Showing posts with label The Hobbit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Hobbit. Show all posts
Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a review

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Warning: Spoilers follow. As I left an IMAX 3D showing of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey early Saturday evening, I struggled at firs...
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Three Hobbit Films for the LOTR Fans = Trouble

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Fans of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings should be thrilled that The Hobbit , originally planned as two feature films, is now slated...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

The Hobbit trailer

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Joining the chorus weighing in on the new The Hobbit trailer… Despite the lukewarm reception it’s getting by James at Grognardia and A...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Latest The Hobbit Production Video: A Deep Delve Into 3D

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I still haven’t quite come to grips with The Hobbit in 3D. I’ve got a few 3D films under my belt— Avatar, Captain America, Green Lantern , ...
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Monday, September 19, 2011

Urge to scream... rising

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What is it with the annoying Tolkien posts this week? Here's the latest, an interview with actress Evangeline Lilly on her role in The H...
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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Encouraging production video of The Hobbit released

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I’m officially Much More Encouraged about The Hobbit now that I’ve seen the latest production video released today. You can view it here on...
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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Those dwarf pictures…

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…I must say my reaction is a mixed bag, a fair bit of “meh,” to be honest. First what I like. The proportions seem great. The faces, excelle...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

First official photos of The Hobbit released

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From Entertainment Weekly . So far so good, though I can’t say I’m surprised, given the precedent set by the wonderful scenery and set-piece...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Shamelessly lifted news items: Agincourt, The Hobbit, and Styrbiorn

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A few news items of interest, lifted shamelessly from other blogs and/or newsgroups I subscribe to: Bernard Cornwell's Agincourt headed...
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Friday, February 11, 2011

We've got singing dwarves...

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So Peter Jackson's The Hobbit is retaining a part of Tolkien's novel that I thought would surely be left on the cutting room floor:...
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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Stupid, fat The Hobbit reporter!

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Title of post copyright Gollum. Courtesy of my friend Falze, this story from Yahoo Movies : "Peter Jackson Running Into Union Trouble o...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Williamson’s reading of The Hobbit available on Youtube

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If there was ever a story meant to be read aloud, it’s J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit . Tolkien intended the tale to be delivered orally, and i...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: High hopes and black fears for Del Toro's The Hobbit

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Casting for The Hobbit has apparently begun , the news of which means that I’m back to split feelings of incredible exhilaration, and a ter...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: New Line settles; The Hobbit continues its quest

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I’m not sure whether this qualifies as old news, but it’s news to me, and so I thought it worth sharing with readers of The Cimmerian and T...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Good news on The Hobbit front: "Sequel" idea nixed

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So if you haven't already heard the news, Empire Movie News is reporting that Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson have nixed the idea ...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

More Battle of Five Armies goodness

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While writing my recent post on J.R.R. Tolkien's Battle of Five Armies I spent some time googling for a few accompanying photos. In so ...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Road: Exploring Tolkien's grand metaphor

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The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it wi...
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Monday, August 11, 2008

The Hobbit: Awakening the Took in us

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Note: This is the first of a few essays I plan to write about the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. It’s hard to express the impact Tolkien’s writing...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Quote of the day

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From J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit : As they sang the hobbit felt the love of beautiful things made by hands and by cunning and by magic m...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Del Toro, Jackson talk The Hobbit

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Okay, so I'm a day late and a dollar short on this one (blame the long weekend and a lack of internet access), but the WetaHolics Web si...
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