Jerusalem posted:

If I remember right, isn't it down to Gandalf warning that Beorn doesn't like too many strangers about, so Gandalf starts telling Beorn the story of their adventure and keeps ramping up the numbers so Beorn will go,"Hang on but there's only four of yo.... oh here comes another one?" until finally they're ALL there?

Spoiler-tagged just to be on the safe side, if it is included in the movie I think it would be hilarious just for McKellan trying to act absent-minded.

Mr. Gibbycrumbles posted:

Err, other than Lee Pace playing Thranduil and Stephen Fry playing the Master of Laketown?

A Stephen Fry interview here:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/...the-hobbit.html

Octy posted:

I had a chat with my uncle the other day who had come over from New Zealand after having spent a bit of time on the film as an extra. My only prior knowledge of such business comes from Ricky Gervais, and from the way my uncle described it, it sounds like a gruelling exercise, mostly in tedium and discomfort. I'm talking about having to wear four layers of winter clothing in 25 degree heat; spending all day around a bonfire, posing for scenes and inhaling smoke; getting up at 5am and home at 11.30pm; having to listen to a poncy Belgian director make requests in a poncy Belgian accent.

On the plus side my uncle did get something like a thousand dollars for three or four days work. He also got to see first-hand the way Peter Jackson works and Orlando Bloom 'acts'. And whether or not he'll be in the final cut or indeed, even identifiable, remains to be seen. I understand there was a fellow extra who looked exactly like Nicholas Cage so it'll be interesting if they include him.

kanonvandekempen posted:

Peter Jackson or Andy Serkis are Belgian now?

kanonvandekempen posted:

Peter Jackson or Andy Serkis are Belgian now?

Umph posted:

Ide love to see this as a looping gif. Just the dwarves throwing stuff around with the fat one bopping up and down and dancing.

http://www.infinitelooper.com/?v=G0...qc&p=n#/122;124

Octy posted:

I had a chat with my uncle the other day who had come over from New Zealand after having spent a bit of time on the film as an extra. My only prior knowledge of such business comes from Ricky Gervais, and from the way my uncle described it, it sounds like a gruelling exercise, mostly in tedium and discomfort. I'm talking about having to wear four layers of winter clothing in 25 degree heat; spending all day around a bonfire, posing for scenes and inhaling smoke; getting up at 5am and home at 11.30pm; having to listen to a poncy Belgian director make requests in a poncy Belgian accent.

On the plus side my uncle did get something like a thousand dollars for three or four days work. He also got to see first-hand the way Peter Jackson works and Orlando Bloom 'acts'. And whether or not he'll be in the final cut or indeed, even identifiable, remains to be seen. I understand there was a fellow extra who looked exactly like Nicholas Cage so it'll be interesting if they include him.

Vigilance posted:

Basically if a line or lines from the LOTR movies actually sounded good, they were almost certainly written by Tolkien. And the horrendously stupid lines like the Gimli nervous system line, yeah Tolkien is probably rolling around in his grave over those.

Octy posted:

I had a chat with my uncle the other day who had come over from New Zealand after having spent a bit of time on the film as an extra. My only prior knowledge of such business comes from Ricky Gervais, and from the way my uncle described it, it sounds like a gruelling exercise, mostly in tedium and discomfort. I'm talking about having to wear four layers of winter clothing in 25 degree heat; spending all day around a bonfire, posing for scenes and inhaling smoke; getting up at 5am and home at 11.30pm; having to listen to a poncy Belgian director make requests in a poncy Belgian accent.

Nurse Fanny posted:

This is important: how did they pronounce Beorn?

Octy posted:

Gee, you try to tell people something vaguely interesting in view of the absence of any discussion and they come up with this? Bruno Du Bois is the second second assistant director.

Mr. Gibbycrumbles posted:

Davincie posted:

I really like that gif, there is just so much going on at once.

Davincie posted:

I really like that gif, there is just so much going on at once.

