Why today is awesome

[cookinwithgas]

Filming Begins!

[Brandon]

Sweet! I hope it's as good or better quality than the LotR movies.

[mmmbeans]

< still wishes del toro was doing them.

[Kettle]

*clueless*

[Kurb]

Teh Hobbitz

[Kettle]

i looked at the url on the image after i posted that to figure it out. should've to begin with.

[PanthaSan]

*clueless*

Me too...

Teh Hobbitz

Oh.

I thought it was the cover for the new Mumford and Son's album. :D

[cookinwithgas]

I think a lot of LoTR fans (movie) are going to be disappointed by this. The scope of the story is nowhere near what those movies were about. The Ring was a deux ex machina for Bilbo, not some ominous portent of doom. It's going to be a lot harder to show a "fellowship" made up of a bunch of bearded midgets, without an Orlando Bloom or Viggo Mortensen in the mix (Although Orlando may make an appearance). The odd thing is that Legolas' kin are antagonists here, and in direct contrast to the drinking scene in LoTR with him and Gimli, the idea that these particular Elves like getting drunk is a major plot device in The Hobbit.

The good news is that AFAIK they are going to use Del Toros Smaug, which should be absolutely fantastic. I think they are also going to show Gandalfs work attempting to overthrough Dol Guldur which was not in the book at all, just mentioned in passing in LoTR as well as the timelines at the end of those books.

[thefuzz]

Is this the new Harry Potter?

[FDN]

I wondering this too

[natty]

The anticipation of this movie is going to get to ridiculous levels.

[Paintballr]

Did he really say 2-3 years? Is that really how long its gonna be till this thing is out? I've heard about this for years and to know 2-3 years lol

[Crixtala]

some more eye candy for you nerds ;)

[HoFBound90]

Going to be great, although it is kind og lame they are bring in former cast members from LOTR who don't really belong.