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So is a Guillermo Del Toro version of "The Hobbit" going to be as good as a Peter Jackson version? I liked what he did with Helboy but that's a different kind of movie.

At least I heard in July that Ian McKellen will be back as Gandalf.

Randall's description of LOTR in Clerks II sums up those movies for me...in fact April looked at me in the theatre during that scene and was like " OH MY GOD That's you!"


BEWARE THERE IS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE!!!! but if you haven't seen it youtube Clerks 2 LOTR Vs. Star Wars scene

I love that scene in Clerks II, kevin smith rocks! He should have written batman instead of goofy (Tim Burton's writers)

Pan's Labyrinth is a better representation of what Del Toro is capable of. I think the Hobbit will translate to film far better than LOTR.

TK 3181 wrote:Pan's Labyrinth is a better representation of what Del Toro is capable of. I think the Hobbit will translate to film far better than LOTR.

Pan's Labyrinth rocked.Even in Spanish.
The Hobbit is a far simpler story than LOTR.Unless they get cheap with it,they should have a winner on their hands.

Peter Jackson is still involved, so I think the quality may be similar. I'll be interested in what they come up with for the second Hobbit movie though. I know there is some material they can use from LOTR, but I'm not sure about a whole movie.

From what I have read, they are going to stretch the whole story into two movies.

I've heard conflicting rumors... one that it will be the story of the book spread across two movies (like they're doing to the 7th Harry Potter book), or that the first movie will be the bulk of the book and the second will be a little more plus other 'bridge' information to the LOTR trilogy (and likely some more Middle Earth backstory)