Mr. Gibbycrumbles posted:

The amount of takes they must have done to get everything choreographed blows my mind.

Mr. Gibbycrumbles posted:

Mowglis Haircut posted:

I just realised that the dwarf behind Bombur is lifting a plate up so Bombur can lick it clean. Bombur being a fatty fat fat fat is part of the cleaning up.

Erwin posted:

He's wiping it with his hand.

Rawk Hawk posted:

would it really have killed him to keep Glorfindel at the ford?

Nihonniboku posted:

How different would the scene have been if he had been included?

Rawk Hawk posted:

I just finished a re-read, and I had the most terrifying thought during Fire and Water. What do you think the chances are that Legolas will be the one who puts the arrow through Smaug's chest and kills him? I can just see Jackson making Legolas one of the elf spies in Lake Town and saving the day.

At this point, given his track record of insane changes in the LoTR trilogy (would it really have killed him to keep Glorfindel at the ford?), I'm pretty much going to assume that poo poo like this is going to happen all over the place. Doesn't mean the movie won't still be amazing, of course.

Star Platinum posted:

...but Jackson isn't dumb enough to drastically alter the story.

Rawk Hawk posted:

With all due respect, he was all set to have a one-on-one sword fight between Aragorn and Sauron at the end of RotK. Not to mention the ghost army winning the battle of Pelennor, and Frodo sending Sam home (what?).

the Bunt posted:

Those things didn't happen though.

Rawk Hawk posted:

With all due respect, he was all set to have a one-on-one sword fight between Aragorn and Sauron at the end of RotK. Not to mention the ghost army winning the battle of Pelennor, and Frodo sending Sam home (what?).

Rawk Hawk posted:

The last two certainly did. The first one was a last minute decision to cut, they replaced Sauron with the troll.

quote:

Speaking of small and little, I’d be remiss not to bring up The Hobbit. You’re playing a new character named Tauriel, who’s a Mirkwood elf, and that would lead me to believe that she is a warrior of some kind. Did you have to learn archery and swordplay?

Yes, she is a warrior. She’s actually the head of the Elven guard. She’s the big shot in the army. So she knows how to wield any weapon, but the primary weapons that she uses are a bow and arrow and two daggers. And she’s lethal and deadly. You definitely wouldn’t want to be caught in a dark alley next to Tauriel.

So then Tauriel must be involved with the dwarves being captured…

I think basically what you’re asking is if she’s in the film very much. She’s not in the first film very much. She comes into the first film near the end, and has a very small part to play. Her role in the second film is much more involved. Although, I have to say, when I first read the scripts and took the job, she had a lot less going on in the second film. I think the role is becoming a bit more demanding than I had expected it to be. There’s a lot more for me to do now, which is a lot of fun, but it’s a little more pressure.

Does she play a large part in the Battle of Five Armies?

Oh, I don’t know. We haven’t shot that yet. I still have to go back for five more months of filming.

How many months have you been there already?

On and off for the past six months. It’s a two-year shoot in total for both films, and my contract had me blocked off for about a year. I come in and out of New Zealand throughout that year.

the Bunt posted:

Oop, Frodo sent Sam home? Forgive me, I haven't seen ROTK in a really long time I could have sworn Sam was there till the end.

Rawk Hawk posted:

I just finished a re-read, and I had the most terrifying thought during Fire and Water. What do you think the chances are that Legolas will be the one who puts the arrow through Smaug's chest and kills him? I can just see Jackson making Legolas one of the elf spies in Lake Town and saving the day.

Mr. Gibbycrumbles posted:

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/01/...l-steel-hobbit/

Barehanded Brother posted:

I'm fairly certain you're trolling but Bard the Bowman is a pretty Big loving Deal in the whole post-Hobbit mythology, and he's being played by an increasingly well-known actor. I think it's safe to say that Jackson's going to keep that the same. That change would be far more drastic than the relatively changes you've mentioned in LOTR.