The biggest tragedy (for me) was that the original The Mountain actor (Conan Stevens) from Game of Thrones actually left GoT to play an Orc...and then his entire role was cut when they extended it from two the three movies to make more money. Instead of filming reshoots, they decided to replace him with a CGI character. So we lost the best (and most scary) Mountain from GoT, and also an amazing costume for The Hobbit.
Here is what he was supposed to be in The Hobbit (costume):
Here is what the character ended up being (CGI):
It's very sad how bad it looks in comparison to the physical costume.
This legit looks like total war on medium settings lol
the behind the scenes of the extended editions pulls no punches.Would love a Heart of Darkness style documentary about the making of these movies.
Dude that costume is aces. What the hell Peter Jackson!The biggest tragedy (for me) was that the original The Mountain actor (Conan Stevens) from Game of Thrones actually left GoT to play an Orc...and then his entire role was cut when they extended it from two the three movies to make more money. Instead of filming reshoots, they decided to replace him with a CGI character. So we lost the best (and most scary) Mountain from GoT, and also an amazing costume for The Hobbit.
Here is what he was supposed to be in The Hobbit (costume):
Here is what the character ended up being (CGI):
It's very sad how bad it looks in comparison to the physical costume.
The biggest tragedy (for me) was that the original The Mountain actor (Conan Stevens) from Game of Thrones actually left GoT to play an Orc...and then his entire role was cut when they extended it from two the three movies to make more money. Instead of filming reshoots, they decided to replace him with a CGI character. So we lost the best (and most scary) Mountain from GoT, and also an amazing costume for The Hobbit.
Here is what he was supposed to be in The Hobbit (costume):
Here is what the character ended up being (CGI):
It's very sad how bad it looks in comparison to the physical costume.
Same problem as the Prequels. Characters like Yoda are suddenly pinballing around doing flips, while old people in the OT were like old people.I don't get why Legolas was a superhero in the Hobbit movies, yet by the time of the LotR, he became much less superhero, although still some hints of superhero like the shield surfing. LotR Legolas is retroactively nerfed Legolas.
People conveniently forget this when they want to blame Jackson for being a money grubber who made three bad films on purpose, which is an absurd premise even without the well documented facts of the situation.Jackson was brought into these movies last minute and was basically putting them together as they were being filmed. It's no real surprise that they were a catastrophe.
The one thing that really stands out on how unfinished and bad it looked was the melted gold from the second movie. It honestly looked like pre-production footage
Cash grab through and through. Jackson should be forever ashamed.
That's not really a fair assessment. Jackson tried desperately to save it.Cash grab through and through. Jackson should be forever ashamed.
Shut this website down
The one thing that really stands out on how unfinished and bad it looked was the melted gold from the second movie. It honestly looked like pre-production footage
The original trailer for The Hobbit is aesthetically and tonally so on-point. In retrospect, they clearly cherrpicked the best shots and misrepresented the film (or trilogy, I guess) as upholding the same weight and dignity of the LOTR trilogy. Instead, the films not only look like smeared shit, but are also cartoonish and campy in all the worst ways.
We all deserved this movie:
People really need to research The Hobbit trilogy production or the very least watch Lindsay Ellis's take on it. Jackson was thrown into direct it due to Del Toro's departure.
That's not really a fair assessment. Jackson tried desperately to save it.
The original trailer for The Hobbit is aesthetically and tonally so on-point. In retrospect, they clearly cherrpicked the best shots and misrepresented the film (or trilogy, I guess) as upholding the same weight and dignity of the LOTR trilogy. Instead, the films not only look like smeared shit, but are also cartoonish and campy in all the worst ways.
We all deserved this movie:
The original trailer for The Hobbit is aesthetically and tonally so on-point. In retrospect, they clearly cherrpicked the best shots and misrepresented the film (or trilogy, I guess) as upholding the same weight and dignity of the LOTR trilogy. Instead, the films not only look like smeared shit, but are also cartoonish and campy in all the worst ways.
We all deserved this movie:
My god, that fucking poster. I forgot all about it. Why on earth did they not just... do that?To be honest, just them being two movies rather than 3 would have been a massive improvement. With the first movie covering all the way to the barrel escape and the second one starting in Laketown. Much more focused, probably less dumb shit padding them and the final movie going from Smaug to the Battle in one film would have been insane pacing wise.
Poster for the first film before they decided to make 3 movies:
The funny thing is if you look at it, you realize the original structure was basically intended to be a mirror to FOTRMy god, that fucking poster. I forgot all about it. Why on earth did they not just... do that?
I sure did, lol. Check my edit.The funny thing is if you look at it, you realize the original structure was basically intended to be a mirror to FOTR
Shire ->Journey->Rivendell->Mountains->Elven Woods->Escape from Orcs