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  • 3 weeks later...

Just saw this as a citation on wikipedia: 2006 interview with Guillermo del Toro

 

I couldn't help thinking of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis in this film. Were you a fan of those books?

 

[Del Toro:] I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don't like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits -- I've never been into that at all. I don't like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff.

 

Ok, what the ****?

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Well. I hate math with a passion, yet I am beast at math.

 

 

What I mean is... He may not be a fan of stereotypical fantasies, but that doesn't suddenly make him a bad director. I'm sure he will put his heart and soul into any film he creates, and that's enough for me.

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I also like to see them split it. While I think it would have been interesting to see what they could come up with for a bridge movie, splitting the Hobbit into two movies will make sure they don't cut anything noticeable out, hopefully.

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I can't help but wonder if they will do Gollum the same was as they did in the LOTR series.

 

It isn't difficult for me to see del Toro completely redoing Gollum to match his vision, but then again the digital character for the LOTR series was so iconic and is so easily recognizable . . . I'm not so sure what he would do.

 

Hmmm . . .

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I've said it before and I'll say it again:

 

I have complete faith in Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Guillermo del Toro.

 

And I am very glad they decided to split the book instead of opting for a "Bridge" film.

Same here. I had a bad feeling about the whole "Tolkien's notes" thing, and I felt that going on such little amount of information for an entire movie was a bad idea.

I also like to see them split it. While I think it would have been interesting to see what they could come up with for a bridge movie, splitting the Hobbit into two movies will make sure they don't cut anything noticeable out, hopefully.

I think more along the lines of frightening than interesting. Tolkien made that his life. If filmmakers, no matter who they were, expounded on some notes with a large amount of new material just for a movie, there's a huge chance that would end badly.

I can't help but wonder if they will do Gollum the same was as they did in the LOTR series.

 

It isn't difficult for me to see del Toro completely redoing Gollum to match his vision, but then again the digital character for the LOTR series was so iconic and is so easily recognizable . . . I'm not so sure what he would do.

 

Hmmm . . .

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/899/899973p1.html

 

We naturally enquired if he planned on continuing with a CG Gollum: "Absolutely. I think that it worked perfectly on the [Lord of the Rings] trilogy and if it ain't broke, why fix it?"
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I guess I thought a bridge film rather than two Hobbit movies would have been interesting is just because it'd be a new story rather than something where we already know what happens. Not that I am unhappy about that.

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