new format of 48 frames per second. This frame rate is double the 24 frames per second of the original film. It can make the picture look smoother and smoother. In the 3D world, the use of this new technology is revolutionary.
This isn't the first time Peter Jackson has tapped Guillermo del Toro to direct a film during the production stages. Del Toro has promised to direct Halo, but the film has remained silent. Later, del Toro resigned as director and started working on "**" himself. In fact, Del Toro had promised Jackson that he would direct the film, but he also left the set because of the lengthy prep work.
Gollum only appeared once in the original novel, so Andy Serkis, who played him, finished his part in just a week. But he did not leave the crew, but worked in the crew as the second director.
.For physical reasons, Christopher Lee and Ian Holm both finished their roles in London and did not go to New Zealand.
. The film was shot with 30 Red Epic cameras. Epic is Red's latest product, which was released in April 2011.
In the film's second trailer, we can hear Gandalf saying: "Home is behind you, and the world is in front of you". This is an excerpt from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, written by Tolkien.
. Daniel Radcliffe, Shia LaBeouf, James McAvoy and others have all been cast as Bilbo Baggins.
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