Theatrically The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was met with mixed critical reactions and a fair amount of fan grousing on the Internet. In other words, Jackson has been given more opportunities for creative input. In at least one instance, new scenes have been invented. According to Peter Jackson, material from the appendices of The Lord of the Rings has been incorporated into the expanded storyline. Backstories told in passing are now fully visualized, and characters from later in the tale are introduced earlier. This time Jackson and his writers had to expand Tolkien's narrative, not trim it. For The Hobbit, the opposite was done - the 300-page book has been expanded to three movies as well, so the Tolkien franchise can continue as the box office Gift that Keeps On Giving. Ralph Bakshi's animated attempt back in 1979 jammed half the narrative into one movie, resulting in a wholly unsatisfactory mess. The Hobbit instead found its way back to Peter Jackson and his Kiwi production company WingNut, and the WETA effects company that scooped up all of the Academy's special effects Oscars for three years straight.Įach of the three The Lord of the Rings books is longer than the book The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, so it makes sense to turn them into a lengthy trilogy. For several years a production effort by the talented Guillermo del Toro was in the works, and it's a shame that that director's unique vision never saw the light of day. Nine years after the completion of the The Lord of the Rings trilogy, New Line and MGM returned from the well with a film version of Tolkien's The Hobbit, the first saga of Middle Earth published in 1937. Produced by Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Zane Weiner Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro from the novel by J.R.R. Starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O'Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, Ori, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Andy Serkis, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended EditionĢ012 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 182 min. Savant Blu-ray + 3-D + UltraViolet Review
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